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Title: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on January 06, 2013, 08:03:58 pm
(http://dorsetstudio.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/the-hobbit_poster_sue_hutchings_dorsetstudio.png)

I went and saw The Hobbit today. Can't say I hated it, it was a good movie in it's own right. Any Tolkien or fantasy fans should go see it. Great production values and budget, and a lot of Middle-Earth lore packed into it.

But at the same time, I can't say that I loved it either. It was just too silly at times. It seemed as if the movie never took itself seriously, which really bothered me. I mean, this wasn't some low-budget production where that sort of thing belongs, nor was it supposed to be a comedy. A little humor here or there is a good thing, but it was just too much here.

I hope the sequel is little more serious, since it looks like it's gonna deal with Smaug.
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Post by: pacpix on January 06, 2013, 08:35:30 pm
I just watched Wayne's World for the first time yesterday, it was excellent!
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Post by: soera on January 06, 2013, 09:07:02 pm
I watched Hunger Games 2 days ago. I enjoyed it.
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Post by: redblaze57 on January 06, 2013, 09:20:22 pm
last movie I watched was Batman Beyond Return of the Joker

last anime was JoJo's Bizarre Adventure which I highly recommend 100%. Can't wait to see if it's brought over to the US.
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Post by: sin2beta on January 06, 2013, 09:23:53 pm
The Hobbit was the last movie I watched as well. I liked it. It felt like it belonged with the LotR trilogy. But it also felt different. More light-hearted, silly, etc. But I found this fitting with the book. The original trilogy movies were epic. But they were not able to explore the side stories (Tom Bombadil) as much as I'd like. The Hobbit seemed to be the filler of side stories.
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Post by: kingrat101 on January 07, 2013, 01:26:47 am
The last movie I saw was "The Last Temptation of Christ" not to be confused with "The passion of the christ" I didnt really like it, although I dont believe in god or anything, I just felt like it was a terrible joke of a movie, especially Wiilem Defoe's acting.
On the plus side I did watch Blade Runner again not too long ago and I LOVE that movie. Right now I'm watching the first season of Twin Peaks, David Lynch is my favorite director
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Post by: htimreimer on January 07, 2013, 01:54:15 am
the last movie i have seen was the hobbit and it was like if disney made a LOTR movie and i thought it was a good movie
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Post by: scott on January 07, 2013, 09:22:14 am
The last movie I saw in the Theater was 007 Skyfall.

The last movies I've watched at home were: Dr. No, From Russia, With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball. Are we seeing a pattern here?  :P
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Post by: soera on January 07, 2013, 09:37:23 am
The last movie I saw in the Theater was 007 Skyfall.

The last movies I've watched at home were: Dr. No, From Russia, With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball. Are we seeing a pattern here?  :P

So 4 James Bond movies and 2 porn flicks?  8)
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Post by: scott on January 07, 2013, 09:46:23 am
Ha From Russia, With Love is one movie. 5 Bond flicks.  ::)
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Post by: soera on January 07, 2013, 09:57:56 am
Dont lie! Goldfinger and Thunderball have to be porn flicks.  :P
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Post by: scott on January 07, 2013, 10:39:49 am
Goldfinger does have a Bond Girl named Pussy Galore in it... ha
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Post by: soera on January 07, 2013, 12:23:28 pm
I knew it!  :o
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Post by: libernullmal on January 10, 2013, 01:01:09 pm
I watched last Man on a Ledge (http://www.usabit.com/fotos/13504.jpg) just to go further Today I will be watching Safe House with Denzel Washington (http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/safe-house-movie-poster-01.jpg)
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Post by: soera on January 10, 2013, 01:07:41 pm
I just watched Ted. If anyone hasnt seen it, Im going to say its a must see. One of the funniest things I have seen in a while. Its simply as fantastic as I thought it was going to be. :D
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Post by: libernullmal on January 10, 2013, 01:30:29 pm
I just watched Ted. If anyone hasnt seen it, Im going to say its a must see. One of the funniest things I have seen in a while. Its simply as fantastic as I thought it was going to be. :D
I've been meaning to see this and is on my list :)
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Post by: disgaeniac on January 10, 2013, 01:50:42 pm
I just watched the 1st (3) episodes of "Ghastly Prince Enma: Burning Up" last night, and -being old enough to "get" & appreciate its references...I'm loving it and LMAO every few minutes :P
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Post by: burningdoom on January 10, 2013, 09:16:16 pm
I just watched Ted. If anyone hasnt seen it, Im going to say its a must see. One of the funniest things I have seen in a while. Its simply as fantastic as I thought it was going to be. :D

Yep, pretty dang funny.
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Post by: foxhack on January 10, 2013, 09:29:22 pm
I just watched Ted. If anyone hasnt seen it, Im going to say its a must see. One of the funniest things I have seen in a while. Its simply as fantastic as I thought it was going to be. :D
Seth McFarlane.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thanks.
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Post by: soera on January 11, 2013, 10:34:46 am
Im not a fan of Family guy at all. It has nothing to do with that crap. Its just an awesome movie. :)
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Post by: blipcs76 on January 11, 2013, 10:42:52 am
I just watched Ted. If anyone hasnt seen it, Im going to say its a must see. One of the funniest things I have seen in a while. Its simply as fantastic as I thought it was going to be. :D
Seth McFarlane.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thanks.

Yeah, I tired of this guy about 5 years ago.  What used to be a fun show with many pop-culture jokes evolved into offensive garbage completely dependent on pop-culture. 
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Post by: blipcs76 on January 11, 2013, 10:45:04 am
Last movie: Looper.  An excellent, though slow at times, sci-fi thriller.
Last anime: Demon King Daimao. Not very original, but fun and amusing.
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Post by: scott on January 11, 2013, 10:54:59 am
Last movie I watched: 007: You Only Live Twice.
Last Anime Movie: Cowboy Bebop: the Movie
Last Anime Series: Girls Bravo (Super Funny)
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Post by: disgaeniac on January 11, 2013, 10:56:12 am
I just watched Ted. If anyone hasnt seen it, Im going to say its a must see. One of the funniest things I have seen in a while. Its simply as fantastic as I thought it was going to be. :D
Seth McFarlane.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thanks.

Yeah, I tired of this guy about 5 years ago.  What used to be a fun show with many pop-culture jokes evolved into offensive garbage completely dependent on pop-culture.

Yep, pretty much...

IMNSHO - I believe that King of the Hill has *MUCH* better humor, writing, and tightly-scripted, and cleverly-implemented & well thought-out ways of touching on & dealing w/ serious, current, and relevant issues ;D
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: soera on January 11, 2013, 11:47:31 am
I honestly dont like any of the modern "funny" cartoons. South park is just stupid, Family guy and American dad have no real purpose and Futurama is just boring. The last "funny" cartoon to me was Beavis and Butthead. Probably cause I knew too many people that really did remind me of the pair.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on January 11, 2013, 01:10:54 pm
I honestly dont like any of the modern "funny" cartoons. South park is just stupid, Family guy and American dad have no real purpose and Futurama is just boring. The last "funny" cartoon to me was Beavis and Butthead. Probably cause I knew too many people that really did remind me of the pair.

I love every one of those cartoons. Beavis & Butt-Head and Simpsons also included.
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Post by: turf on January 11, 2013, 01:47:50 pm
I honestly dont like any of the modern "funny" cartoons. South park is just stupid, Family guy and American dad have no real purpose and Futurama is just boring. The last "funny" cartoon to me was Beavis and Butthead. Probably cause I knew too many people that really did remind me of the pair.

I love every one of those cartoons. Beavis & Butt-Head and Simpsons also included.

Me too, but I'm a idoit.  And Ted was one of the funniest movies I've seen in 10 years.
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Post by: foxhack on January 11, 2013, 05:21:45 pm
IMNSHO - I believe that King of the Hill has *MUCH* better humor, writing, and tightly-scripted, and cleverly-implemented & well thought-out ways of touching on & dealing w/ serious, current, and relevant issues ;D
King of the Hill was a sitcom in animated form. Silly at times but much more grounded in reality.

I tell you what.
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Post by: ko1ru on January 12, 2013, 10:50:00 am
Going to see The Hobbit in the theatre today (regular 'ol 2D plox).
Last anime I watched was Black Blood Brothers. 

I prefer darker, more serious anime with supernatural and/or period themes.  And I despise 99% of what's on television, including all those idiotic cartoons (Family Guy, South Park, etc.).
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Post by: brokensilence410 on January 12, 2013, 12:15:21 pm
In a few hours, I'm going to see A Haunted House with my fiance. Hope it's as good as the trailer looked, because it IS made by the same people who created the Scary Movie series.

Anybody interested in it, I'll post afterwards what my thoughts on it are haha.
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Post by: disgaeniac on January 12, 2013, 12:25:35 pm
In a few hours, I'm going to see A Haunted House with my fiance. Hope it's as good as the trailer looked, because it IS made by the same people who created the Scary Movie series.

Anybody interested in it, I'll post afterwards what my thoughts on it are haha.

Yeah, I'd be interested in hearing what you thought of it...
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Post by: soera on January 12, 2013, 12:55:39 pm
In a few hours, I'm going to see A Haunted House with my fiance. Hope it's as good as the trailer looked, because it IS made by the same people who created the Scary Movie series.

I cant imagine its going to be good. Its a spoof after all. And good + spoof = wrong! :)
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Post by: scott on January 12, 2013, 01:36:01 pm
In a few hours, I'm going to see A Haunted House with my fiance. Hope it's as good as the trailer looked, because it IS made by the same people who created the Scary Movie series.

I cant imagine its going to be good. Its a spoof after all. And good + spoof = wrong! :)

Lies. Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Naked Gun and Major League are all great spoof movies. Newer spoofs are horrible though.
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Post by: soera on January 12, 2013, 01:46:36 pm
Heh I dont like any of those. But I already made a thread about movies and my supposed lack of taste just now!
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Post by: turf on January 12, 2013, 09:03:35 pm
I just don't trust a man who doesn't like Spaceballs.
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Post by: pacpix on January 12, 2013, 09:55:18 pm
I just don't trust a man who doesn't like Spaceballs.
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Post by: soera on January 12, 2013, 10:33:02 pm
I guess I just dont find them funny. When it comes to funny movies, I like a real life raunchy type of humor. Ted, as Ive mentioned a few times already, is one of those. Basically stuff I would do (or say) myself. Friday is another one.

Spoof movies are just making fun of another film ... and it just doesnt have any appeal to me. My stepson, on the other hand, would watch a spoof over anything else. He is certainly looking forward to Haunted house. Wife likes spoofs too.
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Post by: htimreimer on January 13, 2013, 01:50:02 am
I just don't trust a man who doesn't like Spaceballs.
but can you trust someone like me who thinks back to the future is overrated
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Post by: burningdoom on January 13, 2013, 01:57:14 am
I just don't trust a man who doesn't like Spaceballs.
but can you trust someone like me who thinks back to the future is overrated

(http://www.atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_12_2012/post-31127-0-71930700-1355288892.png)
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Post by: turf on January 13, 2013, 11:06:15 am
I just don't trust a man who doesn't like Spaceballs.
but can you trust someone like me who thinks back to the future is overrated

I never said I trusted you.
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Post by: foxhack on January 13, 2013, 12:04:13 pm
Terrorvision (on VHS!) Fun movie but that ending...

At least it's getting a Bluray release soon. Finally.
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Post by: brokensilence410 on January 13, 2013, 12:15:18 pm
Haunted House wasn't terrible. You REAALLLLYYYYY need a ghetto sense of humor to get most of it, but if you have an open mind (like me), enjoy fart jokes, or a ghetto sense of humor, you'll at least be entertained for the length of the movie.

I know I was scraping the bottom of the barrel to say something good here, but there you go. haha it kept me entertainment minimally throughout. My fiancee loved it, however.
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Post by: disgaeniac on January 13, 2013, 02:59:33 pm
I just don't trust a man who doesn't like Spaceballs.
but can you trust someone like me who thinks back to the future is overrated

(http://www.atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_12_2012/post-31127-0-71930700-1355288892.png)

Possible new avatar for "Our" Scott pictured here?!)

Concerning movies, again (albeit *Much* older than the other ones that we have been talking about in this thread)...

...Has anyone else here ever seen (and/or laughed their asses off while watching):

A).  The Sting, and/or

B).  Blazing Saddles?!

;D
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Post by: soera on January 13, 2013, 03:10:57 pm
I wont watch any movie before the 80s. People call them classic (and Im sure they are) but technology has moved so much since then that watching anything prior (like the original Star Trek) just looks so fake and very aged.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 13, 2013, 03:14:47 pm
I wont watch any movie before the 80s. People call them classic (and Im sure they are) but technology has moved so much since then that watching anything prior (like the original Star Trek) just looks so fake and very aged.

I do understand where you're coming from. I can't stand some of the 40s & 50s sci-fi movies my dad tries to show me. But there are some great movies before the 80s, still:

-Dawn of the Dead
-The Day the Earth Stood Still
-Escape From the Planet of the Apes
-Halloween 1 & 2
-Jason & the Argonauts ("Clash of the Titans" is it's spiritual successor)
-The Last Man on Earth ("I Am Legend" is a remake of this)
-Night of the Living Dead
-The Omega Man (An update to "The Last Man on Earth")
-Planet of the Apes
-Star Trek: The Motion Picture
-Star Wars: A New Hope
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Post by: turf on January 13, 2013, 06:17:04 pm
I wont watch any movie before the 80s. People call them classic (and Im sure they are) but technology has moved so much since then that watching anything prior (like the original Star Trek) just looks so fake and very aged.

No Star Wars? 

I'm pretty sure this guy is a Commie.
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Post by: soera on January 13, 2013, 06:36:15 pm
Whats odd about the Star Wars movies is the first 3 were actually loads better than the last 3. I bought the phantom menace when it come out and it actually took me 4 attempts to finish it without falling asleep.
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Post by: turf on January 13, 2013, 08:41:52 pm
That's better.  I'm still not convinced. You could be a commie spy.
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Post by: soera on January 13, 2013, 09:00:04 pm
I never denied it!  8)
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Post by: libernullmal on January 13, 2013, 11:58:59 pm
I watched Perfect Pitch with my wife.... The messed up thing was I liked it.......
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Post by: blipcs76 on January 14, 2013, 10:10:53 am
I wont watch any movie before the 80s. People call them classic (and Im sure they are) but technology has moved so much since then that watching anything prior (like the original Star Trek) just looks so fake and very aged.

I can understand why you can be put off by movies with bad or dated effects.  But some of the funniest movies of all time came from the 70's.  Blazing Saddles, The Jerk, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Young Frankenstein, etc.
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Post by: foxhack on January 14, 2013, 12:10:44 pm
I wont watch any movie before the 80s. People call them classic (and Im sure they are) but technology has moved so much since then that watching anything prior (like the original Star Trek) just looks so fake and very aged.
I'll take a rubber monster over a stupid looking CGI thing.

Also: The 80s are ancient history now. You shouldn't be watching those movies either. Get over your dislike of older movies! You're missing a ton of good stuff that doesn't even use special effects.
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Post by: scott on January 14, 2013, 12:53:21 pm
I'll take a rubber monster over a stupid looking CGI thing.

Agreed! Hell, look at the 60's Bond movies. All those sets? HANDMADE. The Volcano lair in You Only Live Twice is an excellent example. So is Fort Knox in Goldfinger. All purpose built for the film and 100% real. I hate that movies are taking CGI backdrops and having the actors act in front of blue/green screens.

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Post by: soera on January 14, 2013, 01:43:14 pm
I wont watch any movie before the 80s. People call them classic (and Im sure they are) but technology has moved so much since then that watching anything prior (like the original Star Trek) just looks so fake and very aged.
I'll take a rubber monster over a stupid looking CGI thing.

Also: The 80s are ancient history now. You shouldn't be watching those movies either. Get over your dislike of older movies! You're missing a ton of good stuff that doesn't even use special effects.

I dont watch too many 80s movies either! But I stick with my aged assessment. I would much rather watch a movie I can believe than something that looks like a play being put on. Im sure its not the most popular opinion ... but its mine. :)
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Post by: htimreimer on January 14, 2013, 03:16:55 pm
biggest problem with movies from the 70s,80s,90s and its gonna happen to movies in the 2000s is that a lot of them are painfully dated  and cheesy 
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Post by: burningdoom on January 14, 2013, 06:23:12 pm
biggest problem with movies from the 70s,80s,90s and its gonna happen to movies in the 2000s is that a lot of them are painfully dated  and cheesy

And my problem with movies in the 2000s is that everything tries so hard to be trendy. Sometimes it's okay to just make a good sci-fi, horror, action, whatever kind of movie it may be without trying to be slick and stylish all the time.
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Post by: libernullmal on January 14, 2013, 09:40:44 pm
I wont watch any movie before the 80s. People call them classic (and Im sure they are) but technology has moved so much since then that watching anything prior (like the original Star Trek) just looks so fake and very aged.
I'll take a rubber monster over a stupid looking CGI thing.

Also: The 80s are ancient history now. You shouldn't be watching those movies either. Get over your dislike of older movies! You're missing a ton of good stuff that doesn't even use special effects.
lol yea 2 movies come to mind from back then when I hear 80's first is a all time old british cult movie "Bad Taste" the parts in this move will have you quoting this as much as you quote Office Space.. then another cult Classic of 80's would be "The Stuff" I promise that Whip cream was not intended to be a species of its own...
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Post by: foxhack on January 14, 2013, 11:34:32 pm
lol yea 2 movies come to mind from back then when I hear 80's first is a all time old british cult movie "Bad Taste" the parts in this move will have you quoting this as much as you quote Office Space.. then another cult Classic of 80's would be "The Stuff" I promise that Whip cream was not intended to be a species of its own...
This guy.

This guy knows good shit. ;D
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Post by: scott on January 14, 2013, 11:51:24 pm
"Bad Taste"

I've been meaning to watch this movie for a long time. I love Dead Alive and was interested in Jackson's earlier work for a bit. But, I never got around to it.
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Post by: foxhack on January 15, 2013, 01:39:40 pm
I finished watching Coldfire (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101599/) last night. Wings Hauser gets the lead credit, but most of the movie is focused on two rookie detectives. The story is decent and more or less believable. Basically, a Russian chemist who defected to the US created a new drug and these guys have to stop it from getting out there.

The movie was pretty entertaining and I wondered what happened to the two actors who played the main characters. It turns out that both of them kept getting steady work, until they got roles on One Life To Live! One of them spent thirteen years working there. The other guy was in Total Recall 2070. I liked their performances in the movie so I'm pretty happy they stayed in the business.
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Post by: scott on January 16, 2013, 12:32:53 pm
Just rewatched The Untouchables last night. I really do like that movie, even though its not historically accurate in the slightest.
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Post by: darko on January 16, 2013, 03:56:09 pm
Come on man...you're killing me. The only way I believe something as historical truth is when Hollywood tells it to me through a film inspired by actual events!
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Post by: kirbysuperstar on January 20, 2013, 12:44:44 am
I've been watching Steins;Gate in the last day or two. Hot damn do I ever love it.
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Post by: libernullmal on January 21, 2013, 08:42:41 pm
Will be watching "The Dictator" As soon as my wife finishes up her College homework... I doubt she will like it stays away from that crass humor...
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Post by: redblaze57 on January 21, 2013, 09:15:29 pm
saw the Expendables 2 yesterday. fucking badass
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Post by: soera on January 21, 2013, 10:57:14 pm
Watched Possession. Was really good. Im starting to try to watch more movies. :)
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Post by: ko1ru on January 23, 2013, 10:00:13 am
Watched Possession. Was really good. Im starting to try to watch more movies. :)

Andrzej Zulawski's Possession with Isabelle Adjani?  Surreal 80's horror flick?  If so, super good film.
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Post by: soera on January 23, 2013, 10:44:46 am
Nah, this movie. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possession_(2012_film)
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Post by: scott on January 23, 2013, 10:55:52 am
Soera doesn't "get" old movies.  :P
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Post by: darko on January 23, 2013, 10:56:10 am
I watched Beasts of the Southern Wild and Life of Pi last weekend. They were both pretty good. The CGI in Life of Pi was incredible (and I usually hate CGI).
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Post by: tripredacus on January 31, 2013, 09:09:08 pm
I've been on a VHS kick recently. I've got about 80+ on my watch list. The last one was The Day the World Ended. The movie title is not really relevent to the movie itself, but it was decent. Definately one where you could go either way with the ending.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_World_Ended

Wiki doesn't help much here. Basically, the monster is supposed to be the kid's real dad. But at the end you are left wondering whether the monster was really that, or a manifestation of the child's mind.
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Post by: libernullmal on January 31, 2013, 11:44:49 pm
lol you were on a VHS kick... An I watched a movie called V/H/S this movie was well thought up may be semi indie movie but some of the scenes will definetly cringe.. This is on Netflix if you have it.
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Post by: darko on February 01, 2013, 12:03:17 am
I watched Lincoln last Saturday. I enjoyed it but honestly don't think it deserves to win Best Picture.
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Post by: scott on February 01, 2013, 09:39:01 am
We went to see the RiffTrax of Plan 9 from Outer Space last night. It was a lot better than I expected it to be. I never was a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, but it was funny. They dragged the whole thing on a bit long though and could have done without the skits, short film or most of the pre show.
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Post by: insektmute on February 01, 2013, 09:43:46 pm
Revisiting anime favorites with Code Geass, Witch Hunter Robin, and Gurren Lagann. Sort of a mini-tribute to Bandai?
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 02, 2013, 12:00:42 am
Revisiting anime favorites with Code Geass, Witch Hunter Robin, and Gurren Lagann. Sort of a mini-tribute to Bandai?

I'm doing the same only with Kurokami and Full Metal Panic!.
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Post by: insektmute on February 02, 2013, 05:43:51 pm
I'm doing the same only with Kurokami and Full Metal Panic!.

Nice! I haven't seen Kurokami, but FMP is one of my all-time favorites.
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Post by: foxhack on February 02, 2013, 09:09:43 pm
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E9PTFZZ3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I suck at reviewing, but I loved this film.

It's also kinda funny because I found the first DVD release of this on Tuesday, sealed, and passed on it. Then I saw this on Wednesday and bought it to watch it today.
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Post by: sin2beta on February 02, 2013, 10:22:48 pm
Currently working my way through Samurai Champloo.
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Post by: scott on February 02, 2013, 10:30:54 pm
Super Mario Bros. The Movie.

Don't judge. I like it.
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Post by: pacpix on February 02, 2013, 11:06:17 pm
Watched the 1995 ALDS Baseball game on DVD last night.  It was nice to see a game where the Mariners won...
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Post by: sin2beta on February 03, 2013, 12:35:28 am
Super Mario Bros. The Movie.

Don't judge. I like it.

When I was a kid, I used to hold my cassette recorder to the television speakers to record the music to that movie. I would then listen to my homemade soundtrack on the bus with my walkman.

There is no way I could possibly judge you just watching it.
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Post by: darko on February 04, 2013, 11:28:32 am
Super Mario Bros. The Movie.

Don't judge. I like it.

When I was a kid, I used to hold my cassette recorder to the television speakers to record the music to that movie. I would then listen to my homemade soundtrack on the bus with my walkman.

There is no way I could possibly judge you just watching it.

I didn't go that far...but I recorded it on VHS off of HBO or something when I was younger :)
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Post by: burningdoom on February 05, 2013, 10:48:07 pm
For the 80s cartoon fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6wFpovHtnc&feature=youtu.be
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Post by: burningdoom on February 11, 2013, 03:54:48 am
Dungeonmaster (1985)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/opmkills/Dungeon.jpg)

So terrible. So incredibly terrible. It's obviously a low-budget movie from the terrible special effects and laugh-out-loud costumes. The story is hokey, and the acting seems like it's from a local high school drama club. Don't ever come near this movie.

I was curious because I had heard it starred Blackie Lawless, who is the lead-singer of the 80s band W.A.S.P. "Starred" is used loosely as he has a small role.
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Post by: libernullmal on February 15, 2013, 12:08:49 pm
Dungeonmaster (1985)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/opmkills/Dungeon.jpg)

So terrible. So incredibly terrible. It's obviously a low-budget movie from the terrible special effects and laugh-out-loud costumes. The story is hokey, and the acting seems like it's from a local high school drama club. Don't ever come near this movie.

I was curious because I had heard it starred Blackie Lawless, who is the lead-singer of the 80s band W.A.S.P. "Starred" is used loosely as he has a small role.
To late I watched this one already twice because I forgot about watching it...
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Post by: stethebubble on February 21, 2013, 12:45:40 pm
xmen origins - wolverine
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Post by: ko1ru on February 23, 2013, 11:42:32 am
Just recently finished the Valkyria Chronicles series (didn't know it existed until recently) and have now moved on to Kurozuka.  Dark and effed up anime FTW.   8)
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Post by: foxhack on February 24, 2013, 02:20:49 pm
Heroes of the East, AKA Shaolin Challenges Ninja, AKA Shaoliin Vs. Ninja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_the_East)

A neat 1978 movie I got on VHS last year. Basically, a man sets up an arrange marriage for his son, a Chinese martial artist, with a Japanese girl who turns out to be very good at Japanese martial arts. But, they end up fighting over various things, the biggest of which is who's country is better at martial arts... The girl leaves after losing all her matches (boo) and the dude is an idiot about it. He sends her a letter challenging her to prove that her country's martial arts are better than China's. The letter is seen by her mentor... which takes that as a challenge for the whole country. Oops.

The rest of the movie is the guy preparing for, and fighting against real Japanese martial art styles, and they're all displayed very fairly. I mean, yeah, the guy wins all the fights. But he doesn't win as easily as you'd think. Wikipedia says that the director used real Japanese experts, which was also pretty interesting. You can definitely see how much planning went into the fights. A+ for action, C+ for the guy being a total idiot.
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Post by: soera on February 24, 2013, 03:02:12 pm
Watched Death Race 3 last night. Pretty cool movie. :)
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 24, 2013, 07:51:30 pm
finished up
BTOOOM!
ChäoS;HEAd
Trigun: Badlands Rumble





Just recently finished the Valkyria Chronicles series (didn't know it existed until recently) and have now moved on to Kurozuka.  Dark and effed up anime FTW.   8)

Honestly I forgot all about the Valkyria Chronicles anime also, I looked up Kurozuka and it sounds very interesting so thanks for adding 2 animes to my backlog now.
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Post by: stethebubble on February 25, 2013, 12:16:27 pm
watched looper last night
like all time travel movies its flawed. (like terminator)
other than that it was a good movie
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Post by: ko1ru on February 25, 2013, 04:00:37 pm
Just recently finished the Valkyria Chronicles series (didn't know it existed until recently) and have now moved on to Kurozuka.  Dark and effed up anime FTW.   8)

Honestly I forgot all about the Valkyria Chronicles anime also, I looked up Kurozuka and it sounds very interesting so thanks for adding 2 animes to my backlog now.

Hey, no problem.  ;p

I just finished Kurozuka last night, and I have to say it's among my favourites now.
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 28, 2013, 08:48:13 pm
finished Black Lagoon
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Post by: jcalder8 on February 28, 2013, 10:47:08 pm
I watched Wreck-It-Ralph again with my son last night. I think I enjoyed it more this time than when we saw it in the theater.
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Post by: insektmute on March 01, 2013, 12:38:02 pm
finished Black Lagoon

Love the crap out of this series. I wish they'd hurry up and get Roberta's Blood Trail out in the US, though.
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Post by: htimreimer on March 01, 2013, 02:44:47 pm
finished Black Lagoon
black lagoon is so good
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Post by: insektmute on March 01, 2013, 04:02:42 pm
Started up Get Backers a couple days ago. Almost forgot how awesome it is, and I don't even usually like shonen.
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Post by: redblaze57 on March 01, 2013, 06:24:33 pm
finished Black Lagoon

Love the crap out of this series. I wish they'd hurry up and get Roberta's Blood Trail out in the US, though.
I think it was just released on Hulu I know it had episode 5 of it play as soon as it finished the main series and I saw it added the other 4 the other day in my Queue(sp?)
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Post by: burningdoom on March 02, 2013, 03:50:52 pm
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121107221352/dcmovies/images/c/c6/Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns_2.jpg)

Just finished watching this last night. Pretty dang good. Much better than the first part, which I felt was far too drawn out and got boring. This one was action packed. And it had not 1, but 2 amazing gritty fights between an old-man Batman and The Joker, and Batman and Superman.

And for those, like me, that didn't appreciate Frank Miller's artwork in the original graphic novel, thankfully it has the normal DC Animated movie quality to it.

The Joker's voice seemed off, though. I guess I've just been spoiled for too long by Mark Hammil's portrayal.

It's available on Netflix, that's where I got it. Check it out.

Anyone else watch it? What are your thoughts on it?
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Post by: htimreimer on March 13, 2013, 10:59:00 am
i just finished i spit on your grave (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077713/) (1978), this movie is a r&r film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_revenge_film), it's arguably one of the best r&r films out there because its so raw in its performances, the movie is not for weak stomachs and its not for everybody also dont ask for the approval of critics because they hate this film
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Post by: libernullmal on March 13, 2013, 05:52:38 pm
i just finished i spit on your grave (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077713/) (1978), this movie is a r&r film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_revenge_film), it's arguably one of the best r&r films out there because its so raw in its performances, the movie is not for weak stomachs and its not for everybody also dont ask for the approval of critics because they hate this film
I think I saw the remake of this not to long ago...

Watching Magi - an different offset to the alladin story that we hear of.
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Post by: denniedarko on March 16, 2013, 09:18:33 pm
I watched Sword of the Stranger again earlier this week. And then I watched Taken 2 yesterday, and kind of wish I had not.
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Post by: turf on March 17, 2013, 02:34:41 am
I was lazy as balls today.  I watched Matrix: Reloaded, Matrix: Revolutions and Aliens all today. I'd never seen Aliens. To be honest, I was a little let down. I guess I just had it built up too much in my head.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 17, 2013, 12:40:43 pm
Aliens is an awesome action movie with just enough horror added to it. Great special effects that still hold-up today, too. And such memorable scenes.

Oh well, to each their own. But I bet the scene with the android dying and spilling out everywhere will never leave your memory.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 17, 2013, 12:55:06 pm
(http://www.moviezadda.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Goldfinger-1.jpg)

007: Goldfinger

Still awesome to this day! Sean Connery is Bond, all others are pretenders!
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Post by: turf on March 18, 2013, 11:00:21 am
I'm not saying it was bad by any means.  I thought it was a good movie.  I just think I had it built up too much in my head.  If it comes on TV, I'll probably watch it.  It was a really good movie.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 27, 2013, 04:03:01 pm
(http://manilovefilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wrath-of-the-titans-poster-2.jpg)

Watched Wrath of the Titans last night, the sequel to the Clash of the Titans remake. A rare case of the sequel being better than the first movie.

It was VERY good. If you're into fantasy movies, then you have to check this movie out! Great fantasy story based on Greek mythology and the Gods. Awesome special effects. And lots of action. I highly recommend this one to anyone into these kind of movies.
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Post by: soera on March 27, 2013, 05:18:47 pm
I watched two movies recently. Man with the iron fist and Zero dark thirty. One sucked, one did not. Ill let you decide which is which. :D
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Post by: insektmute on March 28, 2013, 05:35:05 pm
Revisiting Cowboy Bebop. See you, Space Cowboy :)
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Post by: brunauss on March 29, 2013, 12:30:36 am
I just finished watching the entire original Collector Robotech Saga and movie pilot for new series.
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Post by: scott on April 15, 2013, 11:58:41 pm
Just finished watching Snatch again. I'd been in the mood for a good heist film, and since I've not watched this one in a very long time, I decided to pop it in.

AND

I even watched it w/o the Pikey subtitles! Go me. ha
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Post by: brunauss on April 16, 2013, 02:58:13 am
Just finished watching Snatch again. I'd been in the mood for a good heist film, and since I've not watched this one in a very long time, I decided to pop it in.

AND

I even watched it w/o the Pikey subtitles! Go me. ha

Two other nice heist films with Jason Statham in them was The Italain Job and The Bank Job. Sod it, lets throw in Inside Man too. No Jason, but still good leading man.
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Post by: scott on April 16, 2013, 08:31:23 am
I have The Italian Job on HD DVD, but never got a chance to watch it before my 360's HD DVD player died. :(

I actually have a few HD DVDs... I need to find a player.
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Post by: brunauss on April 17, 2013, 03:00:57 am
Does Cinema releases count? If so, just finished seeing Evil Dead and The Call.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 17, 2013, 08:05:09 pm
Does Cinema releases count?

Why wouldn't they?

How was Evil Dead? More serious than the original? I never was a fan of the original because the movie was never quite sure if it was tongue-in-cheek or serious and that really bothered me.
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Post by: jobocan on April 17, 2013, 09:25:57 pm
The last movie I watched was actually the new Evil Dead.

It's more serious than the first, with only a few less serious moments that still generally fit. As in all horror movies the characters do stupid things, but this one goes way overboard on that to the point where it just feels forced. Still, some really cool practical effects, with CG only when it's needed. It sticks to the theme of the original without being a complete rip-off, and it does have some pretty tense moments.

The movie was fairly decent until the very end, where it goes full stupid. I won't spoil anything, but the ending is insanely dumb, senseless, and changes who the lead character is for no reason. It's like they wrote that part first, then forgot they wrote it while they were writing the rest, so they just did really stupid stuff to get back to that finale that they wrote first, and that has a completely different feel from the rest of the movie. It's just odd and off-putting.

Overall, not bad, but that ending ruined it for me. That said, I'm not a huge horror fan other than the first Evil Dead, and to me it didn't live up to the original.
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Post by: brunauss on April 18, 2013, 03:11:40 am
Thanx for taking care of that first half jobcan  :)

The Call was actually quite a bit better and certainly didn't pause for very long on the tension or action. Nothing felt unrealistic either.
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Post by: htimreimer on April 18, 2013, 10:06:23 am
Does Cinema releases count?

Why wouldn't they?

How was Evil Dead? More serious than the original? I never was a fan of the original because the movie was never quite sure if it was tongue-in-cheek or serious and that really bothered me.
that's how i felt about drag me to hell and it doesn't help that the ending to drag me to hell was crap as well
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Post by: desocietas on April 18, 2013, 02:32:06 pm
Watched this one before the Japan trip in preparation for the visit to the Ghibli Museum:

(http://timmaughanbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ponyo_rev0.jpg)
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Post by: foxhack on April 18, 2013, 05:05:31 pm
Star Trek: The Lens Flare Edition.

Cool movie but it changed so much from the originals that I see why the hardcore Trekkies got so angry with it.
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Post by: insektmute on April 22, 2013, 06:02:10 pm
Wrapped up Gilgamesh last night, and tonight, I think it might be time to revisit Texhnolyze :)
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Post by: stethebubble on April 22, 2013, 11:09:16 pm
life of pi
seven psychopaths
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Post by: jobocan on April 23, 2013, 12:06:48 am
Star Trek: The Lens Flare Edition.

Cool movie but it changed so much from the originals that I see why the hardcore Trekkies got so angry with it.

Let's be honest here, the hardcore Trekkies would have gotten angry at it no matter what.
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Post by: brunauss on April 23, 2013, 09:36:14 am
Oblivion. It was really good.
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Post by: mchaso on April 23, 2013, 11:44:24 am
Iron man 3 opening tomorrow, already got tickets. Soooo excited!
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Post by: soera on April 23, 2013, 11:50:36 am
I havent seen much advertising for it. Whats the main scenario in this one? So far, the first 2 Iron Man movies really didnt have much of an opposing force in there kind of making the movies a little less interesting than they should be. When you see stuff like Hulk vs Abomination, Spidey vs Doc Oc, Wolverine vs Sabretooth ... thats awesome to watch. Iron man really didnt square off with anyone but that boring guy with the whips and his own buddy in another suit ... hopefully this one has a serious opponent.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 23, 2013, 04:58:11 pm
Oblivion. It was really good.

Glad to hear, I'm going to go see it this weekend. It looks like an awesome sci-fi film.

Iron man 3 opening tomorrow, already got tickets. Soooo excited!

How is that?

(http://www.withanaccent.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/iron-man-3-iron-patriot.jpg)

Notice the release date at the bottom of the poster.
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Post by: foxhack on April 23, 2013, 06:40:26 pm
Different regions get the movie earlier. Mexico's getting it this Friday.

I saw Avengers a whole week earlier than the rest of the world. XD
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Post by: burningdoom on April 23, 2013, 06:55:00 pm
Different regions get the movie earlier. Mexico's getting it this Friday.

I saw Avengers a whole week earlier than the rest of the world. XD

Wow. That makes like no sense, since it's an American made movie. You'd think the home country would get it first.
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Post by: brunauss on April 23, 2013, 09:15:45 pm
Different regions get the movie earlier. Mexico's getting it this Friday.

I saw Avengers a whole week earlier than the rest of the world. XD

In addition, the parent food corporation of Red Baron and Freschetta was running a temporary bonus offer on purchasable passes to get tickets. Limit two per household and required four codes, found inside box, to enter at website.
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Post by: redblaze57 on April 24, 2013, 07:58:38 pm


Notice the release date at the bottom of the poster.

I know the radio station that's on where I work has been giving away Early Access tickets
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Post by: mchaso on April 24, 2013, 08:06:05 pm
I havent seen much advertising for it. Whats the main scenario in this one? So far, the first 2 Iron Man movies really didnt have much of an opposing force in there kind of making the movies a little less interesting than they should be. When you see stuff like Hulk vs Abomination, Spidey vs Doc Oc, Wolverine vs Sabretooth ... thats awesome to watch. Iron man really didnt square off with anyone but that boring guy with the whips and his own buddy in another suit ... hopefully this one has a serious opponent.
well, this time the main enemy is the Mandarin, a terrorist whose DNA has been altered, so now he's some kind of a "super soldier" and he wants to kill the president of the US because just like every other terrorist he hates America... so not really original

the story wasn't all that great, and his opponent wasn't all that spectacular, he's kind of like that guy with the whip, but in general it was a good movie with lots of action and funny moments and cool special effects. If you're not into Iron man and if you didn't like the previous movies, you probably won't like this one either. But I'd still give it a shot, maybe rent it or something.
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Post by: htimreimer on May 01, 2013, 03:42:35 pm
last night i watched sin city and it's not as good as everyone says is, it's not terrible film but it dose have one major flaw that no one talks about,
it explains almost nothing about it's world and how it runs, i dont even know what year this movie supposed to take's place in.  i'm supposed to be immersed in the world of sin city but that cant happen when the movie doesn't like to explain its self
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Post by: burningdoom on May 01, 2013, 04:13:14 pm
last night i watched sin city and it's not as good as everyone says is, it's not terrible film but it dose have one major flaw that no one talks about,
it explains almost nothing about it's world and how it runs, i dont even know what year this movie supposed to take's place in.  i'm supposed to be immersed in the world of sin city but that cant happen when the movie doesn't like to explain its self

It's a fictional tale, it really doesn't matter what year it takes place. They aren't shooting for historical accuracy.
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Post by: insektmute on May 01, 2013, 04:16:26 pm
What burningdoom said. Part of what makes Sin City work is by not placing it in any one historical context, which allows the setting to blend elements from old pulp novels, film noir, martial arts, classic cars, 70's exploitation, etc. It's about as postmodern as it gets.
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Post by: htimreimer on May 01, 2013, 04:52:55 pm
last night i watched sin city and it's not as good as everyone says is, it's not terrible film but it dose have one major flaw that no one talks about,
it explains almost nothing about it's world and how it runs, i dont even know what year this movie supposed to take's place in.  i'm supposed to be immersed in the world of sin city but that cant happen when the movie doesn't like to explain its self

It's a fictional tale, it really doesn't matter what year it takes place. They aren't shooting for historical accuracy.
i'm looking for historical accuracy here but there is a part in the movie ware one of the characters is in jail and he telling us how much time has gone by and it like they were trying to set up a time frame but forgot add the year that this movie take place in. there's other parts in this movie that never get explained
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Post by: desocietas on May 01, 2013, 11:01:33 pm
last night i watched sin city and it's not as good as everyone says is, it's not terrible film but it dose have one major flaw that no one talks about,
it explains almost nothing about it's world and how it runs, i dont even know what year this movie supposed to take's place in.  i'm supposed to be immersed in the world of sin city but that cant happen when the movie doesn't like to explain its self

It's a fictional tale, it really doesn't matter what year it takes place. They aren't shooting for historical accuracy.
i'm looking for historical accuracy here but there is a part in the movie ware one of the characters is in jail and he telling us how much time has gone by and it like they were trying to set up a time frame but forgot add the year that this movie take place in. there's other parts in this movie that never get explained

Yeah, like the others said, I think it's more of a mood that they're trying to set, not pinpointing any particular year.  It's also a nostalgic look at a particular time, and nostalgia is not usually rooted in truth.

I don't think you'll really be able to look for historical accuracy in that one since it's not a period piece film.
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Post by: soera on May 02, 2013, 12:21:36 am
I just saw 2 movies. Rise of the apes and Hangover II.

Apes - kind of blah all the way through til the very end and then it just ends. Not anywhere as nifty as commercials made it look

Hangover - Lots of seriously funny parts. Just as good as the first. Shockingly a 3rd was just announced a couple days ago too. Hopefully its the last cause that cant continue. :)
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Post by: brunauss on May 02, 2013, 04:23:55 am
Olympus Has Fallen. Absolutely a treat to watch. The only complaint was the catalyst element in the beginning. Not very believable.
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Post by: htimreimer on May 06, 2013, 05:56:06 am
i've seen iron man 3 and its fun but vary flawed, overall it was vary underwhelming. 6 out of 10

what i think about the other iron man movies

iron man: its an above average action movie that serves its purpose as an origin story vary well. 7 out of 10

iron man 2: a little too much time in the editing room made this movie mediocre at best. 5 out of 10
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Post by: burningdoom on May 09, 2013, 11:41:13 pm
Iron Man 3.

Good movie, but I'm SEVERLY disappointed with The Mandarin. One of the coolest villains in the Marvel Universe, IMO, and Iron Man's arch nemesis, and they completely screw it up. As bad as Dr. Doom in the Fantastic Four movie, as far as I'm concerned.

They better do Thanos right in Avengers 2.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 25, 2013, 06:26:52 pm
Just got back from Star Trek: Into Darkness. AWESOME! I loved it! Much better than the first one. More emotion and meaning behind all that fabulous action, which made it all mean so much more than it did in the first film, IMO. If you've been questioning whether to go see it or not, definetly go see it!
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Post by: burningdoom on May 26, 2013, 01:34:19 am
My dad showed me an episode of the old black & white movie serial "Captain Video and his Video Rangers". About as cheesy as it can possibly get. But that kind of gave it a likable charm that made it bearable to watch:

(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/GLN-j5PXRbc/hqdefault.jpg)(http://www.westernclippings.com/images/serial/sr4_juddholdren_captvideo16.jpg)(http://216.75.63.68/space/images/cvsrlr_1.jpg)(http://cory60.com/Cory%20115.jpg)(http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_wXnJe_ciW3g/TXUZQ-SbGvI/AAAAAAAABDs/Y1VvA-8JK_I/captain_video_01.jpg)

Whenever the aliens (the guys in leather armor and helmets) showed up, the camera had a red tint, because of course they were in a different atmosphere on a different planet.

The scenes with the rocket in it, were hand-drawn animation, lol. And every line was given with the emotional impact of this guy from the Dry Eyes commercials:

(http://i.qkme.me/3rhgf8.jpg)
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Post by: tripredacus on May 27, 2013, 12:57:26 pm
Dead Alive. The goriest movie I may have ever seen.
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Post by: brunauss on May 28, 2013, 06:48:48 pm
My dad showed me an episode of the old black & white movie serial "Captain Video and his Video Rangers". About as cheesy as it can possibly get. But that kind of gave it a likable charm that made it bearable to watch:

(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/GLN-j5PXRbc/hqdefault.jpg)(http://www.westernclippings.com/images/serial/sr4_juddholdren_captvideo16.jpg)(http://216.75.63.68/space/images/cvsrlr_1.jpg)(http://cory60.com/Cory%20115.jpg)(http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_wXnJe_ciW3g/TXUZQ-SbGvI/AAAAAAAABDs/Y1VvA-8JK_I/captain_video_01.jpg)

Whenever the aliens (the guys in leather armor and helmets) showed up, the camera had a red tint, because of course they were in a different atmosphere on a different planet.

The scenes with the rocket in it, were hand-drawn animation, lol. And every line was given with the emotional impact of this guy from the Dry Eyes commercials:

(http://i.qkme.me/3rhgf8.jpg)

The inspiration for the character Captain Proton in Star Trek: Voyager. Awesome.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 28, 2013, 08:52:10 pm
My dad showed me an episode of the old black & white movie serial "Captain Video and his Video Rangers". About as cheesy as it can possibly get. But that kind of gave it a likable charm that made it bearable to watch:

(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/GLN-j5PXRbc/hqdefault.jpg)(http://www.westernclippings.com/images/serial/sr4_juddholdren_captvideo16.jpg)(http://216.75.63.68/space/images/cvsrlr_1.jpg)(http://cory60.com/Cory%20115.jpg)(http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_wXnJe_ciW3g/TXUZQ-SbGvI/AAAAAAAABDs/Y1VvA-8JK_I/captain_video_01.jpg)

Whenever the aliens (the guys in leather armor and helmets) showed up, the camera had a red tint, because of course they were in a different atmosphere on a different planet.

The scenes with the rocket in it, were hand-drawn animation, lol. And every line was given with the emotional impact of this guy from the Dry Eyes commercials:

(http://i.qkme.me/3rhgf8.jpg)

The inspiration for the character Captain Proton in Star Trek: Voyager. Awesome.

You win points just for knowing that! I thought everyone but me hated Voyager.
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Post by: htimreimer on June 01, 2013, 03:25:28 pm
every line was given with the emotional impact of this guy from the Dry Eyes commercials:

(http://i.qkme.me/3rhgf8.jpg)
you mean ben stein
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Post by: burningdoom on June 16, 2013, 08:43:03 pm
I just got back from Man of Steel with my dad for Father's day. It was stunning, action-packed, had ton of amazing special effects, and a helluva of story. It was simply astonishing.

You HAVE to go see this movie. I think Henry Cavill just became this generation's Superman. I daresay it was even better than Avengers.

The one and only complaint I had about it is: What was with the shaky camera? For high-energy action scenes, it makes sense, but it was shaky even in scenes that was nothing more than talking heads. Could we not afford a tripod?
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Post by: burningdoom on June 18, 2013, 11:27:29 pm
The Superman: Unbound animated movie.

Meh, whatever. It was average.
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Post by: blipcs76 on June 19, 2013, 09:55:06 am
Just watched A Good Day to Die Hard.  While it was a fun and enjoyable big dumb action movie, it just didn't feel like Die Hard.  The villains were underdeveloped and John McClaine just seemed to be going through the motions.  Willis seemed to be having way more fun in even the last movie, which was also dogged pretty hard by critics.

I will say that the chase scene at in the first act was pretty great.

IMO, they should wrap up the series with one final movie that brings the series back to it's roots.  Make it a smaller scale film, where he's trapped somewhere and must outsmart the bad guys rather than simply Rambo through waves of grunts. 
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Post by: htimreimer on June 19, 2013, 10:13:37 am
Just watched A Good Day to Die Hard.  While it was a fun and enjoyable big dumb action movie, it just didn't feel like Die Hard.  The villains were underdeveloped and John McClaine just seemed to be going through the motions.  Willis seemed to be having way more fun in even the last movie, which was also dogged pretty hard by critics.

I will say that the chase scene at in the first act was pretty great.

IMO, they should wrap up the series with one final movie that brings the series back to it's roots.  Make it a smaller scale film, where he's trapped somewhere and must outsmart the bad guys rather than simply Rambo through waves of grunts.
from what i heard, the biggest problem with the movie was marketing and direction, from a marketing standpoint it should be called die hard movie, some die hard fans (sorry for the pun) say that the 4th one was more of a die hard movie then this one. from a critic standpoint it was not wall directed and like you said, its dumb
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Post by: blipcs76 on June 19, 2013, 02:10:05 pm
Direction was adequate, IMO.  The biggest problem was the writing.  It just didn't feel like John McClaine -- the smartass, wisecracking, fun character was replaced with a grumpy and bland character.  The family backstory was presented poorly.  The villains were really one-dimensional.

I still enjoyed it and would buy it if I found it cheap (I've loved the franchise since I was a kid), but it was certainly a letdown.  If it hadn't been labeled Die Hard, I think my opinions would be much higher, but calling it Die Hard elicits certain expectations.
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Post by: soera on June 19, 2013, 04:27:12 pm
Been trying to watch some movies that have been accumulating on my DVR. Snow White and the huntsman - pretty good. I like the way they remade it to the way it is. Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter - ehhh mediocre. The timeline is odd and while some of the action was cool, the rest was pretty blah. Ending came too early too.
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Post by: turf on June 20, 2013, 07:35:36 pm
I was so pumped for the Abraham Lincoln movie. I had read the book and it was awesome. I ran out to see it.  What a turd. I've seen movies after reading the book before, but this was awful. My mom, remembering how much I was looking forward to the movie, bought me the blu ray for Christmas. Now I own this piece of squirrel shit.
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Post by: soera on June 20, 2013, 09:58:31 pm
Watched another movie last night. Mama. That was pretty good. I liked it. Going to watch The Collection tonight. Hopefully its good. Made by the people that made the Saw series so it should be. :D
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Post by: blipcs76 on June 21, 2013, 10:58:43 am
Watched another movie last night. Mama. That was pretty good. I liked it. Going to watch The Collection tonight. Hopefully its good. Made by the people that made the Saw series so it should be. :D

Mama was really well done, but it could have been a lot scarier, IMO.  The Collection was fun, though not nearly as intense as The Collector, which was way more brutal if my memory serves me correctly.
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Post by: soera on June 21, 2013, 11:52:44 am
I agree on Mama. The wife, however, kept twitching and jerking around anytime something would pop up.

The collection - Definitely had the gore I enjoyed. Reminded me of the Saw series which is what I was hoping, just really wasnt too happy with the actual ending. It should have been more exacting.
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Post by: burningdoom on June 21, 2013, 02:08:43 pm
It's kind of a big deal:

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Post by: htimreimer on June 22, 2013, 03:14:18 am
this has to be one of the best scenes in any movie ever


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Post by: stethebubble on June 22, 2013, 10:37:37 pm
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Post by: soera on June 25, 2013, 02:18:53 am
Watched a few more movies.

6 degrees of hell - pathetic. Absolutely stupid. No plot, no sense.

Scream 4 - Decent. Even though the gap of time in the movies was big, it felt like it belonged in the series.

Amazing spiderman - Good. Like the new Spiderman ... definitely more fitting than the first. Cant wait to see how the sequels play out.
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Post by: soera on June 28, 2013, 10:11:40 pm
Continuing with my thread.

Ghost rider spirit of vengeance - Not as good as the first.

End of watch - Fabulous movie. Ending was too soon however.

Fast N furious Tokyo drift - Not a bad movie but damn, lots and lots of yummy yummy Asian ladies.
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Post by: scott on June 29, 2013, 12:43:09 am
Fast N furious Tokyo drift - Not a bad movie but damn, lots and lots of yummy yummy Asian ladies.

I really enjoyed Tokyo Drift. But I watched it years after it came out. And I agree on the ladies, haha.
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Post by: soera on June 29, 2013, 10:23:33 am
Just watched Halloween the resurrection last night. Wasnt bad but wasnt super either. I like the concept of the movie but damn, Myers has more lives than Mario after 3-1.
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Post by: sin2beta on June 30, 2013, 01:16:19 pm
Hellraiser - this was not that good...
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Post by: soera on June 30, 2013, 02:19:03 pm
Iron man 2. I kept trying to watch this movie but never could find the time. Well, watched it and I liked it okay. The guy with the whips was awesome. Black widow was major yummy.
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Post by: stethebubble on June 30, 2013, 06:40:28 pm
went to see despicable me 2 3D

very funny.
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Post by: mchaso on June 30, 2013, 09:22:28 pm
went to see despicable me 2 3D

very funny.
I want to see this movie too. Is the 3D any good?
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Post by: turf on July 01, 2013, 09:39:04 am
We took The Boy to see Monsters U.  It was a good time with lots of funny moments.  The Boy was really into it.
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Post by: burningdoom on July 01, 2013, 01:01:24 pm
Iron man 2. I kept trying to watch this movie but never could find the time. Well, watched it and I liked it okay. The guy with the whips was awesome. Black widow was major yummy.

Glad I'm not the only one that liked that movie. It seems super-hero movies have to be freaking perfect anymore for anyone to enjoy them.
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Post by: mchaso on July 02, 2013, 10:25:50 am
Iron man 2. I kept trying to watch this movie but never could find the time. Well, watched it and I liked it okay. The guy with the whips was awesome. Black widow was major yummy.

Glad I'm not the only one that liked that movie. It seems super-hero movies have to be freaking perfect anymore for anyone to enjoy them.

That makes three of us. I liked this movie too. The reason why superhero movies are not "perfect" is because most of them don't stay true to the comics and fans of the comics don't appreciate it. I haven't read any superhero comic (yet) so the movies are really enjoyable for me.
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Post by: soera on July 02, 2013, 10:49:38 am
The thing that the comic fanatics seem to ignore is that Stan Lee himself is part of every one of these movies. If anyone should be upset about the story line going off, its him. And he approves, I approve!
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Post by: burningdoom on July 02, 2013, 01:08:06 pm
The thing that the comic fanatics seem to ignore is that Stan Lee himself is part of every one of these movies. If anyone should be upset about the story line going off, its him. And he approves, I approve!

Stan Lee has had very little control at Marvel since they got bought out in the late 90s. And I doubt Disney has given him any more control since they took over. He's more like Marvel's mascot, at this point.
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Post by: soera on July 02, 2013, 01:17:06 pm
I still dont think he would be part of the movies if he didnt have some sort of input. :)
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Post by: burningdoom on July 02, 2013, 01:56:43 pm
I still dont think he would be part of the movies if he didnt have some sort of input. :)

Well like I said, he's pretty much their mascot now. He still does some things, but it's more about public image for Marvel. He hasn't been Editor-In-Chief for many years. In fact, he left Marvel for a few years there to start his own comic company, which is now owned by someone else.
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Post by: stethebubble on July 03, 2013, 06:02:11 pm
went to see despicable me 2 3D

very funny.
I want to see this movie too. Is the 3D any good?

yeah it wasnt in your face like some 3d. worth seeing. the bubbles at the end were amazing. my little girl tried to pop them
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Post by: stethebubble on July 03, 2013, 06:03:22 pm
Iron man 2. I kept trying to watch this movie but never could find the time. Well, watched it and I liked it okay. The guy with the whips was awesome. Black widow was major yummy.

i loved the opening when he jumps out the plane. ACDC rocking the soundtrack.
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Post by: htimreimer on July 03, 2013, 10:56:16 pm
i have seen man of steel and its vary polarizing

pros: amazing visuals, amazing action scenes and great performances

cons: little to no character development, the editing was annoying at times and it bordered on being pretentious at times
 
2.5/5 mediocre
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Post by: brunauss on July 06, 2013, 02:58:37 pm
Went to preview White House Down last week. Not as good as Olympus Has Fallen, but good action.
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Post by: stethebubble on July 06, 2013, 09:33:17 pm
the lone ranger

the dark knight rises
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Post by: pacpix on July 12, 2013, 02:21:18 am
I just watched Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus.  I was all excited to watch it after seeing this scene:


After that though the movie was boooooooooring.  I recorded Sharknado to watch tomorrow so hopefully it is better.
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Post by: jobocan on July 12, 2013, 11:03:08 pm
Just came back from Pacific Rim. Really fun. Not super amazing, but the really badass fight scene is REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLY badass and the rest is pretty good. Definitely an entertaining movie, and it does give me some hope for next year's new Godzilla film (since it's made by the same studio... not the same director, but still :P).
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Post by: disgaeniac on July 13, 2013, 09:52:10 am
Just watched a Netflix movie called "The Snitch"; wasn't bad...
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Post by: scott on July 13, 2013, 01:46:28 pm
Watched The Switch w/ the GF the other night. I enjoyed it, I really like Jason Bateman's movies though, he played a really good normal-crazy person.
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Post by: soera on July 13, 2013, 05:04:59 pm
Hansel and Gretel : Witch hunters. Oh man, so far this movie has to be my top choice for a while. :) After this one and Snow White and the huntsman, Im looking forward to Oz and Jack the giant slayer.
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Post by: pacpix on July 13, 2013, 06:04:53 pm
Sharknado was awesome!

(http://cdn.rsvlts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/SharknadoChainsawSlowMo.gif)
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Post by: jobocan on July 13, 2013, 10:40:28 pm
Sharknado was awesome!

(http://cdn.rsvlts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/SharknadoChainsawSlowMo.gif)

Whoa, that very same moment happened in Pacific Rim. Seriously.

I was actually planning on watching Sharknado, but friends wanted to go to the theater to see a movie instead :P
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Post by: soera on July 14, 2013, 10:39:50 am
Oz the great and powerful : Not as violent or graphic as Hansel and Gretel but it was pretty cool. Plus Mila Kunis is probably the most gorgeous woman alive atm.

Last exorcism II :  Good movie for what it is. :)
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Post by: burningdoom on July 14, 2013, 03:03:56 pm
So I just watched through the Robocop series. I had seen the original Robocop before, but never the sequels.

Robocop:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/Robocop_film.jpg/220px-Robocop_film.jpg)

Fan-freaking-tastic movie that stands the test of time (well except for maybe the "futuristic cars", just spray-painted Taurus's lol).

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/robo_main_f.jpg)

A great story about a world oppressed by mega-corporations. And a personal story of a man trying to let go of his past. Lots of great action, some great dialogue, a dark-oppressive atmosphere that compliments the film perfectly, and a great sense of dark humor. And you get to see Red Forman from That 70s Show as a complete bad-ass.

The story follows the police department of Detroit in the near future. Large corporations now pretty much run the nation, and crime is at an all time high. Cops are underpowered, underpaid, and underappreciated. Officer Murphy is mercilessly gunned down in the line of duty. This is the final straw and cops across the city go on strike. Admists this strike, criminals take control of the city, and unbeknownst to many, some officers in the large Corporation of OCP are orchestrating some of the crime in order to sell weaponry and robotics to the Detroit police. One such endevour is Robocop. They use the remains of officer Murphy to create a cyborg of nearly unstoppable power. Robocop then uses his power to clean up the streets of Detroit and take down the crooked officers of OCP; all the while trying to fight the emotions of a past life that haunts his memories.

Any fan of action films, sci-fi films, and just generally dark films needs to see this if you already haven't.

Robocop 2:
(http://i2.listal.com/image/productsus/1000/630507335X/movies/robocop-2-1990.jpg)

DEAR GOD this is a terrible film. How could such a complete turd follow-up the first film? The villain is a freaking 11 year old kid, for crying out loud. Yeah, that's got to have a bullet-proof, computer-operated, killing machine shaking in his silver booties. Bad dialogue, the dark sense of humor is completely gone, and just cheesy-as-hell scenes. Pass this one up at all costs.

Basically the story is about a new drug being pushed across New Detroit. It's the single most addictive substance ever created and causes a wave of crime across the city because people will do anything to get money for the drug. The kid I mentioned earlier is the main pusher of this drug and running it all. Robocop must take him down and his gang of thugs.

Robocop 3:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/RoboCop3.jpg/220px-RoboCop3.jpg)

It doesn't stand up to the masterpiece that was the original film, but it was still better than the Robocop 2, despite some gaps in logic in the story. It's still missing that great dark sense of humor that the first film had. But at the same time, it did bring back the dark atmosphere that gave the original film it's distinct look and feel. And the action was definetly better than Robocop 2. Just a decent mindless action film. And it was written by Frank Miller of Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, and Daredevil fame; no joke!

The story follows the average citizens of New Detroit. They're being forced from their homes by OCP who has just "purchased" the city. As they're forced to comply, some stand against the forced removal and form a band of rebels to fight them. In the chaos, a small boy is separated from his parents and the band of rebels rescue him. Robocop is also damaged and the rebels rescue him as well. The boy is also obsessed with robotics and as a result forms a bond with the damaged robot, even going as far as repairing the damages and unlocking the feelings of the man underneath. The Detroit Police are then drafted into service by OCP to help force people out of their homes. The Detroit Police refuse and join the side of the rebels and all out war ensues.
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Post by: soera on August 11, 2013, 01:25:48 pm
Watched a few more shows the other night.

This is 40 - Pretty funny. Seemed longer than it actually was. Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing however.

Hobbit - As good as the original Lord of the Rings movies. The ending isnt what I expected ... it just ... stopped.

Vehicle 19 - W .. T .. F? Not much else to say about that one.

Spring Breakers - Good movie to see some definite gorgeous women. Even the story was good.
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Post by: redblaze57 on August 21, 2013, 07:13:15 pm
Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox- buy it. in all honesty that is all I can say, it's that good. Now I really want to get the comics it's based on
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Post by: karyann on August 21, 2013, 08:19:00 pm
The boyfriend and I finally have a few days off at the same time, so we've been watching a lot of anime since last week. Sprinted Madoka Magica, Kaze no Stigma, tried Soul Eater but couldn't watch more than 4 or 5 episodes, watched the Animal Crossing movie, and I started Clannad too. Big week, especially since I haven't watched any anime in like 6 months :P
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Post by: mchaso on August 21, 2013, 08:38:18 pm
watched the Animal Crossing movie

(http://global3.memecdn.com/wat-meme_c_1405583.jpg)
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Post by: turf on August 21, 2013, 09:26:32 pm
My wife and I took The Boy to the picture show last weekend. He had the choice of Planes in 3D at the good theater or Despicable Me 2 at the "budget" theater.  He picked Despicable Me 2. We had 3 movie tickets, popcorn, 2 drinks, and a candy bar for a whopping $11.50. The theater is a real shit hole, but can't beat the price.

Despicable Me 2 was pretty funny. I like fart jokes though. I'm not kidding. There is a fart gun.
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Post by: soera on August 21, 2013, 10:38:33 pm
Identity thief. I thought this was going to be a pretty stupid movie to be honest. But there were some really decent parts and, as a whole, the movie was worth watching.
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Post by: blipcs76 on August 22, 2013, 09:52:52 am
I watched The Town a few days ago, but just couldn't get into it and wandered off during the last 20 minutes or so.  Jeremy Renner was completely

Started watching Fullmetal Achemist yesterday, only 3 episodes in so far, but it's pretty good so far.
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Post by: karyann on August 22, 2013, 05:45:24 pm
watched the Animal Crossing movie

(http://global3.memecdn.com/wat-meme_c_1405583.jpg)

Yep, there's a movie! I found it weird too at first, since it's not the kind of game that's action packed. The movie ain't about action pretty much either, but it was nice. I guess nostalgia might have helped a bit, but still, I liked it!
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Post by: mchaso on August 23, 2013, 11:12:28 am
Yep, there's a movie! I found it weird too at first, since it's not the kind of game that's action packed. The movie ain't about action pretty much either, but it was nice. I guess nostalgia might have helped a bit, but still, I liked it!

I don't expect it to be action-packed, but how can one make a movie about a game that doesn't have much of a story to begin with? I'll definitely have to check this one out. You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.

But in the end, it's Japan. They've done far more weird things than this :D
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Post by: tripredacus on August 23, 2013, 03:32:28 pm
Saw Robocop 3 last night. I forgot that it sucks.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 23, 2013, 04:39:51 pm
So, Ben Affleck is the new Batman. Reactions?
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Post by: redblaze57 on August 23, 2013, 04:48:28 pm
So, Ben Affleck is the new Batman. Reactions?
been doing this all day
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Post by: mchaso on August 23, 2013, 05:35:05 pm
So, Ben Affleck is the new Batman. Reactions?

I only know him from the Daredevil movie, which was imo average. I saw Angry Joe's angry rant and although he freaked the f*** out at the beginning, he said we should not judge him until we see a trailer or something where we see Ben Affleck in the Batman suit. People criticised Heath Ledger for being put in the role of the Joker, and see how that turned out.

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Post by: redblaze57 on August 23, 2013, 07:39:52 pm
So, Ben Affleck is the new Batman. Reactions?

I only know him from the Daredevil movie, which was imo average. I saw Angry Joe's angry rant and although he freaked the f*** out at the beginning, he said we should not judge him until we see a trailer or something where we see Ben Affleck in the Batman suit. People criticised Heath Ledger for being put in the role of the Joker, and see how that turned out.


I will agree with angry Joe on the fact that ben needs to pull an equivalent performance as Batman to Heath Ledger as the Joker
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Post by: scott on August 24, 2013, 09:55:53 am
Watched Escape from New York again last night. Love that movie.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 24, 2013, 01:24:34 pm
The Wolverine.

I thought it was a completely average and forgettable action movie, with some good special effects here or there.

And I had one question about it, afterwards. Why did the Japanese guy become obsessed with Adamantium if when he met Wolverine in WWII, Wolverine still had bone claws and no Adamantium yet? In the movie, it even showed his bone claws when he was hanging by them in the well, spying on the base.
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Post by: htimreimer on August 24, 2013, 03:50:51 pm
The Wolverine.

I thought it was a completely average and forgettable action movie, with some good special effects here or there.
i feel the same way about this movie
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Post by: stethebubble on August 24, 2013, 07:37:58 pm
currently watching ATTACK ON TITAN
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Post by: burningdoom on September 08, 2013, 02:32:07 pm
DC Universe: Flashpoint

(http://i7.minus.com/jJsnI785yET0L_e.jpg)

It was good, but the comic was better. You actually got to explore more of this new parallel-universe in the comic.
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Post by: blipcs76 on September 09, 2013, 10:11:57 am
currently watching ATTACK ON TITAN

Me too; just finished episode 13.  I get the same vibe from Attack on Titan as I did the first time I watched Evangelion.  Although the titans sometimes come off a little silly.  Case in point:
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/132/f/5/titan_by_setonami-d64zoj0.gif)
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Post by: stethebubble on September 09, 2013, 12:35:58 pm
currently watching ATTACK ON TITAN

Me too; just finished episode 13.  I get the same vibe from Attack on Titan as I did the first time I watched Evangelion.  Although the titans sometimes come off a little silly.  Case in point:
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/132/f/5/titan_by_setonami-d64zoj0.gif)
yeah i hate the way they run
im up to 22. got to wait for them to air now. which sucks.
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Post by: redblaze57 on September 09, 2013, 08:26:46 pm
currently watching ATTACK ON TITAN

Me too; just finished episode 13.  I get the same vibe from Attack on Titan as I did the first time I watched Evangelion.  Although the titans sometimes come off a little silly.
yeah i hate the way they run
im up to 22. got to wait for them to air now. which sucks.

I'm also watching that now. It's not bad by any means, but to me it just seems way too over-hyped, I don't see myself enjoying this as much as I do my favorites or occasional watches.

Side Note Animes I've finished:
Berserk: the Golden Age Arc 2 - I'm loving what they've done with the movies even those It's just the anime series condensed
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail - ...Damn
Tenchi Muyo - (Watched all the series, but not the movies)- I liked all but Tenchi Universe. that one dragged on way too long
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Post by: jobocan on September 09, 2013, 08:48:44 pm
Yeah, Attack on Titan is really overhyped. It's not bad by any means, I'm watching it and enjoying it, but man it's SO freaking slow. It feels like what happens in 2-3 episodes could easily be condensed into one without really losing anything.
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Post by: thelung on September 09, 2013, 08:55:13 pm
I am not a big movie goer, I tend to fall asleep. Directtv is having free viewing of HBO and Showtime so watched Life of Pi. I have to say it was a pretty good movie.
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Post by: redblaze57 on September 09, 2013, 09:04:23 pm
Yeah, Attack on Titan is really overhyped. It's not bad by any means, I'm watching it and enjoying it, but man it's SO freaking slow. It feels like what happens in 2-3 episodes could easily be condensed into one without really losing anything.

You sure your talking about Attack on Titan there and not Dragonball Z?
*disclaimer*that is a joke ladies and gentlemen, I am by no means saying dragonball z is bad, but let's face it it shouldn't take two episodes to charge up.
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Post by: stethebubble on September 09, 2013, 10:43:22 pm
I am not a big movie goer, I tend to fall asleep. Directtv is having free viewing of HBO and Showtime so watched Life of Pi. I have to say it was a pretty good movie.

life of pi blew me away. i couldent sleep for 2 days as i was just thinking about it when i went to bed
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Post by: htimreimer on September 12, 2013, 07:14:57 am
i just finished black lagoon season 3: roberta's blood trail and my god was that a train wreck of a season

what made season 1 & 2 so good was that it didn't exploit the blood,gore or nudity and it did not exploit the female lead which is rarity in anime.
when it did show an excessive amount gore,blood or nudity , it was a moment that only happens in a few episodes and it was vary brief.
another good thing about season 1 & 2  was that the back story's are given in pieces and it is up to your imagination and what you remember
to put the puzzle together for example are female lead revy, she has a dark back story that is not clear at first
 
in season 3, they exploit the female lead in episode 2 in a shower scene and there's so much blood and gore that it turns in to a anime from the late 80s/90s, they made revy's back story even more dark for no reason, the puzzle pieces are now clear images that any horses ass can figure out and the ending is mediocre and only exists so they can make a season 4
 
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Post by: brunauss on September 18, 2013, 02:22:51 pm
The Wolverine.

I thought it was a completely average and forgettable action movie, with some good special effects here or there.

And I had one question about it, afterwards. Why did the Japanese guy become obsessed with Adamantium if when he met Wolverine in WWII, Wolverine still had bone claws and no Adamantium yet? In the movie, it even showed his bone claws when he was hanging by them in the well, spying on the base.

Hopefully the obvious actual Xmen movie sequel will be much better. Speaking of better sequels, Incidious 2 was wicked fun to watch. Also watched Renaissance on DVD and loved the graphic novel treatment.
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Post by: 90snostalga on September 24, 2013, 03:58:33 pm
Last anime:  Dragon Ball Z and the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!!   ;)

Last movie:  Dude Where's My Car   ;D
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Post by: blipcs76 on September 25, 2013, 06:48:26 pm
Every two weeks, my wife hangs out with her friends and I get to watch whatever I want.  This week, I chose:

Olympus Has Fallen
Die Hard in the White House, essentially.  That being said, I really enjoyed it.  Although it was loaded with cliches and very predictable, it was well-made, the acting was good and Gerard Butler was pretty convincing as the hero. 

Anchorman
It's nearly 10 years old, but I hadn't seen it until just now (I'm not the biggest Will Ferrell fan).  It was pretty funny, but not quite the classic as many people make it out to be.
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Post by: 90snostalga on September 25, 2013, 06:53:30 pm
Every two weeks, my wife hangs out with her friends and I get to watch whatever I want.  This week, I chose:

Olympus Has Fallen
Die Hard in the White House, essentially.  That being said, I really enjoyed it.  Although it was loaded with cliches and very predictable, it was well-made, the acting was good and Gerard Butler was pretty convincing as the hero. 

Anchorman
It's nearly 10 years old, but I hadn't seen it until just now (I'm not the biggest Will Ferrell fan).  It was pretty funny, but not quite the classic as many people make it out to be.

"Tits McGee!"    ;D    Can't wait for the second Anchorman to come out!!
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Post by: burningdoom on October 09, 2013, 01:49:58 pm
Watched G.I. Joe Retaliation last night. A complete waste of time.

The first G.I. Joe movie wasn't a masterpiece, by any means. But it was a fun, cheesy, action-flick to watch. Retalliation didn't have that charm going for it. It just seemed like something for Rock to pose and show-off in.
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Post by: pacpix on October 14, 2013, 08:19:01 pm
Just watched Blade Runner Director's Cut in my Science Fiction class. Really awesome movie probably in my top ten movies.

I also watched my first anime, it's based on Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. It is fully translated and on YouTube. 
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Post by: foxhack on October 14, 2013, 11:58:58 pm
Just watched Blade Runner Director's Cut in my Science Fiction class. Really awesome movie probably in my top ten movies.
Wait, did you watch the Director's Cut or the Final Cut? They're not the same movie.

Coincidentally, I watched the original Theatrical Cut of the movie recently. I plan to watch the Final Cut sometime soon.
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Post by: pacpix on October 15, 2013, 12:21:29 am
I just looked it up and it is the Director's Cut.
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Post by: soera on October 15, 2013, 01:52:28 am
Just watched Iron man 3. Was very entertaining and it has me hyped for the next installment of the movies.
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Post by: scott on October 18, 2013, 02:54:13 pm
Rented Pacific Rim last night and watched it again. It's still as good as when I saw it in the theater, but I still wish we had seen more action with the Russians and Chinese Jaegers.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 18, 2013, 02:55:26 pm
Just watched Iron man 3. Was very entertaining and it has me hyped for the next installment of the movies.

Better hype down. Robert Downey Jr. said he won't be returning for any more Iron Man movies. Although he did say he'd return for the Avengers sequel.

I liked it, but I also felt it was the weakest of the 3 Iron Man movies.
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Post by: soera on October 18, 2013, 03:27:26 pm
Most of the reason the X-men movies stopped was cause the actors/actresses not wanting to do anymore sequels either. :( Its disappointing.
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Post by: insektmute on October 18, 2013, 05:37:43 pm
I've been rewatching Chobits, which is both adorable, sweet, and totally hilarious. Every time I mention my love for the show, I get crap for it being a "girls" anime, though :p
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Post by: burningdoom on October 18, 2013, 07:37:29 pm
Most of the reason the X-men movies stopped was cause the actors/actresses not wanting to do anymore sequels either. :( Its disappointing.

The next X-Men movie is supposed to have a time-travel plot that has both the original movie trilogy X-Men team, and the First Class X-Men team. Sounds interesting, to say the least. Can't wait to see a young, badass Magneto meet Wolverine.
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Post by: soera on October 19, 2013, 01:53:14 am
I hope you arent teasing me!

As far as the thread itself, I watched curse of Chucky last night ... ehhhh it was par for the course. Nothing new, nothing special. Same ole Chucky. If you are a fan of the series, it works. If not, dont bother.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 21, 2013, 07:20:39 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Darkman_film_poster.jpg)

Starring Liam Neeson (Taken, Batman Begins, Clash of the Titans), directed by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead movies and Spider-Man movies). And it even looked great, visually.

So you'd think it would have been a great movie.

It wasn't. All the characters were cardboard cut-outs with no depth at all. And frankly, the decisions they made in the film made absolutely no sense. So it was hard to take any of it seriously.

Skip this one.
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Post by: scott on October 21, 2013, 07:36:47 pm
Hmm. I may have to revisit it. I remember really liking it as a kid.
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Post by: turf on October 21, 2013, 07:40:07 pm

Starring Liam Neeson (Taken, Batman Begins, Clash of the Titans), directed by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead movies and Spider-Man movies). And it even looked great, visually.

So you'd think it would have been a great movie.

It wasn't. All the characters were cardboard cut-outs with no depth at all. And frankly, the decisions they made in the film made absolutely no sense. So it was hard to take any of it seriously.

Skip this one.

You didn't like Darkman?  Next thing you'll tell me is Hudson Hawk was no good.
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Post by: foxhack on October 21, 2013, 09:09:56 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descendants

SO MANY FEELS. T_T
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Post by: redblaze57 on October 21, 2013, 09:42:17 pm
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/EvannGeostrem/Other%20Wallpaper/TalesofVesperiaTheFirstStrike.jpg)
honestly I'll put this up there with Devil May Cry(to me one of the best) as far as Anime Adaptions of video games and by far the best of the tales series of anime
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Post by: burningdoom on October 22, 2013, 12:35:14 am
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Creepshow2poster.jpg/220px-Creepshow2poster.jpg)

Pretty good if you're into anthologies. It really captured the feel of those old horror comics. Perfect for Halloween viewing.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 26, 2013, 10:05:50 pm
(http://www.classichorrorcampaign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/LIVING-DEAD-AT-THE-MANCHESTER-MORGUE-panish-poster-2.jpg)

I just got back from my dad's house where I saw this.

The movie goes by a few titles, actually: "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie", "Don't Open the Window", and the title this particular copy went by "The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue".

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cb3QHPEj1D8/TfFHMOw6ZzI/AAAAAAAAE2k/Ylv4bbE3QAY/s400/The.Living.Dead.at.Manchester.Morgue.1974.1080p.BluRay.x264-39.jpg)
The main-characters

Better than I expected actually. A great little zombie flick, especially considering the time of it's release (1973). A bit gorier than I expected, for the same reason. But I guess this was when Texas Chainsaw Massacre had just scared the piss out of everyone.

The beginning was a little slow to get into, but once things start happening, it's a pretty cool movie that delivers some great zombie scenes and gore scenes. And it's British (but I don't mind British horror movies).

(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100221094161/horrormovies/images/e/e2/Ldmm5.jpg)

Local farmers start using a new "envirnmentally safe" pest-control technology that uses ultra-sonic waves. It's designed to work on simple nervouse systems only, and drives the pests to kill each other. But unknown to everyone, it's also waking the local dead.

(http://whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/manchester.jpg)

Once the first murder or two happens, two travellers passing through are pegged for the murders. Of course the police don't believe their story of the walking dead. The movie follows the two characters trying to escape the grip of the police and trying to survive the horror of the flesh-eating fiends.

If you're into zombie flicks, this one is worth checking out.
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Post by: scott on October 28, 2013, 08:09:01 pm
Grease.

I can't help it, I really like that movie and most of the music in it. Plus Olivia Newton John is smoking hot at the end.
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Post by: turf on October 28, 2013, 09:23:08 pm
Grease.

I can't help it, I really like that movie and most of the music in it. Plus Olivia Newton John is smoking hot at the end.

I wouldn't say that out loud. That's one of those things that you lock deep away and deny it, even to yourself.
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Post by: scott on October 28, 2013, 09:25:23 pm
Meh. My tastes in film and music are diverse as hell, so it doesn't bother me.
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Post by: jobocan on October 28, 2013, 10:52:37 pm
Grease.

I can't help it, I really like that movie and most of the music in it. Plus Olivia Newton John is smoking hot at the end.

I wouldn't say that out loud. That's one of those things that you lock deep away and deny it, even to yourself.

What's wrong with Grease? ... I mean, other than what seems to be the final message of the movie... But the movie as a whole is pretty good.
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Post by: turf on October 28, 2013, 11:03:13 pm
Grease.

I can't help it, I really like that movie and most of the music in it. Plus Olivia Newton John is smoking hot at the end.

I wouldn't say that out loud. That's one of those things that you lock deep away and deny it, even to yourself.

What's wrong with Grease? ... I mean, other than what seems to be the final message of the movie... But the movie as a whole is pretty good.

I was just funning. Don't worry about it.
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Post by: foxhack on November 02, 2013, 08:33:53 pm
Thor 2.

It was pretty good.

(It opened in Latin America on the 1st.)
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Post by: azure on November 03, 2013, 02:38:24 pm
Just watched Stephen King's It, really good movie.
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Post by: brunauss on November 07, 2013, 12:28:33 pm
Watched Ender's Game earlier this week and seeing the triple feature Thor, Thor 2 and Avengers later today at local Regal Cinema.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 07, 2013, 12:45:20 pm
I hate Grease, too. Cheesy as hell, and I hate the showtune-esque music numbers. But then, I've never liked musicals (unless you count the Heavy Metal movies as musicals).
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Post by: scott on November 07, 2013, 01:54:43 pm
Watched The Ghost and The Darkness last night. Haven't seen it in forever. I still enjoyed it. But then again I do like films based on true stories.

The movie isn't accurate at all. But its still a pretty solid film about killer lions.
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Post by: soera on November 09, 2013, 12:35:15 am
Wife snagged White house down from the Redbox. I figured it was going to be some weird movie. Turned out to be pretty badass and definitely worth watching.
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Post by: 90snostalga on November 09, 2013, 02:58:28 am
Watched Star Wars Episode IV with the wifey last night  ;)
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Post by: 90snostalga on November 09, 2013, 02:59:23 am
Wife snagged White house down from the Redbox. I figured it was going to be some weird movie. Turned out to be pretty badass and definitely worth watching.

Glad you mentioned this movie.  I thought about buying it, but was hesitant.  This changes my thoughts on it.  Any one seen "You're Next" or the 3D blu ray "static"?
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Post by: htimreimer on November 09, 2013, 03:28:27 am
Wife snagged White house down from the Redbox. I figured it was going to be some weird movie. Turned out to be pretty badass and definitely worth watching.
Any one seen "You're Next"
from what i hear, its similar to scream and if you don't like scream, you will not like you're next
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Post by: 90snostalga on November 09, 2013, 03:30:57 am
Wife snagged White house down from the Redbox. I figured it was going to be some weird movie. Turned out to be pretty badass and definitely worth watching.
Any one seen "You're Next"
from what i hear, its similar to scream and if you don't like scream, you will not like you're next

Cool beans  ;)  We love all the Scream movies around here :)  Can't wait till January so I can pick up the blu ray for it  :)
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Post by: burningdoom on November 09, 2013, 11:58:34 am
Wife snagged White house down from the Redbox. I figured it was going to be some weird movie. Turned out to be pretty badass and definitely worth watching.
Any one seen "You're Next"
from what i hear, its similar to scream and if you don't like scream, you will not like you're next

Cool beans  ;)  We love all the Scream movies around here :)  Can't wait till January so I can pick up the blu ray for it  :)

Speak for yourself. I think those movies are a complete joke. Not horror at all. I don't see how people can possibly take these movies seriously, but I hear people talk about how "scary" they are all the time.
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Post by: scott on November 09, 2013, 12:44:22 pm
I liked the 1st Scream movie. I didn't think it was scarey, but just kinda liked it for the cheese factor. The later ones on the other hand got progressively more and more "meh"
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Post by: brunauss on November 09, 2013, 01:06:09 pm
Wife snagged White house down from the Redbox. I figured it was going to be some weird movie. Turned out to be pretty badass and definitely worth watching.

If you liked that one, you will like Olympus has Fallen. More grounded in realism.
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Post by: 90snostalga on November 09, 2013, 01:11:13 pm
Wife snagged White house down from the Redbox. I figured it was going to be some weird movie. Turned out to be pretty badass and definitely worth watching.
Any one seen "You're Next"
from what i hear, its similar to scream and if you don't like scream, you will not like you're next

Cool beans  ;)  We love all the Scream movies around here :)  Can't wait till January so I can pick up the blu ray for it  :)

Speak for yourself. I think those movies are a complete joke. Not horror at all. I don't see how people can possibly take these movies seriously, but I hear people talk about how "scary" they are all the time.

Yea there not scary but I think they are great movies.  The way the story is written and how each sequel follows each previous film.  It's just a great written and movie overall to me.  But yea not scary.  I think the only movie that actually scared me, would have been the very first time I watched paranormal activity.  My friend told me it was a true story when I first watched it so it freaked me out
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Post by: stethebubble on November 09, 2013, 11:16:55 pm
pacific rim
it was ok. acting was pretty bad in some places thou
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Post by: brunauss on November 11, 2013, 02:42:27 pm
pacific rim
it was ok. acting was pretty bad in some places thou

He needs to do another like Pan's Labyrinth.
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Post by: 90snostalga on November 12, 2013, 01:12:53 am
pacific rim
it was ok. acting was pretty bad in some places thou

Did you watch the 3d blu ray version?
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Post by: scott on November 12, 2013, 10:58:03 am
The Terminal. One of my top 5 favorite Tom Hanks movies.
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Post by: stethebubble on November 12, 2013, 09:43:01 pm
pacific rim
it was ok. acting was pretty bad in some places thou

Did you watch the 3d blu ray version?
nah i hate 3D.
i have a bad astigmatism in my left eye so i spend the whole movie seeing double and my eye trying to correct its focus.
the action in the movie was great. the acting was just a little too cheesy.
characters were a little too sterotypical
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Post by: stethebubble on November 12, 2013, 09:48:57 pm
pacific rim
it was ok. acting was pretty bad in some places thou

He needs to do another like Pan's Labyrinth.

id have to disagree. pans labyrinth was an amazing movie. leave it that way and come up with something new.
too many movies get sequels and most of the time they are nowhere near as good as the first.(predator)

there is exceptions where the sequels are good movies but not quiet as good as the first. (die hard)
and there are some where they are just as good if not better (batman)
but for the most part when they were not originally planned they tarnish the first movie.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 12, 2013, 10:41:30 pm

id have to disagree. pans labyrinth was an amazing movie. leave it that way and come up with something new.
too many movies get sequels and most of the time they are nowhere near as good as the first.(predator)

Whoa. Predator 2 and Predators are both excellent follow-ups to the original. If you want an example of bad follow-ups, look at The Crow or Robocop.
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Post by: scott on November 12, 2013, 11:01:31 pm
Or X3
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Post by: burningdoom on November 12, 2013, 11:12:44 pm
Or X3

Yeah, but at the same time X2 is one of the best comic movies ever.
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Post by: scott on November 12, 2013, 11:27:17 pm
True.
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Post by: soera on November 13, 2013, 08:39:03 am
Am I really the only one here that liked X3? :)
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Post by: turf on November 13, 2013, 09:18:34 am
Am I really the only one here that liked X3? :)

I liked it, but i don't know much about comics. 
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Post by: blipcs76 on November 13, 2013, 10:43:50 am
Recently watched Faster, starring Dwayne Johnson.  It was alright.  A fun action/revenge flick, but completely forgettable.

Watched The Conjuring with my wife recently.  It's one of the best haunted house movies I've seen in years. And I've seen most of them.

I started watching the anime B Gata H Kei - Yamada's First Time, which was recently added to Netflix.  The premise makes me feel that by watching it I shouldn't live so close to a school -- a girl enters high school with the intent to have sex with 100 guys.  But the references and situations are silly and sophomoric, not erotic.  Despite her intent, she is completely clueless, naive and timid.  Started watching it out of curiosity and kept watching because it was genuinely funny without being too creepy given the subject matter.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 13, 2013, 08:02:42 pm
Am I really the only one here that liked X3? :)

I liked it, but i don't know much about comics.

Here's my problems with the film:

1. They killed Professor Xavier. He is the X-Men.

2. They killed Cyclops. Possibly the only X-Men character to have consistently been an X-Men member since the beginning.

3. The Phoenix Saga is one of the most epic storylines ever told in comic history. What they gave us on the silver-screen was a completely different and completely crappier tale. Even her powers as Phoenix were disappointing in the film. In the comics she would hover into the air, her eyes would go solid white, and an aura of living flames (in the shape of a Phoenix) would erupt around her body.
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Post by: stethebubble on November 13, 2013, 08:04:18 pm

id have to disagree. pans labyrinth was an amazing movie. leave it that way and come up with something new.
too many movies get sequels and most of the time they are nowhere near as good as the first.(predator)

Whoa. Predator 2 and Predators are both excellent follow-ups to the original. If you want an example of bad follow-ups, look at The Crow or Robocop.

predator 2 was ok but predator is one of the best sci-fi action movies of all time.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 13, 2013, 08:06:57 pm

id have to disagree. pans labyrinth was an amazing movie. leave it that way and come up with something new.
too many movies get sequels and most of the time they are nowhere near as good as the first.(predator)

Whoa. Predator 2 and Predators are both excellent follow-ups to the original. If you want an example of bad follow-ups, look at The Crow or Robocop.

predator 2 was ok but predator is one of the best sci-fi action movies of all time.

Predator 2 didn't have Schwartzenegger, so that's an automatic point against it. But other than that, I thought it was fantastic. Brutal action. Intense scenes. Fan-freaking-tastic special-effects. And while Danny Glover may not be Schwartzenegger, he's still a fine action star.

How cool was that final scene when the elder Predators hand Danny Glover that old-west gun as a reward for defeating the Predator? You can't tell me that wasn't a cool scene.

Let's also not forget that we got to see Gary Busey get killed in this movie. That's worth the price of admission, alone.
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Post by: scott on November 13, 2013, 09:01:57 pm
The final scene with the Predators and Danny Glover was awesome. I dunno, I've always liked both of the originals about equally.
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Post by: MJMaranan on November 19, 2013, 03:34:47 am
Last Movie on Theaters: Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones were amazing in their respective roles.

Last Movie on Disc: Batman: Under The Red Hood
Not completely sure if this was the most recent movie on disc I saw.  I have a lousy memory.

Last Movie on TV: Cars 2
I liked the first one...  The sequel.  Not so much.  Did not even bother to start or finish the movie.

Last Anime: Sword Art Online
I don't really enjoy this series but I do get to watch-together with my brother.  Good enough for that, in my opinion.
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Post by: redblaze57 on November 19, 2013, 09:01:11 pm

Last Anime: Sword Art Online
I don't really enjoy this series but I do get to watch-together with my brother.  Good enough for that, in my opinion.

you Should watch BTOOOM! a little bit of the same Idea only instead of being stuck in a game they're stuck on an Island where they are put in a kill or be killed survival situation. Personally I would recommend it over SAO anytime.
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Post by: soera on November 19, 2013, 09:18:43 pm
Got the Bates haunting the other night. What a pile of shit. Straight up sucks.
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Post by: pacpix on November 19, 2013, 09:50:31 pm
I am super excited for this weekend!  On Saturday the new SyFy movie Stonadoes is being released.  It's like Sharknado, but with giant boulders and it takes place in Boston ha.  I also bought the Sharknado DVD from Ebay so I can watch it with director commentary.  Also Sharknado 2: The Second One is being released in July 2014.
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Post by: brunauss on November 20, 2013, 11:41:31 am
All Is Lost
Yeah... Robert Redford is showing his age in that one.
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Post by: redblaze57 on November 20, 2013, 07:42:12 pm
The Hangover part 3- it was alright

Spaceballs- Still very funny after all the times I've seen it
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Post by: turf on November 20, 2013, 08:33:15 pm

Spaceballs- Still very funny after all the times I've seen it

If Spaceballs ever quits being funny, I'm going to drive my car into a bridge end; because I'm not alive anyway.
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Post by: blipcs76 on November 21, 2013, 01:46:34 am

Spaceballs- Still very funny after all the times I've seen it

If Spaceballs ever quits being funny, I'm going to drive my car into a bridge end; because I'm not alive anyway.

That's how I feel about Ghostbusters.  I could watch it every day and not tire of it.  It's just so perfect.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 21, 2013, 02:08:40 am

Spaceballs- Still very funny after all the times I've seen it

If Spaceballs ever quits being funny, I'm going to drive my car into a bridge end; because I'm not alive anyway.

That's how I feel about Ghostbusters.  I could watch it every day and not tire of it.  It's just so perfect.

Very nice choice. But I'd go with The Back to the Future trilogy.
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Post by: scott on November 21, 2013, 09:03:05 am

Spaceballs- Still very funny after all the times I've seen it

If Spaceballs ever quits being funny, I'm going to drive my car into a bridge end; because I'm not alive anyway.

That's how I feel about Ghostbusters.  I could watch it every day and not tire of it.  It's just so perfect.

Very nice choice. But I'd go with The Back to the Future trilogy.

Seconded. And I tend to triple feature them when I do watch Back to the Future.
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Post by: blipcs76 on November 21, 2013, 02:03:54 pm
Back to the Future is my all-time favorite movie.  Ghostbusters is probably #2 or #3, but it is funnier than BTTF.
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Post by: brunauss on November 21, 2013, 03:18:54 pm

Spaceballs- Still very funny after all the times I've seen it

If Spaceballs ever quits being funny, I'm going to drive my car into a bridge end; because I'm not alive anyway.

That's how I feel about Ghostbusters.  I could watch it every day and not tire of it.  It's just so perfect.

Very nice choice. But I'd go with The Back to the Future trilogy.

Seconded. And I tend to triple feature them when I do watch Back to the Future.

Fellow binge watchers possibly? My mate and I do the same.
Oh, just wrapped up The OC last night. Final season had quite the build during the final episodes.
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Post by: foxhack on November 23, 2013, 07:28:31 pm
Sooooooo I just watched The Day of the Doctor.

I'm not a huge Doctor Who fan but I liked it.
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Post by: stethebubble on November 24, 2013, 12:02:00 pm
After Earth

this movie was ok. worth a watch if you have not seen it
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Post by: blipcs76 on November 25, 2013, 10:31:16 am
Watched a double feature with my wife last night:  Tremors 3 / Tremors 4

Quite a bit better than I was expecting.
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Post by: tripredacus on November 26, 2013, 04:00:12 pm
John Carpenter's The Fog.

Liked it better than the remake, although parts of it seem like shot-for-shot. Maybe it was the fact that lady played Glenn Miller on her radio station.
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Post by: brunauss on November 30, 2013, 03:16:01 pm
Watched Catching Fire and loved seeing Snow being cleverly played.
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Post by: stethebubble on November 30, 2013, 03:48:00 pm
the heat
dave gormans googlewack adventure
home alone
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Post by: turf on November 30, 2013, 03:55:33 pm
I've kind of just turned my brain off for the last couple of days. I've watched a ton of bad movies
Men in Black 3
Here Comes the Boom
Gremlins
And something else that I can't remember

Now I'm watching Demolition Man. It's as awesome as it is awful. I love it.
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Post by: pacpix on November 30, 2013, 04:31:27 pm
I thought Men and Black 3 was pretty good!
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Post by: burningdoom on November 30, 2013, 06:23:52 pm
Now I'm watching Demolition Man. It's as awesome as it is awful. I love it.

Nothing awful about it. That movie is an action-movie masterpiece!
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Post by: turf on November 30, 2013, 07:19:48 pm
I thought Men and Black 3 was pretty good!

Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed the shit out of every one of these.

Now, I'm finishing up Predator.  This may be my favorite Arnie movie. It's up there with Terminator and T2. It has the most manly line uttered in the history of cinema.

Jesse Ventura as Blain:  I ain't got time to bleed.
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Post by: MJMaranan on December 02, 2013, 11:55:10 pm
Finally saw Kung Fu Panda 2 and thinking of watching Out Of The Furnace on theaters this weekend.

As for Kung Fu Panda 2, the original's still better, in my opinion, but Po's origin story, and the whole movie, was decent.  Something expected from over-the-top martial arts/family movies.
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Post by: insektmute on December 05, 2013, 03:53:36 pm
I started rewatching the Underworld movies last night. Don't care what anyone says, I love 'em, and Kate Beckinsale is my future waifu :D
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Post by: burningdoom on December 05, 2013, 04:36:29 pm
I started rewatching the Underworld movies last night. Don't care what anyone says, I love 'em, and Kate Beckinsale is my future waifu :D

Agreed on both points. Kate Beckinsale, especially in those movies, is female perfection.
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Post by: insektmute on December 06, 2013, 04:15:09 pm
I just wish Awakening had been better. Kate still looks great, but yeeek, the plot and acting are way worse than the others.
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Post by: scott on December 06, 2013, 04:40:12 pm
Started watching the Gantz anime again the other day. I remember when it was just coming out on DVD and I had to pick up every new release as it came out. So addicting. Reminds me that I need to look into the American release of the manga.
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Post by: 90snostalga on December 06, 2013, 05:00:35 pm
Movie last watched:  Friday and I love you man

Both are awesome and funny  :D
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Post by: soera on December 06, 2013, 05:07:29 pm
Watched the Conjuring. That shit was awesome. If you like horrors, you have to watch this one. Its definitely one of the more realistic feeling scary movies Ive seen in a while.
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Post by: xstonekinghtx on December 06, 2013, 10:16:19 pm
Anime: The world God only knows and Attack of the Titan
Movie: Hunger Games 1
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Post by: redblaze57 on December 06, 2013, 11:11:15 pm
Let's see
Eden of the East- Surprisingly very good
.Hack//Quantum- After seeing this I want More .Hack//
Sakura Wars- This is one of those one where you need to know the Mechanics of the game otherwise you would think there's a lot of filler. Personally I see this one being a Guilty Pleasure of mine.
Welcome to the N.H.K.- Ok I watch this one Months Ago but never Said anything about it. it's great a little weird at the beginning and in all honesty very depressing at time, But this isn't a series you should not overlook at all.
Yu Yu Hakusho "the Movie" and Eizou Hakusho- The Movie is Basically A lost episode After Season 2, Why I say that is because it got a Runtime of a little over 25 minutes. Though I say that It's an action packed from Beginning to End and its a self Contained Story. Eizou Hakusho in a nutshell is a Condensed version of Yu yu Hakusho set to Music sung by the Japaneses voice Actors with 2 episode base on the Dark touranment and the other 4 on the Progression of the 4 main Characters thoughout the series.
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Post by: stethebubble on December 07, 2013, 02:19:30 pm
watched planes last night with my little girl
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Post by: stethebubble on December 07, 2013, 05:56:12 pm
jingle all the way

"PUT THE COOKIE DOWN  NOW"
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Post by: MJMaranan on December 08, 2013, 11:57:10 pm
Saw Batman Begins again.  Hated how Christian Bale revamped his Batman tone for the sequels.  In my opinion, his Batman voice was a lot more decent in this movie.
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Post by: scott on December 09, 2013, 12:58:26 pm
I really like the new Batman movies, but I've always been iffy on Bale's voice. It always sounds to me like his nose piece is plugging his nose and he's stuffed up.
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Post by: turf on December 09, 2013, 01:44:02 pm
I really like the new Batman movies, but I've always been iffy on Bale's voice. It always sounds to me like his nose piece is plugging his nose and he's stuffed up.
At the risk of derailing the thread, has anyone seen Batdad on youtube? Dude cracked me up, and his Batman voice is as forced as Bale's.

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Post by: blipcs76 on December 09, 2013, 02:03:27 pm
Watched the Conjuring. That shit was awesome. If you like horrors, you have to watch this one. Its definitely one of the more realistic feeling scary movies Ive seen in a while.

Agreed.  One of the best horror movies I've seen in years.  And me and my wife have seen most of them.



And Batdad is hilarious :)
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Post by: blipcs76 on December 09, 2013, 02:08:20 pm
Watched Pacific Rim this weekend.  I really liked it -- the spectacle was amazing and it had enough story and grounding to make you invested in the characters and plot.

Rewatched Princess and the Frog.  Hurts every time I watch it, because I so want Disney to return to hand drawn animation.  CG movies are fine, but hand drawn just has a special look and care about it that cannot be matched with 3D models.  Princess and the Frog is one of the best things to come out of Disney in years.

As for anime, I just finished up Yamada's First Time and it was a fun show, though the last two episodes were a bit uncomfortable.  Started up Soul Eater next, which gives me a strong Bleach vibe, though far more silly.
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Post by: soera on December 09, 2013, 02:37:40 pm
Lol Batdad is awesome.
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Post by: redblaze57 on December 09, 2013, 06:36:00 pm
speaking of the new Batman movies, Watched the Dark knight rises last night. it was good, still prefer Luchador Bane though. my opinion on Bale as Batman is that he's a Good Bruce Wayne.

Also Thor: Dark World- I enjoyed it as much as the other Marvel Movies which is a good thing
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Post by: soera on December 10, 2013, 08:39:54 am
Watched the Purge last night. I really enjoyed it. Was a psycho thriller and very well done. Weirdest concept I have seen for a movie in years too.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 10, 2013, 12:59:18 pm
(http://content7.flixster.com/movie/10/95/83/10958321_det.jpg)

I watched Light Years (a.k.a Gandahar) last night. Very cool 80s "adult" animated movie in the same vein as Heavy Metal or Starchaser. This one was done by Isaac Asimov (yeah, the famous one), and stars Glenn Close as a voice-actor.

Some stiff animation, and maybe a little flat on the voice-acting. But if you can look past that, it's a VERY cool sci-fi story with some very imaginative animation. Also, there are a lot of blue titties everywere, so once you get past that shallow surface, you'll find a deeper a story, I promise.

A society that has lived in peace and paradise is suddenly invaded by "men of metal". They systematically and without a sign of emotion or remorse begin killing people.

(http://merryfrolics.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/gandahar00.jpg)

A race that has long forgotten war sends out one warrior to find out why, and where these men of metal are coming from; his name is Silvain.

What he finds is strange a race of deformed people that have been outcast by his society, the very same society that experimented on them and made them this way; and as a result also have strange precognitive powers. They give him a riddle: "
"A thousand years ago, Gandahar will be saved, and what can't be avoided will be." ."

(http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/film/gandahar5.jpg)

They then take him to meet the supposed leader of men of metal, who also turn out to be an outcast of his societies scientific experiments in the past. A very strange being known as "Metamorphis."

(http://isaacbickerstaff.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/gandahar-brain.jpg)

And finds a portal. I don't want to give away too much here, because it's one of those movies where everything clicks into place at the end.

Very cool movie. I recommend anyone that's into that "adult" 80s animation style, to definetly check this one out.

(http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/review_gandahar.jpg)
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Post by: soera on December 10, 2013, 01:16:52 pm
Why, oh why, did you post those pics? That looks just so crazy that Im going to have to try to find it!
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Post by: 90snostalga on December 10, 2013, 01:36:11 pm
Watched the Purge last night. I really enjoyed it. Was a psycho thriller and very well done. Weirdest concept I have seen for a movie in years too.
 

Thanks for the feedback on the Purge.  I have been debating to get the blu ray for a while now but Havent seen any reviews on here.  This gives me the confidence  8)
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Post by: soera on December 11, 2013, 07:51:43 am
Wife is an obsessed Vin Diesel fan so we just bought Fast and furious 6. I actually liked it. It makes me want to go back and watch the rest of them again.
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Post by: scott on December 11, 2013, 08:38:18 am
Wife is an obsessed Vin Diesel fan so we just bought Fast and furious 6. I actually liked it. It makes me want to go back and watch the rest of them again.

I need to pick up 6. I really enjoy them, I'm not sure how good they will be without Paul Walker though. We went and saw 6 in the theater, but I think 5 is my favorite one to date.
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Post by: soera on December 11, 2013, 09:02:39 am
Im wondering if he finished filming his part for 7 before the crash.
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Post by: scott on December 11, 2013, 10:36:29 am
I heard they were about halfway through filming and they've put production into hiatus until Universal can talk to his family about their feelings with moving filming forward/ rewriting the script.
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Post by: brunauss on December 14, 2013, 12:35:51 pm
(http://content7.flixster.com/movie/10/95/83/10958321_det.jpg)

I watched Light Years (a.k.a Gandahar) last night. Very cool 80s "adult" animated movie in the same vein as Heavy Metal or Starchaser. This one was done by Isaac Asimov (yeah, the famous one), and stars Glenn Close as a voice-actor.

Some stiff animation, and maybe a little flat on the voice-acting. But if you can look past that, it's a VERY cool sci-fi story with some very imaginative animation. Also, there are a lot of blue titties everywere, so once you get past that shallow surface, you'll find a deeper a story, I promise.

A society that has lived in peace and paradise is suddenly invaded by "men of metal". They systematically and without a sign of emotion or remorse begin killing people.

(http://merryfrolics.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/gandahar00.jpg)

A race that has long forgotten war sends out one warrior to find out why, and where these men of metal are coming from; his name is Silvain.

What he finds is strange a race of deformed people that have been outcast by his society, the very same society that experimented on them and made them this way; and as a result also have strange precognitive powers. They give him a riddle: "
"A thousand years ago, Gandahar will be saved, and what can't be avoided will be." ."

(http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/film/gandahar5.jpg)

They then take him to meet the supposed leader of men of metal, who also turn out to be an outcast of his societies scientific experiments in the past. A very strange being known as "Metamorphis."

(http://isaacbickerstaff.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/gandahar-brain.jpg)

And finds a portal. I don't want to give away too much here, because it's one of those movies where everything clicks into place at the end.

Very cool movie. I recommend anyone that's into that "adult" 80s animation style, to definetly check this one out.

(http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/review_gandahar.jpg)

I have seen all three of these movies and as a result labeled weird because I love them. Heavy Metal even had a sequel and its story itself ended up a trilogy by concluding with the tamer video game Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 by Human Head Studios.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 14, 2013, 03:13:12 pm
^ Nothing weird about it at all. Those style of movies are fantastic! I wish they would have made more. I think they're much better than Japanese anime, to be honest, because I don't like how everything is made to be cute and cheeky in anime. But there's only handful of them I know of (that is unless you can point me to some other good ones):

-Fire and Ice (honestly, I was a little disappointed in this one, though)
-Heavy Metal
-Heavy Metal 2000
-Light Years (Gandahar)
-Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

And then there's Titan A.E., which isn't quite the same but obviously had some influences.
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Post by: azure on December 15, 2013, 07:26:00 pm
Been watching Bunny Drop on episode 7, watched the Alien trilogy the other day (Great trilogy even with the hate on 3), and watching Summer Wars tonight from Toonami's month of movies.
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Post by: MJMaranan on December 15, 2013, 08:37:31 pm
Last anime I watched but did not get the chance to start was Summer Wars on Toonami.  Pretty decent even though the movie was midway.

Recently watched League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen again.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 15, 2013, 10:25:26 pm
Recently watched League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen again.[/font]

I love that movie! I think it's one of the best comic book movies out there. So underrated.
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Post by: blipcs76 on December 16, 2013, 10:00:20 am
^ Nothing weird about it at all. Those style of movies are fantastic! I wish they would have made more. I think they're much better than Japanese anime, to be honest, because I don't like how everything is made to be cute and cheeky in anime. But there's only handful of them I know of (that is unless you can point me to some other good ones):

-Fire and Ice (honestly, I was a little disappointed in this one, though)
-Heavy Metal
-Heavy Metal 2000
-Light Years (Gandahar)
-Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

And then there's Titan A.E., which isn't quite the same but obviously had some influences.

Not all anime is like that -- some is much more realistic and mature.  Maybe give some shows like Hellsing, Berserk, Gantz, Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop or any movie by Yoshiaki Kawajiri a shot.
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Post by: scott on December 16, 2013, 05:48:14 pm
We watched Rock of Ages last night. I guess I didn't realize that it was a musical and at first we were both like "this is a strange movie", but afterwards we were both "That was really good". Great soundtrack in that movie too, I may need to rewatch it soon so I can pick out more references to that era of music. 
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Post by: foxhack on December 16, 2013, 06:08:11 pm
I love that movie! I think it's one of the best comic book movies out there. So underrated.

.....................................

WHAT?!
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Post by: burningdoom on December 16, 2013, 06:44:55 pm
I love that movie! I think it's one of the best comic book movies out there. So underrated.

.....................................

WHAT?!

Yeah, take the best heroes from 19th century literature, stick them together in a team, and have them go off on an action-packed mission with the fate of the world in their hands. It also had some killer special-effects, and that vampire chick was damn hot.

Plus, Sean Connery.
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Post by: foxhack on December 16, 2013, 06:50:13 pm
Yeah, take the best heroes from 19th century literature, stick them together in a team, and have them go off on an action-packed mission with the fate of the world in their hands. It also had some killer special-effects, and that vampire chick was damn hot.

Plus, Sean Connery.

No.

This movie is so damn different from the comics that it barely qualifies as a comic book movie! IT'S NOT A COMIC BOOK MOVIE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
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Post by: redblaze57 on December 16, 2013, 06:57:13 pm
Saw Daredevil for the first time in a long time, never again
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Post by: foxhack on December 16, 2013, 07:15:00 pm
Saw Daredevil for the first time in a long time, never again
Speaking of movies that weren't that bad...

*runs*
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Post by: burningdoom on December 16, 2013, 07:18:05 pm
Yeah, take the best heroes from 19th century literature, stick them together in a team, and have them go off on an action-packed mission with the fate of the world in their hands. It also had some killer special-effects, and that vampire chick was damn hot.

Plus, Sean Connery.

No.

This movie is so damn different from the comics that it barely qualifies as a comic book movie! IT'S NOT A COMIC BOOK MOVIE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

I never read the comic. So I don't know how close it was. I just know I enjoyed it.

Saw Daredevil for the first time in a long time, never again
Speaking of movies that weren't that bad...

*runs*

Yeah, Daredevil was great. I think the hate it gets is solely due to the hate Ben Affleck generally receives just for being Ben Affleck.
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Post by: soera on December 16, 2013, 07:19:16 pm
So yesterday we were bored and tossed in a generic movie from our pile. Was called "The Final". Umm this movie was awesome. I cant believe we had it for years on our wall and never watched it. It looks like a horror but its actually about outcast teens getting back at the bullies in their school. I have to recommend this movie. It was great.
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Post by: foxhack on December 16, 2013, 08:15:50 pm
I never read the comic. So I don't know how close it was. I just know I enjoyed it.

READ IT.

You'll be astonished at just how much stuff was changed between the original story and the movie we got. I'm not saying that the movie is bad, it isn't, but it also isn't the League.
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Post by: brunauss on December 17, 2013, 03:26:46 pm
Watched Frozen last week and then watched Catching Fire again this week.
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Post by: soera on December 17, 2013, 03:37:20 pm
Been on a horror trip so rented 13/13/13 ... do not waste your time. This movie has absolutely no real plot, no acting skills, and it ends just like it started : abruptly and without any sense of why its happening.
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Post by: brunauss on December 19, 2013, 06:35:30 pm
Been on a horror trip so rented 13/13/13 ... do not waste your time. This movie has absolutely no real plot, no acting skills, and it ends just like it started : abruptly and without any sense of why its happening.

Watched it and agreed. Seen The Desolation of Smaug Yesterday. Was certainly far better than 13/13/13.
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Post by: stethebubble on December 19, 2013, 08:41:30 pm
paranoia

it was worth a watch. gary oldman was great as always
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Post by: scott on December 19, 2013, 11:39:55 pm
Just triple featured Raiders of the Lost Ark - Last Crusade. Always 2 thumbs up from me.
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Post by: soera on December 20, 2013, 12:13:31 am
Continuing with the horrible "horror" movies was the Ouija experience. It made Blair witch look real.

Also watched We're the Millers. That movie was damned funny. And anything with Jennifer Aniston works for me.
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Post by: htimreimer on December 21, 2013, 04:05:25 am
Continuing with the horrible "horror" movies was the Ouija experience. It made Blair witch look real.
that scary in it self, blair witch was awful and i can not imagine what a poor man's version would look like
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Post by: turf on December 21, 2013, 02:42:06 pm
I just finished watching G.I. Joe Retaliation. It wasn't nearly as bad as I'd heard. I liked it for what it was; check your brain at the door, mindless action.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 21, 2013, 03:40:41 pm
I just finished watching G.I. Joe Retaliation. It wasn't nearly as bad as I'd heard. I liked it for what it was; check your brain at the door, mindless action.

I didn't like it. It felt like they made it just to glorify The Rock. They even pushed out a few of the essential Joes that might've stolen his spotlight at the beginning. And I did enjoy the first G.I. Joe movie, as cheesy as it was.
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Post by: turf on December 21, 2013, 04:31:35 pm
I just finished watching G.I. Joe Retaliation. It wasn't nearly as bad as I'd heard. I liked it for what it was; check your brain at the door, mindless action.

I didn't like it. It felt like they made it just to glorify The Rock. They even pushed a few of the essential Joes that might've stolen his spotlight at the beginning. And I did enjoy the first G.I. Joe movie, as cheesy as it was.

I never watched GI Joe as a kid, so I don't know anything about the Joes. I just like watching shit blow up
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Post by: pacpix on December 22, 2013, 12:38:18 am
I just finished watching G.I. Joe Retaliation. It wasn't nearly as bad as I'd heard. I liked it for what it was; check your brain at the door, mindless action.

I didn't like it. It felt like they made it just to glorify The Rock. They even pushed a few of the essential Joes that might've stolen his spotlight at the beginning. And I did enjoy the first G.I. Joe movie, as cheesy as it was.

I never watched GI Joe as a kid, so I don't know anything about the Joes. I just like watching shit blow up

Yeah, that was about what I got out of the movie too.
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Post by: soera on December 26, 2013, 04:18:40 pm
Watched a couple more horror movies.

Haunting at silver falls. Really been waiting to see this one (every Redbox in my area has been out of this movie for weeks). Was worth the wait. The concept of the movie was really well done and the ending was most deserving of the storyline.
Insidious 2. I dont know if I have ever seen the first one but I may have to find a way to watch it. This movie was pretty good. Also like the way the ending left open a chance for possibly a 3rd movie in the series.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 29, 2013, 12:45:25 pm
Anchorman 2

I wished I hadn't spent the money on it, afterwards. Doesn't even come close to touching the first movie. They were just trying way too hard. Everything came off over-the-top, and yes, I realize that's how the first film was. But this time, it was just too much all the time.
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Post by: MJMaranan on December 29, 2013, 05:47:44 pm
Anime: Cowboy Bebop: Ballad Of Fallen Angels

Around 20 minutes of epic.  Remaining ten minutes were break or commercials.  I need to get this anime series.
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Post by: redblaze57 on December 29, 2013, 07:00:16 pm
Anime: Cowboy Bebop: Ballad Of Fallen Angels

Around 20 minutes of epic.  Remaining ten minutes were break or commercials.  I need to get this anime series.


I believe Funamation's doing a re-release soon
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Post by: burningdoom on December 31, 2013, 12:12:41 am
The '80s is the greatest decade in cinematic history.

Prove me wrong.

-Aliens
-Back to the Future Trilogy
-Batman
-Beastmaster
-Blade Runner
-Bloodsport
-The Breakfast Club
-Clash of the Titans
-Conan the Barbarian
-Conan the Destroyer
-Day of the Dead
-Die Hard
-Dune
-The Empire Strikes Back
-E.T.: The Extra-Terrestial
-First Blood
-The Fly
-Friday the 13th Series
-Fright Night
-Ghostbusters 1 & 2
-The Goonies
-The Great Outdoors
-Heavy Metal
-Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
-Inner Space
-Legend
-Lethal Weapon
-Lionheart
-The Lost Boys
-Masters of the Universe (yep, I put it here...what?)
-Monster Squad
-The Neverending Story
-A Nightmare on Elm Street Series
-Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
-Predator
-The Princess Bride
-Poltergeist
-Rambo
-Return of the Jedi
-Return of the Living Dead
-Revenge of the Nerds
-Robocop
-Spaceballs
-Star Trek 2-5
-Superman II
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
-Terminator
-Uncle Buck
-Under Siege
-Weird Science
-Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
-Willow
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Post by: burningdoom on January 01, 2014, 01:45:44 am
Iron Man: The Rise of Technovore

(http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/43396419582_p0_v2_s260x420.JPG)

Pretty good little animated movie. Lots of action, great animation, and a good (albeit not great) comic book story. It's really the action sequences, more than anything that stands out here. And the artwork has just a bit of a Japanese Anime flavor to it, but completely has that smooth American animation with lots of movement unlike most Japanese anime. And the artwork is stunning for an animated movie.

I definitely recommend it to any fans of the comics or the movie even (although there isn't as much humor here as there is in the movies).
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Post by: turf on January 01, 2014, 03:04:26 pm
I just finished watching Planes with The Boy. It was fun. I like Disney cartoons, though. It's a guilty pleasure I never outgrew.
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Post by: stethebubble on January 01, 2014, 03:07:59 pm
I just finished watching Planes with The Boy. It was fun. I like Disney cartoons, though. It's a guilty pleasure I never outgrew.

agreed. it was a nice feel good underdog family movie.
turbo is also worth a watch.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 15, 2014, 09:33:47 pm
(http://leviathyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mario-bros.jpg)

I saw this at Goodwill the other day. Because this was being talked about in a positive light not too long ago, I decided to give it another go since I hadn't seen it since I was a kid. Maybe I'd enjoy something now I didn't understand then.

But no, it was still downright terrible. Not a redeeming quality about it, IMO. So incredibly bad. It was like the people making the movie, really didn't want to make a Mario Bros. movie. So they took their own script, and tried to tweek Mario stuff into it the best they could (which was terribly). Nothing resembled the video games, the cartoon, or even the comics except for Mario himself.

What's the most ironic thing about it is that there were some decent actors in it, yet the acting was still horrible.
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Post by: MJMaranan on January 15, 2014, 11:57:31 pm
Trust the fungus!

Finally saw tED a few days ago...  Pretty funny.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 19, 2014, 12:02:38 am
Elysium

Well-made and some cool looking stuff in it. But the story was a little boring.
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Post by: turf on January 19, 2014, 08:12:24 am
I finally got to watch Superman. That was a good time. It was a little long, but I liked it.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 19, 2014, 12:17:25 pm
I finally got to watch Superman. That was a good time. It was a little long, but I liked it.

Are you talking about the recent Man of Steel, or did you just watch the Christopher Reeves Superman movie for the first time?
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Post by: turf on January 19, 2014, 12:25:59 pm
I finally got to watch Superman. That was a good time. It was a little long, but I liked it.

Are you talking about the recent Man of Steel, or did you just watch the Christopher Reeves Superman movie for the first time?

Man of Steel
Lots of action. I liked how The Last Son of Krypton could take an ass whoopin and his hair still had that classic part.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 19, 2014, 12:41:36 pm
I finally got to watch Superman. That was a good time. It was a little long, but I liked it.

Are you talking about the recent Man of Steel, or did you just watch the Christopher Reeves Superman movie for the first time?

Man of Steel
Lots of action. I liked how The Last Son of Krypton could take an ass whoopin and his hair still had that classic part.

I thought it was one of the best movies of last year.
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Post by: soera on January 19, 2014, 03:35:55 pm
Just watched the Wolverine. Was super awesome and now I cant wait for the next Marvel installment.

Also watched Kick Ass 2. Definitely better than the first.
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Post by: MJMaranan on January 19, 2014, 05:09:56 pm
Paul was a pretty decent comedy.  I should find the time to watch Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead one of these days.
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Post by: turf on January 19, 2014, 07:28:38 pm
Paul was a pretty decent comedy.  I should find the time to watch Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead one of these days.
Yes you should
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Post by: MJMaranan on January 23, 2014, 02:02:32 am
As for anime, I saw Space Dandy a few days ago...  I was so excited because Adult Swim promos kept saying "From the makers of Fullmetal Alchemist and Cowboy Bebop comes..."  When I finally watched the dub, my expression of it was mostly "meh."  I guess I was overhyping myself because of the how much I loved both of the series and my hopes that it would transfer over into this one.
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Post by: redblaze57 on January 23, 2014, 09:25:51 pm
The World's End- It's a fun movie, I will say not as funny as the other two movies in the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy, but I still found it to be just as fun to watch as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
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Post by: Veilor on January 26, 2014, 02:16:14 pm
I wached The Town yesterday, good movie, though I didn't think it was that great as lot of people have said.
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Post by: brunauss on January 28, 2014, 12:13:12 pm
Just watched The Devil's Due. That was an anti-climatic hot mess.
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Post by: pacpix on January 28, 2014, 10:43:17 pm
I finally got around to watching Monty Python's Holy Grail and it was hilarious!
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Post by: karyann on January 29, 2014, 01:52:47 pm
I finally got around to watching Monty Python's Holy Grail and it was hilarious!

I love that movie! So many silly quotes to throw around. You make me wanna watch it yet another time now. I think that's what will help me sew tonight  :D I love to put some movie or TV show in the background while I sew, makes time go by faster.
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Post by: soera on January 30, 2014, 11:31:29 pm
Omg ... Just watched "Bad Grandpa". I laughed so hard at part of it that I teared up. Havent done that at a movie ever. It was damned awesome!
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Post by: MJMaranan on February 04, 2014, 01:43:52 am
The Last Stand is also something I'd consider a mess.  Would not recommend.
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Post by: turf on February 04, 2014, 05:56:43 pm
I watched This Is The End. Wow. If you're into vulgar, drug fueled, crazy humor; this is for you. Man, it was funny. Michael Cerra as a coke addled version of himself was hilarious. 
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 05, 2014, 04:57:42 am
I watched This Is The End. Wow. If you're into vulgar, drug fueled, crazy humor; this is for you. Man, it was funny. Michael Cerra as a coke addled version of himself was hilarious.

I love Seth Rogen movies!   :)  Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, Hot tub time machine, etc.  So I assume if I like those kind of movies "This Is the End" will be awesome for me?
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Post by: turf on February 05, 2014, 09:04:44 am
I watched This Is The End. Wow. If you're into vulgar, drug fueled, crazy humor; this is for you. Man, it was funny. Michael Cerra as a coke addled version of himself was hilarious.

I love Seth Rogen movies!   :)  Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, Hot tub time machine, etc.  So I assume if I like those kind of movies "This Is the End" will be awesome for me?

You'll love it.
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Post by: karyann on February 05, 2014, 12:37:19 pm
I watched This Is The End. Wow. If you're into vulgar, drug fueled, crazy humor; this is for you. Man, it was funny. Michael Cerra as a coke addled version of himself was hilarious.

I love Seth Rogen movies!   :)  Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, Hot tub time machine, etc.  So I assume if I like those kind of movies "This Is the End" will be awesome for me?

Oh. They're all from the same guy. That explains why I hate them all haha (well the ones I've seen anyway). Please tell me that the Hangover movies are from this guy too?
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 05, 2014, 02:05:50 pm
I watched This Is The End. Wow. If you're into vulgar, drug fueled, crazy humor; this is for you. Man, it was funny. Michael Cerra as a coke addled version of himself was hilarious.

I love Seth Rogen movies!   :)  Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, Hot tub time machine, etc.  So I assume if I like those kind of movies "This Is the End" will be awesome for me?

Oh. They're all from the same guy. That explains why I hate them all haha (well the ones I've seen anyway). Please tell me that the Hangover movies are from this guy too?

lol.  The one's I mentioned are done by Judd Apatow and I believe mostly written by Seth Rogen.  The Hangover is completely different people.  The Hangover is extremely funny to me as well.  I've seen the hangover a thousand times, and its still funny
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 05, 2014, 02:06:47 pm
I watched This Is The End. Wow. If you're into vulgar, drug fueled, crazy humor; this is for you. Man, it was funny. Michael Cerra as a coke addled version of himself was hilarious.

I love Seth Rogen movies!   :)  Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, Hot tub time machine, etc.  So I assume if I like those kind of movies "This Is the End" will be awesome for me?

You'll love it.

Thanks.  The only reason I held out on watching this is because some one told me that it sucks and is not anywhere as good as the other Seth Rogen movies, but I'm going to take your word on it instead
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Post by: karyann on February 07, 2014, 08:40:35 am
Well, now I know what name to stay away from :) Gotta have different tastes sometimes :P
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Post by: stethebubble on February 07, 2014, 05:24:57 pm
kickass 2
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 10, 2014, 01:49:53 am
Just finished "This is the End" on DVD and "You're Next" on Blu Ray. 

I will rate This is the End a 6/10.  As a huge fan of Seth Rogen, I was disappointed in this movie.  I know Turf like it, and I normally love these kinds of humor movies, but it's movie I could never watch again and I'll probably trade it in to MovieStop.

You're Next gets a rating of 9.5/10.  Loved it!!   :)  If you have not seen You're Next I highly recommend it.
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Post by: jcalder8 on February 10, 2014, 08:09:35 am
The Lego Movie. I saw it over the weekend and it was very enjoyable!
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 10, 2014, 08:15:49 pm
well I wanted to watch a bad movie and I did
Chanbara Beauty: Movie Vortex- skin tight outfits on girls, Over the top ridiculous and at times very cheesy fighting, not many Zombies for a Zombie movie, exploding Zombies, confusing plot, bad CG, annoying red screen filters, kung-fu agents that I guess are Zombies???, and a scene where absolutely NOTHING HAPPENS. It was pretty bad, but I kept watching it because of how bad it was... But it starts with a shower scene so, that's a Plus. and it made me realize that the game series the movie was base on will be hard to find down the road being how I don't think they sold well and only two had a US release.
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Post by: brunauss on February 11, 2014, 10:34:19 pm
The Lego Movie. I saw it over the weekend and it was very enjoyable!

Mate and I saw it today and found it enjoyable too.
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Post by: exonerator on February 12, 2014, 02:16:28 am
Drive. It was amazing. You all need to see it.
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Post by: karyann on February 12, 2014, 09:41:43 am
I watched The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift for the ~10th time yesterday and I don't know what I liked so much about that movie. Pretty sure I liked it only because it's in Japan :P Oh young me.
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Post by: DreamsDied13101 on February 12, 2014, 10:31:15 am
I watched The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift for the ~10th time yesterday and I don't know what I liked so much about that movie. Pretty sure I liked it only because it's in Japan :P Oh young me.

That was how I was with Lost in Translation. I think I liked the movie more just because it was set in Japan. That was before I actually traveled to Japan though so maybe my opinion would be different now.
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Post by: soera on February 12, 2014, 12:00:02 pm
I watched The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift for the ~10th time yesterday and I don't know what I liked so much about that movie. Pretty sure I liked it only because it's in Japan :P Oh young me.

I have watched all the Fast and the Furious movies multiple times but this one. I absolutely hate Lil Bow wow.
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Post by: scott on February 12, 2014, 02:50:47 pm
I really liked Tokyo Drift, not as much as the others, but I did.

Actually Han is one of my favorite newer characters. I felt really bad for him in 6.
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Post by: Reckoning on February 13, 2014, 01:41:02 pm
I just watched Thelma & Louise, that movie is ridiculous. 

The decisions people make in that movie feel like they are all there to push an idea instead of tell a story.

I didn't hate it, but I don't see why people say it's great, or even good for that matter.
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Post by: MJMaranan on February 15, 2014, 03:31:45 am
Saw a good amount of The Man Of Steel.  The movie was all right...  Not really a Superman fan, but at least the enemy isn't Lex Luthor this time around.
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 18, 2014, 08:29:53 pm
Clerks and Chasing Amy
Thoughts on both 9/10 will watch again.
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Post by: turf on February 18, 2014, 09:37:25 pm
Clerks and Chasing Amy
Thoughts on both 9/10 will watch again.

It's a crime you waited so long. Have you seen Mallrats?
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Post by: burningdoom on February 18, 2014, 09:39:41 pm
I love most of the "View Askew" Kevin Smith movies, but not so much with Chasing Amy. I never was into romantic comedies (even if it's a strange romantic situation).
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Post by: turf on February 18, 2014, 10:59:09 pm
I love most of the "View Askew" Kevin Smith movies, but not so much with Chasing Amy. I never was into romantic comedies (even if it's a strange romantic situation).
I actually watched Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back yesterday. The rediculousness of it makes it so awesome. Other than that Mallrats is my favorite.
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Post by: burningdoom on February 19, 2014, 12:15:42 am
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Next_Avengers_-_Heroes_of_Tomorrow_Coverart.png)

I'm quite late on watching this one. But it was the misleading artwork on the cover. I always thought this was a kiddied-down version of the Avengers, like that awful Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. While this is perfectly fine for children to watch, there's plenty here for comic fans to love. I really liked this one.

It's set in a dystopian future where Ultron rules the Earth and the Avengers and other super-heroes have been killed off. Only some of the Avengers' children have survived with an aging Tony Stark to watch over and hide them from Ultron. But they are eventually discovered after a returning, and damaged Vision arrives to their hideaway. Tony Stark dons the Iron Man armor one last time to defend them all, only to be captured. The children of the Avengers must follow in their parents' footseteps in order to rescue Tony Stark and take-down Ultron. New and old faces show up along the way. Nicely wrapped up with a rampaging Hulk.

Watch this one if you like animated comic features at all.
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Post by: scott on February 19, 2014, 10:27:07 am
I love most of the "View Askew" Kevin Smith movies, but not so much with Chasing Amy. I never was into romantic comedies (even if it's a strange romantic situation).

I pretty much love all the Jay and Bob movies. But most of Smiths other stuff I had trouble getting into. I guess it's a good thing it "retired" from directing.
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Post by: Veilor on February 19, 2014, 10:33:12 am
I recently watched Escape Plan with Stallone & Schwarzenegger, it was actually quite good.
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Post by: scott on February 19, 2014, 11:03:48 am
The girlfriend watched The Lucky One last night while I worked on game box artwork. I guess I kinda "watched" it while doing my own thing. It wasn't super horrible, but def not something I'd go out of my way to watch.
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 19, 2014, 10:40:11 pm
Clerks and Chasing Amy
Thoughts on both 9/10 will watch again.

It's a crime you waited so long. Have you seen Mallrats?
keep in mind I was 3 years old when Clerks first came out. Mallrats I have yet to see mainly because I haven't seen it featured on Netflix nor have I seen the DVD anywhere. The next ones I'm watching are Clerks 2 and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, I will get to that and dogma soon though... I think that it's actually a bigger crime that I live in New Jersey and  starting to finally watch them, but hey better late than never.
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Post by: stethebubble on February 19, 2014, 11:14:35 pm
me and my wife are currently watching outnumbered
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 19, 2014, 11:30:38 pm
I love most of the "View Askew" Kevin Smith movies, but not so much with Chasing Amy. I never was into romantic comedies (even if it's a strange romantic situation).
I actually watched Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back yesterday. The rediculousness of it makes it so awesome. Other than that Mallrats is my favorite.

Clerks 2 is one my favorite movies of all time, and my favorite Kevin Smith movie.
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Post by: burningdoom on February 23, 2014, 12:50:02 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Riddick_poster.jpg)

I really liked this. It was a nice combination of the first two films. The first half being action-packed with Riddick facing off against the mercs. And the second half having Riddick and the mercs having to survive together against the creatures and betrayal. And Riddick was a bad-ass, as usual.

I don't know what everyone's beef was with the budget, either. Everything looked great, to me. I know it was filmed on a lower budget, but I had no complaints at all. Yeah, we didn't see the huge battleships and such that we saw in Chronicles of Riddick, but what we did see (creatures, merc ships, future-tech, etc.) all looked great.

I also really liked Chronicles of Riddick (a LOT). So I'm the opposite of most fans that preferred Pitch Black over Chronicles of Riddick (although I still like Pitch Black), so I don't know if that made a difference in my opinion of the film.
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Post by: scott on February 23, 2014, 01:23:24 pm
Did you ever watch Dark Fury?

I think between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick, I preferred Chronicles a bit more. I think because it seemed like a larger story. In Pitch Black they are confined to a single area on one planet and are trying to escape. In Chronicles he's going all over the place being a bad ass.

I really need to pick up Riddick now.. dammit.
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Post by: Veilor on February 23, 2014, 01:35:59 pm
I went and saw the new RoboCop movie yesterday. It was actually quite good. Not better than the original ones, but it wasn't bad, not at all.
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Post by: burningdoom on February 23, 2014, 01:39:16 pm
Did you ever watch Dark Fury?

Yeah, and I'm really glad I rented it before I bought it. Only a half-hour? Really?! Was this supposed to be a pilot to some cartoon series that was never picked up, or something?
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Post by: scott on February 23, 2014, 01:51:01 pm
Not sure. I got in with the Riddick Collection on dvd. So I didn't really feel gyp'd on it. I think it was just supposed to be a short film bridging the gap between the two.
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Post by: brunauss on February 23, 2014, 03:16:53 pm
Watched something a bit different two days ago. Winter's Tale. Its in theatres right now and reminded me a bit of Cloud Atlas, without the huge story spanning thousands of years of course.
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Post by: stethebubble on February 23, 2014, 09:45:12 pm
Star wars - empire strikes back
one of the best movies of all time in my opinion


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Post by: turf on February 23, 2014, 11:22:26 pm
Star wars - empire strikes back
one of the best movies of all time in my opinion

Another instance where we need a "thumbs up" button.
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 24, 2014, 12:34:40 pm
Star wars - empire strikes back
one of the best movies of all time in my opinion

Another instance where we need a "thumbs up" button.

Or we could just get a "Star Wars is better than Star Trek" button but that's just my opinion
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Post by: stethebubble on February 24, 2014, 07:46:19 pm
Star wars - empire strikes back
one of the best movies of all time in my opinion

Another instance where we need a "thumbs up" button.

the empire wins in this movie.
how can you have a movie where the good guys don't win.
"No i am your father"
"I love you" "I Know"
and then you have HOTH with the ATAT. Amazing
sound track is flawless as well

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Post by: burningdoom on February 24, 2014, 08:00:29 pm
Star wars - empire strikes back
one of the best movies of all time in my opinion

Another instance where we need a "thumbs up" button.

Or we could just get a "Star Wars is better than Star Trek" button but that's just my opinion

I'd agree with you, but I hate being wrong.
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Post by: MJMaranan on February 25, 2014, 01:01:37 am
Saw The Croods this weekend...  It's all right, seems to be copying How To Train Your Dragon in some parts.
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Post by: stethebubble on February 25, 2014, 07:05:58 pm
Saw The Croods this weekend...  It's all right, seems to be copying How To Train Your Dragon in some parts.
agreed. its funny in parts but other parts made me cringe
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Post by: jessie on February 25, 2014, 07:23:33 pm
I have been sitting through Fairy Tail. I find it most enjoyable.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 02, 2014, 09:09:28 pm
Anime wise, I watched The Wind Rises in theater.  A very quiet, reserved, anime, even coming from Miyazaki, but I enjoyed it.  Beautiful animation.

Started watching a new anime called Nobunagun.  Kind of your usual actiony, save the world from aliens, type of anime, but I thought the concept of the fighters being essentially the reincarnated versions of historical figures, with abilities that go with what they were known for, to be pretty cool.  It's on Crunchy Roll.
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Post by: MJMaranan on March 05, 2014, 04:27:30 am
Blue Exorcist is a decent anime...  After his voiceover work on Sword Art Online, I've become bored of hearing Bryce Papenbrook.  In my opinion, Kirito and Rin basically have the same personality, which I found annoying.  Although, I enjoyed his Masaomi Kida and Zidane Tribal work on Durarara!! and the Dissidia series, respectively.
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Post by: blipcs76 on March 05, 2014, 09:44:43 am
I picked up a bunch of Studio Ghibli blu-rays as I rejoined the Disney Movie Club.  Added Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbor Totoro.  Rewatched Castle in the Sky this weekend and it remains one of my favorite Miyazaki films.
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Post by: scott on March 05, 2014, 10:07:41 am
Watched Rock of Ages again last night. Love that movie, but I think its because its filled with my kind of rock music.
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Post by: stethebubble on March 05, 2014, 05:45:09 pm
I picked up a bunch of Studio Ghibli blu-rays as I rejoined the Disney Movie Club.  Added Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbor Totoro.  Rewatched Castle in the Sky this weekend and it remains one of my favorite Miyazaki films.

they need to come out with a bluray box set and take my damn money already
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Post by: MJMaranan on March 08, 2014, 01:24:56 am
I picked up a bunch of Studio Ghibli blu-rays as I rejoined the Disney Movie Club.  Added Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbor Totoro.  Rewatched Castle in the Sky this weekend and it remains one of my favorite Miyazaki films.

they need to come out with a bluray box set and take my damn money already
I second this motion.  Although, to be clear...  Are we talking Studio Ghibli or Hayao Miyazaki films?  No objections to either but with Studio Ghibli, wider selection.

The day comes when a Studio Ghibli boxset releases, I'll be watching Grave Of The Fireflies with my brother.
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Post by: stethebubble on March 08, 2014, 09:36:16 pm
I picked up a bunch of Studio Ghibli blu-rays as I rejoined the Disney Movie Club.  Added Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbor Totoro.  Rewatched Castle in the Sky this weekend and it remains one of my favorite Miyazaki films.

they need to come out with a bluray box set and take my damn money already
I second this motion.  Although, to be clear...  Are we talking Studio Ghibli or Hayao Miyazaki films?  No objections to either but with Studio Ghibli, wider selection.

The day comes when a Studio Ghibli boxset releases, I'll be watching Grave Of The Fireflies with my brother.


i have nott seen that one yet
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Post by: stethebubble on March 08, 2014, 09:36:43 pm
cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2
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Post by: MJMaranan on March 09, 2014, 11:12:33 pm
i have nott seen that one yet
Very sad movie, in my opinion.  Watched the movie in my high school Japanese class, and I was either holding back the tears or asking for a box of tissue.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on March 10, 2014, 02:40:15 am
Currently watching Toradora. It's hilarious and adorable lol
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Post by: brunauss on March 10, 2014, 03:20:03 am
Saw 300: Rise of an Empire. It was exclusively in 3D and just as awesome as the first. Oh, there will be a third 300 movie too.
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Post by: stethebubble on March 10, 2014, 10:44:10 pm
last vegas

it was pretty funny
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Post by: brunauss on March 11, 2014, 04:00:16 am
Doing a regular movie marathon after doing some oscar nominee binge watching. Saw Non-Stop before work. another great Liam Neison action film.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 11, 2014, 07:35:51 pm
(http://media.timeout.com/images/resizeBestFit/100003541/660/370/image.jpg)

I watched the Fright Night remake.

Great vampire movie (no sparkling men here). It completely respected the source material, yet felt like a modern update. Nothing story-wise or major was changed. Just had better special effects, set currently rather than in the 80s, updated the styles and dialogue to match 2011, and the T.V. "vampire hunter" character was changed a bit.

I loved the original, and I'm looking to buy this version now, too. Great, fun little ride for horror fans, and it's tame enough to watch with the kiddies even (not saying it won't scare some of the more timid ones; but nothing that will scar them for life, no sex, no nudity).
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Post by: 90snostalga on March 11, 2014, 11:49:34 pm
Me and my wife watched Don John last night.  One of the most horrible movies and endings I have ever seen.  DO NOT WATCH...I repeat DO NOT WATCH...Waste of your time
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 14, 2014, 04:43:32 am
Decided to go and marathon the Harry Potter series as I realized I hadn't watched them since I first saw them in theater.  I didn't really get into them till they matured a bit more around the 3rd or 4th flick, but the Sorceror's Stone was pretty good.  It's still a very fun and imaginative family film. Probably appreciate it more than I did when it first came out as it was around the 2nd year of highschool for me and it probably seemed to kiddish at the time lol
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Post by: brunauss on March 15, 2014, 03:09:22 pm
Marathon continues. Watched Non-Stop the other day and Need for Speed yesterday. Both were great to watch. Think we will take a break today *L*
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Post by: MJMaranan on March 16, 2014, 03:31:59 am
I finally had a chance to catch most of The Replacement Killers.  Enjoyed the action and story, sad that I had to miss certain parts.

I guess I know what I'll be getting for Blu-ray when I have the time.
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Post by: Veilor on March 16, 2014, 04:10:13 am
Watched The Prestige yesterday as it was shown on TV. It was great.
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Post by: MJMaranan on March 18, 2014, 01:52:04 am
Saw Tango & Cash on TV also.  It's all right...
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Post by: turf on March 18, 2014, 12:43:16 pm
Saw Tango & Cash on TV also.  It's all right...

That the first time I heard "FUBAR". TV is no way to watch that one.
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Post by: foxhack on March 22, 2014, 09:47:41 pm
I just finished watching the entirety of the free legally available Kill La Kill episodes on Crunchyroll.

...

I haven't had a single anime hold this much of an interest in over eight years.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 22, 2014, 10:56:47 pm
I just finished watching the entirety of the free legally available Kill La Kill episodes on Crunchyroll.

...

I haven't had a single anime hold this much of an interest in over eight years.

It's a crazier Gurren Laggan and that is saying alot lol It's ridiculous.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 23, 2014, 12:09:18 am
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Justice_League-War.jpg)

Pretty damn good. If you like DC Animated movies, don't miss this one. It's basically a new telling of the origin of the Justice League, but modernized for the "New 52" versions of the characters. The heroes must meet for the first time, and band together against an invasion of Earth from Darkseid and the rest of Apokolips. Lots of action, good animation, and good voice-acting. And Cyborg was really cool in this.

My only real complaint is the portrayal of Hal Jordan. He came off more as the obnoxious Guy Gardner, than he did Hal Jordan (which is obviously who he was supposed to be).

BTW, was that little girl at Billy Batson's orphan home supposed to be Mary Marvel? The boy with her sure as heck looked like Freddy Freeman.
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Post by: 90snostalga on March 23, 2014, 02:47:31 am
Just finished watching "We're the Millers"  Very very funny and entertaining movie.  I give it a 8/10  :) :) 8)
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Post by: MJMaranan on March 24, 2014, 12:46:48 am
Monsters University gave an amazing origin story to Monster, Inc.

Highly recommended must-watch movie.
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Post by: turf on March 24, 2014, 07:11:43 am
I watched The Hangover 3 this weekend. Don't waste your time. They just tried to grab a few bucks on the name. The first one was hilarious. The second one was pretty funny. The third sucked.
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Post by: 90snostalga on March 26, 2014, 12:30:37 pm
Had to take it back a little, and had a movie night with the fam last night and we watched "SPACE JAM" on a VCR with the same VHS I had as a kid!   :)  Still a very fun movie even to this day.  Kids loved it :D 8)
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Post by: stethebubble on March 26, 2014, 07:52:51 pm
thor 2

my 7 year old girl turns to us and says
"you know what thor wears under his pants?"
wife " shut up and watch the movie"
daughter " Thunderpants"

i lost it.
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Post by: 90snostalga on March 26, 2014, 11:17:54 pm
thor 2

my 7 year old girl turns to us and says
"you know what thor wears under his pants?"
wife " shut up and watch the movie"
daughter " Thunderpants"

i lost it.

lol   ;D  That's hilarious!   Very funny.  Thanks for sharing this one
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 29, 2014, 04:35:14 am
Kill La Kill just finished and it's absolutely over the top ridiculous and I loved it.  At first, it's just this fan service type anime with action, but it's silly and you have some fun with it.  Then it just keeps building and building and getting just more insane and by the end it's this fever pitch of crazy.  If you have seen Gurren Laggan, you get the idea, it's the same company that made that, but it's doing that at a much frenetic pace than I feel Gurren Laggan was.

If you can get past all the extreme and purposefully done fan service at the start, I feel anyone can get into it.  You can watch it on Crunchyroll.

Also, don't think it's nothing but the ladies, this anime is full of near nude equality ;D

http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/Kill-la-kill-anime-nsfw-anime-gif-1025138.gif

(Edited by Foxhack: That GIF is 19 mb! Turned into a link in consideration of those of us with crap download speeds.)

*EDIT*
Sorry about the gif, didn't realize it was that massive lol
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Post by: stethebubble on March 30, 2014, 12:05:57 am
watched goonies with my daughter (first time she has seen it)
she loved it

HEY YOU GUYS!
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Post by: stethebubble on March 30, 2014, 12:06:17 am
Watched The Prestige yesterday as it was shown on TV. It was great.

great movie
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Post by: 90snostalga on April 01, 2014, 01:43:04 am
Watched Insidious on blu ray and Aladdin on VHS with the family tonight.  The kids loved both  8)  Great classic movies!   :)
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Post by: burningdoom on April 13, 2014, 09:19:08 pm
(https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/11870_673610669363798_1445846949_n.jpg)

I just finished watching this. It was FREAKING AWESOME! I loved it!

Lots of action, no kiddying down of the violence, or language. And it takes a great, no-nonsense approach to it all that I Ioved. It's not trying to be trendy, funny, or cool; it's just here to give you a balls-to-the-wall punch to the face, and it delivers! But he never does don the black skull costume.

I'll definitely be looking to add this one to my collection.
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Post by: blipcs76 on April 14, 2014, 01:59:31 pm
Watched an oldie last night -- Lover Come Back, starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Tony Randall, a fun little romantic comedy.
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Post by: redblaze57 on April 14, 2014, 08:51:43 pm
Anchorman 2 it was funny,  however it's a movie that's easy to forget what you just watched.
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Post by: Veilor on April 15, 2014, 12:14:01 am
I just had the urge to rewatch Child's Play 1-3 so I did.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 15, 2014, 12:39:05 am
I just had the urge to rewatch Child's Play 1-3 so I did.

First one is the best one.
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Post by: pacpix on April 15, 2014, 01:23:49 am
Recently watched Blade Runner: Final Cut.  Great movie, and I liked most of the changes except for adding back the violence from the international release, I felt that it was unnecessary.  I am glad they kept the ending from the director's cut, I don't have a problem with the voice over in the theatrical cut, but more with the out of place happy ending.
Highly recommended and one of my favorite movies.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 15, 2014, 01:39:37 am
I just had the urge to rewatch Child's Play 1-3 so I did.

That movie scarred me as a child when I caught part of it playing on a tv at a local teen center lol God damn Chucky and your creepy dollness lol
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Post by: MJMaranan on April 15, 2014, 01:41:06 am
Watched The Fairly Oddparents: Channel Chasers for awhile.  Best movie they created for the series.

Timmy: MIYAZAKI!
Vicky: KUROSAWA!
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Post by: Veilor on April 15, 2014, 11:45:58 am
I just had the urge to rewatch Child's Play 1-3 so I did.

That movie scarred me as a child when I caught part of it playing on a tv at a local teen center lol God damn Chucky and your creepy dollness lol

Hehe it scarred me as a kid aswell. But it was my dad showing it to me and my sister when we were 5-6 years old. But the fear turned into me loving the movies later. Watched them all, even the new one, Curse of Chucky, which is a good movie.
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Post by: exonerator on April 15, 2014, 09:52:14 pm
Puella Magi Madoka Magica. I'm about halfway through and I really enjoy it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 16, 2014, 03:43:23 am
Got back onto my Harry Potter run to re-watch the series and I just finished The Half-Blood Prince.  It still hasn't improved for me, it definitely is the weakest of the movies, not that it doesn't have its good moments, it's just obviously filler and preparation for the ending.  It's that 2nd or 3rd to last episode in a tv series where it is just prep material to finish it all up lol Again, not terrible, just not as exciting as the last movies.  Too much of the awkward young love stuff too which didn't help. 
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Post by: blipcs76 on April 16, 2014, 10:47:13 am
thor 2

my 7 year old girl turns to us and says
"you know what thor wears under his pants?"
wife " shut up and watch the movie"
daughter " Thunderpants"

i lost it.

May I suggest another film for your family to watch?
(http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2011/08/Thunderpants.jpg)
Yes, this is a real thing.
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Post by: instantreplay on April 16, 2014, 12:06:53 pm
Stardust Crusaders! :DD
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Post by: redblaze57 on April 16, 2014, 08:02:45 pm
Pretty much got done watching all the movies in the View Askewniverse gotta say my favorite one was Clerks 2.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 16, 2014, 08:04:11 pm
Pretty much got done watching all the movies in the View Askewniverse gotta say my favorite one was Clerks 2.

Oh man, the donkey stuff at the end completely killed it for me. Too much.
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Post by: turf on April 16, 2014, 08:14:21 pm
Pretty much got done watching all the movies in the View Askewniverse gotta say my favorite one was Clerks 2.
You're wrong. Mallrats was your favorite.

You just Jedi Mind Tricked  ;D
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Post by: redblaze57 on April 16, 2014, 08:34:44 pm
Pretty much got done watching all the movies in the View Askewniverse gotta say my favorite one was Clerks 2.
You're wrong. Mallrats was your favorite.

You just Jedi Mind Tricked  ;D
no it's an unholy curse from the beast we call the desolate one
The first of the fallen
The spoiler of virgins
The MASter of abortions
"LET ME HELP YOU OUT OF YOUR CHAIR, GRANDMA"
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Post by: burningdoom on April 19, 2014, 11:44:42 pm
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/8099/1wxe.png)

Just came back from this. Darker than I thought it would be, but good. They left it wide-open for a sequel, and I can't wait for it!

When the movie began, the theater was packed. But only me and my wife, and like 4 other people stayed until after the credits for the end-scene. You'd think after like 5 Marvel movies, people would know by now.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 24, 2014, 11:55:52 pm
(https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10155971_685648644826667_474884604832223299_n.jpg)

Just finished watching this. It wasn't bad, but it really wasn't great, either. Had some cool kill scenes, and Jigsaw looked pretty cool. But it was really lacking in the story department. And you really could care less for any of the characters.

Worth watching, but not worth buying or going out of your way to watch. The Dolph Lundren and Thomas Jane Punisher movies were better, IMO.
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Post by: MJMaranan on April 25, 2014, 12:56:09 am
I'd rather stick with the Thomas Jane version than Punisher: War Zone.  Even the short #DirtyLaundry video was more awesome.

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Post by: soera on April 25, 2014, 04:51:08 pm
(https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10155971_685648644826667_474884604832223299_n.jpg)
Worth watching, but not worth buying or going out of your way to watch. The Dolph Lundren and Thomas Jane Punisher movies were better, IMO.

I have to disagree. Punisher war zone was far and away the best Punisher movie made. Ive watched it probably a dozen times. Its just awesome.
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Post by: soera on April 25, 2014, 04:52:02 pm
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/8099/1wxe.png)
But only me and my wife, and like 4 other people stayed until after the credits for the end-scene. You'd think after like 5 Marvel movies, people would know by now.

I know, right? Its funny how many people never sit to see if there is anything extra after the credits ... but especially a Marvel movie.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 25, 2014, 07:22:05 pm
(https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10155971_685648644826667_474884604832223299_n.jpg)
Worth watching, but not worth buying or going out of your way to watch. The Dolph Lundren and Thomas Jane Punisher movies were better, IMO.

I have to disagree. Punisher war zone was far and away the best Punisher movie made. Ive watched it probably a dozen times. Its just awesome.

I've gotten reactions from both sides from this review, on other sites. Apparently no one can agree on what Punisher movie is the best one.
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Post by: exonerator on May 03, 2014, 12:18:46 pm
Just picked up and rewatched Who Framed Roger Rabbit, easily one of the greatest films of all time.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 06, 2014, 02:51:15 am
And finally finished my so-called marathon of Harry Potter that took me like a month lol It is a very nice series for sure.  And certainly could use more good fantasy-like series out there.  Harry Potter is good, Lord of the Rings is another, Game of Thrones is that for TV, but a very different beast.  I guess Harry Potter did spawn more adaptations like Percy Jackson and such, but I heard those weren't very good.  Narnia could maybe could be another, but I never really watched them past the first one I think and they stopped making them in 2010 with 4 more to go.
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Post by: turf on May 06, 2014, 10:19:56 am
And finally finished my so-called marathon of Harry Potter that took me like a month lol It is a very nice series for sure.  And certainly could use more good fantasy-like series out there.  Harry Potter is good, Lord of the Rings is another, Game of Thrones is that for TV, but a very different beast.  I guess Harry Potter did spawn more adaptations like Percy Jackson and such, but I heard those weren't very good.  Narnia could maybe could be another, but I never really watched them past the first one I think and they stopped making them in 2010 with 4 more to go.

I love the Narnia series. I've always loved the books, and the movies didn't disappoint. The rest of the books are going to be kind of hard to do. They get all out of order caterwompus. The Silver Chair might make a good movie, but I don't know.

I've never read the Percy Jackson books, but The Lightning Thief was a sweet movie. I'll check out the newest one when it hits HBO.
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Post by: exonerator on May 07, 2014, 12:01:01 am
Today, me and my sister watched Child's Play. I find myself rewatching movies rather than watching newer movies, and it's no exception here. Once The Grand Budapest Hotel gets a BD release, I'll download it. Not many films in the past few years have interested me, and the ones that do, I usually skip out on.
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Post by: bobster on May 07, 2014, 09:29:14 am
Today, me and my sister watched Child's Play. I find myself rewatching movies rather than watching newer movies, and it's no exception here. Once The Grand Budapest Hotel gets a BD release, I'll download it. Not many films in the past few years have interested me, and the ones that do, I usually skip out on.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a great film. I am a big Wes Anderson fan though, so I might be a bit biased.
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Post by: spac316 on May 07, 2014, 10:16:40 pm
Just watched Kick-Ass 2 the other night. It was adequately entertaining but not as good as the first.
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Post by: MJMaranan on May 08, 2014, 01:06:51 am
Kind of getting into Black Lagoon...  Been wanting to watch anime in Japanese recently, I should find the time to watch them as such.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 08, 2014, 04:49:15 am
Kind of getting into Black Lagoon...  Been wanting to watch anime in Japanese recently, I should find the time to watch them as such.

I really liked Black Lagoon, the dub was good for it too I thought.  I actually need to buy the OVA they released after the final season as I only watched it with subs on and in poor quality.
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Post by: redblaze57 on May 08, 2014, 06:55:44 am
I got around to watching Log Horizon. Not bad for an anime about people getting stuck in a MMORPG.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 08, 2014, 04:49:40 pm
I got around to watching Log Horizon. Not bad for an anime about people getting stuck in a MMORPG.

I got about 6 or 7 episodes into that before think it was pretty bad lol It's just boring, there doesn't seem to be any real threat in it compared to Sword Art Online, even though they try and make the fights and death seem very important, but aren't in the slightest.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: redblaze57 on May 08, 2014, 08:26:38 pm
I got around to watching Log Horizon. Not bad for an anime about people getting stuck in a MMORPG.

I got about 6 or 7 episodes into that before think it was pretty bad lol It's just boring, there doesn't seem to be any real threat in it compared to Sword Art Online, even though they try and make the fights and death seem very important, but aren't in the slightest.

It does pick up a bit and they do find out there is a bit of a penalty for dying. But I feel I get more of what I was looking forin Log Horizon than Sword Art which was people adapting to the world and even though it wasn't gone over much I feel you're going to see people become split over leaving and staying in that world.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: MJMaranan on May 10, 2014, 01:34:22 am
As far as movies go, I saw The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey.  I want to read, purchase, and collect The Lord Of Rings hardcover series so badly now!  To know what's the differences between the book and movie...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: jannugimes on May 10, 2014, 04:47:54 pm
Movie: rewatched Amazing Spiderman again
Anime: Just picked up the Shuffle! complete series so planning to marathon through that again this weekend.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: karyann on May 12, 2014, 11:03:44 am
I just finished season 4 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic yesterday, the last episode was so awesome!  ;D
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Post by: blipcs76 on May 13, 2014, 10:29:14 am
Just finished watching Breaking Bad last night.  What a fantastic series; one of the best I've ever seen and the finale was not a letdown, as many epic shows like this tend to be.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: exonerator on May 15, 2014, 03:00:33 pm
Just finished watching Breaking Bad last night.  What a fantastic series; one of the best I've ever seen and the finale was not a letdown, as many epic shows like this tend to be.
Wholeheartedly agreed, it really is incredible. I've watched the whole thing 3 times, it doesn't get old.

Anyhow, I bought and watched Akira on Bluray yesterday, and it's definitely the best release of it I've ever seen. 10/10, worth the $20.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on May 15, 2014, 03:33:07 pm
Just finished watching Breaking Bad last night.  What a fantastic series; one of the best I've ever seen and the finale was not a letdown, as many epic shows like this tend to be.
Wholeheartedly agreed, it really is incredible. I've watched the whole thing 3 times, it doesn't get old.

Anyhow, I bought and watched Akira on Bluray yesterday, and it's definitely the best release of it I've ever seen. 10/10, worth the $20.

I still have the original VHS release.
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Post by: exonerator on May 15, 2014, 04:15:52 pm
Just finished watching Breaking Bad last night.  What a fantastic series; one of the best I've ever seen and the finale was not a letdown, as many epic shows like this tend to be.
Wholeheartedly agreed, it really is incredible. I've watched the whole thing 3 times, it doesn't get old.

Anyhow, I bought and watched Akira on Bluray yesterday, and it's definitely the best release of it I've ever seen. 10/10, worth the $20.

I still have the original VHS release.
I've been looking for a copy of that and the Evangelion series on VHS. No luck around here so far :(
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 15, 2014, 10:01:16 pm
Just saw Godzilla in theater and it was super awesome.  They did the big Zilla pretty well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 19, 2014, 05:11:25 am
Starting to watch the remastered, re-edited, re-whatever, new Evangelion movies.  Got through the first one and I kinda wonder what their initial goal was supposed to be.  From what I understand, it was sorta to be like a new version of the original series so that the less hardcore folks can get into it, but with this first movie, it feels more like they just redrew exact scenes from the series, but didn't fill the gaps properly, so its kinda feels really disjointed and rushed.

I see where I believe they added in more story stuff to try and have it feel like there is more cohesion, with the whole purpose of SEELE and what they are trying to accomplish, but it's almost like they should've did more new stuff to make it flow better.  I hear it is supposed to change more as it goes and then will have a different ending from whatever the hell happened in the series, but overall it's alright.  I still find the EVA's to be pretty cool.  Also, Shinji, while completely unlikable, is slightly more tolerable with this voice actor.  I can still hear the screams of the English dub @-@

Also I say this as someone that did not like Neon Genesis lol Aside from the battles and the EVA's, I thought the story was bat shit insane and completely incomprehensible once it gets about halfway through with almost no likable characters to get invested in, so it all kinda just leads up to some really unwatchable story stuff towards the end that just completely made me not really enjoy it.  True it has been a lot of years since I originally watched it, but I still remember most of it as I'm going through this new movie now, so it's still very much there.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: jobocan on May 19, 2014, 10:46:00 am
Just saw Godzilla in theater and it was super awesome.  They did the big Zilla pretty well.

I also just saw it. I really enjoyed it, but I thought they overdid it on the teasing and the "here's the beginning of a fight scene that you won't get to see".
... But when we finally get to the big battles... oh man. Makes the genericness of the rest of the story completely worth it (I feel the story should've been more about Serizawa than the generic military dude with no personality).

The sequel was already announced, and I'm hyped for that. Now that they basically spent a whole movie building up the character, we can get a whole movie that's more about the actual monster fights. I kinda assume the sequel will feature a classic monster alongside Godzilla, and probably another new one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: scott on May 19, 2014, 11:07:27 am
Watch Prometheus a few nights ago. I really liked it, the GF didn't like a few parts of it. There seemed to be a bit hard to follow in some sections, but overall I'd watch a sequel if it ever comes out. I'd like to see more universe tie ins to Alien.

Makes me wanna bust out Aliens: Infestation.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 19, 2014, 02:52:57 pm
Just saw Godzilla in theater and it was super awesome.  They did the big Zilla pretty well.

I also just saw it. I really enjoyed it, but I thought they overdid it on the teasing and the "here's the beginning of a fight scene that you won't get to see".
... But when we finally get to the big battles... oh man. Makes the genericness of the rest of the story completely worth it (I feel the story should've been more about Serizawa than the generic military dude with no personality).

The sequel was already announced, and I'm hyped for that. Now that they basically spent a whole movie building up the character, we can get a whole movie that's more about the actual monster fights. I kinda assume the sequel will feature a classic monster alongside Godzilla, and probably another new one.

I was almost fine with the teasing if they had just made them short battles instead of cutting away.  I'm fine with them building up to the proper fight, they just did it in the wrong way I think.  I do agree that it should've been more about the scientists rather than the military, though I understand that having the EOD soldier allowed us to be more involved with the military actions that come up at the middle and towards the end.  Minor issues for me really as I thought that it was still a super fun movie.  I'm so glad its getting a sequel too, this is the type of movie that NEEDS its sequel to give Godzilla the proper spotlight now that he's revealed and we know what he is.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: jobocan on May 19, 2014, 10:19:26 pm
I was almost fine with the teasing if they had just made them short battles instead of cutting away.

Yeah, seeing Godzilla beating up the Muto for a few seconds on a tiny TV screen just wasn't enough. But the final battle scenes... totally worth it. When we saw his spines glowing... oh man!

I hope the blu-ray has a director's cut or something which shows the battles and monster destruction more.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: dashv on May 20, 2014, 01:30:45 am
Let the boy (11) watch Batman Begins for the first time this weekend.

He knew about batman from the Lego Batman series. But this was his first introduction to the awesome origin story from the Christopher Nolan film.

Blew his mind.

Just finished watching GI Joe: Retaliation with my wife... I want those 2 hours of my life back.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 20, 2014, 04:12:55 am
Just finished watching GI Joe: Retaliation with my wife... I want those 2 hours of my life back.

That movie could be basically summed up as "Why isn't there more Snake Eyes in this?" lol As a longtime Snake Eyes fan, anything with him was gold. I know he's a mute, but man he should have his own movie.  Anything to see Ray Park kick more ass.

*EDIT*
Now the second new Evangelion movie was alot better, I think alot of this was newer stuff for sure, so it seemed a lot more cohesive for its own story, though it still hit that point where I just don't have a clue what is going on lol The characters get more likable, there's more good action, I just love the EVA's fighting.  That scene with all three running at the angel to keep it from crashing down was awesome.  Overall, this series has taken a step forward for me, the new direction, while still weird, feels better so far.

I sorta see it like Hellsing Ultimate.  The original series was okay, but the newer one took it to epic new levels and became something far more awesome. I'm hoping that with these new movies it can be the same for Evangelion.

*DOUBLE EDIT*
The third movie is entirely new stuff and still I'm completely lost with this story like before lol It's more engaging and interesting to me this time, but this is just a crazy freaking story.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 23, 2014, 01:21:24 am
New X-Men movie was good and I'd recommend it if you liked the last X-Men flicks.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: dashv on May 23, 2014, 02:17:57 am
New X-Men movie was good and I'd recommend it if you liked the last X-Men flicks.

Thanks for that! Thinking of seeing it with my wife and son.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: foxhack on May 25, 2014, 11:29:53 am
Yesterday I saw Amazing Spider-Man 1 (downloaded 'cause I couldn't find it on the Redbox booth) and saw 2 at the theater before it got yanked.

I had a lot of problems with 1, but 2 was allright.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Jakandsig on May 27, 2014, 01:37:29 pm
Wait, aren't there anime movies? this thread confuzzles me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 29, 2014, 04:47:25 am
Just watched Space Battleship Yamato, the live action adaptation of an old anime and it was  better than I thought it would be. I actually got the name wrong looking for that Captain Harlock CGI movie, but this was surprisingly entertaining.  At times the CGI could get a bit cheesy, not quite as good as say the last Battlestar Galactica series, but it has a real good feel to it.  It seems like the difference between this and some cheesy b-movie CGI, is that this has ambition to it.  Even if it isn't perfect, they sell it.  Some moments are pretty badass looking.

The dub isn't bad either.  I didn't have the original audio to compare, but I thought it worked.  Scott McNeil of DBZ is one of the voice actors in this, at least I'm positive it is him, there's no english voice actor credit on IMDB, but I'm sure I recognize his voice.

I'd recommend it if you want a reasonable scifi flick.  I can't compare it to its source material, but I liked the movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: htimreimer on May 31, 2014, 07:47:13 am
i have seen maleficent and i have to say you guys/girls have to see this thing, i could nitpick this movie but this movie is so ludicrous that there is no point to doing so.

the 1st and 3rd act of this film is a medieval fantasy r#pe revenge movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_revenge_film) made by disney of all film studios and it also has sharlto copley as sleazy crazy king stefan.

2nd act is this light hearted redemption story for maleficent that also try's to some remake/reimagine the original sleeping beauty story but dose this in only an hour and it kind of a mess,


overall this is a movie you have to see to believe, its the most insane i have seen all year and i like this movie because its out of its mind also angelina is awesome in this movie
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 01, 2014, 05:21:56 am
Watched Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, but sadly it was not nearly as good as the directors, Stephen Chow, other works.  It has some moments of brilliance at the start, almost truly creepy and even scary like a horror movie for a moment or two, but then also has some that trademark humor, but it just falls apart because of a really bad story, contrived plot points, and then it just basically rehashes the same idea as before that Chow has done where the loser guys figures out the true potential, gets power, and wins, but it's amid this awfully written story with cheap CGI. 

Kung Fu Hustle had silly CGI, but it was handled far better there and I'd highly recommend that movie over this one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: MJMaranan on June 03, 2014, 01:32:10 am
Watched Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, but sadly it was not nearly as good as the directors, Stephen Chow, other works.  It has some moments of brilliance at the start, almost truly creepy and even scary like a horror movie for a moment or two, but then also has some that trademark humor, but it just falls apart because of a really bad story, contrived plot points, and then it just basically rehashes the same idea as before that Chow has done where the loser guys figures out the true potential, gets power, and wins, but it's amid this awfully written story with cheap CGI. 

Kung Fu Hustle had silly CGI, but it was handled far better there and I'd highly recommend that movie >>over<< this one.
Fixed!  I now second your recommendation...

Saw a little bit of The Frozen Ground with my dad...  Meh!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 03, 2014, 02:38:38 am
And actually fixed, because I don't spell check at night lol Man...I think I need to watch Kung Fu Hustle tonight lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: blipcs76 on June 03, 2014, 09:39:54 am
Recent movies I've seen:

Theaters:
X-Men Days of Future Past -- I really liked this film.  They throw just enough action at you to make it never get boring, and the story and characters are great.  Could have used more time with the future mutants though, since they didn't get proper introductions.  But worth price of admission for Quicksilver's scenes alone.

Godzilla -- Torn on this one.  I love how they handled Godzilla, but wish they had swapped Cranston's character with his son.  The lead actor was too serious and boring to carry the bulk of the movie on his shoulders.  But the final battle was amazing and totally fun!

At home:
Kick Ass 2 -- A decent sequel to the original.  Took way too long to resolve the Hit Girl side story, but it was a pretty fun ride.

This is the End -- Started out great.  Fun banter between the 'characters' and seeing them interact as real people.  After the 'end' starts, it lost much of it's charm and became about these guys whining and bickering with each other.

Anime:
Kill La Kill -- A series people really seem to love, but I'm having a hard time getting into it.  About 5 episodes in right now and I'll check out a few more before I decide to continue or not.
Sword Art Online -- Really interesting premise in this series.  It's starting to get a little dull though as it falls into too many anime stereotypes I've seen countless times before.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: abe on June 04, 2014, 01:04:57 pm
Kill La Kill -- A series people really seem to love, but I'm having a hard time getting into it.  About 5 episodes in right now and I'll check out a few more before I decide to continue or not.

I also tried to get into Kill la Kill, I kinda lost motivation around episode 7, and I'm not sure when I'll get around to it again. It's certainly one of the most unique anime series to have come out for a while, but it just hasn't hooked me yet.

Right now I'm reaaaally enjoying watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. It's just as good as, if not even better than last year's adaptation of the first two parts of the manga series. Everything about it is just so well done, the art, the music, the story, the characters. Just a fair warning though, if you really get into the series, you're going to end up wanting to buy the new PS3 game, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle.  ;)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 04, 2014, 01:06:50 pm
NeverEnding Story 2. It sucked. Stick with the original.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 05, 2014, 03:40:17 am
Started watching the anime Fairy Tale.  Wasn't sure what I was expecting other than something kinda similar to One Piece, which it does seem to share a lot with beyond its style, but it's not bad.  It's very entertaining and goofy.  I might've finally found another anime to keep me busy as I've caught up on all the other things i've wanted to watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 08, 2014, 12:52:42 am
X-Men: Days of Future Past

***SPOILERS AHEAD!!!****









Freaking awesome! I loved it! Great story, great special effects, great characters, and it wasn't completely focused on Wolverine! And the actors did a superb job. Loved the choice of mutants we saw in the future, too. Blink looked great! And that final after-credit scene: freaking APOCALYPSE!!! (How awesome would it be if it was "Age of Apocalypse?) Better than all that, Brett Ratner's screwing-up of the franchise has now been erased thanks to the fixed timeline! Quicksilver was great. I loved the scenes with him in. The little tie-in to X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Stryker was cool.

My one problem with it: How did Professor Xavier survive his death in X-Men 3 (before Wolverine changed the timeline)?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 08, 2014, 01:31:02 am
Edge of Tomorrow wasn't that bad.  I wasn't sure if it was gonna be good or not, but it's a pretty solid scifi action flick.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: MJMaranan on June 08, 2014, 08:49:59 pm
NeverEnding Story 2. It sucked. Stick with the original.
Neverending Story II was all right, compared to Neverending Story III

Watched a little bit of Half Baked yesterday at my aunt & uncle's downstairs entertainment room and forgot that I was attending their baby grandson's birthday.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 11, 2014, 02:04:31 pm
Watched the animated "Son of Batman" movie.

Not as good as all the hype would suggest. It looked cool, I mean had good artwork and animation and everything. But Damien Wayne was SUCH a brat. I understand that was probably the point, but since most of the movie revolved around him; it was a big turn-off for me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: 90snostalga on June 11, 2014, 04:26:26 pm
NeverEnding Story 2. It sucked. Stick with the original.


Watched a little bit of Half Baked yesterday at my aunt & uncle's downstairs entertainment room and forgot that I was attending their baby grandson's birthday.[/font]

I'm a master of the custodian arts.  Well it's a janitor if you want to be a **** about it   lol  ;) sorry I thought that line was so funny.  I got to watch that movie again
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 11, 2014, 04:39:19 pm
NeverEnding Story 2. It sucked. Stick with the original.


Watched a little bit of Half Baked yesterday at my aunt & uncle's downstairs entertainment room and forgot that I was attending their baby grandson's birthday.[/font]

I'm a master of the custodian arts.  Well it's a janitor if you want to be a **** about it   lol  ;) sorry I thought that line was so funny.  I got to watch that movie again

One of my all-time favorite comedies. Never gets old.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2014, 08:52:46 pm
How to Train Your Dragon 2 - I thought it was pretty fun, still a good family film that entertains pretty well. I think this and Kung Fu Panda are kinda the highlights for Dreamworks to me.
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Post by: abe on June 14, 2014, 10:33:15 pm
Just watched Hot Shots! Part Deux on Netflix. It's been a long time since I've watched a movie that funny. If you like parodies of other movies and haven't already seen this one, you should check it out. A few of the movies it makes fun of/makes reference to include Rambo, Apocalypse Now, Star Wars, and Terminator 2.
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Post by: redblaze57 on June 16, 2014, 09:23:46 pm
Dazed and Confused
all I can say about it is...



Alright, Alright, Alright
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on June 24, 2014, 08:23:12 pm
I don't know if it counts, but I watched Metallica: Through the Never on Netflix. Damn, I wish I had gone to see this in IMAX. This would have been awesome. If you like live music, this is a badass show.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 24, 2014, 09:52:38 pm
I don't know if it counts, but I watched Metallica: Through the Never on Netflix. Damn, I wish I had gone to see this in IMAX. This would have been awesome. If you like live music, this is a badass show.

I thought about it at the time purely for the show stuff, cause the movie aspect seemed pointless to me.  I saw them in the theater with the Big Four show they put on in Sofia which was pretty awesome.  Closest I've come to seeing any of those bands "live" XD
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Post by: soera on June 25, 2014, 12:05:06 am
Not sure if I posted yet but I watched Desolation of Smaug recently. It was as awesome as I expected and its making me anxious for the last movie. :)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 25, 2014, 02:05:06 am
Doing a Venture Bros marathon since I bought Season 5 on dvd.  I love this series.  Easily this and Metalocalypse are probably the best things that have come out of Adult Swim.  Finishing up Season 1 tonight.  It's funny seeing how much Dean changed over the seasons to what he is now, but Hank is mostly the same lol
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Post by: burningdoom on June 25, 2014, 02:56:12 am
Doing a Venture Bros marathon since I bought Season 5 on dvd.  I love this series.  Easily this and Metalocalypse are probably the best things that have come out of Adult Swim.  Finishing up Season 1 tonight.  It's funny seeing how much Dean changed over the seasons to what he is now, but Hank is mostly the same lol

I freaking love both, as well. I think Venture Bros. is the better of the two, though. I really like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, too.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 25, 2014, 03:00:04 am
Doing a Venture Bros marathon since I bought Season 5 on dvd.  I love this series.  Easily this and Metalocalypse are probably the best things that have come out of Adult Swim.  Finishing up Season 1 tonight.  It's funny seeing how much Dean changed over the seasons to what he is now, but Hank is mostly the same lol

I freaking love both, as well. I think Venture Bros. is the better of the two, though. I really like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, too.

Venture Bros is the better show, but Metalocalypse has given me 4 great albums of metal lol Aqua Teen had its moments, but I was never big into it.
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Post by: 90snostalga on June 25, 2014, 06:49:35 am
Elysium
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Post by: turf on June 25, 2014, 08:58:23 am
I watched The Wolverine last night. I didn't hate it at all. It was a fun flick.
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Post by: karyann on June 25, 2014, 10:21:38 am
Finished Clannad and Clannad: After Story this week, and boy did I cry. I haven't watched anime in a while, but this one made its way to my top 3 immediately!
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Post by: abe on June 25, 2014, 12:59:53 pm
Finished Clannad and Clannad: After Story this week, and boy did I cry. I haven't watched anime in a while, but this one made its way to my top 3 immediately!

If you liked those, you should check out the two seasons of Honey & Clover if you haven't already. It's another really emotional romance anime. It has a pretty art style, good music, all that important stuff. I enjoyed it just as much, if not more than Clannad & Clannad: After Story.
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Post by: maximo310 on July 04, 2014, 06:12:03 pm
Serial Experiments Lain. I was a bit confused after watching it initially so I had to go back and rewatch some of it to totally understand its key components.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: MJMaranan on July 05, 2014, 02:39:09 pm
Watched A Clear And Present Danger with my Dad.  Great movie, in my opinion...  Always enjoy watching Harrison Ford being the man face stacked odds against him.  Basically what all his movies are but I never get tired of the formula, in his case.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on July 05, 2014, 02:46:10 pm
Always enjoy watching Harrison Ford being the man face stacked odds against him.

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 09, 2014, 04:31:46 am
The Raid 2 might be the craziest, greatest, action movie of our generation lol So freaking good.
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Post by: 90snostalga on July 09, 2014, 01:53:37 pm
Always enjoy watching Harrison Ford being the man face stacked odds against him.


I think I'm going to have another STar Wars Movie Marahthon night coming soon!   :D ;D   Love me some Star Wars!

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Post by: redblaze57 on July 09, 2014, 10:46:21 pm
Lot of anime as of late

Golden Boy- Fucking Hilarious

Grenadier- not bad it`s kinda like Trigun with Fanservice. And one of the most Unique ways to reload a gun

Beelzebub- a story about the Demon Lord's babycoming to Earth to be raised by a delinquent to destroy Humanity Great Action, good amount comedy.

since the spring animes have finished up
Black Bullet-Starts very strong, very weak middle felt a lot different from the first few episodes, and finishs decent. Kinda average

Nana`s Buried Treasure- This one could actually have a really good puzzle/platformer game Based on it. Definetly above average for me, I can see them doing a second season of this one.

Blade & Soul- first part is Action Heavy,I honestly didn`t care for the story might need to wach it again. Second part seemed to just have a lot of pointless deaths just to torment the protagonist. When there was action it was great other meh...oh and lots of bounce.

No Game, No Life- Honestly out of the Spring lineup this was my favorite two NEET gamers brought into another world to play games in order to take over that world so they can challenge God to a game. I really want to see where this series goes next.
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Post by: pacpix on July 13, 2014, 04:21:31 am
Just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey.  I'm a bit mixed on this one.  Overall I would say I enjoyed the movie, especially after reading online afterwards to better understand it, but at times the movie felt too slow.  I thought the best part was the Jupiter mission, I particularly liked the HAL character/computer.   I am glad that I watched it and the plot is definitely interesting, but I have no desire to watch the movie again in the near future.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 13, 2014, 01:52:43 pm
Just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey.  I'm a bit mixed on this one.  Overall I would say I enjoyed the movie, especially after reading online afterwards to better understand it, but at times the movie felt too slow.  I thought the best part was the Jupiter mission, I particularly liked the HAL character/computer.   I am glad that I watched it and the plot is definitely interesting, but I have no desire to watch the movie again in the near future.

Let me start off by saying Arthur C. Clarke is one of my all-time favorite authors. Rendevous With Rama and Time's Eye are two of my favorite sci-fi novels.

That said, I thought this movie was pretentious. It was far too long and drawn-out, and seemed to be in love with itself like it thought it was the greatest movie mankind had ever witnessed. I mean did we really need a grand, 20-minute docking sequence?
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Post by: pacpix on July 13, 2014, 03:44:31 pm
Yeah I felt like a lot of the scenes were drawn out too long.  It worked in some cases, I thought the long stretch of the movie where there is just the sound of breathing as Poole does the space walk was really cool.  Other times, like the docking sequence, I was half asleep.
 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: stethebubble on July 13, 2014, 04:15:33 pm
just finished the red ribbon saga on dragonball :)
really enjoying it so far. the first and second seasons were my fave so far
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Post by: abe on July 13, 2014, 09:49:09 pm
just finished the red ribbon saga on dragonball :)
really enjoying it so far. the first and second seasons were my fave so far

Dragon Ball is awesome. :D There's actually some pretty great Dragon Ball games too. The two Dragon Ball Origins games on the DS are awesome, Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure is great, and I've heard good things about Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo on the Wii.
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Post by: stethebubble on July 13, 2014, 11:44:37 pm
just finished the red ribbon saga on dragonball :)
really enjoying it so far. the first and second seasons were my fave so far

Dragon Ball is awesome. :D There's actually some pretty great Dragon Ball games too. The two Dragon Ball Origins games on the DS are awesome, Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure is great, and I've heard good things about Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo on the Wii.

i will have to pick them up when i see them.
i have a few dragonball z games.
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Post by: tripredacus on July 14, 2014, 04:01:20 pm
I watched Splice last night. The ending was supposed to be a cliffhanger I guess... or a "to be continued" but it didn't have to be.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 14, 2014, 04:54:22 pm
Speaking of Dragon Ball, did you guys see a new animated, Dragonball Z movie is getting a theatrical release? Limited theater release, of course. So it'll be a while before I get to see it.

Dragonball Z: Battle of the Gods

Can't wait for it to get to DVD, because I know my theater won't be getting it, unfortunately.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/DragonBallZ-BattleofGods-poster.jpeg)

August 5 it hits U.S. theaters.

I saw a red-haired Goku on some promo material, that didn't look like Super-Saiyan 4, either.
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Post by: abe on July 14, 2014, 05:18:45 pm
Speaking of Dragon Ball, did you guys see a new animated, Dragonball Z movie is getting a theatrical release? Limited theater release, of course. So it'll be a while before I get to see it.

Dragonball Z: Battle of the Gods

Can't wait for it to get to DVD, because I know my theater won't be getting it, unfortunately.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/DragonBallZ-BattleofGods-poster.jpeg)

August 5 it hits U.S. theaters.

I saw a red-haired Goku on some promo material, that didn't look like Super-Saiyan 4, too.

It's been out in Japan for quite a while now. Saw it, it was pretty good actually. Not amazing, but quite enjoyable. By far the best looking Dragon Ball movie too. Visually, it looks like what everyone wanted Dragon Ball Z Kai to look like (from the fancy new opening animations). Aside from that, it's the first (and only) DBZ movie to be considered canon (it takes place during the ten-year time skip near the end of the series). That's pretty cool too.
As for the red-haired Goku, it's a form called Super Saiyan God. Not going to give away any spoilers tho.
I wish Funimation would hurry up and release a fancy Bluray edition so I can give them my money already.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 14, 2014, 06:27:42 pm
Got my ticket to the theatrical release on the 5th :D I'm kinda torn on the movie, it feels more like a lost episode than a movie, because most of it is just comedic shenanigans, but I want to watch this in the theater for the ending battle scene which might possibly be some of the best in DBZ history because it's so dynamic and fresh.  I could be completely wrong about that, but I watched it and was kinda blown away that this was an action scene in a DBZ movie lol

If anything, it does look super nice, being all crisp clean new animation.  They really need to make a new series or set of movies now, especially since they've basically wrote out Dragonball GT from the show and they can do all new stuff.  The ending of the movie teases some fantastic possibilities.
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Post by: burningdoom on July 17, 2014, 10:51:30 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/The_Amazing_Spiderman_2_poster.jpg)

It was freaking AMAZING! Oh my god, why didn't I see this sooner?! Why did I wait for the cheap theater on this one?! And why the hell aren't more people talking about it?!!!

Easily the best super-hero movie of the year! And yes, I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past (also quite good) and Captain America 2 (enjoyable, but not as good as the hype would suggest).

The special effects were astounding. The action scenes were intense. The movie made you laugh at parts, and it damn near made me cry in other parts. The villains were quite believable, and you really felt for the poor guys in this movie. They were justified in their anger, to a degree. And oh man, I won't give it away, but such a heart-wrenching moment in there, which the movie really built-to and made you feel for these characters.

This was what a well-made super-hero film should be. Great action, great story, and it tugged at your heart-strings. It really felt like you were watching a Spider-Man comic come to life (minus the modern setting and tech, of course).

Now, all the gushing praise aside; I did have two complaints. First of all, Green Goblin felt shoe-horned in at the end, the same way Venom was at the end of Spider-Man 3. HOWEVER, that can be forgiven because the downfall of Harry Osborn leading up to it was quite believable and very well done. And it looks like they're going to continue to use him as a villain (among others) in the next Amazing Spider-Man film.

My other complaint is that when Electro finally did put on a legitimate costume, it looked completely retarded. Not every movie hero and villains should be in black leather, especially black leather with a stupid little lightning bolt on it.

Do yourself and favor, and go see this movie. You won't be disappointed if you like Spider-Man.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: scott on July 17, 2014, 11:38:43 pm
Watched Akira on Tuesday, never get tired of that movie.

Currently watching through my Neon Genesis Evangelion platinum box set.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: stethebubble on July 20, 2014, 12:27:54 pm
started watching space dandy with my wife
that show is so funny
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 20, 2014, 11:52:37 pm
I just watched the RoboCop remake. It doesn't hold a candle to the original masterpiece. Don't bother with EmoCop.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 20, 2014, 11:59:22 pm
I just watched the RoboCop remake. It doesn't hold a candle to the original masterpiece. Don't bother with EmoCop.

If he was at least the right color the whole time, I might've had semi interest in it lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: htimreimer on July 21, 2014, 06:49:00 am
I just watched the RoboCop remake. It doesn't hold a candle to the original masterpiece. Don't bother with EmoCop.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I'm gonna take this with a grain of salt, vary rarely is a remake better than the original and the best way to watch a remake is by judging by its one merits and then see how well it handled the concepts and themes of the original                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     from what I hear,  its just another action movie that trys to be its own film and shares vary little of the plot lf the original and I'm ok with that
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2014, 12:07:36 pm
Horror movies seem to get remakes right. The Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Friday the 13th remakes were all excellent.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on July 21, 2014, 02:26:33 pm
The Changeling. The title is a bit odd as you would expect a literal changeling. The movie title was used once during the film, which led to a Peter Griffin reaction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changeling_%281980_film%29

Family Guy reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEi4I6UWuDQ
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 21, 2014, 05:07:58 pm
Horror movies seem to get remakes right. The Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Friday the 13th remakes were all excellent.

I love Dawn of the Dead.  In many ways I feel it's better than the original, just because there's just much more in it, though I certainly still appreciate the quiet tension of the original with its social commentary.  I just find the new one to be a lot more fun.  Stop there though, don't go look at any other "Of the Dead" remakes lol Maybe in ten or twenty years someone can remake "Land of the Dead" and turn it into a better movie lol
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Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2014, 07:07:20 pm
Horror movies seem to get remakes right. The Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Friday the 13th remakes were all excellent.

I love Dawn of the Dead.  In many ways I feel it's better than the original, just because there's just much more in it, though I certainly still appreciate the quiet tension of the original with its social commentary.  I just find the new one to be a lot more fun.  Stop there though, don't go look at any other "Of the Dead" remakes lol Maybe in ten or twenty years someone can remake "Land of the Dead" and turn it into a better movie lol

I don't know about better than the original, definitely gonna have to disagree there. But I did enjoy it, a lot. And I liked Diary of the Dead, which was made after the Dawn remake. But yeah, Land of the Dead and Survival of the Dead are both terrible, TERRIBLE zombie movies.
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Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2014, 07:08:00 pm
The Fly is another great horror remake. The remake being the definitive version, even.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 21, 2014, 07:09:48 pm
Horror movies seem to get remakes right. The Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Friday the 13th remakes were all excellent.

I love Dawn of the Dead.  In many ways I feel it's better than the original, just because there's just much more in it, though I certainly still appreciate the quiet tension of the original with its social commentary.  I just find the new one to be a lot more fun.  Stop there though, don't go look at any other "Of the Dead" remakes lol Maybe in ten or twenty years someone can remake "Land of the Dead" and turn it into a better movie lol

I don't know about better than the original, definitely gonna have to disagree there. But I did enjoy it, a lot. And I liked Diary of the Dead, which was made after the Dawn remake. But yeah, Land of the Dead and Survival of the Dead are both terrible, TERRIBLE zombie movies.

Dawn is better generally just because it is the original, but the remake is just so much more entertaining.  I hated Diary of the Dead.  I'm trying to think of the last non-comedy zombie film I liked.  The Dead maybe?
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Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2014, 07:11:52 pm
It's funny how fickle zombie movies are. They really have to give you that sense of dread and hopelessness, or they don't work. Zombies by themselves aren't scary, it's the situation getting worse and worse with no end in sight that's the scary part.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 21, 2014, 07:17:05 pm
It's funny how fickle zombie movies are. They really have to give you that sense of dread and hopelessness, or they don't work. Zombies by themselves aren't scary, it's the situation getting worse and worse with no end in sight that's the scary part.

Slightly skewing the topic, It's funny when people claim that there are too many zombie movies are out there or zombie games also, but the really good ones can be rather far and few between.  I do agree that just a zombie gore fest isn't very good.  It needs more to be truly scary or even interesting.  It's hard to get that when a lot of zombie flicks just end up being gorefest trash.  I had high hopes for World War Z, but that failed its source material so ridiculously hard.  It wasn't terrible, but it could've been a truly epic zombie movie.  Heck, done right, it could've been an epic trilogy or even epic Band of Brothers style miniseries.
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Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2014, 07:28:35 pm
Yep. The Original Romero Trilogy & Diary, 1st Resident Evil, Zombie, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, Return of the Living Dead, and Shaun of the Dead; that about covers the good zombie movies I've seen. (which the last two were more comedy than horror). I'm probably forgetting a couple, but those are the ones that stuck out for me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: stethebubble on July 21, 2014, 08:09:26 pm
The Fly is another great horror remake. The remake being the definitive version, even.

agreed.
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Post by: stethebubble on July 21, 2014, 08:10:59 pm
Yep. The Original Romero Trilogy & Diary, 1st Resident Evil, Zombie, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, Return of the Living Dead, and Shaun of the Dead; that about covers the good zombie movies I've seen. (which the last two were more comedy than horror). I'm probably forgetting a couple, but those are the ones that stuck out for me.

world war Z
28 days later
28 weeks later

not sure if these count as zombie movies as they are an infection
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 21, 2014, 09:25:56 pm
Yep. The Original Romero Trilogy & Diary, 1st Resident Evil, Zombie, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, Return of the Living Dead, and Shaun of the Dead; that about covers the good zombie movies I've seen. (which the last two were more comedy than horror). I'm probably forgetting a couple, but those are the ones that stuck out for me.

world war Z
28 days later
28 weeks later
 
not sure if these count as zombie movies as they are an infection

I generally count the 28 series just because they are so much like zombie movies, even if they are infection films.  Now that I think about it, they weren't undead in World War Z were they? Just relentless infected people.  Man, that's another problem with that stupid movie lol
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Post by: pacpix on July 30, 2014, 11:34:03 pm
I just watched Sharknado 2: The Second One.  This is one of humankind's greatest achievements.  I loved the first movie, but this sequel blows it out of the water.  Sad to see that the next installment will be the last one.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 31, 2014, 12:43:59 am
I just watched Sharknado 2: The Second One.  This is one of humankind's greatest achievements.  I loved the first movie, but this sequel blows it out of the water.  Sad to see that the next installment will be the last one.

I can't watch that garbage lol I hate movies that are bad for the sake of being bad lol
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Post by: jcalder8 on July 31, 2014, 12:50:21 am
I just watched the RoboCop remake. It doesn't hold a candle to the original masterpiece. Don't bother with EmoCop.
I started watching this and I think it will be one that I can only stand in small doses.
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Post by: pacpix on August 01, 2014, 03:10:00 am
I just watched Sharknado 2: The Second One.  This is one of humankind's greatest achievements.  I loved the first movie, but this sequel blows it out of the water.  Sad to see that the next installment will be the last one.

I can't watch that garbage lol I hate movies that are bad for the sake of being bad lol
How can you not want to watch a movie full of chainsaws, sharks, and explosions?!
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Post by: blipcs76 on August 01, 2014, 10:34:46 am
I was so disappointed in World War Z.  It wasn't a bad movie, but its one of the very few times I actually read the book before seeing the movie.  I just generally don't read fiction, so this was a big deal. 

But it was for naught:
(http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/styles/content_panes_media/public/tumblr_mowrzr8Tvg1qcbo9lo1_500.jpg?itok=HJIsYyEQ)
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Post by: blipcs76 on August 01, 2014, 10:39:56 am
Last weekend, we hosted a Marvel Movie Marathon at our house of the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Starting at 9:30 am, we watched:
Captain America
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Thor
The Avengers

It was a lot of fun.  About 11 people hunkered down all day in my basement to watch nerdy movies all day long.  I made up a nacho and taco bar for the feasting.  It was a really fun day.  I'm going to do Iron Man 3, Captain America 2, Thor 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy in the Spring before Avengers 2 hits theaters.
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Post by: abe on August 01, 2014, 10:45:00 am
I was so disappointed in World War Z.  It wasn't a bad movie, but its one of the very few times I actually read the book before seeing the movie.  I just generally don't read fiction, so this was a big deal. 

But it was for naught:
(http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/styles/content_panes_media/public/tumblr_mowrzr8Tvg1qcbo9lo1_500.jpg?itok=HJIsYyEQ)

Was the movie even supposed to be based off of the book? I've never read the book, but I thought the book & movie only happened to have the same name out of coincidence.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 01, 2014, 04:01:55 pm
Was the movie even supposed to be based off of the book? I've never read the book, but I thought the book & movie only happened to have the same name out of coincidence.

No the author was involved with the movie.  I'm just bummed the movie had NOTHING to do with the book in any way whatsoever.  It did literally share nothing but the name alone for it which was such a waste.  It would've been perfect as a more episodic Band of Brothers type of mini series since World War Z is about individual peoples stories of the zombie apocalypse from the beginnings to where they are in the timeline.  Such a good book.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 01, 2014, 04:02:17 pm
Saw Guardians of the Galaxy and loved it.  Such a fun movie.  Definitely would recommend it.
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Post by: stethebubble on August 01, 2014, 05:35:08 pm
finished season 1 of space dandy

then watched dredd and judge dredd.
judge dredd sucked. dredd was ok.
i used to read 2000AD when i was younger
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Post by: stethebubble on August 01, 2014, 05:36:34 pm
I was so disappointed in World War Z.  It wasn't a bad movie, but its one of the very few times I actually read the book before seeing the movie.  I just generally don't read fiction, so this was a big deal. 

But it was for naught:
(http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/styles/content_panes_media/public/tumblr_mowrzr8Tvg1qcbo9lo1_500.jpg?itok=HJIsYyEQ)

i agree it was nothing like the book. i also loved a zombie survival guide.
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Post by: stethebubble on August 01, 2014, 05:37:16 pm
Last weekend, we hosted a Marvel Movie Marathon at our house of the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Starting at 9:30 am, we watched:
Captain America
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Thor
The Avengers

It was a lot of fun.  About 11 people hunkered down all day in my basement to watch nerdy movies all day long.  I made up a nacho and taco bar for the feasting.  It was a really fun day.  I'm going to do Iron Man 3, Captain America 2, Thor 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy in the Spring before Avengers 2 hits theaters.

i like this idea
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Post by: stethebubble on August 01, 2014, 05:38:36 pm
I just watched the RoboCop remake. It doesn't hold a candle to the original masterpiece. Don't bother with EmoCop.
I started watching this and I think it will be one that I can only stand in small doses.

have you seen 'our robocop remake' i think its on youtube.

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Post by: burningdoom on August 01, 2014, 06:38:42 pm
Sounds cool! Not sure I could last that long in front of a T.V., though.
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Post by: foxhack on August 01, 2014, 08:46:30 pm
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK

The movie was pretty cool, good special effects, Batista NAILED his performance (seriously, he was awesome, even if he was different from comic book Drax) and everything ended up all right.

HOWEVER.

Stay after the credits. Just do it. Do not. Leave. And I mean it, -after the entire credits have rolled.-
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 01, 2014, 10:40:38 pm
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK

The movie was pretty cool, good special effects, Batista NAILED his performance (seriously, he was awesome, even if he was different from comic book Drax) and everything ended up all right.

HOWEVER.

Stay after the credits. Just do it. Do not. Leave. And I mean it, -after the entire credits have rolled.-

Yeah I looked up Drax and he's apparently green originally? Guess they figured they didn't want two green people up on screen, cause you would totally mix up Drax and Gamora lol
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Post by: foxhack on August 01, 2014, 10:54:37 pm
Yeah I looked up Drax and he's apparently green originally? Guess they figured they didn't want two green people up on screen, cause you would totally mix up Drax and Gamora lol
What? Drax is green in the movie too. I meant his backstory, it's pretty different in the comics - Rocket Raccoon's too.

I really hope that when the movie hits home video they include a commentary track with the main cast. I really want to see everyone make fun of Bradley Cooper.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 01, 2014, 11:01:52 pm
Yeah I looked up Drax and he's apparently green originally? Guess they figured they didn't want two green people up on screen, cause you would totally mix up Drax and Gamora lol
What? Drax is green in the movie too. I meant his backstory, it's pretty different in the comics - Rocket Raccoon's too.

I really hope that when the movie hits home video they include a commentary track with the main cast. I really want to see everyone make fun of Bradley Cooper.

I don't know anything about the characters lol I had never heard of Guardians till they announced the movie.  And Drax is grey in the movie.
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Post by: foxhack on August 01, 2014, 11:25:28 pm
I don't know anything about the characters lol I had never heard of Guardians till they announced the movie.  And Drax is grey in the movie.

... he's green. He's just a dark green, not glow in the dark green like Gamora.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 01, 2014, 11:41:36 pm
I don't know anything about the characters lol I had never heard of Guardians till they announced the movie.  And Drax is grey in the movie.

... he's green. He's just a dark green, not glow in the dark green like Gamora.

It's not dark green, but looking at his toy, it has an extremely mild shade of green, but it looks grey on screen lol
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Post by: 90snostalga on August 02, 2014, 03:04:37 am
Mobile Suit Gundam the very first movie on VHS.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 05, 2014, 03:31:58 am
I begin my Turtles marathon this week, leading up to the new movie on Thursday, by starting out with the first movie.  As cheesy and silly as it is, I still think it's really fun.  The action is great, the few big fight scenes are both funny and entertaining, and I still just feel like a kid when I watch it.  It's not without its faults though and I think it's kinda something that could be comparable to the new movie coming up.  I feel the new one has sorta lost it from the start just on the Turtles designs, but complaints made about changes to the origins and such, might not be the worst thing as they did in the first movie.  Splinters origin is different from the original cartoon and it makes little sense when you think about it.  Shredder is kind of a shitty villain who only has like two big moments, the best at the end, and he gets "killed off" rather poorly.  Also bad soundtrack for it.  No turtles theme or at least a new memorable one, and there isn't anything licensed for the film? A bad rap song for the ending? Yeesh...

It's gotten me to tune my expectations of what I hope to get out of the new movie.  I still don't think it'll be great, there's so much that is looking to fail, but we'll see...Honestly, knowing the next two movies, it's possible the new movie might not be the worst Turtles movie lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 05, 2014, 05:16:11 am
And I couldn't sleep, so watched TMNT 2...And this was worse than I remember lol In some ways, they were on the right track, making the movie more about the turtles, the ooze, having mutants show up, but in the process, they dumbed the entire movie down.  Instead of some genuinely funny moments and actually good fighting, we instead get shenanigans and goofball antics.  No longer are they stealthy ninjas trying not to be seen, but they just run blindly into every fight like they were called onto stage.  The suits don't look as good, the mutants they brought in were dumb, Shredder is once again a joke and doesn't even get a fight...Wow, this was just plain bad.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 05, 2014, 12:01:35 pm
^ As a kid, I always thought the movies didn't hold a candle to the cartoon or comics. The first one was the best one, but still not as good as the show and comics.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 05, 2014, 04:13:36 pm
^ As a kid, I always thought the movies didn't hold a candle to the cartoon or comics. The first one was the best one, but still not as good as the show and comics.

For sure, I still really love the first movie though...It sucks that TMNT2 is worse than I remember which might make TMNT 3 even worse than I remember and I already remember it to be poor lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 05, 2014, 08:50:19 pm
I already talked about Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods before I think here, thinking it was a goofy and fun, but mostly weak movie, that had a big impact on the DBZ future.  Tonight I went and saw it in theater and though it's a great looking movie for sure, I generally still think that, but watching it with the dub greatly improved the experience.  It's still infinitely better with the english voice actors and it helped the theater was more packed than the big budget flicks I've seen recently lol  If you are a DBZ fan, it's worth watching once in theater for sure if you can get to a showing since it is a limited release.
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Post by: scott on August 05, 2014, 09:07:49 pm
Just finished up Full Metal Alchemist again, the original series. Love this show. But man do I not really care for the finale movie, Conqueror of Shambala.
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Post by: abe on August 05, 2014, 09:12:02 pm
Just finished up Full Metal Alchemist again, the original series. Love this show. But man do I not really care for the finale movie, Conqueror of Shambala.

Really? I didn't think it was that bad, at least it gave the first TV series some closure. Have you watched Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos? If you have, what did you think of that one?
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Post by: scott on August 05, 2014, 09:45:23 pm
Not yet, I've only seen maybe half of Brotherhood. I need to pick it up, but never have the cash to drop on it when I see it. I do really like Brotherhood though too.

I dunno, Shambala just seemed kinda "eh" to me. The part where he's back in his world is too short, Mustang is a little mopey baby for most of it, and I don't like that Al dressed like Ed. If it would have been more Alchemy and less pre-WWII I'd prolly have liked it better. Plus, it still left us with a cliff hanger anyway and the whole thing with the bomb should have been wrapped up in the "real world" story.


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Post by: 90snostalga on August 06, 2014, 06:37:08 am
Mobile Suit Gundam 2 the movie on vhs
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Post by: foxhack on August 06, 2014, 07:18:35 pm
I already talked about Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods before I think here, thinking it was a goofy and fun, but mostly weak movie, that had a big impact on the DBZ future.  Tonight I went and saw it in theater and though it's a great looking movie for sure, I generally still think that, but watching it with the dub greatly improved the experience.  It's still infinitely better with the english voice actors and it helped the theater was more packed than the big budget flicks I've seen recently lol  If you are a DBZ fan, it's worth watching once in theater for sure if you can get to a showing since it is a limited release.

... wait, what? You saw it in a theater?

... it was out down here a year ago. In theaters. What the hell took them so long to make an English dub? We had a Spanish dub ready in like two hours. :p
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 07, 2014, 12:30:05 am
I already talked about Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods before I think here, thinking it was a goofy and fun, but mostly weak movie, that had a big impact on the DBZ future.  Tonight I went and saw it in theater and though it's a great looking movie for sure, I generally still think that, but watching it with the dub greatly improved the experience.  It's still infinitely better with the english voice actors and it helped the theater was more packed than the big budget flicks I've seen recently lol  If you are a DBZ fan, it's worth watching once in theater for sure if you can get to a showing since it is a limited release.

... wait, what? You saw it in a theater?

... it was out down here a year ago. In theaters. What the hell took them so long to make an English dub? We had a Spanish dub ready in like two hours. :p

Yeah but it was probably a garbage dub if they just rushed it out lol I have no clue why it took them a year to get it out from the Japanese release.

Tonight I finished the live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies with the third one and...I don't think it's as awful as I originally thought.  It's certainly not a good movie, the dialogue is still terrible, the story is lame, the turtles and splinter look even worse, but compared to the second film, there isn't as much goofy shenanigan bullshit to annoy me and there's some actually fighting this time.  I would rate it just slightly higher than the second film, but neither one is one I would recommend.

With that new perspective, I see the new TMNT movie tonight...
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Post by: maximo310 on August 07, 2014, 01:13:55 am
Watched DBZ: Wrath of the Dragon. It was a pretty average movie in my opinion, especially since the main highlight was the super dragon fist as the new powerful attack from Goku, but it didn't really impress or interest me too much.
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Post by: MJMaranan on August 07, 2014, 02:42:21 am
Not yet, I've only seen maybe half of Brotherhood. I need to pick it up, but never have the cash to drop on it when I see it. I do really like Brotherhood though too.

I dunno, Shambala just seemed kinda "eh" to me. The part where he's back in his world is too short, Mustang is a little mopey baby for most of it, and I don't like that Al dressed like Ed. If it would have been more Alchemy and less pre-WWII I'd prolly have liked it better. Plus, it still left us with a cliff hanger anyway and the whole thing with the bomb should have been wrapped up in the "real world" story.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, when compared to the original, felt somewhat of a fan service, in my opinion.  The former definitely has more action and the latter focuses more on the drama.

That said...  Watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror Of Shambala definitely was a weak revelation to my favorite of the two series.  Although, not as bad as the Martian Successor Nadesico movie and series, by comparison.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 07, 2014, 03:36:12 am
Technically finished with my standalone Turtles movie marathon with the 2007 CGI TMNT movie.  Sure, it's not live action, but it does seem to take in account what happened in the movies as at the end you see Shredder's helmet along with the scepter from TMNT 3.

Overall, it's a fun flick.  It's basically what we came to expect from the likes of the 2002 cartoon series and what we've seen continued in the 2012 cartoon series with good action, the turtles interacting as brothers, the rivalry of Raph and Leo hitting a serious point, it's pretty enjoyable overall.  My only complaint would be the turtles designs being not quite right to me.  The heads look a little wonky and couldn't say I was very satisfied with it compared to the rest of their designs over the years (ignoring the new movie).

Only thing I got left to watch is Turtles Forever, but since it's not a standalone flick, I'm not counting it for a main movie marathon, though I will watch it after I watch the new movie tomorrow night.  I might need the combination of two generations of Ninja Turtle to wash my mind of the new flick lol
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Post by: scott on August 07, 2014, 08:46:07 am
Watched the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Caddyshack and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World last night while I was painting. Love those movies.

Couldn't find a copy of Turtles Forever around here, so I ordered it on Amazon. It'll be here tonight, so I guess I know what I'm doing. :)
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Post by: abe on August 07, 2014, 05:52:35 pm
Watched the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Caddyshack and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World last night while I was painting. Love those movies.

Couldn't find a copy of Turtles Forever around here, so I ordered it on Amazon. It'll be here tonight, so I guess I know what I'm doing. :)

I didn't dislike the Scott Pilgrim movie, but they changed way too much from the graphic novels. It has been a while since I've seen it, so I can't remember everything they got wrong, but I remember being annoyed by it when I watched it. I also felt Michael Cera was also a bad choice to play as Scott.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 07, 2014, 06:22:08 pm
As I never read the comics, I really love the movie lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 07, 2014, 11:44:44 pm
The new Ninja Turtles movie was neither terrible nor great.  As it's own movie, I feel it botches a number of things, such as how terrifying the turtles are, that they are pretty much super heroes that don't even need ninjitsu, and that the threat balance is so out of whack.  The foot clan are complete jokes because each turtle is like Captain America, but then they made Shredder so obscenely strong that they really shouldn't have been able to beat them.

Bringing in nostalgia, they got alot wrong with the story for no real reason other than they wanted to be different.  Their outfits are great, their interaction is right on, the whole family aspect is right there and some of the action is pretty entertaining, but when you combine the above with the story problems and how Megan Fox as April was terrible, it just seems like a wasted opportunity.  Some changes to the script and the turtles appearance could've made the movie a lot better.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 09, 2014, 09:38:44 pm
(http://imageserver.moviepilot.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-banner2-guardians-of-the-galaxy-not-as-new-as-you-thought.png?width=700&height=258)

Saw it today, absolutely LOVED it! I was quite entertained throughout the entire film. Whether that be from the cool fight scenes, the astonishing sets and special effects, or the hilarious lines from the characters. I absolutely recommend watching this whether you're familiar with the comics or not.

"It only happened once, man!" lol!
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Post by: stethebubble on August 09, 2014, 11:59:34 pm
space dandy
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Post by: redblaze57 on August 10, 2014, 12:44:30 am
Redline- hard to describe... but it was a very stylized, futuristic,  action-packed good racing anime movie. Though to me (not going to spoil anything though I kinda want to so I could show my point) the ending kinda came abruptly.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 10, 2014, 12:50:07 am
Redline- hard to describe... but it was a very stylized, futuristic,  action-packed good racing anime movie. Though to me (not going to spoil anything though I kinda want to so I could show my point) the ending kinda came abruptly.

It's the Speed Racer for the modern generation lol Redline was such a fun movie.  Really crazy.
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Post by: abe on August 10, 2014, 05:11:57 am
Redline- hard to describe... but it was a very stylized, futuristic,  action-packed good racing anime movie. Though to me (not going to spoil anything though I kinda want to so I could show my point) the ending kinda came abruptly.

Great movie, I really enjoyed it. It's pretty cheap on Amazon too. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for something new to watch.
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Post by: maximo310 on August 10, 2014, 02:53:04 pm
Cowboy bebop(series+movie)
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Post by: scott on August 10, 2014, 07:54:00 pm
Cowboy bebop(series+movie)

Love Cowboy Bebop. When I first watched it, I was buy them on DVD and no one told me how it ended... man I didn't see it coming at all. Super good show and one of the reasons I ended up getting into anime.
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Post by: maximo310 on August 10, 2014, 08:22:32 pm
Cowboy bebop(series+movie)

Love Cowboy Bebop. When I first watched it, I was buy them on DVD and no one told me how it ended... man I didn't see it coming at all. Super good show and one of the reasons I ended up getting into anime.
Yeah, a bunch of my friends and I decided to get together to watch it over a 16 hr period. We managed to watch it all in 720p thanks to our's friends resources on his laptop which connected to his TV. Anyways, it was a great show to watch through, especially with that soundtrack by Yoko Kanno and I would say its in my top 3 list for anime.
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Post by: brunauss on August 12, 2014, 02:41:43 am
Watched Into the Storm. Not as good as Twister, but did get to see that 300 MPH wind monster storm shred the airport to pieces.
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Post by: scott on August 12, 2014, 08:47:17 am
Cowboy bebop(series+movie)

Love Cowboy Bebop. When I first watched it, I was buy them on DVD and no one told me how it ended... man I didn't see it coming at all. Super good show and one of the reasons I ended up getting into anime.
Yeah, a bunch of my friends and I decided to get together to watch it over a 16 hr period. We managed to watch it all in 720p thanks to our's friends resources on his laptop which connected to his TV. Anyways, it was a great show to watch through, especially with that soundtrack by Yoko Kanno and I would say its in my top 3 list for anime.

Ya I have all the soundtracks on my ipod. They're all excellent, though I'm most partial to the movie songs.
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Post by: blipcs76 on August 12, 2014, 10:14:06 am
(http://imageserver.moviepilot.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-banner2-guardians-of-the-galaxy-not-as-new-as-you-thought.png?width=700&height=258)

Saw it today, absolutely LOVED it! I was quite entertained throughout the entire film. Whether that be from the cool fight scenes, the astonishing sets and special effects, or the hilarious lines from the characters. I absolutely recommend watching this whether you're familiar with the comics or not.

"It only happened once, man!" lol!

Same here.  I saw it opening weekend and can confidently say its one of the most entertaining movies I've seen in years.  Not necessarily the best, but it was so much fun throughout.  Great fight scenes, great characters, awesome soundtrack, a ton of 80's references that feel natural in context and a ton of genuine laughs.  Every character was unique and really fun (aside from the mostly bland villains).  Can't wait to pick this one up on blu-ray and watch it again looking for all the stuff I missed the first time.
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Post by: dashv on August 15, 2014, 01:10:17 am
Just saw TMNT at the drive in with the boy (for $12 which included a huge tub of popcorn) and a group of video gamers.

Maybe it was the company I was with, but I really enjoyed the movie.
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Post by: turf on August 15, 2014, 06:48:10 am
I forgot to post it here, but I took The Boy to see TMNT Tuesday night. I liked it.

I had to explain a few things to a 5 year old, but we had a blast. I wasn't a huge fan of how the Turtles looked, but the movie got each Turtle's personality and the sense of family right. The action was a blast. It was a fun movie.

I wish people would quit with the "Michael Bay is shitting all over my childhood". The man makes movies about shit blowing up and he does it well. If you want to see a cinematic masterpiece, go watch The Piano or something like that. If you want to grab some popcorn, check your brain at the door, and have some fun; give Mr. Bay your $7.50.   
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Post by: burningdoom on August 15, 2014, 12:56:55 pm
I wish people would quit with the "Michael Bay is shitting all over my childhood". The man makes movies about shit blowing up and he does it well. If you want to see a cinematic masterpiece, go watch The Piano or something like that. If you want to grab some popcorn, check your brain at the door, and have some fun; give Mr. Bay your $7.50.

We're not looking for a masterpiece, lord knows the original Transformers and TMNT weren't deep thinking shows or movies. We just want him to respect the source material and make a movie without gigantic plot-holes. And making good movies about stuff blowing up? I think you may be talking about James Cameron or Bryan Singer.

I haven't seen TMNT, so I can't comment on anything but the way the Turtles and Shredder look (which is freaking ridiculous). But Transformers, my god, I was a Transformers FANTATIC as a kid. And I couldn't stomach any more of it after the first film. I think the worst part of it is that he can't afford a tri-pod for god's sake. I'd like to be able to actually see the action scenes rather than it look like one big earthquake. And where the hell was Hot Rod?! The Animated movie was the best Transformers movie!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 15, 2014, 01:21:54 pm
I can only turn my brain off so much before it would start to whither and die lol I'm fine with some big dumb action, the few scenes with action were fairly good.  The problem is how the turtles are designed, how they made being a ninja pointless, how they made the Foot pointless, how bad Megan Fox was, and how much they gave such little care to making a TMNT movie.  Aside from their interaction and family element, there wasn't too much that was right for a Turtles movie. 

I'm fine if Michael Bay wants to make a big action movie, just stop making movies for established franchises that he very clearly doesn't give a crap about lol
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Post by: spac316 on August 16, 2014, 03:26:54 am
The last movie I've seen was Guardians of the Galaxy. Fun flick!
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Post by: MJMaranan on August 16, 2014, 05:20:38 pm
Just watched How To Train Your Dragon and pretty much waiting for the sequel to be released on Blu-Ray.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 16, 2014, 05:36:23 pm
Just watched How To Train Your Dragon and pretty much waiting for the sequel to be released on Blu-Ray.

Second movie is good ;)

Watched Kung Pow: Enter the Fist last night.  So dumb, so silly, so fun.
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Post by: pacpix on August 16, 2014, 06:18:13 pm
Last night I watched the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Made Contact.  I had low expectations after being a little disappointed by the first film, but 2010 was fantastic!  It was linked to the first film well and was a lot more interesting as there was not any overly long parts like the docking sequence in 2001.  I do still enjoy 2001, but if I ever watch it again I would fast forward through the long parts.  With 2010 I was engaged during the whole movie and never felt bored like I did with 2001.
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Post by: redblaze57 on August 17, 2014, 09:25:49 pm
Akira - very good

the Amazing Spider-Man - second time watching this. honestly I think I prefer the campiness of the Sam Rami ones... except Gwen is a lot better.

The Expendables 3 - if you like the first two you'll like this one. Mel Gibson plays one hell of a villain
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Post by: MJMaranan on August 18, 2014, 03:15:19 am
Gurren Lagann.  [adult swim] showed the first episode and now I can't wait to watch the next.

"Don't believe yourself.  BELIEVE IN ME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU!"
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 18, 2014, 04:49:07 am
Gurren Lagann.  [adult swim] showed the first episode and now I can't wait to watch the next.

"Don't believe yourself.  BELIEVE IN ME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU!"


You are in for a wild ride lol

Last night I watched 5 Centimeters/Sec, which is your basic romantic, slice of life, type anime, done in three parts for essentially an hour long movie, about a boy and girl who increasingly are set apart from each other and how they handle the love they can't have with each other.  I felt like the first two parts were well done if you like simple romance stories, which I can get enjoyment out of, but the third part kinda just drops the ball for me personally.

Also watched all of Girls Und Panzer, which is basically a highschool club anime with girls who drive around in tanks.  The concept is goofy as heck, but it's actually fairly entertaining.  No fan service for once, and the tanks are all real WW2 type tanks which helps add to this charm in the juxtaposition of cute school girls and heavy metal warfare lol  I kinda want to know more about the world they are in, but they don't spend a lot of time on the background where there are schools on battleships turned into lush green landscapes...has to do with an overreaction to education issues, but it never made much sense to me lol

Tried to watch Nagi no Asukara, an anime where there are essentially two types of humans, those who live in the sea and are just totally normal humans that live underwater in their own town, and those on land who are just regular humans.  Interaction is normal, but questioned at times as some of the underwater kids we follow are now going to school on land thanks to a sorta protection they have which allows them to breathe that is only temporary if it stays dry to long.  It has some rather beautiful animation and the idea is unique, but I have no idea how this world functions where they just seem to live underwater and everything essentially behaves like everything does on land, but they can swim when they want and they kinda live with fishes around.  It's hard for me to ignore the physic issues with everything and I don't think I can continue on just ignoring it lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 20, 2014, 05:26:46 pm
Any got any like good slice of life/Japanese life animes to watch?  I kinda just like to see daily life stuff in Japan with a nice story to it if possible.  Not really looking for like a pure comedy or a serious depressing drama, something that might be like the first season of Moyashimon or...Kinda like the first two parts of 5 centimeters/second...Drawing blanks on others I've watched.  Just really been in the mood lately to see more of just Japan, whether in big cities or small towns.
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Post by: 90snostalga on August 21, 2014, 07:40:31 am
Finished the dvd complete series of Daria yesterday and started Mobile Suit Gundam 3 on vhs. This will complete the first wave of the gundam series.
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Post by: kevininja on August 21, 2014, 10:34:39 am
Watched The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy.
 
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Post by: burningdoom on August 21, 2014, 12:07:25 pm
Watched The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy.

...and?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 21, 2014, 04:45:02 pm
Watched Amazing Spiderman 2 myself and while it wasn't as bad as I heard, it also still wasn't that great.  I felt like the script really became a mess as the movie went on and it kept annoying me when I had to call out how or why things happened.

Also watched Expendables 3 which was fun.  I expected what I got just like the last two lol
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Post by: kevininja on August 22, 2014, 10:39:52 am
Watched The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy.

...and?
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was alright, but I didn't like the fact that every frickin' villain in the newer Spider-Man movies has to be involved with OsCorp

Guardians of the Galaxy was a great movie, I had a great time watching it and it had some funny moments too!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 22, 2014, 04:32:01 pm
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was alright, but I didn't like the fact that every frickin' villain in the newer Spider-Man movies has to be involved with OsCorp

It does seem a little too convenient, but I actually didn't mind that in particular.  I had more of a problem with how Green Goblin and Rhino turned out and that Electro just became really lame once he could just turn into pure energy.  I'm fine with abit of a character revamp cause Electro is a lame villain, but I think it went too far.  Plus where the crap did he get his suit? lol
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Post by: stethebubble on August 22, 2014, 06:15:57 pm
im currently watching the skull man
(http://s1e1.com/Windows-Live-Writer/Anime-Book-Club-The-Skull-Man-Week-3_F623/06.jpg)
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Post by: kevininja on August 23, 2014, 10:39:33 am
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was alright, but I didn't like the fact that every frickin' villain in the newer Spider-Man movies has to be involved with OsCorp

It does seem a little too convenient, but I actually didn't mind that in particular.  I had more of a problem with how Green Goblin and Rhino turned out and that Electro just became really lame once he could just turn into pure energy.
True, they both missed that comic influence to their designs.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 23, 2014, 12:14:29 pm
I loved the movie, but even I thought Electro's costume was lame. Not every onscreen comic-character needs to be in black leather.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 23, 2014, 02:00:28 pm
I loved the movie, but even I thought Electro's costume was lame. Not every onscreen comic-character needs to be in black leather.

Which makes even less sense when he can somehow turn into energy and take his suit with him.  Where did he even get the suit?!  He goes from prison (Which is another problem...Why the crap did they have a prison that somehow perfectly contains a man made of electricity?) to Oscorp and inbetween buys a suit that seemed to also have custom designs on it?
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Post by: doafan on August 23, 2014, 02:16:17 pm
Just watched last night with my wife Maleficent, it's not the big deal but since is Angelina Jolie  ;D
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Post by: burningdoom on August 23, 2014, 07:20:33 pm
(http://cdn1.sciencefiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-featured.jpg)

Saw this at the cheap theater today with my dad.

Good movie. You'll enjoy it if you're a sci-fi fan or a fan of the Apes movies. But it is a little slow-moving, so those that aren't big sci-fi fans probably won't enjoy this one.
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Post by: MJMaranan on August 24, 2014, 01:47:27 am
Guardians Of The Galaxy turned out to be better than I expected.  Recommendable.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 24, 2014, 11:06:34 am
Guardians Of The Galaxy turned out to be better than I expected.  Recommendable.

Best movie of the year. Bar-none.
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Post by: MJMaranan on August 25, 2014, 12:25:04 am
Loving Gurren Lagann!  Only watched 2 episodes and they both leave a smile on my face.

"Who-The-Hell-Do-You-Think-I-Am Kick! Hands-Off-My-Beloved-Little-Brother Puuuuuuuunch!...  Finishing move! Perfect-Combustion-Of-Manly-Souls Cannonball Attaaack!"
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Post by: spac316 on August 27, 2014, 03:36:09 am
Just watched Thor: Dark World. It was good!
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Post by: davifus on August 27, 2014, 11:48:48 pm
Aldnoah.Zero... Great OP & ED
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Post by: spac316 on August 31, 2014, 04:55:04 am
Watched the Robocop remake. It was pretty good.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 31, 2014, 11:21:53 am
Watched the Robocop remake. It was pretty good.

I couldn't stand it. Robocop came off as whiney to me, and it was definitely missing that hard-edge that the original had.
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Post by: redblaze57 on August 31, 2014, 04:16:40 pm
Clerks The First Cut- the original version of the movie. kinda wish they at least remastered the audio cause the music sounds really bad, but it was neat seeing the differences between the original and theatrical version
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Post by: 90snostalga on August 31, 2014, 04:19:00 pm
Clerks The First Cut- the original version of the movie. kinda wish they at least remastered the audio cause the music sounds really bad, but it was neat seeing the differences between the original and theatrical version

While I am a huge fan of Clearks 2 and I consider it a personal favorite, I did not like the first one. I could not handle it in black and white but it was great to know the beginning of the Clerks story.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 31, 2014, 11:22:24 pm
Anyone else get abit annoyed with "sexy humor" in some animes? The cheap fan service type stuff where the lead guy accidentally grabs a girls boob or accidentally sees a panty shot or something and then gets called a perv for happening to see it...Pander all you want, but at least be interesting about it.  The only recent fan service stuff I've seen in recent years that worked was like Highschool of the Dead or Kill La Kill, where it's so ridiculously over the top, it's actually funny.

I say this trying to watch this new anime called Rail Wars.  It's basically a pretty average story about a group of students joining a train line security team (set in an alternate timeline where the railways were never privatized), and how it's basically kinda like one of those club animes, but with action in it.  The story seems kinda interesting, lots of train love and what not, but then you get like you get very obvious boob shots and how two of the main characters have huge tits and there's accidental panty shots and falling and grabbing boobs and the lead guy gets called a perv within the first two minutes of the show before the intro even kicks in.  I know it's probably because it's just directed at 12 to 14 year old boys, but it really just feels like lazy padding mostly that hinders something that could be a generally entertaining show as every time it happens and it happens during "serious" moments at least within the first two episodes, it just simply annoys me.
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Post by: davifus on August 31, 2014, 11:37:03 pm
Anyone else get abit annoyed with "sexy humor" in some animes? The cheap fan service type stuff where the lead guy accidentally grabs a girls boob or accidentally sees a panty shot or something and then gets called a perv for happening to see it...Pander all you want, but at least be interesting about it.  The only recent fan service stuff I've seen in recent years that worked was like Highschool of the Dead or Kill La Kill, where it's so ridiculously over the top, it's actually funny.

I say this trying to watch this new anime called Rail Wars.  It's basically a pretty average story about a group of students joining a train line security team (set in an alternate timeline where the railways were never privatized), and how it's basically kinda like one of those club animes, but with action in it.  The story seems kinda interesting, lots of train love and what not, but then you get like you get very obvious boob shots and how two of the main characters have huge tits and there's accidental panty shots and falling and grabbing boobs and the lead guy gets called a perv within the first two minutes of the show before the intro even kicks in.  I know it's probably because it's just directed at 12 to 14 year old boys, but it really just feels like lazy padding mostly that hinders something that could be a generally entertaining show as every time it happens and it happens during "serious" moments at least within the first two episodes, it just simply annoys me.

Rail wars is alright.  I overlook on most cliche fan service. I actually enjoy the somewhat deluded plot of a trainwreck. After watching so many shows I get used to it. It can be annoying but its the not over the top to point where it becomes a fap material than a show. I disagree with it being directed toward 12 to 14 year olds.
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Post by: redblaze57 on September 01, 2014, 12:22:21 am
Anyone else get abit annoyed with "sexy humor" in some animes? The cheap fan service type stuff where the lead guy accidentally grabs a girls boob or accidentally sees a panty shot or something and then gets called a perv for happening to see it...Pander all you want, but at least be interesting about it.  The only recent fan service stuff I've seen in recent years that worked was like Highschool of the Dead or Kill La Kill, where it's so ridiculously over the top, it's actually funny.

I say this trying to watch this new anime called Rail Wars.  It's basically a pretty average story about a group of students joining a train line security team (set in an alternate timeline where the railways were never privatized), and how it's basically kinda like one of those club animes, but with action in it.  The story seems kinda interesting, lots of train love and what not, but then you get like you get very obvious boob shots and how two of the main characters have huge tits and there's accidental panty shots and falling and grabbing boobs and the lead guy gets called a perv within the first two minutes of the show before the intro even kicks in.  I know it's probably because it's just directed at 12 to 14 year old boys, but it really just feels like lazy padding mostly that hinders something that could be a generally entertaining show as every time it happens and it happens during "serious" moments at least within the first two episodes, it just simply annoys me.

Rail wars is alright.  I overlook on most cliche fan service. I actually enjoy the somewhat deluded plot of a trainwreck. After watching so many shows I get used to it. It can be annoying but its the not over the top to point where it becomes a fap material than a show. I disagree with it being directed toward 12 to 14 year olds.

I think I've built up an immunity to to. either that or I've most likely have come across much worse so it just doesn't bother me.

Besides Boob jokes are basically Japanese Dick jokes
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 12:28:18 am
Anyone else get abit annoyed with "sexy humor" in some animes? The cheap fan service type stuff where the lead guy accidentally grabs a girls boob or accidentally sees a panty shot or something and then gets called a perv for happening to see it...Pander all you want, but at least be interesting about it.  The only recent fan service stuff I've seen in recent years that worked was like Highschool of the Dead or Kill La Kill, where it's so ridiculously over the top, it's actually funny.

I say this trying to watch this new anime called Rail Wars.  It's basically a pretty average story about a group of students joining a train line security team (set in an alternate timeline where the railways were never privatized), and how it's basically kinda like one of those club animes, but with action in it.  The story seems kinda interesting, lots of train love and what not, but then you get like you get very obvious boob shots and how two of the main characters have huge tits and there's accidental panty shots and falling and grabbing boobs and the lead guy gets called a perv within the first two minutes of the show before the intro even kicks in.  I know it's probably because it's just directed at 12 to 14 year old boys, but it really just feels like lazy padding mostly that hinders something that could be a generally entertaining show as every time it happens and it happens during "serious" moments at least within the first two episodes, it just simply annoys me.

Rail wars is alright.  I overlook on most cliche fan service. I actually enjoy the somewhat deluded plot of a trainwreck. After watching so many shows I get used to it. It can be annoying but its the not over the top to point where it becomes a fap material than a show. I disagree with it being directed toward 12 to 14 year olds.

I think I've built up an immunity to to. either that or I've most likely have come across much worse so it just doesn't bother me.

Besides Boob jokes are basically Japanese Dick jokes

Yeah, it almost weird if we dont get any boob jokes. A lot of Great shows this season anyway.
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Post by: maximo310 on September 01, 2014, 01:22:47 am
Troll 2... again. I really need to stay away from that movie.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2014, 01:26:24 am
Not like I'm bothered by it, I just haven't seen it in awhile and it feels so forced any more. I'm totally fine with characters with big breasts or being too sexy or whatever, but here it just seems like "Okay, we have an alright setting and story, but our characters are bland stereotypes, what can we do? Awkward perv jokes! Genius!" I guess it is pretty standard in anime, but it's like I've gone through having so much good stuff lately that watching something rather subpar has reminded me there is alot of poor anime out there lol
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Post by: MJMaranan on September 01, 2014, 01:58:48 am
I've watched The Lord Of The Rings movies again that I don't recall how many times I've seen the movies...  Basically, I've become such a fan that I decided to read the books.  Finished The Hobbit a couple of months ago and more than a quarter past The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.

Not a bad achievement, in my opinion.

Anime-wise...  I was really anticipating episode 3 of Gurren Lagann but Toonami aired an Attack On Titan Marathon instead.
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 02:09:51 am
I've watched The Lord Of The Rings movies again that I don't recall how many times I've seen the movies...  Basically, I've become such a fan that I decided to read the books.  Finished The Hobbit a couple of months ago and more than a quarter past The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.

Not a bad achievement, in my opinion.

Anime-wise...  I was really anticipating episode 3 of Gurren Lagann but Toonami aired an Attack On Titan Marathon instead.


Gurren lagann was really good and AoT is alright. I like toonami but English dubs... gross. The only show I can enjoy English dub is dragon ballz and I cant stand the jap dub of it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2014, 02:41:36 am
I've watched The Lord Of The Rings movies again that I don't recall how many times I've seen the movies...  Basically, I've become such a fan that I decided to read the books.  Finished The Hobbit a couple of months ago and more than a quarter past The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.

Not a bad achievement, in my opinion.

Anime-wise...  I was really anticipating episode 3 of Gurren Lagann but Toonami aired an Attack On Titan Marathon instead.


Gurren lagann was really good and AoT is alright. I like toonami but English dubs... gross. The only show I can enjoy English dub is dragon ballz and I cant stand the jap dub of it.

The Japanese dub is terrible.  I don't get why they thought it was a good idea to keep Goku sounding like a little kid.  The recent Battle of Gods movie in theater in English? GLORIOUS...

I rarely find dubs that don't work for me, at least these days I don't, as it's generally better now I feel than what it use to be, though I find it abit hard to go from the Japanese audio to the english dub on shows.  I was fine with what I heard of the AOT dub.  Seemed good to me.

Got two shows I'm gonna look at next, Aldnoah Zero and Akame ga Kill, another two higher up on the popularity list right now.
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 03:05:49 am
I've watched The Lord Of The Rings movies again that I don't recall how many times I've seen the movies...  Basically, I've become such a fan that I decided to read the books.  Finished The Hobbit a couple of months ago and more than a quarter past The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.

Not a bad achievement, in my opinion.

Anime-wise...  I was really anticipating episode 3 of Gurren Lagann but Toonami aired an Attack On Titan Marathon instead.


Gurren lagann was really good and AoT is alright. I like toonami but English dubs... gross. The only show I can enjoy English dub is dragon ballz and I cant stand the jap dub of it.

The Japanese dub is terrible.  I don't get why they thought it was a good idea to keep Goku sounding like a little kid.  The recent Battle of Gods movie in theater in English? GLORIOUS...

I rarely find dubs that don't work for me, at least these days I don't, as it's generally better now I feel than what it use to be, though I find it abit hard to go from the Japanese audio to the english dub on shows.  I was fine with what I heard of the AOT dub.  Seemed good to me.

Got two shows I'm gonna look at next, Aldnoah Zero and Akame ga Kill, another two higher up on the popularity list right now.

Goku's Japanese VA is a old lady so I can only expect so much. Aldnoah Zero is really good esp. the OP & ED(The Drum & Bass). The only problem is if you can deal with MC stoic personality but I think he is a total bad ass. Akame Ga Kill is great too. The manga for it is way ahead and it gets better. You should watch Toyko Ghoul. One of my favorite this season and it also has a pretty sick OP & ED that fits well with the dark atmosphere.

Other good shows from this seaon is: SAO II:GGO, Zankyou no Terror (I haven't started but I heard good things about it), Tokyo ESP (Same didn't start but heard good things), Hanamonogatari, Barakamon, GlassSlip (If Like you getting a Feels Coaster), Re:Hamatora, Of course Space Dandy 2 (How could I not < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IgTJSQtRzE).
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2014, 03:43:23 am
Liking Aldnoah so far two episodes in.  Reminds me of Gundam abit, and not just because of the mechs exactly.  The lead guy is abit strange being emotionless, but I assume that'll get explained? I already have SAO:GGO on watch, but haven't heard the rest you brought up, other than Space Dandy which I want to watch eventually.  Kinda just looking for stuff on Crunchyroll first before I go back to the other streaming sites for lower quality stuff.

My recent favorites have been Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Sword Art Online, Kill La Kill, and Attack on Titan.  Think that's all the newer/ongoing stuff I've seen.

I'll take a look through the other stuff you brought up eventually.  GLASSLIP might get a look at next.  It sounded like abit of a romance anime, but reading the description, I wasn't sure if it was gonna end up being something goofy or more serious.  I'm totally fine with riding the feels coaster lol
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 03:50:06 am
Glassslip is more a drama feel coaster. I usually turn down those kind of shows before it can either ruin or better my day. Are you tracking any of your completed show on mal,hummingbird, or aniichart?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2014, 03:58:31 am
Glassslip is more a drama feel coaster. I usually turn down those kind of shows before it can either ruin or better my day. Are you tracking any of your completed show on mal,hummingbird, or aniichart?

I haven't.  I never thought about tracking the anime I've watched before, but it doesn't sound like a bad idea lol And I'm totally fine with drama feel coasters.  I've played The Walking Dead games and seen my fair share of rather depressing anime and movies lol
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 04:05:05 am
I would recommend mal (myanimelist). The other are fine too but I always return to mal. My mal list is in my signature if you want to see.
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 04:07:50 am
I can recommend other show if you like. I have seen my fair shares of shows.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2014, 04:14:24 am
I can recommend other show if you like. I have seen my fair shares of shows.

I'm actually kinda looking for good slice of life type shows right now.  With feels or not, just kinda interesting regular Japanese life stuff, BECK or K-On spring to mind.  Moyashimon was another, though I thought it sort of petered out around the end of the second season when they left to France.  Mostly as long as they aren't cheesy harem animes, or get too cartoonish.

Gonna put together my list on MAL soon, so I'll be able to kinda sort out what I've seen and what I haven't as I can be fairly forgetful.
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 04:22:00 am
I love beck and the music. K-on was moderately enjoyable and I dont mind all the moe. K-on has awesome music too. I can give a more accurate reccommation when you finish your list on mal. You cant escape from harem its everywhere 8) 8).
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2014, 04:35:42 am
I love beck and the music. K-on was moderately enjoyable and I dont mind all the moe. K-on has awesome music too. I can give a more accurate reccommation when you finish your list on mal. You cant escape from harem its everywhere 8) 8).

lol I know its everywhere, I just don't think I've found one I ever really liked.  I guess Tenchi is one right? I remember watching that back in the day. Going through what I can remember for my list right now along with adding what I own.  Should be done tomorrow sometime.
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Post by: davifus on September 01, 2014, 04:41:56 am
Good old tenchi. Tenchi has a spin off harem based off his brother.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2014, 05:05:45 am
Here's my anime list.  Think I hit on most stuff, but there's probably stuff from years ago that I just don't remember.

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/KamikazeKeeg

Might also be good for us to start up a general anime discussion thread so we don't overtake this one completely lol
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Post by: turf on September 08, 2014, 06:15:02 pm
I watched The Amazing Spider-Man 2 yesterday. It was a good enough flick. It didn't change my life or anything, but it was fun.
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Post by: burningdoom on September 08, 2014, 07:22:17 pm
(http://www.filmscorefocus.org/uploads/images/Conan_the_barbarian.jpg)

Again.

And it's still one of the coolest fantasy films ever made.

Watching Conan the Destroyer tonight!
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Post by: davifus on September 08, 2014, 07:44:06 pm
(http://www.filmscorefocus.org/uploads/images/Conan_the_barbarian.jpg)

Again.

And it's still one of the coolest fantasy films ever made.

Watching Conan the Destroyer tonight!

Me too I love Conan

(http://screenmediadaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/conan_obrien_wp.jpg)
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Post by: burningdoom on September 08, 2014, 07:58:19 pm
..yeah, because they have the same name.

(http://waitingforison.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/facepalm_picard2.jpg)
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Post by: burningdoom on September 11, 2014, 09:14:43 pm
(https://s.yimg.com/cd/resizer/2.0/FIT_TO_WIDTH-w500/24e2757d88cf1add0b6db36681b1ef52f0209bef.jpg)

First official photo of the new Batmobile from "Batman vs. Superman".

Looks pretty bad-ass, I think. Except: Are those guns in the front? Everyone knows Batman doesn't use guns.
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Post by: turf on September 12, 2014, 09:03:19 am
(https://s.yimg.com/cd/resizer/2.0/FIT_TO_WIDTH-w500/24e2757d88cf1add0b6db36681b1ef52f0209bef.jpg)

First official photo of the new Batmobile from "Batman vs. Superman".

Looks pretty bad-ass, I think. Except: Are those guns in the front? Everyone knows Batman doesn't use guns.

The 1989 Batmobile had guns.  Remember when he cut a hole out to drive through that warehouse door?
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Post by: burningdoom on September 12, 2014, 11:55:40 am
(https://s.yimg.com/cd/resizer/2.0/FIT_TO_WIDTH-w500/24e2757d88cf1add0b6db36681b1ef52f0209bef.jpg)

First official photo of the new Batmobile from "Batman vs. Superman".

Looks pretty bad-ass, I think. Except: Are those guns in the front? Everyone knows Batman doesn't use guns.

The 1989 Batmobile had guns.  Remember when he cut a hole out to drive through that warehouse door?

Yeah, I know. But then they also gave Joker a name in that movie.
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Post by: mrnikon on September 12, 2014, 03:03:02 pm
Serenity. Right after watching the whole series again.
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Post by: burningdoom on September 12, 2014, 03:39:48 pm
Serenity. Right after watching the whole series again.

I freaking loved that movie!
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Post by: mrnikon on September 12, 2014, 05:27:14 pm
Serenity. Right after watching the whole series again.

I freaking loved that movie!
Me too, I just wish Fox didn't can the series, after half a season.
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Post by: redblaze57 on September 14, 2014, 08:06:52 pm
I Know That Voice- It's a documentary about Voice Actors defiantly worth watching
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Post by: abe on September 14, 2014, 08:49:41 pm
I Know That Voice- It's a documentary about Voice Actors defiantly worth watching

I watched that the other night as well. It was on Netflix and I thought it looked interesting. I was not disappointed.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 14, 2014, 10:36:58 pm
I Know That Voice- It's a documentary about Voice Actors defiantly worth watching

Been meaning to watch that as I've seen stuff on it for a long time now.  In fact, I'm watching this tonight lol
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Post by: bikingjahuty on September 14, 2014, 11:33:00 pm
Being at an Anime convention all weekend really reminded me that I need to try watching Attack on Titan (if you haven't noticed it is very popular right now). So lucky for me it is on Netflix so I started watching it this morning. I'm four episodes in and it is pretty good thus far, definitely an above average anime. I'm not in love with it yet, but I'm really interested to keep going and see how the rest of the series is.
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Post by: davifus on September 14, 2014, 11:59:51 pm
Being at an Anime convention all weekend really reminded me that I need to try watching Attack on Titan (if you haven't noticed it is very popular right now). So lucky for me it is on Netflix so I started watching it this morning. I'm four episodes in and it is pretty good thus far, definitely an above average anime. I'm not in love with it yet, but I'm really interested to keep going and see how the rest of the series is.


Aot is an alright show.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 15, 2014, 12:38:59 am
Being at an Anime convention all weekend really reminded me that I need to try watching Attack on Titan (if you haven't noticed it is very popular right now). So lucky for me it is on Netflix so I started watching it this morning. I'm four episodes in and it is pretty good thus far, definitely an above average anime. I'm not in love with it yet, but I'm really interested to keep going and see how the rest of the series is.

That's about when the show really starts to switch gears and pick up its pace.  Ocourse it'll have its downtime and slower moments throughout, but that is when the bigger action hits and more of the mystery of the series comes into the plot more and helps to drive everything forward. I really thought it was great.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 21, 2014, 03:23:46 am
Decided to watch all three of The Librarian movies since they are coming out with a tv series at the end of the year.  I really do like Noah Wyles, I think he's great in Falling Skies and he's great in all three of the Librarian movies.  The movies themselves are super cheesy, kinda sloppy with the writing, but all of them I feel are fun, because it's all acted and handled well.  Wyles is in it every time as the main character, there's some nice bits of humor, and overall the best I can say is that the movies are fun, they have that kinda charm you saw in like The Goonies or like a super budget version of Indiana Jones.  If you like that stuff along with Warehouse 13 or the National Treasure movies, you'd probably like this.

Also I'm pretty sure Warehouse 13 ripped their idea from The Librarian series lol
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Post by: spac316 on September 24, 2014, 03:01:50 am
Watched Captain America:The Winter Soldier. Good flick!
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Post by: maximo310 on September 24, 2014, 02:06:23 pm
Being at an Anime convention all weekend really reminded me that I need to try watching Attack on Titan (if you haven't noticed it is very popular right now). So lucky for me it is on Netflix so I started watching it this morning. I'm four episodes in and it is pretty good thus far, definitely an above average anime. I'm not in love with it yet, but I'm really interested to keep going and see how the rest of the series is.

That's about when the show really starts to switch gears and pick up its pace.  Ocourse it'll have its downtime and slower moments throughout, but that is when the bigger action hits and more of the mystery of the series comes into the plot more and helps to drive everything forward. I really thought it was great.
Are are they going to produce more seasons of attack on titan? All I've heard is some OVA stuff, as well as those live action movies that are coming out this november and next year.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 24, 2014, 04:32:09 pm
Being at an Anime convention all weekend really reminded me that I need to try watching Attack on Titan (if you haven't noticed it is very popular right now). So lucky for me it is on Netflix so I started watching it this morning. I'm four episodes in and it is pretty good thus far, definitely an above average anime. I'm not in love with it yet, but I'm really interested to keep going and see how the rest of the series is.

That's about when the show really starts to switch gears and pick up its pace.  Ocourse it'll have its downtime and slower moments throughout, but that is when the bigger action hits and more of the mystery of the series comes into the plot more and helps to drive everything forward. I really thought it was great.
Are are they going to produce more seasons of attack on titan? All I've heard is some OVA stuff, as well as those live action movies that are coming out this november and next year.

I believe they are waiting on the manga right now which I don't think is far enough ahead for an anime and I read something the other day that the Attack on Titan manga will be finished in about 3 years, so the anime isn't likely to move ahead very quickly.
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Post by: maximo310 on September 24, 2014, 09:47:36 pm
Being at an Anime convention all weekend really reminded me that I need to try watching Attack on Titan (if you haven't noticed it is very popular right now). So lucky for me it is on Netflix so I started watching it this morning. I'm four episodes in and it is pretty good thus far, definitely an above average anime. I'm not in love with it yet, but I'm really interested to keep going and see how the rest of the series is.

That's about when the show really starts to switch gears and pick up its pace.  Ocourse it'll have its downtime and slower moments throughout, but that is when the bigger action hits and more of the mystery of the series comes into the plot more and helps to drive everything forward. I really thought it was great.
Are are they going to produce more seasons of attack on titan? All I've heard is some OVA stuff, as well as those live action movies that are coming out this november and next year.

I believe they are waiting on the manga right now which I don't think is far enough ahead for an anime and I read something the other day that the Attack on Titan manga will be finished in about 3 years, so the anime isn't likely to move ahead very quickly.
Oh wow, they don't have enough material to work with for the anime right now.  Well, I guess I'll have to probably wait till next year or the year after to maybe see more episodes then.
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Post by: blipcs76 on September 25, 2014, 11:24:05 am
Watched Captain America:The Winter Soldier. Good flick!

I watched it this weekend too.  Definitely one of the best Marvel movies, IMO.  I LOVE how they've weaved elements of the other movies into it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 01, 2014, 06:52:05 am
Transformers 4...Not too bad.  Better than I expected, certainly better than the first three.  A lot of the obnoxious stuff is gone, Wahlberg is a way better lead, I feel like the action is less jumbled, some of the time that is...Overall it had some good action.  Still lots of what I think is just bad writing and plot convenience that makes no sense.  Like Optimus can fly at one point at the end.  It was never shown that he could before in the movie and his ability to fly could've saved them all a lot of the time.  Also Wahlberg gets an alien gunsword at a certain point that is perfectly sized as a rifle for him...from a ship where the robotic race of transformers are all like twice to three times the size of humans.  This "gun" would've looked like either a deringer pistol or a butter knife in the hands of a transformer lol

I still hate the Transformers designs, but the movies look like they'll be more watchable now I guess.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 01, 2014, 12:17:53 pm
Watched Captain America:The Winter Soldier. Good flick!

I watched it this weekend too.  Definitely one of the best Marvel movies, IMO.  I LOVE how they've weaved elements of the other movies into it.

I liked the first one a whole lot better. Great period-piece set in the Golden Age with some superb actors.
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Post by: redblaze57 on October 08, 2014, 12:53:47 pm
A Million Ways to Die in the West- fucking hilarious.
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Post by: gokurin on October 14, 2014, 12:52:22 am
Sailor Moon.

The original series, not that Crystal abomination.  >:(
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Post by: azure on October 21, 2014, 09:54:46 am
Currently watching Kamen Rider OOO at the moment
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Post by: cobraseph on October 21, 2014, 05:21:57 pm
Movie.. Maleficent
Anime currently watching .Hack Roots
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Post by: turf on November 09, 2014, 07:50:16 pm
I took The Boy to see Big Hero 6. Damn fine movie. We loved it. I've had a 5 year old flying around ever since we left the theater.

I know it's not like the comic series, but it was good none the less.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 13, 2014, 09:58:15 pm
Tonight's viewing. I used to LOVE this movie as a kid. But I haven't seen it as an adult. We'll see how my adult mind likes this, as I've heard only bad things from other people.

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 14, 2014, 02:24:51 am
While these aren't movies, I watched the first season of Gravity Falls, the Disney XD cartoon, and it's pretty fun.  If you are into cartoons, I'd recommend it, just has some good fun humor that isn't the usual stupid kids stuff, some nice consistency between episodes that you don't normally see, and the show I found out has lots of secrets in it that require viewing again or really looking in depth to find them, giving internet busy folks something to work on which I don't think I've really seen done before in cartoons.

Another new cartoon I watched that is an adults cartoon, was Bojack Horseman.  Watched three episodes of it.  I'm gonna pass on it lol I don't think it's that funny.  Second time I've got a recommendation for a cartoon from someone I watch online who said it was funny.  I chuckled a couple times, but I was mostly just kinda bored.  After that and watching that stupid Rick & Morty...I now have to question their tastes in cartoons when they start to recommend stuff lol
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Post by: burningdoom on November 15, 2014, 01:05:51 pm
Tonight's viewing. I used to LOVE this movie as a kid. But I haven't seen it as an adult. We'll see how my adult mind likes this, as I've heard only bad things from other people.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10610535_789057497819114_4712009700385864162_n.jpg?oh=b1577ad9c6ff9cba1d8947ed03d6ac88&oe=54EDE0B3&__gda__=1423223429_8b635daa8c02daf5d8ccd442b0e1e8b4)(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10635975_789057514485779_4382482722128301947_n.jpg?oh=75dbfa432488c7ab92ca4ba394ffc290&oe=54E6FBDB&__gda__=1424350385_c9b5a076b312d970f5e8b720b8c6c51b)

So I finished watching it, and yeah, it's pretty dang terrible. The things that entertained me as a kid. I still think Red Skull looked pretty good for back then, though. That's like the one single good thing I could say about it. Too bad he only kept that look in the terrible WWII sequence.

Funny thing is, apparently my VCR agreed. It ate the tape.
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Post by: bloodybaron on November 15, 2014, 10:58:07 pm
Just watched Sword Art Online season one and finished it in two days :p I heard mixed reviews about it so I really wanted to watch it and I enjoyed it, but there were a lot of plot holes that bothered me, but then again most animes have those.  I stopped watching after season one not because I don't like subtitles, but because I hate having to wait for new episodes so I'm just gonna wait until their done making them and watch it all straight through again :)  but anyway I'd recommend it just for the concept, but if you think too much about the story it falls apart so don't do that
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Post by: davifus on November 15, 2014, 11:02:30 pm
Just watched Sword Art Online season one and finished it in two days :p I heard mixed reviews about it so I really wanted to watch it and I enjoyed it, but there were a lot of plot holes that bothered me, but then again most animes have those.  I stopped watching after season one not because I don't like subtitles, but because I hate having to wait for new episodes so I'm just gonna wait until their done making them and watch it all straight through again :)  but anyway I'd recommend it just for the concept, but if you think too much about the story it falls apart so don't do that

Give it about 5 weeks then the Season 2 will be over.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 22, 2014, 10:46:28 pm
Big Hero 6 was a lot of fun.  I wasn't sure what to expect, it could've easily been rather generic, but I love the setting which is this weird blend of San Francisco and Tokyo, literally naming the place San FranTokyo and I have no idea why since they don't talk about it, but it's a merging of both cities and with how much I love Japanese design, San Francisco needs to redesign its entire city to be that lol Story is rather predictable with where it goes and ends, but it's a kids super hero flick and it got most things right.

Anyone read the comics? I heard the movie doesn't follow the comics too much, but I'm interested in more of the setting.
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Post by: santabateman on November 23, 2014, 10:15:02 am
Dumb and Dumber To

was eh ok, nothing special.
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Post by: kr2nist on December 02, 2014, 12:43:01 am
The last movie I watched was Big Trouble In Little China....a true holiday classic.  LMAO!
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Post by: maximo310 on December 02, 2014, 01:25:36 am
Dumb and Dumber To

was eh ok, nothing special.
Same here. My dad thought it was a great sequel, but they really could have done a better job with the movie than what we got.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 02, 2014, 05:53:03 am
Hercules (With Dwayne Johnson) - Better than I expected, which wasn't much, but it's not too bad.  Your basic big greek battle type action and I like that it isn't the usual retelling of Hercules.  Nothing amazing, but good action movie watch if you just want to watch people get the crap kicked out of them by The Rock and his friends lol
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Post by: kr2nist on December 02, 2014, 08:41:10 am
Hercules (With Dwayne Johnson) - Better than I expected, which wasn't much, but it's not too bad.  Your basic big greek battle type action and I like that it isn't the usual retelling of Hercules.  Nothing amazing, but good action movie watch if you just want to watch people get the crap kicked out of them by The Rock and his friends lol

It was a good beat-em-up brawler kind of movie with The Rock....which was actually refreshing.  Although I gotta admit it was weird seeing him with a full head of hair and the goatee....  lol!
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Post by: blipcs76 on December 02, 2014, 09:56:24 am
Been slowly going through Deadman Wonderland on Netflix.  Pretty interesting anime and harsh, in the vein of stuff like Elfen Lied or Gantz.

Last night I sat and watched Conan the Destroyer.  I had never seen it all the way through in one sitting before.  Pretty fun movie, but wow the makeup on the wizard was awful. 
Followed it up with Knights of Badassdom on Netflix.  I was hoping the humor would be more aimed at appeasing fantasy fans rather than making fun of them, but it was an enjoyable movie overall.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 02, 2014, 12:20:36 pm

It was a good beat-em-up brawler kind of movie with The Rock....which was actually refreshing.  Although I gotta admit it was weird seeing him with a full head of hair and the goatee....  lol!

Remember the Elvis chops during the height of the Attitude Era?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 14, 2015, 01:16:30 am
The Maze Runner wasn't too bad.  Actually liked it.  Had no expectations going in, these kinda survival movies with teenagers is THE THING now and after Hunter Games which I liked, I didn't really want to see more of these types, but it turned out better than I thought.  You can kinda call a few things out before they happen story wise, but by the end, I was hooked into the overall story and want to see more.  Not sure if I'll delve into the books or not.
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Post by: MJMaranan on January 14, 2015, 02:24:51 am
Watched the majority of The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey.

Now, to look for the extended version of the movie.  One of the few instances where I read the book before seeing the movie.
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Post by: retroone on January 14, 2015, 03:51:56 pm
I recently saw Hunger Games- Mockingjay Part 1 in theaters
Also I recently I binged watched all 4 Toxic Avenger Movies. (Don't watch 2 and 3 they're just so bad it's funny.)
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Post by: redblaze57 on January 14, 2015, 10:10:54 pm
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate - just like the first game in movie form... and no QTE
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Post by: burningdoom on January 15, 2015, 12:08:46 pm
I watched a good chunk of the movie "Be Kind Rewind" with Jack Black on Comedy Central while trying to calm the baby (but not the whole thing). I'm a Jack Black fan and I had never heard of this before. Quite the strange movie. If you like stuff like "Better Off Dead" or "Billy Madison", you should enjoy this one.

There's a hilarious part where all the videos (yeah, VHSes) in the store get erased. And their watching the store while the owner is on vacation. A nark of a customer knows this, and threatens to rat on them if they don't do a good job. So they try and recreate all scenes and remake Ghostbusters incredibly low-budget before she rents it (she hasn't seen it before). Good stuff.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Be_kind_rewind_post.jpg)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 30, 2015, 02:25:49 am
47 Ronin - Not as bad as I was expecting for a movie that is now considered the second worst box office bomb, cause it isn't anything particularly terrible, but man did they just not know what the fuck to do with this.  Keanu Reeves character is so unnecesarily forced in to get a random white dude to be basically the hero of the story for no good reason.  Did anyone not watch something like...Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.  I watched that in the theater when it released and it had subtitles, that movie did 128 million dollars in just the USA alone.  You don't have to have some random white guy forcefully shoved in to a purely Japanese story.

For the most part the movie is just...average.  For all the magic and fights in it, it's just so boring.  There's no blood, deflating any of the drama, especially when two peoples heads get chopped off in this and they don't show an ounce of blood.  Seppuku is shown twice in this, not a drop of blood.  Kinda breaks the immersion.  Combine all of the boring with just bad writing and bad promotion, you do have a really poor film.  Know that badass Samurai giant you might've seen? Uselessly dies.  Remember the promotion for this with that badass dude all tattooed and wielding a gun in the posters? I wouldn't even call him a side character.  He gets like ten seconds of screen time if that.  He doesn't even have a name.  Why the fuck was he made out to be so important?

This movie isn't even worth taking a look at it.  It's not so bad it's good, it's not even bad, it's just boring.  I'm so wanting to be engrossed in Japanese culture right now, but I couldn't even give a fuck for this.  Such a waste of money.
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Post by: pacpix on January 31, 2015, 02:00:35 am
There's a hilarious part where all the videos (yeah, VHSes) in the store get erased. And their watching the store while the owner is on vacation. A nark of a customer knows this, and threatens to rat on them if they don't do a good job. So they try and recreate all scenes and remake Ghostbusters incredibly low-budget before she rents it (she hasn't seen it before). Good stuff.

Just watched this scene online, that was hilarious!  I like the new Ghostbusters theme song!
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Post by: stethebubble on February 01, 2015, 08:33:32 am
What we do in the shadows. 
I found this to be a pretty funny movie. One part almost killed me I laughed so loud. (Virgin blood)
Its a documentary about 4 vampires who are room mates.
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Post by: devancowan on February 03, 2015, 10:47:03 am
I haven't watch that much anime but I just watched The Wind Rises. It was actually really good. I had a craving to see something else by Studio Ghibli after watching a few Ni No Kuni videos on Youtube!  :)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 03, 2015, 08:22:25 pm
I haven't watch that much anime but I just watched The Wind Rises. It was actually really good. I had a craving to see something else by Studio Ghibli after watching a few Ni No Kuni videos on Youtube!  :)

That has to be one of the most calming Studio Ghibili films done lol I really liked it.  I watched it in theater, so I got to see all that beautiful art on the big screen.  Not very high on my list of films by them, but it's a very nice film to watch.
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 03, 2015, 08:32:49 pm
Tales of the Abyss- great adaption of the game

Not a movie or anime I also watched the 4 seasons of Archer that Netflix has available that show is f#@%ing hilarious and it had most likely the only time I will ever laugh at Bob's Burgers.

currently going through Cowboy Bebop since oddly enough I've never watched the whole series, always ended up falling asleep before it started for some reason I know I have watched a bunch of episodes of it and never in order
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Post by: pacpix on February 03, 2015, 09:56:47 pm
Not a movie or anime I also watched the 4 seasons of Archer that Netflix has available that show is f#@%ing hilarious and it had most likely the only time I will ever laugh at Bob's Burgers.

I just went through the entire Archer series a couple months ago.  One of the funniest shows I have ever watched!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 04, 2015, 02:18:26 am
Archer is fantastic.  I'm actually behind on watching the new season which is like 2 episodes in now I think. 
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Post by: burningdoom on February 04, 2015, 12:19:49 pm
Archer is fantastic.  I'm actually behind on watching the new season which is like 2 episodes in now I think.

The commercials for that show always look funny. I just haven't sat down and watched an episode yet. I really don't do much T.V. nowadays. Pretty much just keep up on the super-hero shows (SHIELD, Flash, Gotham) and wrestling sometimes.
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Post by: devancowan on February 04, 2015, 10:43:12 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?
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Post by: davifus on February 04, 2015, 10:49:42 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

what type of genre do you think you'll enjoy?
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Post by: devancowan on February 04, 2015, 11:09:25 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

what type of genre do you think you'll enjoy?

I honestly have no idea aha
I recently watched Madoka Magica and it was meh
Im not looking for something to over the top
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Post by: davifus on February 04, 2015, 11:19:01 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

what type of genre do you think you'll enjoy?

I honestly have no idea aha
I recently watched Madoka Magica and it was meh
Im not looking for something to over the top
So no Magical Girls?
anything a little more specific?
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Post by: devancowan on February 04, 2015, 11:29:22 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

what type of genre do you think you'll enjoy?

I honestly have no idea aha
I recently watched Madoka Magica and it was meh
Im not looking for something to over the top
So no Magical Girls?
anything a little more specific?

Nope, just shoot some of your favourites out there and ill give them a watch :D
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 05, 2015, 12:49:27 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

what type of genre do you think you'll enjoy?

I honestly have no idea aha
I recently watched Madoka Magica and it was meh
Im not looking for something to over the top
So no Magical Girls?
anything a little more specific?

Nope, just shoot some of your favourites out there and ill give them a watch :D

Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Eden of the East, Black Lagoon, Ninja Scroll, and a bit of an odd choice from me but Spice & Wolf is also a good one
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Post by: disgaeniac on February 05, 2015, 02:41:27 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

I'm right there with you, as one of the least-versed & least-knowledgeable + the most ignorant & unexperienced posters here - when it comes to all things anime.

I *can* say this much, though:

I've recently played through (and *loved*) the PS3 game

Tears to Tiara 2: Heir of the Overlord

Before doing so, I bought the anime (it came as a 2-disc blu ray set) for the 1st/previous season and, I liked it a lot!

If you're also (like myself + some others here:) a 'video game OST' person...the OST for TtT2 has just (beaten out NieR & Folklore's) to become my new favorite OST, as well.

I've watched < 5 other animes --but-- the only other one that I'd bother suggesting, is one called Berserk - iirc, that one came as a 6 or 7 disc DVD set.
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Post by: davifus on February 05, 2015, 05:55:19 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

what type of genre do you think you'll enjoy?

I honestly have no idea aha
I recently watched Madoka Magica and it was meh
Im not looking for something to over the top
So no Magical Girls?
anything a little more specific?

Nope, just shoot some of your favourites out there and ill give them a watch :D

Current airing show that I'm enjoying
- Aldnoah Zero Season 2 (Watch the 1st season first)
- Assassination Classroom
- Durararax2 (Watch 1st Season first)
- Shigatsu wa Kimi no uso
- Tokyo Ghoul SqA (Watch 1st Season)
- Death Parade

Finished - COPYED AND PASTE from a Different post. it was made based off kamikazekeeg's need.
- Break Blade - Mechs & Action - 8)
- Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! - Comedy, Drama, SoL, School, & Romance -  8)
- Escha & Logy no Atelier: Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi - Based off the game.
- Free - Sport:Swimming, Drama, Comedy, SoL - As long as you can over the Fan-service for the females.
- Accel World - Sci-fi, Shounen, School, Action -  8) - There a TV version & a OVA.
- Acchi Kocchi - SoL, School, Comedy, romance - Has a extreme case of Moe in it.
- Air Gear - Sport, Shounen -  8) - Great OP & ED and very catchy OST.
- Angel Beats  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Anohana  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Arakawa Under the Bridge Season 1 & 2
- Arata Kangatari
- Boku no Pico
- Bakuman 1-3  8)
- Buddy Complex  8)
- Casshern Sins - Its very slow paced
- Code Geass 1 & 2 -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- D-Grayman -  8) - The manga get farther and better but the manga has been a hiatus for a while.
- Danganronpa -  8)
- Deadman Wonderland -  8)
- Death Note -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko -  8)
- Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu -  8)
- Devil Survivior 2 -  8) - Great ED
- Durarara -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - Great OP
- Elfen Lied -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Fate/ Stay Night -  8)
- Fractale -  8)
- Gin no Saji 1 & 2 -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - one of my favorite SoL
- Gj-BU -  8)
- Gosick -  8) 8)
- Guilty Crown -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - Everything Music 10/10 Supercell is the best.
- Hajime no Ippo -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - One of my favorite Sport shows
- Boku no Pico
- Hamatora -  8)
- Hanasaku Iroha -  8)
- Hataraku Maou-sama! -  8) 8)
- Hitsugi no Chaika -  8)
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
- Kami-sama Dolls - Great OP
- Kaze no Stigma
- Kimi no Iru Machi -  8) < for the Manga. The Anime starts in worst possible Arc.
- Kokoro Connect -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Gash Bell -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - My favorite show of all time.
- Kuroko no Basket -  8)
- Kyoukai no Kanata -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Little Buster -  8) 8) - VN is pretty good too.
- Log Horizon -  8)
- Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai -  8)
- Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to The Animation - The manga is also a good read.
- Boku no Pico
- Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - I like the show but I dislike the art style a lot.
- Mekakucity Actors -  8) 8) 8) 8) - Amazing music
- Mirai Nikki -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Mushibugyou -  8)
- Myself ; Yourself
- Natsume Yuujinchou -  8)
- NHK ni Youkoso! -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- No Game No Life -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Nodame Cantabile -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - If you like Classical music like me you'll enjoy it a lot.
- Noragami -  8)
- Ookami to Koushinryou -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Oreimo -  8) - Fuck Kirino & Ayase is the best.
- Robotics;Notes -  8) - the same worlds as Stein Gate.
- Rozen Maiden (2013)
- Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin (TV)
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Seitokai no Ichizon -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Seitokai Yakuindomo -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - 18+ pls
- Shakugan no Shana -  8)
- Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii -  8) 8) 8)
- Steins;Gate -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Suisei no Gargantia -  8) 8)
- Boku no Pico
- Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta -  8)
- Tokyo Ravens
- Uchouten Kazoku -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
- Usagi Drop -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - very good SoL
- Yowamushi Pedal -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) -Another great Sport: road cycling
- Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta -  8) 8) 8)
- Code:Breaker -  8)
- Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyoubi -  8) 8) 8)
- Nichijou -  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) - The suspending Humor
- Boku no Pico
- Air -  8) - same company as Clannad
- Eureka Seven -  8)
- Gintama -  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: abe on February 05, 2015, 06:25:07 pm
I'm pretty new to watching anime, Any suggestions on good series?

Watch the newest adaptation of JoJo's Bizzare Adventure. ;)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 05, 2015, 06:28:58 pm
The only things I have currently going is Log Horizon, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Shirobako, and Aldnoah Zero.  Still questioning whether I want to really continue on with Aldnoah Zero or not.  That midseason finale part and continuation was really dumb and it still hasn't recovered from that yet to me.

I did watch Knights of Sidonia though and that is awesome.  Highly recommended, but be mindful that is darker than what might be expected.  Kinda thought it would be the usual scifi mecha anime like a Gundam or something, but turned out to be more like Battlestar Galactica with some really violent deaths lol Pretty stoked for Season 2 coming up in April.
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 05, 2015, 07:13:03 pm
Damn davifus you're going to overload people.
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Post by: davifus on February 05, 2015, 07:40:59 pm
Damn davifus you're going to overload people.
  8)
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Post by: devancowan on February 05, 2015, 10:00:48 pm
Thanks guys! Ill check them out! Cheers  ;D ;D ;D ;D;D
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Post by: MJMaranan on February 08, 2015, 03:30:19 am
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Blu-Ray)

Awesome movie.  Can't wait for How To Train Your Dragon 3 and Penguins Of Madagascar.
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Post by: Warmsignal on February 09, 2015, 02:29:01 am
Finally saw Fight Club 15 years later... was kinda crap, as I suspected.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 14, 2015, 12:49:18 am
Kingsmen: The Secret Service - Absolutely fun action movie.  At times it dips into that slick crazy action you might've seen recently in John Wick or at one, like a really stylized "The Raid", but it was a lot more fun than I expected it to be.

Completely separate of this and anime related, is there anything to Hunter X Hunter? This is one of those shows where people say it's not really what looks like on the ouside, that it gets kinda really crazy, but I watched the first episode and just felt like I'd really hate the main kid.  He has the perpetual "Nothing can get me down" or just feels always upbeat attitude about him that's super obnoxious in most animes that feel similar to this.
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Post by: stethebubble on February 16, 2015, 12:28:26 am
watched the first harry potter movie with my little girl (she just finished the first book)
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on February 18, 2015, 09:06:51 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
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Post by: bobster on February 18, 2015, 09:16:21 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.
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Post by: davifus on February 18, 2015, 09:55:21 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.

the manga ended a while back.
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Post by: bobster on February 18, 2015, 10:02:54 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.

the manga ended a while back.
Yeah and I believe the show ended as well. I know Japan got a movie that goes past the show. It's part of the reason I thought about getting back to it. Seems like a ton of effort though lol.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on February 18, 2015, 10:27:57 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.

the manga ended a while back.
Yeah and I believe the show ended as well. I know Japan got a movie that goes past the show. It's part of the reason I thought about getting back to it. Seems like a ton of effort though lol.

I use to watch it, and i saw an episode of Shippuden last weekend. so i decided  to start watching it again. I i skipped to ep. 67 or so and nearly on 100 right now of the naruto series. So i got a long way to go lol. 2 months ago i was on a one piece kick, till about mid skypiea arc
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Post by: bobster on February 18, 2015, 10:29:28 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.

the manga ended a while back.
Yeah and I believe the show ended as well. I know Japan got a movie that goes past the show. It's part of the reason I thought about getting back to it. Seems like a ton of effort though lol.

I use to watch it, and i saw an episode of Shippuden last weekend. so i decided  to start watching it again. I i skipped to ep. 67 or so and nearly on 100 right now of the naruto series. So i got a long way to go lol. 2 months ago i was on a one piece kick, till about mid skypiea arc
Good luck! It wasn't so bad watching it when they were being released every week, but catching up seems like a huge undertaking.
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Post by: davifus on February 18, 2015, 10:50:27 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.

the manga ended a while back.
Yeah and I believe the show ended as well. I know Japan got a movie that goes past the show. It's part of the reason I thought about getting back to it. Seems like a ton of effort though lol.

They're bringing the movie to the theather to certain states but no where near my location.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on February 18, 2015, 11:02:47 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.

the manga ended a while back.
Yeah and I believe the show ended as well. I know Japan got a movie that goes past the show. It's part of the reason I thought about getting back to it. Seems like a ton of effort though lol.

They're bringing the movie to the theather to certain states but no where near my location.
i can see if its local to me, and text you the play by play :p
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Post by: davifus on February 18, 2015, 11:44:44 am
Ive been on a Naruto kick the last few days.......
Oh god, buckle in. I watched through all of Naruto (even the crappy filler that lasted like a year) then got a ways into Naruto Shippuden. I've thought about picking it back up, but there's like a million episodes of Shippuden at this point.

the manga ended a while back.
Yeah and I believe the show ended as well. I know Japan got a movie that goes past the show. It's part of the reason I thought about getting back to it. Seems like a ton of effort though lol.

They're bringing the movie to the theather to certain states but no where near my location.
i can see if its local to me, and text you the play by play :p

There was a pre-order period a while back so it might be sold out.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-15/the-last-naruto-the-movie-u.s-theater-list-announced/.83324
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Post by: deftommo on February 27, 2015, 01:51:37 pm
Man of Steel.
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Post by: burningdoom on February 27, 2015, 01:59:00 pm
Man of Steel.

Such a good movie. The fight scenes were spectacular, and Planet Krypton looked amazing. The only place they dropped the ball on was the Clark Kent stuff.
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Post by: deftommo on February 27, 2015, 02:26:36 pm
Man of Steel.

Such a good movie. The fight scenes were spectacular, and Planet Krypton looked amazing. The only place they dropped the ball on was the Clark Kent stuff.

It is great, one of the better movies I've seen lately. The first time I saw it I missed about 35 minutes of the beginning, so this time I actually got to see Krypton.
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Post by: mrnikon on February 28, 2015, 11:29:26 am
Just watched all the Godfather movies the first one and the 2nd one.
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Post by: bobster on February 28, 2015, 11:47:15 am
Just watched all the Godfather movies the first one and the 2nd one.
Yup those are the only two.
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Post by: burningdoom on February 28, 2015, 12:33:38 pm
(https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/s526x395/1509029_847393341985529_2764272977916464413_n.jpg?oh=9afd75cdac37facc13855aebf602d344&oe=554A972C)

I watched this last night. Very cool little sci-fi movie starring William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, and Keifer Sutherland.

It's one of those movies that make you think a little about the world around you and nature of reality. But it does have a little bit of a low-budget, so if that turns you off, you may not like this.

Personally, I really enjoyed it. Great story that keeps you intrigued, great sets, and a great sense of atmosphere.

A man wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of who he is. He soon finds a dead woman in the room with him, then learns of a series of brutal murders that recently happened. He looks for clues to who he is, and connections to his life and the murders. He sets out to find out what the hell is going on, and soon finds out the picture is much bigger than he realized.

A race of beings as old as time itself is dying. And they have searched the universe for answers. This man soon learns that he and everyone in the city he is in is part of an experiment involving these beings. And no one is who they think they are. These beings are so advanced, that they can shape reality itself. But this man is the first human in their history to be able to not only resist them, but start to fight them with their own power.

If you're a sci-fi fan, check it out. I really enjoyed it. Unique little film.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on February 28, 2015, 01:38:21 pm
Just watched all the Godfather movies the first one and the 2nd one.

I have never watched a single Godfather movie......
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Post by: mrnikon on February 28, 2015, 10:42:03 pm
Just watched all the Godfather movies the first one and the 2nd one.

I have never watched a single Godfather movie......
watch the first 2 skip the 3rd one.
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Post by: foxhack on February 28, 2015, 10:50:00 pm
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirdman.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on March 01, 2015, 03:12:34 am
Just watched all the Godfather movies the first one and the 2nd one.

I have never watched a single Godfather movie......
watch the first 2 skip the 3rd one.
Ill check them out this week
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Post by: kevininja on March 01, 2015, 02:14:45 pm
Recently watched Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End.

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are my absolute favorite of the three but The World's End was a bit of a letdown. It was kind of predictable and the humour wasn't as good as the last two movies.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 01, 2015, 06:08:22 pm
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirdman.

Does the movie have a connection to the old Hanna-Barbara cartoon of the same name?
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Post by: burningdoom on March 01, 2015, 06:09:58 pm
Recently watched Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End.

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are my absolute favorite of the three but The World's End was a bit of a letdown. It was kind of predictable and the humour wasn't as good as the last two movies.

I freaking love Shaun of the Dead. I really need to add that one to my collection. Just haven't come across it yet at my local DVD source (Goodwill).
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Post by: burningdoom on May 03, 2015, 11:55:44 am
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Avengers_Age_of_Ultron.jpg)

Watched it last Friday, and it was AWESOME! Felt like it jumped straight out of the comic. So much action and great special effects. And just like the first movie, some great dialogue.
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Post by: stethebubble on May 03, 2015, 02:27:04 pm
(https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/s526x395/1509029_847393341985529_2764272977916464413_n.jpg?oh=9afd75cdac37facc13855aebf602d344&oe=554A972C)

I watched this last night. Very cool little sci-fi movie starring William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, and Keifer Sutherland.

It's one of those movies that make you think a little about the world around you and nature of reality. But it does have a little bit of a low-budget, so if that turns you off, you may not like this.

Personally, I really enjoyed it. Great story that keeps you intrigued, great sets, and a great sense of atmosphere.

A man wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of who he is. He soon finds a dead woman in the room with him, then learns of a series of brutal murders that recently happened. He looks for clues to who he is, and connections to his life and the murders. He sets out to find out what the hell is going on, and soon finds out the picture is much bigger than he realized.

A race of beings as old as time itself is dying. And they have searched the universe for answers. This man soon learns that he and everyone in the city he is in is part of an experiment involving these beings. And no one is who they think they are. These beings are so advanced, that they can shape reality itself. But this man is the first human in their history to be able to not only resist them, but start to fight them with their own power.

If you're a sci-fi fan, check it out. I really enjoyed it. Unique little film.

i loved this movie.
its a cult classic
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Post by: stethebubble on May 03, 2015, 02:27:31 pm
just finished season 3 of the walking dead.

im also onto season 2 of Plebs
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Post by: stethebubble on May 03, 2015, 10:49:09 pm
(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg1MzM0OTM1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDIyOTAxMzE@._V1_.jpg)

just finished this show. it was very funny, shame there was only 12 of them.
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Post by: doafan on May 04, 2015, 11:34:42 am
Went with my wife to the movies this past Friday to see Avengers: Age of Ultron also yesterday we saw Insiduous 2 and Intruders  ::)

(http://5.t.imgbox.com/UQlKGerM.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/UQlKGerM) (http://8.t.imgbox.com/0qEhDdnm.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/0qEhDdnm) (http://0.t.imgbox.com/O1i2Odio.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/O1i2Odio)
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Post by: foxhack on May 05, 2015, 04:45:59 pm
I saw Avengers Age of Ultron.

Half the movie was awesome, the other half convinced me to never buy, read, or watch another thing by Joss Whedon again.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 05, 2015, 07:43:25 pm
I saw Avengers Age of Ultron.

Half the movie was awesome, the other half convinced me to never buy, read, or watch another thing by Joss Whedon again.

What was so bad? I mostly liked it.  About the only thing I didn't like was that Ultron probably should've been more intimidating than Spader funny, though I liked what he did, and the one death that happened without bringing up spoilers here.
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Post by: foxhack on May 05, 2015, 09:11:35 pm
I liked his interpretation of Ultron. At least he made him interesting, comic book Ultron is as interesting as Ben Stein giving a lecture.

And that last thing you said is A reason, but there's a lot more that bothered me.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 05, 2015, 09:48:44 pm
Ah well, they all can't be winners.  I had fun with movie and I haven't been really let down by any of the Marvel flicks yet (Marvel Marvel, not Fox Marvel or Sony Marvel).  Iron Man 2 and Thor were abit underwhelming, but still enjoyable.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 05, 2015, 11:44:59 pm
comic book Ultron is as interesting as Ben Stein giving a lecture.

FwwwwwWHAAA?!

He's one of the greatest Avengers villains of all-time! He totally weaves in and out of the Avengers history. Hank Pym (Ant-Man, YellowJackaet, Giant Man) created him. He had to do with The Vision's creation. He was connected to Wonder Man's creation. He created Jocasta. And right now, Ultron Forever, is doing a great job telling a new Ultron story. He's a thinker villain that's two-steps ahead of the Avengers, but at the same time can go toe-to-toe with them in his Adamantium body.

This was also one of the best Avengers stories ever:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R7D2FRA0L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)

He's like the Avengers Magneto. A consummate threat that can never be truly defeated. About the only other villain that's as influential on the Avengers may be Kang.


...ANNIHILATION CONQUEST!!!

(http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/1/90/4e8389572567c/portrait_incredible.jpg)
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Post by: foxhack on May 06, 2015, 12:10:19 am
I know all that. It doesn't change the fact that HE'S BORING. Boohoo I have daddy issues so I want to destroy the world and / or make everyone my slaves. Almost every other villain, even d-listers, have better motivations for doing things than Ultron. His movie appearance has been the one time I've actually found him interesting.

Sorry. That's just how I see him.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 06, 2015, 12:18:08 am
There's also the classic sci-fi theme of an A.I. gone wrong. Machines evolving past mankind. I've always been a fan of that theme (Terminator, Matrix, etc.).
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Post by: stethebubble on May 09, 2015, 04:31:16 pm
only 3 more episodes of dragonball left.
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Post by: kevininja on May 09, 2015, 04:33:54 pm
Just watched Kingsman: The Secret Service, pretty good action movie!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 09, 2015, 04:54:38 pm
only 3 more episodes of dragonball left.

I'm pretty stoked for the new movie and the upcoming tv series.
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Post by: MJMaranan on May 10, 2015, 02:12:40 am
An extended edition of Fantastic Four with my brother.
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Post by: stethebubble on May 10, 2015, 12:20:54 pm
only 3 more episodes of dragonball left.

I'm pretty stoked for the new movie and the upcoming tv series.

like wise but i still have Z to watch
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Post by: foxhack on May 10, 2015, 03:01:45 pm
An extended edition of Fantastic Four with my brother.

There's an extended edition? o_O
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Post by: doafan on May 12, 2015, 01:40:30 pm
This weekend was boring has hell, nothing to see on the cable or premium channels so I saw We Bought a Zoo cause Scarlett Johansson was there also spend time with my little daughter and saw together My Little Pony: Equestria Girls also this past Sunday saw "Mortal Kombat X Movie" cause this game will not going to be in my collection in a long time, kinda disappointed but served is purpose  :P

(http://7.t.imgbox.com/b7YI23mI.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/b7YI23mI) (http://3.t.imgbox.com/i44N3lOU.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/i44N3lOU)
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Post by: stethebubble on May 12, 2015, 11:36:54 pm
dragonball is now complete.
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Post by: MJMaranan on May 13, 2015, 01:19:26 am
There's an extended edition? o_O

Nothing really mind-blowing, basically to promote Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, they released an extended edition of the movie.  Pretty sure they also did that with the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 15, 2015, 04:47:13 am
Mad Max Fury Road - Super badass.  Highly recommended.

Mad Max (1979) - A very poor movie that only gets okay towards the end.  Highly don't recommend lol
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Post by: burningdoom on May 15, 2015, 12:23:55 pm
Mad Max Fury Road - Super badass.  Highly recommended.

Mad Max (1979) - A very poor movie that only gets okay towards the end.  Highly don't recommend lol

Awesome to hear about the new Mad Max. But then that 2nd opinion REALLY makes me question the first one.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 15, 2015, 01:36:15 pm
Mad Max Fury Road - Super badass.  Highly recommended.

Mad Max (1979) - A very poor movie that only gets okay towards the end.  Highly don't recommend lol

Awesome to hear about the new Mad Max. But then that 2nd opinion REALLY makes me question the first one.

I hadn't watched the original before.  I just really don't like it.  I also watched The Road Warrior afterwards and that is much more what I like about a Mad Max world.  That's the thing with the gangs of crazies in weird vehicles, on the hunt for gasoline.  I was mostly bored through the first one as it doesn't pick up till basically the end.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 18, 2015, 03:15:39 am
Finished up my Mad Max run, and gotta say I'm disappointed.  Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome are fine, but they weren't all that great.  Road Warrior had good moments and at least had the proper setting compared to the original movie, but aside from a chase or two and the ending, it was not super great.  Thunderdome has the better setting with Bartertown and some other aspects, but the actual Thunderdome was fairly goofy and then it turns into a family film with Max meeting up with the Lost Boys and spending half the movie with them.  The finale was marred with shenanigans and slapstick basically, rather than actual fight. 

I just don't think the original Mad Max films are very good lol  I think they are better in concept than actual execution, which is amazing how good Fury Road is.  It was like Miller couldn't fully realize his movies back in the 80's, but was somehow able to execute a real fantastic action packed film that was not only intense, but disturbing at times.  I need more Mad Max like this, though hopefully they get Max talking a little bit more in it.  Probably the only problem with Fury Road.
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Post by: doafan on May 18, 2015, 12:09:21 pm
Another boring weekend where I saw another two movies with my daughter: Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness and Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery  ::)

(http://1.t.imgbox.com/sFWPLIpJ.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/sFWPLIpJ) (http://4.t.imgbox.com/rErTyrRU.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/rErTyrRU)
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Post by: burningdoom on May 18, 2015, 12:13:05 pm
^ OMG. I hate Scooby-Doo so very much, and feel the same about Cena. And they joined forces!!! What in the hell?!
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Post by: turf on May 18, 2015, 12:54:48 pm
^ OMG. I hate Scooby-Doo so very much, and feel the same about Cena. And they joined forces!!! What in the hell?!

I don't know if we can be friends. 
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Post by: burningdoom on May 18, 2015, 01:17:54 pm
^ OMG. I hate Scooby-Doo so very much, and feel the same about Cena. And they joined forces!!! What in the hell?!

I don't know if we can be friends.

Me and my brother shared rooms the whole time growing up. And he watched Scooby Doo everytime it was on. Do you know how many times a day Cartoon Network used to show Scooby Doo in the 90s?
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Post by: turf on May 18, 2015, 01:40:39 pm
^ OMG. I hate Scooby-Doo so very much, and feel the same about Cena. And they joined forces!!! What in the hell?!

I don't know if we can be friends.

Me and my brother shared rooms the whole time growing up. And he watched Scooby Doo everytime it was on. Do you know how many times a day Cartoon Network used to show Scooby Doo in the 90s?

You get a pass.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on May 18, 2015, 05:55:43 pm
^ OMG. I hate Scooby-Doo so very much, and feel the same about Cena. And they joined forces!!! What in the hell?!

I don't know if we can be friends.

Me and my brother shared rooms the whole time growing up. And he watched Scooby Doo everytime it was on. Do you know how many times a day Cartoon Network used to show Scooby Doo in the 90s?

I loved Scooby Doo and Scappy Doo as a kid :D
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Post by: burningdoom on May 18, 2015, 07:14:43 pm
^ OMG. I hate Scooby-Doo so very much, and feel the same about Cena. And they joined forces!!! What in the hell?!

I don't know if we can be friends.

Me and my brother shared rooms the whole time growing up. And he watched Scooby Doo everytime it was on. Do you know how many times a day Cartoon Network used to show Scooby Doo in the 90s?

I loved Scooby Doo and Scappy Doo as a kid :D

Captain Caveman, that made it worth it when it was A Pup Named Scoody-Doo.
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Post by: doafan on May 19, 2015, 10:46:44 am
Me and my brother shared rooms the whole time growing up. And he watched Scooby Doo everytime it was on. Do you know how many times a day Cartoon Network used to show Scooby Doo in the 90s?

Dunno how many times cause at that time I didn't have cable but I can tell you that Tooncast show Scooby-Doo cartoons the whole day, my daughter saw the cartoon this morning before she went to school, she will see it again once she is at home and definitely she will see it again before her bed time and the weekends she see it at 12 AM, the good thing is that after Scooby-Doo! thet always show Courage the Cowardly Dog  ;D
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Post by: doafan on May 25, 2015, 01:06:12 pm
This past weekend I "enjoyed" three movies and without of doubt the one that I really didn't want to saw it but because of my wife I ended seeing it was the only one that I really liked, am talking about Horns, didn't expect to be the way it was and really want to see it again  ;D

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Post by: stethebubble on May 25, 2015, 08:42:58 pm
spongebob square pants - sponge out of water
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Post by: MJMaranan on May 25, 2015, 11:47:28 pm
New-ish movie I've seen is Batman Vs. Robin.  Really enjoyed the involvement of Kevin Conroy and Voice Director Andrea Romano.

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. will always be the voice of the animated version of Alfred Pennyworth in my heart, just as Michael Gough was my favorite actor for him.
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Post by: spac316 on May 26, 2015, 05:47:50 pm
Watched The Expendables 3 on Blu-Ray. It was enjoyable.
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Post by: thekosmickollector on May 26, 2015, 07:09:43 pm
I just watched Wrong Turn 6 and my expectations were low to begin with but JESUS CHRIST this movie was dumb. Not even fun dumb. Just stupid. So stupid, in fact, that I can sum up the plot more or less here;
Teens go to hotel in woods!
Teens have sexy times!
There are cannibals in woods!
Caretakers are weird!
Gore!
Sex!
Gore!
Sex!
Sexy gore!
Gory sex!
Cannibalism!
Everyone is dead yaaay!
MORE SEX
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Post by: burningdoom on May 26, 2015, 07:30:11 pm
I just watched Wrong Turn 6 and my expectations were low to begin with but JESUS CHRIST this movie was dumb. Not even fun dumb. Just stupid. So stupid, in fact, that I can sum up the plot more or less here;
Teens go to hotel in woods!
Teens have sexy times!
There are cannibals in woods!
Caretakers are weird!
Gore!
Sex!
Gore!
Sex!
Sexy gore!
Gory sex!
Cannibalism!
Everyone is dead yaaay!
MORE SEX

I'm not seeing a problem with that description. I mean, it is a horror movie.
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Post by: retroone on May 26, 2015, 07:33:35 pm
I just watched Wrong Turn 6 and my expectations were low to begin with but JESUS CHRIST this movie was dumb. Not even fun dumb. Just stupid. So stupid, in fact, that I can sum up the plot more or less here;
Teens go to hotel in woods!
Teens have sexy times!
There are cannibals in woods!
Caretakers are weird!
Gore!
Sex!
Gore!
Sex!
Sexy gore!
Gory sex!
Cannibalism!
Everyone is dead yaaay!
MORE SEX
Sound like Toxic Avenger a bit. Minus to whole forest scene.
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Post by: thekosmickollector on May 26, 2015, 07:41:19 pm

I'm not seeing a problem with that description. I mean, it is a horror movie.

Yeah, and I totally dig that even the formula I described can be a fun watch if done well but... I dunno. It just wasn't fun to watch at all. Nor was it really scary or disturbing or anything. Hell, it wasn't even so bad that you could just sit back and laugh at it. For fun dumb horror (or any horror for that matter) you could do so much better.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 26, 2015, 07:44:37 pm
I actually haven't seen it, so I can't comment. I was just going by the comment, lol. But I did really like the first Wrong Turn movie.
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Post by: stealthrush on May 27, 2015, 09:04:43 pm
Tales from Earthsea. It really wasn't as bad I as I thought it would have been. Sure it lacks direction in some scenes, has scattered plot-holes, and it really didn't capture the essence Studio Ghibli is known for. But from an amateur director Goro Miyazaki, watching it from a view-point away from prestigious works from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata it deserves attention and praise. C-
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Post by: doafan on June 01, 2015, 10:06:03 am
This weekend was bored as hell, there wasn't nothing good at the cable or the movies so decided to see the latest SpongeBob movie, since my girl and my wife don't like this character is I was surprised when both of them arrived into the bedroom and ended up seeing it with me, don't have any regrets with this one, in fact I liked this one more than the first one  ;D

(http://i.imgur.com/6jVUWch.png)
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Post by: stethebubble on June 01, 2015, 01:34:47 pm
This weekend was bored as hell, there wasn't nothing good at the cable or the movies so decided to see the latest SpongeBob movie, since my girl and my wife don't like this character is I was surprised when both of them arrived into the bedroom and ended up seeing it with me, don't have any regrets with this one, in fact I liked this one more than the first one  ;D

(http://i.imgur.com/6jVUWch.png)

i enjoyed this movie too but i think the first was better.
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Post by: stethebubble on June 02, 2015, 10:54:32 pm
walking dead season 1-4 complete.
time for season 5
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Post by: turf on June 03, 2015, 12:24:34 pm
walking dead season 1-4 complete.
time for season 5

It's about time.  What have you been waiting on.  That is an awesome show. 
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Post by: burningdoom on June 03, 2015, 01:02:17 pm
Caught the first episode of Daredevil on Netflix after Netflix offered me a 2nd free trial!

Brutal. Looks good, but I'm hoping for more comic bookish stuff, though. You know, costumed villains, Kingpin, Bullseye, stuff like that. Do we get that as the show goes on?

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 04, 2015, 03:27:27 am
Caught the first episode of Daredevil on Netflix after Netflix offered me a 2nd free trial!

Brutal. Looks good, but I'm hoping for more comic bookish stuff, though. You know, costumed villains, Kingpin, Bullseye, stuff like that. Do we get that as the show goes on?

(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/q81/s480x480/11168489_896994470358749_1142438299429523601_n.jpg?oh=1f37760578082b18890378d592e7f010&oe=55EB6B78)

Kingpin is the prominent villain of the show, but no, there aren't any costumed villains or anything else like that in it.

And watched the new Spongebob, cause why not, and it's goofy fun.  It is weird how they promoted it with the 3D/Live Action bits of the movie, when that is the last 1/3 of it lol I like that they mixed both cartoon, stop motion, and CGI all in one flick.
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Post by: stethebubble on June 04, 2015, 07:38:01 am
walking dead season 1-4 complete.
time for season 5

It's about time.  What have you been waiting on.  That is an awesome show.

ive been meaning to watch it. i saw the first season when it aired. but then didnt have cable.
great show thou.
should be finished with it tomorrow.

still need to catch up on Game Of Thrones too.
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Post by: MJMaranan on June 05, 2015, 12:28:29 pm
Watched Dracula Untold.  Still prefer Dark Prince: The True Story Of Dracula.
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Post by: burningdoom on June 05, 2015, 01:07:36 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Tomorrowland_poster.jpg)

I just watched Tomorrowland with my Dad last night. Neat sci-fi movie with a definite positive Disney vibe to it. Not bad, definitely had cool special effects. But it is one you could wait for to get on DVD, IMO. (And I could have done without Clooney, not a fan of his.)
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Post by: davifus on June 05, 2015, 02:26:31 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Tomorrowland_poster.jpg)

I just watched Tomorrowland with my Dad last night. Neat sci-fi movie with a definite positive Disney vibe to it. Not bad, definitely had cool special effects. But it is one you could wait for to get on DVD, IMO. (And I could have done without Clooney, not a fan of his.)

Every time I hear Tomorrowland. I think of this

(http://images.musictimes.com/data/images/full/3538/a-scene-from-tomorrowland.jpg)
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Post by: stethebubble on June 07, 2015, 12:06:13 am
walking dead is now complete.
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Post by: retroone on June 07, 2015, 02:58:26 pm
Avengers: Age of Ultron. Had a bit too much romance but overall I found it better than the first. Would highly recommend.
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Post by: abe on June 07, 2015, 11:42:20 pm
I watched Dumb and Dumber To last night. It was funny, but still nowhere near as good as the original. Still worth a watch for anyone who enjoyed the original.
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Post by: turf on June 08, 2015, 09:38:48 am
I watched Dumb and Dumber To last night. It was funny, but still nowhere near as good as the original. Still worth a watch for anyone who enjoyed the original.

You know, the first time I watched the original I didn't like it.  I thought it was stupid.  Then, the more watched it, the funnier it got. 
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Post by: doafan on June 08, 2015, 11:26:44 am
Three years later but I finally managed to see The woman in black and only because I was about the part two of this one, didn't want to mess with the story, in case that there is one to follow up, movie was Ok for a weekend also saw Rusell Madness, my daughter started to see this one but in the end I saw it with her, dunno why but the main wrestler reminded me a lot to John Morrison maybe it's him but haven't seen wrestling in a long time so am not quite sure ;)

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Post by: burningdoom on June 11, 2015, 12:47:17 am
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Just finished this one. Pretty good. Not as good as the best Justice League movies like New Frontier and Flashpoint Paradox, but not bad either. Good animation, nice artwork, and plenty of action.

I'm still not sold on Aquaman being cool, but I didn't think he as a complete cheesefest here, either.

One big thing that stuck out, though, was the scene in the final battle when Ocean Master has Aquaman stabbed through, hanging off the end of the Trident. Then after Cyborg plays the footage of Ocean Master's confession to the Atlantean army; sudden Aquaman stands up and gives this big speech like he was never wounded, and there's not a scratch on him. That bothered me.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 11, 2015, 10:38:04 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/DvP3r7Z.jpg)

A real good ton of fun. Doesn't surpass the original, but it definitely surpasses the sequels, which very clearly do not exist in this movie, which is smart I think lol  Shows some love to the original which I loved.  It's like an 8/10 movie.
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Post by: MJMaranan on June 12, 2015, 12:28:12 am
(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxNTUxODYyN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjgwMjY5._V1_SY317_CR4,0,214,317_AL_.jpg)

Been having an obsession with Nordic-themed media lately.
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Post by: burningdoom on June 12, 2015, 07:59:15 pm
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Been having an obsession with Nordic-themed media lately.


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Post by: stethebubble on June 12, 2015, 08:04:38 pm
im currently hooked on 'the wire'

amazing show
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 12, 2015, 09:14:35 pm
Started to watch DBZ from the very start.... So far its slow.....
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2015, 09:18:12 pm
Started to watch DBZ from the very start.... So far its slow.....

The original version? Yeah it's gonna be pretty slow.  I'm an older fan of DBZ for about 10 years now, but it did have issues, kinda what most long running anime shows have, especially when they are based on a manga.  I'm actually curious if it might be worth watching DBZ Kai instead, which is essentially a more streamlined version of the show.  Never went and watched it.
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Post by: abe on June 12, 2015, 09:42:46 pm
Started to watch DBZ from the very start.... So far its slow.....

The original version? Yeah it's gonna be pretty slow.  I'm an older fan of DBZ for about 10 years now, but it did have issues, kinda what most long running anime shows have, especially when they are based on a manga.  I'm actually curious if it might be worth watching DBZ Kai instead, which is essentially a more streamlined version of the show.  Never went and watched it.

DBZ Kai is pretty good. It does a good job of cutting out some of the boring crap that never really mattered. Unfortunately, I haven't watched the whole thing, but I've watched a few seasons so far. If I remember correctly, it only goes up to the Cell Saga and doesn't cover anything past that because the studio in Japan that was working on it was affected by the tsunami back in 2010 or so and it didn't get picked back up.

*Edit: I just looked it up to confirm, and while it was postponed due to the tsunami (actually in 2011), there are now episodes for the Majin Buu Saga which aired in Japan some time in 2014.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2015, 10:05:15 pm
Started to watch DBZ from the very start.... So far its slow.....

The original version? Yeah it's gonna be pretty slow.  I'm an older fan of DBZ for about 10 years now, but it did have issues, kinda what most long running anime shows have, especially when they are based on a manga.  I'm actually curious if it might be worth watching DBZ Kai instead, which is essentially a more streamlined version of the show.  Never went and watched it.

DBZ Kai is pretty good. It does a good job of cutting out some of the boring crap that never really mattered. Unfortunately, I haven't watched the whole thing, but I've watched a few seasons so far. If I remember correctly, it only goes up to the Cell Saga and doesn't cover anything past that because the studio in Japan that was working on it was affected by the tsunami back in 2010 or so and it didn't get picked back up.

*Edit: I just looked it up to confirm, and while it was postponed due to the tsunami (actually in 2011), there are now episodes for the Majin Buu Saga which aired in Japan some time in 2014.

Kai actually is finishing up this month, because next month, the new DB series Dragon Ball Super is taking off.
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Post by: MJMaranan on June 13, 2015, 02:48:39 am
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Sorry about that...  The movie I saw was The 13th Warrrior. ;D
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2015, 09:06:55 pm
Yes the original, i remember watching it as a kid, I just wanna watch from the very start. Since back in the day, we didnt have DVRs or the internet to watch these things in order, you had to be in front of the tv haha.
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Post by: doafan on June 15, 2015, 12:03:13 pm
Since last week I saw the first part of The Woman in Black now I give a chance to the second part which it wasn't as good as the first one, also saw the badass of Chappie and without a doubt this one my favorite, the translation to my language was funny as hell even when the ending was bad enough to never want it to see it again also saw Rage but definitely this one was the worst of all, can't decide if this last or the Ghost Riders ones are the worst  :-\

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Post by: burningdoom on June 15, 2015, 12:26:17 pm
(https://cinesnark.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/interstellar-poster.jpg)

Just watched this last weekend. Pretty good. But it does use a lot of actual scientific theories currently running in quantum physics. So if you aren't into the more sciency side of space, you may not enjoy this one. But if you do, you should like it. It is admittedly a little drawn-out, though.
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Post by: doafan on June 15, 2015, 01:22:24 pm
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/q81/s480x480/11168489_896994470358749_1142438299429523601_n.jpg?oh=1f37760578082b18890378d592e7f010&oe=55EB6B78)

A lot of friends are telling me that I need to see the first season of this series and it seems that their wish will became true cause of this notice (http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/jon-bernthal-daredevil-season-2-cast-1201515649/), Daredevil is not one of my favorites characters from the Marvel Universe but the one that will appear in this second season it is and the actor that will be here is a total badass  8)
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Post by: pacpix on June 15, 2015, 10:55:02 pm
(https://cinesnark.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/interstellar-poster.jpg)

Just watched this last weekend. Pretty good. But it does use a lot of actual scientific theories currently running in quantum physics. So if you aren't into the more sciency side of space, you may not enjoy this one. But if you do, you should like it. It is admittedly a little drawn-out, though.

Loved this movie, first time I had gone to the theater to watch a movie in quite a while and picked it up on Blu ray on release day.  I had a couple of issues with it, but overall it was a fantastic hard scifi movie.
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Post by: argyle on June 16, 2015, 10:50:30 am
I just saw Interstellar 2 or 3 weeks ago myself and I loved it as well. My boss actually recommended it to me, we were discussing the lack of good original sci-fi lately and he brought it up. I love a good movie that makes you think, and the 3 hour run time flew by. My wife loved it to, when it ended she said that we'd have to get the blu-ray because this is one she actually wants to check out the commentary tracks for.

I don't guess we have a spoiler tag, so skip if you haven't seen it ---------------------------














with this movie and now the upcoming The Martian, doesn't it seem like Hollywood is trying its best to strand Mat Damon on another planet? :P



























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Post by: stealthrush on June 18, 2015, 07:35:39 pm
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Trigun_-_Badlands_Rumble_poster.jpg)

So refreshing watching new Trigun material, a recent movie at that! With an array of colorful characters, locations, and detailed environments there is always something new you'll notice. Great lighthearted action-comedy-adventure that translated over well to non-Trigun fans and vets alike.
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Post by: doafan on June 22, 2015, 04:34:22 pm
This past Saturday I finally was able to see with my little daughter the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, already have seen this one months ago but this second time was epic cause I have noticed that my daughter loves the battles of this anime as much as I do, took some videos of her at the last battle and it's the same reaction that I had when I was a kid, you know throwing punches and kicks like you were part of it, we need to go to the movies to see the last one also saw One Hour Photo but this time with my wife, dunno why I didn't seen this before since already have seen all the movies from this actor, pretty nice and kinda scary the obsession of the main character  :o

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 22, 2015, 07:42:58 pm
This past Saturday I finally was able to see with my little daughter the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, already have seen this one months ago but this second time was epic cause I have noticed that my daughter loves the battles of this anime as much as I do, took some videos of her at the last battle and it's the same reaction that I had when I was a kid, you know throwing punches and kicks like you were part of it, we need to go to the movies to see the last one also saw One Hour Photo but this time with my wife, dunno why I didn't seen this before since already have seen all the movies from this actor, pretty nice and kinda scary the obsession of the main character  :o

(http://2.t.imgbox.com/8I6NrsDq.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/8I6NrsDq) (http://5.t.imgbox.com/qcSQ3HOI.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/qcSQ3HOI)

The latter part of Battle of Gods is so much fun, I felt like a kid again watching it in theater and just got it on Blu-Ray, so I'm gonna watch it again before the new movie is out in theater in August lol

I forgot to post here, but I saw Inside Out for my birthday on Friday and it was a pretty good film.  It's that kind of fun and emotional moments you get out of the likes of Toy Story and Up, of which this director was also that for Up, and it's makes for a really enjoyable and sweet movie.  It's basically what Pixar does best.
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Post by: burningdoom on June 22, 2015, 08:29:39 pm
(http://www.astronomytrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Pandorum-2009.jpg)

Freaking loved it! Nice blend of sci-fi and horror. Very claustrophic and intense feeling movie. And the atmosphere of the film reminded me of Event Horizon. It also had a great twist to it that doesn't happen until towards the end (actually a couple twists). The special effects for the creatures and the decaying ship around them was very cool, too.

The Earth is dying. Overpopulation creates starvation, disease, and drought. A final effort is sent out named Elysium. This ship carries with it the last of the human race and seeds for a new human race. It's mission is to find a new Earth. That's just the set-up, though. Something goes wrong and two crew members awaken with no memory of who they are or what their mission is because they've been in stasis-sleep for far too long. Soon they realize there are few other survivors and some sort of creatures are stalking them on the ship. They also realize the ship is about to shut-down, and if they don't get to the reactor to restart it, they're all dead. I don't want to give away what happens between them and that reactor, but trust me, it's awesome if you like these kind of movies. Check it out.
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Post by: doafan on June 23, 2015, 06:10:56 pm
The latter part of Battle of Gods is so much fun, I felt like a kid again watching it in theater and just got it on Blu-Ray, so I'm gonna watch it again before the new movie is out in theater in August lol

Since when movies are released first in Mexico than in USA, you are from USA right ?, the movie was released this past 19th where am just waiting the payment day to take my daughter and my wife to see it, I want to see Inside Out but since my little girl saw Dragon Ball and was so excited with this one definetely will have to see the latest one first  ;D
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 24, 2015, 07:06:43 am
The latter part of Battle of Gods is so much fun, I felt like a kid again watching it in theater and just got it on Blu-Ray, so I'm gonna watch it again before the new movie is out in theater in August lol

Since when movies are released first in Mexico than in USA, you are from USA right ?, the movie was released this past 19th where am just waiting the payment day to take my daughter and my wife to see it, I want to see Inside Out but since my little girl saw Dragon Ball and was so excited with this one definetely will have to see the latest one first  ;D

Yeah USA for me. Don't really get why they are waiting so long to release it here, but it's only a little over a month, so I'll manage somehow lol
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Post by: burningdoom on June 24, 2015, 12:47:47 pm
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Just watched this on Netflix last night, and I freaking loved it! I so hope it gets a sequel, because it ended on a cliffhanger.

If you liked the T.V. show Sliders, then you should LOVE this movie! It almost felt like a lost episode of Sliders. Alternate Earths, with different histories and doppelgangers of the characters. Only difference was how they moved between Earths, and of course who the characters were.

It just sucks it ended the way it did. You so wanted answers that you never got by the end. Who is their Dad? What was he doing? Who made the building? Where is it going? And why the hell did that crazy guy yell "He's lying!" before he got shot? UGH! Sequel better be coming!

You NEED to see this one, sci-fi fans.
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Post by: stethebubble on June 28, 2015, 02:32:57 pm
just finished THE WIRE this week,
amazing show. i could not give this show enough praise. i strongly advise everyone to go and watch it.
easily some of the most entertaining characters i have seen in TV.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 30, 2015, 10:30:40 pm
Terminator Genisys.  Good action movie fun.  I think it's way better than T3, but overall better than I was expecting, though it can't be T2.  They kinda ruin a big part of the movie in the trailer, which is super dumb as it could've been an amazing plot twist, but other than that, it's some nice action entertainment.
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Post by: turom on July 02, 2015, 05:40:55 am
Watched Inside-Out yesterday and that was really an awesome piece of Pixar greatness.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Inside_Out_%282015_film%29_poster.jpg)
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Post by: stethebubble on July 02, 2015, 07:03:16 pm
just finished sense 8
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-At5sJw1NJ5w/VUiTP2ZXT2I/AAAAAAABqWc/z4_TvbJmY4M/s1600/sense8.jpg)

started a little slowly but got really good towards the end.
dont watch it if you are homophobic thou,
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Post by: telly on July 05, 2015, 12:19:24 am
Watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with my dad! Great film :D
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Post by: bikingjahuty on July 05, 2015, 09:41:00 pm
Just watched Perfect Blue for the first time and I ended up being really disappointed given how much praise and hype it has. The ending specifically made no sense despite trying to rationalize and see how it built up to that at all during the course of the movie (I know that sounds super vague, but I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone who has never watched it). I was pretty interested in the movie and then the ending just sank the whole movie imo. I hate when that happens.
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Post by: stethebubble on July 06, 2015, 10:47:24 pm
took my 9 year old to watch the new terminator lol.
she loved it,

good movie. arnie is amazing in it.
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Post by: foxhack on July 17, 2015, 07:02:21 pm
Ant-Man. It was pretty cool.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 17, 2015, 07:54:14 pm
Ant-Man. It was pretty cool.

It was.  I had no real desires for it since it's not a character I like, but I came out liking the movie.  Marvel has their movies down right.
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Post by: telly on July 20, 2015, 08:31:12 am
Watched Inside Out with my fam over the weekend. It was a fun movie! Plus I got some Swedish Fish which I love  :D
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on July 20, 2015, 09:25:20 am
Joe Dirt 2..... It sucked
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Post by: burningdoom on July 20, 2015, 12:11:17 pm
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods.


I want my 2 hours back.
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Post by: disgaeniac on July 20, 2015, 01:40:56 pm
Don't mess with the Zohan, roflmao ;D
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Post by: doafan on July 20, 2015, 02:51:33 pm
My vacations are finally over where in these past 12 days I did saw a lot of movies but only six of them deserve to be mentioned, was able to see the first two in the movie theater with my wife and my daughter the rest where saw at my house also I have to admit that need to see Predestination again cause didn't fully understand it  ???

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Post by: stethebubble on July 21, 2015, 08:47:04 pm
willy wonka and the chocolate factory
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Post by: turf on July 27, 2015, 09:40:16 am
I took The Boy to watch Pixels yesterday.  If you can get past some of the dumb things that happen and just eat your popcorn, it's a fun movie.  It's gonna get beat up for all those cheesy things, but it was a good time. 
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Post by: doafan on July 27, 2015, 12:15:05 pm
This past Friday my daughter saw some images of the Little Mermaid when she was browsing some videos at YouTube so she asked me for the movies and I did spent my full weekend watching with her the three parts, damn I never knew that there were so many movies of Ariel, her favorite one (and mine to I guess cause at least I saw it ten times) was The Little Mermaid II: Return to the sea also I finally was able to see Mall Cop 2 which was funny as hell, the latest five minutes of it totally made my Saturday but then I saw Little Big Soldier with Jackie Chan and totally made me cry  :'(

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Post by: burningdoom on July 27, 2015, 12:23:54 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Terminator_Genisys.JPG)

Pretty damn good, I though. It's not the classics that Terminator 1 & 2 are, but if you are a fan of those films, you should enjoy this one a lot. Because it pays a lot of fan-service to those films. I liked the actor that played John Connor. And Sarah Connor is waaayy hotter this time around.
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Post by: doafan on August 03, 2015, 04:55:21 pm
This past Saturday I saw with my wife the World's End movie which I really didn't expect her to enjoy it that much, none of the actors were recognized but it was pretty damn and fun to see together, also I did return to cartoons since my little girl asked me for the third part of Cinderella and I did saw it at least three times and finally The Maze Runner was such a experience, am glad that the second part of this one is gonna be released this next month here  8)

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Post by: burningdoom on August 03, 2015, 06:27:30 pm
(http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/3/90/5572094fb3c37/landscape_xlarge.jpg)

Ant-Man. Pretty funny.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 04, 2015, 10:08:33 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/SWP7Ng3.png)

Just got back from DBZ: Resurrection "F" and it turned out to be a lot better than the last one, though honestly that wasn't so hard lol Lots more action throughout and having the regular guys back to fight, even Master Roshi, was awesome! Jaco is now a favorite character of mine lol The movie itself is good, and i'm fine with Frieza being back, especially since technically this is an alternate timeline where the movie with Janemba doesn't exist that Frieza came back in, just to get instantly wasted by Gohan.  Though I will say his threat kinda wears down quickly which makes things kinda fizzle, but still I had a ton of fun.

I feel like the best thing about these movies has been their world building.  Though I have just learned these were things revealed before, but never knew about.  Vegeta has a brother who was actually brought up and shown off in a DBZ ova from about 7 years ago I missed somehow named Tarble.  They talk about him in the last movie.  In this movie, with Jaco, he's from a manga that shares the same universe as Dragon Ball and in that, Bulmas sister named "Tights"..."Tights Briefs" lol...Is a thing too.  Add in the Gods of Destruction and multiple universes and it creates some very interesting possibilities for future movies and the now running "Dragon Ball Super" series which I hope gets dubbed soon.  Dragon Ball is not a series I can watch subbed lol
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Post by: abe on August 11, 2015, 03:39:35 pm
Just finished watching the first season of Daredevil on Netflix. I enjoyed watching it, though I haven't read the comics so I can't really comment on how faithful it was to the source material.
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Post by: maximo310 on August 11, 2015, 04:35:34 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/SWP7Ng3.png)

Just got back from DBZ: Resurrection "F" and it turned out to be a lot better than the last one, though honestly that wasn't so hard lol Lots more action throughout and having the regular guys back to fight, even Master Roshi, was awesome! Jaco is now a favorite character of mine lol The movie itself is good, and i'm fine with Frieza being back, especially since technically this is an alternate timeline where the movie with Janemba doesn't exist that Frieza came back in, just to get instantly wasted by Gohan.  Though I will say his threat kinda wears down quickly which makes things kinda fizzle, but still I had a ton of fun.

I feel like the best thing about these movies has been their world building.  Though I have just learned these were things revealed before, but never knew about.  Vegeta has a brother who was actually brought up and shown off in a DBZ ova from about 7 years ago I missed somehow named Tarble.  They talk about him in the last movie.  In this movie, with Jaco, he's from a manga that shares the same universe as Dragon Ball and in that, Bulmas sister named "Tights"..."Tights Briefs" lol...Is a thing too.  Add in the Gods of Destruction and multiple universes and it creates some very interesting possibilities for future movies and the now running "Dragon Ball Super" series which I hope gets dubbed soon.  Dragon Ball is not a series I can watch subbed lol
Didn't DBZ Resurrection F kinda of hint at Frieza was going to be defeated at the end of the movie? If that's the case, then I would have rather had Frieza defeat Goku/Vegeta, etc. because I think it could have opened the doors for a more interesting alternate storyline where Frieza takes over Earth. That's would be interesting to add on the world building in the movies. Dragon Ball Super is alright for the first 5 episodes, its seems like episodes 4-7 are kind of like a retelling of Battle of the Gods, which does make sense. The biggest problem with Super is that the animation quality can be absolute garbage at times, mostly doing fight scenes. It looks worse than the DBZ movies from the mid 90's, and DBZ Kai at times. I really wish the animation quality would get upgraded, since Toei is doing the best right now out of all Japanese animation companies and DBZ is one of their biggest properties.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 11, 2015, 04:51:35 pm
Didn't DBZ Resurrection F kinda of hint at Frieza was going to be defeated at the end of the movie? If that's the case, then I would have rather had Frieza defeat Goku/Vegeta, etc. because I think it could have opened the doors for a more interesting alternate storyline where Frieza takes over Earth. That's would be interesting to add on the world building in the movies. Dragon Ball Super is alright for the first 5 episodes, its seems like episodes 4-7 are kind of like a retelling of Battle of the Gods, which does make sense. The biggest problem with Super is that the animation quality can be absolute garbage at times, mostly doing fight scenes. It looks worse than the DBZ movies from the mid 90's, and DBZ Kai at times. I really wish the animation quality would get upgraded, since Toei is doing the best right now out of all Japanese animation companies and DBZ is one of their biggest properties.

I saw that they were retelling Battle of Gods which makes no sense to me.  Move the story up past the movie, do a Battle of Gods recap for maybe half of the episode, and then move on.  Even if it wasn't bad animation, it's not going to be movie quality, so it's just doing a lesser version of something that was done better. 
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Post by: maximo310 on August 11, 2015, 10:05:44 pm
Didn't DBZ Resurrection F kinda of hint at Frieza was going to be defeated at the end of the movie? If that's the case, then I would have rather had Frieza defeat Goku/Vegeta, etc. because I think it could have opened the doors for a more interesting alternate storyline where Frieza takes over Earth. That's would be interesting to add on the world building in the movies. Dragon Ball Super is alright for the first 5 episodes, its seems like episodes 4-7 are kind of like a retelling of Battle of the Gods, which does make sense. The biggest problem with Super is that the animation quality can be absolute garbage at times, mostly doing fight scenes. It looks worse than the DBZ movies from the mid 90's, and DBZ Kai at times. I really wish the animation quality would get upgraded, since Toei is doing the best right now out of all Japanese animation companies and DBZ is one of their biggest properties.

I saw that they were retelling Battle of Gods which makes no sense to me.  Move the story up past the movie, do a Battle of Gods recap for maybe half of the episode, and then move on.  Even if it wasn't bad animation, it's not going to be movie quality, so it's just doing a lesser version of something that was done better.
Yeah, I'm gonna say that the first three episodes were good. But I have no clue why Toei decides to do BoTG recap for the next 4 epsiodes. Hopefully the story will improve after they finish that mini arc.
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Post by: doafan on August 24, 2015, 07:14:08 pm
Haven't seen a good movie on the cable schedule these past days but yesterday saw with my wife this event  8)

(http://www.mmaoddsbreaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Summerslam2015.jpg)
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Post by: abe on September 14, 2015, 09:05:41 pm
Finished season 5 of The Walking Dead. Kinda a boring season compared to some of the others, but that was quite the season finale. :o
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Post by: tripredacus on September 15, 2015, 10:42:40 am
Watched season 1 of Exosquad. Disappointing they didn't put season 2 on DVD.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 11, 2015, 12:17:38 am
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If you are a fan of "B" action movies and horror movies; or you look back fondly on the days of scouring a video rental store's shelves, then you MUST watch this documentary.

This was so good, and brought back so many fond memories of perusing the rental store horror section, or action section. Memories of high-action, and bloody gore that just made you all warm and fuzzy inside. Memories of straight-to-video schlock that you just don't see anymore. It's damn entertaining and made me wish I still had a local video store to run to right after it was over.

It's on Hulu, don't know about Netflix or not.
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Post by: doafan on October 12, 2015, 06:32:35 pm
Has been a long time since I was able to see a decent movie and this past weekend was not an exception, dunno how but I managed to see the following titles and that's all cause everything at the cable is pure crap also can't believe that enjoyed more the Masha and the Bear cartoon with my daughter than anything else  ???

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Post by: idiotmoron on October 17, 2015, 07:52:18 pm
Crazy Dave Tape part 3
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Post by: tripredacus on October 19, 2015, 02:19:27 pm
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110530/
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Post by: htimreimer on October 22, 2015, 02:59:05 am
i went to see crimson peak, it's pretty damn good and i can see why some not liking it, it's a slow burn of a movie and the marketing is way to vague, its giving no indication about the pacing of the film or whats it about and if you are not expecting what the film is, you're gonna be a bit mad at trailer and even the movie it self. over all, go see it
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Post by: weirdfeline on November 01, 2015, 09:04:57 am
I watched Focus, Bad Words and the new Goosebumps recently.

They were all pretty good. I think I enjoyed Focus the most despite having been really excited for the Goosebumps movie ever since it was announced. The Goosebumps didn't really have the same charm as the TV series that I was kinda hoping to get but it's very good visually, the monsters all look awesome.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 10, 2015, 12:20:46 pm
(http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/197164-3/F13_4_-_DE_Custom_DVD_Cover.jpg)

Watched this again last night. Hadn't seen it since childhood.

...so many titties! I can't believe I was ever allowed to watch these as a kid!

Good entry in the series, too. Pays homage to the ones before it, while Jason goes on a killing spree chopping down a new group of teen campers. This one also has a VERY young Cory Feldman as the young Tommy Jarvis, who ends up being the hero of the film.

Good times, I forgot how fun these mindless slasher flicks can be. (And mindless is a key point, don't go into this looking for an in-depth story).
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Post by: koemo1 on November 15, 2015, 04:14:05 pm
last anime i watched is Fairy Tale
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Post by: burningdoom on November 27, 2015, 04:44:27 pm
(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk37/Bogman_photo/Sci-Fi%20Film%20Posters/Westworld-1.jpg)

My dad brought this over to watch on Thanksgiving. Pretty damn good.

I expected it to be your normal psychedelic, depressing, sad-ending 70s sci-fi movie.

Instead I got an imaginative and intense sci-fi thriller. It had a bit of a Terminator 1 vibe to it once Yul Brynner (as the robotic gunslinger) started hunting people down.

So basically, the plot is that in the near future, they have created theme parks where you can live out a fantasy life in the past. They have Westworld, Medieval World, and Roman World. Most of the movie takes place in Westworld (hence the title). The theme parks are populated by extremely life-like robots that act like people from the time. You can get into bar-fights with them, gun-fights, even have sex with them. They are programmed to never hurt the people, though. But as sci-fi goes, something goes wrong with the robots, and they start killing people. Eventually they run out of power, but in the gunslinger's case, he was upgraded with more powerful parts. So he continues to hunt down the surviving vacationers with the cold-cunning and precision of a computerized gunslinger.

Very good, especially for a 70s sci-fi flick (which wasn't the greatest era for sci-fi). Now I need to check out the sequel, Futureworld. And I heard they're working on a TV series for Westworld coming out next year.
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Post by: doafan on November 30, 2015, 10:47:39 am
Has been a long time since I saw a good movie so decided to give a try to this four titles where do I have to say that gotta love San Andreas just because Alexandra Daddario, damn she looks gorgeous no matter how but those scenes were she got wet damn already saw it twice just because of this babe anyway am totally disappointed about Ant Man, was expecting a lot more of this character cause the movie totally sucks  >:(

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Post by: weirdfeline on November 30, 2015, 09:17:55 pm
I watched part of the movie Unfinished Business. I think that's how I'm gonna leave it.. unfinished.

No idea how a movie like this can recieve a wide release in 2015.
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Post by: htimreimer on December 06, 2015, 04:39:18 am
krampus: if you like films like gremlins, you will love this and that's all i have to say about this, go see it.
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Post by: doafan on December 13, 2015, 10:30:59 am
Took my wife and my daughter to the movies to see The Good Dinosaur and it was worthy, the damn movie make me cry like a six years kid at some scenes, in fact I have to deal and explain to my little girl what death means and how important family is also was finally able to see some TV and saw Tropic Thunder, my wife didn't believe that his beloved Robert Downey Jr. was there cause he doesn't looked handsome as at the Iron Man movies and behalf of Christmas saw two movies related to the current season  :P

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 17, 2015, 12:46:44 am
Rewatched the original Star Wars trilogy (Ain't touching the Prequels) in preparation for The Force Awakens tomorrow.  I haven't watched them in years, but still good fun.

A New Hope - For the start of the series, it's still pretty enjoyable and a good bit of it aged real well.  Hilariously enough, the special edition CGI they added in looks hilariously out of date and mostly add nothing to the movie.  They are so obviously added in, it was like they barely tried. Added far too much of it in this one for sure.  I still like the film.  Lot of iconic moments.

Empire Strikes Back - Still the best by a longshot.  I love the Hoth battle, old, goofy, puppet Yoda, Bespin is cool, and the fight with Vader is good.  It's kinda interesting going back to the lightsaber battles from these times, compared to what they became in the later movies.  Despite lacking the choreography, they still have good weight behind them.

Return of The Jedi - So the ewoks aren't great.  Like they shouldn't be in the movie.  I know they were put in to make it more of a family movie and to lighten things up, but they are the worst.  Cute as they are, it's real dumb that they are able to wipe out an Imperial force.  I know the armor they were is mostly weak to laser blasts, but what use is the armor if it's also weak to rocks and sticks? Why are Storm Troopers so useless! lol  Other than that, I love the Tattoine stuff and kinda everything else other than Ewoks is good.  They really should've just rewrote the whole Endor scene.  Still enjoy it though.

I'm now prepared, I'm ready to be Awakened...
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Post by: burningdoom on December 17, 2015, 12:52:20 am
Ewoks are kind of stupid. But the Vader/Emperor/Luke scene on the Deathstar is just so dark, and awesome. I think that outweighs it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 17, 2015, 02:01:08 am
Ewoks are kind of stupid. But the Vader/Emperor/Luke scene on the Deathstar is just so dark, and awesome. I think that outweighs it.

I understand they are there to be kinda the levity between all the darkness, but it ends up being this weird juxtaposition and makes the Empire look incompetent and adds nothing to the plot. 

I really think they could've rewrote the entire Endor ground section to be a lot more exciting and feel closer to the movie as a hole.  Add in more Rebels, an intense fight between the Empire and maybe stolen Imperial tech on the Rebel side, have it be a big base storming action scene, coinciding with the star battle above.  At one point, from the speeder bikes earlier, Luke and Leia are lost in the woods, Leia hurt, so they can't go anywhere for now, staying over night, and this is where they have that talk.  Maybe throw in a single Ewok or small Ewok family that come across them, just a helpful little group to get them on their way.  Suddenly Imperials find them at night, with Darth Vader leading them, since he can sense Skywalker.  The Ewoks and Leia escape to find Han, Luke staying to guard their escape, but gives himself up to Vader when she is safe, so that they could have the scene on the Death Star.

I just quickly wrote a better version of Return of the Jedi lol
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Post by: turf on December 21, 2015, 03:28:58 pm
I saw Star Wars last Friday.  Wow...

I loved it.

I can't believe this doesn't have it's own topic yet.
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Post by: pacpix on December 21, 2015, 07:47:12 pm
I saw Star Wars last Friday.  Wow...

I loved it.

I can't believe this doesn't have it's own topic yet.

I saw it last night, absolutely fantastic!  I was excited, but a bit nervous going in and it completely surpassed my expectations.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 21, 2015, 09:31:07 pm
Sorry, wrong thread for this post.
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Post by: disgaeniac on December 22, 2015, 09:37:57 am
Finished the Breaking Bad series.
Thumbs up.

Also watched season one of its spin-off series Better Call Saul.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on December 28, 2015, 04:01:11 pm
Took my time and enjoyed at home the following titles where without a doubt the Intern and The Angriest Man in Brooklyn where from much my two favorites, my daughter opinion is not the same cause she loved Hotel Transylvania 2 and the worst of all was the one from Jim Carrey, what the hell was the man thinking when I signed for this one, damn.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on January 02, 2016, 11:10:33 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Justice_League_Gods_vs._Monsters_Bluray_Cover.jpg)

Rented this last night from RedBox.

Pretty damn enjoyable little Elseworlds story. In it, Man-Bat becomes more of a vampire than a bestial Bat, and becomes this world's Batman. Superman is the biological son of Zod. And Wonder Woman is a refugee from the New Gods vs. Apokolips war. The three of them make up this much more prone to violence Justice League. Also, while it's not specifically stated, it looks as if the United States is dominated by Latinos, not sure if that was supposed to be some sort of hidden political commentary or not.

In the story, because of the Justice League's harshness with it's missions, the public starts to distrust the JLA. A mysterious enemy takes advantage of the situation and sets the JLA up as the main suspects in a string of murder cases involving the world's most brilliant scientists. Soon the government comes knocking on the JLA's door looking to take them down, and it's up to this more brutal JLA to clear their names.

VERY Bruce Timm, so fans should really enjoy this! Don't miss it! I plan on adding it to my permanent collection at some point.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on January 04, 2016, 12:09:02 pm
Enjoyed my weekend watching five movies where my wife totally love the movie of Morgan Freeman and my little kid guess that she felt in love with the Home cause he had already seen this one at least six times I didn't had a favorite since all were good enough to keep me in front of the TV  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 04, 2016, 06:04:47 pm
Watched The Hateful Eight on Friday and I generally liked it.  It kinda falls apart once the mystery is revealed, but kinda everything else about the movie is pretty good.  I'm not a huge Tarantino fan, but I feel like most who are will probably dig the movie.  Despite it's crazy dialogue and ensuing violence, it's definitely a more character driven movie than what he's usually done.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: telly on January 04, 2016, 11:02:46 pm
Also saw Star Wars tonight! Really loved it, it was a little long, but other than that fantastic.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on January 11, 2016, 11:29:22 am
Spent another weekend watching some movies where without a doubt A Merry Friggin' Christmas and Burnt were my favorites, Robin Williams (RIP) is still one of my favorite actors and Bradley Cooper even when this is the first movie that I ever saw from him have to say that his performance was pretty good about the rest of th movies I only have to said that they were OK, saw them but they didn't made me stay at the couch all the time  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on January 16, 2016, 03:09:54 pm
(http://images.techtimes.com/data/images/full/119967/fantastic-four.jpg?w=600)

I finally saw the new Fantastic 4, RedBoxed it. I think I would have enjoyed this better in the theater, I wish I didn't listen to the naysayers. I can see why they complained, though. A lot of liberties were taken with the franchise, no doubt.

But I still feel it was a solid, and entertaining sci-fi film, regardless. As a stand-alone sci-fi film, it works. Just not so well as a superhero film. Good story, good special effects, good characterization. All the pieces are there, IMO.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: romanticore on January 17, 2016, 07:10:35 am
Barefoot Gen
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on January 19, 2016, 03:32:47 pm
Gonna start posting Anime at the list of watched too cause am seeing more of this art than usual, got a good impression of Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (http://myanimelist.net/anime/30296/Rakudai_Kishi_no_Cavalry) and Gakusen Toshi Asterisk (http://myanimelist.net/anime/30544/Gakusen_Toshi_Asterisk) even when both seems like the other one, definitely will be waiting for the second season of both, also have saw Automata with Antonio Banderas which by the way is pretty damn good, even my wife enjoyed this one and she is not the kind of girl that likes robot movies, the last one is Santa's Little Helper, didn't recognize The Miz until my wife told me that Paige was on this movie.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 19, 2016, 04:18:28 pm
The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials - Overall it's an enjoyable series so far, never read the books, but the movies are an entertaining bit of post-apocalyptic.  It's not anything super original in the overarching narrative, but I'm liking them.  Interested to see where they go from here.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on January 25, 2016, 11:40:31 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Lost-boys-the-thirst-original.jpg)

This movie was a lot of fun! Just finished watching it.

Not as iconic as the original, but still a big step up from the travesty that was "Lost Boys: The Tribe". If you are a fan of vampire movies you really should check it out, and if your a fan of the original this pays a bit of fan tribute.

"Death to all vampires! Maximum body count. We are awesome monster bashers! The meanest! The baddest!"
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on January 26, 2016, 10:03:24 am
Let's update the list with another two movies where the first one was pure crap, the only good thing about this one was Daryl Dixon was there, the Last Witch Hunter in my opinion was pretty good even when I really don't like Diesel dunno why but every damn time that my sister mention him always remember his Fast and Furious movies also have completed another two Anime series, am talking about Ore ga Ojousama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken (http://myanimelist.net/anime/25099/Ore_ga_Ojousama_Gakkou_ni_Shomin_Sample_Toshite_Gets%E2%99%A5Sareta_Ken) and Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai (http://myanimelist.net/anime/24133/Taimadou_Gakuen_35_Shiken_Shoutai), will leave my comments of these two at the other topic and obviously have seen the latest event of the WWE, fuck yeah am talking about the Royal Rumble  8)

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: DreamsDied13101 on January 26, 2016, 11:08:01 am
Watching Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation

I haven't watched anime for about 15 years (back when Cowboy Bebop was brand new). I assume this is a pretty generic anime series, but it is fun because it is based on the PSO2 game. It was not what I was expecting at all and it is actually quite interesting getting a Japanese perspective on MMO games and how they should operate.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 01, 2016, 08:01:33 pm
(http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/daybreakers.jpg)

Pretty unique, and cool little vampire flick.

In the near future, nearly the entire world's population has become vampires, and society continues. But if nearly everyone is vampires, then where is all the blood? Herein lies the main plot of the movie. The world's supply is running dry, and science is failing at new options to replace blood. Soon mass chaos ensues and society begins to crumble.

One vampire accidentally discovers a cure for vampirism (William DaFoe)...but does the world want it? Regardless if they do or not, the world needs it. A sympathetic vampire scientists (Ethan Hawke) help the few remaining humans with perfecting this cure. Which the major pharmaceutical company the scientist works for, working on a blood replacement, does not want to happen. (Sam Neil plays the CEO of this company)

Lots of blood and chaos then ensue in the battle to determine who will inherit the earth, humans or vampires?

One of my favorite parts is as some of the vampires are turning human in one part, the other vampires that are there, that have been starving due to the dwindling blood supply, start attacking and feeding on the vampires-turned-human. They then the start turning human, and the process repeats. It was beautifully gory!

My favorite line in the movie was delivered by William DaFoe: "Being human in a world of vampires is about as safe as barebacking a $5 whore." lol, love it.

But if you are looking for a vampire movie that's scary, gory, and steeped in horror, this isn't it. It's really an action-drama wearing the clothes of horror. Still enjoyable, nonetheless.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 02, 2016, 11:21:30 am
Took my wife to the movies this past Friday after work to see Daddy's Home where I do have to admit that really enjoyed this one, both of us had a lot of fun even when really don't like the performance of Will Ferrell he managed and did work well with Mark Wahlberg, my wife enjoyed more the movie just for the last character that appears almost at the end of it also saw a couple of more at home where Kiss Me without a doubt was the best of them, glad that I watched this one alone  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 04, 2016, 10:10:17 pm
Kung Fu Panda 3 - Still a genuinely entertaining series.  You'd think they would start to get old as they do follow a very familiar formula, with Po needing to learn something, thinking he can't, but then learning it at the last minute, but it has some genuinely good humor, great animation, and is just fun to watch.  This is one of the few animated series that I think continues to be just as good as it was and even gets better for the most part.

Don't think I can think of as many animated series that have done that...Toy Story has 3 good movies, How to Train Your Dragon is 2 strong right now and likely to get more.  Not a ton more I can think of personally.  Definitely hoping Kung Fu Panda continues.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: baseycillings on February 04, 2016, 10:17:20 pm
For all anime fans! Do yourself a favor and check out:

Speed Grapher and Space Dandy!

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: badATchaos on February 05, 2016, 08:42:34 am
I really got into Knights of Sidonia on Netflix. I'm pretty big into science fiction so I really enjoyed concepts conveyed in the show. The best way I can describe it is Gundam meets Battlestar Galactica, but instead of the enemy being machines it's these massive biological globs. haha. I generally don’t like manga but I even went out and bought the first six books the show is based on.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: disgaeniac on February 05, 2016, 08:49:20 am
Last night we watched Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 05, 2016, 12:39:36 pm
Last night we watched Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Cool movie, for sure, but it definitely felt like it was just an intro to more things to come.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 08, 2016, 02:58:28 pm
Saw with the full family except my daughter the Pay the Ghost movie where I do have to admit that it was good enough to maintain me all the time at the couch but the ending kinda make me think if there's a chance of a second part also don't know how the hell did I miss at it's time the 2 Gun movie, saw this cause my wife was watching it when I was arriving from the office and damn it's pure action also made sometime and saw with my little girl the Beauty and the Beast, she had a scooter this past Christmas with some stickers of Disney Princess and she didn't knew who was Bella so I answered her doubt with this movie but I leaved the best for the rest, Our Brand is Crisis is a must watch for those that love politics  ;)

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 11, 2016, 09:55:13 pm
Man, they nailed the Deadpool movie.  It's hilarious.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: rayne315 on February 12, 2016, 01:31:32 pm
Man, they nailed the Deadpool movie.  It's hilarious.

No spoils im going to go see it today.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: disgaeniac on February 12, 2016, 02:38:43 pm
Last night we watched Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Cool movie, for sure, but it definitely felt like it was just an intro to more things to come.

Yes it did.

Last night we watched Siracio...I was expecting more.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 17, 2016, 12:27:15 pm
Was very busy this weekend so I took the Monday off and decided to enjoy it with another two movies, the first one is Uçuş 7500 where I saw this one with my wife and my mother in law and no one was expecting the creepy ending of this film, the second one is Creed and have to admit that was much better than I expected, of course that I saw this one alone, still wondering why the hell almost all women doesn't enjoy violence and since am talking about this saw the Hell Rising DVD of Kevin Steen and the twelve episodes of One-Punch Man, didn't wanted to see this last one but a friend insisted so much  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 23, 2016, 02:51:10 pm
This past Friday was my Birthday so instead of being at the office solving issues asked for a free day from my vacations, took my wife and my daughter to the movies being the first movie that we enjoyed Zootopia (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948356/) only have to say that Gazelle as Shakira is so freaking hot, after this one went to another theater but this time only with my wife to see Deadpool (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431045/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), totally love every minute of this one, at Sunday saw Running Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/?ref_=nv_sr_2) can't believe that never heard of this one before and at night while I was eating pizza and wings saw WWE Fastlane (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastlane_%282016%29)  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on February 24, 2016, 12:20:26 pm
Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren.
My first watch of this DVD on the PS3. I have watched it on the PS2 before and I do not think that it displayed in widescreen. Oh well. Also come to the realisation that most of the half cardboard/half plastic DVD cases are movies published by Warner Brothers, which is the type of DVD case that this movie came in.

Also a curiosity of DVDs released in that particular packaging... the audio is not that good. I did not really notice it before, watching movies of that release, but I also do not have the same movies in other packaging to compare. I did notice the audio was not great on the DVD and this is also true of the Mortal Kombat WB cardboard release. I can only compare those to the VHS releases, of which I had at some point in the past. The audio on Mortal Kombat VHS is way better than the DVD release.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: desocietas on February 25, 2016, 08:56:08 pm
Have been watching Food Wars! slowly... If you love food and, well, orgasms, you might enjoy the anime.  The first season is available to watch for free on Crunchy Roll and available elsewhere (most likely with subscription).

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Shokugeki_no_Souma_Volume_1.jpg)

They don't shy away from the literal use of the word "foodgasm," so watcher beware in case it might be too much for you.  I personally find it really funny, so I don't mind it myself.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 25, 2016, 10:19:40 pm
Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren.
My first watch of this DVD on the PS3. I have watched it on the PS2 before and I do not think that it displayed in widescreen. Oh well. Also come to the realisation that most of the half cardboard/half plastic DVD cases are movies published by Warner Brothers, which is the type of DVD case that this movie came in.

Also a curiosity of DVDs released in that particular packaging... the audio is not that good. I did not really notice it before, watching movies of that release, but I also do not have the same movies in other packaging to compare. I did notice the audio was not great on the DVD and this is also true of the Mortal Kombat WB cardboard release. I can only compare those to the VHS releases, of which I had at some point in the past. The audio on Mortal Kombat VHS is way better than the DVD release.

MotU is a huge piece of my childhood. I loved that movie as a kid.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: maximo310 on February 26, 2016, 12:14:11 am
Have been watching Food Wars! slowly... If you love food and, well, orgasms, you might enjoy the anime.  The first season is available to watch for free on Crunchy Roll and available elsewhere (most likely with subscription).

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Shokugeki_no_Souma_Volume_1.jpg)

They don't shy away from the literal use of the word "foodgasm," so watcher beware in case it might be too much for you.  I personally find it really funny, so I don't mind it myself.
It's a pretty good show; although it does feel like its quite a ways behind the manga series right now. Regardless, the animation quality and food looked pretty good, so I'm looking forward to season 2.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: desocietas on February 26, 2016, 12:34:58 am
Have been watching Food Wars! slowly... If you love food and, well, orgasms, you might enjoy the anime.  The first season is available to watch for free on Crunchy Roll and available elsewhere (most likely with subscription).

They don't shy away from the literal use of the word "foodgasm," so watcher beware in case it might be too much for you.  I personally find it really funny, so I don't mind it myself.
It's a pretty good show; although it does feel like its quite a ways behind the manga series right now. Regardless, the animation quality and food looked pretty good, so I'm looking forward to season 2.

Yeah, I was surprised to see that it's only had one season, but since the manga only started a year and a half ago, I guess that makes sense.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 26, 2016, 12:58:36 am
Have been watching Food Wars! slowly... If you love food and, well, orgasms, you might enjoy the anime.  The first season is available to watch for free on Crunchy Roll and available elsewhere (most likely with subscription).

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Shokugeki_no_Souma_Volume_1.jpg)

They don't shy away from the literal use of the word "foodgasm," so watcher beware in case it might be too much for you.  I personally find it really funny, so I don't mind it myself.

I didn't like the show too much at first.  I thought the "foodgasm" stuff would get old and it kinda does, but the anime got more exciting as it went on, particularly when it actually became more of an actual "Food War" lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on February 26, 2016, 09:56:42 am
Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren.
My first watch of this DVD on the PS3. I have watched it on the PS2 before and I do not think that it displayed in widescreen. Oh well. Also come to the realisation that most of the half cardboard/half plastic DVD cases are movies published by Warner Brothers, which is the type of DVD case that this movie came in.

Also a curiosity of DVDs released in that particular packaging... the audio is not that good. I did not really notice it before, watching movies of that release, but I also do not have the same movies in other packaging to compare. I did notice the audio was not great on the DVD and this is also true of the Mortal Kombat WB cardboard release. I can only compare those to the VHS releases, of which I had at some point in the past. The audio on Mortal Kombat VHS is way better than the DVD release.

MotU is a huge piece of my childhood. I loved that movie as a kid.

I remember when I saw it for the first time ever (some time in the 80s) I complained that Orko wasn't in it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 26, 2016, 06:47:57 pm
I didn't like the show too much at first.  I thought the "foodgasm" stuff would get old and it kinda does, but the anime got more exciting as it went on, particularly when it actually became more of an actual "Food War" lol

Am waiting for the second season of this one and don't know how the hell am resisting the temptation of reading the Manga   :o
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 26, 2016, 09:52:50 pm
Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren.
My first watch of this DVD on the PS3. I have watched it on the PS2 before and I do not think that it displayed in widescreen. Oh well. Also come to the realisation that most of the half cardboard/half plastic DVD cases are movies published by Warner Brothers, which is the type of DVD case that this movie came in.

Also a curiosity of DVDs released in that particular packaging... the audio is not that good. I did not really notice it before, watching movies of that release, but I also do not have the same movies in other packaging to compare. I did notice the audio was not great on the DVD and this is also true of the Mortal Kombat WB cardboard release. I can only compare those to the VHS releases, of which I had at some point in the past. The audio on Mortal Kombat VHS is way better than the DVD release.

MotU is a huge piece of my childhood. I loved that movie as a kid.

I remember when I saw it for the first time ever (some time in the 80s) I complained that Orko wasn't in it.

They used that troll-looking guy that made "The Key" be their comic relief instead. There were other changes, too. Like Man-at-Arms and Teela looking nothing like their cartoon counterparts. Legitimate complaints. But I still loved it as a kid, and have a DVD copy in my collection, still.

First time I saw it was at our local drive-in (which is long gone) in a triple-feature with Superman II and The Monster Squad. That's a helluva line-up for a 5-year old!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on February 27, 2016, 11:15:24 am
Man-at-arms was actually pretty close. I even noticed some costume detailing that was based on the toy/cartoon incarnation. Skeletor looks amazing as well if you can get past the voice being wrong. Also Dolph Lundgren does an alright job, albeit too seriously. And the "I have the Power" thing at the end just sounds weird.

I watched The Matrix, another example of the bad audio WB DVD releases. I got it to sound a little better by changing my receiver settings, but I really hate having to change something for an exception.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 29, 2016, 02:21:51 pm
Still waiting for the release of Kung Fu Panda 3 to be released here in Mexico so meanwhile I saw the following four movies were the worst of all of them without a doubt was Nightlight and the best of all was Miss you already, don't remember the last time that a movie made me cry like a baby, enjoyed this one with my wife cause she was the one who told me that she wanted to see it, was expecting that my little girls would like The Peanuts Movie buy they didn't like it neither my wife, guess am too old and they don't appreciate good cartoons  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 01, 2016, 11:02:54 pm
The Good Dinosaur - A pretty sweet Pixar film. It's nothing really amazing story wise, pretty standard, but the CG for the environment is amazing.  It's odd that they went with such a cartoonish looking for the dinosaurs.  I guess maybe they didn't want to make it look like that other dinosaur Disney movie from back in 2000, but I think either it would've made things more cohesive if it was a slightly more toonish or stylized world with the dino's, or somewhat more realistic dino's.  Doesn't really ruin anything, it's just kinda different visually.

Pixar is still doing it well.  To this day, the only movies I don't like from Pixar are the two car films.  Out of 16 feature films, that's pretty impressive lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Warmsignal on March 04, 2016, 11:29:15 am
Did anyone go see Zoolander 2? I wonder if it's still playing.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on March 07, 2016, 12:27:39 pm
This weekend was very productive, enjoyed alone the movie Burying the EX because my wife is kinda jealous of Alexandra Daddario then I saw with her Victor Frankestein and In the hearth of the sea both pretty good in my opinion and then Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip with my little girls, pretty fun movie but also a very noisy one  ;D

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Post by: disgaeniac on March 07, 2016, 12:58:29 pm
Watching Fate Unlimited Blade Works now and, probably, Fate Zero next.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 07, 2016, 01:05:22 pm
Friday the 13th Part 3

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Friday3.jpg/220px-Friday3.jpg)

I've seen it before. One of my favorite entries in the series. And the film where Jason first gets his hockey mask! (He used a cloth sack over his head in Pt. 2, and he wasn't in Pt. 1, his mom was the killer in that one.)

Just great, mindless entertainment!
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Post by: tripredacus on March 07, 2016, 02:46:55 pm
Maximum Overdrive. First time seeing it. Used to own the soundtrack in the 90s. Pretty weird. The truck that is known for the movie cover did not have the same type of role in it like other poster cars, like Christine.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 07, 2016, 02:52:11 pm
^ I always wondered how they got away with using that truck, since it's obviously Marvel's Green Goblin on the front of it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: desocietas on March 07, 2016, 03:39:44 pm
Maximum Overdrive is so crazy. Always felt like such a made-for-TV movie - couldn't believe it made it to theaters.

Saw The Boy and the Beast this weekend - really good! Definitely will recommend and may try to see it again in the theaters while I still can.

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: HarvestDude on March 13, 2016, 01:55:27 am
I guess it was Major - Season 5. I pretty much enjoy sports animes and i was hooked to Major.

But i'm always watching Naruto too. I'm not watching it so fast because i want the story to end (in the anime, i know the manga has already ended), to watch every episode to the end.

HarvestDude™
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 15, 2016, 01:56:32 am
Saw Zootopia the other night and really enjoyed it.  I could see a few more good movies coming out of that if they handle it right.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on March 15, 2016, 11:30:44 am
This past Sunday took my wife and my little girls to the movies to see Kung Fu Panda 3 where I have to admit that the one who wanted to watch this one was me, the girls didn't say no cause everybody loves to eat Pop Corn, pretty good movie and quite fun this is one of the few movies that I enjoy to watch with their Mexican voices also saw at home with my girls Las Aventuras de Tadeo Jones which is in my opinion is a rip off or a parody of the characters Nathan Drake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Drake_%28character%29) and Lara Croft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft) but in a nice way, quite fun and enjoyable movie with a couple of references from various countries and the last one that I attempted to see was the latest one of the Fantastic Four, a total waste of my time and even when this are not my favorite superheroes team they have done an awful thing to them, damn it want my time back  >:(

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Post by: burningdoom on March 15, 2016, 12:42:57 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead2.jpg)

Love this movie! Great sense of humor mixed with awesome zombie gore-scenes. And I love that the movie can poke fun at itself. It reuses two of the main actors from the first film, playing different characters. And in one scene, they're slowly turning to zombies and one guys says, "This all feels like a dream, like deja vu, like we've been here before." lol.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on March 22, 2016, 09:48:24 pm
Yesterday was a non working day here at my country so spend these past three days watching some wrestling and a couple of movies where the best of all without a doubt was Room don't have any complain about the other three movies, they were fun, creepy and so damn sexy but Room was everything, even when we saw this one with subtitles my wife was paying attention to every minute just to avoid missing a line from the story, kinda creepy that something like this can happen to anybody, damn.

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Post by: burningdoom on March 31, 2016, 03:01:40 pm
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Post by: doafan on April 05, 2016, 12:40:29 pm
Have completed another two anime, this time Oshiete! Galko-chan (http://myanimelist.net/anime/32013/Oshiete_Galko-chan) and Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (http://myanimelist.net/anime/31859/Hai_to_Gensou_no_Grimgar) where I highly recommend both of them also went with my wife to the movies theater to watch Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice which is ok even when is has nothing to do with the Comic, spent more than six hours enjoying Kevin Steen: Descent Into Madness (don't have to say that am a huge fan of him) and finally saw this past Sunday Wrestlemania 32, will leave my comments of this one at the respective thread later.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on April 06, 2016, 01:37:28 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/Fright_Night_2_-_New_Blood.jpg)

This was a very fun vampire movie! Not for the kiddies, though. This one is a bit more gory than the first, and it shows a bit of nudity.

However for us horror-loving adults, this really is a fun ride. It's not really sequel. It's almost like another take on Fright Night. Charlie Brewster is again the main-character, but it's as if the events of the first movie never took place and he's encountering a vampire for the very first time. Also, Peter Vincent is no longer a gothed-out TV star, he's now a reality show star that's more like a normal guy.

In the movie, Charlie, his best friend, and his girlfriend are American exchange students in Romania, taking college courses. Their professor is drop-dead gorgeous, but is also a vampire. Of course Charlie Brewster is the first to discover her extra-curricular nighttime activities. At first no one believes him. But as he starts to investigate what's happening, he discovers that his professor is none other than Elizabeth Bathory, of historic fame; who bathed in her victims' blood. Many people believed she was a vampire, and her final resting place has never been found, as well as being a big inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Which makes for a great tie-in to this vampire story!

Check it out if your a horror fan or a fan of the first film. You won't regret it. But don't go into it thinking it's going to be this epic Victorian story like Dracula or Interview With the Vampire, it's not. It's just horror-fun!
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Post by: desocietas on April 06, 2016, 07:20:07 pm
BF finally sat me down and had me watch X-Men: Days of Future Past. I really enjoyed the first two X-Men films but was so turned off by the 3rd one that I kinda stopped watching superhero films.  That and not caring for Batman Begins and the few bits of Spider-Man that I caught at a friend's house.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/X-Men_Days_of_Future_Past_poster.jpg)

Anyway, I did enjoy this kinda-reboot as well as First Class (which I saw a few months ago). The end of the film definitely leads into X-Men: Apocalypse, so it'll be good to be caught up in time for that. Also, I always loved Nightcrawler and Jubilee back in the day with the cartoon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on April 11, 2016, 02:55:48 pm
Didn't find something better to saw this weekend so decided to give a try to the following four movies, hard to admit it but the one that I enjoyed the most was Leap Year my wife as well has the same opinion than I, in fact The Cobbler has a nice idea and the history it was no that well developed about the other two what can I say, was expecting those two to be the best ones but they weren't  :-\

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Post by: abe on April 12, 2016, 05:29:08 pm
Just came back from watching Hardcore Henry and it was f***in' awesome! It met all of my expectations and then some. Best movie I've seen in a while. Good simple fun. The first-person perspective was actually pretty cool too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: mrfoxhound on April 13, 2016, 10:13:08 am
I don't watch movies and I don't really watch anime but the very few that I have watched were pretty good. The last anime I watched was Parasyte -The Maxim-, I recommend it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on April 20, 2016, 10:25:46 am
Past week I finished the ten episodes of Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (http://myanimelist.net/anime/30831/Kono_Subarashii_Sekai_ni_Shukufuku_wo) dunno why the hell this Anime had 10 instead of the twelve episodes that almost all the series had anyway it was good enough, practically I saw one episode by day cause really want to follow the new series from this April - June season, for the rest of the movies Joy was the only one that I saw alone it seems that it's kinda boring but with a good message Krampus was the opposite cause saw this with all the family except of my two daughters but I saw with them Norm of the North, it wasn't the big deal but it was pretty decent and enjoyable.

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 21, 2016, 02:21:33 am
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uFj1phW9L._SX200_QL80_.jpg)

Wasn't too bad, a solid Batman flick, though it didn't really feel like it had a lot of impact and like a bunch of bad guys die, which felt weird lol It's nothing like Batman and others were killing people, they just happened to die due to their own fault, but it's just unusual to see.  I don't think I've really seen a bad Batman animated flick, but this is abit below other recent Batflicks I think like Under the Red Hood, Batman vs Robin, and The Dark Knight Returns.  Nice to get some Kathy Kane Batwoman though, always liked her design.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on April 22, 2016, 03:03:42 pm
A Nightmare on Elm Street is getting remade.

Awesome. Love the Nightmare series. Here's to hoping they do better than the 2010 film, though.

In the article they mention that the biggest hurdle is finding a new Freddy...why? Why not just cast Robert Englund again. His age shouldn't matter behind all that make-up.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3356108/a-nightmare-elm-street-remake-again/
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Post by: stealthrush on April 25, 2016, 02:36:24 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/Transformers-movieposter-west.jpg/220px-Transformers-movieposter-west.jpg)

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Didn't know what to expect watching the film, since I did zero research on it besides reminiscing of my childhood watching the animated television series and playing with figure/toys growing up. The animation was spectacular and detailed and the soundtrack/score was cheesy-epic. Although story at times felt generic and predictable with the abundance of characters on screen, overall movie that wrapped up well towards the end- better than I expected it to be!! I log additional films @Letterboxd (http://www.letterboxd.com/plastikcat/).
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Post by: doafan on May 04, 2016, 02:36:55 pm
Being honest there hasn't been a good movie to watch these past days and no I don't consider Civil War neither good or decent since it definitely is not like the comic anyway I do have spent some time watching the Kevin Steen: Ascension to the top DVD, took me some time cause they are two Dvd's and is almost 6 hours of awesome material from this wrestler also this past Sunday saw with a lot of troubles the Paycback event and definitely will have to see it again  ;D

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 05, 2016, 10:57:03 pm
(http://i0.wp.com/dailysuperheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/captain-america-civil-war-iron-man.jpg)

It's incredibly good.  With the early reviews it was getting, I was expecting it to be so, but it surpassed my expectations.  It's just really great and it also has got me amped up for Spider-Man: Homecoming.  Easily the best Spider-Man we've got so far.
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Post by: davifus on May 07, 2016, 12:07:11 pm
Captain Murica: Civil War

Pretty Hype
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Post by: doafan on May 09, 2016, 10:36:52 am
Started to use my free month of the WWE Network and didn't wasted my time so I went directly to the event Battleground 2015 cause I always love to see my wife reaction every time that Cena lost a match and what a better way to make her more angrier if the one that kicks his butt is Kevin Owens, she knows that this fat dude is my favorite wrestler anyway and as a personal advice please avoid the 10 Cloverfield Lane at any cost, want my two hours wasted back in the other hand as a recommendation of a buddy saw The Boy can't believe that this one is right now at the movies theater but we saw it at home, not the big deal but indeed being able to see Lauren Cohan was just perfect, the last one was Zoolander 2 the story is crap as the first one but I only wanted to see Penelope Cruz boobs  ;D

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Post by: Flashback2012 on May 09, 2016, 12:40:00 pm
(http://i0.wp.com/dailysuperheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/captain-america-civil-war-iron-man.jpg)

It's incredibly good.  With the early reviews it was getting, I was expecting it to be so, but it surpassed my expectations.  It's just really great and it also has got me amped up for Spider-Man: Homecoming.  Easily the best Spider-Man we've got so far.

This was a lot better than I was expecting. I've read some people complain about the pace of the movie but I felt it moved along just fine.
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Post by: disgaeniac on May 09, 2016, 01:10:00 pm
Watched Southpaw over the weekend.

Decent movie plus, a couple of cool Eminem tracks.
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Post by: doafan on May 16, 2016, 11:14:15 am
Managed to survive another weekend without seeing Civil War, my wife wants to see her beloved Robert Downey Jr. at the big screen but since this past Friday she went to the movies alone with her friends my daughter had to right to decide which movie she wanted see this past Saturday so we saw The Angry Birds Movie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angry_Birds_Movie), had to purchase her combo of popcorn and soda with the official stuff from the film also went to McDonalds to get her toy, it was a funny and entertained movie for the family  ;)

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Post by: tripredacus on May 16, 2016, 11:47:41 am
Yesterday I watched:
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (DVD)
- Moonraker (VHS)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: shepard11 on May 18, 2016, 11:54:28 pm
I ended up watching Zoombies (off the DVR) I regret my decision.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on May 19, 2016, 12:11:47 am
(http://i0.wp.com/dailysuperheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/captain-america-civil-war-iron-man.jpg)

It's incredibly good.  With the early reviews it was getting, I was expecting it to be so, but it surpassed my expectations.  It's just really great and it also has got me amped up for Spider-Man: Homecoming.  Easily the best Spider-Man we've got so far.

This was a lot better than I was expecting. I've read some people complain about the pace of the movie but I felt it moved along just fine.

I really liked it, until the end. Everything leading up to it was high-octane, fast-paced, and well-written. But then there was no ending, no resolution. The Avengers were still split, and neither side won.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 19, 2016, 04:24:22 am
(http://i0.wp.com/dailysuperheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/captain-america-civil-war-iron-man.jpg)

It's incredibly good.  With the early reviews it was getting, I was expecting it to be so, but it surpassed my expectations.  It's just really great and it also has got me amped up for Spider-Man: Homecoming.  Easily the best Spider-Man we've got so far.

This was a lot better than I was expecting. I've read some people complain about the pace of the movie but I felt it moved along just fine.

I really liked it, until the end. Everything leading up to it was high-octane, fast-paced, and well-written. But then there was no ending, no resolution. The Avengers were still split, and neither side won.

SLIGHT MILD SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN CIVIL WAR YET.



It wasn't ever meant to be a "this side is right or the winner" really.  It's almost a "bad end" in a way in that the villain kinda technically wins, though stopped short of complete annihilation of the Avengers and I think there's enough in there for a satisfying conclusion, as it also lends itself to some interesting in the upcoming movies, such as Black Panther which I assume will play a big part of dealing with the aftermath of Civil War and then leading into Infinity War.

I thought it worked that everything wasn't just tied up with a little bow on it all, with it being some hammy "I was wrong you were right, no I was wrong and you were right" type of deal and everyone would be happy.  A lot goes on in the movie to make sure that it really couldn't have an ending like that no matter what.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on May 23, 2016, 09:10:27 pm
I didn't moved my lazy ass from the bed this past Sunday so I saw three movies being the first one Kindergarten 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4763168/), years ago saw the first one so that's why I decided to give this one a try too, to bad that there will be no Silent Hill cause at the first movie they used the school as a reference for this game, the second one was Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (http://) and only because of Vanessa Hudgens (mamacita) after that enjoyed the latest WWE event Extreme Rules and after that and before I went to sleep enjoyed The Forest (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3387542/?ref_=nv_sr_1), was expecting to see this one at the movies theater with my wife but dunno why it was released first on DVD so didn't wanted to wait more  ;D

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Post by: davifus on June 01, 2016, 04:54:13 pm
- Iron man - Age of Ultron
- Captain America - Winter Soldier
- Antman
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Post by: trinisete on June 02, 2016, 05:21:58 am
Zootopia. Top annimation. So good it's one of my favs now.
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Post by: doafan on June 03, 2016, 11:17:57 am
Zootopia. Top annimation. So good it's one of my favs now.

Indeed is a good one, have seen this one at least 20 times cause my daughter really love Judy and she always wants me to watch the movie with her, yesterday she found that the TMNT 2 movie is about to be released here in Mexico and she already has made plans with my wife and me to take her to the movies the next week and she is only six  ;D
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Post by: doafan on June 07, 2016, 07:29:07 pm
Just arrived from the movies, yes on Tuesday and in working hours, why ?, cause I promised my daughters and my wife that I'll took them to the movie theater after school, spent four hours instead of my regular two that I have for lunch so will have to recover that time but it was worth it, we sawTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and have to say as a proud father that my little girls really loved the film, this past week saw with my wife The other side of the door (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3702652/) after months I finally managed to make her to like terror/suspense movies and because of this now she wants me to watch her kind of movies so this past Saturday we saw Busco novio para mi mujer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5321942/) a funny movie if you like Mexican films also and even when I don't want to admit it I saw The Do-Over (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4769836/) which was a completely waste of my time, that's all am gonna say about this one.

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 09, 2016, 04:39:18 am
(http://loud.cl/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/theboy-570x320.jpg)

Been wanting to watch The Boy and The Beast for awhile and it turned out to be alright.  Felt abit like an older anime style film, like something you could see in the earlier era of Ghibli films abit, though it does have a good bit of CGI in it for crowds and such.  It sorta stands out at times because of that, but they use it well towards the end.  Story wasn't quite what I was expecting, but it was enjoyable enough.  Good characters, entertaining setting and story, I like it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 09, 2016, 10:24:12 pm
(http://cdn3-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/2015/11/warcraft-header-2331.jpg)

How is the movie a sub-30% on Rotten Tomatoes? I thought it was generally fairly good fantasy movie.  It's not amazing, but the CG with the orcs in particular looks really good, the action is good, and overall I thought it worked.  I think the only downside of the movie is that it's held back by the live action.  At times it feels abit cheap and I feel that if they had gone full CG for the humans and blood elves, which are the only live action things aside from some sets, they probably could've allowed themselves more freedom.  I can't say anything lore wise, I don't know enough to say how that goes other than I heard they tweaked it, but this is a solid fantasy movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: azure on June 12, 2016, 10:06:07 pm
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Been wanting to watch The Boy and The Beast for awhile and it turned out to be alright.  Felt abit like an older anime style film, like something you could see in the earlier era of Ghibli films abit, though it does have a good bit of CGI in it for crowds and such.  It sorta stands out at times because of that, but they use it well towards the end.  Story wasn't quite what I was expecting, but it was enjoyable enough.  Good characters, entertaining setting and story, I like it.
I really like this one, simple story, but still interesting. I was lucky enough to see it in theaters when it was showing months ago.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 13, 2016, 05:01:37 pm
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I rewatched this last weekend, and I still enjoyed it. I might have given Hal a different foe than Hector Hammond, but it still worked fine. Good special effects. Entertaining story. Cool fight scenes. And the Green Lantern Corps and Planet Oa looked awesome.

It's a shame it got so much hate, because it set-up for a great sequel with Sinestro getting the yellow ring. And Mark Strong did an amazing job as Sinestro, so he would have killed it as the main villain.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: spac316 on June 18, 2016, 03:40:47 pm
In the theater, I watched X-Men Apocalypse.
I enjoyed it.

On blu-ray, I watched Mad Max Fury Road.
It was a fun film.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 19, 2016, 01:18:00 pm
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Meh.

If it was a standalone vampire film, it probably would have been okay. But it was a sequel. And the original was soooo much better. The original made you feel claustrophobic and gave a sense of helplessness for the victims, as the vampires just completely overpowered the humans. They slaughtered an entire town.

But in this sequel, it's the survivor of the original film (played by a new actress) that meets up with other survivors and decides to go out and hunt the vampires. This time around, they were able to take out groups of vampires, seemingly with ease. And the vampires didn't nearly look as cool this time around. In the first movie, they were Nosferatu-style vampires looking all creepy and ratlike. In this one they looked much more human.

Worth watching once, but that's about it. The original, though, is a great horror-flick!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 20, 2016, 05:21:34 am
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One Piece Film Z - I haven't really watched the films for the series before and man is way better than the show.  The show drags things out so badly, even if I still somehow manage to keep watching it.  This one had some pretty crazy action scenes and some good moments, though it felt almost a little quick, jumping around abit and some slightly odd pacing/editing it felt.  Like it could have used a few extra beats between certain scenes.  Good stuff though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on June 20, 2016, 12:37:19 pm
Have completed another Anime being this time Bikini Warriors (http://myanimelist.net/anime/30782/Bikini_Warriors) the one that took my attention also have seen two movies at the office because they are not suitable to be seen with the whole family am talking about Dirty Grandpa (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860213/) and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727776/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) even when never saw a fucking guide in this last one, not the best movies that have ever seen but they were good enough and the last one was the latest PayPer View event from the WWE Money in the Bank 2016 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_%282016%29) where already have left my comments at the respective thread.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 21, 2016, 12:41:28 am
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Got a freebie for the movies, so I thought I'd go and catch X-Men Apocalypse that I missed when it came out.  I've basically seen everything X-Men at this point and I thought this movie was fairly good.  I had heard it wasn't doing particularly well and while it's not a perfect movie, I liked it.  Action packed and far more violent than I was expecting.  I don't particularly remember everything from the past X-Men films, but this one is super violent.  Lots of people getting killed and decapitated and very noticeably.  If this was Deadpool, blood would be splattering everywhere.  Basically if there was more blood, this movie would be Rated R.

The only negatives I really had was that some of the stuntwork mixed with CG looked really bad.  You just see this person flying around and it looks like I'm watching Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.  It's not all scenes, but a few stood out to me.  Also I feel like they've made both Quicksilver and Apocalypse way too damn strong.  There's no really legit way that Apocalypse should lose.  He just happens to.  And Quicksilver at this point feels like a cartoon.  His big scene is awesome to watch, but then you realize that he's basically so fast, he might as well be teleporting.  I feel like he would break most things by being involved from now, because time essentially stands still when he moves and there's no downside to his ability.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 21, 2016, 11:18:11 am
I recently picked DBZ back up after getting to the Cell Saga a few years ago and losing motivation. I have it on my bucket list to finish this series after being a long time fan of the series since I was about 12. I never got to watch the whole thing back when I first got into it because they had only released through the Namek Saga when I got into it. Shortly after that they started releasing new episodes in North America, however a combination depression and losing interest in anime for a about a decade led me to discontinue watching shortly after the Cell Saga. I have been barreling through it over the past few weeks and am currently in the beginning of the Buu Saga. Really enjoying it again!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: soera on June 21, 2016, 02:40:50 pm
The only negatives I really had was that some of the stuntwork mixed with CG looked really bad.  You just see this person flying around and it looks like I'm watching Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. 

This is why I rank Crouching Tiger among the worst movies Ive ever seen. I hope its at least better in this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: soera on June 21, 2016, 02:41:32 pm
And speaking of movies, I saw Warcraft on Friday. Was a fantastic movie honestly. I enjoyed it from start to finish.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 21, 2016, 05:18:21 pm
This is why I rank Crouching Tiger among the worst movies Ive ever seen. I hope its at least better in this.

It was just a few shots that the wire stunts looked abit cheap.  It's not all shots, but you can see one in the trailer with Psylocke flipping through the air, slicing a car in half.  There's a few moments like that where it just looks bad.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on July 12, 2016, 10:05:29 am
Haven't seen a decent or good movie this past days because I was enjoying four series of Anime being these the following ones: Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? (http://myanimelist.net/anime/31404/Netoge_no_Yome_wa_Onnanoko_ja_Nai_to_Omotta), Bakuon!! (http://myanimelist.net/anime/30795/Bakuon), Hundred (http://myanimelist.net/anime/31338/Hundred?q=hundred) and Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai (http://myanimelist.net/anime/29786/Shimoneta_to_Iu_Gainen_ga_Sonzai_Shinai_Taikutsu_na_Sekai?q=shim) the last one is not from this past season but really don't know how the hell I totally missed this one, just hope that we can have more at least from Hundred, if not a second season I would be happy with an Ova or a couple of special episodes  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 17, 2016, 03:31:04 am
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This was soooo much better than Battle of Gods.

Frieza is the coolest villain in the DBZ Universe, IMO. And this DBZ movie did him justice. Kind of a cop-out with the Deity interference. But otherwise it was good.

Well worth under $10 that I spent on it.

Now I'm just patiently waiting for DBZ Super to be dubbed into English and sent over here.

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Running Man is a great 80s action flick. Definetly cheesy at times, but also a lot of fun. This was, surprisingly, the first time I've ever seen it.

Schwarzenegger plays a cop in the near future who is framed for the murder of innocent civilians. He is put on a TV show where felons are hunted down on live TV while the audience bets on them for prizes and money.

It's on Netflix streaming, which is where I recently saw it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: sithsylar on July 17, 2016, 03:47:01 am
The Running man honestly is such an amazing movie.  I loved it as a kid and yes i watched it when i was a kid haha. 

The last movie i saw was Battle Royale.  Is it just me or can this lore be turned into an anime where each season its a new group of people.  I loved the movie seen it multiple times and yeah do recommend. 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Warmsignal on July 20, 2016, 10:50:27 pm
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This is one of my favorites. On the surface, kind of ordinary. But, the more you watch it, the more you appreciate the subtle brilliance of it, the symbolism, the social commentary, the excellent cinematography. It's a really good movie. The only thing that bugs me is that the opening credits claim it's based on a true story, but actually it's entirely fictional. I don't quite get why they did that.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 21, 2016, 10:10:22 pm
Saw the new Star Trek movie and it's a lot of fun.  If you've basically been into the last two ST films, you'll find something to enjoy here.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pacpix on July 23, 2016, 05:42:52 pm
Watched Star Trek Beyond with a friend last night and it was awesome!  I really didn't care for the last two films (especially Into Darkness), but I felt that this movie was much closer to what I like about TOS. 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 28, 2016, 06:49:37 am
Just binge watched Stranger Things and that is a real awesome tv show.  Highly recommend, especially if you were a fan of 80's movies, but it's just as good on its own also.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on July 28, 2016, 11:10:02 am
I have finally finished watching Fushigi Yuugi (Mysterious Play). I think the ending could be better, but I guess it turned out alright. It turned out I really did not remember it from when I watched part of it before, some 15 years ago. Also, I think this is a case where I was able to watch an entire anime series and on media I own. Everything else I have is bits and pieces.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on July 28, 2016, 03:54:14 pm
This past weekend saw Mirror Mirror with my daughter at Cartoon Network and even when I really was expecting it to be a piece of trash have to admit that liked what the did with the story and totally loved Snow White the same day at night was searching something to watch at the Golden Channel and I found Coming to America with Eddie Murphy, dunno why the hell never saw this one before but it's pretty damn funny, at Sunday saw Thor: The Dark World and was neither disappointed with this one and that night of course saw with my wife and the little girls the event Battleground from the WWE.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 30, 2016, 05:41:18 am
With Shin Godzilla coming out this year, I dove back into the previous Godzilla films.  Started out buying the last 4 movies since I believe the last one I watched was Godzilla 2000.

Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidora: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack - This was actually a little bit darker a few times more than I expected.  You see people die in Godzilla before, but never usually so blatant, particularly civilians.  It felt a tad more real at certain points if you look past the magic going on lol  Good stuff though.

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla - This one changes things back around to more familiar territory, bringing back the crazy scifi tech. It's also great seeing Mechagodzilla again.  Always a favorite of mine.  I do feel they kinda cheaped things down just a bit for this.  Some of the CG and green screens seem abit "meh", but it has some good stuff to it for sure. The dub also seemed abit cheaper too.  Just kinda goofy at times.

Godzilla: Tokyo SOS - Budget is back up abit and it's nice getting Mothra and its Larvae duking it out.  Mothra always seemed like the weakest, but very charming to still have fighting.  This feels abit like a retread in tone at times, but really, there isn't a lot of bad Godzilla to me lol Maybe some of the really old stuff, but generally Godzilla is always good fun.

Godzilla: Final Wars - The ultimate cheese, the ultimate Godzilla movie, all the monsters, crazy scifi, aliens, even bringing in mutant people.  Also it has the shit 90's Godzilla movie Godzilla in it, in completely poor CG, the only monster that is CG, and it gets wrecked instantly by the real Godzilla.  This could probably be the best simply due to the fan service of having so many monsters and it looks pretty great.  Also makes Godzilla look like a total badass.

After this, I'll just keep going backwards.  Basically going by era right now, so next is to get Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla vs Megaguiras, then everything else from 1998 to 1984 which is I think more of what my era was for Godzilla and what I remember more of, though I think I watched a good portion of the older stuff too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 04, 2016, 01:28:50 am
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Sadly it didn't come out as good as it should've.  Voice wise, it's what everyone has always wanted, I will always love Hamill and Conroy, but the problem I think comes down to how they kinda cheaped out on the animation and how they tried to extend it to be a longer film.  Like 30 minutes of the movie is a new addition, showing of a Batgirl story basically.  I don't hate the addition, but it's mostly unnecessary.  I would've liked them to keep it a short 30 to 40 minutes if they had amped up the visuals.  They are just flat most of the time.  Very standard stuff, when the problem is that this is considered one of the most intense and well regarded stories for Batman.  The art is incredible and it's dark and twisted.  In the movie, when they have to recreate a few shots from the comics, it looks better, but overall this should've an animation juggernaut.

It's not terrible, but this should never have been "not terrible", this should've been incredible.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 04, 2016, 01:06:23 pm
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I started this series from Netflix last night. I watched the first 2 episodes, and I LOVED IT!

It's totally a love-letter to 80s movies. The way its shot, the way the characters act, the setting, the story, everything. And it's fan-freaking-tastic! It feels like The Monster Squad (or Goonies for those not familiar with Monster Squad) meets the X-Files. If you like that kind of stuff, you HAVE to check this one out.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 05, 2016, 01:27:03 am
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While the initial reviews haven't been good for this movie, I actually liked it.  I kinda went in with low expectations and generally I liked it.  They sadly did show way too much of the humor in the trailer, but the movie itself is fine.  I had some fun with it.  Everyone was pretty good as their parts and Harley turned out to be my favorite, despite not really liking her design, though they do give a nice nod to classic Harley in it.  The Joker was a mixed bag.  He was about what I was expecting, but didn't do anything to impress me.  We got a lot of the behind the scenes nonsense that Leto was pulling to make it seem like he was taking the Joker personality to far, but this Joker isn't nearly on the level of a Hamill Joker or Ledger Joker.  I'm okay with him, since this will be the Joker for the foreseeable future, but I felt like they were kinda trying too hard to be different that it doesn't turn out as good as it should be.

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This movie is straight up garbage.  I was never on the hate bandwagon this movie got from the initial trailer, I didn't love the trailer, but I didn't hate it, I wasn't even entirely against a reboot, but they make this and think it's worth putting on par with the original? To through out so many nods to the original, but release this dumpster fire? I can't remember the last time I saw a movie this bad in theater and I've watched a few Transformer movies and the first TMNT 2014 movie.  I'm not even trying to be hyperbolic here, I didn't really laugh till the very end, where I laughed at 2 jokes that gave me a chuckle, and that was probably just because I was really wanting to leave.  The humor is just way too...self-aware I guess I'd say, like you get these jokes that just don't feel right, something you'd see in like one of those modern Scooby Doo live action movies.  It's simply not funny with the poop jokes or repeated chinese food jokes or that Kevin might nearly be retarded.

It's a movie that is both a bad Ghostbusters reboot and a bad movie in itself.  Like the only positive was that the tech was kinda fun at times, but that's all I could ever give this movie and it's a shame this was made.  They can't make a sequel off of this without completely abandoning everything from this movie, because that is how terrible it really is.  Take a well written and smart comedy like the original Ghostbusters and just run it into the ground with jokes about queefing, chinese food, and people soiling themselves. Great. Good.  AWESOME.  THANK YOU GHOSTBUSTERS 2016.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 08, 2016, 01:46:12 am
Got a few more Godzilla films and marathoned a few with two to go.

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 2 - Diving back into the older early 90's stuff, it's got a little extra cheese that's great to enjoy.  At one point, they forgot to hide the strings lifting MechaGodzilla lol I forgot they introduced a proper baby Godzilla in this also, one that wasn't obnoxious like Minilla lol I always love Mechagodzilla, because you take the already awesome Godzilla and turn him into a robot with all sorts of lasers and missiles.  The best.

Godzilla vs Space Godzilla - I was glad to get back to this one, cause I love Space Godzilla's design so much.  Also we get an even more cute Baby Godzilla that I still love.  This one introduces Moguera, which is basically "Not Cool MechaGodzilla".  It's not completely awful, just more bulky and goofy than MechaGodzilla in design, but still interesting in that it splits apart too.

Godzilla vs Destroyah - I love that this is basically trying to rip off Aliens with the weaponry designs and that Destroyah basically  has mini-mouths like the xenomorphs do lol With mini Destroyahs, it introduced some extra bit of tension and on foot people battles that make sense.  Ending is pretty incredible though.

Just got Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla vs Megaguirus left and then I'll have to buy more, though not everything is out on Blu-Ray yet.  Return of Godzilla, the start of 85 to 2000 era Godzilla comes out next month.  Then I'm gonna looks at the 70's stuff that is available.  The farther back I go with these, the goofier they get lol

So excited for Shin Godzilla.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: desocietas on August 14, 2016, 05:58:31 pm
Saw Suicide Squad last night with no real expectations of it being bad or good.  In the end, I thought it was ok. The people I went with thought it was really good and, while I enjoyed it, the plot holes and throwaway side characters left me unfulfilled. Deadshot and Harley were great but the others could've been easily removed and the film would've been the same to me. I know group movies like this are very difficult to pull off, but I saw Guardians of the Galaxy for the second time recently and felt like that still held up and did a good job of giving every character a good chance at development. Like kamikazekeeg said, there was more humor in the trailer and some of the jokes in the trailer never made it to the final film, so I felt a little cheated.

Still, I liked Harley and how they handled her. Definitely not my favorite comic film and definitely hard to follow Deadpool from earlier this year.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 14, 2016, 07:11:20 pm
Saw Suicide Squad last night with no real expectations of it being bad or good.  In the end, I thought it was ok. The people I went with thought it was really good and, while I enjoyed it, the plot holes and throwaway side characters left me unfulfilled. Deadshot and Harley were great but the others could've been easily removed and the film would've been the same to me. I know group movies like this are very difficult to pull off, but I saw Guardians of the Galaxy for the second time recently and felt like that still held up and did a good job of giving every character a good chance at development. Like kamikazekeeg said, there was more humor in the trailer and some of the jokes in the trailer never made it to the final film, so I felt a little cheated.

Still, I liked Harley and how they handled her. Definitely not my favorite comic film and definitely hard to follow Deadpool from earlier this year.

It's kind of the one good thing about this, in that Harley was good and Joker was okay, though under used and over promoted, which makes it hard to really get a good feel of him.  It should've been an R-rated movie from the start and been much more violent.  They clearly were making the movie one way, more tame, and then Deadpool happened and they tried to turn it, but couldn't really do much more without overhauling a lot of it.  I think they tried too hard to make you care for these people more than you should.  Like a few had good characterization, such as Deadshot, Harley, and Flame Demon, but then Captain Boomerang wasn't (The heck was with the stuffed animal? Deleted scene?), Killer Croc wasn't, Slipknot was no one, and it turned into a movie that made no sense for the team that it was.

My only hope is that because it did well in the theater box office wise, we can get a sequel that works better.  It was clear that studio shenanigans from Warner Brothers was killing this movie.  Give the movie to a guy who knows what to do, and give us an R-Rated movie with badguys doing crazy shit.

It would be a great thing to do a Suicide Squad 2 after they do the next Batman movie so we get better time with The Joker and maybe have some new villains to work with.  Apparently Black Manta was in a version of the Suicide Squad at one point, so after they introduce him in Aqua Man, they can bring him to Suicide Squad.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 15, 2016, 05:05:33 am
Continuing my Godzilla watching with three more movies.

Godzilla 2000 - I actually remember watching this one abit in the past, but it's sadly kinda poor.  The creature Orga is kinda cool, but he only shows up at the very end and has sort of a weak battle with Godzilla.  The whole thing is a tad boring really since the human stuff isn't really interesting enough I think.  It's also got kinda worse than usual green screening and CG I think.  Like Godzilla has never been a massively big budget film series, but it felt like this one was lacking, especially with being the start of the Millenium era for Godzilla.  Slightly disappointing.

Godzilla vs Megaguirus - General step up in entertainment value I feel, having abit of that Destroyah feel with all the monster dragonfly's around.  This one also suffered from some of the green screening issues and not the best CG, but it wasn't as bad as 2000.  One awful thing though was this weird slow motion they tried to use at a few parts with Godzilla, it's that awful like low framerate kind of slow motion, but then they weirdly have high quality slow motion near the end for just a celebration scene.  It makes no sense.  That issue with the green screen and not great CG does kinda affect the final battle I feel.  I know they had to use it, but it looks poor at times.  It at least had some of the fun scifi stuff back in after it was missing from Godzilla 2000.  Both this and Godzilla 2000 could be the weakest I've seen so far out of the Godzilla classics I watch, but 2 out of like 9 isn't bad lol

Godzilla 2014 - I actually haven't rewatched this one in awhile, since it released on Blu-Ray and while the soldier plot is not the best, not having Cranston as the lead or prominent in the story for longer, and that they only REALLY show Godzilla at the end, but still not fully, it's a good film.  I just hate that they felt the need to not show Godzilla enough. He gets two teases, and even at the end, they cut away from the big battle.  Brody isn't an interesting enough character, even if you try to shove him into nearly ever spot the monsters will be at practically.  I do like that they almost treat Godzilla as a good guy, which is a throwback to older Godzilla, but having that badassness you get from the later 90's/early 2000 Godzilla.  All they needed to do was show him.  Show him fighting in the airport for a short bit and then fighting the MUTO for another short bit and then really give us more of that battle you see in the background.  As much as that annoys me, there are still some amazing scenes in this.  Incredibly well made.

Ordered another double pack movie that should be here on Tuesday, so I'll get some more classic Ghidorah and Mothra action from the early 90's.  Getting closer to the slightly more goofy stuff lol In the mean time, since I'm in a Kaiju mood, I'm gonna pop Pacific Rim in tonight.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: gf78 on August 15, 2016, 09:32:05 am
Watched Akira this weekend.  It's been ages since I watched that!  It is still probably in my Top 5 anime films of all time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: gf78 on August 15, 2016, 09:34:07 am
Saw Suicide Squad last night with no real expectations of it being bad or good.  In the end, I thought it was ok. The people I went with thought it was really good and, while I enjoyed it, the plot holes and throwaway side characters left me unfulfilled. Deadshot and Harley were great but the others could've been easily removed and the film would've been the same to me. I know group movies like this are very difficult to pull off, but I saw Guardians of the Galaxy for the second time recently and felt like that still held up and did a good job of giving every character a good chance at development. Like kamikazekeeg said, there was more humor in the trailer and some of the jokes in the trailer never made it to the final film, so I felt a little cheated.

Still, I liked Harley and how they handled her. Definitely not my favorite comic film and definitely hard to follow Deadpool from earlier this year.

For the most part, the Marvel movies have knocked it out of the park.  With the exception of the new Fantastic Four, they are all pretty watchable. 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on August 15, 2016, 10:37:26 am

For the most part, the Marvel movies have knocked it out of the park.  With the exception of the new Fantastic Four, they are all pretty watchable.

Fantastic Four is a Fox movie, isn't it?  It's not from Marvel Studios. 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: gf78 on August 16, 2016, 11:38:14 am
Fantastic Four is a Fox movie, isn't it?  It's not from Marvel Studios.

Very true.  But I was just referring to Marvel properties in general as opposed to the DC cinematic universe, or "shitting on DC fans" universe. 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 16, 2016, 12:40:39 pm
Saw Suicide Squad last night with no real expectations of it being bad or good.  In the end, I thought it was ok. The people I went with thought it was really good and, while I enjoyed it, the plot holes and throwaway side characters left me unfulfilled. Deadshot and Harley were great but the others could've been easily removed and the film would've been the same to me. I know group movies like this are very difficult to pull off, but I saw Guardians of the Galaxy for the second time recently and felt like that still held up and did a good job of giving every character a good chance at development. Like kamikazekeeg said, there was more humor in the trailer and some of the jokes in the trailer never made it to the final film, so I felt a little cheated.

Still, I liked Harley and how they handled her. Definitely not my favorite comic film and definitely hard to follow Deadpool from earlier this year.

For the most part, the Marvel movies have knocked it out of the park.  With the exception of the new Fantastic Four, they are all pretty watchable.

I actually enjoyed the new F4 movie, outside of them screwing up Doom yet again.

It totally did not work as a superhero movie, but it was a great sci-fi movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: dashv on August 21, 2016, 08:31:33 pm
Watched 10 Cloverfield Lane last week good movie despite so so reviews.

Watched Chronicle this week. It was meh.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 22, 2016, 01:14:54 am
Saw Kubo tonight.

Was fairly dissapointed, but was still a fairly good movie. Didn't care for the ending either.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ignition365 on August 22, 2016, 08:45:08 am
I made my wife watch CatWoman with me.  She kept complaining and wanting to leave to go do anything else... that movie looks like the only demographic they were going after was middle aged newly divorced women... like that Kate plus 8 lady.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on August 23, 2016, 02:38:16 pm
Took my girls to the movies because they wanted to see The secret life of Pets and I don't regret it, at home enjoyed with my wife The Jungle Book with is 100 times better than the crap piece of shit of Tarzan, with one of my daughter saw the Regular Show The Movie and am kinda impressed that at least on of them like it as much as I, the other one and my wife hate this cartoon and finally this past Sunday we saw Summerslam  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 25, 2016, 03:14:43 am
Finishing up the last of the Godzilla stuff I have.  Down to single movie releases, of which there's only about 4 left, and one of them doesn't come out till next month.  I'll probably grab the rest then.  Doesn't seem to be that they have a whole lot of the Pre-1984 Godzilla stuff released on Blu-Ray yet though.  That's where a lot of the goofy stuff is lol

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah - This one really felt like it was a left over of the late 70's/early 80's, rather than something made in like 1989 to 1991.  The scifi aspect can get pretty cheesy, and it has some stuff that completely rips off Terminator which is pretty funny lol Story also felt a little confusing at times, but King Ghidorah is a great kaiju, along with his Mecha form.

Godzilla vs Mothra: The Battle For Earth - This one on the other hand has bits that feel ripped from Raiders of the Lost Ark at the start which is funny.  This feels like a step up though generally from the previous one to me and felt more in line with the time.  The scifi stuff can be real hit or miss, so dropping it for more of an environmental message is alright.  Mothra is kinda one of those goofily charming kaiju, he's not tough at all really, but always kinda nice to see him.  Battra on the other hand does seem creepy in design and feels like a danger at times, especially with his backstory.

Since I'm out of Godzilla for now, gonna get onto Pacific Rim.  Been a long time since I watched it, but I do love this one.  Will be nice to see if I still feel this way about it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 26, 2016, 03:28:34 am
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Yup, still absolutely love Pacific Rim.  It might even be a real favorite of mine as it appeals to me so much.  The Jaegers are amazingly awesome in design and the scale is so great.  I also appreciate that all the monsters have unique looks and styles, but because of what they are, they do tend to blend together at times which can be a slight downside.  I would've liked if they had more unique color schemes to them, but overall, still quality stuff.  I really need to get some of the Kaiju figures, but the bigger ones are so expensive lol Even on sale, the flying one that can actually interact with the regular Jaegers is still 60 bucks at FYE right now.

I'm still so glad we are getting a sequel.  I need it so bad even though we are still a year and a half from release.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 26, 2016, 12:30:22 pm
^ And what movie are you talking about?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on August 26, 2016, 12:35:48 pm
^ And what movie are you talking about?

I guess it's Pacific Rim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim_%28film%29)  ;D
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 26, 2016, 05:45:26 pm
^ And what movie are you talking about?

Yeah Pacific Rim, didn't realize I didn't put the name down lol Have you not seen it? It's awesome stuff.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 26, 2016, 06:16:49 pm
^ And what movie are you talking about?

Yeah Pacific Rim, didn't realize I didn't put the name down lol Have you not seen it? It's awesome stuff.

Nope, haven't seen it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on August 26, 2016, 06:25:49 pm
Nope, haven't seen it.

Men you have to see it or at least the boat scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLgBmsgiayQ)  ;)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pizzasafari on August 27, 2016, 11:02:08 pm
I just finished a rewatch of Death Note, but if the question is what was the last thing I watched for the first time, I don't tend to remember films so the last anime I watched was the first season of Durarara.
That was a while ago now actually, I need to find something else to watch.  :-\

Wasn't massive on Durarara, it was okay but this was right after I'd finished watching Kokoro Connect which I really liked. The name sounds a little weeby but it's really good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on September 01, 2016, 04:47:09 pm
I watched The Legend of Tarzan this past weekend.  Let me tell you what, I enjoyed the heck out of it.  I had zero expectations going into it, but dang it was good.  There are a couple of parts that you have to just look the other way, but I had a good time with it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on September 03, 2016, 08:19:50 pm
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Whoever says that Suicide Squad sucks, has got to be high. I just got back from seeing it and it was incredibly awesome! And I was not a fan of the comic series beforehand, nor am I one of many Harley Quinn fans out there.

Great story, fantastic characters, great dialogue, awesome make-up and special-effects, and a LOT of action. And unlike Superman V Batman, it had comedic relief. Plus a little bit of emotional moments, even. Every character was a bad-ass in their own right, well except for Captain Boomerang. I have to wonder what his purpose even was in the movie.They also left it open to lead right into a Batman movie, if they wanted, with the extra after-credits scene. And I loved the very comic-like intros "profiles" they did when they introduced each character as Waller was trying to sell the idea of Task Force X to the government.

All that said, I STILL hate the way The Joker looked. He should not be a gang-banger.

Now, I did also like Superman V Batman. But I can readily admit there were areas where that film could have used improvement. With Suicide Squad, I don't see it. I honestly can't see where the hate is coming from besides fanboyism. I encourage anyone here that was on the fence about it, to go see it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 05, 2016, 12:17:14 am
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Bit of a mixed bag with this one and it's still so weird that this one comes before Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, because that one feels like a movie that is ten years older than what it is, whereas Biollante feels properly in it's 80's time frame.  I do feel like the narrative was kind all over place though and while Biollante is such a cool creature, there's very little good action with it.  Like 10 minutes at best.  Most of the action has the X2 involved, which works, and some human stuff, but it felt like it was missing something, despite feeling quite long.

Next up, I got the Mothra Rebirth trilogy to check out and I should get the Blu-Ray release of Godzilla 1984 very soon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: azure on September 15, 2016, 09:32:17 pm
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Watched the premier of the Digimon Tri dub today. Good stuff for sure! They captured the feel of the Digimon dub perfectly, almost all the original voice actors returned. Hope they dub the other parts as they come out.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on September 20, 2016, 11:20:20 am
These past days have been quite busy but still managed to watch three movies these are The Conjuring, The Darkness and Central Intelligence, the first two where kind of entertaining the third one leaved me the impression that it could be better but it's only my personal opinion also managed to see days later the event Backlash attempted to saw it the same day but dunno if I was very tired or the vent really put me to sleep after a couple of matches  ???

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 21, 2016, 01:44:58 am
Godzilla 1985 recently and FINALLY got an official DVD release in North America earlier this month and being my favorite Godzilla flick from when I was younger, I had to get it. Ended up watching it and enjoying it for the most part, however it was not exactly the version I grew up with which was fairly dissapointing. There are technically three versions of this movie; the original Japanese version, the International English dub, and the American English dub. The version I watched as a kid on VHS was the American dub/edit which made the Russians look like assholes in this movie, while the International dub was way more true to the original Japanese version. The two versions of this DVD are the Japanese and International dub, so there are whole parts that I remember that were not included which bummed me out, but overall it was a blast of nostalgia and I thoroughly enjoyed it regardless :)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 22, 2016, 02:17:06 am
Godzilla 1985 recently and FINALLY got an official DVD release in North America earlier this month and being my favorite Godzilla flick from when I was younger, I had to get it. Ended up watching it and enjoying it for the most part, however it was not exactly the version I grew up with which was fairly dissapointing. There are technically three versions of this movie; the original Japanese version, the International English dub, and the American English dub. The version I watched as a kid on VHS was the American dub/edit which made the Russians look like assholes in this movie, while the International dub was way more true to the original Japanese version. The two versions of this DVD are the Japanese and International dub, so there are whole parts that I remember that were not included which bummed me out, but overall it was a blast of nostalgia and I thoroughly enjoyed it regardless :)

I got this in the mail also, need to watch it as I've gone through all the Godzilla's released after this since they are so cheap to buy.

Tonight though, I was 0 for 2 on movie watching.

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First up was the new TMNT movie, which yeah, I knew was going to be bad, but I was hoping to say it was better than the first one, but it's not.  I thought if they had a better focus in mind, since the first one suffered major script rewriting, it might even be tolerable, but nah, it's just as bad because of other problems.  The writing is trash and there's so many convenient plot elements so that they don't have to actually work at anything.  Again, there's no point for these guys to be "ninjas", if they are huge, powerful, shrek monsters.  They barely fight anything, it's all big action scenes and such, so little involves them being god dang ninjas.  They still looking absolutely terrible, Megan Fox is still bad as April, Stephen Amell is horribly miscast as Casey Jones (He's good as The Green Arrow), who for some reason is a cop in this and the squeeze him in randomly...There are tiny bits of okay in it, like I thought Bebop and Rocksteady were just fine, even if the reasoning behind their transformation was terrible (Garbage writing), and I liked Krang's design, but they almost turned him into a cartoon character with the acting.  It was weird and out of place with the rest of the movie.  The last movie was bad, this was bad, kill this movie series and start over.  The guys running these movies are braindead.  Get rid of the freakish super mutant/shrek monsters.

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This was supposed to pick me up after TMNT: Out of the Shadows, but honestly this movie was kinda boring.  It had good parts here and there, I liked Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling for what they were, but I just didn't care for what was going on.  I kinda hated the daughter continuing to inject herself into anything and she really shouldn't have had as big of a part.  It's not a bad movie, but I had heard good things and really I just wasn't impressed.  I'd honestly say pass on this unless you REALLY want to watch a "70's Buddy Cop" kind of thing (they aren't cops, but it's very much that kind of feel.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 23, 2016, 08:58:15 pm
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I needed something to watch after the last two really soured the night for me, so I had a free ticket and went to see the new Magnificent Seven movie and it's pretty great.  Solid action western film with all the actors doing a great job.  I can't compare it to past incarnations, I don't even know if I've seen any of the previous versions, I only vaguely knew the plot, but I had a good time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kashell on September 26, 2016, 02:57:27 pm
I watched Audrie & Daisy on Netflix.

I recommend it to everyone, but especially if you're a parent.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on September 28, 2016, 02:30:55 pm
The five series that was currently enjoying ended the same week, well at least almost all of them am talking about Amanchu! (https://myanimelist.net/anime/31771/Amanchu), Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara (https://myanimelist.net/anime/32282/Shokugeki_no_Souma__Ni_no_Sara), Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (https://myanimelist.net/anime/31240/Re_Zero_kara_Hajimeru_Isekai_Seikatsu), Taboo Tattoo (https://myanimelist.net/anime/29758/Taboo_Tattoo?q=tab) and of course my beloved Masou Gakuen HxH (https://myanimelist.net/anime/31845/Masou_Gakuen_HxH?q=masou), for more information about these check our Anime thread  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: realpoketendonl on October 03, 2016, 10:54:19 pm
That would be Bayonetta: Bloody Fate.

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Probably not that good of a movie for anyone who has never heard of the Bayonetta franchise, but for me (a HUGE Bayonetta fan), a ton of fun. Strongly recommended for Bayonetta fans...probably just confusing for anyone else.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on October 05, 2016, 11:18:43 am
Finally managed to see the full event Clash of Champions have been a lot busy this past days so busy that last week didn't came to the office one day because my daughter wanted to see the film Storks so we went to the movie theater and enjoyed it, she also wanted to see Ghostbusters and Ice Age 5, managed to get a security copy of this two where I do have to say that the first one took a couple of laughs of me, not that bad not that good but my daughter was very entertained with this movie  ;D

 
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on October 06, 2016, 12:53:18 pm
Ninja Assassin [BD]
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 10, 2016, 05:37:03 am
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Just finished the Luke Cage TV show and it was just okay.  It's kind of your standard crime drama, but it's abit underwhelming.  The action overall is kinda poorly done, kinda cheap when Luke is bashing shit up and chucking guys around.  Vastly different from the quality we got with Daredevil and even with Jessica Jones, though they kept the action more minal.  I think it's easily the weakest, mostly because Cage isn't as interesting of a character and I think they kinda knew that.  I'm hoping they can pick things back up with the next shows coming up with the new Daredevil season and Iron Fist.  I think Cage is fine as more of a secondary character, so he should be alright in the upcoming teamup show.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 11, 2016, 01:40:02 am
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Getting to ready for Shin Godzilla today by catching up on the last Godzilla movie I got, which is The Return of Godzilla.  It marks the actual return of Godzilla nearly 10 years since the last era of Godzilla where he was a lot more cute and goofy.  Overall while the sets, effects, and filming looked good, the movie kinda suffers in a few areas.  Godzilla looks kinda shitty.  Not completely awful, but his most of the time make it seem like he's kinda dumb, like mentally, or looking up and it's weird.  It also feels like in different shots, they would use two different Godzillas that don't mix.  Maybe that was just me seeing that wrong, but it felt off.  Also the writing seemed fairly bad, the dub is completely awful (Felt like I was watching something from the 50's), and the human story stuff is real boring.  Not a terrible movie, but despite being the start of this era, it could be one of the weaker Heisei era movies.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Rebirthofmothraposter.jpg/220px-Rebirthofmothraposter.jpg)

Along with that, I finished up the first of the Rebirth of Mothra movies.  Overall, while it's the more friendly style of monster movie like they use to be, feeling almost like a family adventure film at times, it's actually pretty charming, Mothra is adorable, and Desghidorah is awesome as a mostly cooler version of King Ghidorah I feel.  Not entirely, but his black design and four leg build makes him generally better looking, though the gold on King Ghidorah is awesome.  Lots of good battling in this movie and Mothra ends up looks great in the final battle.

I got the other two Mothra movies to watch and then I stepa away from Toho and dive into the Gamera Trilogy from the 90's.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 11, 2016, 10:14:35 am
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This movie is so underrated! The older I get the more I fall in love with it. There are long stretches of no dialogue and just what you're watching on screen unfold while amazing music plays in the background. It says way more by doing this than most movies ever could. It is incredibly effective in terms of conjuring up emotions as well. I might be mistaken, but this could be my favorite Arney movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 11, 2016, 12:55:06 pm
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This movie is so underrated! The older I get the more I fall in love with it. There are long stretches of no dialogue and just what you're watching on screen unfold while amazing music plays in the background. It says way more by doing this than most movies ever could. It is incredibly effective in terms of conjuring up emotions as well. I might be mistaken, but this could be my favorite Arney movie.

Love this and it's sequel (Conan: The Destroyer) as well. Best fantasy movies ever made, until The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was made. (The music alone gets your blood pumping.)

Old Master: "CONAN! What is best in life?"

Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women."

Old Master: "YES! Very good!"
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 11, 2016, 01:14:37 pm
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This movie is so underrated! The older I get the more I fall in love with it. There are long stretches of no dialogue and just what you're watching on screen unfold while amazing music plays in the background. It says way more by doing this than most movies ever could. It is incredibly effective in terms of conjuring up emotions as well. I might be mistaken, but this could be my favorite Arney movie.

Love this and it's sequel (Conan: The Destroyer) as well. Best fantasy movies ever made, until The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was made. (The music alone gets your blood pumping.)

Old Master: "CONAN! What is best in life?"

Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them drive before you, and hear the lamentations of their women."

Old Master: "YES! Very good!"


I'll need to rewatch Conan the Destroyer. I used to rent it a lot when I was a kid, but I always remembered liking this one way more. And I agree about Lord of the Rings.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 11, 2016, 10:11:52 pm
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Absolutely loved this movie.  It's a weird combination of bureaucratic tedium, fast pacing, and monstrous horror, which makes it sound contradictory, but it all works, being very much about the problems of bureaucracy in Japan being too strict and unwilling to bend and adjust to issues.  The pacing is about not holding anyone's hand, there's not tons of setup, not tons of unnecessary exposition, it's very direct, very to the point, it's doing what it needs to and getting there.  So much time is spent in meetings and in offices, there's no personal drama or cheesy side stories like past Godzilla's, there's not even the throwaway romance happening.  It's purely about how Japan will deal with Godzilla.

Of which, Godzilla is amazing in this.  Completely terrifying, like legitimately, he's completely freaky and unlike anything for Godzilla before and it's all handled as realistically as possible here and you really feel that destruction here.  Some times the CG is a smidge iffy, but other times it almost seems more effective than Godzilla 2014.

If you love monster movies, I definitely recommend checking it out as it's in limited release for a week.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 12, 2016, 01:33:31 pm
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"These violent delights have violent ends."

I was lucky enough to catch the first two episodes of Westworld thanks to a free HBO weekend, and damn am I glad I did! Such a great show that does the movie justice, and from the looks of it, will surpass the movie. I mean, Anthony freaking Hopkins is a regular!

If you don't know the story of Westworld it's set in the near-future. A company has created an adult amusement park that is an EXACT replica of the old west. Guests can do WHATEVER they want. They have manufactured people that work there that the guests can kill, screw, or abuse in any way they please.

But after years of being in service and playing different roles, these manufactured people are starting to mentally crack. One character in particular, who I think is one of the robot people (but not sure), is trying to figure out how the world works. While Anthony Hopkins plays the creator of this world who is trying to hold it all together.

I HIGHLY recommend this. I wish I had HBO to continue, but I don't. I'll wait until the entire season ends, then sign up for a free trial month and watch the rest.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 13, 2016, 12:17:20 am
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Absolutely loved this movie.  It's a weird combination of bureaucratic tedium, fast pacing, and monstrous horror, which makes it sound contradictory, but it all works, being very much about the problems of bureaucracy in Japan being too strict and unwilling to bend and adjust to issues.  The pacing is about not holding anyone's hand, there's not tons of setup, not tons of unnecessary exposition, it's very direct, very to the point, it's doing what it needs to and getting there.  So much time is spent in meetings and in offices, there's no personal drama or cheesy side stories like past Godzilla's, there's not even the throwaway romance happening.  It's purely about how Japan will deal with Godzilla.

Of which, Godzilla is amazing in this.  Completely terrifying, like legitimately, he's completely freaky and unlike anything for Godzilla before and it's all handled as realistically as possible here and you really feel that destruction here.  Some times the CG is a smidge iffy, but other times it almost seems more effective than Godzilla 2014.

If you love monster movies, I definitely recommend checking it out as it's in limited release for a week.

Just got back from seeing this and HOLY SHIT!!!

I freakin loved, LOVED this movie! The best way I can describe it is the perfect marriage between Godzilla and Neon Genesis Evangelion (which is understandable since two of the people that were heavily involved in Evangelion's creation directed this movie). I lost my shit when Godzilla fought back and they did a perfect job at revitalizing the franchise. My only complaint was how they ended up resolving the issue with Godzilla in the end, which seemed a little less climactic than i would prefer. But overall this movie exceeded my expectations which were already pretty high :)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 13, 2016, 02:49:29 am
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Absolutely loved this movie.  It's a weird combination of bureaucratic tedium, fast pacing, and monstrous horror, which makes it sound contradictory, but it all works, being very much about the problems of bureaucracy in Japan being too strict and unwilling to bend and adjust to issues.  The pacing is about not holding anyone's hand, there's not tons of setup, not tons of unnecessary exposition, it's very direct, very to the point, it's doing what it needs to and getting there.  So much time is spent in meetings and in offices, there's no personal drama or cheesy side stories like past Godzilla's, there's not even the throwaway romance happening.  It's purely about how Japan will deal with Godzilla.

Of which, Godzilla is amazing in this.  Completely terrifying, like legitimately, he's completely freaky and unlike anything for Godzilla before and it's all handled as realistically as possible here and you really feel that destruction here.  Some times the CG is a smidge iffy, but other times it almost seems more effective than Godzilla 2014.

If you love monster movies, I definitely recommend checking it out as it's in limited release for a week.

Just got back from seeing this and HOLY SHIT!!!

I freakin loved, LOVED this movie! The best way I can describe it is the perfect marriage between Godzilla and Neon Genesis Evangelion (which is understandable since two of the people that were heavily involved in Evangelion's creation directed this movie). I lost my shit when Godzilla fought back and they did a perfect job at revitalizing the franchise. My only complaint was how they ended up resolving the issue with Godzilla in the end, which seemed a little less climactic than i would prefer. But overall this movie exceeded my expectations which were already pretty high :)

I think the ending works because of the build up.  It's so insane how they worked out trapping Godzilla so that all they could do was hold him still and it had enough tension to it due to what would happen if they couldn't stop Godzilla.  This Godzilla really is incredible, though did you understand the very end? The little final shot? Without spoiling anything, I just didn't really understand what it means and I'm not surprised, being that it is from the Neon Genesis Evangelion guy, as that anime is just a bunch bullshit towards latter half lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 13, 2016, 11:28:05 am
(http://spotlightreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SHIN-GODZILLA-BANNER.jpg)Absolutely loved this movie.  It's a weird combination of bureaucratic tedium, fast pacing, and monstrous horror, which makes it sound contradictory, but it all works, being very much about the problems of bureaucracy in Japan being too strict and unwilling to bend and adjust to issues.  The pacing is about not holding anyone's hand, there's not tons of setup, not tons of unnecessary exposition, it's very direct, very to the point, it's doing what it needs to and getting there.  So much time is spent in meetings and in offices, there's no personal drama or cheesy side stories like past Godzilla's, there's not even the throwaway romance happening.  It's purely about how Japan will deal with Godzilla.

Of which, Godzilla is amazing in this.  Completely terrifying, like legitimately, he's completely freaky and unlike anything for Godzilla before and it's all handled as realistically as possible here and you really feel that destruction here.  Some times the CG is a smidge iffy, but other times it almost seems more effective than Godzilla 2014.

If you love monster movies, I definitely recommend checking it out as it's in limited release for a week.

Just got back from seeing this and HOLY SHIT!!!

I freakin loved, LOVED this movie! The best way I can describe it is the perfect marriage between Godzilla and Neon Genesis Evangelion (which is understandable since two of the people that were heavily involved in Evangelion's creation directed this movie). I lost my shit when Godzilla fought back and they did a perfect job at revitalizing the franchise. My only complaint was how they ended up resolving the issue with Godzilla in the end, which seemed a little less climactic than i would prefer. But overall this movie exceeded my expectations which were already pretty high :)

I think the ending works because of the build up.  It's so insane how they worked out trapping Godzilla so that all they could do was hold him still and it had enough tension to it due to what would happen if they couldn't stop Godzilla.  This Godzilla really is incredible, though did you understand the very end? The little final shot? Without spoiling anything, I just didn't really understand what it means and I'm not surprised, being that it is from the Neon Genesis Evangelion guy, as that anime is just a bunch bullshit towards latter half lol


SPOILER ALERT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE BEYOND THIS POINT!!!!! I WARNED YOU!!!


With that out of the way lol, they were clearly opening it up for a sequel. Those things sprouting from its tail are definitely some sort of offspring. Even though they did not show it, my guess is that one of them escaped before Godzilla froze and that will be the premise of the sequel. It will likely come back to terrorize Japan again, and I theorize that there might be more than one of those things, one mutating maybe into one of the other villains, my guess is Gidorah. But that is what I took away from it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 13, 2016, 03:17:11 pm
SPOILER ALERT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE BEYOND THIS POINT!!!!! I WARNED YOU!!!


With that out of the way lol, they were clearly opening it up for a sequel. Those things sprouting from its tail are definitely some sort of offspring. Even though they did not show it, my guess is that one of them escaped before Godzilla froze and that will be the premise of the sequel. It will likely come back to terrorize Japan again, and I theorize that there might be more than one of those things, one mutating maybe into one of the other villains, my guess is Gidorah. But that is what I took away from it.

CONTINUING SAID SPOILERS OF SHIN GODZILLA, SHIELD THY EYES!  DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE ENERGY BLAST!


Okay, I misunderstood that then.  I actually thought they were almost humanoid and that the idea was Godzilla had absorbed people in some way, but I clearly just didn't get a very good look at them since it was a fairly quick shot.  That makes much more sense.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 14, 2016, 02:22:44 am
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After watching Shin Godzilla last night, I felt compelled to watch the 2014 American Godzilla to compare them. I will preface this by saying I saw Godzilla 2014 in theaters when it came out and I felt mildly impressed by it, but it left a lot, I mean A LOT to be desired. Still, I left the theater being mostly satisfied.

After rewatching it tonight all I can say is that Shin Godzilla renders it almost unwatchable and boring by comparison. I felt very uninterested in the characters, the story, the Godzilla origin explaination. Hell, even the having two other monsters to fight as opposed to Godzilla being the only monster in Shin Godzilla couldn't even amount to how amazing Shin Godzilla is. I imagine that someday I will likely watch Godzilla 2014, but probably not until I forget how underwhelming it is compared to not only Shin Godzilla, but many of its Japanese counterparts.

In summary:

Shin Godzilla >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Godzilla 2014
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 14, 2016, 02:30:22 am
In some ways, I think it's better, as the Cranston character and story is pretty great, but they screwed up by killing him when it wasn't important to the story in any way and it did realistic Godzilla before Shin Godzilla came out, Shin clearly taking some influence from that, but Shin definitely does it right by putting the focus on Godzilla.  Even at the most story heavy Godzilla could be over the years, there was still a whole lot of Godzilla happening.  Tease him once, but don't spend so much time making him a background element in his own movie.  It's why I love Pacific Rim so much, because they give exactly what people want to see.  The human stuff is good, the action is good, and we get plenty of great monster action.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: azure on October 16, 2016, 11:22:42 am
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Finally got the time to see Shin Godzilla. Can't add much more to what the others have said in the thread. Big Godzilla fan, and I think this is a good direction for a resurgence in the series (no pun intended), glad to see Toho back. Also think Anno did a good job, enjoyed the little cameo of Eva characters as social media avatars during the film.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 17, 2016, 12:10:56 pm
enjoyed the little cameo of Eva characters as social media avatars during the film.


HA! I did not notice this! I will have to look for them the next time I see this movie :p
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: fighterpilot562 on October 17, 2016, 12:23:51 pm
ive been really wanting to watch spirited away again. havent seen it in years.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 18, 2016, 12:57:58 pm
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Heavy on the special effects and action, light on story. Good for a mindless action flick, as the effects and costumes are very impressive.

One thing that did bother me, though, is that they aren't even trying, in the slightest, to be similar to comic continuity. Things seem even more messed up, continuity-wise, than before Days of Future Past (which was supposed to fix continuity errors). Oh well, it was still enjoyable, if you can stop thinking about how it connects to the comics.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 19, 2016, 11:00:35 am
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Heavy on the special effects and action, light on story. Good for a mindless action flick, as the effects and costumes are very impressive.

One thing that did bother me, though, is that they aren't even trying, in the slightest, to be similar to comic continuity. Things seem even more messed up, continuity-wise, than before Days of Future Past (which was supposed to fix continuity errors). Oh well, it was still enjoyable, if you can stop thinking about how it connects to the comics.


This was definitely the weakest entry since Xmen 3, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 19, 2016, 12:45:15 pm
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Heavy on the special effects and action, light on story. Good for a mindless action flick, as the effects and costumes are very impressive.

One thing that did bother me, though, is that they aren't even trying, in the slightest, to be similar to comic continuity. Things seem even more messed up, continuity-wise, than before Days of Future Past (which was supposed to fix continuity errors). Oh well, it was still enjoyable, if you can stop thinking about how it connects to the comics.


This was definitely the weakest entry since Xmen 3, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

Yeah, agreed. But it wasn't as bad as X3. It was a middle-of-the road X-Men movie. Like I said, good for a mindless action-flick.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 23, 2016, 10:32:47 am
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Watched this slasher classic (1981) last night, "The Burning".

Nice little early 80s slasher. It follows the early 80s formula of following a group of kids around, and killing off the promiscuous ones first. So don't expect anything new, but if your a fan of these films, you should enjoy it. I will say it took a little time to start getting to the killing, but once it did, it had some pretty enjoyable death scenes, with gore-master Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, and dozens more) behind the make-up effects. It also stars a young Jason Alexander, with a full head of hair. It even managed to make me jump a couple of times.

Quick Story Explaination:
The story starts off with a group of kids playing a prank on a camp's caretaker, who is a bit of a drunk and a-hole. The prank goes horrible wrong, and they end up lighting the caretaker's bed on fire by accident, while he's in it. Some gas cans ignite, and his whole cabin goes up in flames. He crashes through the front door, screaming in pain as he tumbles down a hill and into the lake below, vowing vengeance on his way down. He barely survives and spends 5 years in burn rehab. 5 years later he returns, with vengeful murder on his mind, and his signature, long blade clippers in hand, this time for some human clipping! He is also horribly disfigured from his burning, which isn't revealed until nearly the end of the film.

I have to imagine that Jason from the Friday the 13th series was inspired by this movie. There are just so many similarites. And while Friday the 13th was released beforehand (barely), remember that Jason wasn't in the first film.

I recommend this for slasher film fans, for others, I guess it depends on how familiar you already are with the genre.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 24, 2016, 06:44:44 pm
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Watched another Tom Savini (gore wizard from Dawn of the Dead & Friday the 13th) slasher classic last night. From 1981 comes "The Prowler."

I really liked this one. The killer had a cool costume. And unlike "The Burning" (which I recently reviewed), this movie didn't take long to get to the kills, and man were there some good ones. This one was bloody! One that stuck out in my mind was the shower kill. One of the girls is getting ready for the big graduation dance and is taking a show. In comes The Prowler, fully-suited up, wielding a pitchfork. She opens the curtain, and he's standing there, coiled for attack, and pins her against the tile-wall in the shower. Oh, and there's a head getting blown-off that just looks awesome!

Anyways, the story is that a WWII vet crazed from PTSD takes revenge on his hometown during a Graduation Dance in 1951. This is because he feels cheated because his girlfriend wrote him a letter explaining she could no longer wait for him to come home from the war. Several people are brutally murdered. The killer is never captured.

30 years later, the town tries to have a Graduation Dance again, for the first time since the grisly murders. The town sheriff leaves town for his vacation, and the one and only deputy is the only cop left. And just like 30 years ago, the murders begin again. It's up to the inexperienced deputy, and his on-and-off-again girlfriend to stop the killer, and try to figure out who is behind the mask.

Just like the last one, I totally recommend this one to slasher film fans. Not bad for the casual horror fan, either, unless you're already familiar with and tired of the slasher formula, because this one does use a lot of the same old tropes that us fans have grown to love.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 24, 2016, 11:15:31 pm
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Love me some 80's and 90's Jackie Chan.  On the level of Godzilla films for me in terms of feel good watching. 

It's kind of a nothing and weird story that ends in an awkward way (Not a cliffhanger, but like it just stops out of nowhere, though they pick it up from practically that point in Police Story 2), the humor is abit all over, sometimes funny, sometimes not, and Chan plays a pretty big asshole, but the action is incredible.  From that amazing scene of them tearing down through the shacks on the hillside, to the bus chase, all the way to the mall scene with all the action in between, it shows what good choreography with incredible professionals can do for a movie.  Movies today struggle to be even close sometimes other than maybe like The Raid movies and a few others here and there, though to be fair, these people put their god damn bodies on the line for these stunts, especially Jackie Chan that you see in the outtakes.  It's no wonder he's broken so many bones over the years. 

I'm still going through Police Story 2, so that'll be up next.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 27, 2016, 02:03:31 pm
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So who else has checked this show out? It's on SyFy on their free app, and On Demand if you have cable/satellite.

It's based on the CreepyPasta story that went viral a few years back called "Candle Cove".

I've only watched the first episode, but I'm hooked. I already enjoyed the original short story.

The story goes that 20 years ago, in small town, a strange local puppet show called Candle Cove aired. It was very creepy, and had a character called "The Skin Taker" that gave the children nightmares. At the same time, a few murders took place, as soon as the murders ended, so did the show. 20 years later, a brother of one of the victims returns to his hometown. When he does, the show starts appearing to the children in town, and children begin to go missing. In the meantime, the man asks his mother about the show, who tells him, "Son, you had quite the imagination with your little pirate show. You used to sit in front of that TV and just stare at static at the same time everyday." Thing is, the other children from his childhood also remember the show.

What is everyone's thoughts on it?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 28, 2016, 10:35:39 am
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Has anyone else been watching this new sci-fi show on NBC this season?

I'm REALLY enjoying it. Especially since it feels like it's been a while since we've gotten a good sci-fi show that's straight sci-fi; and not horror, superhero, or fantasy.

The premise is that the government has successfully created a time-travel device. That device is sabotaged by a terrorist who aims to go back into the U.S.'s history and destroy it through it's past. The government puts together a team and recreates the machine to go after him. They also recruit a civilian history expert to accompany them. Along the way, they discover that the whole truth wasn't given to them and that this terrorist might have another agenda all together. They also discover that the creator of the time machine is on the "terrorists" side. And on every mission they go on, when they come back, there are slight changes to the timeline.

We're only on the 4th episode, but so far I'm loving it. Sci-fi fans NEED to check this one out.

Anyone else seen it? Thoughts?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on October 29, 2016, 04:33:39 pm
This past Wednesday I took a day free and went to the movies with my wife and daughter to see Nine Lives, this movie was only scheduled one time per day at 4:00 PM and really don't know why because we really liked and we were laughing a lot, dunno why but got the idea that is from the same producers of Click with Adam Sanders anyway at night we saw Lights Out at home, about this one I only have to say that there still are some good horror/terror movies being released these days, yesterday saw with my daughter Finding Dory but it wasn't the big deal, neither my daughter and I were paying that much attention, guess that's because she didn't saw the first one and that am not big fan of this character also that same day at night saw with my wife Que culpa tiene el niño ? a Mexican movie were you have to be Mexican to understand all those insane jokes and sex references, pretty good won't gonna deny that  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 29, 2016, 09:13:34 pm
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This is not good. Like the only plus I can say about it is that the special effects weren't bad. That's it.

The characters have no character, and the actors seem to know that because it's as if they don't even care about what they're doing. The story is so freaking generic, like 1950s flying saucer movie predictable...they actually kill the aliens with nukes.

I'm REALLY glad I waited until this came out on DVD to rent it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on November 02, 2016, 02:46:32 pm
I'm REALLY glad I waited until this came out on DVD to rent it.

Am glad that I didn't rent it because I managed to get a "security copy" of the movie, it wasn't that bad Independence Day: Resurgence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1628841/) its THE WORST movie that have seen this year, definitely they could did something much better even Sausage Party (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700841/) was in some way acceptable but being honest not even when I had the pleasure to ear Salma's voice in a lesbian Taco managed to leave a good impression, trust me when I say that if you watch the trailer of this movie you already have seen the best part of it, in fact I was expecting The Swallows (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shallows_%28film%29) to be the worst one but I really enjoyed this survival thriller film even when I had to hear it in the language Spanish from Spain and the last one was the WWE PPV Hell in a Cell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_%282016%29) but for this one I'll leave my comments at the Wrestling thread when I have a chance  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 03, 2016, 10:07:21 pm
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Doctor Strange turned out to be a lot better than I was expecting.  Delving into the realm of the mystical, utilizing reality warping and other ideas makes for a very fresh Marvel movie.  Up there as one of the better ones I'd say for sure overall.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on November 07, 2016, 01:18:12 pm
This past Saturday went to the movies with my wife and my daughter because the little one wanted to watch Trolls from DreamWorks, have to admit that didn't expect to see some Walt Disney references at the film neither to hear a song from the band Gorillaz, for me it wasn't the big deal but I totally believe that it's because am fucking old but my daughter was singing the whole movie, she really enjoyed the movie now am expecting to see when McDonalds is going to release the toys at their Happy Meals cause am pretty sure that they will do and I'll have to take my daughter for them  ;D

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PS: I have reached Satan's number at my posts account xD
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: soera on November 07, 2016, 03:14:51 pm
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This movie was amazing. I had been anticipating it for over a year now. Been a Strange fan since the early 90s.

Also watched Apocalypse the other night. Enjoyed it from start to finish as well. Marvel movies for life.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 11, 2016, 12:43:04 am
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Finally got around to watching Kingsglaive, the prequel to Final Fantasy XV and it was great.  Incredible animation and awesome action.  The writing is a tad iffy at times, but overall, probably the best movie related thing they've done and it's got me pumped for the game.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 15, 2016, 03:02:01 pm
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This was a fun little movie, if you're a horror fan, and especially if you're also a fan of 80s movies.

A group of teens visit a local wax museum. They soon discover that it's more than just a museum, though, when they find themselves as unwilling participants in the scenes depicted by the wax sculptures. The film goes through many horror tropes such as a backwoods killer, a mummy, vampires, werewolves. And it does each little "mini-story" in a very cool, stylized way (though there's nothing really new here). The main character is played by the same guy that played the main character in Gremlins. It also has David Werner playing the main villain. The villain is trying to steal the kids souls, in order to complete a spell for immortality (which really is just a back-story to get the movie to work). There was also this cool, creepy little midget butler with a helium-high voice that welcomed the teens inside the building.

I don't recommend it to everyone, but I do recommend it 80s horror fans that will get some fun out of this.

I have the 2nd one to watch, still, too. I plan on popping it in sometime soon.

Anyone else seen this? Your thoughts on it?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 15, 2016, 04:41:44 pm
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This was a fun little movie, if you're a horror fan, and especially if you're also a fan of 80s movies.

A group of teens visit a local wax museum. They soon discover that it's more than just a museum, though, when they find themselves as unwilling participants in the scenes depicted by the wax sculptures. The film goes through many horror tropes such as a backwoods killer, a mummy, vampires, werewolves. And it does each little "mini-story" in a very cool, stylized way (though there's nothing really new here). The main character is played by the same guy that played the main character in Gremlins. It also has David Werner playing the main villain. The villain is trying to steal the kids souls, in order to complete a spell for immortality (which really is just a back-story to get the movie to work). There was also this cool, creepy little midget butler with a helium-high voice that welcomed the teens inside the building.

I don't recommend it to everyone, but I do recommend it 80s horror fans that will get some fun out of this.

I have the 2nd one to watch, still, too. I plan on popping it in sometime soon.

Anyone else seen this? Your thoughts on it?


I remember seeing this film a lot at a local rental store in the early 90s and just the cover looked creepy as hell. Sadly I have never seen it, but someday I'll have to give it a watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 17, 2016, 09:21:16 pm
Watching Finding Dory now that it's out, and it's charming and enjoyable like you'd expect from Pixar.

Also just watched Fantastic Beasts and it's also charming and enjoyable.  It's great to dive back into this world with all it's whimsical creatures and characters and I love that we get to explore more of the world outside of Hogwarts and such.  I'd love if Fantastic Beasts ends up being an excuse to explore the world in general, so we get to see more of different countries and their wizarding worlds.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: soera on November 18, 2016, 12:27:52 am
Caught up on the rest of my comic movies. Winter soldier, Civil war, Amazing spider man 1&2, and Batman vs superman. :)
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Post by: tripredacus on November 18, 2016, 11:17:48 am
Now that I am near optimal on my home movie viewing experience (I still would like to get better range speakers for my 4:3 setup) watching movies, even ones I have seen before is a whole new experience. Especially on the 16:9 setup where I finally have functional surround sound.

Last night I watched Panic Room on DVD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_Room

First saw in the theater. What a nice house, I want one.  ;D
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 18, 2016, 03:30:28 pm
And in wonderful news, Top Gear is back! No, not THAT Top Gear, the Top Gear that has become The Grand Tour, because Top Gear really is James, Jeremy, and Richard.  First show was a great return to form as it's everything the show was before, with some general tweaks here and there.
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Post by: turf on November 19, 2016, 01:39:21 pm
Caught up on the rest of my comic movies. Winter soldier, Civil war, Amazing spider man 1&2, and Batman vs superman. :)

How good was Winter Soldier?  I loved it.
I'm glad Spider-Man is under the MCU Umbrella. Spidey is probably my favorite comic character. Marvel know to to handle superheroes. I loved the Spider-Man in Civil War. It was right.

I'm going to go out on a limb in the next one. Batman v Suoerman wasn't as terrible as all the "expert" critics said. I had fun watching it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 19, 2016, 04:33:04 pm
I thought Batman vs Superman was fairly poor outside some of the action and generally Batman.  I never saw the expanded version, but I think there's too much wrong with the movie that adding stuff on top of it wouldn't fix much for me.
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Post by: doafan on November 22, 2016, 10:09:29 am
Went with my wife yesterday to the movie theater and we did enjoyed The Accountant (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140479/), it is a very good one and even better cause didn't saw any trailer of this and am glad cause everything was new for me, at home saw at least five times Kubo and the Two Strings (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4302938/), my daughter loved this one, even my parents enjoyed this film, the last movie that I saw was The BFG (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3691740/?ref_=nv_sr_1) didn't expected that my daughter liked this one, I know it's a Disney and that's supposed to be for kids but she is more of cartoons anyway the last is the Survivor Series (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6186192/?ref_=nv_sr_1) event from the WWE but I'll leave my comments in the respective thread  ;D

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Post by: doafan on December 07, 2016, 01:32:25 pm
It seems that nobody is watching anything or they do not want to post it here anyways I took my daughter to the movies just to watch Moana (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521164/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) this past Saturday, the day was shitty has hell with a lot of rain and very cold so what a better way to spent a couple of hours enjoying a film while we were drinking soda, eating nachos, pop corn, hot dogs and some candy, yes we ate like pigs but it was a good evening, at Sunday morning saw with my fife Don't Breathe (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4160708/?ref_=nv_sr_1) where I do have to admit that was expecting a horror movie (didn't watched the trailer of this one) but it was a decent film, the one that it wasn't not even decent or enjoyable was The Wild Life (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4731008/?ref_=nv_sr_1) not only the movie sucks also the translation of the name (Las locuras de Robinson Crusoe) anyway at night saw the event WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6268428/?ref_=nv_sr_2) and my opinion about this am not quite sure if I'll share it or not cause only enjoyed the last match of the full show, not even Nikki's melons entertained me this time  ;D

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 07, 2016, 04:40:55 pm
I just haven't watched any movies since Finding Dory nearly a month ago.  Been waiting for Rogue One and Passengers coming up in the next two weeks.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 07, 2016, 04:52:07 pm
New TV season, so I haven't been watching a whole lot of movies.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 07, 2016, 04:56:14 pm
New TV season, so I haven't been watching a whole lot of movies.

I'm like two or three episodes behind on Walking Dead right now lol Also I saw that there's some special HBO trial using Amazon Prime, so I'm gonna use that to watch Westworld.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 07, 2016, 04:58:51 pm
New TV season, so I haven't been watching a whole lot of movies.

I'm like two or three episodes behind on Walking Dead right now lol Also I saw that there's some special HBO trial using Amazon Prime, so I'm gonna use that to watch Westworld.

You don't need Amazon Prime for it. HBO Go offers a free month to all new subscribers, like Netflix. I plan on doing the same for Westworld, minus Amazon Prime.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on December 08, 2016, 05:31:51 pm


(https://8-t.imgbox.com/XCT4NNNN.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/XCT4NNNN) 


I was really hyped for this one and unfortunately it was somewhat of a let down. It definitely was not a bad movie, it was just a little boring. Definitely excellent animation and art style though.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 15, 2016, 10:31:55 pm
(http://cdn.idigitaltimes.com/sites/idigitaltimes.com/files/styles/image_embed/public/2016/09/03/rogue-one-pics-2.jpeg)

Rogue One really turned out better than I was expecting.  It's an incredibly well rounded film that really offered more of what I wanted from Star Wars which is awesome new ships and creatures and locations, along with great action as we really needed more big action scenes.  The final battle might be one of the better ones they've done for sure.  I'll leave it at that as I don't want to spoil anything.

I will say, after settling down after the movie and kinda taking it all in, there is an issue with characterization.  Jyn, the main female lead, gets it all, and everyone else doesn't.  They don't get any real background to their character, things to latch onto other than what they are now.  K2, the droid, would probably be the next best, because he technically doesn't have a backstory, but what he is now is pretty great.  They really needed to kinda just have a few moments of kinda dealing with motiviations and maybe expanding on interactions.

I still think it's a fun time though.  I've seen a couple people say that because of the poor characterization, that the movie isn't good, but I think everything else about the movie is.  Amazing visuals, great action scenes, and it connects well with Episode 4.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on December 16, 2016, 10:37:32 am
Went to a late showing of Rogue One last night and I will say that overall it was a good movie, but it was fairly underwhelming for the most part. There was some excellent fan service sprinkled throughout the movie which really jolted me everytime when I began to start feeling a little bored with what was going on. I will also say that I loved how they explained various questions that people have had about certain things in the later movies, as well as a giant plot hole in a specific movie in the series that I wont spoil. The characters were mostly underdeveloped and with the exception of two standouts for me, fairly forgetable. As always, this may change with time, but this is how I'd rank my Star Wars films now after seeings Rogue One:


1. Revenge of the Sith
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Force Awakens
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Phantom Menace
6. A New Hope
7. Rogue One
8. Attack of the Clones
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 17, 2016, 05:27:38 am
Just finished up Westworld and I thought it was pretty good.  It wasn't quite as epic as I heard others say, but it was very interesting and very different.  I was engaged every time some plot turn came up and I would try to figure out where the story would lead.  Not gonna spoil anything, but I think it's worth a watch.
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Post by: tripredacus on December 18, 2016, 10:59:57 am
Planet Hulk
Star Wars: Rogue One
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Post by: burningdoom on December 21, 2016, 01:20:35 am
(https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/movie_poster_antman_38ce72fc.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C300%2C450)

I just finished rewatching this one.

This is one of the best Marvel movies. It may not have the biggest plot, or the baddest villain; but the dialogue and characters more than make-up for it. It has JUST the right mix of action and humor. And the comedic timing is spot on.

Michael Douglas is perfect as the aging Hank Pym. You can see the regrets of past decisions play out across his face as he struggles with the situation, decisions that we as comic fans know about, and I think the movie kind of gives you that inside nod on purpose.

Paul Rudd was a surprise when I first saw him, never expected him in a comic role. But he's perfect for the role. He has that snarky, but fun humor that fits the character just right. And as cheesy as they might be, I still really enjoyed his little crew of criminal misfits that helped him.

Personally, I'm placing this as the 4th best Marvel Studios film, in my personal ranking. After Iron Man, Captain America: First Avenger, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Post by: soera on December 21, 2016, 10:14:00 am
I enjoyed Ant man too. I had almost the exact reservations myself but the movie was really good. I was also pleasantly surprised by Guardians of the Galaxy. Figured it would flop cause in the Marvel universe they are unnoticeable characters but the movie turned out good.

Watched Suicide squad last night. I really liked it. 
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Post by: Flashback2012 on December 21, 2016, 11:37:07 am
Went and saw Rogue One over the weekend. I went in expecting nothing and found it to be very enjoyable. No spoilers of course but there was plenty of Easter eggs to be found, cameos, etc.  :)
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Post by: burningdoom on December 21, 2016, 12:48:58 pm
Watched Suicide squad last night. I really liked it.

So did I. Lots of action, great special effects and costumes, cool characters, and even a bit of humor in there.

And everyone I talked to that saw it seemed to like it, too. Yet the internet would lead you to believe it's a pile of garbage.
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Post by: turf on December 21, 2016, 09:19:33 pm
Watched Suicide squad last night. I really liked it.

So did I. Lots of action, great special effects and costumes, cool characters, and even a bit of humor in there.

And everyone I talked to that saw it seemed to like it, too. Yet the internet would lead you to believe it's a pile of garbage.

I thought the same thing too.  It wasn't a pile of shit at all.  I didn't expect much and I've watched it twice.  It was fun both times.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 23, 2016, 12:48:19 am
Moana turned out to be pretty dang charming with some very catchy songs.  One called "Shiny" could've been sung by Tim Curry with how the actor did it in the movie.  If we could just rejuvenate Curry to his Rocky Horror age, he could've really pushed that song another level lol I'm glad I went with this over Passengers which I've heard kinda failed.
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Post by: doafan on December 29, 2016, 01:00:21 pm
Lets begin with this past Roadblock: End of the Line and with Sing acuse my daughter insisted so much that she wanted to watch this film so took her to the movie theater, being honest it wasn't that bad and definitely will see it again when they release the DVD also these past four of my anime series have finished so let's put them here too, am talking about Okusama ga Seitokaichou!+! (http://Okusama ga Seitokaichou!+!), Keijo!!!!!!!! (https://myanimelist.net/anime/32686/Keijo), Occultic;Nine (https://myanimelist.net/anime/32962/Occultic_Nine?q=ocul) and Getsuyoubi no Tawawa (https://myanimelist.net/anime/34213/Getsuyoubi_no_Tawawa?q=Getsuyoubi-no-Tawawa), for more information about these you can always check the Anime/Manga thread  ;D

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Post by: tripredacus on December 30, 2016, 11:14:10 am
Planet Terror
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Post by: burningdoom on January 06, 2017, 01:57:26 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Futureworld_movie_poster.jpg)

Not a bad sequel to Westworld. Not bad at all.

Not as good as Westworld, I admit, but still definitely worth a watch if you enjoyed the original.

The first one is more of a story of technology gone awry. While this one is a story of a reporter trying to uncover the what and why of this place. And in the process discovers a much larger plot going on involving replacing humanity at the highest levels of political and military power.

This one definitely needed more Yul Brynner, though. Peter Fonda just isn't bad-ass enough to compare.

This is free to watch on the Tubit app, BTW.
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Post by: ignition365 on January 06, 2017, 09:03:44 am
Just finished watching Your lie in April last night.

I'm still all fucked up.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 10, 2017, 12:22:51 am
(http://www.thesugarclub.com/content/cache/0d5d2bb182f9efdb/BladeRunnerFinalCut_onesheet-2_335_277.jpg)

Blade Runner: The Final Cut - I probably watched this once like 10 to 15 years ago as a teenager and haven't seen it since, outside of bits and pieces that you get from it being a pop culture feature, seen in references and reviews, and all sorts of stuff like that.  With the sequel coming up, I figured it was time to go back and actually see what the movie was.

Overall, I think it's alright.  I like a lot of the style, all this cyber/neo/dystopian stuff and the hilarious idea of what Los Angeles 2019 is supposed to be, but it's distinctive and you see where all the movies and anime and such were aping their style from.  It's very detailed and I think that's what is best about this. 

The story though, felt abit off.  There were times where I didn't particularly feel like I knew what the movie was trying to get across.  Everything to do with Rachel seemed almost entirely unnecessary to the movie and the sudden connection between them seemed outright abrupt...Oh, he's forcing himself on her, but she kinda reluctantly gives in, and now they are in love? Why?  What does this do for the story in any way? She seemed so random.

There's also a point where it seemed like the police chief guy thanks him for the runner he killed, and says there's only one left, referring to Rachel, but ignores that there are still 2 left.  I thought I maybe heard it wrong, but that's how it seemed to me.

I know there are some slightly different versions of the movie, like I thought there was one that maybe had narration, which I feel could've helped things, since the pacing feels a tad off in the movie, like when he goes to Tyrell for the first time, there's lots of shots of Deckard looking kinda confused in the cop car, going back and forth between the building and him and it seemed out of place.  That and I know one version is supposed to more hint at him being a Replicant too, which would be weird, but I just have the Final Cut version since it seems to be the proper version of the movie if the Blu-Ray is also this (I bought it cheap on DVD).

Now I'm not one who always understands the philosophical workings of stories, the subtext of things and what not, like the ending I don't really get with the chinese guy and the unicorn stuff...I just don't know lol

It's a fine movie with a very interesting style and Ford and Hauer are great in it, but not sure if I'd consider this a particular favorite of mine.  It'll be interesting to see what the sequel is.
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Post by: maximo310 on January 10, 2017, 02:55:42 am
I've been watching quite a bit of anime in the last few weeks. Here's what I watched w/ quick summaries:

Baoh (OVA)- Defenitely feels like a bunch of the elements carried over to Jojo such the Baoh being an inspiration for Kars, although the story was kinda ehhhh.
Zeta Gundam- After watching the og Mobile Suit Gundam, watching Camille be the protogainst while Char being the support figure was kinda refreshing to see. Plus you get more good Gundam battles.
Gun x Sword- This series felt like it has some promise, although I feel like the character development was quite lacking, especially for certain characters ( like that one dude named Gaveded).
Madoka Magica- Very good series that was reccomended by a friend of mine due to having some really good progression of the plot, as well as some interesting character development. Also saw the 3rd movie as well.
Planning on watching Yuri on ice, Redline, and either revisit cardcaptor sakura/ sailor moon soon.
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Post by: pacpix on January 11, 2017, 07:40:20 pm
I know there are some slightly different versions of the movie, like I thought there was one that maybe had narration, which I feel could've helped things, since the pacing feels a tad off in the movie, like when he goes to Tyrell for the first time, there's lots of shots of Deckard looking kinda confused in the cop car, going back and forth between the building and him and it seemed out of place.  That and I know one version is supposed to more hint at him being a Replicant too, which would be weird, but I just have the Final Cut version since it seems to be the proper version of the movie if the Blu-Ray is also this (I bought it cheap on DVD).

Now I'm not one who always understands the philosophical workings of stories, the subtext of things and what not, like the ending I don't really get with the chinese guy and the unicorn stuff...I just don't know lol


SPOILERS

Just thought I would clear a couple of things up real quick.  Basically five major versions of the movie exist Workprint, Theatrical, International Theatrical, Director's Cut, and Final Cut. 
The two theatrical cuts have the voiceover narration, a happy ending, no unicorn, and some other minor things as well.  Essentially test audiences were very confused by the workprint which led to the voiceovers being added and the happy ending (the staff really was not onboard for this). 
Director's Cut is not a real director's cut as Ridley Scott had no direct input.  It is nearly identical to the Final Cut though.  Director's Cut is significant for being the first official version to remove the voiceovers, happy ending, and adds the unicorn scene back.  There are a ton of little changes in all these versions, but I have already rambled on long enough lol  ;D

Essentially the unicorn scene is significant because it is part of Deckard's memories.  When Gaff leaves the origami unicorn at the end of the movie it implies that he knows Deckard's memories, meaning Deckard is a replicant.  Ridley Scott himself has also asserted this in interviews. In other versions of the film it is much more ambiguous, but the unicorn scene is basically what solidifies the concept,
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 12, 2017, 01:38:14 am

SPOILERS

Just thought I would clear a couple of things up real quick.  Basically five major versions of the movie exist Workprint, Theatrical, International Theatrical, Director's Cut, and Final Cut. 
The two theatrical cuts have the voiceover narration, a happy ending, no unicorn, and some other minor things as well.  Essentially test audiences were very confused by the workprint which led to the voiceovers being added and the happy ending (the staff really was not onboard for this). 
Director's Cut is not a real director's cut as Ridley Scott had no direct input.  It is nearly identical to the Final Cut though.  Director's Cut is significant for being the first official version to remove the voiceovers, happy ending, and adds the unicorn scene back.  There are a ton of little changes in all these versions, but I have already rambled on long enough lol  ;D

Essentially the unicorn scene is significant because it is part of Deckard's memories.  When Gaff leaves the origami unicorn at the end of the movie it implies that he knows Deckard's memories, meaning Deckard is a replicant.  Ridley Scott himself has also asserted this in interviews. In other versions of the film it is much more ambiguous, but the unicorn scene is basically what solidifies the concept,

SPOILERS ALSO

That makes sense I guess, though it seems weird that it's a unicorn as I imagine it would've been actual memories, which is what Rachel's deal was.  Also wouldn't Ford being alive in 2049 and growing old basically mean that he wasn't a Replicant or is that something that you think will play into the story?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 12, 2017, 01:44:56 am
(http://xn--zckm5bnq2mpa6a1fz490bkx4ayzmvi9g.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gold.jpg)

Watched this in theater Tuesday night and it was a good time.  I feel after watching this and One Piece Film: Z, One Piece is at its best when it isn't dragged out to hell and back story wise like it is in the TV show.  When it's allowed to run through its story quickly, really have fun with all its goofy world, it's a good time. 

Weird watching this one though, as I'm use to the Japanese dub and this is the English dub.  I only really like maybe 2 of the cast in English, because it's Chris Sabat as Zoro and Sonny Strait as Usopp, so basically Dragon Ball Z alum.  The girls are fine, Chopper is okay, but Franky and Luffy are a lot better in the Japanese dub.  It's very different from how I am with the Dragon Ball Z dub, where I NEED the English dub.

Still a fun movie though.
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Post by: pacpix on January 12, 2017, 08:05:53 pm

SPOILERS

Just thought I would clear a couple of things up real quick.  Basically five major versions of the movie exist Workprint, Theatrical, International Theatrical, Director's Cut, and Final Cut. 
The two theatrical cuts have the voiceover narration, a happy ending, no unicorn, and some other minor things as well.  Essentially test audiences were very confused by the workprint which led to the voiceovers being added and the happy ending (the staff really was not onboard for this). 
Director's Cut is not a real director's cut as Ridley Scott had no direct input.  It is nearly identical to the Final Cut though.  Director's Cut is significant for being the first official version to remove the voiceovers, happy ending, and adds the unicorn scene back.  There are a ton of little changes in all these versions, but I have already rambled on long enough lol  ;D

Essentially the unicorn scene is significant because it is part of Deckard's memories.  When Gaff leaves the origami unicorn at the end of the movie it implies that he knows Deckard's memories, meaning Deckard is a replicant.  Ridley Scott himself has also asserted this in interviews. In other versions of the film it is much more ambiguous, but the unicorn scene is basically what solidifies the concept,

SPOILERS ALSO

That makes sense I guess, though it seems weird that it's a unicorn as I imagine it would've been actual memories, which is what Rachel's deal was.  Also wouldn't Ford being alive in 2049 and growing old basically mean that he wasn't a Replicant or is that something that you think will play into the story?

MORE SPOILERS

And that right there is one of the reasons I was not onboard for a sequel.  I am really not sure how they are going to address this.  Especially since not everyone on the staff necessarily agrees with the director's assertion that Deckard is a replicant (notably Hampton who is a writer on the original and 2049). 

My guess is Deckard is going to be a replicant, but not necessarily a Nexus-6 so they could get around the four year lifespan stipulation. 
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Post by: azure on January 12, 2017, 09:51:17 pm
*snip*

I'm the same way I prefer One Piece subbed, and have to do DBZ dubbed.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 13, 2017, 04:46:16 pm
Oh hell yeah!

David S. Goyer is set to write the script for the upcoming Green Lantern Corps movie!!!

David S. Goyer is arguably responsible for the entire modern boom of comic movies. He wrote Blade, which kicked off all of these comic movies. (He also wrote the first storyarc of the stellar JSA series that started in 1999 at DC Comics.)

http://deadline.com/2017/01/green-lantern-corps-warner-bros-david-goyer-justin-rhodes-dc-1201884133/
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 13, 2017, 05:17:21 pm
Though gotta keep in mind that he did Blade Trinity which wasn't good and I don't remember if Blade 2 was good.  He also did Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, which was a disaster.  He can do good stuff, but I have ZERO hype for anything DC.  They've utterly botched their movies and I'm not sure if they can recover, though I do want them to. 

Depends on how much influence they can keep away from Snyder in the future maybe.  He's probably one of the bigger factors for the overall failure of the DC movies.  If Wonder Woman sucks, then I'm not sure what happens.  I still want the Affleck Batman movie though, as it seems to have no Snyder influence on it and it's being controlled almost entirely by Affleck.  At this point though, I can't muster any interest in the upcoming Justice League movie.
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Post by: kevininja on January 13, 2017, 06:17:41 pm
He can do good stuff, but I have ZERO hype for anything DC.  They've utterly botched their movies and I'm not sure if they can recover, though I do want them to. 

Same here too. I do hope that they will and can recover, but I don't really know after so much "meh" movies.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 13, 2017, 06:36:15 pm
He can do good stuff, but I have ZERO hype for anything DC.  They've utterly botched their movies and I'm not sure if they can recover, though I do want them to. 

Same here too. I do hope that they will and can recover, but I don't really know after so much "meh" movies.

Wonder Woman I think is kind of the last of the movies that were made during the real bad times for them and not being sure what they needed to do, so maybe Justice League might be the one that turns it around, so this needs to be the year for them.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 14, 2017, 12:43:17 am
Man of Steel was fantastic. Disaster is crazy-talk. And Wonder Woman looks awesome. I love that it looks like it's going to be set in WWI. The trailer felt similar to Captain America: First Avenger, which I loved.

David Goyer is also responsible for writing the scripts for the Dark Knight Trilogy.

Personally, his JSA run is the best part, for me. That JSA series from 1999 onward was one of the best superhero comic runs of all-time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 14, 2017, 12:58:46 am
Man of Steel was fantastic. Disaster is crazy-talk. And Wonder Woman looks awesome. I love that it looks like it's going to be set in WWI. The trailer felt similar to Captain America: First Avenger, which I loved.

David Goyer is also responsible for writing the scripts for the Dark Knight Trilogy.

Personally, his JSA run is the best part, for me. That JSA series from 1999 onward was one of the best superhero comic runs of all-time.

Man of Steel has okay parts, and I'm totally fine with Henry Cavill as Superman, but it's not really that good.  Both Superman movies showed that Snyder really doesn't understand Superman overly well and I'm not even a big Superman fan.  Wonder Woman has the possibility of being alright as the old setting is cool, but I have no real reason to think it'll be particularly good.  The track record so far is bad.  All I'm shooting for right now with it, is for it not too suck.  I want to walk out of the movie and be "That was alright, okay, lets see if Justice League will be better".  Super low bars right now lol

As for him writing the Dark Knight scripts...2 out of 3 ain't bad lol I thought Dark Knight Rises was underwhelming, especially after the previous movie, but I think it's because it kinda really hit me at that point that Nolan never wanted to make a comic book movie, especially after Begins, because they are far too grounded.  Also I mostly hate Bale Batman.  Christian Bale is a great actor, but that voice, god dang.  Ruined it.  Still like Dark Knight though, that's just a good movie on its own no matter what.  Heath Ledger Joker is too amazing and is my one of my favorite Jokers, just below Mark Hamill.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on January 16, 2017, 10:15:35 am
I was forced to go to the movies by my daughter to watch Ballerina where have to say that I wasn't disappointed, it is a pretty good movie and of course my little girl totally loved this one at home have to watch with my wife No Manches Frida, Rumbos Paralelos and Miracles from Heaven which they might not be the big deal but they keep me entertained also enjoyed Keeping with the Joneses and totally hated True Memories of an International Assassin, please avoid this piece of shit I mean it  >:(

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 11, 2017, 11:48:38 am
It isn't often that I watch a movie and am so enamored with it afterwards that it instantly becomes one of my favorite movies. Last night I watched Whisper of the Heart, a movie that has literally sat on my shelf of anime for probably 5-years (I think I found it for a few bucks at a thrift store) and just last night I finally gained the motivation to want to watch it. This movie was incredibly charming, the characters were all likable and relatable, and the story was very inspirational. It is definitely one of those movies that I saw at the perfect time in my life seeing how I am planning some fairly creative endeavors while also continuing my career path in IT. But all that aside, this might be my favorite Studio Ghibli movie, and it is certainly one of my favorite movies of all time :)
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 12, 2017, 04:52:17 am
I'm officially on a Studio Ghibli kick after loving Whisper of the Heart so much last night. My girlfriend and I decided to buy Only Yesterday and When Marnie was There from Best Buy, two movies that neither of us had seen and were very interested in. Here is my mini review/impression of each:

Only Yesterday
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I really did not like this movie, and it is second only to Tales of Earthsea as far as my least favorite Ghibli movie of all time. The movies plot was very disjointed and the transition between the main character's past and present seemed very arbitrary and didn't really culminate at all in a meaningful or interesting way throughout the whole movie. On top of that, the character's motives and interactions seemed off and very poorly written. There were some genuinely enjoyable moments in this movie, particularly in the beginning during the childhood flashbacks, but overall I found this movie to very boring and overall a huge waste of time.


When Marnie was There
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Omiode_no_Marnie_poster.jpg)
While the ending (which I will not spoil) left a little to be desired, I found this movie pretty good and definitely an awesome addition to the Ghibli catalog of films. It plays out like a horror mystery of sorts and I thought the main character as well as the side characters to be likable and interesting in their own way. I'd probably place it towards the middle in terms of my favorite Ghibli movies. Enjoyed this one for sure and can definitely see myself watching it again soon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 12, 2017, 10:44:39 am
(http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/movie/movie_poster/ghostbusters-2016/large_4qnJ1hsMADxzwnOmnwjZTNp0rKT.jpg)

Saw this on Starz finally.

This isn't the disaster that everyone made it out to be. It's not as good as the originals, let me just get that out of the way right now, but then I went into it expecting that. It's not horrible, either. I thought it was a fun ride of a movie. If people went into it not comparing it, they might have enjoyed it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on February 12, 2017, 10:56:01 am
The Pyx
listed as a horror movie. The part I saw was more like a murder mystery. But I fell asleep during it. And to make matters worse, it is on a collection DVD that does not go back to the menu when the movie is over. It is the first of three movies on the disc. So I wake up periodically, seeing bits an pieces of these other movies and getting confused.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 12, 2017, 02:47:25 pm
(http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/movie/movie_poster/ghostbusters-2016/large_4qnJ1hsMADxzwnOmnwjZTNp0rKT.jpg)

Saw this on Starz finally.

This isn't the disaster that everyone made it out to be. It's not as good as the originals, let me just get that out of the way right now, but then I went into it expecting that. It's not horrible, either. I thought it was a fun ride of a movie. If people went into it not comparing it, they might have enjoyed it.

This movie is the reason why I believe the people on the internet barking constantly about SJWs are WAY more annoying, obnoxious, and fragile than the SJWs they are constantly ranting about.

I saw this movie in the theater with incredibly low expectations because of the shit storm created on the internet about how this movie was a cheap attempt at Hollywood trying to be too PC and pander to specific demographics. I actually really enjoyed this movie too, dare I say almost as much as the originals. It didn't try and push any agenda or point of view down anyone's throat and was just a fun, interesting comedy that didn't do anything to discredit or take away from the first two movies or their legacy.

People act like this movie is the worst thing that Hollywood ever shat out, and I know there are people that love the originals so much and this was not what they had in mind for a sequel/reboot, but the response to this movie was a complete overreaction.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 13, 2017, 01:33:10 pm
A couple of weeks ago saw Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5548284/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with my daughter, Bridget Jones's Baby (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1473832/) and The Girl on the Train (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3631112/?ref_=nv_sr_1) with my wife also the events Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber, well at least those matches that I really wanted to watch but I did enjoy the six hours of Best of Kevin Steen in CZW (http://smartmarkvideo.com/czw-dvd-best-kevin-steen-czw) DVD and I don't regret anything, will do it again anytime  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kevininja on February 13, 2017, 01:57:59 pm
A couple of weeks ago saw Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5548284/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with my daughter,

Wait, there is a LEGO Scooby-Doo! movie? I haven't even heard about that one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on February 13, 2017, 02:07:23 pm
A couple of weeks ago saw Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5548284/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with my daughter,

Wait, there is a LEGO Scooby-Doo! movie? I haven't even heard about that one.

Comes with a LEGO Scooby-Doo MiniFig to boot...

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/8141-9-5jhL._SL1500_.jpg)

Speaking of LEGO, went and saw The LEGO Batman Movie yesterday morning. Parts of it were entertaining, parts of it were rather odd. At least the kids enjoyed it.  :P
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on February 13, 2017, 02:08:38 pm
Wait, there is a LEGO Scooby-Doo! movie? I haven't even heard about that one.

If you like the character you should give it a chance, honestly I don't like it but since my daughter is her fan I have to watch and have to say that it wasn't that bad  ;)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 15, 2017, 02:03:47 am
I just watched Arrival and while an interesting movie and well done, not entirely sure about my thoughts of it overall.  Its hard to wrap your head around a particular aspect of it, of course without spoiling anything.  I can't say I was really wowed by it, but its interesting enough to be good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on March 06, 2017, 12:32:22 pm
Saw at my vacations Blair Witch and Oujia Origins of Evil and only gonna say that both sucks but at my birthday went to the movies with my wife and little girl just to see The Lego Batman Movie where only have to say that I was laughing my ass off I was even more entertained than my daughter also if you add the fact that since got a VIP card received the soda, pop corns and candy for free and that later that night I throw a party at home only have to say that it was the best day ever anyway this weekend I saw with my wife Collateral Beauty which made me cry like a baby also saw Un padre no tan padre which was ok, not the big deal but good enough for a weekend, also yesterday saw the WWE event Fastlane, a decent weekend if you ask me  8)

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: shepard11 on March 07, 2017, 12:57:02 am
The last movie I watched was Edge of Seventeen with my wife. We rented it off of Xbox Live. I gotta say I'm a sucker for coming of age movies since I grew up in the 80's and 90's, but I don't know if this one really spoke to me. Maybe I'm just getting too old for this stuff.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 07, 2017, 09:41:44 pm
Got around to Logan and that is a pretty intense movie.  You can tell they really wanted their R rating so they didn't have to pull any punches with the violence.  It's a far darker tone than anything else X-Men related.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 09, 2017, 10:30:19 pm
And saw Kong: Skull Island tonight.  I had a pretty great time with it.  Real solid monster flick and got me extra hyped for what is coming with Godzilla in the next movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 20, 2017, 09:47:39 pm
Binged through Iron Fist and while overall I feel I liked it more than Luke Cage, it's not nearly as good as Jessica Jones or Daredevil.  I think the biggest problem is that the action isn't very good.  A lot of it is slow, more in the first half of the show outside of some scenes, and way too choreographed.  There are moments where it feels like they wanted to do something on par with the hallway scene in Daredevil, but didn't want to put the work into getting there and certainly not in long takes.  You are waiting for "Iron Fist" stuff, but you get like one use per show and its rare and only once or twice was it really cool.  I understand he isn't fully there yet with his powers, but I felt like they used the stuff more in the other shows.  That and the guy doing Danny Rand isn't the best.  He can get abit aggravating and its hard to take him too seriously.

It's not bad, but I felt underwhelmed by it.  Good enough to watch, just don't expect to be wowed.  I really want Daredevil Season 3 now, though its apparently not coming out till 2018.  Apparently Jessica Jones is getting a new season this year and we are also getting Punisher, so there could be better stuff this year happening for sure.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kevininja on March 21, 2017, 01:31:33 am
Binged through Iron Fist and while overall I feel I liked it more than Luke Cage, it's not nearly as good as Jessica Jones or Daredevil.  I think the biggest problem is that the action isn't very good.  A lot of it is slow, more in the first half of the show outside of some scenes, and way too choreographed.  There are moments where it feels like they wanted to do something on par with the hallway scene in Daredevil, but didn't want to put the work into getting there and certainly not in long takes.  You are waiting for "Iron Fist" stuff, but you get like one use per show and its rare and only once or twice was it really cool.  I understand he isn't fully there yet with his powers, but I felt like they used the stuff more in the other shows.  That and the guy doing Danny Rand isn't the best.  He can get abit aggravating and its hard to take him too seriously.

It's not bad, but I felt underwhelmed by it.  Good enough to watch, just don't expect to be wowed.  I really want Daredevil Season 3 now, though its apparently not coming out till 2018.  Apparently Jessica Jones is getting a new season this year and we are also getting Punisher, so there could be better stuff this year happening for sure.

I already got that same feeling watching the first 2 episodes, good to know.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on March 27, 2017, 12:37:16 pm
Still haven't been able to watch Logan at the movie theaters and got the feeling that wouldn't be able to do it but anyway I did manage to saw this past week six films, my wife choose the first three ones, Mother's Day, Bad Moms and Office Christmas Party where have to admit that they weren't that bad and that Aniston still looks so freaking hot, the ones that I picked where Why Him ?, Shut In and Train to Busan this last one took almost two hours but I don't regret a single minute  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on March 27, 2017, 06:26:14 pm
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GmeMW251ImE/hqdefault.jpg)

Eh, it was alright. Took a while to get to the action, and I didn't like that the Zords looked like the new Transformers.

But the backstory was better, and the special effects were good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 30, 2017, 10:53:27 pm
(http://regalcdn.azureedge.net/GhostintheShell/HO00005046/Mobile_MovieFeed/20170313-154518941.jpg)

Got a free ticket to see Ghost in the Shell and I'm glad I did see it.  It's actually a good scifi movie on its own.  If it wasn't an adaptation, it would be considered quite good overall.  As an adaptation though, I feel its mostly there.  Like 75%.  They recreate a lot of the iconic scenes from the movie that look real good and the story elements are there, but they clearly only lightly delved into the deeper aspects of the original movie and show, because there is a lot of dialogue going on with this series where it's just people talking about ghosts, humanity, identity, etc.  It's there in this movie, but I think they could've spent more time in a few series or certain interactions taking it further, but I figured they didn't want to make it quite as heavy as the original series is.  I mean, I can't blame them, I like it, but I for one could never truly understand everything that GITS is talking about lol 

I also am a little bummed they didn't do much with the rest of the crew.  Batou is great, I think they did well with him, Togusa is in it abit and so is Aramaki, but the other members of Section 9 don't get much attention.  Saito shows up at the end, and apparently the other three regulars are there, but I don't think their names are said and they certainly were played by different looking actors if they were.  That's so weird to do when the other main members of the cast look pretty close to their anime counterparts.

There's a good bit fanboys of the series could probably nitpick and will, but as a GITS fan and a scifi movie fan, I can certainly say its worth a watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: muntyjack on April 06, 2017, 06:05:39 am
The last movie I watched was Beauty and the Beast, and the last anime was Attack on Titans 1 episode of 2nd season :)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 06, 2017, 06:23:17 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Gamera_Theatrical_Poster.jpg)

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe.  Real mixed bag of quality here.  For a mid-90's movie, a lot of the effects feel right out of the 80's at times.  As a kaiju film, its entertaining enough, I love the model work in the city as that is always impressive to me, but every so often they use CG that looks pretty poor and some of the green screen shots are pretty rough.  Not too mention there are shots where you legit seeing the strings lifting up Gamera and its so noticeable.  Gamera is a silly monster though with his jet propulsion ability and spinning like a flying saucer, but he's fun.  The other creature, Gyaos, takes awhile to look good. It's not till its final form does it seem like the design works.  Also this movie is weirdly violent.  Like they made a hard PG-13/R rated movie, but then had to cut a lot of it out, or just not show like blood, or specifically gruesome scenes.  Like this could be a pretty violent movie if they went full on with it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: muntyjack on April 07, 2017, 06:07:31 am
Just yesterday I watched with friends Sausage Party, it's so hilarious movie(+18), recommend everyone, 10/10
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on April 11, 2017, 01:54:50 pm
The series that I was following this season have ended, these are Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (https://myanimelist.net/anime/33206/Kobayashi-san_Chi_no_Maid_Dragon), Akiba's Trip The Animation (https://myanimelist.net/anime/34051/Akibas_Trip_The_Animation), Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 (https://myanimelist.net/anime/32937/Kono_Subarashii_Sekai_ni_Shukufuku_wo_2), Masamune-kun no Revenge (https://myanimelist.net/anime/33487/Masamune-kun_no_Revenge), Seiren (https://myanimelist.net/anime/33836/Seiren) and Fuuka (https://myanimelist.net/anime/33743/Fuuka) where I have to say that am going to miss at least three of them, one of them will have a third season and the other two can go to hell to burn for eternity, for more information and comments check the Anime thread  ;D 

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 21, 2017, 04:24:35 pm
Watched Under the Tuscany Sun last night with my GF. We both knew it would be a sappy chick flick, but good lord this movie was beyond stupid and pretentious. Unlikable, unbelievable characters, dumbass plot and story, and so many cringe worthy moments that were meant to be "cute." GF and I ended up watching the whole thing and pretty much just made fun of it the whole time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 22, 2017, 04:30:57 am
Back to Back contributions!

Watched EX Machina on my new 4K TV tonight and beyond the excellent picture quality, the movie itself was really good, like one of the best movies I've seen in about a year. Excellent acting, very thought provoking, very original, genuinely creepy at times, and the ending was great. Highly recommend this one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on April 24, 2017, 12:04:13 pm
Took my daughter to the movies this past weekend because she wanted to see Smurfs: The Lost Village I even had to purchase two happy meals after the film because she wanted to have the toys, had such a great time enjoying the adventures of these little blue fellas where can't believe that almost at my 40 years they are also alive, glad to see that my little girl enjoy them as I did when I was her age anyway at home we say A dog's Purpose which by the way it made me cry at some scenes, also saw with my wife Patriots Day, Fences and A Monster Calls, won't forget that also saw Wrestlemania this past April 2  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on April 25, 2017, 01:15:48 pm
I watched most of Ant-Man over the weekend. Pretty good flick.  :)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on April 25, 2017, 01:29:23 pm
I watched most of Ant-Man over the weekend. Pretty good flick.  :)

Very funny action movie. Quite underrated for the Marvel movies.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on April 25, 2017, 01:49:03 pm
I watched most of Ant-Man over the weekend. Pretty good flick.  :)

Very funny action movie. Quite underrated for the Marvel movies.

I found it very entertaining for what it was. The CGI ants I wrote off as whatever but Yellowjacket didn't really click with me for some reason. It didn't ruin the entertainment value of the movie for me though and I'm definitely looking forward to the Ant-Man and the Wasp sequel movie.  :)

Interestingly enough, DC occupies a commanding 75+% of my comic book collection but in regards to their movie efforts, I can't be arsed to care compared to the MCU. Every time a MCU movie gets announced like GotG2 or Thor:Ragnarok; I'm absolutely stoked and can't wait for their release. I see DC hyping up Justice League and I'm like "MEH!" (though the Wonder Woman movie doesn't look that bad). I guess on the other side of the token, I buy next to zero Marvel comic books.  :P
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on April 25, 2017, 02:49:43 pm
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I enjoyed Iron Fist, though it was a bit anti-climactic. I feel a big grand battle at the end of the season would've been much better.

So after watching that, I decided to give Daredevil a 2nd chance after originally not enjoying the first episode. This time I got 4 episodes in, and I was still bored to tears by it. Can't get into that one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: guilty0fbeing on April 26, 2017, 09:57:24 am
I re-watched the Ghost in the Shell anime a few weeks ago.

I need to re-watch Akira.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on May 09, 2017, 01:05:11 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/GotG_Vol2_poster.jpg/220px-GotG_Vol2_poster.jpg)

I watched GOTG 2 last weekend. I really enjoyed it, lots of good, Marvel, cosmic fun.

Not quite as good as the original. I kind of thought the humor felt a little more forced in this one. The original had plenty of humor, don't get me wrong, but with this it seemed like the team was cracking jokes even in moments that really didn't need it.

Still, that wasn't enough to ruin it, at all. It had fantastic special effects, lots of action, and new characters to explore.

And, unlike most Marvel movies, it felt like it's own thing rather than tying into something bigger. Which was a nice change of pace.

What did you guys think of it?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on May 09, 2017, 01:06:39 pm
(http://www.nucleusfilms.com/images/source/Nucleus_Pack_Shots/NUC0013-VideoNasties1.jpg)

Back-to-back posts:

I FINALLY was able to watch this. I don't have a PAL capable DVD player, and it wasn't on any of the streaming services. But both of these documentaries are now up on YouTube! So Americans can watch now, too!

Before watching these, I was only vaguely familiar with the Video Nasties scandal, being an American and all.

Man, do I feel sorry for you Brits. The censoring in your country is out of control. What movie a grown adult watches in the comfort of their own home, should be their choice. You guys really missed out on some great stuff. And for so long! Until 1997?! Wow! You guys missed out on all the great 80s gorefests!

Very interesting stuff. What's really cool, is that there is a YouTube trailer reel that's already around that has all the trailers for all the official Video Nasties. I think I'll watch that tonight!

In conclusion: MARY WHITEHOUSE AND MARGARET THATCHER SUCK!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on May 11, 2017, 10:10:31 am
My girlfriend really wanted to see The Circle, mostly because Emma Watson is in it, and it ended up being the worst movie either of us have seen in a long while. Plot is poorly put together, writing is terrible, and some of the characters are just stupid or unnecessary; it was like this movie was made from a first draft made by a high school student. Save your money and time and do not see this one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on May 11, 2017, 10:15:28 am


So after watching that, I decided to give Daredevil a 2nd chance after originally not enjoying the first episode. This time I got 4 episodes in, and I was still bored to tears by it. Can't get into that one.

Really?  I loved Daredevil.  Now, Luke Cage was a snooze-fest.  I really wanted to like it after Daredevil and Jessica Jones.  I haven't gotten started on Iron Fist yet. 

I got hung up watching all the way through Game of Thrones again.  Damn I love this show.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: soera on May 12, 2017, 03:11:17 am
I liked all 3. Luke Cage took 2-3 episodes to get into it. I still need to watch Iron fist myself.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on May 21, 2017, 01:51:50 am
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This movie wasn't necessarily bad, but it was definitely a disappointment overall. It lacked the originality and interest of Promethius, but didn't have a lot of the excitement and thrills of the Aliens movies either. It just sort of fell into this meh territory let down by vague explanations of very important information in how the Xenomorphs came to be, a plot twist you can see coming from a mile away, and an unfitting fate for the character Shaw from Promethius. Overall the movie was okay and I'd probably give it a 6/10, but it really disappointed in too many areas to have it rank among the best in the franchise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on May 21, 2017, 06:43:51 am
Saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 a couple of weeks back.  :)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on May 23, 2017, 01:52:49 pm
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I was feeling like a good, mindless 80s hack-n-slash film, and I had exhausted my normal sources of stuff I hadn't seen from that era. So I decided to pop in a Jason movie, instead.

I decided on Part V: A New Beginning, since I never really gave that one much attention before. I never liked that the killer was revealed as a copycat and not actually Jason. So I popped this baby in, knowing full well it's not Jason, and taking the movie for what it is.

Even then, it's got to be the worst one in the series. It's not enough just that Jason isn't the killer. But there's also the death scenes. Now traditionally, Jason movies always have some very inventive, and gory slayings. But in this one, it was your run of the mill, psycho killer stabbings. And even then, it was like the camera kept panning away and all you'd see is blood spray. SOOO disappointing for a Jason flick. But hey, at least we did get the obligatory tit shots.

What was your thoughts on this entry in the series?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on May 23, 2017, 01:59:40 pm
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Back-to-back Jason reviews, since I just happened to watch 2 Jason movies. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.

I've seen this one before. But I think the first time I had a bit of Jason burn-out when I watched it, after trying to marathon them.

This time around, I enjoyed it a lot more. Yeah, the characterization is weak in this one. But it's still has some great kill-scenes. And I just love the "80s-ness" of it. The kids in this one are just so steeped in 80s stereotypes that it makes it that much more enjoyable.

The one thing that did bother me a little: Why was Jason so damn wet through the entire thing? Yeah, I get it, he snuck aboard through the water. But it seemed like other characters dried out through the chases, while jason just stayed a soaking mess. MINOR complaint, though, just something that stuck-out to me.

I know it's not the most well-received entry in the series, but to each his own I guess.

Your thoughts on it?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: theravenfreak on May 23, 2017, 10:06:04 pm
The last anime I watched was Pokemon, episode 14 of Season 1. It's the episode when the gang first meets Bill. I don't care for the newer seasons of the Pokemon anime all too much, but I mainly just play the Pokemon games.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on May 24, 2017, 02:27:45 pm
This past week enjoyed a couple of movies, some of them with my daughter, others with my wife and of course the event Backlash from the WWE that I saw by myself some hours later it started, have to admit that really liked Sandy Wexler and Max 2 White House Hero the rest of the films weren't that bad but they were not the big deal, honestly I was expecting more from Xander Cage but I guess that hating the Fast and Furious franchise has something with my dislike for this one, my wife didn't saw with me The Beauty and the Beast cause she knows that I love Emma  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 02, 2017, 02:45:34 am
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So I initially wasn't planning to see Wonder Woman, because why would I? Three "meh" DC movies in a row is real disappointing and I'm not even a big Wonder Woman fan in particular and didn't care for Gal Gadot taking the role.  Then it started coming out that the movie is good and figured I'd give them one last try and overall I liked the movie.  It's nothing amazing, but I enjoyed my time, which is more than I can say for the past three movies.  There's no point in the story that I was annoyed by some bad decision, or felt like the character wasn't being handled well, though my knowledge of Wonder Woman is fairly minimal.  On the DC side of things, if it's not like Batman or Superman, I don't really know the characters a ton, compared to Marvel where I do generally know more.  Still not sure how much I love all the slow motion action, but there were still some good action scenes, particularly one on a battlefield that is the highlight of the film.  The villains were abit weakish, and I feel like there are some weird edit points and a slightly sloppyish ending, maybe that's just me, but a few moments felt off, but otherwise it's a pretty solid film.

This movie gives me a glimmer of hope for Justice League now.  Maybe DC/WB are pulling their heads out of their asses and realizing they need to put some more honest work into these films if they want to even pretend they can hang with Marvel.  They are still rushing things, but maybe once they get Justice League done, they can get things sorted out better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 02, 2017, 12:42:46 pm
^ Suicide Squad kicked was leagues better than Avengers 2 last year, too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 02, 2017, 01:58:57 pm
^ Suicide Squad kicked was leagues better than Avengers 2 last year, too.

What? No it wasn't, Suicide Squad was weak lol A massively wasted opportunity.  I didn't particularly love Avengers 2, it was fine, nothing amazing, but enjoyable enough,  Suicide Squad failed to be a good movie, especially when you realize how dumb the plot truly is.  It fundamentally didn't understand what the Suicide Squad was about.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 02, 2017, 02:49:45 pm
Totally was better. It had a better style, it was gritty and had better action, it had great special effects, it had a helluva atmosphere (that felt like Gotham, for sure) and it had interesting characters. The only thing I really didn't like about it was "thug" Joker. He looked ridiculous.

Avengers 2 wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. The story was blah, the characters really didn't move forward, the villain's motivation was weak, and their Quicksilver just sucked compared to the X-Men version. It was just okay, and completely forgettable. Captain America: Civil War was a better Avengers movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 02, 2017, 03:47:32 pm
Totally was better. It had a better style, it was gritty and had better action, it had great special effects, it had a helluva atmosphere (that felt like Gotham, for sure) and it had interesting characters. The only thing I really didn't like about it was "thug" Joker. He looked ridiculous.

Avengers 2 wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. The story was blah, the characters were really didn't move forward, the villain's motivation was weak, and their Quicksilver just sucked compared to the X-Men version. It was just okay, and completely forgettable. Captain America: Civil War was a better Avengers movie.

Not wrong about Civil War being better, but at least Age of Ultron as a movie makes sense, even if it wasn't anything standout.  Suicide Squad had a good style, but it fell apart in just about every other area.  I actually went back to see what I had on the movie since I posted here, and I was middling with it as I went in with super low expectations and yeah the style was good and the characters were good (except for Joker), but that was all I talked about.  I still don't hate it as much as others, but it wasn't a very good movie and as time has gone on, I hate it more due to just how much they squandered the concept.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 02, 2017, 04:36:33 pm
What didn't make sense? It's a pretty simple story. Amanda Waller gives super-criminals a pardon if they go on government-planned missions no one else wants to take. She keeps them in-line by placing a bomb in their heads. She sends that team of baddies to stop a highly-powered being with the potential to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Joker is trying to bust Harley Quinn out of the team and back to his side.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 02, 2017, 05:09:42 pm
What didn't make sense? It's a pretty simple story. Amanda Waller gives super-criminals a pardon if they go on government-planned missions no one else wants to take. She keeps them in-line by placing a bomb in their heads. She sends that team of baddies to stop a highly-powered being with the potential to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Joker is trying to bust Harley Quinn out of the team and back to his side.

That's more the plot of the comic, not the movie.  The point of the movie is that due to Superman, Waller is essentially putting together a group of expendables that can handle situations like that, despite almost all of them being completely incapable of even having a chance against Superman, let alone Batman.  This part is in the intro of the movie.  The movie is then about stopping the one person they couldn't ever really control and trying to cover up her mistake in creating the group in the first place with Enchantress in it.  It's a terribly circular plot that just squanders their potential.

The movie shouldn't have been about Suicide Squad going to stop a doomsday scenario, it should've been more like Ocean's Eleven, but the leads instead are a bunch of psychotics and evil people.  The animated movie they did was way better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: wartoy on June 05, 2017, 10:42:38 pm
I liked both avengers 2 and suicide squad but liked avengers way more.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 08, 2017, 12:50:01 pm
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"One batch, two batch. Penny and dime." Oh man, right in the feels.

I'm finally getting into Daredevil season 2, and it's soooo much better than season 1. Season 1 dragged on and on. Which is why it's taken me this long to get to season 2.

Anyways, I just finished episode 4, and man was that a heart-wrenching episode.

This entire scene (seen in the pic) where Daredevil rescues a severly tortured and beaten Punisher to the graveyard had me tear-up. Frank Castle talks about when he comes home from the war, and the first thing he does is go to his daughter's school. He describes how she had no clue he was coming, and when she sees him, she's immediately across the room and in his arms. And he's bawling like a little girl.

Then he describes how after he finally gets home, the weight of the war finally hits him and he just feels tired. Too tired to want to do anything. And one night, his daughter wants him to read her her favorite bedtime story. He tells her, "Daddy is too tired to read tonight. But he promises that he will read you a story tomorrow." Except that there was no tomorrow. The next time he held her in his arms, he held her lifeless body as meat poured out of her face.

Man, as a dad, that really hit home. I was full-on tears coming down my cheek.

Anyone that may be in the same boat as me about this show, where you felt the first season was just "meh", trust me, season 2 is so much better and so worth watching. Not only does it have strong scenes like this, but it also is action packed. The fight scenes are done sooooo much better and it gets to the action rather quickly. Daredevil seems to know how to actually fight this season (he was a punching bag season 1), and Punisher is a total bad-ass!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 10, 2017, 09:33:22 pm
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Catching up on the last couple DC animated movies I missed, so I watched Justice League vs Teen Titans and man that is a misleading title lol  I think the Teen Titans fight the Justice League for like...4 minutes at best.  The movie isn't really even about that conflict, it's actually a small element of the larger story that revolves around Raven and this version of the Titan team with the Robin being Damien, who's a huge (well little) asshat to everyone.  It should've been like..."Teen Titans: Raven's Cry" or something like that.  Overall it's not bad though.  I liked the Teen Titan dynamic enough and the story is overall pretty good with some moments that were pretty cool.  Hard to top the old Cartoon Network Teen Titans show though lol

Up next is Justice League Dark and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, which very well could be sort of a sequel to JL vs TT based on the ending of that movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 17, 2017, 02:09:15 am
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Finally got around to watching John Wick Chapter 2 as I decided to pass it up in the theater, but I'm still really glad I watched it.  Incredibly slick, well crafted, action that you sadly don't get enough of nowadays.  Too many action scenes these days are cut to shit and while some can still work, generally, stuff like John Wick or The Raid are just at the peak of action movie quality.  The movie isn't quite as good as the first, but I didn't expect it to be, the setup for that movie is too perfect and you can't get back to that level, but I think they did enough in this movie to show it can still be good  to watch.  It's just a whole lot of action, there's no bullshit surrounding it, no awkward romance or crazy plot twists, it's an intense action movie where John Wick shoots like 4 dozen guys in the head. Like all of them in the head.  John Wick is basically a superhero with the power to shoot people in the head.  I'm calling aimbot.

(http://i.imgur.com/NBnBNRP.jpg)

Now this one was definitely better than the last DC animated movie I watched and fittingly matched it's name of Justice League "Dark".  I was going to say "as much as a PG-13" movie could be here, but this is actually R-rated now that I look at it?  That's nuts, you could easily get away with most of this in a PG-13 movie.  Sure, people die and there is blood at times, but this isn't remotely r-rated material here...That's just weird.  If it was R-rated, they should've made this far darker.  Honestly, almost feels like a marketing decision to make it seem darker than it is.

Either way, it is reasonably good, nothing like "I must own this", but I liked the tone and getting different characters than usual.  Batman was great as sorta the regular joe of the group, because he can't do anything against magic, which makes for a few funny moments.  Only got one more DC animated movie to watch now.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on June 19, 2017, 01:36:00 am
Went and saw Cars 3 Sunday morning. Kids will love it but it feels like a very safe and by the numbers entry. Rather predictable plot though that's not really a bad thing. I figure at some point I'll watch Wonder Woman before it leaves theaters.


Cars 3 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGynY3EaL4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGynY3EaL4)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ignition365 on June 19, 2017, 08:31:04 am
Wanted to watch the shitty "The Chase" 1994 film with Charlie Sheen but accidentally pulled up the 1966 film "The Chase" with Robert Redford and Robert Duvall.  Said fuck it and started watching it.  Good stuff.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 19, 2017, 10:14:28 pm
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Just some goofy fun like the regular Lego movie.  Way sillier than I expected really, which is saying a lot for the trailer, but I had a good time watching it.  I really love the style of these movie as the animation is just so well done and I'm still looking forward to the Lego Movie Sequel.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 23, 2017, 02:28:17 am
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Finally diving into the Showa era of the Godzilla series, which is an oddball era for Godzilla.  Starting things off with the 1962 King Kong vs Godzilla.  I feel that I'm getting shortchanged by watching the only available version that is the American version on Blu-Ray.  There's no Japanese dub or Japanese cut here.  A few of the old Godzilla movies like the original movie and Godzilla 1985 got re-cut with all new English scenes, but in this, all they seem to be are awkwardly placed news report scenes that do nothing but explain what is going on.  I feel like I'm missing half the real movie.

Effects wise, King Kong looks pretty poor, where the wide shot suit of his doesn't have a working mouth, so every roar doesn't match, but Godzilla is fine.  He does open his mouth in close up shots, which is clearly a different head.  I love the miniatures though.  It makes me appreciate the post-1985 Heisei era of Godzilla films and how much better the miniatures become.  There's more than a few shots where there are just like like little toy people standing around or at one point, there's a hilarious Godzilla miniature just bobbing about, but that's the charm of these old movies and Kaiju flicks in general.  That's what I like, no matter how bad King Kong might look.

Also, it's so random that King Kong has electricity powers.  The movie says "Oh, King Kong gets strong from electricity, we don't know why." I can't tell if this is the American version trying to weirdly explain something the Japanese movie doesn't, but it's so out of place.  I feel like even the Japanese version might not explain it properly, but I don't know, maybe it does.  I forgot that this is the movie with that great scene of King Kong jabbing a tree down Godzilla's throat lol The fight between them is amusing though, but it ends super abruptly.  Oh they tumbled into the ocean, there's a random earth quake, and suddenly King Kong is swimming away, Godzilla is just gone, and then straight up "Kong saved us, THE END", no ending credits lol

It's a very silly movie at times and I really need to try and get the original Japanese cut of this movie to see how it differs, but I didn't really hate what is going on.  It's to silly and charming to me.  Having found out that the original Gojira is available on Amazon along with others, I might be able to watch more of this era than I thought as they haven't re-released most of the movies from the original to the end of the 70's films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 24, 2017, 04:25:55 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Godzilla_%2754_design.jpg)

Watching Godzilla 1954, I realized that I had not seen the original movie or had completely forgotten it.  I wasn't sure what I'd think of the film as I don't normally watch very old films.  I doubt I've truly seen many pre-1960 films outside of like stuff I'd see in Mystery Science Theater, but in some ways, the old, black & white, nature of this film works in its favor.  The old effects work well enough for the time, though Godzilla's fire breath is more like a "mist" than a fire blast, but other than that his attack on Tokyo was very effective.  The movie in the first half is a tad hit or miss at times, but once Godzilla really shows up, it really comes together and the drama works.

It's interesting knowing how the series progress that they felt the need to turn Godzilla so much less serious, when this is it's starting movie.  It's like if Saving Private Ryan eventually turned into Kelly's Heroes lol  It's generally a pretty good movie though despite a few faults here and there.

I picked up a Godzilla dvd collection that has most of the Showa era movies, so I'm going to be able  actually watch everything pre-1984, it'll be an interesting watch through all of this stuff as I know I haven't seen a number of these older ones.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 25, 2017, 03:55:06 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Gojira_no_gyakushu_poster.jpg)

Godzilla Raids Again is another one of these I had never seen before.  I'm glad this one sticks with the seriousness of the first movie as I was worried them releasing the sequel so quickly and having seen the third movie "King Kong vs Godzilla", that the shift to something with seemingly more humor in it was gonna be just right away.

The Godzilla design in this one seems abit off compared to the first one, like with some more gnarly teeth and a slightly lumpier head, but I'm sure that could technically be explained away as this being a second Godzilla and not the original, even though they sorta treat it as just the same one.  It being a second Godzilla is mostly just a flimsy exclusive to have Godzilla back lol  Also again, especially with what comes up next in King Kong vs Godzilla, this movie being dark and black & white really helps with the effects and to cover them up better, though I love the obvious adorable hand puppets they use for the close up shots.  I totally need to get a Godzilla hand puppet lol

The fight between Godzilla and Anguirus, while good for what it is, is weirdly fast.  Like they totally just have the footage at like 1.5x speed.  It's so odd as at one point, when it's just Godzilla and Anguirus facing off, the film is at a slower or more normal speed, so when it moves to the faster speed as they brawl, it's really out of place.  I do love their miniatures though.  Even if the tanks are toys and you see little toy soldiers around, it's wonderful.

This movie isn't quite as good I feel as the first, there's a stronger connection to the people and devastation in that, but this is a pretty straightforward sequel I think in terms of what it offers and it looks very close to the first one.  I took a glance at the English version that was offered and wow, it's...different and awkward.  SHOW, DON'T TELL, MOVIE lol In some ways, it kinda works in that the start is faster, the movie has a few parts that does drag on, but they are just explaining every single damn action.  If the whole movie is like this, I think it would make for a poor movie to always have the narration explaining what we are watching.

Gonna make tonight a double feature with the first Godzilla vs Mothra.

(http://blog-imgs-69.fc2.com/s/e/k/sekiga914/gvms.jpg)

Mothra vs Godzilla follows a similar idea to the previous King Kong vs Godzilla with the idea of greedy businessmen trying to make a profit off of monsters, though it seems abit less silly than that one.  Godzilla makes a really random entrance in this, coming out of the mud of a just drained beach area.  Why was Godzilla buried? Did he like get washed in by the typhoon and buried? It makes no sense lol His suit is a tad goofy in this also.  I also just said this is less goofy, but then i watch him literally tripping around and crashing into buildings lol  They also didn't reinforce his face or something, so he has these big floppy jowls that take away from him being menacing of any sort.

Can't say I'm super keen on this Godzilla in particular.  He has these very obvious like...big smooth eyebrows that standout from his head and look odd to me.  Again, the little toy figures smacking around each other come out and they are the absolute most charming things possible, though used way less compared to Godzilla Raids Again.  Right now I just want to see a Godzilla short movie done purely with puppets and toys lol  Also, while I normally hate bugs, Mothra larvae are pretty cute.  I kinda actually like them more than full grown Mothra.

This movie was way better than King Kong vs Godzilla though.  I really didn't like King Kong in that and Mothra is such an iconic creature for Godzilla to fight.  It might've helped that this isn't some weird re-cut English version like King Kong was, which I think really hampered that film, so it might be not be fair until I see the Japanese original, but I still did not like King Kong in that.  This might at least have a better "English version" than the past two movies.  From the start there's no added scenes or awkward narration.  Just a proper English dub.  I will always stick with the original cut if I can though as I think that subtitled version works out better than what they tweak for the English dub.


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Ghidorah_the_Three-Headed_Monster_1965.jpg/220px-Ghidorah_the_Three-Headed_Monster_1965.jpg)
Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster.  Here begins the silly era of Godzilla, where Godzilla and Rodan have personalities and they bounce a rock back and forth between each other and they all have a dialogue with Mothra and it's just super silly.  These are definitely going to be my least favorite movies I think, but again as I've said before, they still have their charm, even if they are really goofy.  I've always loved Ghidorah though.  He's up there as a favorite alongside Mecha Godzilla and Space Godzilla.

Probably will also have less to say about these movies as they go as I think they are pretty consistent in terms of what they offer .  Gonna be a silly fun ride lol I am looking forward to the appearance of Gigan and Mecha Godzilla though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on June 26, 2017, 10:35:48 am
Have been kinda busy this past days but this is what have seen  8)

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 27, 2017, 04:50:19 am
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Invasion of Astro-Monster.  What a weird name for a Godzilla movie.  Even the other name for the movie "Godzilla vs Monster Zero" is weird, because it makes sense to call him Ghidorah, rather than the alien's nickname for him, especially since there was just a movie with his name as the sole part of the title and nothing for Godzilla right before this.  "Godzilla vs Planet X" would've made a lot more sense or something like that.

Oh well.  Personally I always found the alien stuff in Godzilla movies to be extra silly, which is saying a lot in a series with magic, telepathy, and giant monsters/robots lol Their plans make no sense in this in particular.  They buddy up with humanity for no reason so they can take Rodan and Godzilla and control them, but they could do that anyways without them even knowing.  There's no point to like 1/2 or more of the movie and there's almost no monster battles going on.  There's one like 40 minutes in for a couple minutes and then the monsters are shelved till practically the last 15 minutes.  It's just really boring for a lot of the movie because the alien stuff is just too goofy or badly written to care.  I want rubber suits and adorable miniatures getting destroyed, dammit!  Too little of it going on!

This was probably the weakest one I've watched next to King Kong vs Godzilla.  Really, the movie should just be called "Earth vs Planet X".  The monsters just feel like an afterthought in their own movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on June 27, 2017, 02:02:02 pm
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How was this?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 29, 2017, 01:18:32 am
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I was very cynical about Power Rangers, I mean, how could I not? We have the awful TMNT movies, the awful Transformer movies, it's like Hollywood was determined to find ways to ruin stuff I loved as a kid.  So I skipped this in theater, but decided I'll rent it, I'll give it a shot as I did hear things about it...and really...It's actually good.  I kept wanting to hate it, but found myself enjoying it.  It's not perfect, it's got problems, but generally it's a pretty good movie. 

My only real negatives are that the Putty designs suck, Goldar sucks, the Megazord sucks, and I would've rather the movie not look so de-saturated as movies are want to do these days.  In a series known for its color, make that shit pop! Be less "Man of Steel" and more "Guardians of the Galaxy".  Also the Krispy Kreme advertising was abysmal and embarrassing and I felt like they were just paying lip service to the past show.  Alpha 5 going Aye Aye Aye! or the tiny little bit of the ACTUAL Power Rangers theme they play for like 10 seconds, or even with Rita going "make my monster grow!"...It feels forced rather than working that stuff in naturally.  I did mark out slightly for the obvious cameos though.

I'm actually cool with this movie and I wouldn't mind them doing another, even if the Megazord is a terrible design lol

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Godzilla vs The Sea Monster or Ebirah, Horror of the Deep.  I don't know what was with them not labeling their Godzilla movies as "Godzilla" in Japan.  There's at least 3 of them right in a row here.  Very weird.  Ebirah really does seem to be one of the weaker Godzilla rivals in the series to me lol I mean, it's just a giant crustacean. most of the stuff Godzilla fights tend to either be like giant dino-type creatures, or just straight up monsters like Biolante or Hedorah or alien creatures. But Ebirah is just...a crustacean.  Design is cool at least, I can't fault them there for at least make a good looking prop lol  The craftsmanship is something I'll always enjoy in these, no matter how silly things get.

There's also randomly a fourth monster in this with some random giant condor that attacks Godzilla before getting wrecked.  This movie feels like the first seriously 60's movie to me.  The clothing, there was a short dance contest at the beginning, and there are some music bits that are just very much of that time.  Can't say I like this Godzilla too much either.  I think this might've been an issue before, but his eyes are weirdly pointed up, so the only time it seems like he's looking straight ahead or down, is when he's leaning over.  Otherwise he looks either blind or looking straight up.

I don't really know what the plot of this movie was either.  There's this evil military group, who captures islanders from Mothra's island as slave labor to make repellent to stop Ebirah, but I don't know why they need the islanders for it, or what they are even doing on the island.  Also Godzilla is just randomly sleeping on the island.  I think it's just once again a badly written story like last time with Planet X lol At least that had better monster action going on, there wasn't anything too great here as Ebirah is boring and Mothra is only it for a cameo basically.

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Dodged a bullet I feel by skipping Son of Godzilla.  It's not available on Amazon to rent or really buy, so I'm moving on to Destroy All Monsters, which will have less Minilla in it I think, because Minilla is lame lol  I'm pretty sure I remember that movie being real silly and probably like the first Godzilla movie that was full on goofy and comedic.  Unfortunately, I have the English dub for Destroy All Monsters as it's just an Amazon rental.  These dubs usually just add a lot of extra narration, which is super annoying, though maybe I'm wrong about that since I don't have a Japanese version to compare.

Monster Island is cool though, as silly as it is.  It's essentially a habitat for all the monsters.  I like Godzilla's design abit more for once.  It's been quite awhile, but his eyes look good and generally feels like he has a solid design for the first time in awhile.  This dub is super lame though.  Really wish I had the Japanese audio.  Back to the silly alien stuff too, but at least we got a lot of monsters here, though Mothra being in larva form doesn't make much sense as it was just in butterfly form the movie before last.

Overall, it's alright, but I got a feeling the rest of these movies are gonna be pretty similar in feel and style, though I'm pretty excited to get to Mecha Godzilla.  He's a real favorite of mine.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on July 06, 2017, 12:30:32 pm
How was this?

Honestly dunno if I was tired as fuck because the day that I saw had a lot of work that at some parts of the movie almost fell asleep but don't get the wrong idea and give it a chance  ;)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 06, 2017, 10:32:50 pm
Usually I like to write a little review for fun, but I'm tired tonight, so Spiderman: Homecoming was great.  Best Spiderman film.  I never really liked any of the others, so it was nice to finally have one I enjoyed from beginning to end.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on July 06, 2017, 11:38:34 pm
@Kamakazekeeg I love Godzilla, but I was never able to get into any of the Showa era films accept the first film which is essential for the remainder of the franchise since they all use it as a basis for their films (except Shin Godzilla). I like most of the films following Godzilla 1985 which was my first Godzilla film I ever saw. Shin Godzilla was absolutely amazing and an excellent revamp of the entire franchise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 07, 2017, 12:35:24 am
@Kamakazekeeg I love Godzilla, but I was never able to get into any of the Showa era films accept the first film which is essential for the remainder of the franchise since they all use it as a basis for their films (except Shin Godzilla). I like most of the films following Godzilla 1985 which was my first Godzilla film I ever saw. Shin Godzilla was absolutely amazing and an excellent revamp of the entire franchise.

Yeah as I go through them, I still find things to enjoy, the suits and such are fun, but I definitely don't really like them as movies too much as something I could just pop in whenever.  Kinda hoping for something a little more once I get to Mecha Godzilla, as I love Mecha Godzilla, new and old.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on July 07, 2017, 01:09:33 am
Been on a movie watching kick the last few days with Netflix. I re-watched the first couple of episodes of One Punch Man for something to do the other day but I also managed to get in viewings of Moana, Ip Man, and Kung Fu Killer (yes I know one of these is not like the others  :P)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 07, 2017, 03:00:24 am
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I was kinda tired earlier and didn't want to review Spiderman: Homecoming, but oh boy I'll do it for these goofy ass Godzilla films lol This one right off the bat has this horrific theme for it, where the person is just yelling out parts and it's just like...WHOA...that shit will wake you up lol Also I just realized we hit another downturn for the series as we are introducing the kids now.  We are truly in the darkest of times for Godzilla (Not counting American Godzilla '98).

This is very quickly becoming the worst Godzilla movie as it's literally just re-using footage from different Godzilla movies and it's hilariously obvious because the Godzilla's keep changing.  Two fights are from Godzilla vs Ebirah, and I'm pretty sure the spider and ant fights are from the Son of Godzilla movie I haven't watched.  "All Out Attack: Godzilla's Revenge" is just "Godzilla: The Clip Show".  The only new footage is anything related to the kid and the awful talking Minilla and the kids story involving bank robbers.  It's just a kids movie about standing up to bullies.  I guess this Gabera stuff is at least new, but it just involves Minilla and anything Minilla is automatically bad.

This might be the only Godzilla I would say to NEVER watch.  Like generally up till now, it's gotten sillier and more light hearted, but all the re-used Godzilla movie footage is terrible and the stuff with Gabera is no good and the human story is lame.  I can't find much of anything redeemable here.  Also Japan can be so bad with their titles.  "Destroy All Monsters" wasn't about that and actually had the monsters teaming up at the end.  "All Monsters Attack" is just a clip show and isn't that and it's alternate title is hilariously "Godzilla's Revenge" in the US, even though that again, this movie has none of that.  So awful.

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Things can only go up from All Monsters Attack, that's basement tier stuff.  Not that this one is particularly great.  Hedorah has some cool ideas to its look and setup, but there's so much weird stuff here.  Cartoons just slipped in, random scenes unrelated to anything, there's a random protest party with music and dancing and everyone dies practically, it's so weirdly edited.  Also Godzilla's theme is so bad during this time.  It reminds me of like that Family Guy joke with the tuba playing for fat guys.  Its just dopey and I think it might be his theme for this era.

It's weirdly a dark movie though, with a huge body count.  It's half kids movie, half horror movie.  Like the movie ends where Godzilla beat Hedorah, the kid and his uncles girlfriend are waving off to Godzilla, but as far as we know, his uncle was just killed earlier from trying to fight Hedorah with torches.  "Thanks Godzilla! I mean you didn't save my Uncle, but thanks!".  It's so confusing and makes little sense.  The kid also has like "Godzilla Sense" and is practically telepathic, but it's not touched on like in other movies.  It's the power of "bad writing" lol

I forgot this is the movie with the infamous Godzilla flying with his fire breath scene though.  It's so goofy, but that is so notorious among fans with how goofy it is, it made me laugh, but dumb stuff like that doesn't save the movie.  It's just weird, but boring a lot of the time and while Godzilla fights Hedorah a lot and actually gets pretty wrecked, which you don't normally see in this era, it's never really a great fight.  To me, there's a much darker, better, movie here, but it's saddled down by being a kids film.

At least Gigan is up next to watch.  Gigan is pretty cool in design and he gets a wicked redesign in Final Wars.

Unrelated to the movies, I NEED this city survival game with all sorts of giant creatures like Godzilla, Gamera, EVA's/Angels, Ultra Man and others.  It's so damn cool and I hope so much it gets an English localization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_N72EBYRpE
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 08, 2017, 01:11:04 am
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This came out of nowhere to me, but here it is.  It's unfortunately only 4 episodes, not sure if that's just like "pilot" material and whether it does well, we'll see more, or if they are just gonna release it in chunks, but overall I like it.  I can't say anything about it's connections to the game, I know little about them, but I generally liked what I saw.  Solid animation, mostly good voice acting (They like to mumble/talk quietly too often), and it's very R-rated with it getting pretty bloody and violent, grotesquely so at points.  Honestly, it reminds me a lot of Berserk at moments.  Makes me wish that Netflix would just get these guys to make a new Berserk series so we don't have the travesty that is the current Berserk anime lol

*EDIT*
Turns out the first season was just these four episodes, which is mostly setting up the characters.  It's getting a second season that is 8 episodes that I imagine will be out later this year or next.

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Mostly hoping to get a better movie with this one, Godzilla vs Gigan, especially after the last couple were fairly disappointing.  I realized I haven't really liked any this era since Mothra vs Godzilla in particular, though I always like seeing King Ghidorah.  This movie at least seems more competently put together, no nonsense editing, it has regular music, no kids anywhere, and it isn't re-using footage! Mostly...Still borrowed a few shots real quick at the beginning from Destroy All Monsters lol  Plot is another one of the goofy alien plots, but I get to have both Gigan and Ghidorah in this and they are some of my favorite monsters with Godzilla and Mecha Godzilla, so that's always a plus.  Lots of good city destruction here and most of the last half of the movie involves them fighting which is great.

Seeing a problem with the movies writing as the stuff with the aliens gets really stupid and makes no sense at all.  It's watchable, but it's so badly written.  They also just outright re-use footage from the Ghidorah movie to add to the movie so they don't have to do more fight scenes, even though they are clearly from a different movie in how they look or how the Godzilla changes back to the dumb smooth eyebrow version from back then.  It's so cheap of them to do when the movie was doing so good.

Overall, watchable Godzilla is always good, but man the writing is garbage and they take some cheap outs with the re-used footage.  It's really only good for when Gigan and Ghidorah show up to wreck the city and from there on, it's just a whole lot of monster battling that's mostly good for what it is.

Only three left in this era and two of them got Megagodzilla! Woo! These could be crap, but I don't care, Mechagodzilla! lol

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Let's see how this movie goes. After the intro scene, we get...A kid on a goofy water toy.  So, that kind of Godzilla movie, eh? Welp, here we go lol  Oh I actually remember this one! This is the one that has Jet Jaguar and Baby Rider if you know Super Best Friends Play lol I technically watched this with their commentary like a year or two ago.  It's not a particularly good movie lol Never really liked Jet jaguar.  The design just isn't very good.  Megalon is kinda okay, if a bit bland in design, essentially being a giant beetle, though I like the look of the drill hands.  The human stuff in this is boring, because it's all about Jet Jaguar and that's it, they don't really do anything interesting, like the last movie.

I can see why this movie is so lame as there's lots of re-used footage, particularly from the Gigan movie.  Military stuff, city destruction, and there are moments in the fights where you can clearly tell it's from a different movie, all so they can save some money.  This and the writing are just so lazy.

Oh man, and this is the stupid Godzilla dropkick moment lol Much like the Fire Breath Flying scene, it doesn't save the movie, but it does amuse me lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 10, 2017, 05:02:36 am
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Almost a year ago, I started diving into the Godzilla series.  Last year I watched everything from 1985 and up to Shin Godzilla.  This year I've watched almost everything from Godzilla 1954 and now to Terror Mechagodzilla.  The only two I couldn't watch were Son of Godzilla and the first Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla as they are not rentable or buyable right now, so until then, I'm ending my go with this one.  Last year I enjoyed a number of the movies.  This year? Not so much lol I mean, they all have some element of charm to them (Not counting All Monsters Attack), but weren't particularly good movies to me.  I think the only ones I liked for the most part were Godzilla 1954, Godzilla Raids Again, and Mothra vs Godzilla.

While unfortunately I am missing out on the original reveal of Mechagodzilla, going into the sequel first, I am still glad to have Mechagodzilla here.  No matter how goofy the movie could be, I love that big 'ole tin can fake. Titanosaurus is kinda cool in design, your basic dinosaur look for the most part, but he doesn't look goofy which is important at times here lol  For the most part, this is a pretty straight forward movie.  The alien stuff isn't too goofy for once and the plot mostly makes sense.  This movie has been mostly watchable, especially after the last few.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on July 10, 2017, 10:47:36 am
Saturday morning I watched all 4 episodes of Castlevania on Netflix. Holy shit was that good. I can't wait for more. It's a shame it was so short. It may be animated, but it's not for the kiddies.

Sunday afternoon, The Boy and I went to see Spider-Man. Best Spider-Man movie yet. I loved it. I'm glad they got Peter Parker to be a teenager again. He's awkward, a little clumsy, and very unsure of himself. This is what Spider-Man should have been the first time.
With that said, I could have done without as much Tony Stark and Happy Hogan. Maybe next time
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on July 11, 2017, 02:02:46 pm
This weekend took my little girl, my beautiful wife and even my mother in law to the movie theater because my daughter wanted to watch Despicable Me 3, received some unexpected/extra money so after the movie we went to eat some Tacos de Caballo, sorry no pictures here but they were so fucking delicious, damn it now I want to eat them again anyway this past Sunday saw Kong Skull Island about this film can only say I came looking for copper and I found gold also four of the six Anime shows that I was seeing have ended but already have found three new ones that am pretty sure I'll enjoy this season  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 13, 2017, 04:29:48 am
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I'd been watching so much goofy Godzilla stuff, I'd almost forgotten how good Japanese Kaiju flicks could be.  With Gamera 3, it's pretty well done for the time.  There's CG that has mostly aged alright, even if it does look like a videogame at times, and good practical stuff and it's actually pretty violent, while showing you can write good story stuff utilizing a lot of what was prominent in the Showa era of Godzilla.  Guardian protector creature, story involving kids, telepathy, stuff that Godzilla did do better too later on, but Gamera feels way closer to that era, just with...you know...quality lol

The movie itself is enjoyable enough though.  There's a good story here, though I feel like it's message is slightly unclear.  Gamera clear saves specific people, but also shows a complete lack of restraint when fighting and is the cause of thousands of deaths.  Hard to feel like "Yay, Gamera!" When I've seen him basically just roast and crush people not mere minutes earlier. 

Also the movie doesn't have enough monster action.  There are battles, but really, there wasn't much serious battling.  It looks super cool, but it is a problem.  Godzilla 2014 had a similar problem, though way worse in the monster battle department.

It does have a terrible cliffhanger ending unfortunately.  Screw that.  Nothing amazing, but I feel very lenient about having something with quality after all those Godzilla movies I went through lol

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Went looking for more Kaiju films, ended up coming across a more regular monster horror movie with abit of a comedy edge to it.  It's at times great, but also disappointing.  I think it's the inconsistent tone.  There's a lot of good drama, but it's undercut with the comedic parts, so it's hard to take seriously.  Vice versa, there's not enough consistent humor, so it's not good enough for that as at some points, it gave me a Shaun of the Dead vibe, though doesn't reach that level.  It's also quite dark, so combined with the pacing, it feels wonky, especially abit later.  The ending kinda sucks to and doesn't make sense.  I know it's meant to be abit...absurd I think is the right word, in terms of motivations, primarily with the US Military stuff and their decisions, but again, it's not enough.  I think it's watchable and generally alright, but I felt like if they had made it more serious, or maybe abit more of generally a dark comedy, it would've worked better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 13, 2017, 11:30:42 pm
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It's rare for a big movie series to get increasingly better as they go on and still have potential to continue to be good in further movies if they continue on.  If you liked the previous movies, there's no reason not to see this one too.  It's just a well done story with incredible CG with how real the apes look.  Just got sucked into the movie and the drama and just like I was surprised with how engaged I was with the ape characters in Dawn, I was again surprised once more as I haven't watched the movies since the first time I did.  It's impressive really.

Sidenote, it has me hopeful for the Batman movie he's doing.  I was worried when a new director came in, but didn't know it was the guy who did both of the last Ape movies, which have been fantastic.  So hopefully he doesn't get jerked around and he can maybe make a new good Batman movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 15, 2017, 04:40:21 am
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This was an interesting anime movie that popped up on Netflix that I liked.  At first, I struggled to understand what this whole world is, but after the movie, I looked at it's manga plot a bit, and I have a generally better understanding of what is going on.  It's weird, but overall I liked the movie.  With the main character "Killy", it's a very sorta Mad Max/Terminator vibe to him, set in this bleak future world.  It is 3D animation, the kind you get from like Knights of Sidonia.  Some good action, and despite my initial confusion with this worlds premise, it doesn't particularly hurt the movie.  I guess Netflix already has a sequel movie planned which is cool.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on July 16, 2017, 05:55:29 pm
Not really in the mood to write a review, but I was going through channels last night, and USA was airing Blood Father. Really good movie. Definitely would recommended to anyone that likes Mel Gibson or action/crime thrillers.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on July 19, 2017, 01:44:59 am
Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, back-to-back.

The second isn't highly regarded, but to me it's a masterpiece. Probably speaking with rose-colored glasses, but I can't help myself but enjoy it just as much as I do the first. Big fan of the soundtracks for both movies, too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 19, 2017, 01:53:52 am
Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, back-to-back.

The second isn't highly regarded, but to me it's a masterpiece. Probably speaking with rose-colored glasses, but I can't help myself but enjoy it just as much as I do the first. Big fan of the soundtracks for both movies, too.

I rewatched it some time ago and while I don't agree with the hate it gets, I think the first was still better.  As I sequel, from what I remember, it just didn't feel like the right direction to take a sequel, but I still think it's totally watchable.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on July 19, 2017, 02:04:52 am
I rewatched it some time ago and while I don't agree with the hate it gets, I think the first was still better.  As I sequel, from what I remember, it just didn't feel like the right direction to take a sequel, but I still think it's totally watchable.

Oh yeah, the first one is ten times better. No contention there.

The second definitely missed a few beats. Even back then when I saw it for the first time as a kid, I remember liking it, but feeling like there was something missing. Still my sentiment to this day, but like I said, still enjoy it the same.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 19, 2017, 03:59:05 am
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Kong: Skull Island is finally out on video and I am definitely still on board with this movie being pretty good.  After I watched it in theater, I heard some of the complaints about it and to a degree I think it's pacing and tone at times is kinda off, but to me it still really worked.  The action is great, Kong is a badass while keeping some emotional element to him, I like the characters...I'm just happy it's not another remake of the original as I think Peter Jackson's King Kong did all one could with that pretty much.  It's one of the few times I've genuinely liked King Kong as there's been a number of mixed bag things related to him (Oh boy, that awful King Kong vs Godzilla movie from the 60's...phew...).
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 25, 2017, 03:01:36 am
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Resident Evil: Vendetta is about what you expect out of these movies...Both the good and bad.  Usually good CG animation and hype action, put alongside dumb and convoluted plots and awful dialogue.  Sooo...its pretty true to the games lol It's not a particularly great movie, I feel like the plot is kind of lame in its execution, but if you just want to watch Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy do absurd action moves that make Keanu Reeves in John Wick seem tame, you'll probably be fine with this.

The gunfight between Airies and Redfield is super stupid though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 25, 2017, 01:01:26 pm
^ Are we getting zombies and Umbrella monsters? Or the weird parasite things?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 25, 2017, 06:44:36 pm
^ Are we getting zombies and Umbrella monsters? Or the weird parasite things?

Basically zombies.  There's some talk of the virus having a Los Illuminados connection to be what it is, which doesn't go anywhere, but they are mostly just zombies.  No talking or head bursting parasites.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 25, 2017, 11:15:43 pm
Thanks. I still would've watched it either way. Just waiting for RedBox or DVD Express to get it. Hopefully I don't have to wait for Netflix.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 25, 2017, 11:53:56 pm
Thanks. I still would've watched it either way. Just waiting for RedBox or DVD Express to get it. Hopefully I don't have to wait for Netflix.

Yeah it's fine if you just want the usual Resident Evil stuff.  I'm kinda hoping they'll do a new movie soon and lean towards more of what Resident Evil 7 was doing, rather than continuing the usual RE4-6 style of hyper action.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 26, 2017, 05:11:35 am
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I'm still surprised this series continues to actually be watchable lol Like, these movies I don't think are anything super special, but they continue to be quality, big dumb nonsense, popcorn flicks.  When we get garbage like Transformers out there, pretending to be a good popcorn flicks, but it's just bad writing and awful characters, there's these movies that are still pretty fun.  Like they went from crime drama race films, to a heist series, to like Mission Impossible spy films lol

I also continue to wonder how they'll top the last one...and they do.  There are some super badass scenes and no matter how ridiculously bonkers the story gets, I'm still enjoying myself.  I feel like this is the only series to have ever done this, to constantly be changing what the movies are, but also continue to be good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on July 30, 2017, 12:38:15 am
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Kong: Skull Island is finally out on video and I am definitely still on board with this movie being pretty good.  After I watched it in theater, I heard some of the complaints about it and to a degree I think it's pacing and tone at times is kinda off, but to me it still really worked.  The action is great, Kong is a badass while keeping some emotional element to him, I like the characters...I'm just happy it's not another remake of the original as I think Peter Jackson's King Kong did all one could with that pretty much.  It's one of the few times I've genuinely liked King Kong as there's been a number of mixed bag things related to him (Oh boy, that awful King Kong vs Godzilla movie from the 60's...phew...).

I watched this for the first time and I have to say it was pretty good. There were some fairly silly parts that I had to go wtf with, but they did little to distract from what was an entertaining giant monster movie. I loved how Kong and the other monsters (the things you actually care about and want to see in the movie) were prominently in the movie and felt like the main characters just as much as the human cast. The story was decent and definitely moved the film along so we could see another awesome monster fight, with the final one being particularly good.

SPOILER AHEAD!!!!!!!!!

For the most part I was not a big fan of the 2014 Godzilla movie by Legendary; I felt like it teased too much while making the story too much about a bunch of characters that no one gave a shit about. We all wanted to see Godzilla and the Mitos(sp???) destroy each other and everything around them, which we barely got until the final 10 minutes of the movie which was let down by some meh cinematography, dark setting, and it being frequently interrupted by the stupid characters again. However, the last part of Kong where we saw cave drawings of Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidora definitely has me hyped for the Godzilla sequel as it may end up being a sort of reimagining of All Monsters Attack. Considering this was shown in a King Kong movie, I am hoping Kong gets in on the action as well somehow. If it weren't for this last post-credits scene I'd probably be seeing the next Godzilla movie done by Legendary when it comes to Redbox.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 30, 2017, 12:45:30 am
I still like Godzilla 2014, it's not the best, but King Kong definitely did it all better for sure.  I understand what Gareth Edwards was trying to do, it was just misguided, which is a shame, because I love Godzilla in that when we do actually see it.

Godzilla 2 is basically one of my most anticipated films right now lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 01, 2017, 09:58:55 am
Not a movie necessarily, but I started rewatching Game of Thrones from the very beginning again and in some ways it is a lot more enjoyable than the first time I did because I actually know who a lot of the people are they make reference to, or certain events that are mentioned, but not described until later on in the show. Sadly, I do know what is going to happen, which for those of you who have watched the show, is like watching a car accident about to happen, but there is nothing you can do to stop it. I am almost done with Season 1, which is arguably one of the best imo.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on August 01, 2017, 11:49:00 am
Not a movie necessarily, but I started rewatching Game of Thrones from the very beginning again and in some ways it is a lot more enjoyable than the first time I did because I actually know who a lot of the people are they make reference to, or certain events that are mentioned, but not described until later on in the show. Sadly, I do know what is going to happen, which for those of you who have watched the show, is like watching a car accident about to happen, but there is nothing you can do to stop it. I am almost done with Season 1, which is arguably one of the best imo.

I just re-watched the the whole thing before this season started.  Damn it was good.  Season 5 slows down a lot, but I realized how much I dig some of the other characters.  Arya is one of my favorites now.  She has a cool story it just unfolds really slow.  If you binge it, it makes it better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 01, 2017, 02:02:53 pm
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I don't know why everyone dogged on this so much.

I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Granted I haven't finished it yet, just watched episode 8.

But I heard everyone saying this is the weakest of the Marvel Netflix series. So far, for me, it's been the best. The only other one I haven't watched yet is Luke Cage. And that's because Luke Cage first appears in Jessica Jones.

There's a lot of story to sink your teeth into in this one. And I love the P.I. aspect of it. Makes you think a little more than your average punching and kicking superhero fare.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 01, 2017, 02:27:10 pm
Not a movie necessarily, but I started rewatching Game of Thrones from the very beginning again and in some ways it is a lot more enjoyable than the first time I did because I actually know who a lot of the people are they make reference to, or certain events that are mentioned, but not described until later on in the show. Sadly, I do know what is going to happen, which for those of you who have watched the show, is like watching a car accident about to happen, but there is nothing you can do to stop it. I am almost done with Season 1, which is arguably one of the best imo.

I just re-watched the the whole thing before this season started.  Damn it was good.  Season 5 slows down a lot, but I realized how much I dig some of the other characters.  Arya is one of my favorites now.  She has a cool story it just unfolds really slow.  If you binge it, it makes it better.


It is really cool watching the characters development, especially with characters that are still in it that were introduced back in season 1. Some of them seem like completely different people in Season 7 which is just awesome. And yeah, I remember Season 5 was a little slow, but I can't think of one season that I didn't really like. Some are just better than others naturally :p
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 01, 2017, 03:40:03 pm
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I don't know why everyone dogged on this so much.

I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Granted I haven't finished it yet, just watched episode 8.

But I heard everyone saying this is the weakest of the Marvel Netflix series. So far, for me, it's been the best. The only other one I haven't watched yet is Luke Cage. And that's because Luke Cage first appears in Jessica Jones.

There's a lot of story to sink your teeth into in this one. And I love the P.I. aspect of it. Makes you think a little more than your average punching and kicking superhero fare.

I thought Jessica Jones was the second best of the Marvel shows, with Daredevil at the top.  I thought Luke Cage was lesser than that and Iron Fist is the worst one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 01, 2017, 03:54:48 pm
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I don't know why everyone dogged on this so much.

I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Granted I haven't finished it yet, just watched episode 8.

But I heard everyone saying this is the weakest of the Marvel Netflix series. So far, for me, it's been the best. The only other one I haven't watched yet is Luke Cage. And that's because Luke Cage first appears in Jessica Jones.

There's a lot of story to sink your teeth into in this one. And I love the P.I. aspect of it. Makes you think a little more than your average punching and kicking superhero fare.

I thought Jessica Jones was the second best of the Marvel shows, with Daredevil at the top.  I thought Luke Cage was lesser than that and Iron Fist is the worst one.

If Iron Fist just had a good ending or big final battle, it would have been great. It had all this great backstory and build-up, and then no climax at the end.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 01, 2017, 09:23:27 pm
I think the setup is fine, but the action wasn't good, which is the worst thing that can happen in basically a kung fu show.  Both seasons of Daredevil had great action and what are now iconic TV action scenes, but Iron Fist, a thing designed entirely around a king who can punch really hard, it was boring.  It felt like it was on the level of like Arrow and the CW shows, where you are not getting very good action out of them.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 02, 2017, 03:42:41 am
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Took long enough, but finally the home release of Shin Godzilla is out.  Been really anxious to watch it again, to see if I liked it as much as I originally thought and I still do.  It's the most realistic feeling take they've done for Godzilla and the scariest Godzilla has ever been.  As I said last year, I know there are people that might not like this one, as they whole point of the movie is to show the bureaucratic process and the issues of it in Japan, meant to have a connection to the Fukushima disaster in 2011.  Because of that, it's quite slow compared to previous movies.  There's no real human drama.  There are leads and such, but they aren't characters you get attached to, they don't have arcs or serious revelations or do anything beyond what their job is.  Even with that, I still get engrossed in the movie, trying to follow it's very quick editing and pace at times (Which sounds counter to what I said about the movie being kinda slow, but it's both.  It's a slow feeling movie with some quick editing to progress through moments).  Also, all the action with and against Godzilla is great.  His fire breath attack in this is just insane.  I'm unsure of I like this one or Godzilla 2014's fire breath more.

I'm curious to see where it might go from here for a sequel as the ending and just Godzilla's origin and abilities allow for some crazy possibilities.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on August 02, 2017, 09:39:30 am
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I don't know why everyone dogged on this so much.

I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Granted I haven't finished it yet, just watched episode 8.

But I heard everyone saying this is the weakest of the Marvel Netflix series. So far, for me, it's been the best. The only other one I haven't watched yet is Luke Cage. And that's because Luke Cage first appears in Jessica Jones.

There's a lot of story to sink your teeth into in this one. And I love the P.I. aspect of it. Makes you think a little more than your average punching and kicking superhero fare.

I thought Jessica Jones was the second best of the Marvel shows, with Daredevil at the top.  I thought Luke Cage was lesser than that and Iron Fist is the worst one.

That isn't your opinion.  The bold is an absolute fact

I loved Jessica Jones. 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 02, 2017, 10:35:03 am
I still thought Iron Fist was more interesting than Daredevil. Other than the Punisher scenes, which were freaking awesome, it bored me to tears.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ignition365 on August 02, 2017, 03:33:26 pm
IMO

Luke Cage > Jessica Jones > DareDevil > Iron Fist.

Iron Fist had potential, but it was mostly squandered.  What little I've seen of the chemistry between the Luke Cage and Iron Fist actors, I'm really hoping they do a show with just the 2 of them instead of separate, that would be REALLY good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 02, 2017, 04:12:08 pm
IMO

Luke Cage > Jessica Jones > DareDevil > Iron Fist.

Iron Fist had potential, but it was mostly squandered.  What little I've seen of the chemistry between the Luke Cage and Iron Fist actors, I'm really hoping they do a show with just the 2 of them instead of separate, that would be REALLY good.

The Defenders is coming up this year or next, which is all 4 shows coming together.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ignition365 on August 03, 2017, 08:46:47 am
IMO

Luke Cage > Jessica Jones > DareDevil > Iron Fist.

Iron Fist had potential, but it was mostly squandered.  What little I've seen of the chemistry between the Luke Cage and Iron Fist actors, I'm really hoping they do a show with just the 2 of them instead of separate, that would be REALLY good.

The Defenders is coming up this year or next, which is all 4 shows coming together.
Defenders is THIS MONTH.

Defenders will for sure be a good test for their on screen chemistry, I'm really looking forward to seeing how they handle their relationship.

I'm aware, I'm strictly speaking about a show with just Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 03, 2017, 10:06:55 am
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Took long enough, but finally the home release of Shin Godzilla is out.  Been really anxious to watch it again, to see if I liked it as much as I originally thought and I still do.  It's the most realistic feeling take they've done for Godzilla and the scariest Godzilla has ever been.  As I said last year, I know there are people that might not like this one, as they whole point of the movie is to show the bureaucratic process and the issues of it in Japan, meant to have a connection to the Fukushima disaster in 2011.  Because of that, it's quite slow compared to previous movies.  There's no real human drama.  There are leads and such, but they aren't characters you get attached to, they don't have arcs or serious revelations or do anything beyond what their job is.  Even with that, I still get engrossed in the movie, trying to follow it's very quick editing and pace at times (Which sounds counter to what I said about the movie being kinda slow, but it's both.  It's a slow feeling movie with some quick editing to progress through moments).  Also, all the action with and against Godzilla is great.  His fire breath attack in this is just insane.  I'm unsure of I like this one or Godzilla 2014's fire breath more.

I'm curious to see where it might go from here for a sequel as the ending and just Godzilla's origin and abilities allow for some crazy possibilities.


I loved this movie! Neon Genesis is one of my favorite anime of all time and Shin Godzilla pretty much felt like Godzilla inside an episode of Neon Genesis, which makes sense since some of the key people who worked on that anime made this movie. As you said, this is probably the most insane Godzilla every conceived and I really liked how they touched on actual social/political issues in Japan, much like the first Godzilla movie, rather than throw some stupid drama between two characters falling in love or some other BS like that. Certain scenes in this movie literally give me chills because of how awesome they are. I wont spoil any of them for anyone who has not seen this movie, but I'm pretty sure you can guess what they are lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 04, 2017, 01:27:41 am
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I saw Rogue One opening day in the theater and while I enjoyed it, I still ranked it towards the bottom in terms of my favorite Star Wars movies. I'm not sure what was lost on me or why I felt somewhat underwhelmed because I just rewatched it on Netflix and I am not exaggerating when I saw I probably enjoyed it ten times more than I did the first time around. The movie got me emotional on several occasions, and without a doubt it is probably the darkest Star Wars movie. The think what made the biggest difference was that I seemed to like the characters more this time around, where as before many of them were not developed enough for me to care that much. I feel like I need to re-evaluate my Star Wars list now. I don't see this becoming top 5, but it very well might scratch the surface.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: jce3000gt on August 04, 2017, 09:40:19 am
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on August 06, 2017, 09:57:52 am
Yesterday went to the movies because my little girl wanted to watch The Emoji Movie also saw with her a couple of days ago Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash, my wife made a couple of request too so I saw with she Gifted, Going in Style and Como ser un Latin Lover which all of the three films were pretty damn good also this past July I saw this year WWE Battleground event  :)

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 06, 2017, 10:53:36 am
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Watched this yesterday, loved it!

You have to suspend your belief a little bit. But if you can manage to do that, it's very fun action-flick.

In the future, schools have become warzones. Police have refused to enter areas around the school, and the gangs have taken over. Stacy Keach stars as an industrialist looking to use his new life-like cyborgs to act as both teacher and enforcer. But things go wrong, as they often do. And soon the teachers start becoming efficient killing machines. A great bonus is Malcolm McDowell as the principal!

Lots of action, explosions, and cheap VHS thrills in this one!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 09, 2017, 05:25:06 am
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So Colossal turned out to be a very different movie than what the trailer implied.  I remembered it awhile back and it made it seem like it was going to be this comedy involving a giant monster, but...it's different, yeah. I won't spoil it for anyone interested, but the movie is abit darker than that and it isn't exactly a movie about a giant monster.  I generally liked it, the only issue being character related at a certain point in the movie, but I was still very curious to see where it was going to go.  It's a different film, that's for sure, and there's something in that when a lot of movies can feel very cookie cutter.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 16, 2017, 12:40:05 pm
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This show is awesome.

I wasn't expecting much, being a SyFy original, but it surprised the hell out of me. Great mixture of post-apocalyptic and vampires. And while that may sound like "been there, done that"; this show really grabs you by the balls. Intense, a little gory, and a great story.

I just started it last night and went 4 straight episodes.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 18, 2017, 02:07:01 am
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The Girl With All The Gifts was a somewhat interesting zombie flick.  Nowadays it's hard to create something standout in the zombie genre, a lot of things have been done and people don't want to invest in the more crazy ideas, especially if it strays too far from whats popular, but I think they found a somewhat unique take on it, even if I get Last of Us and 28 Days Later vibes from this.  There wasn't really a point I felt super impressed by what was happening, but I was kept engaged.  Some of the plot doesn't particularly work for me, but overall, it's a reasonable enough watch if you like post-apocalyptic/zombie flicks.  Like a solid B if I had to rate it as it was pretty competently done.

I think that maybe I liked it more, being that I haven't seen a good live action zombie flick in awhile.  The last reasonable one was World War Z, which I was disappointed in because it didn't connect with the far better book, but that was 2013 and before that, it was Zombieland in 2009.  I'm sure I've missed some that didn't get a wide release, like how I sorta just stumbled onto this movie, but I find it's all to easy to just find some lame zombie crapfest than an actually good movie.  At least we get some good zombie games here and there.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 19, 2017, 06:34:22 am
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Binged through the show as one is known to do with a Netflix release and overall I thought it was pretty good.  Better than Iron Fist and Luke Cage for sure, don't know if I'd put it over Jessica Jones or either Daredevil season.  The action doesn't reach the level it ever did in the Daredevil shows.  It's not bad at all, it's better than what generally passes as tv action, but Daredevil had it pretty great and you really don't get to that level outside of maybe the ending.  Did enjoy it though, as it was a good show to tie all the series up so far and it was pretty entertaining.  Can't wait for The Punisher now.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ignition365 on August 19, 2017, 10:14:35 pm
I'm on episode 7 right now, plan to finish it in the morning.

I like it so far, feels like a good mash of all of the styles of shows.  But I enjoyed Luke Cage more.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 21, 2017, 03:16:32 am
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This show is awesome.

I wasn't expecting much, being a SyFy original, but it surprised the hell out of me. Great mixture of post-apocalyptic and vampires. And while that may sound like "been there, done that"; this show really grabs you by the balls. Intense, a little gory, and a great story.

I just started it last night and went 4 straight episodes.

I'm about halfway through as I found out it's on Netflix.  It's both what I expected from a SyFy show, but also just a tad bit better than usual.  I was kinda expecting something weak like Z Nation, but this is more like a budget version of Walking Dead with vampires.  It's entertaining enough to me that I might finish it up, though there aren't any characters I really like.  Vanessa will be a better character later, I can tell, but right now she's just kinda obnoxious.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 23, 2017, 07:13:46 am
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Ended up not liking this movie very much.  I barely remember Prometheus and I was kinda hoping this was more Alien than Prometheus, but it's a split and a split that didn't work for me, because the Prometheus stuff wasn't interesting, but the Alien stuff struggles cause it's in between the Prometheus stuff.  It doesn't help that the writing feels bad, because I feel like the crew makes a lot of poor decisions, being the case that they are in charge of 2000 people on a colonization trip.  There's also some plot points that make zero sense to me. 

Everything with the movie in terms of visuals and design is great, some real good acting, but most of the rest of the movie just didn't work for me, despite parts that were pretty good.  Maybe it would've helped if I remembered more from Prometheus, I don't know, but I feel like there are some glaring plot holes here.

I mean, it's not the worst Alien movie, Alien 4 has that pretty secure lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on August 23, 2017, 10:29:23 am
Took my daughter to the movies twice this weekend because she wanted to see Captain Underpants and The Nut Job 2 also saw with her at home Descendants 2 my wife also wanted to watch some movies so I saw with her Snatched, Everything, Everything and Don't Knock Twice, am right now watching a lot of Anime but can't post it here until they are over  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 23, 2017, 10:49:28 am
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Ended up not liking this movie very much.  I barely remember Prometheus and I was kinda hoping this was more Alien than Prometheus, but it's a split and a split that didn't work for me, because the Prometheus stuff wasn't interesting, but the Alien stuff struggles cause it's in between the Prometheus stuff.  It doesn't help that the writing feels bad, because I feel like the crew makes a lot of poor decisions, being the case that they are in charge of 2000 people on a colonization trip.  There's also some plot points that make zero sense to me. 

Everything with the movie in terms of visuals and design is great, some real good acting, but most of the rest of the movie just didn't work for me, despite parts that were pretty good.  Maybe it would've helped if I remembered more from Prometheus, I don't know, but I feel like there are some glaring plot holes here.

I mean, it's not the worst Alien movie, Alien 4 has that pretty secure lol

I haven't seen Alien Covenant yet, but you saying that it is Prometheus like makes me want to run out and watch it, now.

I was a BIG fan of Prometheus (which I know I'm in the minority) because it felt like a big-budget science fiction movie. And I miss those. Most so called science fiction, nowadays, are just slick action movies or horror movies with science fiction trappings. Prometheus made think about possibilities, which good science fiction is supposed to do, IMO. But the thing is, I was never the biggest Alien fan. I mean I like them, don't get me wrong, but I think they're just okay movies with really cool special effects.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 23, 2017, 10:53:50 am
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This show is awesome.

I wasn't expecting much, being a SyFy original, but it surprised the hell out of me. Great mixture of post-apocalyptic and vampires. And while that may sound like "been there, done that"; this show really grabs you by the balls. Intense, a little gory, and a great story.

I just started it last night and went 4 straight episodes.

Finished this last night. VERY enjoyable. It does feel similar to Walking Dead, as someone else here mentioned. But it doesn't have nearly as much of the melodramatic B.S. It's more about the horror of the situation and the vampires they are trying to survive against, as well as the mystery of what the hell is going on with the main character.

My main complaint is that they didn't really finish anything at the end of the season. Everything ended on a cliffhanger. Not one thing had a sense of completion. If anything, there were even more mysteries on top of the existing ones by the end. Well, I guess we did learn what the hell was going on with the main character, finally. But her origin was all we got. Hard to explain without giving the story away.

Just trust me, if you like dark action, if you like horror, if you like vampires; do yourself a favor and watch this. It's on Netflix.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 23, 2017, 12:43:19 pm
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Ended up not liking this movie very much.  I barely remember Prometheus and I was kinda hoping this was more Alien than Prometheus, but it's a split and a split that didn't work for me, because the Prometheus stuff wasn't interesting, but the Alien stuff struggles cause it's in between the Prometheus stuff.  It doesn't help that the writing feels bad, because I feel like the crew makes a lot of poor decisions, being the case that they are in charge of 2000 people on a colonization trip.  There's also some plot points that make zero sense to me. 

Everything with the movie in terms of visuals and design is great, some real good acting, but most of the rest of the movie just didn't work for me, despite parts that were pretty good.  Maybe it would've helped if I remembered more from Prometheus, I don't know, but I feel like there are some glaring plot holes here.

I mean, it's not the worst Alien movie, Alien 4 has that pretty secure lol

I haven't seen Alien Covenant yet, but you saying that it is Prometheus like makes me want to run out and watch it, now.

I was a BIG fan of Prometheus (which I know I'm in the minority) because it felt like a big-budge science fiction movie. And I miss those. Most so called science fiction, nowadays, are just slick action movies or horror movies with science fiction trappings. Prometheus made think about possibilities, which good science fiction is supposed to do, IMO. But the thing is, I was never the biggest Alien fan. I mean I like them, don't get me wrong, but I think they're just okay movies with really cool special effects.


I also loved Prometheus, but this film was mediocre at best. There are several issues with the plot that make little sense, or try and recreate scenes from previous alien movies which are done poorly in terms of dramatic effect or entertainment. However, my biggest issue with this movie is the origin of the Xenomorphs which was stupid as hell and nearly ruined the movie for me. I'd go as far as to say it is almost a stain on the entire franchise. The movie looks great, is fairly entertaining, but I have to say it is my second least favorite alien movie, with only the fourth alien movie beating it out as the worst in the series. I'd say see it and make up your own mind, but this movie was a disappointment as someone who loves the alien franchise and Prometheus.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 26, 2017, 04:12:34 am
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Now I don't really remember a ton from the Death Note anime.  I watched it years ago once, but what I remember about it, was that it was striking.  Strong visual elements that left impacts on my memory, bits throughout the series, despite not remembering all the story beats.  It was intense too.  I know a live action show can't really do it as good as anime, but where the anime is sharp, this new movie is dull.  It's hard to disconnect from the anime, but even then, it's not that good.  It's pacing is way off, there's never any serious tension, Light Turner sucks...About the only real compliment is that Ryuk played by Dafoe is great.  They keep him to the shadows so he never looks out of place.

This also has the most garbage soundtrack.  It's all like 80's soft rock love ballads or just synthy nothing, it makes no sense theme wise.  I'm actually going to go back and watch the anime now, because I need to see something good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: muntyjack on August 29, 2017, 04:53:39 am
Noctural animals movie 10/10
and anime Kakegurui
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 04, 2017, 11:11:59 am
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I recently finished watching the entire series again from the beginning all the way up to where the show currently left off at the end of season 7. In some ways I found GoT more enjoyable the second time around, mainly I was more familiar with what was going on, who certain characters were talking about, and more than anything, my appreciate for certain characters and parts of the plot increased. However, with all this said, the show did not feel as addictive and captivating as it did the first time, no doubt because I knew everything that was going to happen, other than the season 7 which is brand new. Overall though, the show is still amazing and a blast to watch. I went ahead and ranked each season out of 10

Season 1: 10/10
Season 2: 8/10
Season 3: 9/10
Season 4: 8/10
Season 5: 8/10
Season 6: 8/10
Season 7: 7/10
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 04, 2017, 04:55:44 pm
I plan to go back and rewatch Game of Thrones when it's finished after Season 8.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 10, 2017, 01:29:28 am
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I was skeptical when they announced a live action adaptation of one of my favorite anime movies of all time, but then the first trailers came out for it and it actually looked very promising. Then the movie came out and it really seemed like fans of the original manga and anime either thought it was a good, faithful adaptation or they completely hated it. The mixed reviews were enough to keep me from seeing it the theater, but not enough to completely kill my desire to see this movie eventually. So tonight, for $2 I rented it from Redbox, and even at $2 I feel disappointed.

I feel like in terms of style this movie mostly gets things right, but that it literally all this movie has going for it. The story is boring and is a failed attempt at capturing the originality and philosophical edge of the anime. There are several parts that tried a little too hard to capture the depth that made the original anime so great, but they just came across as awkward, pretentious, and pointless. The acting was spotty, the the pacing was just terrible; I was bored to the point of wanting to stop watching almost throughout the whole movie. Sadly, this movie is another shining example of why Hollywood should just leave cherished anime and video game franchises alone for respect of the source material.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 12, 2017, 09:50:55 pm
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I was skeptical when they announced a live action adaptation of one of my favorite anime movies of all time, but then the first trailers came out for it and it actually looked very promising. Then the movie came out and it really seemed like fans of the original manga and anime either thought it was a good, faithful adaptation or they completely hated it. The mixed reviews were enough to keep me from seeing it the theater, but not enough to completely kill my desire to see this movie eventually. So tonight, for $2 I rented it from Redbox, and even at $2 I feel disappointed.

I feel like in terms of style this movie mostly gets things right, but that it literally all this movie has going for it. The story is boring and is a failed attempt at capturing the originality and philosophical edge of the anime. There are several parts that tried a little too hard to capture the depth that made the original anime so great, but they just came across as awkward, pretentious, and pointless. The acting was spotty, the the pacing was just terrible; I was bored to the point of wanting to stop watching almost throughout the whole movie. Sadly, this movie is another shining example of why Hollywood should just leave cherished anime and video game franchises alone for respect of the source material.

I think Ghost in the Shell is the closest they've been for Hollywood adaptations personally.  It did most everything right, other than the changes it did to the story.  I think they should've done an all new story for it.  Copying the original with just some story tweaks means people are just gonna compare it to the original and that's just not gonna work.  Warcraft was another that got real close I thought, but it's hangup to me was how bad the real actors looked in the full CG world.  If it had been full CG, that would've been a real solid film, though I still don't mind it.

I almost want to say that they are getting close to being good, but then we get the garbage that is Death Note and the status quo continues lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 17, 2017, 02:30:14 am
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I picked up the original, unaltered DVD releases of the original Star Wars Trilogy and have started rewatching them in their original form for the first time in probably 20-years. For the most part I have been a fan of the Special Editions of these movies they did in 1997 where they added CG into the original movies, as well as cleaned up some of the rougher parts of these movies that showed their age the most, and also added in new scenes (for better or worse). I was content with the special editions all these years, but seeing how my initial exposure to the Star Wars trilogy was through the original versions, it was kind of a must I owned these.

So on to my opinion of the movie that started it all, A New Hope. I honestly didn't feel like this version was any better or worse than the special edition version. They both are 90% the same and while I enjoyed the inclusion of the CG and the added Jabba the Hutt scene, I did not appreciate the completely unecessary change to the Han vs Gredo confrontation or how certain edits were made particularly in the cantena scene. Overall, I can't say I prefer one version over the other. As far as where this movie ranks in relation to the other Star Wars films, it still places towards the back of the pack, mostly because of it aging the worst, regardless of which edition you are watching, and also I feel like the pacing is a bit on the slow side. I still love this movie, I just don't enjoy it as much as most of the other Star Wars films.

Soon I'll be watching Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi in their original, pre-special edition versions as well; I especially am looking forward to Return of the Jedi since I feel like this film was altered the most and received the most controversial edits of the original trilogy films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 19, 2017, 12:51:29 am
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Just finished watching the original, pre-Special Edition cut of Empire Strikes Back and this movie is and will always be an absolute masterpiece. I have established that Revenge of the Sith is my favorite Star Wars movie, but each time I watch this I am tempted to place this one at number one again among all Star Wars films. Empire Strikes Back is masterfully written and directed to portray a dismal, desperate, and bleak atmosphere that is very well paced and entertaining at the same time. I cannot help but feel fully captivated and invested in nearly every scene throughout this movie and it seems to get better and better the older I get. Now that I have completely gushed about this movie and how incredible it is, on to how I feel about this version of the movie over the later re-releases that have since come out.

While I like the inclusion of some cool CG as well as showing the Wompa in full view, this version captures the essence of Empire Strikes Back that no other release since has been able to embody. Sure, it is still mostly the same movie and the gripping plot and story is not lost among the digital enhancements, edits, and slight dialogue changes present in the newer versions, but the older, less refined, almost gritty feel of the original cut magnifies the atmosphere and mood of the movie, making it even more intoxicating to watch. It enhances the feel so much that I am seriously considering throwing Empire Strikes Back back up at the top as my favorite Star Wars movie. I adore this movie and while the special edition and later versions of this movie are still excellent to watch, this is absolutely the definitive way to experience this masterpiece!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 21, 2017, 01:24:33 am
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Watched the original cut of Return of the Jedi and just like Empire Strikes Back I definitely preferred the original cut to the special edition cut. Particularly I didn't feel like the special edition changes really made the movie any better and in fact, it made it worse at certain parts, mainly the Jabba's palace dancer scene and the decision to change out the original actor who played Anakin Skywalker with Hayden Christianson. Likewise, scenes such as the re-edited ending where it shows the liberation of planets across the galaxy felt too finalistic when we know via the old EU and the new Disney canon that the empire was still very much so a threat long after the events of Return of the Jedi. The battles didn't seem anymore cinematic or entertaining either due to the special effects and CG added to the special edition. Perhaps the only scene that I think I preferred in the special edition was how they changed the Sarlacc Pit to look more like a actual creature rather than just some pit with spikes and an opening. With all that said, yes, I absolutely prefer the original cut of Return of the Jedi over its subsequent special edition and post special edition releases.

Having no clear preference between the original or special edition versions for A New Hope, and a very clear preference for the original versions of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, I have to say that unless I deliberately want to watch something included in the special edition versions of Star Wars, I'll be sticking to the original versions, hands down. It's almost as if the original trilogy has lost more and more of its identity as time has gone by, with each re-release and re-edit over time. Seeing them in their original form is really the best way to capture how special they really are and imo, the only way to truly watch them. Unfortunately these original releases on dvd are out of print and have really gone up in price, but if you ever see them as part of the trilogy set or their individual releases (which are pictured in my last three posts) pick them up! They are the definitive way to watch and enjoy these very special films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 02, 2017, 10:42:10 pm
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Even as a kid I remembered this movie not being as good as Conan the Barbarian, and sure enough this still holds true. While entertaining and definitely funnier than the first movie, this film lacks the special nature the first Conan film had. Additionally, Destroyer suffers from a weaker story, weaker acting, and just overall less entertaining then the first. The movie is still fun to watch and above average for 80s fantasy flicks, but it is impossible to not compare it to the first Conan movie, which is a masterpiece in my book.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 03, 2017, 11:42:45 am
Love both of the Conan movies. Best fantasy movies until Lord of the Rings came along.

"CONAN! What is best in life?"

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women."

"YES! Very good!"
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 05, 2017, 03:17:57 am
Re-watched Blade Runner one more time, grabbing it on Blu-Ray, because I liked the visuals of the movie, so I wanted it in better picture.  Much as I thought at the start of the year, I think stylistically, this movie is great.  The old tech future, I kinda like everything about this world so much, I wish we got more with it, because again I don't particularly love the movie itself that much.  The story at times feels awkward, I never really get a good grasp on Dekkard as a character, who he really is, and overall it sorta just felt abit dull.  I feel like it had more to tell as a story that it never really gets too.  Then there's the bit about whether Dekkard is a Replicant or not, which I guess is proven with the unicorn vision he had that he is, but I'm not really sure how that works into the story.  I am fine with not understanding things in a movie, as long as it can keep me engaged and I kinda start to zone out at parts.

It is an interesting and visually great movie, but that's all it is to me.  I probably don't expect to watch it much more after this.

I am seeing Blade Runner 2049 today though.  I think it looks pretty good and I'm curious to see where they take the story from here.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 05, 2017, 10:31:44 am
Re-watched Blade Runner one more time, grabbing it on Blu-Ray, because I liked the visuals of the movie, so I wanted it in better picture.  Much as I thought at the start of the year, I think stylistically, this movie is great.  The old tech future, I kinda like everything about this world so much, I wish we got more with it, because again I don't particularly love the movie itself that much.  The story at times feels awkward, I never really get a good grasp on Dekkard as a character, who he really is, and overall it sorta just felt abit dull.  I feel like it had more to tell as a story that it never really gets too.  Then there's the bit about whether Dekkard is a Replicant or not, which I guess is proven with the unicorn vision he had that he is, but I'm not really sure how that works into the story.  I am fine with not understanding things in a movie, as long as it can keep me engaged and I kinda start to zone out at parts.

It is an interesting and visually great movie, but that's all it is to me.  I probably don't expect to watch it much more after this.

I am seeing Blade Runner 2049 today though.  I think it looks pretty good and I'm curious to see where they take the story from here.


I watched Blade Runner years ago when I was still in high school and I remember being underwhelmed by the movie. Visually I thought it was cool and I thought the premise was cool, but I just had a really hard time getting into the story and the movie in general. I am planning on rewatching it soon, hoping that me being a young, dumb high school kid was why I was unable to appreciate the film and I actually think it is as great as many others do. It wouldn't be the first time this has happened, but there are certainly some films that I rewatched later on that were just as bad, if not worse as i remember them from when I was younger. We will see I guess.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 05, 2017, 12:44:06 pm
That's exactly how Blade Runner is. It looks gorgeous, but it's boring as hell storywise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 05, 2017, 11:13:04 pm
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I stated how I thought the first Blade Runner is kind of a boring film, it had good stuff in it, and the visuals were amazing, but I was never really engaged with the film.  Without spoiling anything with 2049, I think it's a better film.  It's a long film, nearly 3 hours, and I didn't even notice.  I was worried that 2049 would do what sequels/reboots of old movies do, and try to make things more flashy, more bombastic, more exciting, but I think this movie keeps very true to the original film.  It has alot of slower moments, it takes its time, it's not flooded with action scenes, but unlike the first movie, the story here is so much better. 

There's stuff I haven't pieced together or fully understand, but that's fine, as long as I still like what is going on.  I think the film is pretty good overall.  My only real negative is the music for the movie is awful.  Most of it is just very loud noises and kinda...industrial ambiance, I don't really know how to describe, but I found it grating outside one or two bits of music that feel more in line with the original.

There's some supplemental prequel stuff they did that I really want to check out now, like an anime short done by Shinichiro Watanabe, director of Cowboy Bebop, because there's a lot of background story I want to know more of that they kinda dance around.  More of this world interests me.  I kinda hope they continue to do more with Blade Runner.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pacpix on October 06, 2017, 09:53:44 pm
I just watched Blade Runner 2049 last night as well.  I was totally against the project the moment it was announced, but I absolutely loved it!  Going to see it again this weekend.  I still prefer the first film, but I think they did a great job.  While I wouldn't say the story is better, it definitely was easier to follow, without losing the depth.

I'm kind of mixed on the music.  It doesn't even come close to being as good as the music in the original.  However, I'm not sure that the music style of the original movie would have meshed with the look/feel of this movie as well.

Definitely check out those three shorts, the anime short was my favorite of the three, but they were all good and a nice supplement to the film.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 07, 2017, 12:09:50 am
I just watched Blade Runner 2049 last night as well.  I was totally against the project the moment it was announced, but I absolutely loved it!  Going to see it again this weekend.  I still prefer the first film, but I think they did a great job.  While I wouldn't say the story is better, it definitely was easier to follow, without losing the depth.

I'm kind of mixed on the music.  It doesn't even come close to being as good as the music in the original.  However, I'm not sure that the music style of the original movie would have meshed with the look/feel of this movie as well.

Definitely check out those three shorts, the anime short was my favorite of the three, but they were all good and a nice supplement to the film.

Yeah I checked out the shorts and they were all good and worth watching to just get a little bit more of this setting.  I know more movies would end up probably failing somehow, just what happens, but there is so much they can do here lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 07, 2017, 01:40:52 am
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Jumped on the Blade Runner bandwagon going on in this thread and rewatched the first movie after last seeing it around 2003/2004. I felt like I appreciated the story and themes of this movie a lot more after rewatching it. I also felt like I was able to see how incredible the production value, cinematography, and atmosphere was more the second time around. While watching it I could definitely see the influences this movie has had on other movies like The Matrix as well as anime like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell. Despite this movie having so much going for it and it being so masterfully produced, the pacing of Blade Runner was by far its biggest weakness. There was a lot to think about and take in during the whole film, however the pace at which things actually happened seemed to occur very slowly, to the point where I couldn't help but feel bored. This isn't to say I didn't enjoy the movie, it just wasn't as entertaining as most sci-fi movies are. It's almost as if this movie is more of a work of art rather than an entertaining movie.

With all that said I am debating on whether I want to see Blade Runner 2049 in the theater or wait until it comes out on dvd. Either way I plan on watching it and seeing if it can increase the entertainment value while maintaining the amazing visuals, music, style, and production of the original.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 10, 2017, 04:17:31 pm




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Not an entire movie, but that Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer.....DAMN!!!!!!!


I was so hyped about this trailer coming out that I actually went to a local sports bar to catch it at halftime during Monday Night Football where it premiered (I don't have cable and I don't like football). The trailer did not disappoint, although I am really worried about certain things with this new movie and the direction the Star Wars franchise might be taking in general.


For one, the trailer hints that Rey might be tempted to join the dark side, and although this is many people's wet dream, I really, really hope she doesn't end up becoming evil. I feel like the whole make good characters bad and bad characters good thing is becoming more cliche then just having good guys and bad guys. I have also heard and read a lot of stuff about this movie moving the series towards a more grey or centrist view of the force, where the dogma of the jedi and sith are abandoned for a more balanced view of the force. While I personally would agree with this view of the force, I am wondering how they will work i into the overall Star Wars narrative that has been since fueled by the light vs. the dark. Perhaps they will make it very compelling, and maybe even have those more dogmatic characters, but I can see a lot of opportunity for them to decrease the appeal of the series with this more grey force direction.


Other than these relatively minor concerns I am completely amped for this movie to come out; the next two months will be very long. I need this movie lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 14, 2017, 10:03:54 pm
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I'm not particularly a horror fan, I've seen a number of different ones over the years, but I'm not watching something to be scared or for gore, so I generally don't watch slasher films.  Closest I get are zombie movies and some horror games, but it's for other reasons like the world itself, as zombies lend themselves to apocalyptic scenarios.  I do have sort of a soft spot for Jason, I kinda always liked the big guy in a hockey mask compared to Mike Meyers or Leather Face or Freddy Kreuger, and I just bought the Friday the 13th game on PC and enjoyed it.  Rather than delving into the older movies, I thought I'd check out the 2009 reboot movie and I actually mostly liked it.

From what I generally know of the original movies, as I've dabbled in them or seen reviews and such about them, this movie kinda consolidates the idea of the first couple movies into one and I personally found the movie really solid.  It has most of the tropes you'd expect, but it's never that comedic or silly.  It's actually way more straight forward with it's deaths than I expected, especially when I saw that movie had Michael Bay as a producer.  Which is fine to me as I'm not watching this for ridiculous gory deaths and it had some new elements I liked.

One thing that is ridiculous though is that this Jason is so fast.  I know it was always kinda funny how Jason always caught up to people in the previous ones, but in this, we get a scene of Jason killing someone away from the main house, down a hill, and then like a minute later, is on the second floor of the house itself.  This NFL Linebacker has the agility of a gymnast and the speed of a track runner, it's almost absurd lol

My only real gripe is that the ending kinda sucked.  It's a cheap spook ending and doesn't make much sense, which is a shame, because I was fine till that.  I was even sorta expecting it, but I thought they'd handle it differently and again, plot wise, it makes little sense.  I still say if you like Friday the 13th or just want a slasher flick to watch for this spooky season, it's good enough to watch.  Now I wonder if we'll get this Jason in the video game...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 15, 2017, 03:20:37 am
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With season 2 only a few weeks away I decided to rewatch the first season and ended up loving it as much the second time around. The people that worked on this show did an amazing job at making this feel like something actually out of the 80s (the time period when this show takes place), so much so that I sometimes feel like I'm actually watching a horror flick from the 80s. The cast is stellar, the story is very interesting, there is excellent humor and nerd references mixed in, and it is probably one of the best shows I have ever seen. I am so excited for season 2, but it will definitely have a hard act to follow with how incredible season 1 is.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 15, 2017, 03:38:05 am
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I'm not particularly a horror fan, I've seen a number of different ones over the years, but I'm not watching something to be scared or for gore, so I generally don't watch slasher films.  Closest I get are zombie movies and some horror games, but it's for other reasons like the world itself, as zombies lend themselves to apocalyptic scenarios.  I do have sort of a soft spot for Jason, I kinda always liked the big guy in a hockey mask compared to Mike Meyers or Leather Face or Freddy Kreuger, and I just bought the Friday the 13th game on PC and enjoyed it.  Rather than delving into the older movies, I thought I'd check out the 2009 reboot movie and I actually mostly liked it.

From what I generally know of the original movies, as I've dabbled in them or seen reviews and such about them, this movie kinda consolidates the idea of the first couple movies into one and I personally found the movie really solid.  It has most of the tropes you'd expect, but it's never that comedic or silly.  It's actually way more straight forward with it's deaths than I expected, especially when I saw that movie had Michael Bay as a producer.  Which is fine to me as I'm not watching this for ridiculous gory deaths and it had some new elements I liked.

One thing that is ridiculous though is that this Jason is so fast.  I know it was always kinda funny how Jason always caught up to people in the previous ones, but in this, we get a scene of Jason killing someone away from the main house, down a hill, and then like a minute later, is on the second floor of the house itself.  This NFL Linebacker has the agility of a gymnast and the speed of a track runner, it's almost absurd lol

My only real gripe is that the ending kinda sucked.  It's a cheap spook ending and doesn't make much sense, which is a shame, because I was fine till that.  I was even sorta expecting it, but I thought they'd handle it differently and again, plot wise, it makes little sense.  I still say if you like Friday the 13th or just want a slasher flick to watch for this spooky season, it's good enough to watch.  Now I wonder if we'll get this Jason in the video game...

The reason he moved so fast is because he had all the catacombs and tunnels underneath the camp. So he'd take shortcuts and pop up, knowing where they were going.That's what they were running around in at the end.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 15, 2017, 03:41:28 am
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With season 2 only a few weeks away I decided to rewatch the first season and ended up loving it as much the second time around. The people that worked on this show did an amazing job at making this feel like something actually out of the 80s (the time period when this show takes place), so much so that I sometimes feel like I'm actually watching a horror flick from the 80s. The cast is stellar, the story is very interesting, there is excellent humor and nerd references mixed in, and it is probably one of the best shows I have ever seen. I am so excited for season 2, but it will definitely have a hard act to follow with how incredible season 1 is.

I loved it. But I'm already an 80s movie junkie. So this was aimed right at me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: andyz on October 16, 2017, 07:18:39 am
300: Rise of an Empire
Although the cinematography was breath-taking, i think the plot was half-baked and secondary to the prequel. But the actors did a marvelous job especially Eva Green. She had a great screen presence.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on October 16, 2017, 12:55:12 pm
Took my daughter to the movies twice this month and I do expect to go again before October ends, we saw Monster Family and My Little Pony the Movie, at home I saw Hell in a Cell and at the office (yes at the damn office) finished three anime series, am talking about Re: Creators, Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e and Kakegurui  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 29, 2017, 01:21:16 pm
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Binge watched Stranger Things season 2 between Friday and last night and while season 2 was not as good as the first, it definitely came close, especially the last two episodes which were in my opinion better than the last two of season 1. As for the rest of season 2, it was pretty enjoyable, but lacked some of the charm of the first season which is why i didn't like it as much. Also, episode 7 of season 2 is by far the worst, most pointless episode of the entire series so far, you'll know what I'm talking about when you watch it. I'm very happy at least nothing really came of that episode since it may have spelled the end of that show's appeal to me. Definitely watch season 2 if you liked the first season, you won't be disappointed!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 30, 2017, 04:31:37 am
Also finished Stranger Things 2 and thought it was great.  Doesn't surpass the first season, but I expected that  The first show was so unique and standout for what it was, that I wasn't really thinking it would, though it's a fantastic continuation.  Very engaging, some pretty intense scenes, and all really well done.  I'm curious if they'll go through with a third season, they left enough tidbits to do so, but if they didn't, I'd be alright with that as this one didn't have the same sequel bait as the first.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 31, 2017, 02:54:26 am
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In the spirit of Halloween I decided to watch a movie I have never actually heard of prior to 2-days ago. While trying to hunt down a cheap copy around town I watched various reviews for this movie with nothing but glowing things being said about it, some even going as far as to compare it to Aliens in terms of sci-fi horror. Needless to say my expectations were fairly high.

So now having watched it I can say that the movie is pretty good, definitely one of the better sci-fi horror flicks I've seen. There was definitely a constant sense of tension, uneasiness, and mystery around who was "the thing" which sadly was partially spoiled in a couple of the reviews I watched. The only thing I didn't like about this movie were scenes involving animals getting mutilated/harmed which while done in a way that was relevant to the plot, is just something that really bothers me on a personal level regardless of why it is being done. I can't see I agree with those who think it is better than Aliens, but it was definitely a great movie and a must for people looking for a very well written and directed horror movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: soera on October 31, 2017, 09:58:11 pm
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 01, 2017, 11:50:22 pm
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I purchased a John Carpenter movie compilation in order to watch The Thing and with it being a bit more money than I was looking to originally spend, I decided to see if the other three movies on the compilation were any good. I picked this one since it seemed like the most interesting and because I remember seeing the cover for this movie on the VHS box art at a local video rental store growing up, which always intrigued me.

But anyways, Prince of Darkness; this movie is utter shit. It starts out fairly promising with a group of academics and scientists being tasked to investigate a mysterious canister in an ancient underground chapel. Where the movie loses all this is when the "scary" stuff is supposed to start happening. For one it takes way too long for anything to happen, and the buildup about everything doesn't amount to much until the last 20-minutes of the movie which is let down by there being no real villain and the scary part of the movie being a few jump scares and minor gore effects. On top of that, a lot of what transpires in this movie makes very little sense and overall the movie is a total mess.

Here's hoping either Village of the Damned or They Live will be good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 02, 2017, 06:14:43 pm
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Watched this on finally the other night.

Enjoyable, and worth a watch if you're a fan of the Apes series. But the other ones in this modern series were better.

The title of the film is fitting, because it felt like a war movie.



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So, this is the first Marvel produced film that I can say that I didn't like. Watched it last night.

It just didn't feel like Spider-Man to me. He was more like Iron Man Jr. His suit could do freaking anything, and Uncle Tony was just around the corner to make everything right.
The characters didn't feel like the familiar supporting cast that we all know, either.

And lastly, as good as an actor as Keaton is, I just felt the villain was weak with a weak motivation. He was basically just a bank robber, that had these wings. Which yeah, that's pretty much what Vulture is in the comics, too, granted. But I feel for the first Marvel produced Spider-Man movie, he really should have had a villain that was grander, or at least had a better back-story.

Tobey McGuire movies are still the best, in my book.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 02, 2017, 10:57:08 pm
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Simply good superhero fun.  It shares a lot with Guardians of the Galaxy in tone as it's really funny.  Some people might not like that quite as much due to it feeling abit tonally off compared to the movies plot revolving around saving Asgard from Hela, but I'm glad they are more willing to have fun with the movies alongside more serious takes on it.  Plus it was probably done because Black Panther and Infinity War are going to be more serious films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 03, 2017, 12:50:29 am
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I haven't seem this movie since around the time it came out on video around 2003 or 2004. I remember it not being as good as the first, but still entertaining and interesting. My memory of it was fairly accurate as rewatching it I felt entertained, but felt like this movie was nothing special. The story is pretty good, the action is top notch, hell, even the cheesy, edgy vampire squad is cool and reminds me of other action flicks from the early 2000s. Blade II isn't a movie I'd rewatch a lot, but something that I can enjoy again every decade or so. Not the amazing movie the first was, but still worth watching if you're a fan of this series.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on November 05, 2017, 12:06:00 pm
Saw Thor: Ragnarok yesterday. Rather predictable but entertaining. Some things I liked, others I didn't but it was good overall.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: torchickens on November 05, 2017, 07:03:30 pm
The last film I watched was actually the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie, I've always wanted to watch it so I bought a DVD of it online and enjoyed it.

Also bought a promotional Love Live CD and enjoyed a nice performance Snow Halation ╰(▔∀▔)╯. I wouldn't have known about it if it wasn't for SilvaGunner but it seems like a nice franchise. :)
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Post by: burningdoom on November 06, 2017, 12:45:40 pm
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This is sooo good! Action packed, intense, and emotional. Its great how no one person is a straight bad guy, just shades of grey. Makes you think about things more.

This may be my new favorite comic show. I marathoned 3 episodes in a row last week.

What do you guys think of this one?
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Post by: desocietas on November 06, 2017, 01:12:26 pm
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Saw this movie yesterday. Pretty good, and damnit if I can't stop crying whenever a Pokemon sheds a tear. Some strange choices were made in this retelling of Ash's meeting with Pikachu, and I didn't care for how they threw in some of the most memorable parts of the anime but sped them up so fast (for the sake of the movie length, I guess) it seemed laughable.

But in the end, it was still fun, and I remembered how much I enjoyed the original Pokemon cartoons. Definitely makes me want to go back and give Pokemon Sun another go.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 07, 2017, 12:16:32 am
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This movie was directly aimed at longtime fans of the franchise, specifically the anime, movies, and games. There was so much fan service and nods to classic Pokemon in this retelling of the first part of the anime series; I felt like I was on an hour and a half nostalgia trip that was constantly bombarding me with sentimental feelings for this beloved series. It did this so effectively that I found myself getting emotional at parts that were direct nods to old Pokemon episodes and even a not so subtle scene that was straight out of one of the Pokemon movies. It had me feeling like an excited 12-year old again who was obsessed with everything Pokemon, so much so I am now thinking of buying Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon this week despite not caring much for the first two.

There were a few things I didn't like as much though, mostly the absence of a few main characters from the anime and games, and at minimalizing certain characters roles for the sake of giving new characters more development. They also rushed a lot of the more memorable parts from the show for the sake of condensing everything into a movie, which felt off at times, but overall the experience of seeing this film was mostly enjoyable.

When I walked out of the theater I noticed that 90% of the people there were over the age of 25 and if I wasn't sure before I knew then that this movie was made specifically for us; 90s kids who remember playing Red and Blue version on our Gameboy Pockets, waking up early Saturday morning to see new episodes of the anime on Kids WB; using money from mowing lawns and babysitting to buy another booster pack of Pokemon cards, and begging our reluctant parents to take us to see Pokemon the First Movie and Pokemon the Movie 2000. It definitely reminded me how much I adore Pokemon as a whole and this movie very effectively conjured up my most sentimental feelings for the franchise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 08, 2017, 08:24:58 pm
Just saw that Justice League isn't lifting it's embargo till 21 hours before release.  Wonder Woman? 2 weeks...Hrmm...Good thing I was gonna wait for reviews on this anyways, because I don't wanna have another Batman v Superman lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 10, 2017, 05:34:15 pm
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Finished Stranger Things season 2, and it is awesome!

It did take a little longer to get things into gear, but once it did, it was just as good as the first season. Well worth the price of Netflix for this, alone.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 15, 2017, 04:43:21 am
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Almost done catching up with the DC animated movies, one more left that's out with the Batman & Harley movie, but this movie was alright.  A few things kinda keep me from getting too engrossed in it, mostly that I thought Beast Boy was weirdly more annoying than usual (Compared to the older cartoon version of him), Blue Beetle isn't a good voice actor, and there's a weird relationship element that was pretty unsettling.  Action was good though.  I'd probably say I like this one generally more than Justice League vs Teen Titans, mostly because of how much of a nothing that movie was with what it promised.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: eyesoffiction on November 15, 2017, 06:58:02 pm
Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, hadn't watched it in years. Probably one of my favorite films from him.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on November 16, 2017, 10:14:29 am
The Shining - VHS
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It started out rough, but with a slight tracking adjustment, the audio was able to work well enough to sound amazing under the ProLogic profile.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 16, 2017, 12:34:12 pm
The Shining - VHS
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It started out rough, but with a slight tracking adjustment, the audio was able to work well enough to sound amazing under the ProLogic profile.


Gosh, it's been probably a decade since I last watched a VHS. I still have a player somewhere and a few VHS tapes left. Might have to give this a try sometime.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 16, 2017, 12:59:01 pm
The Shining - VHS
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It started out rough, but with a slight tracking adjustment, the audio was able to work well enough to sound amazing under the ProLogic profile.


Gosh, it's been probably a decade since I last watched a VHS. I still have a player somewhere and a few VHS tapes left. Might have to give this a try sometime.

I watch VHS all the time. Lots of great stuff never released on DVD, especially horror, wrestling, cartoons, and B-action movies.

But I got lucky and came across this fantastic player that upscales to 1080p and has every input imaginable to man. It also plays DVDs, MP4, and DIVX files (via USB on the MP4 & DIVX). So it looks great.

Pro-tip: Don't watch VHS in widescreen, it stretches the image. Watch it standard 4:3 ratio. (That is unless you happen to have a few of the special edition widescreen VHS.)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on November 16, 2017, 03:36:23 pm
The Shining - VHS
(https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/80IAAOSwMf1ZnRGZ/s-l225.jpg)

It started out rough, but with a slight tracking adjustment, the audio was able to work well enough to sound amazing under the ProLogic profile.


Gosh, it's been probably a decade since I last watched a VHS. I still have a player somewhere and a few VHS tapes left. Might have to give this a try sometime.

I watch VHS all the time. Lots of great stuff never released on DVD, especially horror, wrestling, cartoons, and B-action movies.

But I got lucky and came across this fantastic player that upscales to 1080p and has every input imaginable to man. It also plays DVDs, MP4, and DIVX files (via USB on the MP4 & DIVX). So it looks great.

Pro-tip: Don't watch VHS in widescreen, it stretches the image. Watch it standard 4:3 ratio. (That is unless you happen to have a few of the special edition widescreen VHS.)

I put a VCR out in what I lovingly refer to as the Whiskey Tango Garage.  My girlfriend and I have an extremely curated collection of 10 VHS tapes that are allowed out there.  If we want a new one, we have to let one go.  Goodwill is fun like that. 
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 17, 2017, 04:12:29 am
The Punisher is out and the first episode was probably the best I've seen from the Marvel shows in quite awhile lol It's not even amazing, I think it just shows what happens when you got a pretty good handle on the show and you got a good lead.  Probably won't full binge, but will likely get through it over the weekend.  Really hope the show holds together for the full go.  I hear it suffers abit from the usual Marvel problems at times, in that they have too many episodes and not enough story, but we'll see.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on November 17, 2017, 10:02:51 am
The Shining - VHS
(https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/80IAAOSwMf1ZnRGZ/s-l225.jpg)

It started out rough, but with a slight tracking adjustment, the audio was able to work well enough to sound amazing under the ProLogic profile.


Gosh, it's been probably a decade since I last watched a VHS. I still have a player somewhere and a few VHS tapes left. Might have to give this a try sometime.

I watch VHS all the time. Lots of great stuff never released on DVD, especially horror, wrestling, cartoons, and B-action movies.

But I got lucky and came across this fantastic player that upscales to 1080p

I have been on the lookout for one of the combo players where the VCR outputs on HDMI, but haven't found one yet. It isn't a huge need, but more of a curiosity.

This is my (main) setup for watching VHS:

TV: Sony KV-32FS100
AVR: Yamaha RX-V493 (audio only)
VCR: Panasonic PV-V4522
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 17, 2017, 12:45:39 pm
The Shining - VHS
(https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/80IAAOSwMf1ZnRGZ/s-l225.jpg)

It started out rough, but with a slight tracking adjustment, the audio was able to work well enough to sound amazing under the ProLogic profile.


Gosh, it's been probably a decade since I last watched a VHS. I still have a player somewhere and a few VHS tapes left. Might have to give this a try sometime.

I watch VHS all the time. Lots of great stuff never released on DVD, especially horror, wrestling, cartoons, and B-action movies.

But I got lucky and came across this fantastic player that upscales to 1080p

I have been on the lookout for one of the combo players where the VCR outputs on HDMI, but haven't found one yet. It isn't a huge need, but more of a curiosity.

This is my (main) setup for watching VHS:

TV: Sony KV-32FS100
AVR: Yamaha RX-V493 (audio only)
VCR: Panasonic PV-V4522

I've been trying to upgrade everything I can to HD. Right now, all I have left on my old-school TV is my PS1, PS2, Saturn, and Dreamcast.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 18, 2017, 01:18:26 am
(https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Justice-League-banner-325-600x338-2-600x338.jpg)

So Justice League turned out to be better than I thought.  I had pretty low expectations, because of course I would, but overall, it's more watchable and tolerable than Batman v Superman.  It's still not a great movie, it suffers from a number of issues, but I generally enjoyed myself.  It's not Marvel good and won't be anything I buy or watch again, but maybe one day DC can make a great movie...That just won't be anytime soon I figure.

Also, the idea to CG out Henry Caville's mustache is going to go down as a hilarious blunder in movie cinema.  It's so obvious in most close-up shots.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on November 19, 2017, 02:08:35 am
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While I have seen this movie once before I barely remembered it, and after finding it really cheap today I felt like it was a good opportunity to rewatch it. Funny enough, I'm not sure why or how I forgot so much about this movie because it is hilarious and awesome at the same time! I really like the message behind the movie too which essentially is growing up is overrated and to stay true to yourself. Definitely one of the better movies I've seen recently, and another movie that will be in regular circulation in my DVD player for a long time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 19, 2017, 05:04:26 pm
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While I have seen this movie once before I barely remembered it, and after finding it really cheap today I felt like it was a good opportunity to rewatch it. Funny enough, I'm not sure why or how I forgot so much about this movie because it is hilarious and awesome at the same time! I really like the message behind the movie too which essentially is growing up is overrated and to stay true to yourself. Definitely one of the better movies I've seen recently, and another movie that will be in regular circulation in my DVD player for a long time.

Loved this one when I was a kid.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 20, 2017, 01:49:07 pm
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Great movie! This is the DC movie I've been waiting my whole life for, and it delivered!

-Fantastic special effects
-Great costumes
-Great characters
-Lots of action.

Superman's return was a bit too convenient, but that was really my only complaint.

The best part is that they gave us just enough information about each character to get you interested and involved, but held back enough to warrant these characters getting their own movies. Can't wait to see what DC has ahead for us!

And we saw a Green Lantern! I so wish we would have had Hal or Kyle on the team or something (that was my other complaint besides Superman's convenient return), but at least they gave us a tease. And we know that Green Lantern Corps is going into production.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on November 23, 2017, 01:31:38 pm
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 23, 2017, 07:39:57 pm
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This wasn't too bad.  I didn't really have a lot of knowledge about it, I only barely heard it was alright when it was out in theater and overall I enjoyed it.  Visually it's pretty impressive, just based on the sheer amount of variety, and it's just a real treat to watch, which is unsurprising coming from the director of The Fifth Element.  The story isn't particularly great, but just as pure visual entertainment, it works real well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 24, 2017, 04:16:34 am
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I'm happy to say that this is the best the Marvel shows have been since Daredevil.  I liked Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage was watchable, Iron Fist getting pretty poor, and Defenders only a bit better, so it was nice to have a strong show.  It's not perfect, I think it drags things out, dwells on stuff it shouldn't for too long.  It all links together, but I feel like they could easily have cut this down to like 10 episodes and had a much tighter show.  Jon Bernthal kills it as Frank.  He puts god damn everything into this character and it always works.  There isn't a whole lot I disliked, other than when the show would dip into certain slower side bits, I'd just skip over it, because I would start to lose interest, which ties back into cutting this show down a few episodes, and it would feel a lot snappier.

If I had to tier them, it would be

-Daredevil Season 1/2
-Punisher
-Jessica Jones
-The Defenders
-Luke Cage
-Iron Fist
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 26, 2017, 02:54:13 am
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I am rewatching every Star Wars movie before The Last Jedi gets released and thought I'd share my thoughts on the prequel trilogy since it's been a while since I've watched all of them together. I recently reviewed Rogue One and the original trilogy so I wont review those again on here, but will likely write a review for Force Awakens once I get to that one.

So, Phantom Menace! I remember being so, so hyped like everyone else when this movie came out in 1999, however unlike most people I actually liked this movie after seeing it and still enjoy it more than your average Star Wars fan. However, this movie's flaws and shortcomings have become more and more obvious the older this movie gets, mainly the CGI looking a little dated, specially in parts where actors are interacting with CG characters, some bad acting during a few parts, the whole nonsense about the force being bacteria, and of course, Jar Jar Binks. These things definitely irritate me more than they did when I was younger, however they do little to distract from the more enjoyable parts of this movie, which there are many.

The pod racing scene, the most of the third act are excellent, and while some criticize the plot of this movie which frequently brings up politics, taxation and treaties, it is never heavy handed and acts souly as a way to progress the plot and story, as well as make sense of what is going on to Naboo. It also serves as an excellent device for setting up Palpatine's characters as the evil clever genius he is, something very important since he single handedly cons the Republic into giving him absolute power by the end of the prequels. In addition to those things, there is some great acting in this movie and it outweighs the bad acting 10 to 1 imo.

With all that said, this movie isn't amazing, but it also isn't the heap of horse shit that 90% of people make it out to be. It isn't even the worst Star Wars movie imo, With all that said, however, Phantom Menace may end up slipping further down my rank of the Star Wars films, mostly due to the stiff competition that it has and also because nostalgia only goes so far before you're required to face the facts.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 26, 2017, 03:45:02 am
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I am rewatching every Star Wars movie before The Last Jedi gets released and thought I'd share my thoughts on the prequel trilogy since it's been a while since I've watched all of them together. I recently reviewed Rogue One and the original trilogy so I wont review those again on here, but will likely write a review for Force Awakens once I get to that one.

So, Phantom Menace! I remember being so, so hyped like everyone else when this movie came out in 1999, however unlike most people I actually liked this movie after seeing it and still enjoy it more than your average Star Wars fan. However, this movie's flaws and shortcomings have become more and more obvious the older this movie gets, mainly the CGI looking a little dated, specially in parts where actors are interacting with CG characters, some bad acting during a few parts, the whole nonsense about the force being bacteria, and of course, Jar Jar Binks. These things definitely irritate me more than they did when I was younger, however they do little to distract from the more enjoyable parts of this movie, which there are many.

The pod racing scene, the most of the third act are excellent, and while some criticize the plot of this movie which frequently brings up politics, taxation and treaties, it is never heavy handed and acts souly as a way to progress the plot and story, as well as make sense of what is going on to Naboo. It also serves as an excellent device for setting up Palpatine's characters as the evil clever genius he is, something very important since he single handedly cons the Republic into giving him absolute power by the end of the prequels. In addition to those things, there is some great acting in this movie and it outweighs the bad acting 10 to 1 imo.

With all that said, this movie isn't amazing, but it also isn't the heap of horse shit that 90% of people make it out to be. It isn't even the worst Star Wars movie imo, With all that said, however, Phantom Menace may end up slipping further down my rank of the Star Wars films, mostly due to the stiff competition that it has and also because nostalgia only goes so far before you're required to face the facts.

It'll forever be the worst possible Star Wars movie to me...As long as I conveniently leave out the Ewok movies lol Which actually don't count, since they are TV movies.  I just found that out as I only ever watched them on tape when I was kid or I believe on reruns on tv.

I might have to consider doing a rewatch of everything before Episode 8 is out.  Looking back, it seems like I skipped the prequels in anticipation of Force Awakens.  Maybe I'll see about finding some cheap blu-rays of everything if possible.  I don't think I've seen any of them in HD and that would make this new watch of the movies a lot better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 26, 2017, 12:41:50 pm
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I am rewatching every Star Wars movie before The Last Jedi gets released and thought I'd share my thoughts on the prequel trilogy since it's been a while since I've watched all of them together. I recently reviewed Rogue One and the original trilogy so I wont review those again on here, but will likely write a review for Force Awakens once I get to that one.

So, Phantom Menace! I remember being so, so hyped like everyone else when this movie came out in 1999, however unlike most people I actually liked this movie after seeing it and still enjoy it more than your average Star Wars fan. However, this movie's flaws and shortcomings have become more and more obvious the older this movie gets, mainly the CGI looking a little dated, specially in parts where actors are interacting with CG characters, some bad acting during a few parts, the whole nonsense about the force being bacteria, and of course, Jar Jar Binks. These things definitely irritate me more than they did when I was younger, however they do little to distract from the more enjoyable parts of this movie, which there are many.

The pod racing scene, the most of the third act are excellent, and while some criticize the plot of this movie which frequently brings up politics, taxation and treaties, it is never heavy handed and acts souly as a way to progress the plot and story, as well as make sense of what is going on to Naboo. It also serves as an excellent device for setting up Palpatine's characters as the evil clever genius he is, something very important since he single handedly cons the Republic into giving him absolute power by the end of the prequels. In addition to those things, there is some great acting in this movie and it outweighs the bad acting 10 to 1 imo.

With all that said, this movie isn't amazing, but it also isn't the heap of horse shit that 90% of people make it out to be. It isn't even the worst Star Wars movie imo, With all that said, however, Phantom Menace may end up slipping further down my rank of the Star Wars films, mostly due to the stiff competition that it has and also because nostalgia only goes so far before you're required to face the facts.

It'll forever be the worst possible Star Wars movie to me...As long as I conveniently leave out the Ewok movies lol Which actually don't count, since they are TV movies.  I just found that out as I only ever watched them on tape when I was kid or I believe on reruns on tv.

I might have to consider doing a rewatch of everything before Episode 8 is out.  Looking back, it seems like I skipped the prequels in anticipation of Force Awakens.  Maybe I'll see about finding some cheap blu-rays of everything if possible.  I don't think I've seen any of them in HD and that would make this new watch of the movies a lot better.

I definitely do not fault people for hating Phantom Menace and sympathize with the negativity this movie gets; it is pretty jarring how radically different it is from the original trilogy, but at least for me I am able to see the prequels as their own thing with their own feel and direction.

Haha I actually found the Ewok movies on DVD a few years ago and tried watching them again; I made it through the first one (Caravan of Courage), and it was pretty bad. I tried getting through Battle for Endor or whatever it's called and stopped watching about 45-minutes in. They are awful lol

Luckily the prequels are abundant on DVD and all pretty cheap (under $5 each) if you find them used. The versions that are really hard to find are the versions below, especially the original trilogy since it also contained the pre-special edition versions of the films on DVD. In my opinion those versions are a must to own despite their price.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pacpix on November 26, 2017, 10:15:37 pm
Man I had the chance to pick up that Original Trilogy boxset for like 25 bucks years ago.  Still kicking myself for not getting it at the time.  Had no idea the pre-special editions were on the boxset til I went to own the whole series on DVD a few years later :-\ . I generally just watch them on Blu-ray now anyways (on the rare occasion I rewatch a movie) and deal with the special edition stuff.

I have the Prequel Trilogy boxset though  ::)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: chrismb on November 26, 2017, 11:56:33 pm
White Chicks XD
One of the funniest movie i've ever seen tbh, so damn hilarious!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 29, 2017, 02:34:01 am
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Got this stinker out of the way. Every time I rewatch Attack of the Clones I hope that there will be some quality of the movie I've been overlooking for years and it will find its way in with the other Star Wars movies as a film I enjoy. But sadly rewatching it again tonight did no such thing, however I guess I'm thankful it didn't make me dislike this movie any more than I already do.

I find this movie's plot, direction, and acting to be terrible, with some decent elements sprinkled here and there, most of which do not occur until the later third of the movie. The first and middle part are mostly uninteresting to me, however probably the worst thing about this movie is how they turned Anakin Skywalker into an unlikable, whiny creep throughout the entire film. This is partially due to bad writing, but also Haiden Christianson's piss poor acting through a lot of the movie. When you can't even like the main character you are in trouble.

This movie is not all bad though. I do like some of the battle sequences, and even despite Christianson's poor acting, the scene where he is reunited with his mom and what follows is powerful stuff. I also enjoy the final battle of this movie too despite some people thinking it is lame or ridiculous.

I've said it once and I'll say it again, Attach of the Clones is something I watch to bridge the gap between Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith, and nothing more. It is the only Star Wars movie I dislike and fret watching. In fact, I hope to avoid watching this movie again for at least a few years. I'm going to need the long break in order to regain my motivation to ever watch it again.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 29, 2017, 12:44:29 pm
White Chicks XD
One of the funniest movie i've ever seen tbh, so damn hilarious!

Are you being serious?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 29, 2017, 01:13:18 pm
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***SPOILERS AHEAD***

OMG, that was freaking awesome!

Loved this crossover so very much. It felt like an old Earth-crossover story from the comics.

The Nazi version of the heroes were bad-ass looking, Nazi Supergirl especially. The special effects for this crossover was off-the-charts compared to normal episodes. And the screentime was well balanced between all the characters.

But man, man oh man. I can't believe they killed off Professor Stein! WTF?! He is the single best cast-member in all of Legends of Tomorrow. I was so bummed out by that. But they did give him a great send-off. It was pretty emotional. Imagine how Jax felt giving his wife and daughter that news. Heavy stuff.

So what's next for Jackson? Will he just be the repair guy on the ship? Or is he going to get new powers? Will he be Firestorm on his own, somehow?

And Snart is back! One of the best characters on Flash/Legends of Tomorrow. But he's the goody-two shoes Earth X version, so I'm not sure how cool this is actually gonna be. We'll see.

Now when does that Ray Animated Series begin? Been waiting on that one.

Did you guys like it as much as I did?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 02, 2017, 03:15:17 am
Got my Star Wars Blu-Ray sets in (20 bucks a piece on Amazon was a nice deal), so I'm giving the whole series a rewatch.  Since I didn't rewatch the Prequels before Episode 7 last time, I thought I'd start with them and I'm going through Episode 7 and Rogue One as I haven't rewatched them since the theater.

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Of course I'm gonna say this movie sucks.  It's a bad movie.  Unless my opinion on Episode 2 changes when I watch that next, this is gonna be the worst one.  Seems like every time I try to rewatch these movies, I feel like maybe Jar Jar wasn't as bad as I remember, but then I watch it, and he's as bad if not worse.  He's a miserably unfunny character that never once makes a scene work and actively works to make scenes worse.  You can cut him out of the movie and nothing changes structurally.  Visually this movie is still getting worse with age.  Some stuff works, but there's so much that doesn't.

My previous opinion was that this movie only had two good scenes.  Basically Pod Racing and the fight with Darth Maul.  On this current watch, it has 1.5 good scenes.  Pod Racing, outside of a few parts, is still great, it just makes me want to play the Pod Racing game again lol It's a really awesome idea and it looks surprisingly good most of the time.  Sadly the Darth Maul fight suffers due to its ending.  I didn't realize how weak it is when Darth Maul is killed.  He's standing there, staring at a helpless Obi Wan, watching him the whole time, but he just lets Obi Wan fly up, over him, and just get sliced in half? It's so anti-climatic.  It's good up till that point, which sucks.

Otherwise this movie is badly written (Why do they take Anakin to Naboo? They are going to an active warzone, it makes no sense to bring him, other than for badly written reasons to get him to do the stupid space battle scene), badly directed, and mostly boring.  It actually frustrates me how poor this movie is, because there's something good in here, but it's not remotely realized in any way.  I thought by now, after nearly 18 years from release, I'd feel less annoyed by the movie, but I think I enjoyment for good scifi is too strong to let this go.

Eh, at least we got some good games out of this mess of a movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 03, 2017, 02:08:46 am
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It seems there's a lot of mixed opinions on which movie is worse, this or Episode 1, but rewatching both, I still think Phantom Menace is worse.  Phantom Menace is far too boring.  It's tedious and mind numbing.  I think it also visually looks worse generally.  Not that Attack of the Clones is much better, but overall, I was less bothered by the visuals.

Attack of the Clones does suck though.  Just like how maybe I thought Jar Jar wasn't as bad in the first movie, I thought maybe the awkward romance between Padme and Anakin wouldn't be as bad, but again I think it's worse than I thought before.  It's unsettling.  Anakin is a freaky stalker and Padme wants none of it till they awkwardly kiss and then it's like "Oh my god, I actually love you, but can't admit it, even though we've barely ever hung out".  Then there's that terrible line later about how she was hurting to love him since they came back together, which is messed up, because the last time she saw him, he was like 9 years old or something.  They MAYBE have actually known each other for like a month at best when they marry at the end of the film.  This writing is abysmal.

I feel that even with the god awful romance stuff, I'm just more entertained by what is going on throughout the entire movie.  The Coruscant chase scene was entertaining, I liked Kamino, Obi-Wan is good, the battle at the end is better than the Gungan battle,generally better pace for the most part.  There's still plenty that sucks, but I just think things are more watchable.

Okay, good, now to get away from the bad stuff and to more tolerable things...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on December 04, 2017, 10:51:32 am
I watched all 4 of the Shrek movies this weekend. I don't think I've seen any of them in their entirety before.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 04, 2017, 11:16:55 am
I watched all 4 of the Shrek movies this weekend. I don't think I've seen any of them in their entirety before.


I was in middle school when the first one came out and enjoyed it. I saw the second one too and thought it was alright. Never did see the third or fourth, but I hear mixed things about their quality.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on December 04, 2017, 12:16:01 pm
I think the 2nd and 3rd one were the best. None of them are really bad.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ignition365 on December 04, 2017, 12:44:31 pm
Started watching Kill Me Baby over the weekend.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on December 12, 2017, 02:06:21 pm
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LOVE this show! It's like G4 Icons was for video games, but for comics. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of the history of comics, and it's done documentary style with interviews from creators.

Last week's episode, in particular, was very interesting for 90s fans. It was the birth of Image Comics and it's impact on the industry. It also tells the story of how they were treated at Marvel and what led this.

The episode before that, was also interesting for 90s fans. This one focused on the birth of Milestone Comics and the people behind it. This one I questioned a little. They talked about Milestone like it was the greatest thing ever for black people into comics. Now I'm not saying it didn't have an impact at all, but how much impact could a company that lasted for a mere few years really have? Nonetheless, it was very interesting to watch. And it looks like a Milestone return is imminent! (minus Dwayne McDuffie, R.I.P.)

The best one so far, though, is the birth of Marvel Comics, the pilot episode. Went a LOT into the relationship between Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and the company. Learned stuff I never knew about the story.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 14, 2017, 10:57:50 pm
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No spoilers of course, but this was really good.  I'm gonna be seeing it again with a family member who couldn't make it today, so next week I'll get another good look at it all.  I'm not sure where it places right now within all the movies.  I didn't get to rewatching everything like I planned before Last Jedi, so maybe I'll do that before next week with it all fresh in my mind.  I think it's sitting reasonably high though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 15, 2017, 05:23:57 am
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No spoilers of course, but this was really good.  I'm gonna be seeing it again with a family member who couldn't make it today, so next week I'll get another good look at it all.  I'm not sure where it places right now within all the movies.  I didn't get to rewatching everything like I planned before Last Jedi, so maybe I'll do that before next week with it all fresh in my mind.  I think it's sitting reasonably high though.

I have never felt more conflicted about a Star Wars movie after watching it for the first time. There were things I definitely did like about it, but so, SO much of this movie was terrible, like worse than anything in the prequels terrible, I am going to rewatch it in the next week or two in order to really solidify where I stand with this movie, but right now I don't feel good about this one overall.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 15, 2017, 05:49:45 am
I have never felt more conflicted about a Star Wars movie after watching it for the first time. There were things I definitely did like about it, but so, SO much of this movie was terrible, like worse than anything in the prequels terrible, I am going to rewatch it in the next week or two in order to really solidify where I stand with this movie, but right now I don't feel good about this one overall.

I read the comments of a review and a few people said that also, which I find it to be the most absurd and really confusing thing to say.  Nothing in Last Jedi is as bad as Midichlorians, Anakin Skywalker, Jar-Jar, Gungans, the battle scenes in at least the first two movies, CG Yoda bouncing everywhere, and so many other things that are disastrously wrong with those movies. 

Of course without revealing spoilers, I know what has likely rubbed people wrong, there's a plot line that clearly went on for too long and does pan out for me and is probably my biggest gripe, but I don't see how those things take this movie down to that level when there is so much good in this movie.

Like we might have to make a separate spoiler thread so I can find out how people are even bringing up the Prequels in this way lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on December 16, 2017, 08:34:48 am
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I have never felt more conflicted about a Star Wars movie after watching it for the first time. There were things I definitely did like about it, but so, SO much of this movie was terrible, like worse than anything in the prequels terrible, I am going to rewatch it in the next week or two in order to really solidify where I stand with this movie, but right now I don't feel good about this one overall.

Nooooooo....as kamikazekeeg said, this one is leaps and bounds better than any of the prequel releases though it's roundly at the bottom when compared to the OT, TFA and Rogue One. Too long, pointless plotlines, black hole sized gaping plot holes and it has the exact problem that TFA had (to say how might be spoilers so read kamikazekeeg's other post). At least I got a SW-themed cup and popcorn bucket as souvenirs.  :P
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 17, 2017, 02:38:15 am
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The last time I watched this movie was at a friends house probably back in 1997 or 1998 and given how long it had been I decided to give this a watch again. To enjoy this movie you really have to turn off your brain since it doesn't take a meteorologist or a tornado expert to see how ridiculous and unrealistic 90% of the tornado scenes are, however they are fairly cool even to this day. The direction of this movie is pretty cheesy as are the cast of characters; a lot of 90s edginess and attitude is present in this movie, however since I am a big fan of this asthetic I mostly enjoyed it despite a few face palms here and there. Definitely not a must see, but one worth popping in every couple decades or so to see some violent weather action.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: muntyjack on December 25, 2017, 12:22:33 pm
I watched Miss Sloane 10/10
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on December 28, 2017, 10:28:18 am
For some stupid reason the Olaf's Frozen Adventure was removed from the theathers so had to saw it at home with my daughters, dunno why the hell they decided to censorship this one also saw with my daughters A Stork's Journey and Fernindand, with my wife I saw Geostorm (piece of crap) and The Healer and of course couldn't miss the chance to watch the latest event from the WWE, am talking about Clash of Champions  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 18, 2018, 12:00:01 am
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While this is not my favorite Godzilla, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is a movie that could only be done as an anime.  The CG is well done, though I'm not really in love with the washed out colors of everything, makes things seem abit dull, visually, though when there are any explosions or atomic breath going off, it really does pop more.  Design of Godzilla definitely isn't the best, he's abit too nondescript due to the idea placed in the movie that over thousands of years, he basically evolved with the landscape, becoming more stone-like to a degree, and it just makes him seem like a 3D model that didn't get a coating of paint.  Not his worst design at all though, I'm hoping he gets an affordable NECA figure like the rest have eventually.

Story wise, the setting is great, I love the idea of full scifi Godzilla, fighting him with advanced tech and they introduced aliens into the story without it feeling weird or goofy.  Pacing feels abit rushed, like I expected more happening on their big trip away to Earth and the way back, but nah, that went fairly quick.  The stuff back on Earth is pretty good though as it's all basically one big setup to try and take out Godzilla.

I did enjoy the movie as a Godzilla fan and can't wait for the next part.  Since Godzilla movies can be so far apart (Though we are getting plenty more with a possible next Japanese movie and the upcoming American live action stuff), so more inbetween anime stuff is the best.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 19, 2018, 01:06:35 am
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Studio Ponoc's first film definitely showed its founding member's roots with Ghibli as there were many blatant influences from movies like Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. None of this was bad however, as much of the charm that made the aforementioned films so great and special was carried over to Mary and the Witch's Flower very well. The other thing that I liked about this movie was its more direct story telling that had a very clear plot and writing rather than a more nuances and subtle writing style like many Ghibli movies. Overall, this was an excellent film that I greatly enjoyed and will gladly watch it again someday.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 19, 2018, 01:20:25 am
Glad to hear its good, don't think it showed up near me as the anime releases can be very hit or miss (Got One Piece and DBZ, but no Your Name or A Silent Voice).  Definitely seemed like a "Best of Studio Ghibli", but I'm fine with that, plus someones gotta be "Studio Ghibli" if Studio Ghibli isn't going to be doing it as much anymore lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 19, 2018, 01:28:04 am
Glad to hear its good, don't think it showed up near me as the anime releases can be very hit or miss (Got One Piece and DBZ, but no Your Name or A Silent Voice).  Definitely seemed like a "Best of Studio Ghibli", but I'm fine with that, plus someones gotta be "Studio Ghibli" if Studio Ghibli isn't going to be doing it as much anymore lol

Exactly. I feel like Ponoc definitely carried the Ghibli torch into its own work and definitely owns it. It will have to be seen if they do stuff that is a bit more mature and nuanced like much of Miazaki's work which I love, but for a first attempt they definitely hit a home run. It isn't nearly as good as Princess Mononoke or Howl's Moving Castle, but it is on par with movies like Castle in the Sky or Nausicaa, at least in terms of how these movies typically rank. They certainly are not trying to reinvent the wheel and are using their past with Ghibli to help sell movie tickets, but it is done in a way that doesn't come across as a knockoff or they are trying to copy what has already been done by Ghibli.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 21, 2018, 01:13:24 am
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I was initially pretty interested in the movie, I love mixing fantasy and modern day together, the idea of vastly different societies living together, struggling, I remember it from older shows like Alien Nation or more recent stuff like District 9.  Much like with Star Trek, it's usually good for talk of race, differences, all that stuff.  Then I heard it getting critically slagged and avoided it till now. 

I think the movie is alright.  That first quarter of the movie is rough.  It's the most blunt, non-subtle, hammer in your face, talk about race and the police.  Racial slurs, diversity hire, people hate the police, yadda yadda.  I'm not one who can have a discussion on race relations very well, but I can tell when this stuff gets awkward.  It makes Zootopia seem subtle lol

That was starting to turn me off the movie, till we hit the 1/3rd mark of the movie and the bigger plot kicks in and then it gets better.  It turns into an actiony cop drama, just with a different flavor to it with all the talk of magic, and Orc rituals, and Brights (Basically people that can wield magic wands).  The tone and dialogue is pretty awkward a lot of the time though, especially with characterization.  Its written like it thinks its really smart, it's being hardcore and edgy, like it was the new Training Day or any other hard R action cop movie, but stuff that would be character building just feels clumsy and drawn out a lot of the time.  If we just swear all the time, that means we are real! Tonally it feels like it's trying to dance between Bad Boys and Training Day (I'm not harping on that movie, I'm just spacing on other Hard R crime/cop drama movies right now lol), but not being enough of either to give you something to truly latch onto.

I kinda like everything to do with the setting though, it just needed more, because Orcs feel abit half-baked visually.  What they are is fine, but they have no cultural aspects to them, which I'm sure could be explained away from how they are treated in society, but that's just seems like a lazy excuse.  More with the other races would be better too as you only see Elves, Humans, and Orcs, with two glimpses of Centaurs, and talk of Dwarves, and there are more, but seems like there should've been more to really flesh out the world more.

Overall, watchable, but a clumsy movie that gets better later on.  I feel like the sequel could do a lot to remedy the issues they had.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 21, 2018, 01:15:15 am
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Hype for a movie can be a dangerous thing; it can either make an otherwise bad or mediocre movie seem great, or at the very least it can make it hard to see a movie's true value and faults because of emotions clouding your judgement. The latter was what happened when I first saw Alien Covenant in the theater.

I really enjoyed Prometheus and thought it was a very well written and thought out movie that had a ton of potential for a sequel to help bridge the gap between it and the Alien franchise. I thought that I'd be getting the same quality of movie since much of the same writers and directors behind Prometheus made this movie including Ridley Scott, the man who brought us Alien in the first place. Perhaps there was a lot of studio meddling when this movie was being written and pitched, maybe Scott just decided he didn't give a shit and pushed out the script for Alien Covenant at the last minute, but whatever the case I knew after watching this movie for the first time last Springs that it was not nearly as good as Prometheus. Watching it a second time, my opinion of it is even less favorable.

Alien Covenant is probably the most poorly written Alien movie, including the AvP films. It tries to take itself seriously throughout yet completely fails when characters make just flat out stupid, unbelievable decisions over and over again, while making teens in a slasher flixs look intellectually gifted by comparison. The writing is also sloppy in terms of plot and how everything sort of plays out in the movie with many things that just don't make sense with the already established Alien mythos. I am also not a fan of how this movie treats things that were set up in Prometheus, some of which seem as though Scott forgot what he had written and put to film in Prometheus. The whole movie is a mess with entertaining bits here and there, but overall there is no denying that this is a bad movie.

Perhaps the worst part of this movie is the rushed, partially incoherent explanation of how David the Android created the Aliens when not only does it do away with the lore behind the Xenomorphs in comics and films, but also ignores the progression of how the Decon Xenomorph came to be at the end of Prometheus. Again, I have no idea what Scott was thinking or if he was even fully coherent when he wrote the script for Alien Covenant.

Sadly I will remember 2017 as the year some of my favorite movie franchises were flushed down the toilet.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 21, 2018, 01:29:21 am
Ridley Scott just clearly doesn't want to make Alien movies, he wants to make scifi movies about androids and have philosophical discussions about life and all sorts of other whatever he wants to go on about.  What's worse about this movie, is that this movie stopped Neil Blomkamp's Alien movie he was working on that would've likely been an actually good Alien movie.  That pisses me off the most about Covenant.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on January 23, 2018, 02:43:12 pm
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 23, 2018, 06:31:48 pm
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LMAO!!!!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 24, 2018, 02:32:40 am
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After over a month of needing to take a break from Star Wars as part of recovering from the colossal disappointment that was The Last Jedi, I finally decided to pick up where I left off in rewatching all the Star Wars films again.

I have long considered Revenge of the Sith to be my favorite, or at least my second favorite Star Wars movie of all time. It is by far the best written, most entertaining of the prequels and still to this day has the best lightsaber battle of all time between Obiwan and Anakin. However, what really makes this movie incredible is the last third of the movie following Anakin's fall to the dark side. It is very tragic how everything plays out in him becoming Darth Vader and is written in a convincing and almost poetic way.

This movie is definitely not perfect though. Of course everyone cites Hayden Christianson's acting and the copious CGI as reasons why this movie bad, but the movie is so good otherwise it is easy to forgive the various stinkers that come from various characters or the outdated look of the CGI in specific scenes. On a personal level, the internet has somewhat ruined part of this movie for me due to all the dank memes that this movie has inspired; I can't help but laugh at certain scenes when I think of all the hilarious memes that mock them.

Overall, I love Revenge of the Sith and I feel like as time has progressed many people have come to realize how good it is when before it was guilty by association of being "one of the prequels." The writing it top notch, the action and great, and some of the performances are the best in the franchise (no Christianson is not one of these, but I will give him credit for not being as terrible as he was in attack of the clones). I know my praise of this movie is not popular, but for me this movie never disappoints.

On a side note I have something special planned for when I watch episodes IV, V, and VI and will being a doing a lumped review for the occasion. I do not want ti spoil why it will be special, but it's something that I'm pretty sure nobody else has touched on here yet. I really can't wait!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 05, 2018, 02:21:53 am
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Impressively, JJ Abrams stealth released a brand new movie in his Cloverfield series.  The first one had a kinda mysterious campaign for it, though I didn't really like it at the time.  I just remember the found footage motion to be kinda obnoxious to watch, especially with a lot of the dark scenes, but I wanted to like it for the monster material.  I'm actually planning to watch it for the first time since the theater to see if it's any better on a TV with HD quality.  The second movie was completely different and I won't spoil anything, but I really liked it.  It's a more scaled down, intense thriller, with a fantastic John Goodman performance.

This new one takes the series for an entirely different spin than the previous ones, releasing out of nowhere (I had only heard inklings of it even existing before now) on Netflix the same day it's announced.  I absolutely love that.  Again, without spoiling anything, we get a scifi setting of a crew on a space station trying to solve the energy crisis on Earth, when something goes wrong.  The writing is abit underwhelming towards the beginning in a couple parts, but overall its a good watch. I love this world Abrams has created and if he just keeps doing these, exploring this setting in different movie styles, I'm all for that.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ignition365 on February 05, 2018, 08:28:36 am
Just watched Kakegurui on Netflix over the weekend.  Pretty good show, definitely leaves room for a season 2.  Show is nuts.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: 98dgreen on February 05, 2018, 03:30:48 pm
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Impressively, JJ Abrams stealth released a brand new movie in his Cloverfield series.  The first one had a kinda mysterious campaign for it, though I didn't really like it at the time.  I just remember the found footage motion to be kinda obnoxious to watch, especially with a lot of the dark scenes, but I wanted to like it for the monster material.  I'm actually planning to watch it for the first time since the theater to see if it's any better on a TV with HD quality.  The second movie was completely different and I won't spoil anything, but I really liked it.  It's a more scaled down, intense thriller, with a fantastic John Goodman performance.

This new one takes the series for an entirely different spin than the previous ones, releasing out of nowhere (I had only heard inklings of it even existing before now) on Netflix the same day it's announced.  I absolutely love that.  Again, without spoiling anything, we get a scifi setting of a crew on a space station trying to solve the energy crisis on Earth, when something goes wrong.  The writing is abit underwhelming towards the beginning in a couple parts, but overall its a good watch. I love this world Abrams has created and if he just keeps doing these, exploring this setting in different movie styles, I'm all for that.
The second one is definitely better. The first was alright but I wish there was no stupid shaky cam.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 08, 2018, 12:58:53 pm
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Watched this last night. Whether it's good or not depends on your expectations going into it.

If you're expecting something akin to George Romero's Day of the Dead, you will be sorely disappointed. It doesn't hold a candle to it. Though it does bear some similarities such as being in an army base and having a dickhead commanding officer. Despite those few similarities, it is not the same story, whatsoever. Though it's still better than that Ving Rames atrocity.

Now, if you go into just expecting what it is: a straight-to-DVD B zombie flick, it does okay as that. It's not great, but it's worth a viewing if you're just paying a $1.50 at RedBox like I did.

Having "Day of the Dead" in the title was a terrible idea, because everyone is going to compare it to the original, and it just can't hang with the original. It should have just been a standalone zombie flick, and horror fans might be a little more accepting of it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 08, 2018, 05:31:42 pm
I was expecting it to be poor as you brought up the other "remake", and how stupid that was.  I guess no one wants to try and do a proper remake or "reimagining" like Dawn of the Dead as I liked that one.  It's very different, but is also one of the few Zack Snyder films I actually like lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 08, 2018, 06:25:24 pm
I was expecting it to be poor as you brought up the other "remake", and how stupid that was.  I guess no one wants to try and do a proper remake or "reimagining" like Dawn of the Dead as I liked that one.  It's very different, but is also one of the few Zack Snyder films I actually like lol

I liked it, too. Still not as good as the original, but it does a good job. The Night of the Living (1990) remake is damn good, too. It just seems the last one of the trilogy, my favorite entry, just can't be done justice.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 15, 2018, 07:28:11 am
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This turned out to be alright.  Sometimes these full on scifi shows never really pan out, either too cheap looking, or they don't do enough with its setting to be worthwhile.  They actually do a pretty good job of building up this world and overall I was pretty interested to see what showed up.  It's quality varies, like at certain times it feels like it could be HBO quality, something like Westworld, but then it hits points where it feels more like a Syfy show.  In particular the action gets very middling.  Earlier on, I thought that maybe this would have some intense action, particularly with one scene around episode 3 or 4 I think, having big slick gun battles or whatever, but it never hits that level again and the hand to hand combat is pretty basic.  Serviceable, but you know it when you see it.  Like when the Marvel shows kinda half-ass it.

The only stuff I kinda didn't care for was anything that involved being off Earth.  I don't know why, but all the backstory stuff never really hooked me.  Overall, it's a watchable show if you want a somewhat better than usual R-rated scifi tv show to watch.  I mean, it's on Netflix, so it's basically free if you have a subscription.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 16, 2018, 03:32:40 am
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Do you generally like the Marvel movies? Then you'll be fine with Black Panther.  I don't think it does anything super new, like the magical craziness of Dr. Strange or the standout humor/goofiness of like Guardians/Thor Ragnarok, but I think it's culture and tone along with the vibrant colors works enough to stand out and make it a good movie.  Everyone does a good job and Andy Serkis seems like he's having just a grand 'ole time playing Klaue.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: arkaneer on February 20, 2018, 03:47:28 am
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I went in knowing very little about this film, expecting the standard X-men fare and my wife to be dribbling over Hugh Jackman. It's rare these days to be surprised by a Marvel movie, but my god this is a departure from the norm.

I would describe it as a hyper-violent, story-driven film noir. Yes there are special effects galore as normal, but they take a firm second billing to the acting, direction and script.

This is Hugh Jackman's and Patrick Stewart's last outing in theses roles and they are incredible. Then you have an extraordinary performance by Dafne Keen at the centre of it all. I really hope they base a few movies around her character.

I don't know how I let this movie pass me by, it really is excellent.

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 20, 2018, 05:09:32 am
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Without making this too long-winded, the live action Fullmetal Alchemist is the example you can show of trying too hard to recreate something, but not changing enough to make it work in a new format.  It's essentially hours of the anime, condensed into two hours.  So as you would expect, it's the cliff notes version of the anime, but because it can't dwell on anything long enough, there's no impact to most of the story.  They don't even introduce characters that should be seen at this point in the story, or cut them out entirely from the plot.  So they do change things, but won't change enough to make it work, so it's essentially not faithful, but also not new enough as they do alter the plot.

I say it's wasted potential, because there's pretty good CG here.  Very few times did I feel that the effects didn't work, outside of one hilarious moment with Gluttony later in the movie that feels like it was unfinished.  Some of the characters even match pretty well, though some just look like cosplay such as Hawkeye or Edward, or you have characters that look nothing like the original such as Tucker and Winry.

I just don't know who this is for.  It's not for the fans, because it doesn't recreate the story well enough and it changes too much, while not making it better, so fans have no reason to care.  And I don't think the movie is good enough on its own for someone to just watch and enjoy as the first part in what I assume is a trilogy.  I'd never recommend this to someone, I'd tell them to just go watch the English dub of Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on February 20, 2018, 10:28:07 am
I went and saw Black Panther. 

After I saw all the build up to it, I was a little leery thinking that this was going to be real preachy.  It wasn't.  Marvel has done it again!  Such a fun movie to watch and enjoy.  The visuals were incredible.  The fights were fast and exciting.  The story is a little predictable, but that's ok.  SPOILER: The good guys win.

I really think you need to see this one in the theater.  It's a good for sure!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 20, 2018, 12:55:46 pm
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What an awful zombie movie and stain on the series. Watched it the other night, free on TubiTV.

Remember how they karate kicked zombies in House of the Dead? Well, they boxed zombies in this one. Zombies went down from normal gunshots (wtf). And they had a very bad, B version of Resident Evil's Nemesis, that went down quick.

The other ones in the series are comedies on purpose. This is cheesy in all the wrong ways.

Avoid this one. Stick to the early entries in the series
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on February 20, 2018, 12:59:27 pm
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(Watched Wrath of the Dragon, not Fusion.)

Not a bad Dragonball Z movie. Has all your favorite DBZ team members get a moment in the spotlight, has an interesting villain, and feels like it's just the right length.

***SPOILERS AHEAD***

My only gripe is that after all that focus on the mystical ocarina and sword, it just ended up being Goku's SSJ 3 form that defeats the dragon. Why all the build-up if they're just going to go with the usual Dragonball finish?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 24, 2018, 01:41:07 am
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Initially was marathon'ing all six seasons as I picked up Season 6 on Blu-ray earlier in January, but stopped after Monster Hunter World showed up.  Finally finished it all and I still think this show is great.  It's ridiculous, but well done, and I really enjoy all the jokes they do related to comics, old cartoons, movies, and whatever else they come up with.

It is annoying though that the series has so much downtime to it.  Up to Season 4, it was only 2 years between seasons and there were at least a dozen episodes.  After that, it was 3 years between seasons and under 10.  Season 7 isn't happening till the end of the year, making it another almost 3 years of downtime, but I heard it's renewed for Season 8 also, meaning we could see a quicker turnaround.  I should probably be happy it still exists at all, as another Adult Swim show, Metalocalypse, was ended before it's final season.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 28, 2018, 06:22:40 am
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This is the kind of show you'd watch back before streaming was a thing, and there was nothing else on, so you just left the channel on and let it go.  Of course being that I watched the whole first season, something had to have at least be watchable...And there sort of is I guess? lol It's not a a particularly good show, B-movie schlock that Syfy is known for, and it's made by The Asylum, the company that makes knock-off movies and those trash Sharknado films.  It's generally better than that stuff I've found though.

The show really only gets unwatchable when it is trying to be serious.  Relationship garbage that comes out of nowhere or makes little sense and it just feels like knock off Walking Dead.  When it's getting silly or over the top, that's when its dumb fun.  I've seen some recent pictures of the series since it's like 4 seasons in, and it looks like it gets extra dumb, so I'm kinda interested to keep watching.  Funny enough, almost interested in watching this more than Walking Dead, especially after I had a spoiler of something that happened during the mid season that turned me off the show.  I was already sorta losing interest, but seeing where it's going, I'm just sorta moving on from it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: arkaneer on March 01, 2018, 07:03:46 am
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Mrs Arkaneer and I decided to give this a go on Saturday night. We were both exhausted and wanted something non-taxing to watch.

I expected it to be truly appalling given the reviews, but it really wasn't truth be told. I think if your Tom Cruise, you're going to get slammed if you make a mediocre film these days.

Let me be clear, it's not good either...the script and story were laughable in places. But it had the special effects and the chase sequences and stunts you would expect in this kind of film.

I'd give it a 5/10.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 02, 2018, 05:35:26 am
Second season of Z Nation.  Still that mixed bag of watchable, but never being more than cheesy b-movie grade quality.  Weird pacing in some episodes, trying to be all cinematic feeling, impactful, drama-filled with slow motion and no music moments.  Rarely feels like it works, makes some scenes feel really drag.  One or two scenes I thought were okay.  I think the show is still only watchable when it's trying to be ridiculous. 

Some pretty cheap/lazy moments in it, like in one episode scene, where they visit Roswell, and they are coming into the town, you can straight up see cars in the background driving between some houses, which was something they didn't edit out, or in the same episode, they try to play off city lights in the background as being a part of the episode, but it's clearly just them not wanting to edit them out.  I know this isn't a production company of high quality, but come on... lol

Second season overall was abit better though.  The increasingly apocalyptic feel helps it keep it feeling less like like a Walking Dead knock off.  From pictures I've seen, they go full Mad Max, so I'm interested in getting to that if it happens within the episodes available on Netflix.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 05, 2018, 12:17:06 am
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Back in 1999 or so my mom had some Hollywood entertainment magazine that I'm sure in now defunct, but there was a 4 or 5 page article about this emerging form of entertainment in the west called Anime. In this article it talked about some of the most iconic and well known anime such as Ghost in the Shell, Salor Moon, Akira, and several others, and oddly another one called Genocyber. I would have never made note of it if it weren't for a really cool image of the demonic-like mech creature featured in this 5-episode OVA series kneeling in a really cool picture. I stared at this image all the time, wanting so bad to actually watch this cool looking anime, but unfortunately I was never able to find it at any of the local rental stores or at places like Sam Goody or Suncoast. It wouldn't be until many years later thanks to some random youtuber who posted the whole series online where I got to watch the whole series. Despite this anime being a huge inspiration for me to dive deep into the genre, creating a life long love of anime, Genocyber did not meet the expectations I had of it.

Fast forward about a month ago and I found the entire series on dvd for about a fourth of what it goes for on ebay (it's fairly pricey) and could not resist buying it. Seeing how I bought it, I felt the need to rewatch all 5 episodes again and I'm really happy I did.

Genocyber is in incredibly original, violent, thought provoking and visually impressive anime series about a girl who has been created to tap into another dimension of power despite her being little more than your average young girl in every other way. The carnage, cruelty, and savagery of the world around her combined with her powers turns her into a literal monster who essentially destroys the world and nearly all of civilization. The world building, concept and many of the ideas in Genocyber are excellent, but it's too bad that this anime fails in its direction and execution throughout the entire series.

There are many jumps in the plot that could have and should have been more fleshed out to explain certain things and establish some of what happens in the next scene. On top of that the story telling often requires a lot from the viewer to put the pieces together, which I do not get the impression was done by design, but rather a failure on the production staff's part. While I am unsure about the quality of Genocyber's japanese voice acting cast, the English dub might be the worst voice acting in an anime I've ever seen, with maybe a couple performances being passable at best.

However, despite all this I really enjoyed Genocyber and found it very inspirational on many different levels. If you can find this one or it happens to still be on youtube I definitely recommend watching it. Just be warned that it is not for the faint of heart or someone who doesn't want to use their brain a lot to make sense of some of the plot and story.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 06, 2018, 01:10:30 am
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I have carried a lot of nostalgia for Blue Sub 6 since watching it on Toonami when it premiered back in 2000. However, it wasn't until tonight that I rewatched this series in full (it's only 4-episodes), and possibly more than any other show this one showed me how powerful and misleading nostalgia can be.

When I watched this show I was more into Anime than I ever have been; anything Anime related I desired to watch. Many times I'd rent random anime from Hollywood Video or Blockbuster just to get my fix, and it is because of this I think that my perception of many of the shows and movies I watched at the time were a bit skewed. In other words, I was willing to overlook flaws in quality due to how badly I wanted to enjoy the genre, which I did, but sometimes I wonder if the often ultra stylized nature of many anime distracted me from things such as the story, characters and even the production quality.

Blue Sub 6 is a shining example of this; it is highly stylized and the action is done at a raid pace, giving you little room to process the story. The story, the writing and characters suffer the most, which in the end would have essential to make this anime more memorable than a staple of the golden years of Toonami. On its own, Blue Sub is little more than a lot of outdated CG, unlikable and overly edgy characters, and a story that makes little sense at times when it needs to the most. Overall, I really didn't enjoy this one and often my nostalgia was the only thing keeping me from not wanting to watch more despite it only being four 30-minute episodes long. My experience with Blue Sub 6 makes me wonder how dramatically different my perception of other anime I watched around that time will be upon rewatching them with a much more mature and less enthusiastic point of view. We will soon see as I plan of watching a few others in the near future.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on March 06, 2018, 03:13:48 pm
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I seen the new IT just about a week ago.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  :)



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I also seen cars 3 :D.   I cried about 2-3 times throughout the corse of it.  I deem it the best cars movie yet.  I have loved them all so I might be biased but it was an amazing movie and yet another home run from Pixar.  Highly reccomend.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 06, 2018, 08:18:25 pm
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Had a freebie for the theater, and I usually use these for movies I'm gonna skip in theater and maybe watch on video when its out.  I believe I did this for Arrival (Also I think I did it for the new Ghostbusters movie...I regret even going to that for free), so it kinda turned into a "Scifi Freebie" lol

This movie was interesting.  I had only seen the trailer once or twice, never a different trailer as I felt like it's one of those movies you need to see as little as possible.  I won't say too much about it, but I overall liked it.  Feels a bit middle loaded personally, but there's a complete enough story here as sometimes I kinda hate when scifi movies lean too much towards "Well what do YOU think happened?!".  There's some of that, its meant to get you thinking at times, but that's not the sole focus.

I think what I like most is the setting.  I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic settings, it's always been interesting to me and factors into some of my favorite games and enjoyment of zombie games too.  It's not technically one, but much of the time spent in this weird place has that feeling to it.  If you like more serious scifi, you'll probably like this.  The trailer and poster give it more of an actiony feel and it isn't that.  It's not Aliens, or like those space survival movies where it turns out Mars has some sort of life form picking everyone off.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on March 07, 2018, 02:34:55 am
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Finally saw this since it was released on DVD today...loved it!

Best Thor movie, yet.

At first, the humor felt to be a little much, but once the story got going, the action more than made up for it and the humor was welcomed.

This was like some of the best Marvel cosmic stories. And if this is the warm-up for Infinity War, I can't wait to see what Marvel has in store for us next month!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on March 08, 2018, 08:13:25 pm

Finally saw this since it was released on DVD today...loved it!

Best Thor movie, yet.

At first, the humor felt to be a little much, but once the story got going, the action more than made up for it and the humor was welcomed.

This was like some of the best Marvel cosmic stories. And if this is the warm-up for Infinity War, I can't wait to see what Marvel has in store for us next month!

I have very few complaints about this movie and they're mostly cosmetic ones. I understand why Korg couldn't look like he does in the comics because of the rights issues they had at the time but I kinda wish the Grandmaster looked more like he did in the comics and not Jeff Goldblum in a weird outfit. They could at least gave him a white wig and somewhat blue skin.  :P

When I went to pick up the Blu-ray for Thor from Best Buy on Tuesday, I spied a copy of Tales from Earthsea on Blu-ray sitting on an endcap. I've tried to keep up with the Ghibli releases on Blu-ray and quickly found out (much to the dismay of my wallet) that Disney has re-released the Ghibli collection. What was supposed to be a quick trip to get Thor turned into buying that as well as Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cat Returns, My Neighbors The Yamadas, Porco Rosso, and Tales from Earthsea. I *MIGHT* splurge some of my tax return on the rest of the set just to have a nice uniform looking collection even though I have the earlier releases already.  :o
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 14, 2018, 06:20:16 am
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I had kinda higher hopes for this season.  I enjoyed the first season a good bit, originally having it second to Daredevil till Punisher came in to that slot (A show with a few of its own issues), but I was left disappointed.  What's here is still a solid, well acted, drama, but this is ostensibly a super hero show, or what is meant to be one, but that's barely a factor here if we overlook the through line of this season.  I know this is a problem with the Marvel shows in general, I do like them, but they try their hardest to avoid being comic book shows as much as possible, and connecting as little as possible to the movies in general. I feel like it's at its worst here.  Jessica still can break doors, jump out of multi-story windows, and there's a super powered threat, but it's not like Killgrave which really made season 1 so good, and getting some walls busted or doors broken doesn't make for any sort of serious action.  It's like a normal drama that then remembers it needs to throw someone through a wall every so often.  It's technically not much worse than the first season in that regard, but the threat was SO good, that it helped make the drama work much more.

I feel like overall, this reason is why this season isn't as good.  I'm watching a Marvel show for what Marvel does and I didn't get that. I just started getting bored halfway through, when I started to skip through side stories and romance stuff, and by the last couple episodes, I'm skipping through the main story, hoping to find something to draw me in that was more than what was being given, and then it ended.  Really, I only finished out of a want to at least know the story in case it matters in the future.  If this wasn't a part of the greater Marvel show universe, I probably would've dropped it like half way to 2/3rds through.

It honestly might be a better show for someone that isn't as interested in the super hero elements.  Someone more casual just wanting a drama with a bit of action in it might enjoy this, but that's not me.  Hopefully Daredevil Season 3 and Punisher Season 2 will make up for this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on March 14, 2018, 10:25:40 am
Space Cowboys - VHS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboys

Supported Dolby Surround Stereo, tape was not perfect for this, but well enough. It dropped out of surround perhaps twice, but it only happened during quieter or dialog scenes, so it wasn't too bad. FYI: VHS with Dolby Surround Stereo, is NOT Dolby Surround. The main difference in this mode is that the AVR will enable the subwoofer and may run 4.0 surround sound OR 2x2.1 stereo... It is hard to tell exactly, especially since I am using phantom center channel AND the fact that surround from a VCR is wholy reliant on auto-detection by the AVR and the AVR does not have any indicators as to what sound mode it is currently operating in. This is unlike my 5.1 which will show on the LCD what mode it is in.

ANYWAYS, it is a pretty good movie. A bit longer than I thought it was but there were no boring parts. Tommy Lee Jones character was the best.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 17, 2018, 02:02:40 am
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For those of you unfamiliar with Star Wars Despecialized Edition, it is a very impressive fan project by a guy names Harmy who sought to reconstruct the original Star Wars trilogy into an HD Bluray release that is as faithful to each film's original theatrical release as possible, removing all post theatrical edits and enhancements. He did this not only as a response to many controversial changes that have been made to each film over the years, most notably the 1997 Special Editions, but to create the first HD release of all three movies in their original, unaltered form. Harmy accomplished this by taking footage from many different releases of the original trilogy and compiling them, enhancing them, and blending them seamlessly to create something that is truly awesome and special. If you want a much more in depth explanation behind how he did this I'd recommend watching the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg)

There is no doubt that this release, while unauthorized and unofficial, is the most definitive way to experience the original Star Wars trilogy not only because of its incredible visual quality, but also because of its preservation of these films in a version that preserves the original vision of Lucas and the production staff who created these movies. I found myself noticing things I'd never seen, not because they were added (although that was the case a handful of times), but because this release made them noticeable and almost significant. It was almost like rewatching these movies for the first time as I picked up on so many details I'd never seen before due to the excellent visual quality and restoration of older film footage in each movie.

The only negative part about the Despecialized Editions is obtaining them. While it is a little tricky to find them online, to get the best version of these films literally took me weeks to obtain. Still, I preferred doing this as opposed to paying assholes on Ebay selling the Despecialized Edition for $100. I'd certainly recommend finding them for free on your own, but be warned that it is a pretty labor intensive process and took me over a week to obtain along with all bonus and supplimental material that goes along with it.

After watching these films, i can still appreciate the Special Editions in several ways, however there is no doubt that unless I just need to be reminded of what changed from the original version, I will always watch the Despecialized Editions of Star Wars. The only thing that comes close to them is the 2006 Limited Edition DVD releases which include both the Special Edition and non-special edition releases of each movie. However, the the non-special edition is ripped from the 1993 Laser Disk releases without any enhancements done to the picture quality whatsoever. What this means is that it is presented in non-anamorphic standard definition, which kind of sucks. But the reason you'd watch these versions is because you want a convenient way of seeing the original Star Wars Trilogy on DVD. The other alternative would be tracking down the 1995 or earlier VHS or Laser Disk releases.

With it being incredibly doubtful that Disney will ever release the original, unaltered trilogy in HD, the Despecialized Edition is an absolutely essential thing to own for any hardcore Star Wars fan, especially if you value the releases of Star Wars prior to the 1997 Special Editions. Just be warned that you will have to work for these releases, pay a lot of money to someone who doesn't deserve it, or be lucky enough to have a friend that can burn you a copy. The Despecialized Edtions are an absolute must for all Star Wars fan in my opinion.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on March 17, 2018, 10:17:09 am
From my understanding, it was Lucas himself that didn't like the original versions, and wanted to push his true vision that was the Special Editions. So now that Disney has control of the franchise, rather than Lucas, I think there's a good chance Disney will release the original versions. But they also know they've got a collectors thing with it, and you know how Disney loves their Vault releases. So it'll be a limited release thing, when they do it, I bet.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 17, 2018, 10:33:45 am
From my understanding, it was Lucas himself that didn't like the original versions, and wanted to push his true vision that was the Special Editions. So now that Disney has control of the franchise, rather than Lucas, I think there's a good chance Disney will release the original versions. But they also know they've got a collectors thing with it, and you know how Disney lives their Vault releases. So it'll be a limited release thing, when they do it, I bet.

I want to believe they will do this, but if what they did for the Bluray releases of these films is any indication they have no interest in showing people the original, unaltered versions, especially since it would take a lot of effort on their part, as it did with Harmy, to reconstruct them in HD. Not only that, but they've been super careful about their vision of Star Wars and have made sure that all pre-existing materials related to Star Wars have fit their vision and plans for it. This includes a lot of the post Special Edition edits.

Given these factors I'd be genuinely shocked if Disney actually released the original trilogy in some unaltered form that wasn't completely half assed like the 2006 Limited Editions which were just SD transfers of the Laser Disk versions. What Harmy did was a pure labor of love and it definitely shows. He didn't do it to sell it or to make money; he did it because of how much he loves these movies and wanted them to be seen as close to their original versions as possible in HD. If Disney was smart they'd simply take his version and throw it on an official release, but they wont since this whole project was done without their consent and they probably don't want to be seen as encouraging this sort of thing. Part of the reason I got so motivated to find these is because I can see Disney tracking them down and removing them completely, making them even harder to track down.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 24, 2018, 05:47:35 am
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What an odd, but interesting film.  Del Toro really has such an impressive eye for detail and design.  A really well crafted movie, from the filming, to the sets, to just how much is real, but then enhanced digitally when needed.  Rarely does anything feel out of place and it all looks so good, it's all so striking visually. 

As brought up in the extras, it's a new take on the beauty and beast story, just that there's no transformation at the end.  Some elements here and there I don't really get, I'm not exactly a deeper picture guy.  I can understand themes and basic surface level elements, but if you are telling me that the lighting and colors used are meant to signify a certain feeling, I'm just not likely to get that as I watch, because I'm more engrossed in the the story itself, rather than the underlying elements and what they may signify.

This isn't a movie I'd likely rewatch, as the story doesn't quite interest me enough to see more than at once, even if the cinematography is fantastic.  Del Toro just does interesting things and I'm glad the movie did so well for him as I want him to make whatever he wants with as much freedom as possible.  It sounds like they could've used Del Toro back for Pacific Rim 2 unfortunately...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 26, 2018, 10:34:58 pm
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Had a weird hype train for Pacific Rim: Uprising, as initially, I was 90% for this movie.  Super excited, loved the first one, but because it wasn't Del Toro in charge, that is a reason to think it won't be as good.  Then the reviews start coming out and I hear stuff like "Oh, it's as bad as Transformers!", so I carefully reel my hype in to like a 40% level, going in to expect some issues.  Coming out of it, I'm at like a 70%. 

This is still a good movie.  It is not as good as the first for sure, it lacks the same impact the first did in favor of being flashier.  It's also trying to be abit more broad in its appeal I guess with the younger group we deal with, and it doesn't always work.  The people saying it's as bad as Transformers? Objectively wrong and it's really absurd to say.  I wish Transformers was even half as good as this movie.  Transformers fails because of terrible robot designs, fucking awful subplots and characters, ridiculous story nonsense, and are more about the people than the transformers too often.  There's so much more awful in those movies.  A few bad jokes in Uprising doesn't bring it to that level.

In the end, it's a giant mechs vs giant monsters and it still works.  I think they need to get a better grasp of the series if they plan to continue on (I know they want to make it a "universe" or bigger franchise), reorient it abit to put it into a better feel like the first film, but it's still a fun time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 28, 2018, 11:51:01 pm
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Scratching another Ghibli movie off my list of movies from the studio I haven't seen, I had the fortune of being able to see this one in the theater as part of this year's Ghibli Fest. I LOVED Ghibli fest last year and went to every movie except Totoro due to some medical issues I was having when it was playing. But anyhow, my thoughts on Ponyo.

I really enjoyed this movie despite it very clearly being made for 3 to 8-year olds, making it the Ghibli movie geared towards the youngest audience that I've seen yet. Despite this it still possessed that endearing quality that most Studio Ghibli movies have and also was pretty funny at times as well. Ponyo is a really cute character, and the rest of the main characters are memorable and likable as well. I wouldn't necessarily say this is one of the best Ghibli movies I've seen, but it's definitely a good one that I can see myself watching again in the future like I do with many other titles from the famed studio.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: muntyjack on March 29, 2018, 07:12:15 am
anime Violet Evergarden
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pacgamer89 on March 31, 2018, 01:16:47 am
Anime: Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku

Movie: Aladdin
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 03, 2018, 01:14:40 am
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With the exception of the original Star Wars Trilogy, the original Lord of the Rings Trilogy is the best movie franchise I've ever seen. All three movies are timeless masterpieces that will never get old or feel outdated, or obsolete. The first film, Fellowship of the Ring, is currently on Netflix and I decided to put it on while I did stuff around the house on Sunday. What ended up happening is I ended up getting sucked into watching Fellowship and getting way less done than I had intended. However, despite seeing this movie probably 20-times since it came out, I thoroughly enjoy it every single time.

Again, the movie is an incredible masterpiece and is an experience to watch every single time. The music, the cinematography, the acting, the sets and effects, all of it is just near perfect from start to finish. There are a few parts of this movie that drag slightly for me, mainly the beginning that establishes the hobbits and the ring coming to Frodo, but after that it is almost none stop wonderful. There also also a few parts involving CG that haven't aged the best, but they don't distract from what is otherwise an amazing experience.

I've been inspired by Fellowship to rewatch all of the films, including the Hobbit trilogy. I even plan on rewatching Fellowship again even though I just watched it; it's that good! I'll post mini-reviews on each film after watching them. I'm particularly interested in my opinion of the third Hobbit movie and Return of the King since I have watched these either the least or in the case of Return of the King it's been probably over a decade since i last watched it. Very interested to see what I think of these two films specifically.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on April 03, 2018, 01:28:43 am
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I don't even know how to explain this movie besides it was awesome. It was awesome in all the right ways. Raunchy, irreverent, hilarious, 80s, and unique. If you love trashy 80s movies, this is like the holy grail of 80s trashy movies. It was just so much fun to watch.

I saw it free, on YouTube, and it actually had decent video quality. Look up "Street Trash Legendado". I just happened to keep watching the next suggested video after watching the following movie:

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An early 80s slasher that is obviously low-budget. And has acting nearly as bad as the House of the Dead games. But something about it just had this charm that kept me glued to the screen. It had some gruesome kills. And it had this thick-forest and small hicktown setting that added to it's charm. If you're a slasher fan, check it out.

Also watched this one free on YouTube, and again with decent video quality (well as decent as this film will allow, you can see a lot of cigarette burns and such in the film).
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 12, 2018, 10:14:58 pm
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Rampage is just a fun time.  It's basically what you expect looking at it, your big dumb action movie with giant monsters and it is that, but I think what keeps it from being average is that it doesn't play things too safe.  Often in movies like this, you don't see people getting killed as much, or much blood, lots of cut aways, or like a moment of a stomp and one person goes, but these monsters wreck the place.  Honestly, make the movie abit darker, tone down the humor, and just go abit further with the violence, and you got an R-rated monster movie.  The human stuff is a mixed bag, very cheesy, but I didn't mind it a ton.  Transformers is always brought up now in regard to big action movies and issues with stuff like this, but again, much like I said with Pacific Rim 2, I wish those movies were as watchable as these ones.

This movie is good if you keep expectations low and just go in wanting to see stuff with big monsters.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 15, 2018, 12:59:28 pm
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Given this series was born from what used to be my least favorite movie in the Star Wars franchise, Attack of the Clones, I literally had no interest in it for years and years. It wasn't until Disney fucked up Star Wars and I decided to embrace the old Expanded Universe they retconned that I began to take notice in this series.

Despite this series being the only non-movie piece of canon carried over to Disney's Star Wars I was at first hesitant to watch it, but when realized the show had been produced and developed mostly before Disney got their filthy hands on the franchise I decided that I would give the series a try. And after binging Season 1 this last week I can say that I'm very happy I did give this series a chance. It's good, like really, really good.

Even though the show revolves around various, almost random battles and conflicts resulting from the Clone Wars, each episode manages to be interesting and fresh. The backdrop of the overall war only serves as a vehicle to explore many different aspects of not only the Star Wars universe, but also to develop many old and new characters way beyond what was possible in the films this series is based off of. Probably my favorite part of this show thus far is how they've really fleshed out the clone troopers and their humanity despite being carbon copies of each other, created for the soul purpose of fighting for the Republic. Each clone is given a unique personality and presence within the show, although they still come across as self aware that they are all essential from the same mold. The main clone in the series, Rex, has become one of my favorite new additions to the story, as well as Anakin's padowan, Ahsoka Tano who is just awesome. There are many other characters that were in the Star Wars movies, but never developed that I have also thoroughly enjoyed seeing in the show and watching the show develop their characters effectively.

In terms of entertainment I rarely found myself uninterested or bored, save a series of three episodes towards the end of the season that involve the liberation of a Twilek planet, but it still wasn't bad on the whole. The season finale, while entertaining, also felt too much like a regular episode rather than the official end of the season. And of course, I couldn't write this without mentioning how insufferable Jar Jar Binks is in this series, just as much as he is in the movies. I'm actually surprised that Jar Jar was in this series as much as he was given the backlash his character and Phantom Menace received because of him.

Perhaps what I liked most about this series though was the fact that it still feels like Star Wars while being new and creative at the same time. While I have not read the Clone Wars comic series, I hear there is a decent amount of overlap, but overall they compliment each other more than copy one another. The action and battles in this series are surprisingly good as well which is always something Star Wars has been awesome for.

Depending on my schedule I may start watching Season 2 as soon as tonight and I hope that once I am done with it I carry the same high opinion of it I have towards Season 1. I'd love for this to be another part of the old Expanded Universe that I can really enjoy and care about.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on April 16, 2018, 10:03:45 am
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Rampage is just a fun time.  It's basically what you expect looking at it, your big dumb action movie with giant monsters and it is that, but I think what keeps it from being average is that it doesn't play things too safe.  Often in movies like this, you don't see people getting killed as much, or much blood, lots of cut aways, or like a moment of a stomp and one person goes, but these monsters wreck the place.  Honestly, make the movie abit darker, tone down the humor, and just go abit further with the violence, and you got an R-rated monster movie.  The human stuff is a mixed bag, very cheesy, but I didn't mind it a ton.  Transformers is always brought up now in regard to big action movies and issues with stuff like this, but again, much like I said with Pacific Rim 2, I wish those movies were as watchable as these ones.

This movie is good if you keep expectations low and just go in wanting to see stuff with big monsters.

I watched this one too.  I dig it for what it is.  It's a big, dumb 80's action movie with a modern budget and tech.  It was fun, but be sure you grab your popcorn and suspend disbelief.

It's not going to win any awards, but it's still a lot of fun to watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 26, 2018, 11:02:39 pm
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If you are still onboard with Marvel, then you'll be good with Infinity War.  I totally dug it, it's Marvel at their most Marvel and Thanos was done great.  It's also great not having any setup going on in this.  It's not about a looming threat, it's not about setting characters up.  The threat is already here, and the characters are already here, and it's all about trying to stop Thanos.  Can't wait for the second part.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 29, 2018, 01:44:36 am
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Like the first season of The Clone Wars, the second was excellent, however it definitely wasn't as good as the season before it. There are several episodes which are flat out boring and to a degree unnecessary in regards to the overall plot of the series. However, despite these five or six bad episodes nearly every other episode ranges from above average to excellent. One thing I can definitely credit the entire season for is maintaining that genuine Star Wars feel as well as introducing several characters, as well as developing some more established characters that really increase your investment in what's going on. And one final praise of season 2 was it having something that actually felt like a season finale that felt impactful and also reintroduced a future bad guy that I thought was really cool. I am really excited to begin watching season 3 as it is the season that I hear many talking about as being the best or at least really good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 29, 2018, 07:51:46 am
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Got through this and overall thought it was okay.  Never watched the original and the movie wasn't really anything good that I remember, but this was fine.  There's a number of good moments, though it's also plagued with a few weak subplots and some weak writing at times.  Decisions made that feel either a tad tropey, or kinda just dumb.  It's better than the average scifi stuff you tend to get on like Syfy channel though, as those shows tend to have some budget constraints to them and you can see it's quality dip in the CG, but this feels higher quality.  It helps they landed on a planet that looks remarkably similar to Earth lol

I wouldn't say to go out of your way to watch this, but if you want just a totally fine scifi show, this is good enough for that. Like a very competent 7/10.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on April 29, 2018, 04:02:42 pm
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If you are still onboard with Marvel, then you'll be good with Infinity War.  I totally dug it, it's Marvel at their most Marvel and Thanos was done great.  It's also great not having any setup going on in this.  It's not about a looming threat, it's not about setting characters up.  The threat is already here, and the characters are already here, and it's all about trying to stop Thanos.  Can't wait for the second part.

Just got back from the theater. This movie was a solid 9.5 out of 10. The humor was spliced in well, the plot moved along at a good pace, and this movie essentially throws a wet blanket on the DC Cinematic Universe IMO. What I mean by that is this is what the Justice League movie should have been and Marvel has basically usurped the whole Everyone VS. The Big Bad story out from under WB/DC. I'm sure they'll still try to do it but it'll come off as a been there/done that and given how WB LOVES to muck with DC movies, most people will be saying it had already been done and been done better by Marvel. That's a shame as Superman is hands down my favorite character.  :-\

While I can't knock the movie for this; I'm still baffled how A bucket of popcorn in a collector's bucket, two collector cups and a small beverage, and a pretzel come up to $31.  :o
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 29, 2018, 05:35:46 pm
I mean, Marvel has really already done this twice already, this is just the biggest scale.  No matter what you feel about the previous two Avenger films, they are vastly better than the slop Batman v Superman and Justice League.  Infinity War is the culmination of 10 years of work and it shows completely why DC/WB will be incapable of doing the same ever really.  They'd have to completely restart their universe to do it right and that ain't happening anytime soon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on April 29, 2018, 09:41:33 pm
I like both Marvel and DC movies. But Infinity War was infinitely better.  ;D
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 29, 2018, 10:04:24 pm
I like both Marvel and DC movies. But Infinity War was infinitely better.  ;D

If it's not Wonder Woman (Which is only as good as the most average Marvel movie to me), the DC movies have mostly been garbage to me, irredeemably so other than I generally like Batman's design, their fight in Batman v Superman, and that's it.  Just the most wasted potential I've probably ever seen, because they tried to have Marvel's success, but with none of the work involved to actually accomplish that.

This also isn't a knock against you at all, I'm just annoyed by the movies, because I want to like them.  I dig DC, even if I tend to like Marvel more.  Over the years, there's been a lot of hit and miss and it only seems like their TV shows and animated movies ever get close at really doing justice to the characters...sometimes...I'm looking at you Killing Joke movie >_>
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on April 30, 2018, 02:02:26 pm
Moving this one to it's own thread...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: maximo310 on May 02, 2018, 06:13:25 am
I've saw Avengers: Infinity War the other day. I'd give it a 6.5/10 since although its got a ton of money, actors, production studios, and visual effects behind it, most of the writing just falls flat on its face after setting up a scene well. Some plot details didn't flow well, which I thought was probably due to edits they had to make for scenes. I wish they had included Death, because that absence throws a plothole into Thanos motivations and what he loves the most.

However, I do give them credit for being ballsy enough to kill off characters this time around; lets hope they don't just go for the "time rewind" to bring back everyone in infinity war part ii.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 02, 2018, 06:58:00 am
I've saw Avengers: Infinity War the other day. I'd give it a 6.5/10 since although its got a ton of money, actors, production studios, and visual effects behind it, most of the writing just falls flat on its face after setting up a scene well. Some plot details didn't flow well, which I thought was probably due to edits they had to make for scenes. I wish they had included Death, because that absence throws a plothole into Thanos motivations and what he loves the most.

However, I do give them credit for being ballsy enough to kill off characters this time around; lets hope they don't just go for the "time rewind" to bring back everyone in infinity war part ii.

It's not really a plothole, they just reworked it around a different motivation based on the backstory they gave him.  Makes him a more calculated mass murderer thinking he's doing what is best for the universe, compared to the comics, where he's a psychopathic mass murderer doing it because he has a crush on the physical embodiment of Death.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: maximo310 on May 02, 2018, 03:54:09 pm
I've saw Avengers: Infinity War the other day. I'd give it a 6.5/10 since although its got a ton of money, actors, production studios, and visual effects behind it, most of the writing just falls flat on its face after setting up a scene well. Some plot details didn't flow well, which I thought was probably due to edits they had to make for scenes. I wish they had included Death, because that absence throws a plothole into Thanos motivations and what he loves the most.

However, I do give them credit for being ballsy enough to kill off characters this time around; lets hope they don't just go for the "time rewind" to bring back everyone in infinity war part ii.

It's not really a plothole, they just reworked it around a different motivation based on the backstory they gave him.  Makes him a more calculated mass murderer thinking he's doing what is best for the universe, compared to the comics, where he's a psychopathic mass murderer doing it because he has a crush on the physical embodiment of Death.
Idk, I just felt it wasn't explained very well due to the way the scenes were edited. Maybe the special features in the bluray release will have some additional scenes to explain it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on May 08, 2018, 03:11:01 am
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As a kid I remember being fascinated by this movie after my parents recorded it on VHS; I'd watch it in bits and pieces when I could and while I have seen the whole thing, it was always in bits and pieces, and never in order. Thanks to youtube, I watched the entire mini-series, all four parts and my overall impression of The Stand is...okay.

First off, this is the first time I've watched this mini-series as an adult so I have a very different perspective and understanding of the story and plot than I did as a elementary school aged kid when I first watched this movie. First off, I really enjoyed part 1 of this series. Part 1 not only introduces and establishing many of the main characters, but also chronicles the release of the deadly flu virus and how it essentially wipes out the vast majority of mankind. Watching the gradual chaos unfold and how society rapidly deteriorated was interesting and reminded me a lot of the early parts of the walking dead, but instead of zombies, massive amounts of people died off from a deadly strain of the flu.

After that, however The Stand takes many twists and turns, most of which I didn't care for. My biggest complaint is that it is ULTRA preachy. At times this mini-series comes more across as biblical, Christian propaganda than a movie based on a novel by Steven King. This is largely due to the whole subplot of people flocking to Mother Abigale, a symbol of God's will for the remainder of mankind, or Randal Flag, the devil incarnate. There are some very preachy lines from some of the characters as well as prayers said in full that within the context of them happening seems to be wanting the audience to believe in god just like the characters do. It just felt very contrived imo, and really, really dampered my opinion of an otherwise great story. To a much smaller extent there was some pretty bad acting a few incredibly annoying and unlikable characters, and a few cringe worthy moments that I'm assuming were meant to be taken more serious.

I doubt I'll ever watch this movie again, but revisiting it was fun for the most part and it's always interesting to get a more mature perspective on anything you experienced as a kid. This one however, did not hold up for me the way it did when I was younger, but it was still decent for what it was.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on May 08, 2018, 11:48:12 am
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As a kid I remember being fascinated by this movie after my parents recorded it on VHS; I'd watch it in bits and pieces when I could and while I have seen the whole thing, it was always in bits and pieces, and never in order. Thanks to youtube, I watched the entire mini-series, all four parts and my overall impression of The Stand is...okay.

First off, this is the first time I've watched this mini-series as an adult so I have a very different perspective and understanding of the story and plot than I did as a elementary school aged kid when I first watched this movie. First off, I really enjoyed part 1 of this series. Part 1 not only introduces and establishing many of the main characters, but also chronicles the release of the deadly flu virus and how it essentially wipes out the vast majority of mankind. Watching the gradual chaos unfold and how society rapidly deteriorated was interesting and reminded me a lot of the early parts of the walking dead, but instead of zombies, massive amounts of people died off from a deadly strain of the flu.

After that, however The Stand takes many twists and turns, most of which I didn't care for. My biggest complaint is that it is ULTRA preachy. At times this mini-series comes more across as biblical, Christian propaganda than a movie based on a novel by Steven King. This is largely due to the whole subplot of people flocking to Mother Abigale, a symbol of God's will for the remainder of mankind, or Randal Flag, the devil incarnate. There are some very preachy lines from some of the characters as well as prayers said in full that within the context of them happening seems to be wanting the audience to believe in god just like the characters do. It just felt very contrived imo, and really, really dampered my opinion of an otherwise great story. To a much smaller extent there was some pretty bad acting a few incredibly annoying and unlikable characters, and a few cringe worthy moments that I'm assuming were meant to be taken more serious.

I doubt I'll ever watch this movie again, but revisiting it was fun for the most part and it's always interesting to get a more mature perspective on anything you experienced as a kid. This one however, did not hold up for me the way it did when I was younger, but it was still decent for what it was.

Those 90s Stephen King TV movies are pretty slow-moving, in general. They were usually 2-night affairs, each night being 2 hours.

I remember Tommyknockers being such a big deal when it came out. And while it had it's moments, overall it dragged it's feet.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 10, 2018, 06:10:39 am
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A fun thing with Netflix are the essentially sudden movies and tv shows that get released (I never hear about Netflix stuff unless its big or Marvel), so this was just a random watch as I needed something to keep me busy while I did a project.  It's a post-apocalyptic survival show, I guess Netflix's answer to Walking Dead, but it's definitely not the same kind of show.  No zombies, it's about a viral infection that kills pretty quick and its focused more on the survival and getting somewhere.  It's also a Danish made show, which are where the problems start.

This has a bad English dub.  The original Danish could be just fine, but I needed to watch it in English and it's so underwhelming and noticeable.  I also feel like the writing isn't great.  Maybe some of that is because of the dub and how they portray it, but at times things just feel kinda weak.  I also don't feel like I fully understand the rules of the virus involved.

A lot of the show still does work though, as initially I thought this was going to be like 28 Days Later meets The Happening (Not meant in a bad way), but it turns into a competent post-apocalypse show.  There aren't any real twists and turns to it, but the general ride is alright.  It's like a reasonable 6 - 7 out of 10, maybe a solid 7 if you are able to watch it with the Danish original audio.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 13, 2018, 01:12:15 am
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Deadpool 2 is next week, so figured I'd watch the first one again as I haven't seen it since it came out on blu-ray.  Still a fun time and Ryan Reynolds is a gem.  It'll be great to have a bigger overall plot with the sequel for sure as that's kinda what the first one lacked, it's mostly a basic revenge plot with a basic villain.  More like the lead henchman, rather than top level baddie.  It still works really well because of the violence and humor.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: muntyjack on May 14, 2018, 09:22:45 am
Last time I watched "Female brain" on Netflix. The movie is awesome. But I had some problem with streaming 'cause of my vpn. So I found an alternative way to connect to Netflix with a private proxy, https://buy.fineproxy.org/eng/3000proxy.html . I have read many positive reviews and the price is pretty the same.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 17, 2018, 10:16:34 pm
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Just a great time.  It's just as funny as the first movie, but now we got more characters to play around with.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on May 18, 2018, 09:20:49 am
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Just a great time.  It's just as funny as the first movie, but now we got more characters to play around with.

I'm glad to hear that.  I was afraid it wouldn't live up.  I can't wait to see it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 21, 2018, 11:55:47 pm
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Trying to collect and watch more of the other non-godzilla Kaiju films, there isn't really a whole lot of them that are easily available on DVD and Blu-Ray, but figured I'd grab King Kong Escapes.  The King Kong vs Godzilla movie really wasn't anything that great, it didn't help that the King Kong suit was kinda awful.  It's a tad better here, but still, the face still doesn't look great.

I was also hoping to like Mecha King Kong abit more, as I'm a huge fan of Mecha Godzilla, but the suit is pretty basic in comparison.  One thing I'll never not love is all the models and obvious little vehicles lol It's the charm of giant monster movies that never is lost for me.  The lack of Japanese audio as an option kinda sucks as I generally find it better than most of the English dubs, especially from this era.  There's also an issue with some blur that pops up at times.  Not sure if that is a problem with the original version or the the transfer perhaps.  I hate the sound "Element X" or whatever it is make, it's just a loud high pitched sound.  Why does an ore or whatever it is make a freaking noise anyways?  Super annoying and kinda ruins the movie when it is happening.

Not that I'm expecting high end quality from this era, it's a very silly time, but I still find some fun in it.  I also bought the old Gamera movies, so I'll be checking those out soon.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 25, 2018, 05:41:30 am
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Going for a big leap into kaiju cinema history after having mostly watched everything that is easily available related to Godzilla and a few others.  I got 8 Gamera films to watch, which is everything up to his 90's trilogy that was actually pretty good.

Starting it off with Gamera: The Giant Monster.  Going all the way back to 1965 with this one.  Still in black and white, even though Godzilla had already gone color by this point.  I assume it was cheaper for them to do, but black and white works well for this era I think, much like it did for the original two Godzilla films.  Gamera right off the bat has a pretty good design I think.  Yeah it's a giant turtle with tusks that flies around by spinning through the air on rocket feet, but it's a distinct look and the suit is pretty alright, though the flat front sorta make him a tad weird, even if it is how that is supposed to be for a giant turtle.

As for the movie itself, the plot is pretty rushed.  It's competent enough for an 80 minute movie, but it's really sloppy.  The scientists are practically in charge over the military, Japan is given American land based nukes out of nowhere to use with their very first encounter with Gamera, and Gamera's behavior is real weird.  I have no clue how they suddenly figure out the "Z Plan" to use on Gamera.  They made a rocket large enough to capture Gamera and send him to Mars.  And it just ends with no real fuss.  Gamera's behavior in particular is a sticking point as during the movie he saves a kid he nearly kills, but then goes on to straight up murder hundreds, if not thousands in Tokyo.  Crushing buildings purposefully and specifically wanting to burn people alive.

I think the movie is okay, watchable enough, but it's almost like they had two movie ideas in mind for him.  They wanted to make him classic Godzilla, mindlessly killing, but was also dabbling in that "Friend of the Children" idea that came to be in that time for monster movies like Godzilla.  Couldn't figure out which one it wanted to be or got rewritten to be a more straightforward monster flick. 

Feel like scoring these, so I'm gonna say...5/10.  It's not unwatchable, the general Kaiju stuff is well done, the movies plot is just kind of all over the place.

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Gamera vs Barugon from 1966 is next, and it's in color which is nice.  Pretty goofy start with how he gets out of the capsule heading to Mars, but I guess they gotta find some way to bring him back lol The movie is definitely a step up from the last one.  Just a much more coherent plot overall with some real drama, though the forced romance between the lead and native woman is so bad and makes no sense. 

Barugon himself is okay, I guess meant to be a horned chameleon in general design, but I found his eyes abit dopey and his freeze breath that comes out of his extending, stiff, tongue, looks pretty dumb...THOUGH NOT AS DUMB AS HIS RAINBOW ATTACK! Boy, seeing that come out of his back and some how target with it is super dumb lol  I do like that they have him get pretty bloodied up though.  Gamera does defeat him and flies off, though there's no like "Oh shit, well he got Barugon, but he's still around and he's a mass murderer too!".  The movie just ends after he is done. 

Definitely a step up from the first movie.  I'd rate it a 7/10.  Some bits of sloppiness here and there, but just having a generally competent narrative helps a ton.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: muntyjack on May 25, 2018, 06:13:25 am
Book Thief
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 26, 2018, 02:00:03 am
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The next Gamera film, Gamora vs Gyaos, involves what I think is considered one of his more well known enemies, kinda like Godzilla's Rodan.  Itshows back up in the 90's reboot.  Can't say I particularly love his design here a ton, it's really angular  and the jaw is so thin, it just sorta seems more like a flap.

Story seems like abit of a step down from the last one, which had a good narrative with the jewel thieves and how Barugon came to be.  Also way too much to do with a kid, more so than the first movie.  I think they are trying to cement his "friend to children" idea here more after they kinda botched it with the first film.  Their plan to stop or stall Gyaos is pretty ridiculous even in the case of a lot of normal kaiju movies.  They gotta stop Gyaos long enough to keep him outside in the sun, so what do they use? A giant net? Maybe they capture him like they did Gamera in the first film?  Do they knock him out with gas or a sleep poison? Nope, just spin him like he's on the merry ground till he's dizzy and can't move! lol

While this does seem abit more family friendly than the last one, I do like that they aren't against showing blood, even if it is purple and green.  Helps sell the monsters abit more.

Overall I think this one is okay, probably a 6/10 as it's just a competent Kaiju film and didn't do a ton to stand out.

(http://www.digitalmonsterisland.com/gamera_vs_viras_front.jpg)

Gamera vs Viras is next and things got so much worse.  They are not only going full tilt into "Friend to Children" Gamera, but they are reusing footage from the past three movies, lots of it.  They are pulling an All Monsters Attack so damn hard, making this just the worst one yet, especially when the footage they reuse is from a black and white movie and they don't even try to hide it.  Like the first movie is filled with sloppy writing, but it was at least original for what it was.  This is just having no budget and it focuses entirely on two kids stuck on a ship.  The writing gets real dumb too in how the kids stop the aliens.  This is just bad.

Viras sucks as monster too.  The design is like a banana crossed with a squid.  It's absolutely terrible and the creature is actually one of the aliens, who grows by absorbing the other aliens.  It looks god dang terrible, especially on land, where you can tell it's just a guy standing in a bad suit.  It is kinda cool when Gamera gets completely skewered, but makes no sense that he isn't dead from it either, as it would be like if you got stabbed with a full size traffic cone and you just kept on moving.  They don't address that he got stabbed either.

This movie sucked.  So much of it was rehashed footage or being stuck on the lame alien ship with two kids.  3/10.  It's a functional movie, but its just not a good watch.  A better monster could've maybe saved it a tad, but definitely not Viras.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 01, 2018, 03:57:46 am
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Took me awhile to get to Batman Ninja as Amazon screwed up their digital release of the movie and the English dub was some busted audio version and I had to get a refund on it and in the end, I could only get a DVD at Redbox, which sucks, because the visuals sell this thing. 

This is a movie that epitomizes style over substance.  The story gets really dumb, especially in the final act.  It's just not good writing at all, but man the visuals in this are top quality. I could understand not liking the CG, it's an acquired taste as it's never as smooth as regular animation, but that art style is incredible.  Everyone has just a real cool or unique Japanese design to them and it's really fun.  On top of that, the action is really great.  No matter how dumb the story is, there's a lot of exciting action going on. 

So much of this makes no sense, but I still had a real fun time with it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2018, 02:35:30 am
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This is actually the first time I've watched The Incredibles in a very long while, not sure when I last saw it.  Ever since it was released, I considered it my favorite Pixar film, even 14 years later.  They made good stuff, but I'd always fall back on Incredibles being at the top.  I just remember it looking great, the story was so well done, the characters are funny, it was a great super hero movie.  I'm seeing the sequel today, so figured I needed to check it out again, see what I felt about it this many years later...

Still holds up real well.  Visually a lot still looks pretty nice.  There's a few areas where it starts to look its age, with secondary characters, some of the city scenes feeling a tad barrenn, and a few other moments, but overall I was impressed how much a lot of the characters hold-up, primarily the main cast.  The art style really helps I feel.  Story is still great and you don't realize when you are younger, but the story is actually kinda dark.  Superheroes are killed off by Syndrome, kids are getting shot at by legit guns, Mr. Incredible ready to snap Mirage's neck...It all works really great.

Still my favorite Pixar film so far.  Haven't seen Coco, but pretty sure this will win out there.  Kinda hoping the sequel can be on Parr (eh?Eh?EH?!) or maybe even better than the first one, so we'll see.

(https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/pt_coco_31b33206.jpeg?region=0,0,300,450)

And watched Coco, because I saw it was on Netflix.  It's a very sweet film, very colorful, even got me tearing up a little bit towards the end.  I wasn't expecting too much out of it, but I enjoyed it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 15, 2018, 03:01:52 am
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I wasn't entirely sure about starting the sequel off literally right after the first movie from 14 years ago, but they did a great job with the film.  Looks great of course and it's just as fun as the first movie.  It's kinda like the reverse of the first movie, with Helen taking the lead and Bob watching the family, but they did a good bit to make the non-hero side more fun this time around.  Great to have a sequel to one of my favorite Pixar films still be just as good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 17, 2018, 02:02:26 am
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in light of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom coming out next week I decided to rewatch all four movies before seeing it. I've been in love with this franchise ever since I was a kid when it first came out. I saw it for the first time with my mom and a neighbor girl and while it did terrify me it also was the most amazing movie I'd ever seen at the time. I loved it so much that I decided for my 6th birthday party to go see it again with my friends and loved it yet again. In all I saw the original Jurassic Park seven times during its original theatrical run, and an eighth time several years ago when they brought it back to theaters briefly around 2012 or so. This series is up there with Star Wars, Alien, and some of my other most beloved movie franchises and I am very hyped for the newest entry.

So without further delay, Jurassic Park is still the best in the series in terms of story and plot. Its one of those amazing movies that still looks good over a quarter century later and I still find hugely entertaining despite seeing it countless times. There are some minor flaws that my more critical eye has spotted over time, but they do little to distract from what's a great film. Of course the Dinosaurs are the biggest stars of the show and the mix of practical effects and very well done CG has made it still very visually pleasing all these years later. I'd go as far as to say this is one of my favorite movies of all time given its timeless quality to me and many others. I'll be watching The Lost World tomorrow night which I know isn't as good, but we'll see if I still find it enjoyable and fun like I did when I was younger.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 17, 2018, 03:31:43 am
Nice, I was thinking of doing the same as I'm gonna be watching Fallen Kingdom on Thursday and I haven't rewatched the movies in awhile.  I actually generally liked Jurassic World when it came out so it'll be interesting to see it all back to back.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 17, 2018, 10:40:47 am
Nice, I was thinking of doing the same as I'm gonna be watching Fallen Kingdom on Thursday and I haven't rewatched the movies in awhile.  I actually generally liked Jurassic World when it came out so it'll be interesting to see it all back to back.
Jurassic World gets a lot of hate, but I thought it was entertaining as hell. You do have to leave your brain at the door mostly, but then again its a disaster movie where dinosaurs escape and cause death, chaos and destruction. Not necessarily the definition of high brow entertainment.
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Post by: kypherion on June 17, 2018, 11:55:14 pm
I saw Incredibles 2 today, so good.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on June 18, 2018, 02:16:09 am
Had a Jurassic Park double feature tonight and watched The Lost World and also Jurassic Park III as part of me rewatching all the Jurassic Park/World movies before I see Fallen Kingdom this Thursday.


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The Lost World is probably the Jurassic Park movie I saw the longest ago, probably about 10-years ago if I had to venture a guess. I remember enjoying the movie when I last saw it, however the thing I remember bothering me the most was what the screenplay writers did to Ian Malcom's character, effectively neutering him of his quarks and odd charm in the first movie. Luckily I didn't feel this way upon rewatching The Lost World tonight, but actually felt his more reserved and less gregarious mannerisms made sense in the context of a guy who's reputation and character had been dragged through the mud for the last four years as Ingen and the media painted him as a lunatic who claimed he and the others were attacked by Dinosaurs on a secret island. Despite feeling differently about Dr. Malcom, there were several plot holes and inconsistencies throughout the movie that slightly bothered me, but nothing that really bothered me too much. The only thing that did bother me quite a bit this time around was Malcom's girlfriend Sarah, and how annoying, hypocritical and just plain stupid she is in this movie while sitting on her high horse throughout it. Regardless of all these changed observations and feelings towards this movie, I still enjoyed The Lost World about as much as I have for the past 15-years which is quite a bit. It is undeniable that the first Jurassic Park is better, but The Lost World is a great movie in its own right and mostly a worthy sequel to the first film.


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Wow, where do I begin with Jurassic Park III?


I guess I'll start with what I liked about the movie, which isn't a whole lot. I liked the dinosaurs in the movie and thought the raptors looked the coolest they've looked in any Jurassic Park movie to date in this film. I also thought the inclusion of a real dinosaur that was the T-Rex's superior was a cool touch as well. Special effects are good overall and there are a few genuinely tense action scenes in this movie. For better or worse, this movie also heavily perpetuates the Jurassic Park theme that raptors are these insanely intelligent dinos capable of way more that anyone could ever imagine. This theme was carried over into  Jurassic World, but Jurassic Park 3 definitely crosses that line into nearly comical absurdity several times in regards to raptor intelligence.


Now for the bad, which is nearly everything else about this movie. The characters are all bad, except Dr. Grant, but on a few occasions they do sweep him up into the whole stupidity of the story and other characters. Speaking of the story and plot, it is pretty weak overall and is overall poorly written, inconsistent, and non-sensical during much of the running time. While watching I barely felt like I cared what would happen to the characters as they struggled to survive and get off the island. The directing in Jurassic Park 3 is also pretty bad, with several scenes not making any sense in the context of what we just saw or heard, and a few parts contributing little or nothing to the plot at all. I remember enjoying this movie when it first came out and even a time after that, but now rewatching it again, the cool dinosaurs can't even make me enjoy watching Jurassic Park 3. It isn't the worst movie, far from it, but it is definitely the worst Jurassic Park series film and one I am content with ignoring for another decade or so.


Tomorrow, or Tuesday, I plan on watching Jurassic World again, despite it being the Jurassic movie I saw the most recently before I began this rewatch goal.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 18, 2018, 04:08:29 am
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I feel like every few years that I see this movie, I'm still impressed with how well it holds up, especially with the early 90's CG.  Yeah you can see it show its age in a few parts here and there, but when big budget movies years after this don't look even close to this good, and it has fantastic animatronics, it's impressive.  I also do see the points in the movie now where you can nitpick it to death, like "Why didn't they do this" or "They totally could've done this better", but it's still such a treat.  The genuine wonder they show for the dinosaurs that then leads to the genuine horror of it, it's just a quality movie.

Doubling up with Lost World, so gonna watch that next.

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I sorta look at Lost World like the "Aliens" of this series.  Not that the movie is on that level of quality, just that where the first movie is more about a smaller group surviving, and Lost World is bigger, broader, and with more action and people.  Some stuff doesn't work super well, but general it's still pretty solid and looks great visually up till mostly the finale.  I'm actually really hopeful for the new Fallen Kingdom movie as what I saw in the trailer showed that they'll be kind doing stuff that Lost World tried, but hopefully they'll do it better.

I'll be watching JP3 and Jurassic World next.  I already know kinda how JP3 will go, I don't have good memories of it, but I haven't watched JW since it was in theater, so looking forward to it.

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I was a tad surprised to find out that I didn't hate this movie as much as I remembered...Hate might be too strong, but I remember never really being that big on it.  Like it's absolutely the worst Jurassic Park movie, the pacing is kinda weird, the story isn't too great, I don't like anyone other than Grant, but it's still watchable enough.  The Spinosaurus is cool, the effects are good, and for what it is, it's still a good dino movie.

Jurassic Park at its worst is still better than most lol On to the new era of Jurassic Park...
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Post by: bikingjahuty on June 19, 2018, 02:13:30 am
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Wrapped up my re-viewing of the entire Jurassic Park series by watching the last movie in the franchise, Jurassic World. As a side note, one of the most fun movie theater experiences I ever had was seeing this opening night. I don't know if I just ended up in a theater full of giant Jurassic Park nerds, but there were so many reactions to various cool parts in the movie, specifically the very end involving the TREX, Blue, the Indomnous Rex, and another surprise dino. I was left in awe of this movie after watching it and saw it three times in the theater. In total, I've probably seen this movie about 8 times including me watching it at home so my impressions of it are still fresh, but the new entry in the franchise gave me an excuse to rewatch it.


While there are various parts that you really need to turn your brain off to enjoy, specifically a plot point that is brought up various times about using raptors as military weapons which is so completely asinine that even within the context of the Jurassic Park universe where dinosaurs have been brought back to life, and even ones are hybridized to create super dinos is utterly ridiculous. But that stupid, STUPID plot point aside I really like this movie a lot. I like how they created a super, evil hybrid dino that pretty much is hellbent on killing everything and it is up to the humans and the "real" dinosaurs to stop. As I mentioned in my story about first watching this movie in the theater, the ending scene is beyond amazing and makes me smile every time I watch it. I do miss the practical effects and to scale dinosaur models used in the previous movies, but the CG in this movie looks great and in terms of quality it is mostly right up there with the previous three films. There is a nice amount of comedy in this film to which breaks of the great action and delivers something else entertaining. And of course there are a ton of dinosaurs in it which I really enjoy.


If I had to rank all the Jurassic movies in order the first film, would no doubt be number 1. It is the best in terms of story, effects, and overall production. By a very small margin I'd place Jurassic World higher than The Lost World, mostly because I thought it had a more interesting story and found it a hair more entertaining overall. Then finally Jurassic Park III is down at the very bottom as it is the only film in the Jurassic Park series that I would consider bad. Even with that said, all of these movies still hold a special place in my life and this is one of my favorite movie franchises of all time. I am beyond hyped for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and even if it does end up sucking, I'm pretty sure I'll find value in the dinosaurs and various action scenes I'm sure it'll have. I'm sure I'll post my thoughts on it after seeing it this Thursday :p
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 19, 2018, 04:17:34 am
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Just a random note, but I never realized that Dr. Wu was the same doctor from the first movie lol

Jurassic World does what I love best with this series, which of course is what the first movie did best before, and it is about the wonder of these creatures and the horror.  Scientific hubris.  Having the Indominus Rex is also a great realization of ideas brought up in the first movie with genetic engineering.  I love most everything about this movie.  The only thing I don't feel like I particularly enjoy are the kids.  They keep trying to make them endearing, but I mostly find them annoying.  It's the complete opposite of the first movie where the kids worked well.

Though the death of the kids handler by the underwater Mesosaurus? Still stupidly brutal lol

I like this movie alot.  Much like any of the Jurassic Park films, you can kinda nitpick a lot if you really want to (Claire running around in heels the entire time and then running from a T-Rex in them is super dumb lol), and there is a problem here and there with the story, but overall, it's exciting and I love the scope of it all.  I'm actually getting pretty pumped for Fallen Kingdom now.

Also Blue is the best killer dino lol

Right with you on the ranking, Bikingjahuty.  JP1, Jurassic World, Lost World, and JP3.  Curious to see where Fallen Kingdom will make its mark.
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Post by: shfan on June 20, 2018, 03:55:09 pm
Last night I watched Event Horizon for the first time in many years, cracking sci-fi horror with several actors that I like. Also recently watched The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (the original, a classic, not that godawful abortive John Travolta remake), such a brilliant flick full of character interaction and suspense.
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Post by: burningdoom on June 20, 2018, 04:11:56 pm
Last night I watched Event Horizon for the first time in many years, cracking sci-fi horror with several actors that I like. Also recently watched The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (the original, a classic, not that godawful abortive John Travolta remake), such a brilliant flick full of character interaction and suspense.

Event Horizon is so good. Best horror movie from the 90s.

If you liked that, you HAVE to watch Pandorum. Very similar feel to it.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 21, 2018, 08:28:36 am
I saw Incredibles 2 last night, which was pretty good, but definitely not as good as the original, though there were some really great visual trick / aspects I really liked.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on June 21, 2018, 11:24:38 am
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This is one of a few Ghibli movies that I had not seen up until last night. I went into Pom Poko a little skeptical as to whether I'd like it because I have yet to see a Takahata movie I actually liked, in fact From Yesterday is one of the worst, most boring animated movies I've ever seen. But I went in with an open mind and I mostly enjoyed this film.


One thing about Pom Poko his how dramatically different the tone of the movie is at the beginning of the movie compared to the end. It starts out as a mostly light hearted movie with a ton of comedy and hilarious moments, but a little over halfway into the movie it takes an incredibly dark and depressing turn and mostly ends on that note as well. Pom Poko also drags on a little too long imo, as the pacing kind of falls apart around the one hour mark. i feel like this movie could have been a lot better, but for what it was it was mostly enjoyable albeit fairly depressing which is too bad since I felt pretty good during most of this movie. I'd definitely recommend it, but I would in no means place it towards the top of Studio Ghibli's movies.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 21, 2018, 09:48:31 pm
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Unfortunately, Fallen Kingdom doesn't live up to the previous movie.  It's not bad at all, but as the trailers showed, they spend time on the island and then spend the rest of the movie elsewhere and I'm pretty sure it's only like a 1/3rd of the movie is on the island and the rest elsewhere.  Because of this, it loses what Jurassic Park is at its best.  It still has good ideas and its still a well done movie, but it's a lesser experience than Jurassic World.  I feel the movie is this way because they are clearly setting up for a bigger and hopefully more entertaining third movie, whatever that may be.

Blue is still best dino though.  Also, the talk of the movie is that Isla Nubar is erupting and dying, but what about Isla Sorna?  I don't remember anyone ever bringing that up again after JP3.

Placement right now is still Jurassic Park 1 at the top, followed by Jurassic World, then Lost World, and here I would put Fallen Kingdom, and then Jurassic Park 3.  Fallen Kingdom is abit underwhelming, but its still way better put together than JP3.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on June 22, 2018, 12:14:27 am
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Unfortunately, Fallen Kingdom doesn't live up to the previous movie.  It's not bad at all, but as the trailers showed, they spend time on the island and then spend the rest of the movie elsewhere and I'm pretty sure it's only like a 1/3rd of the movie is on the island and the rest elsewhere.  Because of this, it loses what Jurassic Park is at its best.  It still has good ideas and its still a well done movie, but it's a lesser experience than Jurassic World.  I feel the movie is this way because they are clearly setting up for a bigger and hopefully more entertaining third movie, whatever that may be.

Blue is still best dino though.  Also, the talk of the movie is that Isla Nubar is erupting and dying, but what about Isla Sorna?  I don't remember anyone ever bringing that up again after JP3.

Placement right now is still Jurassic Park 1 at the top, followed by Jurassic World, then Lost World, and here I would put Fallen Kingdom, and then Jurassic Park 3.  Fallen Kingdom is abit underwhelming, but its still way better put together than JP3.


Jurassic World officially retcons The Lost World and Jurassic Park III. I thought the same thing when I was wtaching it and looked it up as soon as I got home. It makes the first third of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom seem more relevant, but they should have established that The Lost World and JP3 never happened in the actual movie since most other people probably were in the same boat as you and I while watching.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on June 22, 2018, 12:28:13 am
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I went into Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom not expecting to like it as much as Jurassic World, but unfortunately I liked it even less then I thought I would. This will be a spoiler free review so feel free to read on if you have interest in seeing this movie.


So first off, Fallen Kingdom is a pretty entertaining movie with lots of dinos, action and explosions, with very little runtime spent on other things that slow down the plot. However, it may have been better to have more story injected into this film since the plot and story is pretty bad and makes very little sense most of the time. There were many times I simply wanted to be like, "no, that's not how that works." It really is a movie you have to turn your brain off to enjoy because thinking about many of the things that happen in this movie or how the plot chooses to progress really give you the impression they rushed a script to production as fast as possible to get this movie out without putting into consideration the quality of the story. The simply wanted to throw as much dino action at you as possible to make you forget how bad the movie's plot and story were.


One other gripe I had is the two main characters, Owen and Claire, from the first Jurassic World barely acted like themselves from that movie, or at best very watered down versions of who they were. It's like the actors forgot how these characters were, or most likely didn't know how to act like their characters in this movie's ridiculous script.


I didn't hate this movie though, despite these things, and as I said, I was pretty entertained when I wasn't thinking about its plot and story. Particularly I thought the last third of the movie was really cool and had some great action scenes in it with Dino on Dino action. As Kamikazekeeg said, Blue is awesome and she grows even more on you in this film because of various things.


Sadly, this film is fairly unremarkable and if I had to give it a score I'd say 5/10 at best. It's really just a standard summer blockbuster that will be forgotten easily when the next big film comes out. Even for Jurassic Park fans this movie will most likely seem like a throw away entry. But without delay, here is how I'd rank all the Jurassic series films now that I've seen Fallen Kingdom. I also want to score them as well.


1. Jurassic Park (9/10)
2. Jurassic World (7/10)
3. The Lost World (7/10 - I like it just slightly less than Jurassic World, but would rank them about the same)
4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (5/10)
5. Jurassic Park 3 (4/10)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: shfan on June 22, 2018, 04:00:34 pm
Thanks muchly for the tip burningdoom! Pandorum looks right up my street and I had never heard of it :D
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Post by: Flashback2012 on June 22, 2018, 05:47:40 pm
Fired up Coco the other night on Netflix. Pretty good movie.  :)
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Post by: Cartagia on June 24, 2018, 08:23:52 am
I saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom yesterday, and while it is catastrophically dumb I walked away really liking it?

If the first Jurassic World is just a dumber retread of the original, then Fallen Kingdom is a dumber retread of The Lost World, but without all the self-seriousness in that film.  Lost World is a more well crafted film, for sure, but Fallen Kingdom may have it beat on sheer entertainment value.  And if they would just remove the whole "military usage" of dinosaurs from both films they would be all the better for it.

Also, I feel like the movie places a really low dollar amount on how much the dinos are worth?  Like they are saying $10 million for an ankylosaurus, etc, but I feel like the values listed don't match up with the expended costs to save them from the volcano?  Like that mission would be half a billion easy.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 29, 2018, 03:16:56 am
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It's really unfortunate how these Netflix Marvel shows have fallen off.  I liked Daredevil, the first Jessica Jones was good, and while Punisher had missteps, it was still well done (Jon Bernthal was great).  Luke Cage just hasn't ever been that good to me.  The first season had a few good things, but really just ended up being kind of a middling crime drama.  Second season is even worse because it's even less dealing with the superhero part and the crime drama aspect is so half-assed.  Any time it felt like it could go up a notch, it just didn't.  The lack of anything else superhero related, I don't even see the point.

It also doesn't help that everyone else is more interesting than Luke Cage.  He's so boring and one note feeling.  When in the final episode, I'm happy that Danny Rand, the Iron Fist, from one of the worst Netflix Marvel shows, is showing up, your show has a problem. 

Oh well, maybe Dardevil Season 3 can make up for it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 30, 2018, 05:09:44 am
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Finally finished this up.  It's a very dark and depressing show, but it's an interesting drama/horror, a fictional take on an actual event that no one really knows what happened.  The biggest hook of it is that there's a supernatural element to it.  I'm not entirely sure if it makes the show better or not by having it (I know this is based on a book), but it does add another layer to things.  Everything is really well done and well acted.  About the only thing I feel was lacking, was that the show runs over a couple years, and I found it kinda hard to gauge the time spent.  Things would come up to state how long at some points, but once or twice, I was kinda really surprised by how long it had been.

A tough, but interesting watch.  I hear they are turning this into an anthology series, the next one set in a Japanese-American Internment camp, which is a huge shift in setup, but this idea of a fictional story, in a real world setting, with a supernatural horror bent, is certainly a unique take for AMC.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 11, 2018, 06:14:39 am
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One of the quietest movies I've ever watched.  For much of it, there's no dialogue and very minimal music.  It's all very clever with the monsters being attracted to sound and the family knowing sign language due to having a daughter who was born deaf.  It's what I love with good scifi/horror films that try to have unique premise beyond jump scares and lots of gore.  The creatures have a pretty cool design also.  I do have one slight issue with the plot that seems kinda obvious, but I won't spoil it.  It's overall an interesting film.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 12, 2018, 08:55:23 am
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[...] The first season had a few good things, but really just ended up being kind of a middling crime drama.  Second season is even worse because it's even less dealing with the superhero part and the crime drama aspect is so half-assed.  Any time it felt like it could go up a notch, it just didn't.  The lack of anything else superhero related, I don't even see the point.

It also doesn't help that everyone else is more interesting than Luke Cage.  He's so boring and one note feeling.
I'm working my way through Season 2 right now, and I think that as a whole it is better than season 1 - it is WAY more consistent at least.  Where season 1 capitulated wildly between A+ and D-, with an average of maybe a C+ / B-, Season 2 has remained far more steady - even if it still has some issues.  It doesn't help that the most interested and best performed character in both seasons was out at the halfway point of Season 1, and the show has been struggling to live up that since.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 15, 2018, 07:23:45 am
I finally watched Justice League yesterday, and it was fine I guess?  The plot was painfully generic, and it was genuinely one of the worst looking blockbusters I think I've ever seen.  The special effects and greenscreen were terrible.  Some of the character design was kind of meh as well.  But, the cast seemed to be having fun at least.

After watching the drab feature I decided to rest my comic book movie color palette with one of the more interesting looking films of the 90s - Dick Tracy.  A few bits here and there haven't held up well, but overall it is a still a pretty fun flick, and it bugs me that it has been so forgotten.  Because what other comic films have been as eye popping as this?

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 24, 2018, 09:35:40 pm
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I was never really excited for this movie as while I'm very much engrossed in pop culture from toys, to games, to movies, to anime, I felt like this movie could go real wrong and it could just become "Hey, I know that: The Movie"...and at points it does, but it's not as bad as I expected and overall it's a fun time.  I got Mechagodzilla vs Gundam vs Iron Giant, so I'd watch the movie for that alone lol

Almost forgot to put this down, but the VR setup in The Oasis kinda bugs me in its design.  It's my only major gripe, as at points, it stretches believability of the hardware that  people are playing this game out in public that requires them to move around and that people just aren't killing themselves all over the place.  People struggle to focus with a phone, let alone invested in a game that would take over most of your view and relies on your body movement.  The main crew all use harnesses or those multi-directional track machines, but there's a lot of people that don't and I don't know how the game even functions at that point...And the bad guy can sit down and not move his body in some big scifi chair, so now it's like...Sword Art Online level? No one really brings it up as like "Oh, did you hear, soon you won't even have to move your body to play!" or anything like that.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 25, 2018, 02:35:30 am
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Was slightly dreading finishing up the final four Gamera movies, as I sorta saw how bad they get beforehand reading about them, but I still didn't want to pass them up.  Thankfully Gamera vs Guiron is mildly better than the last one, which was downright awful with all the re-used footage.  They still used a couple minutes of re-used footage from the first, third, and fourth film here, which is such obvious padding as they movies are being pumped out every year.  There's no need to keep doing this. 

I put this a level above the last one only because it felt like they tried a little bit more.  There's an alien planet location, Guiron is a dumb, but at least tolerable monster after how bad Viras was.  There's even a short appearance by a Gyaos that gets sliced up which is great.  I hate these kids actors, they are just so one note and they do a lot of reaction shots with them, but aren't reacting.  I know this is a kids movie, but you can tell the writing and such as is fairly poor.  People seem to act like aliens don't really exist, but they literally had Viras, aliens, show up before and it's canon, because the kid brings up Viras in the re-used footage moment.  Not completely terrible, but it's still like a 4/10.

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This one is almost like a real kaiju film! City destruction, people getting killed, multiple fights between monsters, and it's not just focusing on kids dorking around and sorta saving the day!  Kids are still a factor, as they are just driving home at all times that he's a protector of children.  I hate this because so many of these movies are just kids yelling Gamera the entire time.  I still saw them sneaking in some re-used footage for a moment, though they kept most of that to just the opening credits.  This movie felt like they really tried to make a proper giant monster movie.   This movie was totally fine.  The average for the era basically.

Kinda funny how with it being a kids show, Gamera ends the battle by literally stabbing the monster to death with a giant stone statue through the eye.  This series gets weirdly brutal lol

Only one more proper movie left before the company went bankrupt.  The last one of this era is supposed to be almost entirely stock footage as it was a contractual obligation film and only has a few new scenes with Gamera.

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I had more written here at first for Gamera vs Zigra, but honestly at this point, I'm just bored by this movie.  The writing is awful, the story drags, Zigra doesn't even show up till halfway through the film and does so little until the end.  It's not the worst Gamera film, but you can tell this is their last real movie before bankruptcy.  Even for a kids film, it's just nonsensical...

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And ending this era of Gamera, we have "Gamera vs Contractual Obligations", or it's alternate title "Gamera: The Super Monster".  You know you are in for quality when there's an outright Star Wars ripoff shot at the very beginning with music ALMOST kinda sounding like the Star Wars theme lol Can clearly tell Shonen Jump helped pay for some of this with the very blatant promotion too lol

Basically the idea is that some space women hiding out on Earth, who can transform into what is kinda like super heroes with crazy alien tech, are found out by an evil race from the stars, who decided to send monsters to Earth, who just all happen to be from previous Gamera movies.  This space women stuff and some space shots with the totally original, not-star destroyer, space ship, take up all the new footage in the movie, and try to poorly piece together a plot using re-used footage.  All super low budget and cheap feeling.  I mostly just skipped the re-used footage.  There are these odd shots of Gamera in space used for some animated dream sequences, at one point, and despite being new Gamera footage I believe, it looks super low quality, because again, shoestring budget.

Just sad that this is what they go out on till the 90's reboot.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 31, 2018, 12:42:19 am
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I've given movies second chances every so often, like with the Star Wars Prequels, re-watching them to see if my opinions have changed (Episode 1 and 2 are still shit) and Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park 3 is not very good), so with my completionist needs, I thought I'd grab a cheap blu-ray for Godzilla to have in the Kaiju collection, the American 1998 version, to see what I think about it.  I know I haven't watched this movie in over a decade, maybe 15 years, because I didn't like it as a kid too much.  I grew up on classic, man in suit, Godzilla, so getting a Godzilla that basically wasn't Godzilla didn't work for me.

Years later, what do I think? It's still a miserable Godzilla film.  Not that I'm saying Godzilla has always been on top of its game, but this just feels like they were less interested in making a Godzilla film and more interested in making like...Jurassic Park crossed with Independence Day.  This Godzilla is relatively small, it doesn't breath fire (They pretend he does, by having his roar blow the fire of exploding cars, but it's not the same), it spends most of the movie just wandering around and running from the military, the military do most of the damage a lot of the time (comically destroying countless buildings and their own men, which they don't acknowledge for more than a few seconds) and a big portion of the effects have not held up.  There's still a lot of good sets and practical effects/destruction, which helps, but Godzilla looks pretty poor most of the time and so do the babies.  I can go back and watch Jurassic Park and see how good that still manages to look and that was early 90's.  This was late 90's and feels more like Star Wars Prequel quality.

So looking at it as just a big dumb monster movie...I still don't like it alot.  I talked about the effects, but I think the writing and characters are poor.  Broderick is fine in other movies, but I think him and the other female lead just kinda suck any energy and drama out of the movie.  They just exist here and the rest are just cartoonish wise cracking characters meant to make jokes and it doesn't work.  Not a single character made me like them...Jean Reno is fine, because he's Jean Reno.  It's not the worst thing, but it's just underwhelming I feel.

It is kinda hard to act like the Japanese ones are automatically better, but it's also a difference in scope.  Those Japanese Godzilla films were made with a few million bucks in general (One of the early 2000's Godzilla films was only 8.5 million).  This was a massive 125 million dollar movie and I never enjoyed it as much as I did watching a guy in a suit, beat up another guy in a suit, while stomping around a miniature city.  They are charming to me, even with their flaws, but this is just not something I enjoyed.  Kind of a good modern take on this same type of movie, would be Rampage.  It's a big dumb action movie with lots of death and destruction, but I had a great time with that movie.  The monsters are great, it clips along at a good pace, I'm fine with the characters and the finale is a great time. 

Still don't like Godzilla '98.  Love this part from Godzilla: Final Wars...

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 31, 2018, 09:03:20 am
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Orange is the New Black - Season 6

After the storytelling experiment that was Season 5, OitNB decided to go back to telling stories in a more similar fashion to the first four seasons, but tried to shake things up with a new location and new characters.

While the overarching stories of the season generally seemed to work, and the new setting was fine, the new characters was generally kind of a wash and the smaller stories just felt like retreads of previous plot points, just with the characters shuffled around.  The setting and cast shake-ups meant that a few fan favorite characters got left behind, and some others got the short end with their own stories.

Still pretty entertaining, but  definitely running out of steam.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 02, 2018, 05:50:59 am
Think I figured out my next series rewatch after going through Star Wars and Jurassic Park, but we got a new Terminator coming out next year and it's been years since I watched the first 4 of them.  In my head, I remember the first one being good, T2 being great, T3 being goofy and dumb, but entertaining for certain parts, Salvation being a great idea that wasn't executed the best, and Genisys, the newest one, being pretty bad. 

I'm going through the Godzilla 1998 cartoon show right now (It's honestly been a more entertaining watch than the movie lol), so after this, I think I'll go and check out the Terminator series again to see how it all held up.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 04, 2018, 12:20:49 pm
Think I figured out my next series rewatch after going through Star Wars and Jurassic Park, but we got a new Terminator coming out next year and it's been years since I watched the first 4 of them.  In my head, I remember the first one being good, T2 being great, T3 being goofy and dumb, but entertaining for certain parts, Salvation being a great idea that wasn't executed the best, and Genisys, the newest one, being pretty bad. 

I'm going through the Godzilla 1998 cartoon show right now (It's honestly been a more entertaining watch than the movie lol), so after this, I think I'll go and check out the Terminator series again to see how it all held up.


It's pretty fun to do this when I new entry in a series is on the horizon. I'm going to be rewatching the Predator movies since the new one comes out in a month. It's been a really long time since I watched the first Predator, but only about a year since I watched the other two. I'm tempted to watch the AvP movies too, but they are so bad (especially the 2nd one) that I'm tempted to pass on those.


I'll probably rewatch the first two Terminator movies only since the new one retcons 3, Salvation and Genysis, but it could be fun to just rewatch all of them anyways.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 04, 2018, 03:37:21 pm
Think I figured out my next series rewatch after going through Star Wars and Jurassic Park, but we got a new Terminator coming out next year and it's been years since I watched the first 4 of them.  In my head, I remember the first one being good, T2 being great, T3 being goofy and dumb, but entertaining for certain parts, Salvation being a great idea that wasn't executed the best, and Genisys, the newest one, being pretty bad. 

I'm going through the Godzilla 1998 cartoon show right now (It's honestly been a more entertaining watch than the movie lol), so after this, I think I'll go and check out the Terminator series again to see how it all held up.


It's pretty fun to do this when I new entry in a series is on the horizon. I'm going to be rewatching the Predator movies since the new one comes out in a month. It's been a really long time since I watched the first Predator, but only about a year since I watched the other two. I'm tempted to watch the AvP movies too, but they are so bad (especially the 2nd one) that I'm tempted to pass on those.


I'll probably rewatch the first two Terminator movies only since the new one retcons 3, Salvation and Genysis, but it could be fun to just rewatch all of them anyways.

Right, I forgot about Predator, I might have to do that also since it's coming up here in less than 2 weeks.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 08, 2018, 05:50:18 am
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And the Predator train begins.  Probably not gonna do Alien vs Predator (That may change), so I'll just be sticking with the three main movies.

Kicking it off with the original Predator movie, which I haven't watched in a long time, but I saw enough back in the day to still remember a whole lot of it, I mean there's just so many memorable lines.  Honestly, everyone knows Predator, so I won't go to into it, as it mostly holds up after all this time.  The only exception are the effects.  Anything practical is great, but the CG camouflage struggles to look better than a blob most of the time.  Also, after all this time, seeing all the visions the Predator has, I don't have a clue how he supposed to actually see in any way lol  That and cheesy dialogue aside, it's still just a pure 80's action movie.

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Figured I'd just binge through the first two, get the old ones out of the way first before I dive into possibly the AVP series and Predators.  I never watched this one as much as the first, so I didn't remember too much about it outside of some of the actors and the setting.  The change in setting is fun and while I feel like it's more inconsistent than the first movie and tonally is off at times, bordering on feeling like Robocop or Demolition Man in tone, it's still pretty solid.  CG is a slight step up, with most of the effects being fine, except for maybe the ending with the other Predators showing up.  They do not blend in at all as they appear lol

Danny Glover is pretty great in this as the take no shit cop.  Arnold works for what he had to do, but Glover is a step up in quality for sure in terms of acting.  Love that Bill Paxton was killed by both the Alien and the Predator lol The other characters are fine too.  I still like the first movie more, but this isn't bad at all.  Kind of a bummer it didn't do as well as the first as we didn't get another Predator film for 14 years, with AvP, and a pure Predator film doesn't come till Predators, which is 20 years later.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 08, 2018, 08:11:59 am
Love that Bill Paxton was killed by both the Alien and the Predator lol
And The Terminator!
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on August 08, 2018, 12:42:55 pm
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I meant to comment on this, but totally forgot.


I also grew up with renting old Godzilla VHS tapes in the early 90s before this movie came out. Hell, I probably rented Godzilla 1985 a dozen times as a kid and watched over 20 times during my entire life. The originals certainly have a charm to them that has never been replicated again by anyone, but Toho. With that said, I do kind of like this movie.


Is Tristar's Godzilla a masterpiece, definitely not. Is it a objectively good movie, not really, but personally I like it for what it is. I feel like it's a different take on Godzilla and I'm actually happy that Toho decided to make this Godzilla into another character all together, Zilla, and encorperate it into their Godzilla universe. The movie is definitely entertaining for a giant monster movie whether it's looked at as Godzilla or the monster Zilla. Like other films I like, there is a fair amount of bias in that I have a lot of nostalgia for this movie and liked it a lot as a kid, again, even though I grew up with the old Toho films.


To be honest, I actually like this movie more than the 2014 Legendary Godzilla movie, which I felt was too much about crappy characters we didn't even care about and not enough about the monsters, including Godzilla who got very little screen time. And the screen time he was on was shot at night mostly so it was hard to see everything that was going on. I don't consider that a bad movie, but it's one of my least favorite Godzilla films; I'm simply saying that the 1998 Godzilla movie was better imo.


Now, hopefully we can agree that Shin Godzilla is better than either American Godzilla movie ;)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 08, 2018, 12:44:29 pm
Love the Predator and Terminator films. Those are what all action films should aspire to be like.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 08, 2018, 05:28:53 pm
Now, hopefully we can agree that Shin Godzilla is better than either American Godzilla movie ;)

Yeah I'd agree with that lol

I like Godzilla 2014 more than Godzilla 1998 myself, even with it lacking Godzilla through most of it.  It's just all around better acted, and the finale is cool, even if it was a poor idea to tease Godzilla for so long.  It's not a great movie, but at least they are making up for it with Godzilla: King of the Monsters next year.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 09, 2018, 03:55:55 am
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Last of the main Predator movies here.  I actually remembered very little about this one, despite it only being 8 years old, but I only watched it in theater and then never again.  Going back to it, I think it's alright.  Definitely more of a throwback to the first movie, with nods here and there, but overall I like the idea that the Predators have just turned this planet into a massive hunting ground, dumping aliens and humans here to kill.  I sorta feel like they should've done more with that idea though.  It's mostly just a bunch of humans, and the one alien they encounter is barely seen before its killed.  If this was more...Enemy Mine, where some aliens have to work with humans, that would've been a lot cooler.  They sorta do this with the one Predator later on, but it doesn't add up to much.

It's not a bad movie, but I feel like it lacks the same punch as the first two.  Doesn't get as crazy as I think it should've and Laurence Fisburne is totally wasted here.  I think the ranking of these three is setup by release.  Predator 1987, Predator 2, Predators.  Gonna look for some cheap copies of the Alien vs Predator movies and watch them soon too since I might as well watch them and then I'll go check out Terminator.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kevininja on August 09, 2018, 12:15:16 pm
I forgot that movie even existed.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 09, 2018, 02:37:34 pm
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Pretty enjoyable. Still can't touch the comic story, though. It does take a little bit to get to the action, but it pays off because it sets up for some emotional stuff at the end. Well worth a watch for DC fans. And it leaves off on a cliffhanger because they are following it up with a Reign of the Supermen movie (no release date, yet).

I loved that Hawkman drew first blood. Now THAT'S Hawkman. A warrior through and through. Wonder Woman held her own for a while, too, before being defeated.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 11, 2018, 10:06:04 pm
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Decided I would just bite the bullet, get the two AVP movies done.  I actually remember a reasonable bit about this one, as while the movie is not considered good, it has a lot of memorable moments I feel.  Most of the practical effects are good and the CG most of the time holds up too.  That's about all the good I can say for the movie.  The characters are all pretty stock, the PG-13 rating neuters the hell out of the experience, and things like two of the three predators dying at the halfway point of the movie just undercuts what should've been a much cooler experience.

Wasted potential is what I feel this movie is.  It's not terrible, it has some cool moments (That first Alien vs Predator fight where shit is just getting smashed up is pretty great), but it feels like it could've been something way more.  I honestly might put this over Predators as something I'd rather watch again.  Predators is the more regular Predator experience, a throwback to the original, but honestly it wasn't anything special or had stuff that really stood out to me that wasn't just a nod to the original.

Also something I kinda just realized, but wasn't the whole point of the Predator movies involving heat, was that the Predators required a very hot environment to kinda survive in?  Was I wrong in thinking that? Because with that in mind, how did the Predators survive in the Antarctic with basically nothing on them?  Just a little thing I noticed that either seems like an error or I misunderstood the meaning behind the heat plot point lol

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I went in, kinda expecting to not really like either of these, as I didn't have great memories of them, but I actually don't hate them.  The problem with Requiem is that for most of it, I get more of a Friday the 13th vibe than I do Aliens or Predator.  The characters aren't much of anything, writing is a mixed bag, and it's really dark for a whole lot of the movie so you don't get a good look at a lot of things. It's great that it's R-rated again, it doesn't feel neutered like the first movie, but it sorta feels like it was for nothing when you can't see a lot of what is going on.  Again, it seems like there is good stuff here, I like that this whole town is basically getting screwed over by the xenomorphs, but the movie doesn't pull it together.

Having seen them all, other than the one out next month, my placement is going to be...Predator 1987, Predator 2, Predators, Alien vs Predator, and Aliens vs Predator: Requiem.  Like I said, I'd probably rather watch AVP over Predators more often than not, but I still think Predators is probably better in general for just being a more pure Predator movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 12, 2018, 09:16:21 pm
Mission: Impossible- Fallout

How is it that this series is still so good?  This honestly might be the best film in the franchise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 12, 2018, 09:33:00 pm
Mission: Impossible- Fallout

How is it that this series is still so good?  This honestly might be the best film in the franchise.

I got a freebie coming, so I'm planning to check it out this week probably because I had heard it was fantastic.  It's crazy when a series continues to be good if not better than what they were.  Very rare.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 14, 2018, 11:11:23 pm
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Yeah this series just continues to be quality action spy thriller material.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 16, 2018, 04:48:47 am
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Been meaning to watch this, but never got around to it till I stumbled upon it on Netflix.  Love the gimmick of the movie, done entirely in first person and I'd say the movie succeeds with that about 60% of the time.  Most of the action is real good, very intense, very visceral, but when the movement starts to get too fast, most of the running stuff and parts here and there, that's when it gets kinda hard to watch. 

It's an interesting idea that you can only this one time, because I don't want to see a sequel.  If they wanted to do it again, just make it a proper movie with the intensity of a John Wick/The Raid and I'll be good with it, because I enjoyed all the absurdity going.  There's cyborgs, clones, main villain with telekinetic abilities for no apparent reason other than to just have them and aren't ever explained.  Like the story is kinda nonsense bullshit, but it knows it is and doesn't pretend that its anything more than a bunch of crazy action scenes strung together.  It's goofy fun nonsense if you like action movies and you can deal with the camera.

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Feel like abit of a dunce as I suddenly realized I never finished Season 2 of Luke Cage.  I ragged on it, but for some reason I thought there was only 10 episodes.  I don't know why, I can't figure out what happened, but I for some reason thought it was over and that it kinda left with a whimper.  In general, I still don't think I really like the season, the show is still too much crime drama, not enough a show about a strong, bullet proof, dude.  The first season centered on that more, but so much of this season was just about the whole Stokes family and Luke running back and forth between the drama he has no stakes in.  I know a lot of it is about Luke trying to deal with his anger over it all, but I don't think it works well enough.

The ending does lead to some interesting stuff for a Season 3 though, which is good.  It took what initially was like a 6/10 for me, and bumped it to a 7.  Not a strong 7, but the ending helped things out.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 18, 2018, 08:24:17 am
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This was charming as hell.  Way funnier than I was expecting.  Still a bit simple, but thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless.  I've heard the sequel is even better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kypherion on August 19, 2018, 05:07:31 pm
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Death Note!

So awesome. The dub is pretty good too IMO, and I'd definitely recommend for those who haven't seen it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 20, 2018, 08:42:51 am
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After all of the previews I expected this to be a full blown comedy, and while it did have some moments of humor, it was a far more serious and sobering film than I expected.  One of Spike Lee's best films in years, and one of the best films I've seen released this year.

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I hadn't watched this in years, but it recently became available on HBO.  It's one of those films that became so ubiquitous and mocked in the early 90s that is easy to forget just how good the movie actually is, and it is good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 25, 2018, 05:00:16 am
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It's tough to come across good zombie films these days, as it's really easy to do something generic or just be a gore fest, which isn't what I'm looking for, it's more the setting and what they do in it.  This was a big one from South Korea I think and I thought it did a real good job.  There's a point or two where I worried that they were gonna go World War Z with their zombies when they had to do some CG stuff with them, but thankfully they kept it less ridiculous than that, maybe simply due to a difference in budget between them I assume, as they used the CG for when they really needed it.

The confines of being on a train with limited places to go and their own take on the zombies helps them stand out abit more than usual.  I don't know if I've seen such a visceral change to the transformation before as it's accompanied by this bone crunching sound and the twitchiness of them with the speed makes them really terrifying.  At it's core, it's still just a zombie film, you won't like it if you hate them, but it works well for what it does. 

Just as a headsup, at least on Amazon rental, it's Korean audio, English subtitles only.  That doesn't bother me, but that could bother others as Amazon has the wrong description details for it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 26, 2018, 09:23:24 am
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This was not quite as good as I was hoping, seeing how it was made by David Fincher, who is arguably one of the greatest directors alive today.  The story was fine, but not as focused on the actual mystery as I would have liked.  It felt like too separate films for a bit too long which gave the entire thing a disjointed vibe that never quite meshed, even when the storylines came together.

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I decided it was time to fill out the rest of the Pixar catalog I had not seen, and this was first up.  It is as bad as you'd expect  It's two separate movies smashed together where the lead character in one of the stories is Larry the Cable Guy.  I've heard that Cars 3 is a fair bit better at least.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 27, 2018, 09:05:03 am
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I was very surprised at how much I liked this one.  It's an incredible step up from part 2, which is a bit of a flaming garbage pile.  Maybe it's because Mater is barely in this one, and maybe its the fact that the plot is combination of Rocky III and Rocky IV, but I actually found myself pretty invested here.  It might actually be the best film of the trilogy.  The world still raises all kinds of existential nightmare questions though.

The only Pixar film I have left is The Good Dinosaur.
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Sharp Objects on HBO ended last night.  It is a very slow-burn and deliberately paced series, but I loved almost every minute of this surreal southern gothic tale.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 05, 2018, 11:14:52 pm
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I'm not a huge Warcraft fan, in fact the last time I really spent a decent amount of time with a Warcraft game was back in the late 90s with Warcraft II. I never got into the phenomenon that was WoW either given my aversion to MMOs and online gaming in general. Still, I wanted to see this movie for a while and after finding it for cheap it was the perfect opportunity.


So what did I think about the movie? I hated it, a lot.


The story and writing in this film is terrible, like first draft, fan fiction terrible. The story barely makes sense, characters pop in and out and you are just expected to know who they are, and there is zero character development. On top of that, there are various things that happen throughout the movie that make almost no sense, especially when viewed in the context of things that just happened right before. Even the movie's frequent fantasy action does not distract from how bad the story and characters are in this film. I tried giving the film the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe I would understand this movie if I was more familiar with the lore of the Warcraft universe, but even if I was an expert at it I don't see how so many things in this movie would somehow make sense regardless of this.


There were some decent special effects and the character animation for many of the orcs was pretty cool but other than that this movie abused CG so much, and it often looked more cheap than anything. I am by no means one of those CG haters who thinks all effects should be practical, but CG must be used carefully or else it really cheapens the feel of a movie, something Warcraft is super guilty of. There were times when the movie looked like direct to video CG graphics, especially some of the backgrounds and city shots, as well as a monster towards the end of the film. Also, many of the set pieces and costumes in this movie looked very subpar, coming off as cosplay more than set pieces in a multi-million dollar film.


Overall, this was one of the worst movies I've seen in a while and I'm genuinely surprised I sat through all two hours of it, despite being done with this film about half an hour in. Unless you are a hardcore Warcraft nerd, I can't really recommend it, and even if you are one I feel like I still would hesitate to recommend watching this piece of shit.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 05, 2018, 11:26:55 pm
I felt like Warcraft would've been better had they gone pure CG.  Like just take those awesome shorts they make and turn them into a movie, because there is so much CG anyways, that having live action people in it was distracting because of how poorly they worked.  Everything is crazy exaggerated in size and design, and there's just these normal people there, looking like high end cosplay on a blue screen.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on September 06, 2018, 12:41:03 pm
Still the coolest movie ever made 30 years later.

And Star is still hot as hell (my first crush).

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 12, 2018, 01:13:42 am
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Over the last week I rewatched all three Predator films, not including the AvP movies; I feel like the AvP films are distinctly their own thing, which is mostly for the best for the sake of both franchises. I am a huge fan of the AvP universe and lore, but part of that does not include the films. I will probably rewatch these again soon, but for now I just wanted to watch the Predator films since the new one is part of that franchise. With that out of the way, here are my reviews of each Predator movie.


Predator (1987): This movie is truly a sci-fi and a 80s action movie icon. It is definitely the most memorable Predator film in terms of what happens, the establishment of the predator creature, and its cast which most of all includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, the king of 80s action. The movie does a good job of building suspense, however this movie is a victim of the predator creature being well known at this point. What I mean by this is back when this movie came out the predator didn't exist so no one knew what the hell was going on as this group of elite badasses were hunted one by one after the movie establishes very well how ridiculous these guys are. During the famous mud scene, you finally get a glimpse of the predator creature and you are filled with intrigue as to who or what the predator is. And then finally, you get to see the predator unmasked at the end and it is so freakin cool. When I first saw this movie back when I was probably 6 I didn't know who the predator was or what it looked like, so my reaction was probably the same as people who saw the Predator when it first came out. However, now it does not have that suspense or mystery too it. Even for someone who has never seen this movie, the predator creature is now a staple of cinema and is probably very aware of what it is. Because of this, the once suspenseful pacing becomes more slow and the mystery is all but gone. Don't get me wrong, this is still a great movie, but its bare bones action movie plot, 2D tough guy characters, and the aforementioned issue don't cut the mustard like they used to. [7/10]

Predator 2 (1990): I've always been a really big fan of Predator 2 and when I was a kid it was my favorite. It has an interesting setting and story; the gang and violence infested LA setting combined with top secret government ops makes for a really interesting backdrop for the rest of the movie. And while Danny Glover and the supporting cast of characters do not have the same presence that Arnold and the cast of the first movie had, they are more fleshed out and interesting. And when speaking about the cast, I have to mention Gary Busey who is as ridiculous as ever, mostly. The Predator shows off how freakin badass he is in this film as well, but unlike the first film he also is more fleshed out and is given more gadgets, more tech, a ship, a clan of fellow predators, and that freakin trophy wall scene fascinates me every time I watch this movie, even to this day. I feel like we can thank Predator 2 for inspiring the expanded universe of Predator and the AvP series more than any other. It is an excellent film imo, and while not perfect I still enjoy this one over the original. I know this is blasphemy, but I guess everyone has their different opinions on these films. [8/10]

Predators (2010): I feel like this movie gets too much flack for being too derivative of the first movie, but other than the ending, I have to disagree. Like Predator 2 it builds a lot of the lore and expanded universe of Predator and sets up a very interesting setting that's more than "just another jungle." It introduced rival predator factions, establishes that they don't just go to other planets to hunt, shows that they use a lot of different methods for hunting, and that they will essentially hunt anything that they deem worthy. I also like how this move keeps you guessing and wondering about various things throughout the entire movie as well. The characters are definitely the weakest of the three movies, but the story and plot makes up for that imo. This is definitely the best looking predator film in regards to special fx, character design, action, and gore. It's also the first time we see Predator on Predator action which was pretty damn cool despite being a little underwhelming. If you thought me liking Predator 2 more than the original Predator was blasphemy, most would probably burn me alive for saying that thus far this is my favorite Predator film, just barely edging out Predator 2. It's definitely the strongest in terms of story and plot, and the fact that it keeps a very good pace throughout makes it highly entertaining. [8/10]

So there you have it, my opinion of the first three Predator films. After seeing the trailers and watching a few reviews for The Predator, I am cautiously excited for it; the trailers honestly make this movie look lame and generic, and about half the reviews seem to confirm this. The other half say this movie is a pretty good time, yet almost all the reviews including the more positive ones seem to criticize the ending. Whatever the case is, I will be seeing The Predator on Thursday and am looking forward to it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 14, 2018, 12:40:28 am

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Just got out of The Predator and if I had to use one word to describe it, it would undoubtedly be dumb. Like really, really, really dumb.


I will admit I had pretty low expectations for this movie going in; the trailers made this movie look pretty bad in various ways and I was expecting as much going in. I was certainly not expecting gold. Fortunately for the Predator license there is a lot of leg room for creativity since it's essentially about a race of alien hunters that come to earth to kill and collect trophies. However, The Predator used up all that leg room ,went right through the firewall, and was resting its toes on the transmission with this movie; they took the liberties afforded by this franchises and ran with it way to far to the point of absolute idiocy. I'm not going to spoil anything, but I found this movies plot, story and the information we find out about the predators to be hilariously bad. Like I was laughing and face palming at the same time when they discussed the predator's motives and why they had come to earth this time around. On top of that there is an autistic kid in this movie that almost turns this movie into a cheesy 90s kid's sci-fi movie, especially regarding what happens at the end. Speaking of the ending, it's about the most outrageously stupid movie ending I may have ever seen. My mouth was literally agape with astonishment with how stupid it was. But then again, the whole entire movie leading up to the ending was pretty stupid so I might have expected it.

I didn't completely hate this movie though. For starters it was pretty entertaining and it was definitely the funniest Predator movie of the four. I also enjoyed the predator on predator fighting which is hardly a spoiler since it's all over the trailers (hell, it's in the movie poster), as well as the pacing of the film was good, with few boring parts. The predators looked cool, mostly; I was not a fan of the super predator, who was overall a pretty underwhelming antagonist. There was also another "alien" in the movie which was just plain stupid in how it was implemented and how it was mostly a running joke for nearly half the film. But here I am describing what I don't like about the film again so I'll wrap this up.

The Predator is a stupid, STUPID movie that I can barely see appealing to old predator fans or people who aren't as familiar with the franchise. It is entertaining and has some cool action sequences, but don't try and think too much about the plot or the quality of the previous three movies because that's when you'll start having problems like I did. The Predator is a modern, mindless popcorn action flick that doesn't do the franchise justice, but for what it is it's okay. [4/10]
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 14, 2018, 05:17:26 pm
I ended up skipping release day because I was just tired, but I was shocked to hear how bad The Predator was.  I'll just wait for a rental now.  Super disappointing to hear about it as others are coming out to say how bad it was too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 17, 2018, 09:02:28 am
The Predator
Yeah, it was dumb as a sack of rocks, but I still generally enjoyed it.  The first half was actually pretty good, but the last third or so was a messy rush job.  The fate of at least one character still has me going "What the hell happened?!".  Definitely Shane Black's worst script, and the worst mainline Predator film - though its definitely better that AvP:R and probably better - at least more enjoyable - than AvP.

Jackie Brown
Easily QT's most low key movie - especially in the final resolution.  Great performances and soundtrack choices all around.  Makes me wish QT did a little bit more with regards to adapting other people's work, because Elmore Leonard was one of the greats in modern crime fiction.

Ash vs. Evil Dead - Season 3
And it's finally over - again.  Who would have thought 20 years ago that there would been an Evil Dead sequel series- and that it would be GOOD?  There were missteps along the way, like the hastily rewritten season 2 finale and shortchanging some characters at the end, but it was gory good fun from beginning to end.  Godspeed Ashley J. Williams.

Babylon 5: In the Beginning / Babylon 5: The Gathering
I watched the prequel movie and the pilot movie to gear up for a rewatch of Babylon 5.  It may not be as known as some other series, but it is one of my absolutely favorites - even if some aspects haven't aged great.  I was actually pretty shocked at how well The Gathering establishes the overall tone of the show, despite there being some major changes in cast and production choices in the year between it and the first episode proper.

Yeah... so I had a busy weekend.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 18, 2018, 05:43:35 am
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I went in expecting nothing from Season 2 of Iron Fist.  I mean the first season was so poorly handled and boring, I felt like as long as it was better than that, I'd be alright with it.  What I ended up getting was a show that I liked more than Jessica Jones and Luke Cage Season 2.  They turned Danny Rand around to be a far less tedious and lame character, his interactions with Colleen and Davos work, and while normally the side stories aren't great, I was fine with Ward's here.  The story in general is just better handled.

Best thing about the show? 10 Episodes! Something I think watchers of these series have been saying for awhile.  They never have enough good writing to make up 13 complete episodes most of the time.  Like I enjoyed Punisher for what it was, but that show would've been much better had it been 10 episodes.  Same for Jessica Jones, same for Luke Cage. 

The combat is better, the story is better, and the last two episodes took the series for a swerve that I wasn't expecting and it's for the better as I think these shows need a big shake up right now.  Honestly has me interested in Season 3.  Like this show isn't amazing, but I think it's actually watchable and entertaining now.  I hope Daredevil Season 3 keeps this going with good, as I was feeling pretty bad about these shows after Jessica Jones and Luke Cage season 2.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 20, 2018, 06:45:39 am
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I had been meaning to see this on rental since it came out and finally got around to it.  Kinda avoided it at first as I didn't really want a movie based on a game I had played, but it really only shares some general basics with the game, mostly what the myth they are chasing is and kind of some visual aspects.  Otherwise it's kind of like a shallow take on the reboot games plot.

I am happy to get a pretty reasonable adventure film.  It's pretty straightforward, no real depth to the overall experience, but sometimes you just want someone fighting a baddie or two and getting through a ruin.  I wish they had gone farther with the story itself as they kinda half-ass it and cut out the supernatural stuff. 

Though I am absolutely livid that they put Lara getting her twin guns in the trailer for this.  You know where that scene is in the movie? LITERALLY THE VERY END.  THEY PUT THE LAST SCENE OF THE MOVIE IN THE TRAILER.  I think they did it just to make it seem like it was a more action heavy movie, which it really isn't that much.  Lara is only on her for like 10 minutes on the island and then she's essentially captured again.

As it's own movie, it's fine.  It's totally a competent adventure film, the woman that plays Lara is good, and I'm cool with that.  As something based on the reboot series, it's kinda underwhelming.  I guess it's good to say it's not a bad game based movie, but I can't really offer up a serious recommend.  Rental only at most.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 26, 2018, 09:46:06 pm
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If you like My Hero Academia, then you will like My Hero Academia: Two Heroes.  Had a great time with the movie, hitting all that you'd expect from it, even digging a little deeper than that.  They also spent a lot of time making this work into the main story I feel and does a nice bit of showing some of All Might's past, important people to him, while making it work with Deku's journey to being a hero.

The only downside? Godzillo only gets a brief cameo! For shame!

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 28, 2018, 09:28:17 pm
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I passed on watching this in the theater, mostly because the interest just wasn't there for me at the time.  Didn't have any ill will towards it, just ended up passing.  Finally watched it and it's overall a very solid film.  It doesn't do anything nuts, it's not overhauling the universe, it's got the Han Solo story to tell and it does that.  Honestly, it's probably at number two on the new films as I liked it more than Rogue One and Last Jedi.  It's definitely the most consistent of the new films, mostly because it's not taking many risks, you can kinda tell how the story will mostly go except for a few parts, but it's fun.  I know this movie got caught up in the Last Jedi backlash, abit unfairly, but it's a pretty good Star Wars film because you get whats on the tin...A Star Wars Story.  It's a good watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 29, 2018, 08:55:10 am
It's definitely the most consistent of the new films, mostly because it's not taking many risks, you can kinda tell how the story will mostly go except for a few parts, but it's fun.  I know this movie got caught up in the Last Jedi backlash, abit unfairly, but it's a pretty good Star Wars film because you get whats on the tin...A Star Wars Story.  It's a good watch.
That's how I feel about it.  It's nothing special, but it is a fun pretty consistent romp.  I found some of the fanservice bits a little pandering (or a lot pandering - how he gets his name, and the nickname for Chewie bit), but overall I had a lot of fun with it, and I would also consider it #2 of the new films, though it sounds like the rest of my ranking would be different than yours
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on October 01, 2018, 12:19:54 pm
Steele Justice [VHS]
Stir of Echoes [BD]
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 02, 2018, 07:46:41 pm
Every October I make it a point to watch a horror film every day.  This year I’ve decided to go franchise heavy.

Oct. 1 Wrong Turn
Oct. 2 Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on October 03, 2018, 09:42:51 am
I'm trying my best to do something similar, but I know I will not be able to watch one a day. Some days will be impossible, and perhaps weekends I could catch up. Also I am not deviating from my regular watch order, but for October I will instead just skip over some movies and get back to them in the future, and just watch the ones that seem to be appropriate for the season. So far, this hasn't played out as I would expect...

Strange Girls [DVD] (widescreen, 2.0)
Not horror, not gore, just a weird movie. Seemed like there was some supernatural element to it, but no, just two crazy twin sisters living their weird life.

Stranger With My Face [DVD] (widescreen, 2.1)
Had a better description than the last, but turned out instead to be a made for TV movie. As such, nothing spectacular, but was interested to see the "concern" I've heard before where if you astral project, another entity can enter your body when you are gone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_with_My_Face_(film) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_with_My_Face_(film))
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 05, 2018, 01:09:22 pm
(https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Venom-Movie-Featured.jpg)

***SPOLER-FREE REVIEW***

Don't listen to the critics and angry Lady Gaga fans! I saw Venom last night, and it was awesome!

The CGI was a bit fake looking, but honestly, I have that complaint about pretty much all CGI in movies. I like practical effects.

And yeah, I wish Spider-Man was in it, but if you can get past that, you're in for a fun ride. (There's more Venom solo comics out there than ones with Spider-Man, really.)

Now, don't go into expecting Infinity War, but if you're a Venom fan, you won't be disappointed. It got the feel of the character down, perfectly. It was dark, gritty, violent, and surprisingly funny (if you like dark humor).

BTW, stay after the credits for a cool surprise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 06, 2018, 09:19:14 am
October's movies continue:

Oct. 3 The Return of the Living Dead
Oct. 4 Final Destination
Oct. 5 Final Destination 2

Going to round out the FD series over the next three days.  I've only seen about half of 3 and nothing from 4 or 5, so I'll be interested to see how that goes.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on October 08, 2018, 10:14:04 am
Watching just Halloween appropriate movies is really making me jump huge sections....

The Stuff [VHS]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stuff

Subspecies [DVD] 4:3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies_(film_series) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies_(film_series))

Suspiria (1977) [VHS]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspiria

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight [DVD] 16:9/5.1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Knight
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 08, 2018, 12:17:01 pm
Oct. 6 Final Destination 3
Oct. 7 The Final Destination
Oct. 8 Final Destination 5

I had previously seen about 1/2 of part 3.  A perfectly fine follow-up to the first two films.

The Final Destination is atrociously bad.  Like holy wow it sucks.

Part 5 is a massive turnaround.  It’s as good as if not better than 2 or 3.

Also saw Venom over the weekend.  It’s not bad, but it has some serious pacing issues.  Takes a while before it really gets going and the it’s over before you know it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 13, 2018, 04:20:11 am
Not really in the mood for horror stuff right now, so figured I'd start my Terminator marathon.  I'm actually pretty hype for watching most of the first four movies, Terminator 3 being the odd one out.

(http://shatthemovies.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Terminator-1984-720x340.jpg)

I haven't watched the original Terminator since I was a teen at my friends house, so practically 15 years at least.  It's such a great watch, that early 80's grunginess and action, with this great synthy score to it.  Sometimes you just never know if going back to an older film, that it is gonna hold up, and while the animatronic Arnold is a little sketch and the stop motion terminator doesn't hold up the best, I still absolutely love all the practical effects.  The police station scene is pretty intense too.

One thing I wish they had made was a proper future war Terminator movie.  Like they have the war stuff in Salvation, but not really something that felt like what they tried to show off in the first movie and I believe the second movie.

This is a great watch, it was like going back to Predator and realizing that it is still such a solid action flick.  Also kinda neat, but while I knew that Bill Paxton was in this, I didn't remember that Lance Henriksen was also in this, making it two people from the Alien movies showing up in this.  Pretty cool!

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Terminator 2 is definitely the best of the series.  It's really interesting watching this movie right after seeing the first and all the nods it pays to it.  Lots of stuff I didn't realize about the film in general compared to when I was kid that I never paid attention to, such as you were supposed to believe the whole time up till the mall scene that Arnie was the villain still and Robert Patrick was to be the human to help.  When I watched it whenever back in probably the late 90's/early 00's, you just already knew through pop culture what Arnold was, that he was there to help.

Much like the first movie, the action holds up really well.  It's all so good really.  Much like the first one, the only real negatives are a few of the effects.  The T-1000 and it's liquid body really doesn't hold up super well.  It's kinda cheesy nowadays, but it's not all that bad.  The movie does drag just a little in the middle after they break out Sarah, but when it's building to such an amazing climax, with the Cyberdyne lab attack leading up to the factory, it's understandable.

Kinda funny how these action series started out so strong, Alien and Aliens, Predator and Predator 2, The Terminator and Terminator 2, getting two good movies, but then mostly tanked right after (Alien 3 being a mild exception for still being alright, just not the best sequel after Aliens). It's pretty downhill after this, though I still have some hope that Salvation will be alright as I remember generally liking it.  As for Terminator 3, I mostly just remember it as a real dumb movie that has some kinda cool action scenes strewn throughout, so we'll see how those memories go.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 13, 2018, 05:01:43 pm
Oct. 9 Cult of Chucky
Oct. 10 Creep 2
Oct. 11 The Babysitter
Oct. 12 Puppet Master 4
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 14, 2018, 05:13:46 pm
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Little Monsters was one of my childhood movies that I used to watch all the time, over and over again. The funny thing is that not only does Little Monsters show how radically different kids movies were back then, but that I loved this movie so much seeing how creepy and gruesome it is. That's not even to mention the mature themes and jokes, bad language, and the moments of pure nightmare fuel this movie has. Yet, it was made for kids in the late 80s when is when I primarily watched it up until the early 90s.


The movie is still very entertaining despite various plot holes, but it's not like this movie is trying to be The Godfather or anything like that. Also, I love the costume and set designs which all look great, as well as appropriately scary when they need to be. Howie Mandel as the main monster Maurice is also awesome, and he is pretty hilarious despite being a tad on the obnoxious side.


For anyone who enjoys shows like Stranger Things or other "kids" movies from the 80s like Monster Squad, or the 90s TV mini series IT, this movie is essential. It really has that unique, awesome 80s vibe that many other movies from this time period had, and it enhances rewatching this movie just that much more. For me personally I get extremely sentimental when I watch it, and makes it one of my all time favorite movies from childhood. Definitely watch this if you are into 80s horror, Stranger Things, or kids movies that aren't afraid to show mature content.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 17, 2018, 06:31:01 am
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I really didn't remember alot from Terminator 3 in particular, other than like it's three major action scenes.  The crane truck destruction scene, that is goofy, but fun.  The graveyard scene, which is goofy, but fun.  And basically the finale, with like the bathroom fight scene, which is goofy, but fun.  That's really the best way to explain this movie...It's goofy.  Terminator shouldn't be goofy.  There's lots of like comedic elements that feel so out of place.  Terminator 2 had bits of levity, but it was more in purpose to the story and the bonding between John and Arnie.

The CG is a mixed bag.  There's stuff that looks good, like I dig how they are able to do more crazy physical stuff with the terminators that they didn't do before, because these are machines that are super strong and also weigh hundreds of pounds.  But there's stuff that clearly looks pretty underwhelming.  The writing feels pretty poor also and there's some very odd sound effects used at times that make no sense.  Like animal howls and bullet pings where there are no guns.

There's really no good reason to watch the film, much like Alien: Resurrection or Alien vs Predator.  It completely doesn't understand what made the first two movies work and just feels like a terrible franchise cash-in.  It's PG-13, its tone is stupid, and it just doesn't work.  Hopefully Salvation is better, I remember kind of liking it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 17, 2018, 06:41:05 am
It's PG-13, its tone is stupid, and it just doesn't work.  Hopefully Salvation is better, I remember kind of liking it.
No, it's R.  It's just very soft compared to 1 and 2.  Salvation, however, is PG-13 - and I personally hate it.

Oct. 13 The World's End
Oct. 14 The Purge
Oct. 15 Sleepaway Camp
Oct. 16 C.H.U.D.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 17, 2018, 06:56:09 am
It's PG-13, its tone is stupid, and it just doesn't work.  Hopefully Salvation is better, I remember kind of liking it.
No, it's R.  It's just very soft compared to 1 and 2.  Salvation, however, is PG-13 - and I personally hate it.

Oct. 13 The World's End
Oct. 14 The Purge
Oct. 15 Sleepaway Camp
Oct. 16 C.H.U.D.

Holy shit, I was wrong about this...For the longest time I thought it was PG-13, because it's such a neutered film.  Very casual violence, offscreen deaths, outside of maybe the arm through the chest, but like it's not even done in an ultra-violent way, I think they say "Fuck" once, which you can get away with in PG-13 I think...I can't possibly fathom why this is R.  Alien vs Predator is PG-13 and that feels almost more hardcore than this.  Geez, this makes the movie even worse to me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kypherion on October 17, 2018, 10:49:58 am
Outside Providence
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pizzasafari on October 17, 2018, 08:35:00 pm
Just finished watching through Elfen Lied for the first time, ridiculous fanservice aside that was so much better than I was expecting. Though before watching it I absolutely loved Deadman Wonderland and now I hate it. To call Deadman Wonderland an Elfen Lied ripoff would be like calling the sun tepid.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pizzasafari on October 18, 2018, 10:12:49 pm
And following that, I just watched The Shape of Voice/A Silent Voice/whatever people call it, holy god that was good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 18, 2018, 10:21:39 pm
And following that, I just watched The Shape of Voice/A Silent Voice/whatever people call it, holy god that was good.

I really need to watch this as I heard it was good, being out at the same time generally as "Your Name", but I just never got around to it.  Just need to be in the mood for a heart tugger.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pizzasafari on October 18, 2018, 10:41:13 pm
And following that, I just watched The Shape of Voice/A Silent Voice/whatever people call it, holy god that was good.

I really need to watch this as I heard it was good, being out at the same time generally as "Your Name", but I just never got around to it.  Just need to be in the mood for a heart tugger.

I really want to watch Your Name but it's not on any of the streaming services I'm able to use at the mo. But A Silent Voice is really really good, it's on Netflix at the moment if you ever fancy a watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 18, 2018, 10:48:52 pm
And following that, I just watched The Shape of Voice/A Silent Voice/whatever people call it, holy god that was good.

I really need to watch this as I heard it was good, being out at the same time generally as "Your Name", but I just never got around to it.  Just need to be in the mood for a heart tugger.

I really want to watch Your Name but it's not on any of the streaming services I'm able to use at the mo. But A Silent Voice is really really good, it's on Netflix at the moment if you ever fancy a watch.

Actually good to know because I didn't see it on Amazon to rent.  Probably will get to it this weekend.

*EDIT* Crap, it's not actually available on the USA Netflix.  That's a bummer.  I can't even buy the anime on Amazon normally.  I'm surprised it's this hard to watch the thing as it was a rather big movie for the time.  Not quite Your Name big, but still pretty notable.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: betelgeuse on October 19, 2018, 10:40:54 pm
Outside Providence

LOL. Every time my wife and I see Shawn Hatosy (had to look up his real name) in a movie, we both say Dildo in unison.

Watched Friday last week. Might as well watch Next Friday today...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 21, 2018, 08:18:14 am
Oct. 17 My Bloody Valentine 3-D
Oct. 18 Apostle
Oct. 19 The Strangers: Prey at Night
Oct. 20 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon


And, as part of my B5 rewatch: Babylon 5: Thirdspace.  I'm about halfway through season 4 now, but we stopped this weekend for Daredevil Season 3.  8 episodes in, and it has been fantastic so far.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 22, 2018, 04:43:51 am
(https://thefandom.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/daredevil-s3-featured-1.jpg)

I've been worried that the Netflix Marvel stuff was losing its touch for awhile now.  The last one I really liked was Punisher, which has problems, but was still generally good, primarily due to how great Jon Bernthal is in the part.  Iron Fist Season 2 was a step up, but still nothing special.  Daredevil Season 3? Drastic step up in quality.  I was worried that them having 13 episodes again would start to drag, it's been a problem in multiple seasons, struggling to justify the length with side stuff that just wasn't interesting or dragging plot on that wasn't engaging, but even the side stuff in Season 3 is well handed, the drama really ramped up, and it was all very satisfying.

If they could bring this level of quality to the rest of the shows, especially now that they canceled Luke Cage and Iron Fist? I could be very excited for the next Jessica Jones and Punisher.  At least I hope they work out, because I can't go back to another underwhelming Jessica Jones, or a Punisher that felt like it didn't get unleashed.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 22, 2018, 08:28:40 am
I definitely felt that DD S3 was a return to form.  It was more engaging and consistent than S2, even if it never got quite as good as the individual highs there.  My current Netflix MCU Season rankings looks like this:

DD1 > JJ1 > P1 > DD3 > LC2 > IF2 > IF1 > DF1 > JJ2 > DD2 > LC1

DD2 and LC1 had problems with consistency, some episodes would be an A+ followed by some mess of D+ plot, and that inconsistency really hurts the overall enjoyment of them.  IF1, DF1, and JJ2 are all fine enough for what they are trying to do, there's just nothing special about any of them.  LC2 and IF2 are both massive step ups from their rookie seasons, where P1 and DD3 are solid the whole way through.  DD1 and JJ1 are in leagues all of their own, however.

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The new Halloween is the best Michael Myers film since the 1978 original, and the second best Halloween film overall, if you aren't as hot on Season of the Witch as I am.

It manages to homage the original film, while bringing the style and sense of dread into the modern day.  I genuinely loved the first 2/3s of this movie.  However, there is a certain moment moving into Act 3 where I thought that the movie was going to go into an exciting new direction, and then swerved back into the expected plot.  As such, I was a bit lukewarm on the final act.  It's not bad, but it didn't gel for me like the first two acts did.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on October 22, 2018, 09:43:52 am
Terror (1978)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_(1978_film)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 22, 2018, 09:46:45 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Venom_poster.jpg/220px-Venom_poster.jpg)

Had a movie freebie, so figure I'd use it on Venom as the views were mixed on it, but a few people who I share interests with made it sound pretty fun and yeah, I dug this movie.  It's dumb, but it's entertaining, almost entirely due to Tom Hardy and Venom playing off each other.  By the end, it gets a visually rough as it's just two goo monsters fighting each other, but all the talk I heard that is like "Early 2000's Super Hero" movie bad is kinda wrong to me. 

I can sorta see what people are talking about, especially that it's a contained movie with no connections to a greater universe and it works as it's own thing, but this isn't Hulk from 2003 or any of the Fantastic Four films.  This might be the best Venom we could possibly get on film as it completely gives a middle finger to how shitty Venom was in Spider-Man 3.  I'm kinda hoping that since it is financially successful that they'll consider connecting it to the proper MCU for Spider-Man, but if they just want to continue on with Venom as his own thing, I think they could make it work for at least another movie, though they'd need more than just another symbiote for Venom to fight I feel.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 30, 2018, 01:09:08 pm
Friday the 13th 1-8.

A ton of fun to be had here, and the quality stays remarkably consistent.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 30, 2018, 01:35:38 pm
Friday the 13th 1-8.

A ton of fun to be had here, and the quality stays remarkably consistent.

Love these movies! Just fun horror movies with lots of dumb teenagers, inventive kills, and boobs.

Except VII. The telekinetic girl just was too out there, even for Jason. Pulled me completely out of it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: wolfen on October 30, 2018, 05:30:21 pm
I saw Spirited Away for the first time in at least 10+ years at the theater on Sunday with my sister. I cannot believe how beautiful the animation looks on the big screen. I felt like I wanted to touch the grass and tree bark, and I wanted to walk on the train tracks in the water. It felt so real, but also magical. If you've never seen Spirited Away you are truly missing out on one of the greatest pieces of animation of all time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on October 31, 2018, 10:23:35 am
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(2003_film) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(2003_film))

Perhaps the only Michael Bay movie without explosions.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 01, 2018, 06:21:48 am
(https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Netflix-Castlevania.jpg)

Finally got around to watching the second season of Castlevania and while it's a mixed bag, I think Episode 7 makes up for all of it.  It might be one of the best episodes I've seen in quite awhile for a western animation, especially in what amounts to a tv shows/miniseries.  I don't even know a comparison right now...maybe the original Avatar: The Last Airbender series?  Anime influence, western writing, it feels very much like a mature, R-rated, version of that.  Like I've seen crazy action scenes in anime regularly over the years, even recently with My Hero Academia, Ufotables Fate series, My Hero Academia, but this feels more grounded.  It has its style and flash, but it feels more deliberate, very well choreographed, and even has some surprising emotional weight to it.  I could almost recommend this singular episode on its own.

That's the problem with the season, that while it has good writing, good visuals, and good characters, the middle of these episodes, like 3 to 5, drags because both the vampires and the heroes sorta just stop for awhile.  It's not bad at all, it just feels like they were unsure how to add some real good story to the whole thing that wasn't just background for both sides.  But damn, that episode.  It's basically the finale as Episode 8 is more an epilogue.  If you are a fan of Castlevania or just generally good animated shows, I think it's worth watching.  I'm glad it is getting a third season too.

Weird thing I noticed, but they gave some odd voice direction for Alucard and Trevor.  They almost always talk at just above a whisper.  Like they have a permanent hangover and talking any louder will make their heads explode.  Both of the voice actors are great, but man, not sure what is up with that.  Like when they need to emote, they can, but otherwise so subtle.  Very strange.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 01, 2018, 09:07:24 am
Friday the 13th 1-8.

A ton of fun to be had here, and the quality stays remarkably consistent.

Love these movies! Just fun horror movies with lots of dumb teenagers, inventive kills, and boobs.

Except VII. The telekinetic girl just was too out there, even for Jason. Pulled me completely out of it.

That's what is so great about the series!  There is so much different stuff going on that almost anyone kind find one that they like.

I have a co-worker who says VI is is favorite, a friend who loves VIII (which I think is the worst one).  This was my girlfriend's first time watching any of them, and she preferred the later entries like VII where stuff just started to get weird - and also why we stopped, 8 films of the same thing can get tiring.  And then you have the purists that don't like anything past The Final Chapter.

Personally, my favorite is Jason Goes to Hell, because it is just so gloriously insane, and even though A New Beginning doesn't actually have Jason, I like it a lot as well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 01, 2018, 12:31:03 pm
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It's been too long since I watched Blade, which I've considered to be my favorite vampire movie since first seeing it back in 1999 or. The last time I watched this movie was probably around 10-years ago so while I remember pretty much the whole movie there were certainly a few things that I forgot about, mostly how incredibly edgy and cheesy a lot of it was. This movie is still an awesome, classic 90s action/horror movie and Blade is a pretty cool character. Funny enough, I actually am not sure now whether I like Blade 2 or this more now; I rewatched Blade 2 about a year ago and thought it was better than I remembered. I feel like Blade 2 might actually have the better story but I can't get over how amazing the feel and originality of the first is. Definitely an awesome movie, just not sure if it's still my favorite vampire movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 01, 2018, 12:47:20 pm
Friday the 13th 1-8.

A ton of fun to be had here, and the quality stays remarkably consistent.

Love these movies! Just fun horror movies with lots of dumb teenagers, inventive kills, and boobs.

Except VII. The telekinetic girl just was too out there, even for Jason. Pulled me completely out of it.

That's what is so great about the series!  There is so much different stuff going on that almost anyone kind find one that they like.

I have a co-worker who says VI is is favorite, a friend who loves VIII (which I think is the worst one).  This was my girlfriend's first time watching any of them, and she preferred the later entries like VII where stuff just started to get weird - and also why we stopped, 8 films of the same thing can get tiring.  And then you have the purists that don't like anything past The Final Chapter.

Personally, my favorite is Jason Goes to Hell, because it is just so gloriously insane, and even though A New Beginning doesn't actually have Jason, I like it a lot as well.

New Beginning is like the best one, if you can get past the fact that it's a copycat killer. It has some of the best deaths in the series. Deborah Voorhees (her real name, ironically enough), is just magnificent looking and has the best topless scene of the series. And Ethel and her son are freaking hilarious, "You big dildo, eat yer fuckin’ slop!!"

I really like Part VIII, too. It just feels so 80s, there's even a hair metal music video kill. People get hung up that so much of the movie doesn't actually take place in Manhattan, meh, as long as there's Jason and cool kills, it's good. I mean hell, a guy gets his head punched off!

Jason Goes to Hell is one of the rougher ones in the series. It makes no sense at all. Jason hopping bodies and like it's The Faculty, The Necronomicon is involved, there's a cowboy bounty hunter...what? It's supposed to be a slasher, and it somehow becomes this supernatural thriller, with a cowboy bounty hunter.

The purists aren't wrong, though, the early entries are very damn good. Can't say I'm a purist because I do enjoy most of them in some way (except VII, again, only one I don't like at all). I really liked the remake, even, which many people hate.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kypherion on November 01, 2018, 04:34:19 pm
(https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Netflix-Castlevania.jpg)

Watched this too. It was absolutely amazing. My 3 criticisms is that it feels too rushed, Death was nowhere to be found, and Dracula's true form was nowhere to be found either.

(https://www.og13.com/forums/image.php?u=3962&dateline=1407582861)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 01, 2018, 05:49:05 pm
(https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Netflix-Castlevania.jpg)

Watched this too. It was absolutely amazing. My 3 criticisms is that it feels too rushed, Death was nowhere to be found, and Dracula's true form was nowhere to be found either.

(https://www.og13.com/forums/image.php?u=3962&dateline=1407582861)

I'm not a Castlevania fan, so that stuff never bothered me, but I could see more of that coming if they continue the series past Season 3.  I never really got "rushed" from the season, though honestly, I could've done with an episode removed.  Felt like at one point that everyone was just stalled, with the heroes in the basement and the vampires at the castle while they spent time exploring backstories or doing vampire "Game of Thrones".  Either remove an episode or two for a snappier experience or add an episode or two to really go all in story wise and add some more action.  At least it didn't drag in the long run like a lot of the Marvel tv shows tend to with too many episodes.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: shfan on November 03, 2018, 06:19:20 pm
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

My wife was waxing lyrical about this one when she came back from the cinema, i thought it sounded good, we weren't wrong :D As someone who detests pointless remakes it was a real pleasure to see a film which was not only good on its own merits, but was also a glowing use of the basic concept of Jumanji. Well impressed.
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Post by: pizzasafari on November 03, 2018, 09:22:31 pm
Watched all of Citrus today, never thought I'd get into a lesbian romance anime of all things but I surprisingly enjoyed it. I really liked Yuzu, I found myself relating to her in a lot of ways. No homo. She reacted to most things the same way I would so I was like YEEAH! THIS GIRL!
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Post by: Cartagia on November 04, 2018, 08:45:49 am
The end of my October Movie marathon was the following two movies:

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Not as good as I was hoping, based on the trailer, but still probably the best Puppet Master film.  It's a complete reboot, so don't expect to know where is going to be going on when you start.  There's one death that I think was legitimately going to far, and the tone is all over the place.  It's worth a look, but don't expect too much out of it.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live: The Brain
The MST3K live show was here in Nashville on Halloween night.  Killer material the whole way through, and the movie itself was a classic disaster of Canadian production.  The brain itself its actually kind of a neat design?  Still, had a great time.


Last night I finished my rewatch of the entire Babylon 5 series proper.  I've still got some of the spin-off material to still get through, but the main series is over, and dammit if I don't still love it, flaws and all.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 06, 2018, 01:01:24 am
(https://www.vintagemovieposters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/terminatorsalvation3large1.jpg)

This movie seems to get a lot of shit, not entirely unfairly, but I think this is totally a watchable action movie.  The writing isn't that great, it's not really the story anyone wanted with us finally getting a movie set during the war, it's stupidly PG-13 (I'm still dumbfounded that T3 is actually R-rated) but what we got isn't that bad.  I'd watch this any day over T3 and probably Genisys, which I'll be getting to soon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: DreamsDied13101 on November 06, 2018, 09:37:13 am
This movie seems to get a lot of shit, not entirely unfairly, but I think this is totally a watchable action movie.  The writing isn't that great, it's not really the story anyone wanted with us finally getting a movie set during the war, it's stupidly PG-13 (I'm still dumbfounded that T3 is actually R-rated) but what we got isn't that bad.  I'd watch this any day over T3 and probably Genisys, which I'll be getting to soon.

I saw this in theatres and I had the same reaction. I was really surprised everyone I spoke with absolutely hated this movie. The movie was no masterpiece, but it was a decent action flick. 
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Post by: tripredacus on November 06, 2018, 11:59:30 am
Thank You For Smoking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_for_Smoking
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 08, 2018, 05:56:52 pm
(https://www.vintagemovieposters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/terminatorsalvation3large1.jpg)
This movie seems to get a lot of shit, not entirely unfairly, but I think this is totally a watchable action movie.  The writing isn't that great, it's not really the story anyone wanted with us finally getting a movie set during the war, it's stupidly PG-13 (I'm still dumbfounded that T3 is actually R-rated) but what we got isn't that bad.  I'd watch this any day over T3 and probably Genisys, which I'll be getting to soon.


I haven't watched Salvation since it first came out on DVD, but remember it being decent. T3 I don't remember fondly at all; I actually considered watching T3 again, but after watching a Decker Shadow review of it I was reminded why I haven't watched it in years. But yeah, I wouldn't mind rewatching Salvation again at some point. Unfortunately each time I watch Genisys I like it less and less.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 08, 2018, 06:46:21 pm
I haven't watched Salvation since it first came out on DVD, but remember it being decent. T3 I don't remember fondly at all; I actually considered watching T3 again, but after watching a Decker Shadow review of it I was reminded why I haven't watched it in years. But yeah, I wouldn't mind rewatching Salvation again at some point. Unfortunately each time I watch Genisys I like it less and less.

I only saw Genisys in theaters and I probably only hate it as much as I do, specifically because of their garbage marketing campaign.  The movie wasn't great, but if they had surprised people with John Connor being turned into a Terminator, that would have been a very interesting story turning point, but no, they showed it off in all the advertisements and posters.  Sure, that wouldn't matter for repeat viewings, but that made me real mad when I watched it the first time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 09, 2018, 08:07:10 am
This movie seems to get a lot of shit, not entirely unfairly, but I think this is totally a watchable action movie.  The writing isn't that great, it's not really the story anyone wanted with us finally getting a movie set during the war, it's stupidly PG-13 (I'm still dumbfounded that T3 is actually R-rated) but what we got isn't that bad.  I'd watch this any day over T3 and probably Genisys, which I'll be getting to soon.

I saw this in theatres and I had the same reaction. I was really surprised everyone I spoke with absolutely hated this movie. The movie was no masterpiece, but it was a decent action flick.

I personally saw it in theaters and hated it.  Everyone I was with hated it.  It's bland, generally derivative, unimaginative, Christian Bale is actually kind of terrible in it.  This was third movie in about 4-5 months where Sam Worthington's character's defining trait was "having a strong heart".  The only memorable thing I can thing of from the film is the highway chase sequence.  I've not seen Genisys yet, but I have a feeling this one will look better in hindsight.

Not a big fan of 3 either, but at least the action sequences there are all pretty top notch.



I finished Castlevania Season 2 last night.  It was great.  Episode 7 cemented it as easily the greatest video game adaptation of all time.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 09, 2018, 12:54:45 pm
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Still the greatest horror movie ever made, as far as I'm concerned. George Romero's vision of the bleak, zombie-infested world is at it's darkest here, and the people are showing the signs of breaking from surviving in such a world.

This one is set deep down in a secret underground military facility where a group of ragtag soldiers are protecting a secret cabal of scientists trying to search for answers to the zombie problem. The world is completely overrun with zombies. They are unsure if they are the last pocket of humanity (but in the movie itself a scientist hypothesizes that there must be some other pockets out there such as themselves). At this point supplies, ammunition, and even men are starting to run low, and people's limits are being tested. With one side having a scientific purpose, and the military side trying to pull away in a desperate attempt to survive; soon the two sides come to head while the zombie apocalypse reigns down upon them in the goriest Tom Savini fashion you can feast your eyes on! (Captain Rhodes getting deservingly ripped apart is still the bloodiest damn thing I've seen on film.)

If you like zombies and haven't seen this yet, shame on you. This is a MUST-WATCH for zombie fans!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 14, 2018, 08:53:46 pm
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I wanted a big dumb shark movie, and I got it! It's actually a pretty fun time and being a big budget movie, it looks great.  Much like zombie movies, there's a million shark movies, but very few are actually good. Jaws kicked it all off, but after that, the only one I liked to any degree was Deep Blue Sea, and other than The Meg, there aren't any other good ones that I know of or have seen.  That's like 50 years of shark movies, but I'd be lucky to count good shark flicks on like one hand.  I guess Jaws 2? Maybe? It's honestly been too long lol

(https://theknockturnal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Outlaw-King-Netflix.jpg)

Every once in awhile, it's time to watch a historical drama of some sort, and figured I'd check out Outlaw King.  Set after the events popularized in Braveheart, Scottish Lords surrendered afterwards, but this didn't last long until swords were taken up again, lead by Robert the Bruce.  Couldn't tell you if this was accurate at all, a quick read says otherwise, but I think it's an overall good drama.  Might feel like it starts abit slow, but it really picks up about half way through as the warfare takes off and its pretty good the rest of the way through.  Real solid final battle scene too.  Overall a good watch if you like movies such as this.

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Went all in on movies tonight and ended the night with one hell of a film.  Starring some guys from the Raid films, what is here is very similar to those films, but basically ramping it up another level.  That same raw, gritty, martial arts violence, but it's at grindhouse levels here I think with the amount of blood and gore going on.  People hacked up, faces smashed, blown to literal bits, it's all played seriously, but it gets ridiculous.  This level of violence and how it's trying to be real stylish at times with a synthy soundtrack does basically set it apart, though I feel like I prefer the Raid films due to how blunt they were, especially the first one.  If you like that stuff and want a real crazy and violent action film, definitely watch it as it's on Netflix.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on November 15, 2018, 10:03:12 am
They Live (VHS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 15, 2018, 01:08:19 pm
They Live (VHS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live

"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum."

And VHS is the proper way to view this one, brother!
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Post by: betelgeuse on November 15, 2018, 07:56:45 pm
butchered it!!!

I also liked "The Golden Rule. He who has the gold makes the rule".
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 15, 2018, 11:43:44 pm
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First and foremost I am not a Harry Potter fan. On paper it seems like something I would like, however since trying to read one of the books back when I was in middle school I've never been able to get into the franchise. I've tried watching the original movies as well, and while I think the first movie is okay, the two that follow bore me to tears, and I've never been able to get to the fourth movie. The charm and allure of the Harry Potter franchise has escaped me for years and it just never clicked like it has for so many others.


So why did I watch a movie based off the Harry Potter series? My girlfriend who is a huge Harry Potter fan asked me to give it a shot in return for watching the Predator movies with me on order to prep for The Predator, which ended up being a huge disappointment btw. With the sequel to Fantastic Beasts coming out this week and her wanting to see it I needed to at least see the first one to find out what was going on.


Surprisingly I thought this movie was pretty good. I'm certainly not inspired to watch the other Harry Potter films, but for what it was it was an entertaining, fun movie with an enjoyable story and cast. Luckily this movie requires very little knowledge of the previous Harry Potter films or the Potter universe to understand what's going on. There were no more than a couple of times where my GF had to explain to me what something was in regards to references to the Harry Potter universe. Overall though, it was a creative movie and I'm actually looking forward to seeing the second one this weekend, which is surprising since I didn't think I'd like this movie prior to watching it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on November 16, 2018, 10:01:33 am
The Thin Red Line (VHS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_(1998_film)

A lot less of a war movie, more about what soldiers' inner toughts are. Was way longer than I was expecting.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on November 20, 2018, 01:37:28 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/The_wizard_poster.jpg/220px-The_wizard_poster.jpg)


This movie has been on my list of movies to watch for a long, long time, and I finally got a wild hair to sit down and watch it for the first time tonight. I was only 2-years old when this movie came out, I didn't own an NES growing up, and I found out about this movie in the late 2000s, so I literally have no attachment to this film or the games featured in it. And I think that is honestly the problem with this movie.


Tear away the late 80s nostalgia when Nintendo and the NES were on top of the world, the scenes with Play Choice 10s, references to various NES games, and the Video Game Armageddon tournament at the end and you have a pretty bad kid's movie with bad acting, a plot that barely makes sense, shit writing throughout, and characters that make little to no sense. This movie is terrible, and that's with me going into The Wizard knowing little about it beyond AVGN's review and that a bunch of the NES collecting community adores this film. And I don't think their love of this film is ridiculous or strange; if I had been a little older when this movie came out and had an NES in the late 80s I'd probably have the same insane rush of wonderful nostalgia at the simple mention of this movie. However, neither scenario was a reality for me, and watching this movie for the first time in 2018 was a difficult, cringy experience that left me confused and going wtf more times than I could count. I did laugh at a few things that happened and I really dig the late 80s feel, but other than that this movie was pretty bad, even for a kids flick. So unless you fondly remember the NES golden years I think this movie would be hard to stomach.
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Post by: tripredacus on November 20, 2018, 10:26:15 am
The Thing (HD-DVD)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)

For some reason, the menu is really laggy when going through options. I'm not sure if I had noticed it before. It is as if the framerate of the animation is lower than the framerate of the "scene." Also uses false Dolby 5.1 for non-movie portions, as opposed to what you would normally experience with a DVD or BD. Dolby 5.1 was enabled during the menu, FBI warning and even end logos, however the audio (where it existed) was not in 5.1. It was in 2.1 with the sound from the front is also sent to the rears. I am not sure if this sound arrangement has a name. Center channel wasn't used. The movie itself was in 5.1 however. It reminded me of my Sony days (the first time) when HD satellite receivers would turn on the Dolby light just because of the carrier signal, irrespective of what audio codec was being used. In other words, Satellite companies would broadcast stereo broadcasts with the Dolby flag set, the light would turn on the set top box, but you'd only get stereo or sometimes mono. A similar scenario had presented itself years later when some Verizon FiOS TV channels would have the set top box turn on the 1080p indicator, but the video content was actually 720p.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on November 22, 2018, 02:40:20 am
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I first became aware of Sailor Moon back in 1998 when I used to wake up really early during the week in order to watch the Pokemon anime, but before that came on Sailor Moon would be airing and I'd often catch the last 10 minutes or so before the show I actually wanted to watch came on. Watching Sailor Moon this way made it impossible to know what was happening, but as an 11-year old boy I really didn't care; the show looked very geared towards girls and to me it was about as unappealing as you could get. Fast forward a year and I began really getting into Anime, mainly stuff like Dragon Ball Z, Neon Genesis, and Gundam Wing, all anime that was definitely geared more towards males. At this time Sailor Moon was taking off in popularity in the US and I remember a group of female anime fans I went to middle school with were really into it. Of course, being the little shit I was in middle school and to prove my masculinity I had to make fun of them for this, which they all seemed to justifiably hate me for. Despite this I never really disliked Sailor Moon or really liked it either; it was just something at the time of its popularity that just didn't appeal to me as a young male adolescent.


My girlfriend has been a longtime Sailor Moon fan, and a couple of months ago while looking for games and other things we collect for, we came across the entire first season on Bluray for a steal and decided to pick it up. After some research into how heavily Sailor Moon was changed when it was originally brought to the US, and also that neither of us were that impressed with the new English dub, we decided to watch it subtitled in English with Japanese audio in order to experience the show as authentically as possible. I went into watching Sailor Moon with no expectations and an open mind, and I was actually pleasantly surprised!


Just to be clear we watched the entire first season of Sailor Moon, and the show was almost entirely good except for a handful of mediocre episodes. The show does an excellent job at making you like the Sailor Scouts, various side characters, and even several villeins that greatly redeem themselves towards the end of their time on the show. Combine this with some really hard hitting things that happen throughout the season, especially the last few episodes and Sailor Moon season 1 shows why it is among the most essential anime of the 90s. It truly is a excellent anime through and through, especially where it matters the most.


My main issues with the show are the frequent recycled animations that reappear in nearly every episode, as well as a few reused plot elements that did hurt the show's entertainment value at times. Without spoiling anything, there's another thing that happens at the end of season 1 that I found a little unsatisfying, but luckily it was mitigated after watching the first episode of R, the next season. Other than that it's hard to fault anything else in Sailor Moon seeing how all I want to do is watch Sailor Moon R now. Sailor Moon is truly a classic anime and I really hope the rest of the series holds up as well as the excellent first season.
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Post by: Cartagia on November 24, 2018, 08:44:28 am
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The new season released on Thanksgiving, the 30th anniversary of the show.  This shortened season was more tailor made specifically for Netflix, and designed to binged watched, which is a bit of change in pace for MST3K, which was always a tad difficult to watch more that one episode at a time.  These episodes are a bit shorter, and the host segments (particularly the cold opens) are a bit shorter.  It's still a ton of fun, with so many good jokes its difficult to recall even half.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 25, 2018, 07:59:15 am
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Doing another Godzilla marathon, going through the Heisei Era of Godzilla, which starts up in 1984.  Originally watched these in a very mixed up way, checking them out as I was able to get them on Bluray and DVD.  Now that I own basically all of them other than I think 2, I felt like watching them in their full release order.  Getting prepped for that killer looking Godzilla: King of the Monsters next year (and the less interesting Godzilla anime finale that'll show up on Netflix in probably the next few months).

Beginning with Return of Godzilla, starting with the good, I overall think this is a real solid Godzilla design.  Not the best, but it's kind of a return to form after all he went through over the years and feels like a proper update to the original design, which makes sense as it is technically a sequel to the original Godzilla.  His eyes aren't great though and they had problems with them that are very noticeable when you get even close to his face.  The set stuff is good here for the most part, though they don't do a ton of city destruction, but the final area is good with the huge buildings surrounding him.

The negatives to me would be that the audio is kinda poor, with the edits being choppy or mixed wrong or just lacking any at all.  It makes scenes feel off.  The story overall is well handled, though I feel like the human stuff gets fairly weak in the latter half, especially the whole thing with the people trapped in the building, or acting like it, but they could clearly and easily get out after they try to leave by chopper.  The little comedic bit with the bum was so unnecessary too.  I also didn't like the Super X got no real buildup.  Maybe have the story be less about the reporter and fisherman, and more with the scientist and perhaps the Super X team, like they do in the later movies.  Also was sorta half and half with the English dub on this.  It's not terrible, but I don't think it's as good as the original Japanese.  Not a purist, I just feel like it lacks the sincerity of the original audio.  Did watch the finale in English just so I could do something on my phone while I finished up, but wasn't a fan.  I'll keep checking out the English dubs when I can though in the future.

Overall, like a 6/10.  Feel like this could be the baseline for the rest of the movies, as it's functionally fine, but it isn't all that exciting and some weak decisions with the story and audio make it feel like it falls sorta flat.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on November 25, 2018, 10:28:03 am
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This was the movie that got me into Godzilla when I was very young. Growing up I used to have a independent video store near my house and they had a pretty large selection of old Godzilla movies on VHS. This was always my favorite and the first one I remember renting. I get a massive amount of nostalgia whenever I watch it now which heavily contributes to why it is one of my favorite Godzilla films.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on November 25, 2018, 12:06:10 pm
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Film_Poster_for_AVGN_The_Movie.jpg/220px-Film_Poster_for_AVGN_The_Movie.jpg)


Every few years or so I get on an AVGN kick and begin rewatching many of his videos on youtube, which naturally made me want to rewatch the AVGN Movie which I have not seen since around the time it came out. Oddly, I don't remember this movie very well despite having seen it last probably 3-years ago or so. But anyhow, I rewatched it again and unfortunately I feel like I enjoyed it less the second time around.


I feel like all the elements that make AVGN reviews so great are mostly absent from this movie, even though a self contained review of E.T. is in this movie, but even that is a below average AVGN review when watched alone. I feel like the biggest flaw however was trying to turn a character that exists within 15-minute youtube videos into a 2-hour motion picture, throwing a uninteresting plot, forgettable characters, and bland action scenes into it. The overall effect is a movie that outstays its welcome way too long despite various laugh out loud moments throughout. It's just not a very entertaining movie imo, and honestly this felt like more of James Rolfe's realized dream of finally being able to create a full length motion picture rather than him creating a movie that actually worked. I felt like he had various ideas of what he wanted in the movie and how he wanted it to look, and these took precedents of the actual story, plot, pacing, and characters. I can't be too hard on him since this was a first attempt and the budget was relatively low, but overall it just isn't that great of a movie. There are various other things I can gripe about as well, but that is sort of the gist of why this isn't that great of a movie, especially compared to the AVGN episodes online. Just stick with the youtube series, it's way better.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 25, 2018, 07:18:27 pm
This was the movie that got me into Godzilla when I was very young. Growing up I used to have a independent video store near my house and they had a pretty large selection of old Godzilla movies on VHS. This was always my favorite and the first one I remember renting. I get a massive amount of nostalgia whenever I watch it now which heavily contributes to why it is one of my favorite Godzilla films.

For me, I more remember watching VHS rentals or Mystery Science Theater or maybe even TV showings of the earlier 70's stuff, though I then started renting others and watched most of them up to Godzilla 2000 as a kid.  I also have a better connection with the movies after this one because it starts introducing more of the cool monsters again, so Return of Godzilla is in this weird place for me where it doesn't have quite the nostalgia factor and it doesn't have the better action and monsters that will be coming up.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 25, 2018, 09:03:35 pm
This was the movie that got me into Godzilla when I was very young. Growing up I used to have a independent video store near my house and they had a pretty large selection of old Godzilla movies on VHS. This was always my favorite and the first one I remember renting. I get a massive amount of nostalgia whenever I watch it now which heavily contributes to why it is one of my favorite Godzilla films.

For me, I more remember watching VHS rentals or Mystery Science Theater or maybe even TV showings of the earlier 70's stuff, though I then started renting others and watched most of them up to Godzilla 2000 as a kid.  I also have a better connection with the movies after this one because it starts introducing more of the cool monsters again, so Return of Godzilla is in this weird place for me where it doesn't have quite the nostalgia factor and it doesn't have the better action and monsters that will be coming up.


The Nostalgia factor is a huge part why I love it so much. If not for that I'd probably agree with you about the contents of the movie. But yeah, the Heisei films after this are great for the most part. I've never seen Godzilla vs Space Godzilla and only bits of Godzilla vs. Destroya, but they both seem great.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 26, 2018, 01:27:21 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/AKIRA_%281988_poster%29.jpg/220px-AKIRA_%281988_poster%29.jpg)


While i have seen Akira before it has been so long since I watched it that I literally remember almost nothing about it other than the fairly famous ending which has been copied and spoofed in many other movies, shows, and other media. I got an itch to rewatch it and see if I could appreciate it seeing how it is often considered one of the best anime movies ever made. I will say that after watching it I can understand why I barely remembered any of it after all these years.


First off, Akira is an incredible movie from a visual point of view; there is so much attention to detail in every shot, the animation is smooth and appealing, and the overall cyberpunk setting is among the best I've seen in any medium. However, my praise of this movie literally stops there.


The plot, if you can even call it that, is a convoluted mess that leaves you scratching your head often in terms of what's going and why certain things are deemed important and other things are not. What plot there is that does make sense seems to have various holes in it, and overall it wasn't that interesting. The characters are shallow and just and confusing as the rest of the movie, and for the most part are fairly unlikable in their own right. The soundtrack is pretty bad as well, often sounding like tribal chanting or screaming, which seems to clash heavily with what's actually occurring on the screen. Overall, the movie is incredibly forgettable at the best of times and just a mess at the worst.


After watching Akira I am left wondering why in the hell this movie has this glorious reputation for being one of the best, most essential anime to come from the 80s. Sure it looks awesome and if you have a cyberpunk fetish it's hard to beat, but outside of that it's just bad. I can only imagine the incredibly small anime fandom of the early 90s watching this movie for the first time and either due to lack of experience with the genre or unfiltered pretentiousness, they praised this movie until it unfairly gained a reputation for being a must watch anime. I can't remember exactly how I felt after watching this anime for the first time, but seeing how I forgot almost everything about this movie shortly after is a testament to the film's mediocrity. Watching it now I can easily say this is an overrated anime movie, albeit a pretty one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on November 26, 2018, 10:35:16 am
Thundercats vol 5: The Ghost Warrior (VHS bootleg)
http://thundercats.org/collectibles/classic-1980s-merchandise/audiovideo/family-home-entertainment/#Vol5

Not bad quality for a VHS copy.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kypherion on November 26, 2018, 06:22:38 pm
(https://nefariousreviews.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/hellsing-ultimate-featured.jpg?w=672&h=372&crop=1)

Hellsing Ultimate! I binged this over 2 days and it was fantastic. Pretty graphic too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 26, 2018, 06:25:26 pm
(https://nefariousreviews.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/hellsing-ultimate-featured.jpg?w=672&h=372&crop=1)

Hellsing Ultimate! I binged this over 2 days and it was fantastic. Pretty graphic too.

Now that you watched that, gotta check out Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.  They are about to finish up the final episode soon and it's such a fun take on everything if you like the humor of it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kypherion on November 26, 2018, 09:45:28 pm
(https://nefariousreviews.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/hellsing-ultimate-featured.jpg?w=672&h=372&crop=1)

Hellsing Ultimate! I binged this over 2 days and it was fantastic. Pretty graphic too.

Now that you watched that, gotta check out Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.  They are about to finish up the final episode soon and it's such a fun take on everything if you like the humor of it.

thank you so much for telling me about this it's hilarious!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 27, 2018, 05:45:00 am
(https://posteritati.com/posters/000/000/053/302/godzilla-vs-biollante-md-web.jpg)

Don't usually post such big pictures for my posts, but god dang the poster for this movie and the following movies are the just incredible. Noriyoshi Ohrai was an incredible artist.  I need to buy some of these to put up.

I've always been fond of Biollante's design in Godzilla vs Biollante.  Sure it isn't a traditional creature, but just the idea of this mutant plant that towers over even Godzilla himself, with these big jaws and huge body.  It's unconventional, kinda like Hedorah, but I dig it.  Godzilla has a nice new look too, fixing his dumb goofy eyes from the last one and just overall it's a real top quality design for Godzilla.  Even Super X2 got an update in design and more of a proper showing compared to its introduction.

To me this is an overall improvement from Return of Godzilla.  The human stuff is generally more interesting and the people involved feel more like they should actually be there, being scientists and members of the military.  They got this whole spy thing happening, girls with ESP to sense Biollante and Godzilla, it just feels like there is more happening.  Not that it's all particularly well written, but at least I'm entertained.  I kinda forgot how jumpy the editing could be in these movies at times, but at least there's good audio here.  Lots of actual music going on that the previous movie really lacked.  It's also very 80's at points, but being that I've been listening to Bubblegum Crisis albums for awhile now, it's good stuff.  The one theme for the movie is on the verge of just being The Superman theme though lol

The only real complaint I have is that the ending isn't very good.  Godzilla's two interactions are good for what they are, but Biollante's return with...sentient pollen? Magic? I don't really know, it's weird.  The same with it dying, it just sorta ends and there doesn't really feel like a satisfying conclusion between the two monsters.  It feels like their interactions should've been twice as long, as there needed to be more of a proper fight, but we did get a lot of time with Godzilla throughout, so I'm not crazy upset.

With that, it's a 6/10 to me.  Totally watchable, and while Biollante ended up being an underwhelming foe, I still enjoyed it.  Also, here's randomly a fun 80's song from the OST called "Bio Wars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H9tNeI1N5Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H9tNeI1N5Q)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 27, 2018, 12:51:51 pm
Thundercats vol 5: The Ghost Warrior (VHS bootleg)
http://thundercats.org/collectibles/classic-1980s-merchandise/audiovideo/family-home-entertainment/#Vol5

Not bad quality for a VHS copy.

LOVED this cartoon as a kid. And it holds up pretty well compared to a lot of other 80s toons.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 27, 2018, 06:04:48 pm

I've always been fond of Biollante's design in Godzilla vs Biollante.  Sure it isn't a traditional creature, but just the idea of this mutant plant that towers over even Godzilla himself, with these big jaws and huge body.  It's unconventional, kinda like Hedorah, but I dig it.  Godzilla has a nice new look too, fixing his dumb goofy eyes from the last one and just overall it's a real top quality design for Godzilla.  Even Super X2 got an update in design and more of a proper showing compared to its introduction.

To me this is an overall improvement from Return of Godzilla.  The human stuff is generally more interesting and the people involved feel more like they should actually be there, being scientists and members of the military.  They got this whole spy thing happening, girls with ESP to sense Biollante and Godzilla, it just feels like there is more happening.  Not that it's all particularly well written, but at least I'm entertained.  I kinda forgot how jumpy the editing could be in these movies at times, but at least there's good audio here.  Lots of actual music going on that the previous movie really lacked.  It's also very 80's at points, but being that I've been listening to Bubblegum Crisis albums for awhile now, it's good stuff.  The one theme for the movie is on the verge of just being The Superman theme though lol

The only real complaint I have is that the ending isn't very good.  Godzilla's two interactions are good for what they are, but Biollante's return with...sentient pollen? Magic? I don't really know, it's weird.  The same with it dying, it just sorta ends and there doesn't really feel like a satisfying conclusion between the two monsters.  It feels like their interactions should've been twice as long, as there needed to be more of a proper fight, but we did get a lot of time with Godzilla throughout, so I'm not crazy upset.

With that, it's a 7/10 to me.  Totally watchable, and while Biollante ended up being an underwhelming foe, I still enjoyed it.  Also, here's randomly a fun 80's song from the OST called "Bio Wars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H9tNeI1N5Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H9tNeI1N5Q)


Godzilla vs Biollante is another one of my favorites. These are inspiring me to rewatch these as well. And yes, the posters are amazing from this era!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 27, 2018, 07:15:53 pm
Godzilla vs Biollante is another one of my favorites. These are inspiring me to rewatch these as well. And yes, the posters are amazing from this era!

Biollante might have kind of a weak execution in terms of the actual monster not being used enough, but something I'll always love about these movies, especially as the quality goes up, is their presentation with the model work and suits, and just making everything work with the tentacles and such...Except for All Monsters Attack and Son of Godzilla, because screw those movies lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on November 28, 2018, 12:45:43 pm
Thundercats vol 5: The Ghost Warrior (VHS bootleg)
http://thundercats.org/collectibles/classic-1980s-merchandise/audiovideo/family-home-entertainment/#Vol5

Not bad quality for a VHS copy.

LOVED this cartoon as a kid. And it holds up pretty well compared to a lot of other 80s toons.

Now watching Season 2 vol 2 on DVD. The intro sequence looks and sounds great. I noticed that all of the matte paintings used in the credits sequence could very well be from 80s metal albums. :D
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 28, 2018, 01:03:09 pm
Thundercats vol 5: The Ghost Warrior (VHS bootleg)
http://thundercats.org/collectibles/classic-1980s-merchandise/audiovideo/family-home-entertainment/#Vol5

Not bad quality for a VHS copy.

LOVED this cartoon as a kid. And it holds up pretty well compared to a lot of other 80s toons.

Now watching Season 2 vol 2 on DVD. The intro sequence looks and sounds great. I noticed that all of the matte paintings used in the credits sequence could very well be from 80s metal albums. :D

The animation was done by a Japanese studio, despite the totally American-fantasy style to it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 01, 2018, 07:14:35 am
(https://i.etsystatic.com/11328982/r/il/d7c932/1038420124/il_570xN.1038420124_c69y.jpg)

More of this glorious art for Godzilla vs King Ghidorah.

Right away, I started to remember bits about this film and boy its no good.  Where Return and Biollante felt like a turn for Godzilla, bringing him out of the goofy Showa era, Ghidorah brings it right back with scifi designs that feel more comfortable in the 70's than the early 90's.  I mean, I know these are relatively low budget films, but it's really bad.  The worst aspect of this is the story.  It's so badly written.  If it was just kinda goofy, that would be one thing, I can suspend my disbelief quite abit, you sorta have to with these types of movies, but it gets to a point that the story is just so poorly done that it ruins everything with it.  Godzilla doesn't even show up till an hour into it and I'm not counting Dinozilla part way through with that pretty lame backstory for Godzilla.

Like the only good about this is Godzilla himself, who looks good, and Ghidorah, while not a great battle, at least has its time and Mecha-King Ghidorah is silly, but fun.  The issue is that their two battles only take up like 20 minutes of the movie probably, and the rest of it is just badly written stuff with time travelers.  I have to give this a 3 out of 10.  Return of Godzilla might've been kinda boring, but it was a straightforward and relatively functional Godzilla film.  Biollante lacked a good monster fight, but the whole idea of it with the spy stuff, as silly as it was, at least was entertaining.  This movie just feels like leftover props and ideas from the Showa era of Godzilla and is completely out of place with this more purposefully monstrous Godzilla.

Hoping the rest of these leading up to Destroyah are better than this.  I honestly kinda forget other than I really remember loving Space Godzilla's design.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 02, 2018, 07:08:21 am
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/1f/ed/361fed44c391abf8bde5a21c5e772b06.jpg)

Not quite as exciting as the last two posters, but still some stunning artwork for Godzilla vs Mothra.  The rest of these movies could be terrible to me, but I'd still be thankful for them because we got this awesome artwork.  I do find it strange that Battra isn't in the poster being that its just as important as Mothra and Godzilla.  It's even more strange after watching the movie, because they show the baby Mothra's, but they aren't in this movie.  It's like this was made for a different movie entirely.

After being traumatized by the Ghidorah movie last time, I'm at least glad we are back to some semblance of a competent plot here.  Meteorite crashes, wakes up Godzilla from his nap, kickstarts Battra, Mothra appears, kaiju fight!  Sure it's still a little goofy with the twins for this era, and that the Earth itself created Battra, but none of this infuriates me like the outright bad writing the last movie did.  Getting some action with Battra within the first 30 minutes helps things too.  Battra has such a cool design too as basically Evil Mothra.

This movie so far has some of the best action they've done.  There's back and forth, we get three monsters duking it out, Mothra and Battra have two forms, heck Godzilla and Battra's first fight is so powerful, it causes a volcano to erupt underwater beneath them!  This is prime, kaiju battle, material!  The human stuff isn't really the best, but it's rarely all that great and at least I don't hate what they are doing, even if they are pretty useless to the plot aside from dealing with the twins.

This movie made me realize that I forgot to watch the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy.    I think I only watched the first one, which was just okay and never continued on.  Have to remedy that after I finish this run of Godzilla movies.

Been altering the scores a tad from my initial views, so Ghidorah went from a 4 to a 3 initially before I posted, Biollante will be a 6 now, and I'm having this movie as a 7/10.  I think it's much more consistent, the stuff with Mothra is well done, and the battles are pretty good.  This is the first one of this era that I would actually recommend to watch, because it feels like the first one of these doesn't have something lacking in it, aside from the human plot being kinda pointless.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 02, 2018, 05:17:55 pm
Ralph Breaks the Internet

A decent enough sequel, but it felt like 3 different movies all rolled into one.  Every individual part functioned just fine on it’s own, but when thrown together it was a bit disjointed.  Some really inspired moments, but the whole Ralph going viral bit was kinda bland.  Some kinda weird dark stuff towards the end as well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 03, 2018, 06:40:01 am
(https://www.filmonpaper.com/site/media/2013/04/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla_B1_Japan_NoriyoshiOhrai-1.jpg)

I feel like Ghidorah or Biollante may top this one eye candy wise, but man this is a great poster.  I'm such a big fan of Mechagodzilla and they treat him pretty well here.  The Kiryu version in the later movies is probably my favorite though.

This movie gets off to a great start by not only figuratively and literally salvaging from the awful Ghidorah movie by using the Mecha-King Ghidorah tech to create Mechagodzilla, but we get a Kaiju fight with Godzilla and Rodan within the first 20 minutes.  That's such a good start and the movie only gets better.  All the battles are really well done.  Even the human stuff is good as it is one of the few times where it feels like humanity is really involved in the plot overall and contributing legitimately to the fight at hand.  Rodan does sorta feel like the third wheel with how much it gets wrecked, but it puts up a good fight and is a welcomed addition.  Love the combo stuff here too with the Garuda ship that joins with Mechagodzilla to become a big badass set of guns for it as Super Mechagodzilla.

The only real negative I have is that the Baby Godzilla is sorta poorly explained and Rodan sacrificing itself to save Godzilla kinda makes no sense at all, which again is sorta the fault of this Part Godzilla/Part Rodan thing they never really explain properly.  Something about a parasitic egg and the Godzilla being some new species of "Godzillasaur" and I don't even know.  It doesn't really hurt the movie at all for me though, because everything else is so good.  At least the Baby Godzilla isn't Minilla.  Thank god it's not Minilla.

This one has been my favorite so far, a perfect example of good Kaiju action.  Strong 8 out of 10.  I'm so glad this one held up as Mechagodzilla really is a favorite of mine.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 03, 2018, 02:41:26 pm
American Horror Story: Cult
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/American_Horror_Story_Season_7.jpg/220px-American_Horror_Story_Season_7.jpg)
Like almost all the seasons of this show it was a bit of a mixed bag.  Great performances, a couple of decent ideas, about as subtle as brick.  I kind of hated the first two episodes but it slowly grew into itself, but never really found a solid foundation.  It's by far the most grounded of the seasons, without a single supernatural element to it - and I kind of missed the absolute insanity that would come with ghosts, aliens, etc.I would probably rank this at #5 or 6 out of the 7 seasons I have seen.



Disenchantment
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIwNDIwODk2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjE2NDcyNjM@._V1_UY268_CR4,0,182,268_AL_.jpg)
Well this was way better than I was expecting.  All of the previews had left me rather underwhelmed, but I was pleasantly surprised here.  The show could be surprisingly morbid, which I loved, but the characters were also generally all unrepentant assholes, which got boring after a while.  It was like a show full of Benders without a Fry to balance it out.  Still it looked great and was funny as hell.  Luci may be the role Eric Andre was born to play - aside from Eric Andre.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 04, 2018, 05:05:45 am
(https://d9nvuahg4xykp.cloudfront.net/3984604631605889982/-4730805039340410306.jpg)

Spacegodzilla looking extra scary here, continuing the trend of top quality artwork.

If I had to use a wrestling term, I feel like I'm kind of a "mark" when it comes to Godzilla in that I'm easy to please.  Want me to like your Godzilla antagonist? Just make it another Godzilla! Mechagodzilla? I love it! Spacegodzilla? Brilliant! Spacegodzillas design is really pretty great with the crystals growing from its body and the creepy sorta Predator-like mandibles.  In essence it's just Godzilla with extra bits glued on, and he flies, but it works for me.

(https://s.pacn.ws/640/va/toho-daikaiju-series-godzilla-vs-spacegodzilla-space-godzilla-563231.1.jpg?p94jgi)

And while I do love giant robots, ranging from Power Rangers, to Godzilla, to Pacific, Rim, I'm not a huge fan of Mogera in this.  It's meant to be a Mechagodzilla replacement after the last movie, but its design is just a bit off.  Its way too chunky and the head isn't very good.  I thought the design seemed weirdly old feeling, like the 60's or 70's, and I was right as it's based on an older Toho movie from the 60's.  I don't know why, because the design is really out of place in this era I feel.

(https://d3ieicw58ybon5.cloudfront.net/ex/350.494/shop/product/2b68d7bbc98645268abebcee861f6e44.jpg)

Also Little Godzilla is growing on me.  It inches close to being too cutesie, like the earlier family films, but it doesn't devolve into horrific Minilla levels and yeah...Little Godzilla is super cute.

(http://www.kaijukits.com/library/daimos/spaceg_little_godzilla/littlegodzilla4.jpg)

To me, while the Kaiju action is pretty great overall here, the story doesn't seem quite as good as the last movie.  Nothing bad, it just feels like the first half lacks abit with the human stuff.  It more than makes up for it later on in the second half for sure, but Mechagodzilla 2 just seemed more well rounded.  Spacegodzilla is dope though.  I love the crystals strewn around the environment, creating a battlefield for them and that they get used as weapons.

Definitely my second favorite and I can't wait for the next one, giving us "Burning Godzilla".  This movie gets a 7/10 for me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 05, 2018, 06:09:27 am
(https://www.vintagemovieposters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_4610-636x904.jpg)

I just realized that I don't believe I've actually seen the official art poster for Godzilla vs Destroyah.  I dig it.  The reds and oranges really work well and how it all blends together.  A basic layout, but still top quality stuff.

I've been waiting for this one, as I remember loving this movie, a lot of it to do with Burning Godzilla and the ideas surrounding it.  Rather than having the usual Godzilla plot of Godzilla needing to tough it out against another monster, the idea is that Godzilla is basically overloaded with energy and is getting ready to explode because of it, rampaging about as he's essentially a giant wounded animal.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NWsAAOSweuxWR0FJ/s-l640.jpg)

The other interesting part of the movie is that it kinda becomes a horror monster movie for abit due to the smaller Destroyah creatures.  The special forces unit even has like a Aliens rifle setup with motion sensors.  Not the only Aliens connection as the Destroyah creatures have one of those creepy inner extendable mouths and they use flamethrowers on them lol At least gives something the humans could fight for abit before it becomes Destroyah, which is a great design.  This huge red demon-like monster with connections to the original Godzilla movie.  I kinda love that he has multiple forms too.  From the little ancient millions year old mutant bug thing, to human-sized crawlers, to a giant crawler with big spikey apendages, to a flying form, and then the final giant Godzilla like monster.  A lot of work went into this monster for sure.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/T9QAAOSwvmxbV-g5/s-l640.jpg)

Story is real on point with this one, probably the most solid all the way through as everyone has a purpose or connection with the plot and this movie makes a big connection to the original Godzilla movie, as Destroyah is connected to the original Oxygen Destroyer that wiped out Godzilla in the first movie, hence its name.  It's also the most serious one.  There's very little fluff, no dealing with romances or shenanigans, it's very much "Godzilla will kill us all if we don't do something" and that is from beginning to end.  I think it's what makes this one of my favorites for sure, because it is so consistent and focused.

I love the action in Mechagodzilla 2 and Spacegodzilla, but this is just beginning to end well paced and you really start to feel bad for what happens to Godzilla as this has to be Godzilla getting it the worst out of all the movies I think.  Right from the start, Godzilla is suffering, and then he's fighting Destroyah and getting wrecked, then sees what is happened to Godzilla Junior.  It's all so well handled with incredible music that helps really sell some genuinely heartbreaking moments that you just wouldn't expect from a kaiju movie.  For a moment at the end, Godzilla almost reminds me of Shin Godzilla and I'm curious if that was ever a part of its design.  Even the ending feels rather apocalyptic in tone, kinda like what we saw with Shin Godzilla during that big night scene.  Feels like an influence here that I never realized before.

To me, this is a 9 out of 10 for Godzilla films, I think it is so well handled, and while it might not have the best fights so far, I think the last two doing better overall final battles, this was pretty great as a full movie.  It's definitely in my top 5 Godzilla films right now, a list I'll have to fully figure out soon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 05, 2018, 09:29:40 pm
Dead Set

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/55db6b446a8d6ec8d75ec7d9c893fa42892796b2.jpg)

I'd actually been wanting to watch this forever and finally got around to it.  I didn't realize that it was created by Charlie Brooker who did Black Mirror and stars Riz Ahmed, so those were good signs right off the bat.

So, the general premise is what sold me on it from the get-go: the zombie apocalypse is happening and the people that are sealed in the house for Big Brother don't realize what is going on outside.  This series utilized some of the sets and crew from the real UK Big Brother, which gives it a tremendous sense of authenticity and gravitas that would be missing if it were just about a made-up TV show.  It does a good job of balancing three different stories, but once those come together it gets a bit too cliche, but all in all a really good watch.  It's only 5 episodes, and just under 2.5 hours.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 06, 2018, 07:24:52 am
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5198k3pCKqL.jpg)

For some reason Noriyoshi Orai didn't come back for this one, but is around for like the next two, so won't be posting a bigger picture here.  It's just an okay poster.  It's functional, but it's not interesting and I don't really like the big "GODZILLA 2000" on it, which is on all versions of this poster.  There's another with kind of an outlined Godzilla shape, but I don't like that one either.  This movie is also technically called "Godzilla 2000: Millenium and I wish they had just called it "Godzilla: Millenium".  Sadly a popular thing at the time was to add "2000" to the end of a title, horribly dating it instantly by name.

I didn't remember a whole lot from this one, but I do like Godzilla's design.  Extra spikey with wild dorsal fins.  Not a favorite, but it stands out for sure compared to some of his other designs.

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0878/5254/products/godzilla_202000_20monsterarts2_57841b6b-a42a-4126-81cb-2e29194e6970_large.jpg?v=1539731844)

After coming off a couple generally good to great Godzilla films, this one doesn't feel like it does a whole lot for me.  There's nothing particularly awful about the movie itself, it just isn't all that interesting.  That and some of the CG is pretty poor. Combine that with very boring human stuff and it's just not a fun movie.  Orga is also a very lame monster, both in design and execution.  He's just sorta this hunched over goober with big fists who does very little against Godzilla.  He also tries to eat him.

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/godzilla/images/0/07/Orga_0.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140129191852)

This isn't a terrible movie like Ghidorah or an uneven film like Biollante, it reminds me of the experience with Return of Godzilla, even if this is a better put together movie than that.  It gets a 6 out of 10 for me.  Something I'm unlikely to watch outside of these marathons, but not unwatchable.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 08, 2018, 07:13:38 am
(https://i.imgur.com/kXyi1LW.jpg)

Ah yeah, back to this sweet poster action with Godzilla vs Megaguirus.  Not a favorite at all, but still such good art.

I'm just gonna state this outright, but "G-Graspers" is a terrible name for a Godzilla Military Force lol I don't know why they didn't just bring back G-Force for this, it's such a better name lol Aside form that, this is another reboot type of deal, involving cutting out the ending of the original Godzilla movie where he dies, and just having him keep coming back to attack their energy sources, forcing them to do clean energy instead of nuclear or plasma.

Megaguirus is an okay kaiju, but it feels more like a Mothra villain than a Godzilla one personally.  Just a big evil bug. That there are multiple smaller creatures reminds me abit of Destroyah.  I do like the idea that the creature was actually from a time on millions of years ago where it thrived.  Gives me Legendary Godzilla 2014 vibes.

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/godzilla/images/c/cf/Megaguirus.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120707033921)

Feels like they are trying to inject some "family" elements back in again, having a kid there with no real purpose who does something dumb like taking a giant bug egg and dumping it in the sewers.  Combine that with them seemingly making Godzilla and Megaguirus actually kinda smart, even being strategic, I don't really like that for this era and it comes off way sillier than it should.  It's kinda hard to say why I might be okay with this stuff in the older films compared to now, but these ones always felt like them trying to be more serious, so it's clashing tones when Godzilla manages to slice off a claw in a delayed reaction like a Samurai movie lol

I do like the idea of Tokyo getting flooded...somehow...to create the perfect habitat for giant bugs.  Makes for one of the more interesting scenarios in a Godzilla movie, even if it's not really utilized for long.  And the plot generally is pretty straightforward, dealing with the science/military stuff, which is what I mostly prefer, as otherwise it gets kinda tough to justify the people staying involved with the plot.  The CG is still pretty poor, but it blends better here for the most part.

Overall, this movie is alright.  It's better than Godzilla 2000 for sure, but I don't particularly have any love for it, so I'll call it a 6.5/10.  Watchable, but not particularly standout.  I was at least much more entertained with what is going on compared to Godzilla 2000, which is why it gets a higher score.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 08, 2018, 08:38:07 am
American Vandal
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I watched both seasons of this mockumentary from Netflix.  It's done in the uber-serious style of Making a Murderer, but each season is about a juvenile prank at a high school - S1 about dicks that have been spray painted on the faculty's cars and S1 about laxatives in the school's lemonade.  In addition to being amazingly funny, there is a surprising human element to each story that can catch you off guard.  While I do think S1 was vastly superior to S2, I'm still disappointed that the show has been canceled.
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Post by: kypherion on December 10, 2018, 11:43:43 am
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiczYLj2pXfAhUUFTQIHV4lCy8QjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRocky&psig=AOvVaw1ZDzjq3TDrutgJ9MePxTXn&ust=1544546632184850)

Rocky! This movie was awesome and a really cool success story. I hadn't seen any movies with Sylvester Stallone yet so that was also pretty cool.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on December 11, 2018, 12:01:39 pm
I am still watching Thundercats season 2, but with 3 episodes left... That's all I have for the original series. But now it is December and I can enter "Christmas movie skip mode" again, like I did with October for Halloweeny movies... well I did a check and it would look like I will skip all the way back around to A movies, to watch the Alien series, of which Prometheus is a Christmas movie.  :-\
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Post by: burningdoom on December 11, 2018, 01:41:55 pm
I am still watching Thundercats season 2, but with 3 episodes left... That's all I have for the original series. But now it is December and I can enter "Christmas movie skip mode" again, like I did with October for Halloweeny movies... well I did a check and it would look like I will skip all the way back around to A movies, to watch the Alien series, of which Prometheus is a Christmas movie.  :-\

Is that when they find the other Thundercats on the planet? I really liked those episodes. Felt like a big storyline that lasted for a while.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on December 12, 2018, 01:24:55 am
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Since The Last Jedi I've decided to personally boycott Disney and all their movies under the Disney name. The reason I broke my boycott to see this was because a) I liked the first Wreck it Ralph a lot, b) my girlfriend really wanted to see it, and c) the tickets were free. With all that and feeling less guilty about seeing this movie, I thought the movie was above average.


First off, this is a very funny movie and in the comedy department it did not disappoint with its copious references to video games, the internet, pop culture, memes, and various other relatable references that made it easy to understand the movie's humor. Just like in the first movie, Ralph, Vanellope, Fix it Felix and the various other characters from the first film did a great job at retaining what made their characters so endearing and likable. The story and writing was a bit rushed at times, but overall it was a fun movie that I mostly enjoyed. There were however a few things about this movie that annoyed me considerably.


First off, this movie continues the incredibly annoying use of social agenda pandering that played a big part in ruining The Last Jedi, and it's on full display here as well. For the record I am not a misogynist who believes men are absolutely superior to women, and I am all for women's rights and equality. However, Disney's recent approach to this social issue is to bolster women at the expense of male characters in their movies which is the exact thing that their movies are trying to speak out against, but in reverse. Essentially it's okay to make men look like cowards, fools, and idiots, but don't you dare portray women in any other light, but the most favorable. It really is blatant hypocrisy and during one particular scene at the end involving Disney princesses and something that Ralph does it made me realize it may have been a mistake to watch this movie. The other thing that really irritated me, and this is completely a subjective gripe, were the use of Star Wars references in one particular part of the film which made me angry as it served as a reminder how Disney completely destroyed this once incredible franchise.


Despite all this I'd still give this movie a 6/10, and if you don't mind the female sexism and social justice pandering. It was funny and entertaining at the very least and it was a good follow up to one of my favorite Disney films.
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Post by: tripredacus on December 12, 2018, 12:16:26 pm
I am still watching Thundercats season 2, but with 3 episodes left... That's all I have for the original series. But now it is December and I can enter "Christmas movie skip mode" again, like I did with October for Halloweeny movies... well I did a check and it would look like I will skip all the way back around to A movies, to watch the Alien series, of which Prometheus is a Christmas movie.  :-\

Is that when they find the other Thundercats on the planet? I really liked those episodes. Felt like a big storyline that lasted for a while.

Aside from that VHS I posted about earlier, the only other regular run Thundercats I have (which I am watching now) is Season 2 Part 2 box set. It has 3 volumes with 2 discs each. Basically this has been the lead up to all of the minor villains being captured by the dude on the train and the Thundercats "defeating" Mumm-ra on Third Earth. Then they go back to New Thundera during the 5 part mini-series where... you guessed it... Mumm-ra comes back for a battle and attacks the Gyroscope inside of the planet. It is a bit disappointing that they couldn't come up with some other sort of villains to fight against. I mean, the evil spirits banish Mumm-ra inside of that square and then like 2 hours later they change their mind.

I am suspecting the episodes where they find the others like Linxo and Pumyra are in the first part of Season 2. I really do not remember seeing any of these episodes as a kid, so perhaps I only really saw season 1, idk.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 12, 2018, 08:07:28 pm
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2

The secondary characters really come into their own in this season.  There is a series of episodes in the middle of the season that were the best the show has been, and it builds to a tremendously satisfying endgame.  Midge doesn’t really get a ton of growth however, and I missed a couple of the story threads from S1.  The show also does a lot to redeem Joel pretty early on, which made him more enjoyable to watch.  One of the best comedies around right now.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on December 13, 2018, 12:59:06 am
I am still watching Thundercats season 2, but with 3 episodes left... That's all I have for the original series. But now it is December and I can enter "Christmas movie skip mode" again, like I did with October for Halloweeny movies... well I did a check and it would look like I will skip all the way back around to A movies, to watch the Alien series, of which Prometheus is a Christmas movie.  :-\

Is that when they find the other Thundercats on the planet? I really liked those episodes. Felt like a big storyline that lasted for a while.

Aside from that VHS I posted about earlier, the only other regular run Thundercats I have (which I am watching now) is Season 2 Part 2 box set. It has 3 volumes with 2 discs each. Basically this has been the lead up to all of the minor villains being captured by the dude on the train and the Thundercats "defeating" Mumm-ra on Third Earth. Then they go back to New Thundera during the 5 part mini-series where... you guessed it... Mumm-ra comes back for a battle and attacks the Gyroscope inside of the planet. It is a bit disappointing that they couldn't come up with some other sort of villains to fight against. I mean, the evil spirits banish Mumm-ra inside of that square and then like 2 hours later they change their mind.

I am suspecting the episodes where they find the others like Linxo and Pumyra are in the first part of Season 2. I really do not remember seeing any of these episodes as a kid, so perhaps I only really saw season 1, idk.

Can't argue about Mummra being overused. But he was a really cool looking villain, in either form.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 13, 2018, 09:57:22 pm
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Pretty cool to get two great pieces of Spider-Man media in the same year.  I had a good time with this one, the visuals are pretty crazy and I love how stylish it is.  My complaints are mostly that I feel like the visuals struggle to be great due to a few elements, as there's like a blur to stuff a lot of the time, it's like stuff kinda wants to be 3D, but it's not, or has this sorta spotted filter over it meant to represent comic books.  That and the thing in the trailer where it seemed like the visuals almost had a stop motion quality to them? Like they get a smidge low framerate at points...it feels like at certain points the low framerate is there, but other times its not.  It's ever so mildly distracting when I notice it as otherwise the movie looks awesome. 

I do hate Kingpins design.  It's downright garbage because it makes no sense.  Everyone in the movie short of the girl from an anime universe and the cartoon pig roughly keep to the art style, but then there's Kingpin as a giant literal square of a person and it makes no damn sense because no one else looks like that.  Yes, Kingpin is generally unnaturally big, but this is absurd and it's obnoxious, because he feels like he is from a different cartoon. 

In the scheme of things, these are relatively minor, but it's still a great time for any Spider-Man fan as it's just generally funny and entertaining.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: turf on December 17, 2018, 08:53:10 am
I watched Venom yesterday. Not a bad flick. It was pretty fun. I don’t know how I feel about Venom being a good guy, but it was fun reguardless.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 17, 2018, 09:04:41 am
Thor: Ragnarok

My first rewatch since it released last year.  I feel like it actually played better this time around, as I was expecting even the oddly timed humor - and I liked it a lot before.  It is almost certainly the funniest of the MCU films, and definitely one of the most fun - alongside GotG.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 18, 2018, 07:23:09 am
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Pretty cool to get two great pieces of Spider-Man media in the same year.  I had a good time with this one, the visuals are pretty crazy and I love how stylish it is.  My complaints are mostly that I feel like the visuals struggle to be great due to a few elements, as there's like a blur to stuff a lot of the time, it's like stuff kinda wants to be 3D, but it's not, or has this sorta spotted filter over it meant to represent comic books.  That and the thing in the trailer where it seemed like the visuals almost had a stop motion quality to them? Like they get a smidge low framerate at points...it feels like at certain points the low framerate is there, but other times its not.  It's ever so mildly distracting when I notice it as otherwise the movie looks awesome. 

I do hate Kingpins design.  It's downright garbage because it makes no sense.  Everyone in the movie short of the girl from an anime universe and the cartoon pig roughly keep to the art style, but then there's Kingpin as a giant literal square of a person and it makes no damn sense because no one else looks like that.  Yes, Kingpin is generally unnaturally big, but this is absurd and it's obnoxious, because he feels like he is from a different cartoon. 

In the scheme of things, these are relatively minor, but it's still a great time for any Spider-Man fan as it's just generally funny and entertaining.

Yeah, what he said.  And the final credits teaser was amazing.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 18, 2018, 07:34:48 am
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Pretty cool to get two great pieces of Spider-Man media in the same year.  I had a good time with this one, the visuals are pretty crazy and I love how stylish it is.  My complaints are mostly that I feel like the visuals struggle to be great due to a few elements, as there's like a blur to stuff a lot of the time, it's like stuff kinda wants to be 3D, but it's not, or has this sorta spotted filter over it meant to represent comic books.  That and the thing in the trailer where it seemed like the visuals almost had a stop motion quality to them? Like they get a smidge low framerate at points...it feels like at certain points the low framerate is there, but other times its not.  It's ever so mildly distracting when I notice it as otherwise the movie looks awesome. 

I do hate Kingpins design.  It's downright garbage because it makes no sense.  Everyone in the movie short of the girl from an anime universe and the cartoon pig roughly keep to the art style, but then there's Kingpin as a giant literal square of a person and it makes no damn sense because no one else looks like that.  Yes, Kingpin is generally unnaturally big, but this is absurd and it's obnoxious, because he feels like he is from a different cartoon. 

In the scheme of things, these are relatively minor, but it's still a great time for any Spider-Man fan as it's just generally funny and entertaining.

Yeah, what he said.  And the final credits teaser was amazing.

I stupidly missed the ending scene.  I figured if they did a tease, it would be after the first credits, but just ended up leaving when nothing came up.  Hearing what it was though sounded super cool and has me excited for what that entails in a sequel which is supposed to have more Spider-Women show up likely among who appeared at the end I'm guessing.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 24, 2018, 12:51:43 am
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I recently rewatched both the original Home Alone movies (aka the only Home Alone movies as far as I'm concerned) in order to get into the Christmas spirit. Home Alone and Home Alone 2 were both staples of my childhood around Christmas time. These movies were cool, funny, and very Christmasy which made them favorites of mine growing up. Funny enough I still feel almost the exact same way I did about both movies as I did when I was 7. However, now I have the added nostalgia of watching these when Christmas was something I waited in agony for all December and much of November; I'd count down every day pretty much from the day after Thanksgiving on. I'd look through Toys R' Us and Target toy catalogs from start to finish over and over, formulating the perfect list for Santa. And then I'd watch movies like these and others I may review between now and XMAS, and enjoy every bit of them. Watching both movies really takes me back to that time and makes me enjoy them even more now. There is also a lot of humor in both movies I missed as a kid which makes them even funnier in addition to the slapstick of watching the likable thugs, Harry and Marv get abused by Kevin's traps. These movies are as classic as they get when it comes to Christmas movies and I can't imagine going a few years without watching them each Holiday Season :)
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Post by: telly on December 25, 2018, 07:49:56 am
We watched Elf, Charlie Brown and the Grinch last night! :)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 25, 2018, 08:37:05 am
I've been picking up a ton of Blu-Ray upgrades to my DVD collection lately, and having done so I am revisiting a lot of my favorites:

The Back to the Future trilogy.  Part I is still a stone cold classic, and while II and III don't hold up nearly as well, they are still both really fun, exciting adventure tales.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  This is actually my favorite Indy film.  It's not without flaws, but its the one I watched the most as a kid, and may actually be the movie I know better than any other.  I love it so much.

And to get into the Christmas spirit I watched Rare Exports, and interesting Christmas story from Norway I think.  It wasn't quite as good as I was hoping, based off of the reviews and the general hype I had for it, but it is still an interesting take on the Santa mythos.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 25, 2018, 10:54:14 am

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  This is actually my favorite Indy film.  It's not without flaws, but its the one I watched the most as a kid, and may actually be the movie I know better than any other.  I love it so much.



I watched the hell out of the Indiana Jones Trilogy (Crystal Skull isn't included because yeah...) when I was younger, and have only watched them again maybe once each in the past decade. I'd love to rewatch them and see how I'd order them from favorite to least favorite. I've definitely seen Temple of Doom the most, but I can't say it'd be my favorite.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on December 26, 2018, 09:56:51 am
This year's Christmas day movie was Prometheus as well as Alien: Covenant.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on December 26, 2018, 01:00:55 pm
I just watched The Predator (2018), on 4K blu-ray...my 1st 4K experience.

The visuals were impressive, but the movie itself was a one and done. It had cool fights, explosions, and special effects. But the story left a lot to be desired. A lot of stuff just didn't make sense, especially a lot of the decisions that characters made.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on December 26, 2018, 11:59:31 pm
This year's Christmas day movie was Prometheus as well as Alien: Covenant.


Covenant is up there with some of the most disappointing sequels I've ever seen. I loved Prometheus and had incredibly high hopes for whatever sequel it would get, and it's like Ridley Scott just didn't give a shit once production started on this film, or he just chose his first draft for a script. I also felt like the characters were incredibly weak and pretty forgettable overall. Just my opinion of course.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 27, 2018, 12:20:35 am
This year's Christmas day movie was Prometheus as well as Alien: Covenant.


Covenant is up there with some of the most disappointing sequels I've ever seen. I loved Prometheus and had incredibly high hopes for whatever sequel it would get, and it's like Ridley Scott just didn't give a shit once production started on this film, or he just chose his first draft for a script. I also felt like the characters were incredibly weak and pretty forgettable overall. Just my opinion of course.

It just seemed like he wanted to make a Prometheus sequel, but wouldn't be able to make it unless it had Alien in it, except then it's not a good Alien film, so what ends up getting made is a bad sequel to both things.  Not that I liked Prometheus much, but I'm annoyed that Covenant basically ruined the chances of Neil Blompkamp getting to making a new Alien film isntead.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 27, 2018, 08:31:22 am
This year's Christmas day movie was Prometheus as well as Alien: Covenant.


Covenant is up there with some of the most disappointing sequels I've ever seen. I loved Prometheus and had incredibly high hopes for whatever sequel it would get, and it's like Ridley Scott just didn't give a shit once production started on this film, or he just chose his first draft for a script. I also felt like the characters were incredibly weak and pretty forgettable overall. Just my opinion of course.

It just seemed like he wanted to make a Prometheus sequel, but wouldn't be able to make it unless it had Alien in it, except then it's not a good Alien film, so what ends up getting made is a bad sequel to both things.  Not that I liked Prometheus much, but I'm annoyed that Covenant basically ruined the chances of Neil Blompkamp getting to making a new Alien film isntead.

This is pretty much exactly what happened.  Prometheus, a gorgeous if incredibly dumb movie, did not do nearly as well as expected.  Because of this the planned Prometheus sequel was mashed more directly into the Alien films, and the result is pretty bad.  Definitely a movie I dislike way more than Prometheus (although it is the exact opposite for the GF).  A: C is easily my least favorite film in the franchise.

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An eight part documentary series, each part about a different toy line.  I loved the subject matter, but I wasn't a huge fan of the presentation.  The narrator was a bit grating, and it was a little try hard in spots.  That said, it was still pretty entertaining and informative.  The biggest issue was that some of the stories weren't nearly as interesting as others, or quite as paradigm shifting.  I'm a massive Star Trek fan, but am still not too sure why it was included here.  I'm thinking it was maybe done as a slightly lesser known proof-of-concept pilot.  And the Hello Kitty episode just wasn't that interesting, at least not compared to the other stories being told.

Still though, if you like toys, its a really good watch!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on December 27, 2018, 10:15:41 am
I really like Prometheus. It would have been nice to have gotten the original movie tho... like how it would have been nice to have gotten the original version of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Alas, it was not to be. Having watched Alien: Covenant again, I am fine now with separating the Predator movies out of the Alien franchise, even though I did just watch them all together.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 27, 2018, 10:39:38 am
I really like Prometheus.
I do, too.  It’s a beautiful, technical marvel with an amazing performance from Fassbender.  However, it is also dumb as hell.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 27, 2018, 12:57:08 pm
I loved Prometheus, too. Straight sci-fi that made you think. Not everything has to be high-octane action like Aliens.
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Post by: shfan on December 29, 2018, 06:14:25 pm
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Got this on newly-released blu ray from Mrs SHFan for Christmas, it's another John Carpenter-directed film (the only director I've ever followed) and one I used to watch over and over on VHS when I was in my teens. It looks great on DVD and was a pleasure to watch again, Mrs SHFan hadn't seen it before and enjoyed it as well, BoNuS.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 29, 2018, 06:18:25 pm
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Forgot that I watched this on Christmas Eve.  It's alright.  It's your basic "Save Christmas" plot, with Kurt Russell as a sorta omniscient Santa, but I thought in general was fun.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 30, 2018, 09:29:22 am
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge (L3-37 from Solo) created and stars in the this dramatic comedy series about a London woman who is dealing with some recent tragedy in her life.  Waller-Bridge and the woman who plays her sister are terrific, and the acting is pretty great all around.  Because it is a British show there are only 6 episodes, which makes it kind of difficult to get to get too invested or understand any of the side characters too well.  I've seen it called a better version of Girls, but I haven't watched that one.  Only 3 hours for the whole thing.  It's worth a look.

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I watched 9 out of the 10 episodes yesterday.  This series is phenomenal: perhaps the best straight-up horror series ever created.  It's scary, sad, and moving all rolled up into one.  More The Conjuring and less American Horror Story.  Check it out if you haven't.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 03, 2019, 03:32:22 am
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Just finished this series and it was nice it got a complete run.  The series was enjoyable enough through a lot of it, but I think the last few seasons really sold the show for me.  It's not as well done and paced like Avatar: The Last Airbender, but it's along the same lines as that and Korra in general.  It's great to see reboots like this take an old property and make it into something actually engaging and good.  Gonna get back to the new She-Ra that I only watched a few episodes of, but have enjoyed.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 03, 2019, 06:26:36 am
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Felt like watching something and with nothing else to go on right now, figured I'd bite the bullet and see what we got with The Predator.  I mostly had the movie spoiled by now, so I was mostly just in to say I watched it, since I watched the whole series to prep for this one.

Right off the bat, I didn't like the movie.  The setting instantly reminds me of AVP: Requiem, which is the worst thing they could've done for the series.  This setting sucks for a Predator movie.

The whole tone of the movie just sucks.  I don't understand who this movie is for.  Fans wanting a revival of the series much like it was with the first two movies, aren't getting that because this movie's leads are an autistic child genius, a "badass" scientist girl, and a group of soldiers with PTSD with boring action scenes.  The people who don't care about the property and just want an action scifi movie aren't getting that for the same reasons, but it also has this bad humor throughout that doesn't work, and the whole point of the movie is expanding on the "lore" that they don't care about, because no one by the end is gonna care about the upcoming "Predators vs Humans" war.  The whole plot just feels sloppy and lame.

Geez this is disappointing lol Not counting the AVP movies, this one is at the bottom for me.  Predators isn't great, but at least it feels like a Predator movie.  Even then, I'd probably put this below AVP and Requiem, purely because I was bored.  At least those movies have Xenomorphs in them and feel almost slightly more cohesive than this.  If you were waiting to watch this one too, I'd recommend to just don't.  It's not worth it.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 03, 2019, 01:02:43 pm
^ I agree on nearly all of your points. Disjointed mess of a movie.

But the action scenes were actually cool, if you could ignore the terrible story. Lots of blood, violence, and explosions. And that scene with the forcefield coming on was unforgettable!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 03, 2019, 04:45:02 pm
^ I agree on nearly all of your points. Disjointed mess of a movie.

But the action scenes were actually cool, if you could ignore the terrible story. Lots of blood, violence, and explosions. And that scene with the forcefield coming on was unforgettable!

There were moments in the action that worked, like the Predator waking up and tearing apart the facility, but a lot of the action scenes fell flat in general, because I had nothing to be invested in. The entire finale just felt like a big joke rather than a serious action flick.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 03, 2019, 11:40:18 pm
^ I agree on nearly all of your points. Disjointed mess of a movie.

But the action scenes were actually cool, if you could ignore the terrible story. Lots of blood, violence, and explosions. And that scene with the forcefield coming on was unforgettable!

There were moments in the action that worked, like the Predator waking up and tearing apart the facility, but a lot of the action scenes fell flat in general, because I had nothing to be invested in. The entire finale just felt like a big joke rather than a serious action flick.
Sam thoughts here.  It was aggressively dumb ("He's got an exoskeleton under the skin!" Soooo an endoskeleton?), and the action was ok at best.  The last third really crapped the bed I thought.  A decent finale would have made me enjoy it a lot more.

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After over a decade I finally sat down and watched all of this documentary series.  I'd seen probably about 1/4 to 1/3 over the years, and I always wanted to watch the whole thing.  Nature is awesome and terrifying.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 08, 2019, 11:41:04 am
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I watched entirety of this series on Netflix, since the third and final season was released on Jan. 1.  It's a very fun show with some tremendous make-up work as well as set and costume design.  The show is surprisingly dark for what is essentially kids fare, which I loved.  There were low brow jokes, high brow jokes, and a ton of meta-references.  The biggest flaw however is that it becomes rather formulaic after a while - which I understand is a problem with the books as well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 10, 2019, 03:03:19 am
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Godzilla: The Planet Eater blows.  What a fucking waste of an absolutely incredible idea, just thrown out the window with the worst damn writing.  The first two movies at least had good action, there is not one redeemable moment here.  Man I'm pissed lol Aside from the nice visuals, this makes the first two movies seem like masterpieces of entertainment in comparison.  That they were building up to this is so frustrating, because there's nothing entertaining going on at all.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kypherion on January 10, 2019, 09:33:09 pm
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Rocky III was a blast! Always love watching Sylvester Stallone.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on January 11, 2019, 12:15:14 pm
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Rocky III was a blast! Always love watching Sylvester Stallone.


I've only ever seen Rocky IV. I freakin love that movie!
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Post by: Cartagia on January 11, 2019, 10:34:38 pm
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So, I think The Legend of Drunken Master may be the first of Jackie Chan's native language films that i have watched all the way through.  I may have seen Rumble in the Bronx back in the day, but if I did, it wasn't the whole thing - but, regarding Drunken Master not a whole lot of drunken boxing for a movie with that title.  Disappointed.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 11, 2019, 10:45:45 pm
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So, I think The Legend of Drunken Master may be the first of Jackie Chan's native language films that i have watched all the way through.  I may have seen Rumble in the Bronx back in the day, but if I did, it wasn't the whole thing - but, regarding Drunken Master not a whole lot of drunken boxing for a movie with that title.  Disappointed.

Man, this movie has incredible choreography.  Maybe not the best story, but I love watching this one.  It's one of my favorites along with a few others from the 80's.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 11, 2019, 10:48:12 pm
but, regarding Drunken Master not a whole lot of drunken boxing for a movie with that title.  Disappointed.

Man, this movie has incredible choreography.  Maybe not the best story, but I love watching this one.  It's one of my favorites along with a few others from the 80's.
Yeah, the actual fighting is great, especially the drunken brawl in the middle, but for a movie called "drunken master" there are actually only two drunken fight scenes.  Seemed a bit of a missed opportunity.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: gf78 on January 14, 2019, 09:05:03 am
I go for long stints without watching anything. Then I watch 4 or more in a row!  I just watched Ant-Man & the Wasp, Star Trek Discovery Season One, Venom, Predator and a personal favorite of mine, Big Trouble in Little China. "Son of a bitch must pay!" - Jack Burton

LMAO!!!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 17, 2019, 10:24:54 pm
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Of the newest movies, I think this is definitely the best, because it feels like it has the most importance.  It delves into a backstory we know for the Saiyans more in depth, they tweak the original Broly story to be something less bullshit, and then it's basically just like a half hour of the best fight scene they've done for DB.  It gets a smidge rushed feeling towards the end, but overall I loved it.  Only real complain I have is that there's kinda three different art styles going during the fight, like kinda messy, but fluid as hell, and then there's kinda like the high end TV show art like when Super gets a budget for a fight or the finale for Super, and then there's very obvious CG.  It's all good on its own, but the CG in particular very obviously stands out.  Other than that, loved it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: shfan on January 19, 2019, 07:02:47 pm
Just finished the first series of Mrs Brown's Boys, a series Mrs SHFan and myself watch several times a week, every week, we're hooked.

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 23, 2019, 02:24:50 pm
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Jason and the Argonauts was one of those movies growing up that was in regular rotation. I loved the stop motion special effects, the cool adventure story based in ancient Greece, and just thought the movie was awesome overall. I watched a very rough upload of this film on youtube several years ago and since have wanted to see a good quality version of it to see if this movie still hold up for me. I eventually did find the DVD and I can say that the movie is still great, albeit very cheesy a times. There are several lines of dialogue and how they're delivered that are incredibly hammy and the King of Culcus is so over the top in all his lines he comes across as more comical than anything. This does little if anything at all to distract from this movie's charm and also the things I mentioned above which still hold true to this day. After watching Jason and the Argonauts it just made me wish that there were still people like Harryhausen doing stop motion effects in live action films; these types of effects just feel so awesome and special despite not looking as good as most modern CGI. Definitely give this one a try if you like films like Clash of the Titans and The Beast from 20000 Fathoms.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on January 23, 2019, 03:54:27 pm
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I remember renting one of the Sinbad movies when I was a kid, but I could never remember which one. After a little research, Eye of the Tiger seemed to be everyone's favorite so I decided that I'd reintroduce myself to this adventure series through this one. Also, if you didn't make the connection from my previous entry in this thread, I wanted to see more Harryhausen special effects, and the creature effects in this movie are often considered some of the best he ever did, so it was a no brainer to watch this specific Sinbad movie. Too bad all the Harryhausen effects and creatures in the world wouldn't make this movie enjoyable.


I will say right off the bat, yes, the creature effects are excellent in this movie, especially the Troglodite vs Sabertooth Tiger battle at the end. There is also a stop motion baboon which is also very well done. That is where my praise ends. The story is very uninspired, and the pacing of this film is terrible. I found myself bored as hell through nearly the whole film, again with the exceptions of the Harryhausen stuff. And then there's the acting...oh the acting! I've seen few feature films with acting this bad, especially from people in lead roles. Particularly by the main villain, a extremely campy sorceress, and the love interest of Sinbad, who is played by a very youthful looking Jane Seymour. I have not seen many Jane Seymour films, but I pray that this early role of hers was just a sign of how bad her acting used to be and not how bad it still is. There are also several lines that made me facepalm hardcore, particularly a pretty racist joke that one of Sinbad's crew mates says to another black crew mate. I had to rewind it and watch it again because of how cringy it was, and what made it even better was Sinbad's and everyone's reaction afterwards. It's sad because if the pacing was significantly improved this might be a decent movie, even if it fell into that so bad it's good category. But as is I never want to watch this movie again, and is definitely up there with some of the worst films I've ever seen.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 23, 2019, 04:00:17 pm
Ended up dropping Punisher Season 2 around Episode 9.  Got most of the way through, but honestly I'm starting to skim through parts that are driving me to pure boredom, much like it did with Jessica Jones Season 2.  I think the action can still be good (Though one part had some very obvious bad CG blood) and Bernthal is totally good as Frank, but I just don't care about the subplots.  They are back to 13 episodes, which is a problem, because if they just chop out most of Russo's stuff with the doctor and the federal agents subplot, and made the other plot line with the assassin better, it could be a very snappy and intense 10 episodes.  Too much time spent humanizing Frank and dragging things out.

Very disappointing.  I really have no hope for Jessica Jones now and if these last two shows are cancelled, I'm fine with it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 24, 2019, 12:40:33 am
Here's another movie review today. For the record I'm sick right now with a terrible virus so I have a lot of extra time on my hands. The best way I can describe it is the worst cold you can imagine along with the life draining qualities of the flu, it's great. But anyhow here's the mini review.


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I feel like I had to wash the taste of Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger out with a Harryhausen movie I knew I liked. Clash of the Titans was one of those movies that growing up I never got to see the whole thing; I'd catch parts of it on TV and every time I'd get super excited, but for whatever reason I never got to see the movie in its entirety until my late teens. I've really liked this movie since then and seem to rewatch it every few years or so.


This movie is truly Harryhausen's masterpiece when it comes to creature effects and design. Particularly the Medusa scene which is probably one of the most famous pieces of 80s special effects there is. The scene is still very tense, very atmospheric, and Medusa just looks freakin amazing! And that's just one scene. The whole movie is filled with cool creatures and effects, and the story, acting, and plot itself is also pretty cool and interesting itself. I also like the portrayal of the greek gods in this movie too as it seems to be more consistent with how they are often portrayed in old greek literature as being petty, jealous, and spiteful beings, even among themselves. Overall the movie is just great and definitely a must watch.


I think I'm going to take a break now from Harryheusen films for now, unless of course I stumble upon Valley of Gwangi somewhere soon, but seeing how this movie was just brought to DVD/Bluray for the first time recently I doubt that'll happen.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 24, 2019, 11:51:20 am
Not been keeping up with this lately!

Future Man - Season 2
Not nearly as good as S1.

Glass
Pretty good, but some real questionable choices in there.

The Punisher - Season 2
Starts off pretty great, but generally loses steam by the end.

Bird Box
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would.  Not great but pretty enjoyable.

Roma
Gorgeous and emotional, but also about 10-15 minutes too long.  It feels like a 1950s French New Wave Film, with all the pros and cons that come with.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 28, 2019, 02:25:35 pm
I saw Vice last night.  Christian Bale and Amy Adams are fantastic - most of the supporting cast is great as well, but a couple lean too much on just doing impressions.  However, the tone is all over the place.  It can’t decide if it wants to be a romp through Cheney’s history or a somber reflection on his legacy.  Still good enough, but could have much better if it chose a style and stuck with it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 29, 2019, 01:32:57 am
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I know a few people on here wanted to know my opinion on Solo: A Star Wars Story. Since I absolutely refuse to give Disney another cent of my money I essentially had to wait until either a) it showed up on Netflix, which I had little faith in happening since Disney is in the process of removing all their content from the service given their ambitions to start their own streaming service, or b) I found it used on DVD for under $5, since buying it used would mean Disney wouldn't get any of my money. Luckily, depending on how you look at it, Disney extended an olive branch to Netflix and gave them the rights to offer Solo streaming, which is more of a smallpox blanket rather than a gift.


Before I get into what I thought of the movie, which you can probably already tell where this is going, I went into watching Solo with as open of a mind as possible, and trust me it was not easy. The Last Jedi killed nearly all my interest in the future of Star Wars and certainly killed my faith in any and all future contributions Disney made towards this once legendary franchise. But still, I cleared my mind, calmed my anger and pessimism and began watching Solo expecting not to really like it or hate it either. One more thing; there will be some spoilers ahead so if you have any interest in watching this movie and have not, I recommend stoping now.

Solo: A Star Wars Story is at the very best a below average space fantasy movie about uninteresting space outlaws trying to repay a space crime syndicate by stealing space petrol. At the worst this movie is a terrible Star Wars movie that feels like Star Wars maybe 10% of the movie since none of the established characters, save Chewie, feel, look, act, sound, or behave like the characters we're being told they portray. Combine these two aspects and you have the making of a crappy space cowboy movie masquerading as a Star Wars movie, and the second worst Star Wars movie I've seen, second only to The Last Jedi.
As mentioned, none of the established Star Wars characters in this film resemble their original trilogy counterparts whatsoever, or at the very most, barely do. Let's go for the low hanging fruit first; the guy who plays Han looks nothing like him, and his mannerisms, the way he talks, and various things he does in the movie are nothing like Harrison Ford's Han Solo, especially since in Disney's Star Wars canon, this movie is supposed to take place like 10-years prior to A New Hope. In no way does the Solo Han resemble the Han in from the original trilogy, nor can I by any stretch of my imagination see how he becomes the guy we are being told he is supposed to be. This really kills any belief throughout the movie that I am at all watching an origin story about one of the most important characters in all of Star Wars. Lando is barely any better. The guy who plays Lando poorly impersonates Billy Dee Williams' Lando, but worst of all they've established him more as an awkward curiosity that's sexually attracted to droids than the character we see in Empire Strikes Back. Speaking of the droid Lando is "into" in this movie...

The original characters in Solo are terrible and forgettable, well that is with one exception, the droid L3. This droid might be the most obnoxious, pointless, and profoundly stupid character in all of Star Wars. Political pandering and social agenda allegory aside, L3's thing is she is all about "droid's rights" and this is done in the most ineffective way you can possibly spread your beliefs; by screaming it at others. Yes, that's exactly what this droid does and just about all it does during the 25-minutes or so it's in this movie. But wait, there's more! The droid is hilariously killed during a large slave uprising that it initiated, and during a large firefight that ensues, it shouts "Rebellion" and "Resist" out in the open with no mind to the lasers buzzing past its head and the explosions all around it before it gets shot multiple times and destroyed. I laughed out loud at this part, partially because of how comical its death was, but also how Disney was obviously using this droid to politicize Star Wars yet again. But it gets even better! You thought all Disney could do is ruin established, beloved characters while trying to push uninteresting, underdeveloped characters on us? Wrong! In an attempt to save L3 after it dies and also to get out of a predicament during the Kessel Run scene, they upload this obnoxious political mouthpiece droid into the Millennium Falcon. While this allows them to navigate out of Kessel area, it is also makes L3 one with the Millennium Falcon; that's right, every time you see the Millennium Falcon now, you now know that possibly the most annoying character in all of Star Wars is the brains and soul of the Falcon. Thanks Disney! Other than this, every other original character is pretty much forgettable and at no point during the movie was I at all interested or invested in what was happening to them.


There are various other issues I had with this movie including Disney's insistence on claiming that all ships run off "Hyperfuel" which was the catalyst for a slow speed chase scene in The Last Jedi, weird continuity errors even when this movie is looked at just through Disney's contributions to the Star Wars universe, and the movie just being plain boring most of the time. However, I did not hate the entire movie. I liked the Kessel Run scene, minus the Falcon being turned into a Big Red, I thought the final conflict between Solo, Beckette, and the main bad guy was okay, however my final gripe about this movie will be the big surprise at the end where Qi'ra, Han's boring girlfriend, communicated via hologram with Darth Maul who for reasons ignites his trademark double bladed lightsaber mid conversation with her before disappearing again. This scene, which could have been a lot cooler, came across as very lazy fan service and barely got a reaction from me. But then again, barely anything else in this movie felt like Star Wars so maybe it wasn't such a bad thing even if it was little more than Disney essentially being like, "oh remember him! He was cool, remember!?"


What's sad is Solo: A Star Wars Story does damage to the established franchise just like The Last Jedi, however so much damage was already done during the The Last Jedi that any additional damage from Solo was in essence like someone stabbing a corpse. Sure it's irritating, but what's done is done; Disney has killed new Star Wars and sadly I don't even know if Episode IX actually being as incredible as Empire Strikes Back could resurrect this franchise. Of course, we all know it won't be that good and personally I am counting on pretending that Disney's Star Wars doesn't exist and the old EU they retconed wasn't essentially turned into professionally done fan fiction. Star Wars is dead and in a coffin 6-feet under, Solo was simply a dog walking by and taking a crap on it's grave.

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on January 30, 2019, 07:55:08 am
AMC had a gangster movie marathon of sorts, and they recently aired A Bronx Tale. I had forgotten how good that movie is.

TNT also aired A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, so I of course watched them.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 31, 2019, 03:46:37 am
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Got to the Tangled world in Kingdom Hearts 3 and realized that I had never seen the movie.  Rather than see a chopped up version of the film, figured I'd just go watch it.  Overall it's not bad.  The humor really stood out, along with the animation, which reminded me abit of what Hotel Transyalvania would do after this, though that was much more cartoonish.  The musical stuff didn't really do much for me, not that it can't, there was a thing or two I liked in Frozen, but the songs here just never really clicked like those did. It's a good watch though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kypherion on January 31, 2019, 12:33:02 pm
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This movie rocked. Glass was such a good way to end the trilogy and as always with M. Night Shyamalan the movie had a great twist.
Personally I thought James McAvoy did an incredible job portraying all the personalities in the movie. I thought he really captured what a person with DID acted like (to a degree). Overall a 9/10 and would recommend.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 02, 2019, 06:07:42 am
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Just burned through the first season of Kingdom, the new zombie drama on Netflix.  It's actually pretty solid.  Seems like Korea is nailing it with the zombie flicks with this and Train to Busan.  It's a very solid drama set in I assume the 14th or 15th century Korea, so guns are very few and are musket type weapons, battling more with bows, swords, and spears.  A lot of the drama revolves around dealing with the royal family, fighting for control to rule, while dealing with a growing zombie epidemic.  What works is that it never feels like the the personal drama of the royal family or any other of the main characters takes over any part of the story and drags down the important story of dealing with the zombies.  At times, there's a few points where some of the elements seem a little cheap feeling, but nothing too bad.  I recommend it if you like zombie stuff and don't mind something international.

Also it is confirmed to get a second season, which is great after the cliffhanger they left (Only 6 nearly hour episodes), but sadly won't get that till next year.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on February 04, 2019, 10:39:42 am
The Grudge
Another large jump from A to G, due to Groundhog Day... Interesting to watch the making of portion on this, which I have been doing if time permits. I had some mixed up memories about this movie and I'm not sure why. Am I thinking of the sequel or perhaps some other movie? We'll know soon enough.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 11, 2019, 12:57:10 am
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Finally got around to watching the Seven Deadly Sins on Netflix and overall I liked it.  At first I thought it was gonna be like Fairy Tail, but thankfully it's designed more around a normal season feel it seems than ridiculously large arcs, so it doesn't drag much at all.  The downsides are that some characters are super obnoxious.  I hate the lead Meliotas most of the time, as he's either in a mood of "Perky, don't give a fuck" or "super serious tough guy" and when you combine that with his constant groping of Elizabeth, who just lets him, it makes him incredibly unlikable.  Hock (The pig) is another one of those fiesty mascot character types who only gets more insufferable as the show goes on.  Most everyone else is fine, though why everyone puts up with Gowther is fucking beyond me.

What works is that the overall story is fun and gets really dark at certain moments, but sometimes that is undercut by seemingly never letting characters die that should die or stay dead.  Some super minor characters die, but they aren't anyone that you could even remotely care for and feels like a cop-out.  Sure, none of the Seven Deadly Sins are likely going to die, that's the name of the show, but the big sad moments would be more impactful.

It's nothing amazing, but when the show was actually trying to be good, it works.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on February 11, 2019, 04:46:57 pm
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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 15, 2019, 12:23:18 pm
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Having heard mixed things and having mixed feelings about this movie, I went into watching it last night with fairly even expectation, not really thinking I'd be blown away by it, but also no hating it either. It turns of that this ended up being the best time I've had at the movie theater in easily over a year, maybe longer. Alita: Battle Angel is not only anime/manga live adaptations done right, it's just movies done right. This movie doesn't try to push any other agenda, it doesn't try to be something it isn't, and it does warp the source material into something that suits looking at focus group pie charts and graphs want shoehorned into a movie. This movie is fiercely loyal to its source material, almost to a fault, which is why it is so great to watch. It also shines through that the people behind this movie cared about and loved the source material too since there is so much attention to detail.


The CG looks excellent throughout, with the mo-cap for faces being the best I've seen since Avatar. The sets, props, and characters all look excellent and unique, while still being very true to the aesthetic of the manga. The acting is also pretty good, with a few cringy and edgy pieces of dialogue and scenes here and there, but nothing that takes away from how excellent this movie is. Not mentioning the various action scenes this movie would be an enormous disservice to it; nearly every action scene is just freakin awesome, fast paced, and detailed as hell! It's easy to see why this movie took so long to make given how much effort was put into making sure every shot of every scene captured the awesomeness of the source material. There are certain scenes as well that get you very emotionally invested as well, which is something I can't say many movies are good at doing anymore.


After leaving the theater I couldn't help, but want more and hope that this movie succeeds so sequels can be made and so more movies like this are made, manga/anime adaptation or otherwise. Unless I am forgetting something, this is by far the best live adaptation of a manga/anime I've ever seen, and I absolutely recommend this movie to anyone, even if you are not familiar at all with the Battle Angel Alita manga or anime. I may actually see this movie again in the theater, it was that good!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 15, 2019, 05:19:45 pm
Yeah everyone seems to be liking Alita and even with my annoyance with her dumb eyes, I'll be seeing it next week sometime.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 18, 2019, 08:16:57 am
Time to do a little catch up here:

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Not quite as good as the first, but still very entertaining.

Pee Wee's Big Adventure
I was left thinking the same thing I always do when I watch it: "WHO GREEN LIT THIS FILM?"  Followed by "THANK YOU INSANE STUDIO EXEC"

Abducted in Plain Sight
A pretty engrossing documentary, where no one really comes out looking that great.  So outlandish it is tough to believe, and I'm not sure just how much of it I believe 100%

Tag
This was pretty fun!

The Losers
This was not.

The Mummy (2017)
What a mess this is.  It has its moments, but it is a tonally confused overstuffed mess.
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Post by: ferraroso on February 18, 2019, 09:56:38 am
Just watched Bird Box
Man, that was shitty!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on February 18, 2019, 10:27:30 am
Ghostbusters aka Ghostbusters (2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(2016_film)

Movie was fine. Only two real nitpicks regarding it:
1. Special effects overlapped the letterbox area
2. No air of mystery regarding the villain. The villain is a person rather than some entity that needs to be researched or whatever.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 18, 2019, 04:25:19 pm
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
I am just hitting it out of the park with mediocre stuff lately.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 24, 2019, 06:41:23 pm
(https://www.foxmovies.com/s3/dev-temp/en-US/__5c637a5f0e4bd.jpg)

Finally saw Alita: Battle Angel and thought it was alright.  The CG was good, the action was good, and the setting was cool.  About it really.  I didn't really care for any of the characters and felt like the writing and pacing felt abit stiff at times.  Alita's big dumb eyes were a constant weirdness that never went away, but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be based on my initial impressions.  The ending kinda sucks though.  It's honestly kinda funny in how it ends as I thought it was building up to something else.

I can't say anything about it as an adaptation as I never read the manga and I watched the original anime probably 15 years ago at least, but just as a scifi film, it was good.  Makes me want to go check out the anime again to see what that was like since I don't really remember it beyond the cover.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on February 24, 2019, 11:22:15 pm
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This is the Indiana Jones movie I have watched the least (except Crystal Skull which I never have watched and never will...), and it's been probably a decade since I last watched it. The movie is just as great as I remember it being, however there are some interesting plot holes and almost cartoonish characters in it which do lower my opinion of this movie slightly, but overall it is still the classic that most people see it as. Harrison Ford is legendary as Indiana and several of the other characters add to the charm of this movie as well. There are countless iconic scenes that are still great to this day. I won't ramble on about this movie since everything that can be said about this film has been said; it's just awesome and definitely a classic movie, albeit not a perfect movie.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 25, 2019, 03:38:12 am
(https://img7-us.anidb.net/pics/anime/14120.jpg)

Found that the Battle Angel OVA was up on youtube and only an hour long, so I figure why not?!   Watching this I actually have more appreciation for the new adaptation.  It does a really good job crafting it's own experience based on the established material and there's stuff I like in both more than the other, even though I know the OVA chopped out a lot of what the manga had.  Like right off the bat, I generally find Yugo and Alita (Gally based on some weird translation decisions) more likeable in the OVA.  Their relationship is super rushed, but just generally I liked who they were more.  Didn't seem so forced.  In the new movie, their relationship is just cliche and kinda lame I feel and I never really liked either character.  Flipping that, the new movie handles Ida and Chiren way better and makes who they are and their goals much more clear and well handled.  On the other hand, because the OVA cut out the motorball stuff, it made the OVA ending much more of an ending and less goofy compared to the new movie, which is really wonky.

Rushed pacing aside I think it's a fun enough watch.  The new movie does a lot of new things right, but the snappier feel of the OVA kinda works in its favor if you don't have any knowledge of the manga, which I only know through a few bits I've read.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 25, 2019, 07:33:51 am
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Easily the weakest of the three films.  Still not bad, but the narrative isn't nearly as strong as the other films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on February 25, 2019, 12:09:33 pm
Halloween II (2009)
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_II_(2009_film)

After my VCR ate the original Halloween, I skipped the first film series and instead watched the second. First movie (2007) was better than the sequel.
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Post by: pacgamer89 on February 26, 2019, 02:34:32 am
Movie: Gossebumps 2

Anime: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
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Post by: Cartagia on March 08, 2019, 10:06:27 am
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
I had watched the entire thing 2-3 times previous, but my girlfriend hadn't watched it at all.  She started while I was out of town, but I came back in right at the start of Season 4 - I watched all of S4 and S5 with about half of S6 and S7.  Still easily the best Trek series, and after it was over she readily agreed.

Russian Doll
Really good Netflix original.  Natasha Lyonne is great in it.  It's maybe a little too short.

Frontier Season 1
A fine enough period drama with Jason Momoa.  Everything is too clean for a show that takes place in the 1700s.  Feels more like a 90s syndicated series than a modern drama.  I've watched the first episode of S2 and it feels like a lot of that was addressed.  We will see how it goes. 
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Post by: Flashback2012 on March 10, 2019, 01:34:21 pm
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 11, 2019, 11:18:57 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/5mqi1uA.png)

Got around to watching Captain Marvel, figured I'd at least see the last one of the saga before Endgame next month and overall I liked it.  I'm not sure Brie Larson sold me on the character, she kinda felt abit one note at times, maybe that was just me, but Samuel Jackson as Fury brings more than enough character to make up for anything like that.  I'd probably consider this a mid-tier Marvel film personally, but if you are still on the Marvel train, there's not much you are gonna dislike about it.  The 90's stuff in it is fun lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 25, 2019, 05:51:39 am
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Went into The Umbrella Academy knowing very little about it, other than it was a graphic novel adaptation, actually having the wrong idea of it initially (I saw a picture for the show of kids in school uniforms and thought it was American Harry Potter lol), but overall it was a pretty solid bit of mystery and super powers, taking the comic idea of kids being raised as super heroes and going "Hey, this is probably not a healthy thing for kids to do".  Did some things I wasn't expecting and ended with a big need for more, so it did something right.  Don't know if it'll get its second season, but I hope it does.  Tempted to pick up the comic book, see what its like as I can tell just from the character designs that it was a pretty vast difference in that alone.
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Post by: tripredacus on March 25, 2019, 12:09:15 pm
Leprechaun 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun_3
The worst of the series so far. Also I think they are not really related to each other.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 29, 2019, 09:17:19 pm
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I think Aquaman might be my favorite of the new DC films.  Like I never hated Wonder Woman, I just was kinda bored with a lot of it outside of that great WW2 battlefield scene.  It was like low level Marvel quality for me.  Aquaman though is so exciting and action packed and vibrant, they handled all the characters well, and it's just a real fun time.  Genuinely liked it, which I never thought I'd say for these DC films.  Apparently Shazam could be another good one, which is cool.
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Post by: 98dgreen on March 30, 2019, 12:50:21 pm
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I think Aquaman might be my favorite of the new DC films.  Like I never hated Wonder Woman, I just was kinda bored with a lot of it outside of that great WW2 battlefield scene.  It was like low level Marvel quality for me.  Aquaman though is so exciting and action packed and vibrant, they handled all the characters well, and it's just a real fun time.  Genuinely liked it, which I never thought I'd say for these DC films.  Apparently Shazam could be another good one, which is cool.
Wonder Woman was set in WWI not that you would be able to tell considering how they portrayed the Germans as Evil.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 30, 2019, 03:33:06 pm
Wonder Woman was set in WWI not that you would be able to tell considering how they portrayed the Germans as Evil.

Oh right, forgot it was WW1.  Just had WW2 on the brain because I've been playing the Firestorm mode in Battlefield V lol
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Post by: Cartagia on March 30, 2019, 10:59:29 pm
Big catch up time for me:

The Expanse Seasons 1-3: I’ve never seen a sci-fi series that takes its setting as seriously as this.  It’s incredible.

Lorena: Doco about the Lorena Bobbit incident.  Pretty short and engaging.

Castle Rock: It’s ok, but I was pretty disappointed.  It is incredibly mild for a ‘From Stephen King’ type of story.

Captain Marvel: Mid-tier MCU flick.
Us: Pretty good follow-up to Get Out.  Third act is a bit spotty though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 04, 2019, 07:05:02 am
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/cmx-images-prod/Series/109931/109931._SX360_QL80_TTD_.jpg)

I burned through the entire first season of The Promised Neverland and I think it's just a fantastic show.  I thought initially with the shows premise that it was more of a horror thing, and I wasn't super wanting to see a bunch of kids getting messed up for a season, Made in Abyss is kinda all I'll allow for that, but this show ended up being more of an intense mystery sort of thing.  Lots of twists and turns and surprises and I just never knew where it was going.  Think the last time I felt this invested in an anime was maybe like the first Attack on Titan season, because the premise was just so good and I just kept on wanting to see more and where it would lead.  So glad it's getting a second season.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 08, 2019, 06:15:22 am
(http://www.clawmarktoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p39.jpg)

Back on my Godzilla marathon, starting with the 2001 Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.  Another great poster with this one, though simple, but you get all the monsters in a nice style.  Baragon really gets shortchanged in this movie title though.  He's the first monster out, but he put up just as good of a fight as Mothra lol

Godzilla design wise, this is definitely like Top 3 for me.  Until Shin Godzilla, I think this is one of the most terrifying designs he has had.  Really good shape, he has this kinda hunched, animalistic feel at times, and the pure white eyes work very well with the idea of Godzilla being perhaps the embodiment of all the wrathful spirits of the war between Japan and America.

(http://www.kaijuaddicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/30G01-Hero.jpg)

The movie itself is pretty solid, generally keeping the humans focused on the stuff around the monsters, no unnecessary plot stuff, and the characters are well done.  I had completely forgotten that this is the only movie where Ghidorah gets to be the good guy lol The CG works fairly good here most of the time...Not all, but most, and I'm all for Godzilla being this truly raging monster.  Like Wrathful Godzilla just wants to fucking kill people along with Baragon and Mothra who go out of their way to kill assholes in this film.  Godzilla is all about killing everyone though. 

I'd score this one an 8 out of 10, mostly because the kaiju fights are abit short for the most part, and the humans story is a tad basic, though it's a very consistent movie.  With this, currently Destroyah is my most favorite one, with GMK probably in second, but up next, we get the best looking Mechagodzilla in the series and I'm really hoping this one is good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: baileykun on April 11, 2019, 03:51:29 pm
Last Movie I watched was Naked Gun. Pretty funny, but I don't know if it lived up to all the hype.

My last anime? I'm working through season 2 of Banana Fish. Loving it so far.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 13, 2019, 08:02:38 am
I saw Shazam! and Pet Sematary last weekend.  One was a bit darker than I thought it would be and one was not nearly as dark as I expected.  I'll let you guess which.
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Post by: shfan on April 13, 2019, 02:23:27 pm
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51kjdFqs9tL._SY445_.jpg)

Watched this with Mrs SHFan, first time I've seen it in .. well a very long time, nostalgia..
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 14, 2019, 02:00:06 am
(https://www.otakuhq.com/images/pvc/PVC11831-8.jpg)

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla for another Godzilla film and unfortunately no cool posters for this one or the next one I believe.  This is a full recreation of the poster, which is a great image, just not as good as the paintings from before.

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/godzilla/images/1/1c/Godzilla_2002.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120323013441)

As for the Godzilla design, I think it's overall alright.  A better version of what they were doing when the Millenium Era started such as 2000 and Megaguirus, but not as good as the previous GMK design that I love.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71VkHtebm-L._SY450_.jpg)

A design I do love though is "Kiryu", the designation for this MechaGodzilla, which is one of my top 5 favorite designs of the entire series I think.  I love the weapon array it has, I love all the boosters for speed and flight, it's such a fun ass design.  I love that it's built on the literal skeleton of the 1954 Godzilla too.

The movie though is only okay.  I kinda hated the awkward relationship thing they were trying to build between the pilot, the scientist, and his daughter.  I don't think the English dub helps at all (Need it while working on something so I don't need to read subtitles), but it just never works to me.  The pilot character herself is alright though, a soldier struggling with past failings, brought back to pilot Japan's newest weapon, struggling with her own self worth.  It's abit TOO melodramatic at times, but I think works out well enough by the end.  The fight between Kiryu and Godzilla is pretty good both times and I love the idea that its DNA still contains the memories of past actions and goes berserk.

I think for a rating, I'll give it a 7/10, mostly for competency.  I liked the fights and designs, but I found sorta the inbetween stuff a little boring.  Definitely liked the previous Godzilla/Mothra/King Ghidorah film a good bit more.  The next one is Tokyo SOS, which I kinda remember being up there as a favorite of mine, so lets see how it fairs on this watch.

(https://www.scifi-movies.com/images/contenu/data/0001019/affiche.jpg)

Godzilla: Tokyo SOS to round out the night for me.  I thought I remember really liking this one more, but it's more just a continuation of the previous movie and is just alright.  It drops that whole relationship thing in favor of something I liked abit more with the mechanic and they bring in the Mothra story stuff, which mostly works.  The movie is actually like one reasonably long fight for much of it, which I like, but I don't think it really wins me over quite as much as some other previous ones.

Nothing on the designs since they are the same as before, with just a normal Mothra showing up.  Not a huge Mothra fan, but always an okay addition.  I liked how they connected it to one of the old Mothra films alongside the 1954 Godzilla.

Overall, I'll just say 7/10.  Competent and I still love me some Kiryu, but the ending was just alright.  The last of the Millenium era films up next with Final Wars, signaling the end of Godzilla movies till 2014 Godzilla.
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Post by: mike24rules on April 14, 2019, 05:11:45 am
as a big transformers fan i watched bumblebee last night. It was auctully really good and it reminded me of the war for cybertron games
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 16, 2019, 08:46:14 pm
as a big transformers fan i watched bumblebee last night. It was auctully really good and it reminded me of the war for cybertron games

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjG1Qoz2wfz9LzL1N1wUdss-qJtzL9XDXf9B81nUgJhckR3z3FXA)

Just watched it myself and yeah, Bumblebee is a totally good Transformers film.  I've been frustrated with the series since the beginning, but I had no real issues here.  No terrible writing, no dumb characters, much less obnoxiously designed robots, and all the Cybertron stuff made me wish we got a Cybertron movie instead of anything else with the awesome classic designs.  Also makes me wish those High Moon Studio games were available on current gen stuff.  Might go see about picking up Transformers Devastation though as I'm real in the mood for Transformers now.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 17, 2019, 07:29:56 am
Do not watch Black Summer on Netflix.  It's a zombie show, technically a prequel to Z-Nation for some reason, but where that show could make up for its badness with at least humor and goofy nonsense, this show is just boring.  It has almost no zombies in it for a show set in the zombie apocalypse and it becomes clear the show had no budget and is plagued with bad writing and inconsistencies.  I actually almost liked it at the start, it's execution was sorta odd, but I thought worked, until they kinda just dropped working with that setup and made things drag on forever.  Big pass.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 19, 2019, 06:09:52 am
(https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nr8FQLZAXHoklEMglVvypeOlbvo.jpg)

And I've made it to the end of the Millenium Era, with the last Japanese Godzilla film till 2016, Godzilla: Final Wars.  A return to good posters for this one, this being the best, but there was another more busy one that was alright too.  Godzilla design is mostly the same as the last two so nothing much for that as it's not a particular favorite of mine. 

(https://t00.deviantart.net/TDBF1j1Ln5TyT28OlvpuQBctmEo=/fit-in/300x900/filters:no_upscale():origin()/pre00/e925/th/pre/f/2018/241/4/9/monster_x__alien_destroyer_without_a_purpose_by_masterofnintendo-dcli2y3.png)
(http://www.clawmarktoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gfw191.jpg)
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On the other hand, the designs for some of the other monsters are great.  We get a sick new Ghidorah, who this time is basically a centaur and has a first form that looks cool with a more humanoid look.  Along with that, we get two version of a brand new Gigan, which is up there as a top 5 design favorite of mine.  Both of these monsters are well worth the movie for me.  Lots of good classic monsters overall, even with them jobbing out the American 1998 Godzilla lol

The movie itself is kind of a mixed bag to me, but mostly alright.  Overall the action is pretty great, but I think with the push for Sentai-like action, the human story starts to take over the story and the kaiju stuff at parts kinda feels like it begins to take a back seat, though there are good fights for sure.  While I felt like they put a lot into this film, some of it started feel very underwhelming, especially the stuff taken from other movies like Mission Impossible 2 and The Matrix lol  The throwback to most of the Godzilla era's was pretty neat, even though the return of Mila, the worst thing about old Showa era Godzilla is terrible and is a detriment to this movie, even if he's barely in it.

I think I'm gonna put it at a 7/10.  I want to like it more because it feels pretty ambitious and there's a lot of good Kaiju action, but for some reason I just wasn't super into the human stuff as much.  Can't say 100% for sure why, which might not be fair to the film, but its still generally a good cap to the end of that era of Godzilla.

Up next in my wait for the new Godzilla is another watch of Godzilla 2014 and Shin Godzilla.  Where my views were more faded on the older Godzillas, I'm actually pretty secure on my position with both of these films and will be more of just a casual watch to see them again.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 19, 2019, 07:40:57 am
Santa Clarita Diet S3 is pretty good.  Maybe a tad disjointed storyline-wise, but its probably better overall than S2.

The GF and I watched all of Justified which is one of my favorites, but something she's never seen before.

We followed that up with Star Trek: Discovery S2, which is way better and more consistent (thematically and consistency-wise) than S1.  It's still got its continuity issues, and has some moments of real dumbness, but I enjoyed it a lot.

Finally got around to low-budget superhero flick Chronicle.  Pretty much what I expected - great for what it is, but a little lacking overall.  Michael B. Jordan puts the rest of the cast to shame.

The Meg.  Not silly enough to be fun and not good enough to actually be good.  Pretty disappointed, as I can usually get behind these monster flicks provided the pure entertainment value is there.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 20, 2019, 10:55:23 pm
Godzilla (2014) continues to be a movie I do like, despite issues both me and others have with it.  When the movie works, it's fantastic.  That opening scene is heart wrenching, numerous shots are visually stunning, and when the action actually happens, it's great.  The problems for the movie are two specific things...I think losing Bryan Cranston's character was a major failure that served no real purpose for the film (He could've just been incapacitated on the ship for the rest of the movie) and the constant cutaways from the monster action.  It's too much build, not enough substance.  Sure we get a fight towards the end, but its honestly not much of the movie and I think if they showed more of the city fight and had a proper Hawaii fight, this would've been a great film.

I still give this movie like an 8/10.  It's very watchable, it's still a good Godzilla film, but I think next months King of the Monsters will solve much of the issues and be such a better movie for it.  I might be more excited for KOTM, than I am Avengers Endgame lol

I do have one more movie to watch in my leadup, with Shin Godzilla, another film I do really enjoy.  I almost thought about rewatching the three Godzilla Netflix OVA's, but...no...I don't think I can muster up the interest knowing where the first two films are leading too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 21, 2019, 07:41:42 am
Godzilla (2014) continues to be a movie I do like, despite issues both me and others have with it.  When the movie works, it's fantastic.  That opening scene is heart wrenching, numerous shots are visually stunning, and when the action actually happens, it's great.  The problems for the movie are two specific things...I think losing Bryan Cranston's character was a major failure that served no real purpose for the film (He could've just been incapacitated on the ship for the rest of the movie) and the constant cutaways from the monster action.  It's too much build, not enough substance.  Sure we get a fight towards the end, but its honestly not much of the movie and I think if they showed more of the city fight and had a proper Hawaii fight, this would've been a great film.

I still give this movie like an 8/10.  It's very watchable, it's still a good Godzilla film, but I think next months King of the Monsters will solve much of the issues and be such a better movie for it.

I actually just rewatched this one yesterday as well, as my girlfriend hadn't seen it yet and she is very interested in KotM.  You pretty much echo my thoughts exactly.  I think there are too many people that don't recognize there are almost sub-genres within the Godzilla franchise, and 2014 was meant to be much more in line with the original film than any of the sequels - a terrifying monster movie that really makes you think about the amount of destruction that would come from these creatures existing.  Most people remember Godzilla as a big, fun, sometimes even happy-go-lucky guy who hangs out and protects Earth.  That's not this movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 21, 2019, 11:45:12 am
Godzilla (2014) continues to be a movie I do like, despite issues both me and others have with it.  When the movie works, it's fantastic.  That opening scene is heart wrenching, numerous shots are visually stunning, and when the action actually happens, it's great.  The problems for the movie are two specific things...I think losing Bryan Cranston's character was a major failure that served no real purpose for the film (He could've just been incapacitated on the ship for the rest of the movie) and the constant cutaways from the monster action.  It's too much build, not enough substance.  Sure we get a fight towards the end, but its honestly not much of the movie and I think if they showed more of the city fight and had a proper Hawaii fight, this would've been a great film.

I still give this movie like an 8/10.  It's very watchable, it's still a good Godzilla film, but I think next months King of the Monsters will solve much of the issues and be such a better movie for it.  I might be more excited for KOTM, than I am Avengers Endgame lol

I do have one more movie to watch in my leadup, with Shin Godzilla, another film I do really enjoy.  I almost thought about rewatching the three Godzilla Netflix OVA's, but...no...I don't think I can muster up the interest knowing where the first two films are leading too.


My GF and I were actually talking about this movie yesterday, and also the 2017 Kong movie, and we both decided that both were incredibly unremarkable. They aren't necessarily bad movies, they are just movies you see once, feel moderately entertained when you leave the theater, and then promptly forget about them. I rewatched Godzilla a few years ago hoping I'd like it more after a rewatch, but actually the opposite happened. I really didn't like the subplot about the military dude and his family, and the parts with the monsters just didn't do it for me as they were very brief and the climax was so dark that it really took a lot of my enjoyment away.


I feel like when compared to Shin Godzilla, it was even less memorable. I LOVED Shin Godzilla, even the frequent political talks and committee meetings as they really demonstrated bow bureaucracy and red tape hinder Japanese society, providing commentary on actual issues facing Japan. And Godzilla is probably the most interesting yet, certainly being the most ridiculous, insane Godzilla ever conceived. I also got a huge Evangelion vibe from the whole movie which made it wa more enjoyable too.


Sadly, I have almost no hype for the King of Monsters movie coming out soon. I'll probably see it, but my expectations are fairly low.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 26, 2019, 02:55:00 am
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Went in with a lot of hype and no expectations (I only saw the first teaser and nothing else) and really just enjoyed the hell out of it.  Of course no spoilers, but this was a great finish to over a decade of buildup.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 01, 2019, 01:20:44 pm
Went boffo last week watching stuff:

Avengers: Infinity War: I don’t love this one as much as some people do, but it’s still damn fun.
Ninja Assassin: Ok, but too melodramatic and too much CG in the fight scenes.
Zero Dark Thirty: Good, not great.
The Inventor: Fascinating look at the collapse of Theranos.
The Little Hours: Weird and funny as hell.  Not much plot though.
Bohemian Rhapsody: Aggressively OK.
Avengers: Endgame: Pretty incredible.  Maybe my favorite since The Winter Soldier.
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Post by: kypherion on May 01, 2019, 03:01:04 pm
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Avengers: Endgame. Without spoiling anything all I can say is that this movie was incredible.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 14, 2019, 07:17:20 am
Decided to go check out Detective Pikachu yesterday.  My Pokenom knowledge begins with Pokemon Snap and ends with about 3 hours of Pokemon Go, but I thought it was pretty delightful.  The plot is a bit simplistic, and the finale is almost too bonkers, but I enjoyed it well enough for what it is.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 16, 2019, 03:15:57 am
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Finished up my run of the Godzilla movies in my lead up to Godzilla: King of the Monsters and I still continue to be surprised how engaged I stay with this film.  People wanting an action fest won't like it much, but I think as a movie trying to get a message across in a way that doesn't feel ham-fisted or excessively preachy, while also showing some great film making and making Godzilla seem genuinely horrific for the first time, I think it does real well...

It's also the only recent Japanese Godzilla film that is good, because man I'm still salty as hell about the trash that is the third recent Godzilla anime trilogy film.  SO MUCH SALT!
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Post by: shfan on May 16, 2019, 04:34:42 pm
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Long overdue watch of an old favourite, invasion of the willy-monsters :D Love the Arrow Video blu ray, lovely picture and nice extras.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 19, 2019, 03:43:06 am
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Catching up on the animated DC movies, so I started with the Batman and Harley Quinn movie.  Wanted to like this movie, having that classic 90's animated Batman show feel to it, but I thought it was kind of a mixed bag.  It's very much done in the old 90's animated Batman style, Kevin Conroy is always a treat as Batman, but they got someone other than Tara Strong to be Harley, who's been playing the character for nearly a decade now and not sure why.  The voice actor is fine, but guess I just got to use to Strong in the role.  It's a lot more adult too, which I don't mind, more cursing and sex jokes strewn about, but not obnoxiously so (most of the time), but then it's also has like an Adam West era type vibe in some points and I don't know why.  It feels out of place and the ending is real dumb. 

Like if this was an episode of the old show, it would be one of those random throwaway filler episodes between more important stuff and kind of a weaker one at that.  Can't super recommend it, but its alright.  Got the Gotham by Gaslight movie up next.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 19, 2019, 07:11:26 am
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.  I enjoyed this one way more that Chapter 2, which felt a little self important at times - Chapter 3 is way more fun.  It's still doesn't hold a candle to the first, but it's got the main villain from both The Raid and The Raid 2, so that alone gets at least a B in my book.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 19, 2019, 07:49:53 pm
I'm glad to hear John Wick 3 is good, I probably won't go see it in theater, but I've liked the first two so far, the first being the best, so I'll be looking forward to it. 

Also forgot to add that I started watching Chernobyl last night since I have an HBO subscription due to Game of Thrones and it's really engaging.  I'm not entirely sure why I've had this interest in the event, I think a lot of it coming from the STALKER game series, but it's always been kind of this interesting crazy event that has happened within my lifetime (Technically, as I wasn't born till two months after it happened), and garnered attention from my interest in post-apocalyptic settings.  I'll probably stick with my HBO subscription till its over since it's a short mini-series, but I recommend if you have any interest in well done historical dramas (Kinda weird to say that about something that is only as old as I am lol)

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And Game of Thrones ending with all the impact of a dull thud.  No spoilers for those that didn't watch, but I didn't hate this season as much as others did.  It's not good, it's definitely rushed, but I kept on waiting for something significant to end the show on and it just never came.  Really it just feels more like they did the ending to try and leave an opening for spinoff shows, something I'm not against, but nearly this whole finale just felt flat.  Barely moved the register.  I've seen worst endings for shows, but underwhelmed is probably the best I could say for the series by the end.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on May 20, 2019, 01:15:51 am


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And Game of Thrones ending with all the impact of a dull thud.  No spoilers for those that didn't watch, but I didn't hate this season as much as others did.  It's not good, it's definitely rushed, but I kept on waiting for something significant to end the show on and it just never came.  Really it just feels more like they did the ending to try and leave an opening for spinoff shows, something I'm not against, but nearly this whole finale just felt flat.  Barely moved the register.  I've seen worst endings for shows, but underwhelmed is probably the best I could say for the series by the end.


I think this show was gold from the first season until season 4, however the cracks started to show more and more after that as less of George RR Martin's material from the books was available and the show's creative staff had to fill in the blanks. I liked season 5 a lot still, season 6 was mostly good, season 7 was fairly bad, and season 8 was an absolute train wreck from a story telling and writing perspective. The only thing that softened the blow of how bad the show would end was that I potentially saw it coming all the way back in season 6, and certainly in season 7. It's a real shame it all went to hell the way it did, but it's over now, at least for me. I have zero interest in the GoT IP anymore, especially any future shows. Even if Martin actually finishes the series in his books, which I doubt he ever will, I have zero interest in reading them. I'm just done with GoT.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 20, 2019, 03:12:11 am
I was pretty great with the series up till episode 3 of this season, (seeing some issues in the last season), where we had two episodes of good build in and interaction with all the main cast, and then I realized they were going to do everything from the Night King battle to the final wrap up in 4 episodes.  It just felt rushed and the final arcs for most everyone just fell flat (especially Bran, good lord is he the most useless character in this show).  I don't even have as big an issue with some of the decisions made for Arya and Daenerys, most of it makes sense, it just doesn't land like it should because the build wasn't properly there.

I'm still fine with whatever spinoffs are planned, because they can be written as an actual show and planned out properly, and the books are still exciting if they ever release, because they are significantly different from the show.  Not that I'm going to go out of my way to watch the shows like I did the original show, they'll have to prove they can do better than what they have. 

Game of Thrones wasn't a complete waste of time for me, it just tumbled through the finish line unfortunately.  I mean I'm not over here pissed about stuff like I was with Lost at the very least lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on May 20, 2019, 12:03:03 pm
Tom Clancy's NetForce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetForce_(film)

What a world to live in.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 20, 2019, 12:11:46 pm
I'm in the same general boat here.  The GoT finale was fine - it did a better job of hitting the check boxes than the previous two at the very least.  It was still a spectacle to behold, but it has been slowly coming off the rails since Season 5, with bright spots interspersed throughout (I think the S6 finale might be the best episode of the show).  Without the hard text to guide them D&D just stumbled with the more nuance material.  That said, I still enjoyed it until the end - it was still better than 85% of everything else on TV, even with its flaws.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 20, 2019, 02:59:01 pm
I'm in the same general boat here.  The GoT finale was fine - it did a better job of hitting the check boxes than the previous two at the very least.  It was still a spectacle to behold, but it has been slowly coming off the rails since Season 5, with bright spots interspersed throughout (I think the S6 finale might be the best episode of the show).  Without the hard text to guide them D&D just stumbled with the more nuance material.  That said, I still enjoyed it until the end - it was still better than 85% of everything else on TV, even with its flaws.

Yeah basically even with them stumbling through to the end, it's still a pretty great series.  I'm thinking of doing a series re-watch sometime later this year, go back into it all, get a fresh look at everything and maybe just skim through kinda the last season or two, as there is still a lot of stuff that works, even if I'm disappointed with where things inevitably lead.  Plus it's just visually pretty incredible stuff as the show has always been great for that, outside of the dumb decision to make the Night King battle super dark, which was also made worse by streaming issues that lead to the darkness being even worse, but will guaranteed to be changed for the Blu-Ray and probably streaming in the future.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 25, 2019, 01:59:57 am
(https://www.kanopy.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/vp_thumbnail_medium/video-assets/3602188_landscape.jpg?1548963754)

Since I had been watching the TV show "What We Do In The Shadows", which I was enjoying the kinda laidback and low key humor of it, figured I'd watch the movie it was based on and I dig the mockumentary style of it.  It's a more reserved humor I don't normally watch, but it gives me a pretty good chuckle.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 27, 2019, 02:10:35 pm
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Brightburn was fine, but didn't live up to its potential.  Based on the premise it had the opportunity to be something special, but it ended up just being standard "bad seed" horror faire, where the child has super powers instead of demon possession.  Some decent gore effects and pretty good performances save it from total mediocrity.

Also, What We Do in the Shadows is one of my favorite films of the last decade.  It hits every note perfectly.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 28, 2019, 02:28:43 am
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In full Godzilla hype mode, but since I basically already watched what I wanted to catch up on with Godzilla, I remembered that I hadn't gone through the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy.  I started, but never actually finished the first one, and that's prime material to jump into.

I get to bring back the nice posters pictures also! Pretty nice poster for this one, showing off a colorful Mothra protecting the Earth, it's all real well done.

The movie itself is actually very solid, more than I was expecting it to be.  I completely forgot that they kick things off with a new version of Ghidorah, "Desghidorah", who is very similar to Keizer Ghidorah in Final Wars.  I thought they were the same, but they are a completely different design, even if they are both doing a 4 legged look for Ghidorah.  Using Ghidorah for your starting monster? That's a strong stance to begin with and it works great as it's such an evil looking version of the Kaiju, especially fighting the adorably fluffy Mothra.  Was abit worried that because this movie involves kids, it would kinda suck, that's basically how it mostly always goes, trying for a more family friendly vibe after the quite dark "Godzilla vs Destroyah" movie.  They don't hold back with the monster action though as the two Mothra's in it get wrecked pretty good and when one of them dies, it's genuinely quite sad.  Also they kinda make Mothra badass for the first time.  Generally, Mothra doesn't do a lot in the Godzilla films and is pretty limited in abilities, but here, Mothra gets like crazy speed, slashing wings, crazy energy attacks, it's a big improvement for the cute fluffy moth queen.

I don't really have too many complaints for this other than I think they drag the scenes on too long at times.  They really needed to cut down the movie by like 10 to 15 minutes, make it a sweet 90 minutes as it kinda drags just a little because of these scenes.  Also the direction given to some of the actors was pretty poor, where it's especially notable towards the end, where the family has these deadpan faces during the final goodbye with the twins and its so weird.

Real good time though, I'd definitely rate this like an 8/10.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 29, 2019, 08:44:20 pm
I just finished a binge watch of all 6 seasons of The Americans.  It’s a fantastic show with terrific performances, and twists and turns like no other.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on May 30, 2019, 10:22:57 am
The Towering Inferno
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Towering_Inferno

An actual good disaster movie from the 1970s... And actually did end up getting a video game out of it somehow.
https://vgcollect.com/item/17006
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 30, 2019, 07:28:46 pm
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Absolutely awesome, it's everything I was wanting it to be.  Critic views of the movie are really weird right now, because after slagging on Godzilla 2014 for not enough giant monsters, they are saying there is too much, like that's a problem.  I understand what they mean, as the human drama can feel like their are rushing through plot points rather quick, but it never felt bad, I was absolutely engaged in what was going on, even if a lot is happening.

But at the core of it, is it a good giant monster movie? Oh hell yes.  The battles are big, destructive, and amazing.  I'm gonna have to let the movie sit with me for abit, rewatch it, but I think this movie is gonna go very high on my list of favorite Godzilla films and I'm really excited for King Kong vs Godzilla and hopefully future films.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 02, 2019, 04:45:36 pm
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The long-awaited Deadwood movie.  About as perfect as it could have been.  Maybe a little short and didn't touch on as many things as I would have liked to see, but it was amazing seeing these characters and hearing David Milch's dialogue again.

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Finally got around to Season 2 of Cinemax's Outcast.  A pretty big disappointment compared to Season 1.  They basically traded pure horror for a fantastical investigation / mystery element that never really gelled the way the visceral scares of the first season did.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 02, 2019, 11:00:43 pm
(https://www.jposter.net/images/products/b5-mothra2.jpg)

Rebirth of Mothra 2 and I think it's a nice step up from the last one, only because what the kids are doing during the movie is more entertaining than the first movie.  We get some ruins to run through, ancient civilizations, weird furby creature, deadly starfish, it's not a bad family adventure setup.

Dagahra isn't exactly the most memorable of monsters, and a step down from Desghidorah, but still a pretty reasonable design as this sea dragon.  We get multiple versions of Mothra in this too, which is great, with one design being "Aqua Mothra", a streamlined aquatic version.  That kind of stuff is pretty fun for this series.

As far as the more family friendly kaiju movies I've seen, I think these Rebirth of Mothra movies are doing it the best.  It has a little bit of that campy quality we saw in the showa era, but that 90's polish where you don't feel like you are suffering every moment a child is on the screen.  If you enjoy the classic kaiju films, I'd definitely recommend picking these up.  I don't think they are as good as the Godzilla or Gamera of the time, but like they fit in neatly in third place.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 04, 2019, 03:03:52 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Chernobyl_2019_Miniseries.jpg)

A dark and sad show, but very engaging and interesting.  It's a good watch if you any interest in the event or just well done historical dramas.  Weird to call something historical that happened only a few months before I was born lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 04, 2019, 08:07:32 am
(https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2019/05/The-Lonely-Island-The-Unauthorized-Bash-Brothers-Experience-1558616355-640x640.jpg)

This was a fun little stealth drop from Netflix.  You'd think that I'd get tired of Andy Samberg's schtick as I get older, but somehow I keep finding him funnier.  It doesn't hurt that I'm a fan of hyper specific parody songs, like this or Epic Rap Battles of History.  It's just under 30 minutes, so worth giving it a shot.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 06, 2019, 04:08:35 am
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Mostly just wanted to watch this show for David Tenant who I really dig and that the idea of the show seemed kinda fun.  It's overall okay.  It's very dry British humor, feels like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in particular.  I sort of feel like the show should've been darker in general to go with the humor?  It has moments like that and I love the relationship between the demon and angel, it's honestly the best part of the show when they interact, but I just feel like it doesn't really hit any major notes.  Wouldn't be something I super recommend, but if you just want a kinda chill mildly goofy show to pass the time with, you might be alright with it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 08, 2019, 09:14:22 am
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Fascinating true story of three triplets that were separated at birth, found each other by happenstance, and all of the crazy things that occurred both before and after.  Saying anything more would be giving too much away.


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So, I watched S1 sometime last year, and S2 just released a couple of weeks ago.  S1 is fine, but S2 is a revelation.  The whole time I was watching S1 I felt like there was something not quite there, and then S2 comes along, introduces Andrew Scott as a foul mouth priest and it soars.


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MacGruber never really gelled like it should have.  There were individual hilarious moments, but it just felt more like a string of sketches barely strung together than a real movie.  I laughed, sure, but it was pretty forgettable.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 11, 2019, 06:39:56 am
(https://in.bmscdn.com/iedb/movies/images/website/poster/large/ma-et00096700-15-02-2019-03-39-43.jpg)
Ma was good, but it was about 15 minutes too long, which really hurt the overall pacing.  Octavia Spencer was pretty incredible.  The most unfortunate thing about the movie was that the trailers gave pretty much everything away.  Still, worth a watch if you are a horror buff.


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Godzilla: King of the Monsters deserves to be seen on the big screen.  I do think that Godzilla 2014 and Kong: Skull Island were both better films, but this one is not bad.  It just felt like it was missing the same sense of weight and scale that those two had.  It was also a bit choppy in places and had a couple of moments that had me scratching my head, but it was still a fun time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 11, 2019, 11:49:01 pm
(https://flixable.b-cdn.net/small/80227090-us.jpg)

An interesting scifi movie  I like these types of smaller stories set in a singular location, stuff like 10 Cloverfield Lane, Moon, etc...It's nothing crazy, but there's a good little story here that kept me in it and was done real well.  The robot is pretty cool in design as I got turned onto this series through one of Adam Savage's videos as he visited Weta to check out the robot suit.  Gonna watch that now that I watched the movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2019, 10:49:15 pm
(https://crypticrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/john-wick-3-slide.jpg)

Free ticket time, so figured I'd go watch John Wick 3 as I love the series, but just wasn't sure if I wanted to see it in theater or not at the time.  I had heard they were already making a 4th film and I was wondering if they could really keep this series going for that long and if even the third movie could keep up the quality and level of intense action and damn do they.  They are constantly coming up with new scenarios to put him into and each one is uniquely visceral and the story keeps being engaging with them adding more layers to this secret assassin world.

I'm still pretty stoked for a 4th film after this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 16, 2019, 08:57:51 am
(https://i.ytimg.com/sh/gD9qE1Ye8JYjE3IIXSu1_g/market.jpg)

Season 3 of Documentary Now! is easily the most ambitious yet, with Bill Hader only behind the camera this season, and Armisen only appearing the back half.  In their place there are some pretty heavy hitters like Michael Keaton, Cate Blanchet, and Michael C. Hall.  The first 4 episodes are pretty phenomenal, but it starts to lose a little steam in the back half.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 26, 2019, 07:13:45 am
Throwing out a big list again:

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Jessica Jones Season 3
Better than S2, still not quite up to the quality of S1.  Still gonna miss the Netflix Marvel shows, even if they were inconsistent.

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Barry Season 2
Quite frankly astonishing.  In just the season premiere I found myself unable to breathe from laughing and not 5 minutes later on the verge of tears after a monologue from Hader.  An amazing show.

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Neon Genesis Evangelion
A great show, that managed to never be quite what I expected.  It was generally a lot more funny than I expected it to be, while still managing to be really engaging.

(https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tomb-raider-blu-ray-cover-90-238x300.jpg)

Tomb Raider
Meh.

(http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/toy-story-4-slice-600x200.jpg)

Toy Story 4
How?  How does Pixar keep doing this?  4 isn't quite as good as the original trilogy, but is still really damned good.  I liked that it was a bit more a personal story for Woody this time.  Everyone else is just a supporting character - even Buzz.

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End of Evangelion
Well that series disappeared up its own ass.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 03, 2019, 09:16:47 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Legion_season_2_poster.jpg/220px-Legion_season_2_poster.jpg)

Legion Season 2, like so many other shows, was not quite as good as Season 1.  The first couple of episodes were absolutely phenomenal, but it just kept kind of spinning its wheels in the back half, even if there were some truly great moments found spread out in there.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Archer_S8_Poster.jpg/220px-Archer_S8_Poster.jpg)(https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/0024543525240_p0_v1_s550x406.jpg)

Archer: Dreamland and Archer: Danger Island were both entertaining (I preferred Danger Island), but still found the show feeling like it was running out of ideas.  The new settings were fun, but as a whole something has been lacking with the series since Vice.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/aa/Always_Sunny_Season_12_poster.jpg/220px-Always_Sunny_Season_12_poster.jpg)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 12.  Like Archer, Always Sunny is still funny, but generally seems to be missing a lot of the punch of the earlier seasons.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on July 08, 2019, 08:53:49 pm
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Season 3 of Stranger Things was umm...interesting. On one hand it was by far the most horror themed season by a mile, especially drawing heavily on movies like The Blob (the 80s version), From Beyond, and The Thing (again, the 80s remake). If you know anything about these movies you know how well known they are for their intense gore, which is definitely seen here. I personally was not a fan of this since over the top gore in movies is not really my thing, and also I miss the more scifi focused stories of the first two seasons. Going along with the horror theme, this season was definitely a lot more goofy and comical than previous seasons, at many times not taking itself too seriously, especially compared to season 1 and 2. Part of this was very fun, but it also was a bit disappointing since a lot of the tension drama was replaced by slapstick. The story and plot was interesting in cool, however season 3 has by far the weakest overall writing in the show's history with many plot holes, inconsistencies, and a pretty unsatisfying, and somewhat rushed ending. Essentially I found just as much to love about season 3 as I did to dislike. in the end it was an okay season, albeit disappointing compared to season 2, and especially season 1 despite having some excellent moments.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 10, 2019, 07:20:38 am
Long list time:

Stranger Things Season 3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Wolf Warrior II
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 13
Midsommar
Doctor Who Season 11

All pretty good!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on July 10, 2019, 07:20:47 am
Toy Story 4.

It was much better than I had anticipated. I managed to make it the whole movie without a restroom break but missed the after-after credits scene.
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Post by: tripredacus on July 10, 2019, 10:15:43 am
First UHD experience (albeit on 1080p)
Transformers: The Last Knight

Audio is better/louder? Picture is about the same, I think perhaps a different crop. But as noted I watched it in 1080p and not 4K.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 11, 2019, 07:34:52 am
I finished The Umbrella Academy Season 1 last night.  It's fine.  Kind of predictable, but I like the characters and the ideas.  I hope season 2 builds on it rather than regresses.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 12, 2019, 12:39:33 am
Watched a lot of stuff in the past month.

Spider-Man: Far From Home - Had a fun time with it.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Netflix Dub Series and all three Rebuild movies) - I think I generally prefer the Rebuild movies, but the series is still overall good even if it's start to fall apart in the last few episodes.
Stranger Things Season 3 - I think I may have liked this more than Season 2, but just in general it was a good watch.
American Gods - Didn't finish it, but I watched all of Season 1 and a few episodes of Season 2 before my trial ran out.  It was pretty solid and I liked the concept about how the gods origins.
7Seeds - A terrible anime series, don't watch it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 17, 2019, 06:58:44 am
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Netflix Dub Series and all three Rebuild movies) - I think I generally prefer the Rebuild movies, but the series is still overall good even if it's start to fall apart in the last few episodes.
Yeah, this was my first time watching it and I found myself rolling my eyes at the last 2-3 episodes despite liking the show overall.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/CrawlMoviePoster.jpg/220px-CrawlMoviePoster.jpg)

Crawl was way better than it had any right to be.  The performances are good, and the story doesn't try to be anything its not.  Also extremely well directed.  A pretty strong recommend if you like creature or disaster movies.
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Post by: grigon23 on July 18, 2019, 09:16:32 am
Watched Matrix again last night. It's funny to see these strange visual effects now  :D
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 28, 2019, 08:05:53 pm
(https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Video123/v4/23/0f/59/230f5931-7e26-1cbf-6900-e37660b44f1a/pr_source.lsr/268x0w.png)

Shazam might be the only one of the new DC films I actually really like.  Aquaman was alright and Wonder Woman was okay, but Shazam was just fun.  It's very traditional in its execution, but it nails the idea of a kid who becomes a superhero and the whole finale was really well done and did something I wasn't really expecting, as I managed to keep from being spoiled on the film this whole time.  It even had a few moments that felt rather dark for what is a more family oriented film, with people dying in kinda nasty ways, just without blood lol

Highly recommend it though if you haven't seen it.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjdjOTliZTQtM2FhNS00Mjk3LWJiOTgtMWJlMTg4MDgyNzc1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_UX182_CR0,0,182,268_AL_.jpg)

In other superhero related watching, I binged through The Boys, the opposite of Shazam and I mostly liked it.  I felt like it could've been abit more over the top ridiculous, like I feel it ends up playing things abit too serious, but it still has a lot of crazy moments, with very violent, bloody, deaths and superheroes being the worst kind of people imaginable.  I'm curious to see where they end up taking things in the second season.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 29, 2019, 10:14:29 pm
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

It’s pretty good, but hoooolllly shit did Tarantino indulge himself this time.  It’s too long and has shit ton of tangents that don’t actually advance the plot in any way.  It’s all well-written, constructed, and acted, but not really needed.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 30, 2019, 01:22:57 pm
Orange is the New Black - Season 7

The best the show has been in years.  Still spending a little too much time on the more boring characters (Daya, notably), but as a final season it ends pretty strong.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 06, 2019, 08:24:53 pm
(https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/396/files/2019/05/landing_detective-pikachu_header_mobile.jpg)

Got to finally watch Detective Pikachu and I really enjoyed it.  It's charming and fun.  They did show abit too much in the trailers, but its still a good time and definitely up there as basically the best videogame based movie I think.  It nails the Pokemon stuff, they look like the Pokemon, it's well put together, I can't wait to see what they do in the sequel.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 07, 2019, 07:21:03 am
(https://img.cinemablend.com/filter:scale/cb/2/0/2/8/a/1/2028a159382ea9782822a38343f84b8b9763ee42af3c6414af458b71385038ff.jpg?mw=600)

I watched all three seasons, followed by the movie, followed by the revival series.

It's a sometimes good, sometimes frustrating, occasionally great show.  The early stuff is hampered by an over melodramatic flare and looking like it was filmed on the super cheap, while the movie and revival series look fantastic and (generally) avoid the melodrama, but doesn't have quite the same flavor and tone.  Overall not the best thing I've ever watched, and not something I'd be eager to revisit, but I definitely enjoyed my time.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 09, 2019, 02:52:56 am
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/godzilla/images/b/b0/Rebirth_of_Mothra_3_Poster_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140730160053)

Finally finished the last of the 90's Rebirth of Mothra movies.  Don't really know why it took me this long to finish them, though the second movie was mostly because the first one wasn't so great.  Like it's not bad, but it was generally kind of boring.  The movies definitely got better and more exciting with each release, having more of a family adventure feel going on.

I was kinda surprised to see that King Ghidorah is the villain in this one as they had Desghidorah in the first movie, who is literally just a four legged version of Ghidorah in black, but Ghidorah is a classic villain, so I don't mind it too much.  He's got a nice updated design here, still fairly classic, but just a lot more nice detailing, looking more like traditional Japanese dragons.  Though getting an original baddy again would've be better.  We do get a redo of "Baby Ghidorah", not doing that utterly terrible idea from '91 with three little creatures that mutate in Ghidorah, and Baby Ghidorah is adorable.  Also adorable are these puppet T-Rex's and Triceratops.  Like they look pretty good in design, but you can tell they are quite small and don't look monstrous in the slightest lol One story thing they never explained is why Ghidorah steals children.  He puts them in some dome for awhile and yeah it's clear he'll eat them, but it isn't like its said Ghidorah likes the  taste of them more or how he's able to magically kidnap them, and what it has to do with the dinosaurs going extinct...It's weird, but it's not story ruining lol

The Rebirth series have been pretty fun and I do recommend them to Kaiju fans, even if they are more family oriented compared to what Godzilla or Gamera was doing at the time.

Next up is the ORIGINAL Mothra movie, because they re-released a nice new version of it on Blu-Ray and I have never seen the original, same for Rodan..  Hopefully a re-release of that is coming too due to King of the Monsters reviving popularity in him.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: oldgamerz on August 09, 2019, 03:31:24 am
I think I'm the only one who has not posted in this thread, I honestly don't remember what the last movie or anime I watched in full. Maybe someday when I'm older I will sit and watch more movies more often, but there is so little time in life and none of us will ever see every single great movie or anime or show or even get to play every game to it's fullest or even hear every song in our entire lifetime.


(off topic and religious stature)
I therefore believe that even if I die tomorrow I will continue to live in another world where anything would be possible and I won't ever die again. I don't consider this just a religious belief but an actual fact, from the things I have already seen.

but I only talk about with mainly other Christians because I don't want to cause a argument or a fight in which some people can get violent when it comes to other personal beliefs.

I won't say anything more on here. if you want to learn more than google in quotes

"Modern Christian Believers" a link for a facebook page should come up
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Post by: andydavis on August 09, 2019, 08:55:56 am
Toy Story 4. A must watch for Toy Story enthusiasts, Pixar and animated films fans. Debatable whether this is the best in the series, but definitely a worthy entry.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 09, 2019, 10:05:22 am
Kamikaze, did you see the Showa Criterion Collection release that is coming in October?  It looks insane.

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975 (https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 09, 2019, 03:29:23 pm
Kamikaze, did you see the Showa Criterion Collection release that is coming in October?  It looks insane.

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975 (https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975)

Yeah I'd love it, but it's enormously expensive for a set that I don't really need since I own nearly all of them on Blu-Ray already lol I do need Son of Godzilla and I think Destroy All Monsters or All Monster's Attack, but they are like some of the worst Godzilla movies, so it's not all that enticing.  The artwork though for the movies are so good though.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on August 10, 2019, 12:00:55 am
Kamikaze, did you see the Showa Criterion Collection release that is coming in October?  It looks insane.

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975 (https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975)


Aside from the first movie I never cared as much for the Showa era. The movies are incredibly cheesy and campy even for my tastes. I adore the Heisei era, and the Millennium Era is amazing too.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 10, 2019, 12:06:55 am
Kamikaze, did you see the Showa Criterion Collection release that is coming in October?  It looks insane.

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975 (https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975)


Aside from the first movie I never cared as much for the Showa era. The movies are incredibly cheesy and campy even for my tastes. I adore the Heisei era, and the Millennium Era is amazing too.

I will always enjoy the Showa era for all the practical effects, suits, etc, that makes them charming, but they are absolutely my least liked Godzilla movies usually compared to everything '84 and on.  There's stuff strewn about that I liked, but it can be a mixed bag.  Godzilla Raids Again is one worth going back to if you liked the first one, because it's the last Godzilla film of that era before they go goofy with King Kong vs Godzilla and is generally a continuation of the first film.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 11, 2019, 04:38:25 pm
GLOW Season 3
Still great!

Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Still a masterpiece.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Too much framing device, not enough Scary Stories.

Big Mouth
Binged the entire series.  Somehow completely relatable and also utterly foreign and bizarre.

Widows
Pretty decent heist flick.  Really cool stuff going on with the cameras in this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: masamune on August 17, 2019, 10:27:44 am
The last anime I watched was Sword Art Online Alicization. It was pretty good overall, but some of the things that happened near the end of the season left me scratching my head.

Looking for some more anime to watch, so if you have any suggestions, I'm all ears.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 17, 2019, 07:34:25 pm
(https://resizing.flixster.com/5kUP_gOvq0fCBoDSJh3WrO2-9ug=/206x305/v1.bTsxMTE3MzAzMDtqOzE4MjE5OzEyMDA7ODAwOzEyMDA)

I'm not a huge horror fan in general, even if there's horror games and media I like, but I usually don't go out of my way for something scary or super gory and all that.  I always had a casual interest in The Cabin in the Woods, heard good things, but also felt like I had the movie spoiled for me, that the twist it had was ruined.  Decided I'd just dive in anyways, and turns out the movie wasn't ruined at all.  I won't spoil anything here, but it's a fun horror movie that's way more interesting than I thought it was going to be, having fun playing up all the horror cliches and tropes.

The only real negative I have for the film is that the CG is abit low budget at times, but I don't think it does anything to hurt the film at all.  Also it's still weird seeing Chris Hemsworth in anything that isn't Thor related, even after seeing him in the awful Ghostbusters reboot lol It's just hard to disconnect from the character at times, but of course he's still good here for the role.

(https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_fda3acd0-9faf-4307-94f7-e02262d3e642?wid=488&hei=488&fmt=pjpeg)

Was in a movie mood, so figured I'd watch Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The first movie was a fun spy action flick and the sequel is much the same, though I don't think this one is as good as the first.  Not that it's a bad movie, but it does the thing that a lot of sequels do, which is to go "Let's do what we did before, but ramp it up to 11".  The first movies big action set piece was the crazy church massacre scene, mixing in CG and clever camera/editing work to make the scene seem like one take and they do it here again, but it's so ridiculous, it just feels like I'm almost watching an animated movie at points.

It's still basically "James Bond on crack" with it's over-the-top style, but they might've taken it a notch to far.  Also weirdly Channing Tatum is barely in the movie.  He's there for a chunk of the earlier film, but then find a way to sideline him for the rest of the film.  Thought him running around with Eggsy was gonna be pretty fun.  Overall, I still had fun with it, even if I thought they were taking the CG too far and maybe need to reel the style back in.  Maybe with the prequel coming up they'll try to keep it stylish, but have some substance brought back in to feel like things have some proper weight to it.  I feel like most action movies now just need to take a cue from John Wick lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 27, 2019, 08:50:26 pm
(https://img05.mgo-images.com/image/thumbnail?id=MMVC0A6657A2B068368FC9BE67144E0A136C&ql=70&sizes=310x465)

Watched King of the Monsters again and this is definitely my favorite Godzilla film.  Gorgeous visuals, both the human stuff and the monster stuff is great, its just an amazing movie.  I could certainly nitpick a few things here and there, but overall it's exactly what I wanted out of the movie and I'm so excited to see what they got planned for Godzilla vs King Kong next year.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 01, 2019, 10:16:37 pm
The Night Comes for Us is an incredible martial arts film starring Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim (both of The Raid ).  I had mediocre expectations and it blew them away.  Big recommend here.

Ready or Not was a fun romp.  A little heavy on the shaky-cam, but a lot of fun!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 03, 2019, 07:57:48 am
Just watched the Steven Universe movie and overall, it's an okay time.  The animation gets really great dealing with Spinel who is handled in the old 30's cartoon rubber hose style and there's some very catchy songs.  The story is probably the most disappointing part of it, because it comes off as filler with no real impact on the story like I think most anyone who had been watching the series was expecting.

That said, any Steven Universe fan is probably going to be fine with it, just keep expectations low.

This is probably my favorite song of the movie too, though there's other fun ones like Disobedient and Independent Together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyNJQBCqd9A
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Post by: Cartagia on September 06, 2019, 08:16:12 am
I watched Unicorn Store last night.  It was odd, but charming.  It’s very strange that the worst performance I’ve seen Brie Larson give is in Captain Marvel.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 06, 2019, 05:06:12 pm
I watched Unicorn Store last night.  It was odd, but charming.  It’s very strange that the worst performance I’ve seen Brie Larson give is in Captain Marvel.

I didn't hate her in Captain Marvel, but she did give such a weird performance, where its like her and the director couldn't decide if they wanted her to be a stern soldier type or playfully cool, so it comes off very odd.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 07, 2019, 01:05:24 am
I watched Unicorn Store last night.  It was odd, but charming.  It’s very strange that the worst performance I’ve seen Brie Larson give is in Captain Marvel.

I didn't hate her in Captain Marvel, but she did give such a weird performance, where its like her and the director couldn't decide if they wanted her to be a stern soldier type or playfully cool, so it comes off very odd.
Right?!  Like, she wasn't bad in it, but it was very one-note, except when she didn't need to be for story purposes.  I think she was actually a little better in Endgame, which is weird because they shot that first.

I watched Always Be My Maybe tonight.  Solid enough RomCom that is pushed above average by a truly bizarre Act 2.
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Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on September 07, 2019, 03:31:01 am
Just got back from IT: Chapter 2. It was really good.  I prefer the 1st from 2017.  But this was a worthy sequel. Although I didnt love the ending.  I just must admit.  Pennywise is simply a horrifying badass in everyway.  I think hes my favorite horror villain.:)
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Post by: wartoy on September 08, 2019, 03:04:18 am
Me and my girl went to see Angel has fallen lots of action it gets my recommendation.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 08, 2019, 10:20:58 pm
Repo Men was an ok action flick until it got really, really dumb in the third act.  Not really worth seeing, and is only notable because it was the first film from Miguel Sapochnik who went on to direct so really great episodes of Game of Thrones.

Good Time was a crime thriller I'd heard raves about, mostly based on the fact that Robert Pattinson was really good in it, and yeah... he's pretty damned phenomenal in it.  It's a good low key / low stakes story with a killer soundtrack.  You wanna see him stretch his range and do something impressive?  Watch this movie.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 10, 2019, 07:54:09 am
Watched a real dumb action / thriller called No One Lives.  It was decent concept about a group of thugs who “mess with the wrong guy”, but the acting outside of one two characters is terrible and was done no help by the terrible dialogue.  Gloriously stupid.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 14, 2019, 09:26:44 pm
Pleasantly surprised by It Chapter Two.  I wasn’t in love with the first film, so I went into this one with much lower expectations, which this managed to meet.  It’s not perfect, and has some pacing and structural issues - have these people never heard of cross-cutting?  Not as reliant as telegraphed jump scares as the first, but offset by some really strong performances.  Mike still sadly underserved, though.
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Post by: tripredacus on September 16, 2019, 10:41:03 am
Transmorphers: Fall of Man (DVD)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmorphers:_Fall_of_Man

Terrible.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 21, 2019, 09:10:38 am
Watched Hot Rod for the first time in a decade.  It has some really great individually funny moments, but as a movie it is pretty lacking.  It’s not surprising to see all the success Samberg, Hader, and McBride have had since.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 22, 2019, 11:09:31 pm
Went and saw Ad Astra today.  It’s gorgeous, well-acted and well-made, but it’s just a bit too ponderous, and the story isn’t nearly as deep as it thinks it is.  Still a very solid space flick.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 28, 2019, 08:58:44 pm
The Downton Abbey Movie was just two more hours of the show, which I was totally down for.  Some really great moments, Daisy is still the worst, Violet is the best, etc.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 05, 2019, 08:07:31 pm
Watched Joker and it was just alright.   Not a lot of the movie kept me engaged till the latter end of it.  Some scenes and parts were  genuinely good though and even got some laughs out of me for the dark humor of it, but I don't know, watching a mentally unstable man slip into further mental instability was more kinda sad and uncomfortable than being an interesting watch.  Phoenix was good for the part, that had to be a rough performance to do, and by the end I can see him as a good Joker (Way more than that terrible Suicide Squad Joker), but again, much the reason why I wasn't excited by this movie to begin with, it's just not the movie I want with a Joker.  Hopefully we'll get a proper new movie with a good Joker going against Batman eventually.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 07, 2019, 02:16:35 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/The_Addams_Family.jpg/220px-The_Addams_Family.jpg)

It's the spooky season, but I haven't been in a huge horror mood lately, so rather than dive into something proper dark and horror related, went for something more lighthearted with the first Addam's Family movie.  I remember liking these movies back in the day and the first movie is still a lot of fun.  Every joke is just "Well that sounds horrible...that's wonderful!", but the absurdity is what makes it entertaining I think.  It's not meant to be taken seriously and it's all just silly.  I'll probably watch the sequel too.
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Post by: tripredacus on October 07, 2019, 10:04:36 am
The Uninvited
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uninvited_(2003_film) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uninvited_(2003_film))
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Post by: Cartagia on October 07, 2019, 10:30:32 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/The_Addams_Family.jpg/220px-The_Addams_Family.jpg)

It's the spooky season, but I haven't been in a huge horror mood lately, so rather than dive into something proper dark and horror related, went for something more lighthearted with the first Addam's Family movie.  I remember liking these movies back in the day and the first movie is still a lot of fun.  Every joke is just "Well that sounds horrible...that's wonderful!", but the absurdity is what makes it entertaining I think.  It's not meant to be taken seriously and it's all just silly.  I'll probably watch the sequel too.

They’re both surprisingly good, and I’d dare say the sequel is the better of the two.  It balances the characters better and the plot is much more fun.  It also has one of my absolute favorite moments of physical acting.

(https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Mtj3bzSLKfkc3DS3E8UkFRfUtqw/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2016/10/05/782/n/1922283/9936a74f3fa19c1f_13/i/When-You-See-Someone-Trip-Fall-Street-You-Want-Help-Also-Laugh.gif)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: doafan on October 08, 2019, 10:05:03 am
The bastard who was blocking my access to the Internet at the office is no longer here, has been a couple of weeks since that bastard has gone, he was protecting the access to the web as if it belonged to him anyway I did took my team to watch and enjoy some series: Domestic na Kanojo, Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season, One Punch Man 2nd Season, Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?, Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?, Tsuujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de Ni-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki Desu ka and Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai already am enjoying some of this new season but I'll leave my impressions at the other topic  ;D

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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 11, 2019, 05:04:08 am
Watched El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie and it was a fine movie.  I wish I had rewatched Breaking Bad for this as I was kinda forgetting some of what happened as it's been 6 years since the show ended.  I can see why this wasn't given a lot of fanfare and build, because it's really not a big film.  It's not here to reveal all sorts of new information or tell a new story, it's just a nice little bow to tie up the last details dealing with Jesse, an extended episode as an epilogue.  Nothing more, nothing less, but it was kinda nice seeing the cast return for this as I haven't watched more than like a season or two of Better Call Saul.  This is purely for the fans to get an extra bit of closure.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 12, 2019, 01:59:10 am
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Yeah these two movies are just a fun, weird, time.  I'm not sure if I liked either one over the other, they kinda follow similar ideas really, weird how they made them mostly about Fester, but still entertaining.  It's kind of a shame to hear that the new cartoon movie they did wasn't very good, making it more for young kids and pulled back on a lot of the dark comedy.  It would be interesting to see them try and do a proper new live action movie like the 90's films were, though I know there is technically a third film, just with all new actors in the roles.  Looks real cheap and poor, but it's got Tim Curry in it, so I kinda just want to see it for that lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 12, 2019, 08:53:16 am
It's October, so I'm back to watching a Horror (or Halloween adjacent) movie ever day.  Here's where I currently stand:

Oct. 1: The Ritual
Oct. 2: Terrifier
Oct. 3: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday*
Oct. 4: Mama
Oct. 5: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Oct. 6: Event Horizon*
Oct. 7: Prophecy
Oct. 8: Castle Freak
Oct. 9: The Void
Oct. 10: Ginger Snaps
Oct. 11: Black Christmas (1974)*

* seen the film before

The best new one for me so far is Mama and the worst is Terrifier
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 12, 2019, 10:51:40 am
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This was one of those movies as a kid that I used to watch, finish, rewind, and then watch again. I loved Nightmare Before Christmas, however despite that, it's been probably close to 2-decades since I last watched this masterpiece. Even as an adult I still found myself charmed by this film and in aww of its attention to detail, as well as how original and creative the whole movie is. I'm typically not one for musicals, but I enjoy most of the songs, and even the ones I don't care for as much still compliment each scene they take place in. I know there is a debate as to whether this is a Christmas or Halloween movie, and rewatching it I struggled to decide this for myself. In the end its horror themes even during the Christmas parts make it more of a Halloween movie more than anything for me. Nightmare Before Christmas oozes with quality and it makes me sad that it took me this long to rewatch it. I can definitely see why my 7-year old self was briefly obsessed with this movie, and even now my 32-year old self finds it incredible even under a more objective, cynical eye.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 21, 2019, 01:36:40 am
Starting a marathon of the newer Star Wars movies leading up to Mandalorian and Rise of Skywalker.  Gonna go in basic release order, so starting with of course Force Awakens.

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Been a little while since I watched this one, rewatching it back before Last Jedi if I remember right, and I still enjoy it.  Just a nice bit of scifi action.  Of course there's the parallels to A New Hope, but there's just enough going on that is different and some cool set pieces that set it apart for me, like the initial Jakku Escape, fighting on Han's smuggling ship, the battle on that planet they get to afterwards, and of course the finale which is great.  This one all around I like as the upcoming movies have more I can nitpick or complain about from what I remember.

Up next will be Rogue One.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 22, 2019, 05:48:06 am
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I hadn't rewatched Rogue One since I think it first came out on Blu-Ray, but my views have changed slightly on it from what I remember.  I had it in my head that the movie struggled more with its characterization, that it was rushing through it all abit, but I don't feel that quite as much on this watch.  I mean it sorta does, like in the first 15 minutes, I think we travel to like a half dozen different planets and locations before it settles down lol I'm mostly alright with everyone even though I feel like the two leads come across a little one note, so when their personalities change, it comes more of a switch than a gradual shift.  Hard to place my views on that exactly, but they are fine for the most part.

That said I enjoy the movie, the the whole third act in particular being really engaging, I just love it all, because it feels very different from what you expect with Star Wars, almost coming off like a war movie with this rag tag group trying to bring it to the Empire even if they know they won't be coming back.  How they take out the shield around the planet is still so awesome.

Next up will be The Last Jedi.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 23, 2019, 07:29:27 am
Quick October catch up:

Oct. 12: Hatchet
Oct. 13: Bloody Birthday
Oct. 14: Bride of Re-Animator
Oct. 15: Mom and Dad
Oct. 16: Happy Death Day 2U
Oct. 17: Matriarch
Oct. 18: Child's Play 2
Oct. 19: Mandy
Oct. 20: Zombieland: Double Tap
Oct. 21: Child's Play 3
Oct. 22: Veronica

And I fit in Joker and El Camino on the 14th as well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on October 27, 2019, 10:47:27 pm
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Whenever reviewers of various media say something along the lines of "like seeing an old friend again" I often simply shake my head and forget they said something so cliche. However, watching Zombieland Double Tap actually felt like that. The first Zombieland movie is a very memorable, and even special movie to me; my now fiancee and I were just friends when the frist Zombieland came out and we saw it with a few of her friends, including one guy that really wanted to date her, but she wasn't interested at all. In order to discourage hm from pursuing her further, she asked me to pretend that I was her boyfriend, which I did. Her and I talk about that night a lot, as well as Zombieland and how much we enjoyed it. Despite this, I've only seen Zombieland that one time in the theater, but this has to do more with me just never having sat down and watched it again. But seeing all these actors again, many of whom I haven't kept up with or watched any of their newer movies since was like seeing them again after 10-years for the first time, which made watching Doubletap as much of a sentimental experience for me as it was a funny, enjoyable one.


I really enjoyed Zombieland Doubletap, although it was hard for me to judge it compared to the first since it's been so long since I saw that one. I really enjoy the humor of these movies as well as how it is delivered. The newer characters were not shoehorned in either which made not only the movie better, but made their characters more likable as well since it didn't feel like the writers/directors were trying to force them in your face. There was also a lot of really funny references to the first film, as well as the time period it took place in. As I said, watching this movie was very nostalgic for me, and at least from what I can remember it has all the charm, grossness, action, and humor of the first one.


One more thing I wanted to add is I feel like when the first Zombieland came out it was sort of at that point where the whole zombie sub-genre started to really take off in the mainstream. And funny enough I feel like this film seems to be coming at the end of that same zombie fad which has been going on now for around a decade; I definitely see the zombie trend started to die down noticeably, and at least for me these two movies will server as book ends to the whole 2010s Zombie craze.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 30, 2019, 05:00:07 am
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Doing this one before The Last Jedi, but like Rogue One, I also still enjoy Solo.  It got a bad rap at the time because of latent Last Jedi frustration, but I think it's overall enjoyable enough.  Not that everything is great, I'm not a huge fan of really ridiculous coincidences, such as his girl showing up in Crimson Dawn, and all the nods to things start to feel kinda ham fisted, but as just a side story, it's fine.  In things like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, big series with a lot to explore, I'm always wanting to explore more of the universe, so I want to see stuff like this and Rogue One and why I didn't hate things like the Hobbit series as much as others.  It's a fun romp and definitely quite watchable.

The Last Jedi up next.  Will be interesting to see how I view it now this far away from the first watch in theater.  I had plenty of issues with it then, but not the same as others had and I'm curious if the stuff I like, still holds up for me and if the stuff I dislike, is worse or about the same...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 03, 2019, 06:43:44 am
And for the remainder of October:

Oct. 23: The Changeling
Oct. 24: Bride of Chucky
Oct. 25: As Above, So Below
Oct. 26: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Oct. 26: Troll 2
Oct. 26: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Oct. 27: Seed of Chucky
Oct. 28: Bone Tomahawk
Oct. 29: Insidious
Oct. 30: Don't Breathe
Oct. 31: Curse of Chucky
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 03, 2019, 03:00:06 pm
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I didn't watch this movie again in preparation of Rise of Skywalker, but just because it's an incredible movie. I actually don't plan on watching Rise of Skywalker until it hits Redbox, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say even at $1.25 + tax I'll feel ripped off after watching it. But anyhow, back to why I made this post.


I know I've reviewed this movie at least once before on here, but after watching it again this morning I simply could not help myself to praise this movie once more. Revenge of the Sith is my favorite Star Wars movie, even beating out Empire Strikes Back which was for a very long time my favorite, even for several years after ROTS was out. ROTS is like a fine wine that just gets better and better with age and each repeated viewing.


It is by far the most entertaining of all the Star Wars movies as it possesses the majority of the best Lightsaber fights in the entire saga, with the climactic Obiwan vs Anakin fight being the best lightsaber duel of all, and maybe one of the best on screen fights of any movie, ever. Beyond that there are plentiful military skirmishes, an incredible space battle, and an extremely good story that satisfies in so many ways. Palpatine's ascension to being the emperor, Anakins fall to the dark side, the fall of the Jedi, the collapse of the Republic, everything; this movie is so amazing on so many fronts that I find it impossible not to enjoy this film immensely from start to finish. Then there is the score by John Williams, which with maybe the exception of the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, it is used to amazing effect. Specifically during the end scene where Anakin is given the Vader suit and when order 66 is given give me freakin chills every time.


This is certainly not a perfect movie, but to be fair none of the Star Wars movies are. You can't talk about this movie without talking about Hayden Christianson's acting, which at times is excellent, but at others is laughably bad. Mostly his delivery of various lines is where the limitations of his acting are very much so on display. There is also the criticism that this movie uses way, way too much CGI, which i can understand, but luckily 98% of it has aged well. Aside from that there are small nitpicks here and there, but overall nothing else negative about this movie shines through enough for it to get in the way of my enjoyment of it at all.


Watching this movie now gives me a sense of sadness though. No matter how you look at it Disney has irreparably damaged Star Wars, and while I have not given up all hope for the future of the franchise, I'd be surprised if it ever got this good ever again. I know people like to shit all over the prequel movies, and yes, they are flawed movies, particularly the first two, but they suffer from a fraction of the faults in the Disney films, save maybe Rogue One. I also felt that The Force Awakens was a good launchpad for much better things that were literally all squandered by TLJ, and with TROS being a direct sequel, the foundation of that movie was essentially constructed on quicksand. I don't see how TROS is going to set the franchise right again, but that doesn't mean that it might not find its way in the future. Assuming Disney gets their shit together, makes some radical restructuring decisions within Lucasfilm, and maybe attempts to leave their own mark in the canon either in the Old Republic Era or far in the future beyond the sequel trilogy, I don't know how it will be possible.


But for what it's worth we got 6 decent to masterpiece films that I will forever love, as well as a ton of expanded universe material that Disney stupidly retconned. I've actually been reading a lot of the comics from the old EU and many of them are great and really compliment the movies and other EU material. I don't think I'll ever be able to not love Star Wars seeing how much of an impact its had on me throughout my entire life, and I will be forever grateful I have Revenge of the Sith.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on November 03, 2019, 05:37:26 pm
Revenge of the Sith review.

While I still regard Empire Strikes Back as the better one, I fully agree that Revenge of the Sith is incredible. Every single time it's aired on TV I have to watch it no matter what. Even though his downfall is predestined given we've seen the original trilogy, is heartbreaking seeing Anakin's descent into the dark side. The scene where he raids the Jedi Temple and comes across children and all he does is turn his lightsaber on after that one kid approaches him seeking his guidance is terribly good, more so seeing the kid's reaction as the lightsaber unsheathes. That's when it truly happened, then and there that's when Anakin was truly christened as Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.

It's crazy to think that for that particular scene we could've seen Anakin actually killing those younglings had the studio not intervened and ask to tone it down.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on November 03, 2019, 06:11:55 pm
I spent my halloween at the movies.  I watched Joker and Zombie Land Double Tap :)

JOKER


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Joker was absolutely incredible, deep, dark, intelectual and deserves an oscar.  It really walked the line of the dark undertone of modern day society.  But without pandering or pulling an SJW card.  It got you thinking in all the right ways.   And Pheonix was an impeccable Joker.   Dark,  depressed,  masking it all in a dancing silly routine of insanity and laughter.   

It was a great movie.  A purists Joker flick.  Not for the action lover.  For someone who actually wants a deeper look into Joker. 


Zombieland Double Tap


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It's actually pretty crazy how much time passed since the first one.  Zombieland I never thought would actually get a sequel.  It was such a cult icon.  It seemed unlikely.  But here it is :D.  In all it's glory.   And how little Emma Stone, Eisenburg and Harrleson aged.   It just feel like it happened right after the other. They literally almost look exactly the same. It's pretty impressive.  Abigail Breslin is a different story.   ;)



Zombieland was everything the fans would want i'd say.   It was funny, and sweet.  Had it's action when it needed it.  And all and all did a good job playing successor to a very beloved movie.   I wouldn't say it's quite as good.  But it's a really good movie. 


Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 03, 2019, 10:40:21 pm
Revenge of the Sith review.

While I still regard Empire Strikes Back as the better one, I fully agree that Revenge of the Sith is incredible. Every single time it's aired on TV I have to watch it no matter what. Even though his downfall is predestined given we've seen the original trilogy, is heartbreaking seeing Anakin's descent into the dark side. The scene where he raids the Jedi Temple and comes across children and all he does is turn his lightsaber on after that one kid approaches him seeking his guidance is terribly good, more so seeing the kid's reaction as the lightsaber unsheathes. That's when it truly happened, then and there that's when Anakin was truly christened as Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.

It's crazy to think that for that particular scene we could've seen Anakin actually killing those younglings had the studio not intervened and ask to tone it down.


The movie has balls and that is one thing I love about it. Even with toning it down it, dead jedi children are still shown and it is obviously implied that Anakin killed all those kids in the council room. I don't have a child murder fetish, but for the sake of portraying how far he had fallen it was an excellent demonstration. God, I freakin love this movie!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 04, 2019, 02:04:15 am
Revenge of the Sith is the only one of the three prequels I'll go back to watch now.  It's actually fairly good and holds up way better than the first two, which I'm basically done ever watching again as they keep getting worse every time I watch them.

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As for me, getting around to The Last Jedi, the last of my watch of the modern films.  I haven't seen this since the theater myself, but at the time I wasn't as bothered by it as others.  Not that I thought it was great, I just didn't have as many issues with the movie as others did, though I still did have problems, so I'm curious to see what my view of the movie is after these two years and everything that has come since.

Watching the movie, I still only have two major issues with the movie.  The whole Finn/Rose plotline of them going to the casino city, getting a smuggler, just to then cause the death of numerous Resistance fighters due to picking a scumbag, isn't good.  Its just a waste of time in the end.  The same could basically be said for the stuff with Po, Leia, and Holdo.  I understand that's it meant for Po to learn that he can't just be a reckless idiot, but they also could've explained what they were doing to him at any point and that could've saved the lives of the Resistance fighters killed due to the actions Finn and Rose took.  It's a situation where people needed to just talk to each other.  It's basically two of the 4 plotlines being faulty.  Not that they were specifically executed poorly, but they don't work for the overall film.

That said, I like the rest of the movie.  The interactions with Rey and Luke, Rey and Kylo, Kylo taking out Snoke, and the entire finale starting from the destruction of Snope's ship.  I still love the visual of Holdo jumping to lightspeed through the First Order fleet.

Yes, this is not a particular good movie, it has problems, but it is not the worst one to me still, even with the issues it has.  That honor will always go to the first two prequel movies as I continue to hate them more with every watch.

Finally re-watched them all and I'm pretty excited to see what they are going to do with Rise of Skywalker.  Not because of any expectations I have for what is coming, because I just want to see what story they will tell, especially after the backlash they got.  How full tilt are they going to try and undo what they did with TLJ, or how they might spin it in another direction? I don't know, but I'm curious to see where they'll take it.  The only thing I have thought about ahead of time with the last movie is what the title means, and I sorta feel like it's going to end up being kind of a "I am Spartacus" sort of deal, a rallying cry basically.  Makes sense with the ending and Luke talking about legends.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 04, 2019, 06:52:09 am
Hot Take: I like all of the Disney Star Wars films.

TFA and Solo are both fun, if somewhat safe adventure films.

TLJ and R1 are both bold films that take some exciting risks, even if they have their flaws.

Each of them is better, in some manner than the prequels.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 04, 2019, 04:49:16 pm
Hot Take: I like all of the Disney Star Wars films.

TFA and Solo are both fun, if somewhat safe adventure films.

TLJ and R1 are both bold films that take some exciting risks, even if they have their flaws.

Each of them is better, in some manner than the prequels.


You were justified until that last sentence. The only Disney Wars movie that can stand with any of the pre-Disney films is Rogue One. The rest are a complete mess. I'm not saying the prequels are perfect, but they are objectively better films than TFA, TLJ and Solo.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on November 04, 2019, 05:11:01 pm
For whatever reason, I had this notion that I wasn't going to like Rogue One, but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it. It certainly was one of those moments where I appreciate being proven wrong.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 04, 2019, 05:36:02 pm
I'll take any other Star Wars movie over the first two prequels, but I've already had this discussion before, so I won't go any deeper than that lol 

The only thing that even justifies their existence is that they gave life to much better media, such as Phantom Menance gave us the Episode 1 Racer game on N64 and the Clone Wars gave us the awesome Clone Wars cartoon by Genndy Tartakovsky.  I guess the other CG Clone Wars cartoon counts too, I just never got into it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 05, 2019, 06:40:15 am
Hot Take: I like all of the Disney Star Wars films.

TFA and Solo are both fun, if somewhat safe adventure films.

TLJ and R1 are both bold films that take some exciting risks, even if they have their flaws.

Each of them is better, in some manner than the prequels.

You were justified until that last sentence. The only Disney Wars movie that can stand with any of the pre-Disney films is Rogue One. The rest are a complete mess. I'm not saying the prequels are perfect, but they are objectively better films than TFA, TLJ and Solo.

More than anything else its the acting.  There's not a single performance in any of the Disney films that is as bad, or as distracting, as Hayden and Jake Lloyd - and this has a pretty adverse affect on the characterization.  You get the occasional high point - Ewan in Episode II and III, McDiarmid in III - but it affects the way you feel about the characters and the overall arcs.  I mean, I like the prequels too, to a certain extent, but I and II are not good, and rarely even fun, even if they do have their high points.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 05, 2019, 02:56:44 pm
More than anything else its the acting.  There's not a single performance in any of the Disney films that is as bad, or as distracting, as Hayden and Jake Lloyd - and this has a pretty adverse affect on the characterization.  You get the occasional high point - Ewan in Episode II and III, McDiarmid in III - but it affects the way you feel about the characters and the overall arcs.  I mean, I like the prequels too, to a certain extent, but I and II are not good, and rarely even fun, even if they do have their high points.

Hit the nail on the head there for me.  I think The Last Jedi is definitely way more problematic in terms of execution than the first two films, with them being way better constructed and more cohesive, but those movies just drag hard.  Attack of the Clones has a few moments that are alright (I still hate that all the Clones are CG in those movies), but I'm down to literally one thing in Phantom Menace I like, which is Pod Racing.  Even the Darth Maul fight has gone sour for me when I came to fully realize how stupid Darth Maul's death is.  I'll take a useless Finn and Rose adventure over anything that involves Jar Jar lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on November 05, 2019, 03:17:54 pm
I'll take any other Star Wars movie over the first two prequels, but I've already had this discussion before, so I won't go any deeper than that lol 

The only thing that even justifies their existence is that they gave life to much better media, such as Phantom Menance gave us the Episode 1 Racer game on N64 and the Clone Wars gave us the awesome Clone Wars cartoon by Genndy Tartakovsky.  I guess the other CG Clone Wars cartoon counts too, I just never got into it.

True that. Jedi Power Battles is quite good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 09, 2019, 05:57:23 am
Terminator: Dark Fate.  Easily the best film in the franchise since T2, although that is not a particularly difficult bar to climb.  There are some good ideas in here that are stifled by “ok” execution.  Action is uniformly good to great, with some occasional rubber man CGI that is distracting.  Good performances all around, with the woman playing Dani being the one weak spot.

3.5/5

And if anyone here has Letterboxd you can follow me at Cartagia.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 10, 2019, 09:02:05 pm
Finally settled in to watch the Ghostbusters remake.  It’s not very good.  There’s basically no script and every joke that actually lands is followed by 30 seconds of inane ad lib riffing.  A couple of decent characters does not make a good movie make.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 10, 2019, 09:37:06 pm
Finally settled in to watch the Ghostbusters remake.  It’s not very good.  There’s basically no script and every joke that actually lands is followed by 30 seconds of inane ad lib riffing.  A couple of decent characters does not make a good movie make.

I felt like that was the greatest problem with the movie also, anytime I did chuckle, it was because it was just some small little joke that happened and they moved on, but everything else they'd just dragged itself into the freaking dirt.  Made me want to leave the movie like halfway through even though I saw the movie for free lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 19, 2019, 11:04:42 pm
Did a little bit of a Disney+ dive during recuperation, mostly titles that the GF hadn’t seen, and 1 I hadn’t:

Frozen
The Princess and the Frog
Lilo and Stitch
Muppet Treasure Island
Atlantis: The Lost Empire


Then tonight I got around to something I’d been wanting to watch for a while

Shin Godzilla

I *loved* it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 21, 2019, 12:14:42 am
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Picked up the entire series of Dragon Ball GT for super cheap at Walmart, so I'm beginning my journey back into this show.  I haven't watched it since highschool, so it's been nearly 20 years.  I know the series was not well liked, despite having some things people did enjoy (Super Saiyan 4), but I'm curious how I view it now, especially after DB Super.  I'm honestly not a big fan of Dragon Ball Super, I think in general it's very underwhelming outside of a few memorable characters and moments, so there's always a chance I enjoy it more than I did Super, but we'll see.  Could end up being totally wrong about that lol
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Post by: bikingjahuty on November 21, 2019, 10:29:25 am

Picked up the entire series of Dragon Ball GT for super cheap at Walmart, so I'm beginning my journey back into this show.  I haven't watched it since highschool, so it's been nearly 20 years.  I know the series was not well liked, despite having some things people did enjoy (Super Saiyan 4), but I'm curious how I view it now, especially after DB Super.  I'm honestly not a big fan of Dragon Ball Super, I think in general it's very underwhelming outside of a few memorable characters and moments, so there's always a chance I enjoy it more than I did Super, but we'll see.  Could end up being totally wrong about that lol


When I first got into DBZ it's when Funomation started dubbing new episodes from the end of the Namic Saga and into the Frieza Saga, so years before we got GT in the states. I remember watching 30 second clips from GT online in super low quality on Winamp player (that should date it right there), and wanting nothing more than to watch this show. I almost spent all my money from an entire summer of mowing lawns on a $300 bootleg, fan subbed set of the entire GT series off ebay, but luckily I didn't do that. By the time GT did officially get released in the US my interest in anime and Dragon Ball in general had really diminished and I've only ever watched like two random episodes of it since. I'm like 20-episodes away from finishing DBZ for the first time ever, and as soon as I do I finally plan on watching DBGT to see if it's closer to my adolescent hype or the disappointment that I hear 90% of fans calling it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 21, 2019, 02:28:34 pm
When I first got into DBZ it's when Funomation started dubbing new episodes from the end of the Namic Saga and into the Frieza Saga, so years before we got GT in the states. I remember watching 30 second clips from GT online in super low quality on Winamp player (that should date it right there), and wanting nothing more than to watch this show. I almost spent all my money from an entire summer of mowing lawns on a $300 bootleg, fan subbed set of the entire GT series off ebay, but luckily I didn't do that. By the time GT did officially get released in the US my interest in anime and Dragon Ball in general had really diminished and I've only ever watched like two random episodes of it since. I'm like 20-episodes away from finishing DBZ for the first time ever, and as soon as I do I finally plan on watching DBGT to see if it's closer to my adolescent hype or the disappointment that I hear 90% of fans calling it.

I'm pretty sure I watched a good bit of it as a teen, but I don't really remember why folks didn't like it.  I know it started out as more of them trying to recapture that original Dragon Ball feel, which I think is what fans weren't really wanting at the time, but I'd have to look into that.  I only watched a few episodes so far and I do like watching this purely for being 90's anime, it's definitely nostalgic in that way.  The OP and ED right now definitely sucks though lol One thing that is still consistent though in Z, GT, and Super, is that Goku is still a terrible parent and husband lol He abandons his family to train someone for years, never visiting them once, even though the douche can freaking teleport instantly anywhere at any time lol
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Post by: redblaze57 on November 21, 2019, 07:51:15 pm
From what I remember the first arc was actually rather good. Kind of a throwback to the original Dragonball (being more about the adventure than the fighting) i started watching during thr baby Vegeta (i think that's what he was referred to as) and that fight looking back on it dragged on. I remember what the final arc was about but other than that during the last arc I started losing intrest to the point I was only watching it because it was between either Megas XLR or Justice League Unlimited and Ruroni Kenshin. (Back on Toonami)
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Post by: bikingjahuty on November 21, 2019, 08:14:15 pm
From what I remember the first arc was actually rather good. Kind of a throwback to the original Dragonball (being more about the adventure than the fighting) i started watching during thr baby Vegeta (i think that's what he was referred to as) and that fight looking back on it dragged on. I remember what the final arc was about but other than that during the last arc I started losing intrest to the point I was only watching it because it was between either Megas XLR or Justice League Unlimited and Ruroni Kenshin. (Back on Toonami)


By this time I had stopped watching Toonami. I loved Toonami from 1998 until probably early/mid 2001 or so.
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Post by: sworddude on November 22, 2019, 06:03:14 am
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Picked up the entire series of Dragon Ball GT for super cheap at Walmart, so I'm beginning my journey back into this show.  I haven't watched it since highschool, so it's been nearly 20 years.  I know the series was not well liked, despite having some things people did enjoy (Super Saiyan 4), but I'm curious how I view it now, especially after DB Super.  I'm honestly not a big fan of Dragon Ball Super, I think in general it's very underwhelming outside of a few memorable characters and moments, so there's always a chance I enjoy it more than I did Super, but we'll see.  Could end up being totally wrong about that lol

I'm a big dragonball fan and watched all series but GT is by far the worst it's not even a 6 out of 10 while the others are all enjoyable to watch.


If I could give a comparison for dragonball GT it's the same as watching the bad boring filler of say naruto shippuden. the difference with dragonball GT however is that these boring episodes are 99% of the whole thing instead of 25% like with naruto. naruto to it's credit had filler episodes that where actually good 50% of the entire series was filler but 50% filler episodes was good filler.

from the characters to the story it's pretty bad I had a hard time watching it. in the beginning it's fresh but there is a reason why fans hated dragonball GT.

while dragonball super ain't the best imo far more enjoyable than GT not to far off from dragonball Z imo. while the story is lacking the action and lovable characters are still there not to mention more comedy like the original dragonball.

GT was trying to bring back the oldschool dragonball but failed pretty hard.
The comedy aspect is far worse than the original dragonball mainly thanks to some annoying main characters.

it's interesting to see the future of characters being old etc but i don't have to many postive things to say about GT aside from some small things.

if they went through with the GT style of dragonball the series would be dead today GT was boring. It had some interesting idea's but it didnt work out to well.

Would not recommend the series at all. don't expect the quality of the original kid goku dragonball you might be dissapointed.

also i would not say super sayian 4 was really that good moreso that it was less worse in a series that was pretty bad overall wich makes it stand out more than it actually should. It's like eating pizza withouth any toppings and that you have one slice with pepperoni wich should not be that spectacular on a normal pizza but is suprisingly tasty after all those slices withouth any toppings.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 14, 2019, 07:39:11 am
Just a quick catch up post:

Avengers: Endgame
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Booksmart
Kung Fu Hustle
Avengers: Endgame
Zootopia
Casino Royale
Knives Out
Oh, Hello on Broadway
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 16, 2019, 07:47:16 pm
Frozen 2 is fine.  It has a more cohesive story than the first, but it still feels like there’s a lot of plot points left on the cutting room floor.  The songs are also not nearly as memorable as the first.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 19, 2019, 10:04:43 pm
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*No spoilers of course...

Just got back from Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and I gotta say I liked it.  I was nervous as early impressions were bringing out stuff like "Worst Star Wars movie", but The Phantom Menace exists, so I didn't put much stock in that and for good reason as generally critics kinda suck, and I would say to ignore them here too.  I don't really know how this movie will play in the fanbase, like I think in general it's a better movie than Last Jedi, where I had notable issues with it, but I don't have the same here.  Really my only complaints, without spoilers, is that the pacing is rough at the start, it's so fast and so much, that the first act is just trying to setup so much.  That along with the story kinda stretching things to make stuff work may not feel the best, but there was never a point where I was like "This sucks, I'm bored, I wish this wasn't here."

Of course as The Last Jedi showed, views will vary wildly, so me liking it won't matter to others and I honestly don't know what folks will think about it.  Like I find it confusing that there was a push recently to make The Last Jedi seem like the best one and I absolutely can't get behind that, even if I don't completely hate the film lol  I don't know yet where I'll place Rise of Skywalker in the movies, I'll need time and another watch to figure that out.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on December 19, 2019, 10:06:13 pm
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So here we are, the final chapter is in the Disney Wars Trilogy; notice how I didn't say Skywalker Saga like the official promotional material and the media is calling it. But more on that in a little. I got to see this movie for free through a vendor that my company works with, and if it weren't for that I'd have gladly waited for this movie to come out on Redbox before it came out; I personally don't want to give Disney another cent until there is a massive overhaul in the way they treat Star Wars films and the property in general. The Mandalorian and Jedi Fallen Order are a huge step in the right direction, but I was almost certain this movie would be crappy given the movie is follows and that 4/5 of the Disney Star Wars movies are varying degrees of terrible. And you know what, I was right.


I will say right off the bat that this movie was a lot better than The Last Jedi and Solo. There was some moments that I genuinely liked and I can at least appreciate how they tried fixing issues that were created in The Last Jedi. I got a huge grin when Lando made his first appearance, I enjoyed Poe's character a lot more than I expected, Babu Frek was hilarious and adorable, and the scene where Leia died I nearly cried. Essentially most things I liked about this movie were references and characters from the original trilogy, but sadly almost everything else was typical Disney Star Wars, a total and complete mess.


I don't want to spoil anything so I am going to keep this mini-review somewhat vague, but Disney has broken this Universe so much that unless the future of Star Wars pretends that this Trilogy doesn't exist, it's going to be hard for me to be a Star Wars fan, at least of anything new. Any argument that Rey isn't the complete definition of a Mary Sue are completely invalidated in this movie; this movie takes place about a year after The Force Awakens, and while the movie tries to explain her God-level force abilities by showing a brief training sequence and revealing her ancestry, it completely ignores everything we know about how the force works in the previous films. Beyond Rey, this movie does little to nothing to make me care about any of the new characters (with the exception of Poe), and I found their presence in this movie to be boring and uninteresting for the most part.


The plot and story is the same level of sub-bar fan fiction writing that i've become used to from Disney Star Wars. Essentially Palpatine is alive and for reasons decides to advertise his existence to the galaxy and says he's looking for revenge. The movie then becomes Rey and pals trying to track him down, by tracking down a punch of artifacts that point to his location. There are a ton of plot conveniences, deus ex machina, unnecessary detours that mess with this films pacing, and so much plot crammed into 2-hours its almost like they were trying to fit two movies into one. The result is a frenetic local hoping mess that isn't helped by the editing, which at times almost instantly transitions from one planet to another without any scene explaining how they got there or then they left. Overall it's just a mess of a film with a bunch of action scenes mixed in, and for that it's somewhat entertaining, but it all comes across as shallow and mostly uninteresting.


My main issue with this film has to do with Palpatine coming back as well as Rey (yeah, I'm not done with Rey yet). Palpatine getting killed by Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi was the end of his story arch, his redemption; the man that turned Anakin to the dark side, and whom helped rule over the galaxy with him was destroyed as Vader chose his son's life rather than his master. This movie not only destroys Anakin's story arch and redemption by bringing Palpatine back, which the don't explain btw, but also destroys Palpatine as well. Palpatine is mostly a corpse on life support for most of the film, and for the finale he looks more like the Palpatine we knew, but his demise is absolutely insulting for the greatest villain in the entire saga. That brings me to Rey. Rey is a big reason why not only this movie sucks, but also why the entire Sequel Trilogy is terrible. Her character is a complete Mary Sue that is automatically good at everything, she does not go through any conflict or adversity (this movie tries to show she does, but it is too little to late), and in the end they made the entire saga about her. Again, I'm not going to go into spoilers, but the ending of this movie should piss you off if you are a fan of the prequels and original trilogy, as it essentially makes the entire "Skywalker Saga" about her and for her despite her not even being a fraction as interesting as any of the original trilogy characters and most of the prequel characters. 


This brings me to my final grievance with this movie, it's insistence that it's the end of the Skywalker Saga. The Skywalker Saga was episodes 1 through 6, and it is about Anakin Skywalker's rise to power, his fall, and his redemption. It ended at the end of Return of the Jedi, but as a result of Disney having no cohesive plan for the sequel trilogy, Rian Johnson derailing it with his movie, and Abrams doing a half assed job at fixing it, we essentially have a movie that is trying to tell is this is the REAL end to the Skywalker Saga, which it isn't. I am going to make a seperate post about my experience and feelings about the Disney Sequel Trilogy as a whole, but these movies are terrible, not fit to even be mentioned in the same breath as the first six movies before it. The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker will be referred to me as the Disney Wars Trilogy, because they barely qualify on so many levels as being Star Wars films.


All and all, I liked The Rise of Skywalker more than The Last Jedi, quite a bit actually, but that still doesn't change the fact that it's a bad movie. The bad writing, the bloated plot, the mostly uninteresting new characters, the ruining of old characters, and its insistence on continuing to break the rules within the Star Wars universe in order to lazily elevate certain characters make this a bad movie in the end that borders passable by its special effects, inclusion of some OT characters, and a few entertaining moments. I see this movie as the end of a trilogy I now wish didn't exists, and Disney probably doesn't either at this point since it's responsible for the sad state that Star Wars is in currently. I am absolutely hoping that there is a massive change in management at Lucasfilm after this movie, and that there might still be hope in the future of Star Wars.


Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - (4/10)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 20, 2019, 01:44:23 am
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With the Disney Sequel Trilogy wrapped up I wanted to give my final thoughts and impressions on it as whole. It has been an interesting and mostly depressing emotional rollercoaster with these movies, as well as things in general since Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012. Before I get into the sequel trilogy, I do want to say that I don't hate everything that has come out since Disney bought Star Wars. I LOVED, like really, really loved Jedi Fallen Order. Even when compared to most things I've played or read before Disney's acquisition, this game is better than most. It's actually the best Star Wars game I've ever played and one of the best video games I've ever played. I also thought Rogue One was a pretty good movie; it seems to grow on me with time, and while I do prefer the Dark Forces games that explain the same plot in a different way, it's still a cool story. And finally, The Mandalorian has been mostly a really good show, and gives me hope for the future of Star Wars. With all that out of the way, here is my take on the Disney Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.


I was genuinely really, really, REALLY excited about The Force Awakens from the very first teaser trailer. Each time a new trailer came out I went wild with excitement and rewatched those trailers over and over again. And then finally when the movie came out, I actually loved it! I loved it so much I think I saw The Force Awakens 5 times while it was in the theater. It wasn't a perfect movie, it was pretty derivative of A New Hope, and there were a lot of unanswered questions, but I had faith that this was only the beginning of a well thought out, cohesive story that would likely get better and better with each movie. I bought merchandise for it, I praised it wildly in my personal life, and I was beyond optimistic about the future of Star Wars. One more thing I wanted to mention is the character Rey, which  I absolutely adored after seeing TFA. She was unusually gifted for not knowing what the force was at the beginning of the film, but I had faith that her power, her origin, and everything else about her would be explained and make sense in the future films. Unfortunately I'd be very wrong about this and so much else.


I remember going to a local sports bar that was playing the Monday Night Football game in order to watch the first trailer for The Last Jedi since I didn't have regular TV. I sat through an entire football game, a sport I don't even like, to see the trailer and I was completely blown away after seeing it! I counted down the days until the movie came out as I couldn't wait to see the continuation of this story, as well as how various questions played out from TFA, and also I was so hyped to see Luke back since he was barely in the last movie. What I ended up getting was the worst, most demoralizing film I've ever seen.


I saw The Last Jedi opening night, and to say I felt emotionally conflicted during the movie was an understatement. Nearly every plot thread I cared about was snuffed out for the what I'd later learn was "subverted expectations." The tone of the movie didn't feel like Star Wars at all, and I saw the characters I'd loved and watched since I was a kid act in ways that were completely different then when I'd last seen them. I left the theater not knowing what to think or feel; I felt lost, confused, and disenchanted by the whole thing. I simmered on it for a few days, and each passing day I grew angrier and angrier at what I just saw, until I realized I just saw probably the worst excuse for a Star Wars movie that could have ever been made. The movie not only destroyed characters I'd loved and cared about since I first saw the original trilogy back in the early 90s, but it broke the Star Wars Universe as well. It also broke the previous movie and everything that made it intriguing, fun, and promising. I've always thought of The Last Jedi as a massive bomb that went off and the closer a movie a movie was it to canonically, the more in was damaged by this movie.


What followed was the first time I hated something having to do with Star Wars, and it even made me dislike other parts of Star Wars that i once loved. At the very least it ruined TFA since I knew what all those things I loved or had hopes for were extinguished in the next film, and at the most it made the original trilogy almost unwatchable since I knew how Luke, Leia, and Han would all be ruined eventually. I had to pretend the Disney's canon did not exist in order to enjoy the rest of Star Wars and decided that I would no longer care or watch anything post Disney acquisition beyond a morbid curiosity. Despite all this I was legitimately sad I might not be able to enjoy anything new having to do with Star Wars, but I still kept a glimmer of hope that maybe things would change.


Unfortunately the follow up to TLJ, Solo: A Star Wars Story was terrible as well, but for reasons more comical and lighthearted then the almost malicious intent present within The Last Jedi. But still, it was validation that Star Wars might be forever ruined. By the time the first news about Episode IX started to appear I was beyond having any hope of it being able to redeem the trilogy. And then, a few months ago, my hope was reignited, not by The Rise of Skywalker, but rather because of a video game and a TV show. By the time the first trailer for Rise of Skywalker came out, I was curious about it, but was all but certain it was going to be crap. However, a lot of the anger and depression I felt over what happened following The Last Jedi had subsided, and now that I had hope in other mediums for the franchise, I was willing to go into The Rise of Skywalker with an even head and at least give it a shot as long as it didn't require I spend money on seeing it.


Luckily I got free tickets through work and I got to see how this complete mess of a trilogy wrapped up. After watching The Rise of Skywalker I was vindicated in seeing that yes, it was a bad, mess of a movie, however one that made an effort to be better than the last film in the trilogy. Despite all this, the movie refused to change course on a lot of the bullshit that had plagued the franchise since The Force Awakens. There were several parts throughout that I did enjoy though, and at the end of it I wasn't as angry as I was relieved that the "Skywalker Saga" was finally over and a chance to leave it behind was finally here.


At the moment I am probably the most optimistic about Star Wars I've been since before The Force Awakens came out. I feel like the future of Star Wars is the type of story telling and care present in The Mandalorian and also Jedi Fallen Order. I say this because I'm not the only one that felt like Disney nearly killed Star Wars with The Last Jedi, and the lack of course correction within the films since has been a reflection of the mismanagement of the franchise by Kathleen Kennedy and the old guard at Lucasfilm. Star Wars is starting to gain a foothold again, no thanks to The Rise of Skywalker, but because of The Mandalorian and Jedi Fallen Order, especially the former. I dare say, I hope The Rise of Skywalker flops since it will increase the likelihood that Kathleen Kennedy's version of Star Wars becomes a bad memory, and the healing can finally begin.


But anyhow, now that I've seen all three Sequel Trilogy movies I no longer include them with the original six that came before it. The Skywalker Saga is episode 1 through 6 as they outline the Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Anakin Skywalker; it is his story. Trying to shoehorn episode 7, 8, and 9 into that equation while completely ignoring Anakin for the most part, then trying to make the entire saga, not just the sequel trilogy about Rey is just injury to insult. No, the Disney sequel trilogy is  not the conclusion to the Skywalker Saga, that happened in Return of the Jedi. The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker aren't even part of the same Star Wars universe given how blatantly they disregard the characters, rules, and lore of the movies they're supposedly based on. No, the sequel trilogy is the Disney Wars Trilogy; it isn't a sequel to those six great movies from the PT and OT, and in essence doesn't even feel like Star Wars. It is fan fiction given hundreds of millions of dollars since that is exactly how it plays out. I sincerely hope that the next Star Wars movie from Disney is actually a Star Wars movie, and not some unironic parody pretending to be part of the same universe and franchise.


Here are my scores for the sequel trilogy movies


The Force Awakens - 5/10
The Last Jedi - 1/10
The Rise of Skywalker - 4/10


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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 21, 2019, 10:11:40 pm
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It's been a goal of mine for the better part of a decade to watch A Christmas Story during the holidays. Lying in bed for most of the day sick with a bad cold, I thought what better time to watch it, especially with XMAS less than a week away. Like many people, I've pretty much only heard positive things about this movie and its reputation of being a cult hit amongst Christmas movies. It is also considered one of the best Christmas movies of all time by certain sources. Combine that with the fact this is an 80s Christmas movie and I thought for sure this would become a regular XMAS film for me each December. Disappointingly, I was wrong about that.

This movie oozes so heavily in boomerism that you'd be forgiven for thinking this was a much older film than it actually is. It takes place in the 50s/early 60s and it just has this very old timey feel, like your uncle telling you about Christmas when he was a kid 50-years ago. Just like those stories from your uncle, the movie was pretty boring and three quarters of it didn't even have to do with Christmas, but the main character's life leading up to it. I feel like this is definitely a movie that either old people or people who grew up with it in the 80s, maybe the 90s, would enjoy, but someone who saw it much later than that would have a hard time enjoying this film.

I didn't completely hate this movie, however. The film has an incredibly Christmasy look and feel that really gets you in the holiday mood. Also, the main characters goal of doing everything he can to get his BBgun for Christmas was very, very relatable for any kid during Christmas time wanting a certain gift or gifts. I also found a few parts genuinely funny and entertaining, but I can count these examples on one hand.


It's just too bad the film felt so outdated and boring that is actually took me out of these things for the majority of the movie. I can appreciate how a lot of people love this film, but for me it really fell flat and is something I can't see myself ever wanting to watch again. I guess at least  I can say i've seen it now.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 23, 2019, 12:43:55 pm
The Rise of Skywalker was fine.  I was entertained during my time in the theater, but it’s a movie that starts to unravel the moment you start to scrutinize it, and what’s more, it unravels things across the entire ‘Saga’.  All told I’d say the Disney films are all clumped pretty closely together for me - that clump is just well below the OT while also being well above the PT.

And I’m starting to think the sequel trilogy isn’t going to have anything to do with Trade Negotiations.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 24, 2019, 10:49:50 pm
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Saved Klaus for the holidays and it turned out to be pretty great.  Fantastic animation and its genuinely funny.  It gives off a pretty heavy Emperor's New Groove vibe to me and it the general story stuff feels like a combination of multiple story situations, like it's Emperor's New Groove, mixed with that old "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" stop motion movie, and some rather regular movie tropes, but it might be one of the better Christmas movies I've seen in recent years.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 01, 2020, 08:57:51 am
Anna and the Apocalypse.  Fun little film.  Not perfect, but did what it set out to do pretty well.

Watched Quantum of Solace for the first time since theaters.  It’s ok I guess?  Definitely the weakest of the Craig films, though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 08, 2020, 06:27:05 am
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Watched Seoul Station, which is an animated prequel to Train to Busan, a pretty great zombie flick set in South Korea.  It's CG animation, but I think it actually looks okay.  It's not high quality animation, but it's fairly smooth which I can say is more than what a lot of other anime does with their low framerate stuff going on.  I actually found the voice acting to be pretty great, it feels very...in world I guess I would say, not like its just done in a studio and not as stiff as some anime can feel, like they filmed it on location.  That said, they completely borked the punches and some attacks audio wise.  It's not all audio, most is fine, but like a zombie gets hit with a couple  pound ceramic lid from the back of a toilet and it sounds like they are hitting the zombie with a whiffle bat lol It doesn't ruin the film, but it shows up at a few spots and comes across kinda clumsy.

Generally thought the movie was fine.  It's dark, but it is zombie horror lol It also takes abit to get going, I sorta feel like they drug things out abit too long at spots, but once it gets going it does well enough.  It's standalone also, so you don't need to have seen Train to Busan to watch it.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 11, 2020, 06:30:30 am
Hellboy (2019)
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It's not awful, but its not very good either.  Harbour is fine, but the makeup is pretty stiff and makes it tough to emote.  His two sidekicks (Daniel Dae Kim and Sasha Lane) are both pretty bad, though.  The creature design and practical effects are great, but the CGI ranges from ok to terrible.  Milla Jovovich isn't very good.  There are good moments, but it is bogged down in too much exposition and flashbacks.  Plus, the soundtrack is awful buttrock.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 14, 2020, 10:29:40 pm
I’m in the process of catching up on stuff I may have missed for awards season.

The Irishman
Little Women
Marriage Story
Dolemite is my Name
I Lost My Body
The Favourite
Parasite
1917
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 21, 2020, 04:42:16 am
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I had heard the movie didn't exactly turn out to be as good as the trailer let on, but felt like watching it anyways since it's free on Prime right now.  It ended up just being an okay film.  The problem was that the trailer made it out to be this more hardcore Nazi zombie horror movie, but it ended up not being a whole lot of that.  Like it's 60 to 70% a straight WW2 film, with the rest being kind of just Re-Animator, but it feels like such a small part of the film.

It sorta reminds me of Inglorious Bastards, where the trailer wasn't nearly what the actual movie was, being more of WW2 drama centered on this woman, rather than being some badass action flick with a Nazi killing crew.

Anyways, if you are just wanting a WW2 flick with a little extra weird in it, this movie is fine. I felt like if they had leaned harder into the horror part of it more, the movie would've been more notable.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 01, 2020, 02:11:35 am
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I went in with only the bit of trailer knowledge I had and what I felt was general talk of "It was alright", but then heard nothing more, so I didn't really have expectations for this movie in particular, especially after how bad I remember Genisys being, and with the state of certain scifi series nowadays with Predator and Aliens in the crapper, the bar is VERY low here.

Basically the movie is totally alright.  I have very little recollection of Genisys, but I remember not liking it and hated its marketing, which was stupid, so I didn't know what to get out of this new one, and I actually enjoyed it.  It's not amazing, it's dumb that they can't just do something new with Terminator that doesn't rely on the same plot stuff as before, but this might be the first one since Terminator 2 that I think is totally good and watchable, but I'm also someone that liked Salvation because it was trying to be something different.

Dark Fate actually comes across as sort of an amalgamation of all the past movies, though I feel like the overall plot feels sorta weird in their explanation of things as I'm not sure if it makes sense or if it's only meant to make sense if they continue on with another movie to explain it.  Like it has old Arnold that we saw in Genisys, we got the nanobot skin like in T3, we got what is basically a human Terminator from Salvation, it's set within the Terminator 2 timeline, and the new girl is just a new Sarah Connor basically, so it doesn't really come across as particularly new, just more of the same.

I did like it though, and when the last Predator was bad and so was the last Alien, at least the new Terminator is watchable lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on February 04, 2020, 09:28:25 am
I just watched "Life" for what I think is the eight time now. In my mind I still see it as a "Venom" prequel, but then I remember how bland that movie was and rejoice that it isn't. There's no need to tarnish such a great movie.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 04, 2020, 10:20:14 am
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I did like it though, and when the last Predator was bad and so was the last Alien, at least the new Terminator is watchable lol

Exactly this.  It’s not great, but it is fine and watchable, while not being incredibly stupid, which is far more than you can say about those other two.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 10, 2020, 12:22:57 pm
Birds of Prey was fine.  Better than Suicide Squad, but not as good as Shazam
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 15, 2020, 01:24:23 am
sonic the hedgehog... it was fun. The base plot was predictable, but I had a lot of fun watching it. The movie would not have worked with the original design they had and a lot of that is due to how expressive the redesign is. A lot of the jokes were funny and the cast was great. Only negative i can say is that they have Sonic do that fortnite floss dance. If I had to grade it right now 7.5/10 it's more about the trip than the destination. There is a mid-credits scene but nothing after all the credits end for those who want to know that kind of stuff.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on February 15, 2020, 01:37:55 am
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Ever since the Sonic redesign I've been fairly excited for this movie, however when I started reading early reviews from fans of the film I began getting really hyped for it! I was literally giddy going into this movie, meanwhile I was trying to dampen my expectations since this is not only a movie based off a video game, but also a movie that was dramatically changed due to the initial backlash over Sonic's design, as well as the whole premise of a live action Sonic movie.


After watching the movie I can say that none of that excitement and hype went to waste, and somehow this movie ended up being even better than I thought it would be! I am going to fully admit that some of that has to do with my nearly lifelong love of Sonic, but looking at the movie for what it is, it was definitely the best use of the character in a live action film as you could possibly do. It perfectly captured the essence, personality, and feel of the Sonic character to a T. The same can be said for Jim Carry's portrayal of Dr. Robotnic. Speaking of Jim Carry, this was the most 90s I've seen Jim carry act since, well, the 90s. It was not only refreshing, but also sentimental in a way as it reminded me of roles he played like Ace Ventura, The Riddler, and The Grinch.


The movie's reverence for the 90s cannot be understated. While the Sonic movie takes place in modern times, the feel, plot, and story felt like a movie that was supposed to be made in 1995. For anyone who grew up with movies around that time you'll know exactly what I mean when you watch this film. The movie's very 90s feel certainly added not only to my enjoyment of it, but also to the authentic feel of this movie being about Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the most iconic video game characters from that decade.


Aside from all that, the movie was very cute and funny. I was laughing a lot during this movie, so much so that my face kind of hurt by the end and I felt almost exhausted from that and just smiling the whole time. The other actors in the film were great as well, as was a lot of the non-Sonic humor they integrated into it. This is certainly a movie that kids and adults, even if they have limited or no experience with anything related to Sonic can enjoy. And while I won't spoil it, the post credit scene was incredible! I literally blurted out a pronounced, "HOLY CRAP!" when I saw it.


I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Sonic the Hedgehog, so much so I plan on seeing it at least one more time while it's still in theaters. As a Sonic fan and just someone who generally enjoys lighthearted kids movies from the 90s, this was one of the best films I've seen over the last year, probably since Alita: Battle Angel was in theaters. this movie brought me so much joy and made me feel like an excited kid again watching one of my favorite video game characters in a fun, well done movie. I'm going to give this movie a solid 9/10; it may not be a masterpiece but is definitely one of the best, if not the best video game movie I've ever seen, and certainly a movie that did the character and source material justice.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on February 15, 2020, 01:40:37 am
sonic the hedgehog... it was fun. The base plot was predictable, but I had a lot of fun watching it. The movie would not have worked with the original design they had and a lot of that is due to how expressive the redesign is. A lot of the jokes were funny and the cast was great. Only negative i can say is that they have Sonic do that fortnite floss dance. If I had to grade it right now 7.5/10 it's more about the trip than the destination. There is a mid-credits scene but nothing after all the credits end for those who want to know that kind of stuff.


I absolutely agree with you about the old design; it deviated so much from the character that even if everything else was kept the same, that old design would have just been creepy and weird, and literally ruined every scene it was in. Luckily they did chance the Sonic character design, and it literally had the exact opposite effect of what the old design would have had. It literally saved this movie, and may even make this movie a huge success judging by the projected box office numbers it's supposed to have.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 17, 2020, 07:55:25 am
sonic the hedgehog... it was fun. The base plot was predictable, but I had a lot of fun watching it. The movie would not have worked with the original design they had and a lot of that is due to how expressive the redesign is. A lot of the jokes were funny and the cast was great. Only negative i can say is that they have Sonic do that fortnite floss dance. If I had to grade it right now 7.5/10 it's more about the trip than the destination. There is a mid-credits scene but nothing after all the credits end for those who want to know that kind of stuff.

I absolutely agree with you about the old design; it deviated so much from the character that even if everything else was kept the same, that old design would have just been creepy and weird, and literally ruined every scene it was in. Luckily they did chance the Sonic character design, and it literally had the exact opposite effect of what the old design would have had. It literally saved this movie, and may even make this movie a huge success judging by the projected box office numbers it's supposed to have.

Yeah, some of those early scenes would have been terrifying with the old design.  Can you imagine that face peeking in your window? :o
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 17, 2020, 10:08:24 am

Yeah, some of those early scenes would have been terrifying with the old design.  Can you imagine that face peeking in your window? :o

Funny you would say that.
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Post by: tripredacus on February 17, 2020, 10:18:41 am
The Chronicles of Riddick DVD
which apparently has an Xbox demo on the disc... so...
https://vgcollect.com/item/174650
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 17, 2020, 10:27:57 am

Yeah, some of those early scenes would have been terrifying with the old design.  Can you imagine that face peeking in your window? :o

Funny you would say that.

I’m going to assume you did not mean this the way I interpreted it...  :'(
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 17, 2020, 12:35:42 pm

Yeah, some of those early scenes would have been terrifying with the old design.  Can you imagine that face peeking in your window? :o

Funny you would say that.

I’m going to assume you did not mean this the way I interpreted it...  :'(

Giving away as little as possible... in the beginning there's  a scene where he's peeking into a family's home through a window.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 17, 2020, 12:49:00 pm

Yeah, some of those early scenes would have been terrifying with the old design.  Can you imagine that face peeking in your window? :o

Funny you would say that.

I’m going to assume you did not mean this the way I interpreted it...  :'(

Giving away as little as possible... in the beginning there's  a scene where he's peeking into a family's home through a window.

That’s why I said “in those early scenes”.  I’ve seen the movie.  Your comment came across as a dig at me lol
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 17, 2020, 05:08:25 pm

Yeah, some of those early scenes would have been terrifying with the old design.  Can you imagine that face peeking in your window? :o

Funny you would say that.

I’m going to assume you did not mean this the way I interpreted it...  :'(

Giving away as little as possible... in the beginning there's  a scene where he's peeking into a family's home through a window.

That’s why I said “in those early scenes”.  I’ve seen the movie.  Your comment came across as a dog at me lol


It was a misreading of your comment for some reason my brain ignored the "early scenes" part making me think it was just a random comment about the old design looking through a window that coincidentally coincided with a scene in the movie. My bad.

Also I was thinking how creepy that scene would have been a few minutes before that. So it was funny you would say that, cause i was just thinking the same thing at that time.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 17, 2020, 05:34:41 pm
All good!  I didn’t really think you were saying anything else, it just read strangely to me.

I actually leaned over to me girlfriend during that scene and said exactly what we are now.  It would have made it horrifying
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Post by: Cartagia on February 23, 2020, 07:15:29 am
Creed II

This one actually does a few things better than the first movie - notably the fight scenes.  They feel appropriately larger than life, where in the first film everything felt intimate, which was fine most of the time, but even in the last showcase it felt like the inside of a High School gym.  I was hesitate when they first announced this movie was bringing back the Drago's, just because it felt like the new series might have already been out of ideas, but it really pulls it off.  By taking elements from Rocky II-IV, rather than just the overblown fourth movie, it manages to keep the same formula and still feel fresh.  Unfortunately that does also make parts of the movie feel rushed.  Still one of the better movies in the series.

Skyfall

I've been doing a slow rewatch of the Daniel Craig Bond films in preparation for No Time to Die, and while its pretty obvious that Quantum of Solace is a low tier Bond, Casino Royale and Skyfall are both top notch, and I've never quite been able to choose between them.  Royale is more tightly plotted, where Skyfall starts to fall apart a little if you start to dig into it a little, but Royale also drags in the last 30 minutes or so, especial on repeat viewings.  However, thanks to Roger Deakins photography, Skyfall is easily the best looking Bond ever.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 24, 2020, 04:52:47 pm
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Had a freebie ticket for the movies, so figured for the heck of it, I'd go see the new Sonic movie hearing that it was good and I thought it was fine.  Had they not changed the design for Sonic, I think this movie would've bombed or at least not do as well as it's a pretty generic film.  The humor was good enough and Jim Carrey just being a complete cartoon character was entertaining, but this movie is basically every "Alien comes to earth, befriends a human" plot line that has come before and much like the Detective Pikachu movie, they showed almost everything in the trailer, which is always annoying.  Of which, Detective Pikachu is the better movie as it just gets across its world better and its way more interesting.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 25, 2020, 10:50:36 pm
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Didn't plan for a Nazi based marathon this past few days, but with Jojo Rabbit and Hunters, Jojo Rabbit is definitely the better thing to watch lol Where I talked about issues of tone with Hunters, Jojo understand what it is, and it only takes a turn from the comedy to something more serious when it kinda wants to really drive something home and it can get dark, but the humor in it is great, and everyone in it is great. I do recommend this one. 

I think the next few days of movie watching will basically be just catching up on 2019 movies I missed, so Zombieland 2, Frozen 2, Parasite, Knives Out, and probably some others.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on February 29, 2020, 01:04:43 pm
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When I first heard about this movie I was very interested. It had a very, very strong 90s vibe, which it absolutely should since it's supposed to take place during that era. I never got around to seeing it when it came out, and missed my chance when it was at Redbox. I finally was able to watch it today after finding out it was free on Prime, and well, umm...


This movie is essentially the modern remake of Kids, but is supposed to take place during that same period of time, but in Cali instead of New York. I will start off by saying, I hate the movie Kids. While I get that it's a fairly real look at how some kids and teens live, it just makes me feel ill, like literally physically ill. Maybe it's because the way kids and teens are depicted in that film was in stark contrast to my life at that point, but it just makes me feel terrible watching it.


I pretty much had the same experience watching Mid90s. The movie is about a 12-year old kid who attempts to escape his dysfunctional, abusive household by hanging out with a group of skateboarding misfits. The movie then becomes a coming of age film about the main character learning how to fit in with this group while dealing with substance abuse, drugs, sex, and pretty much all the other fun things you get to deal with growing up. Meanwhile there's plenty of adolescent drama, household dysfunction, and other nasty shit until the end of the movie. While the movie didn't have the tragically sad ending I thought it would, it was arguably worse be being somewhat unsettling and unresolved.


Aside from my personal feelings about Mid90s, I just thought it was kinda boring too. There were more than a few times when I considered turning it off due to my interest waning, as well as the movie being pretty predictable and cliche at times. I did find the cinematography to be pretty good, as well as the sort of grainy, raw look they were going for. The movie did mostly feel authentic to the look and feel of the mid 90s, albeit looking very different than how my life looked. I felt like there was an over emphasis of trying to nostalgia bait people will all sorts of 90s props and references, especially in the beginning, although I guess they just really wanted to hook the viewer into knowing exactly when this movie was taking place.


Overall I really didn't enjoy watching this film, but I guess it was mostly for personal reasons more than anything. If you like the movie Kids you will probably really like Mid90s. For me though, I like to remember the much more innocent, lighthearted, and fun memories of the 90s I personally had, like going to play Lasertag with my friends, staying up all night and playing Goldeneye 007, watching Nickelodeon, and having birthday parties at Dave and Busters with my friends and family. While I had some very difficult times growing up, this movie really makes me realize how incredibly lucky, privileged and fortunate I was and still am. Many people had it way harder than me, and this movie is a very real reminder of that.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 02, 2020, 12:16:50 pm
The Invisible Man teetered on the edge of greatness, but then it had some really idiotic character decisions in the third act.  Still good, though.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 08, 2020, 01:16:39 am
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Been awhile since I've watched like a proper mystery movie, I don't even think I know what the last one would've been that built purely around a straight up mystery with no action or thriller elements.  I think this is a real good movie though.  Not quite as amazing as it seemed like I saw others saying, but it's a real solid bit of story and characters and all the actors here are great.  Like I don't think I've seen Chris Evans in something other than a Marvel film since like Scott Pilgrim in 2010 and he's great as this asshole character or Daniel Craig not playing Bond who gets to put on this very "Southern Gentleman" drawl the whole time.
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Post by: seether on March 08, 2020, 04:06:02 am
Watched King Kong vs Godzilla from the 1960s last night.

Was a slow build up then a five minute fight scene at the end.
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Post by: spyrofanx on March 09, 2020, 06:07:53 am
Konosuba Season 2. Man was that funny! I really hope a Season 3 happens at some point.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 09, 2020, 06:15:58 am
Konosuba Season 2. Man was that funny! I really hope a Season 3 happens at some point.

They just did a movie for it.  Not sure if there is a season 3 planned, but there's that to check out when its available.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 10, 2020, 04:25:58 am
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Finally got around to watching the first (of the new series) Jumanji and I'm basically with what seemed like the consensus at the time was, which was that the movie was more entertaining than most people expected.  I think it was the trailer, but it just sorta gave off like a more family friendly film, like...Spy Kids, or that Brendan Frasier Journey to the Center of the Earth movie, I don't know, but I think it just didn't come across right to me, but I had fun with the movie.  I'll probably rent the sequel when it comes out next week.
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Post by: redblaze57 on March 15, 2020, 09:50:13 pm
Zombieland: Double Tap- More of the same which is honestly good for this movie only complaint is that they tried to do the same style slo-mo opening as last time only with Master of Puppets this time and to me... The song is too fast to be paired with slowed-down footage

RAMBO Last Blood- brutal deaths, good movie. probably going to get some shit for this, but this is the first Rambo movie I've seen. But now I want to see the others because of this movie.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 24, 2020, 05:25:25 am
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Was recently reminded of Snowpiercer after Bong Joon Ho got all the attention from his movie Parasite (Haven't seen it yet) and finally got around to watching it again and its still such a good and interesting movie.  Not sure what it is with South Koreans and trains (Train to Busan being the other), but they make good movies on them lol
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Post by: Cartagia on March 24, 2020, 09:02:55 am
Time to throw down the list of movies I’ve watched in isolation.

The Commuter - Dumb and not very fun.
Fighting with my Family - Florence Pugh is gonna be huge soon.  She also had a small part in Commuter.
Alita: Battle Angel - Dumb and fun.  FX were really bad in a couple of places though.
The Skeleton Twins - Bill Hader never fails to impress.
Bumblebee - The Transformers Movie we deserve.  Not perfect, but better than all the Bay films.  And I even kind of like the first one.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 01, 2020, 03:10:21 am
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While I got plenty of series stuff to watch, I felt like getting a movie marathon going for something and since I never got around to it before Endgame, I thought I'd start my Marvel marathon now, going from the beginning and in order of release all the way back up to Endgame.  A lot of the movies I haven't rewatched since they came out on video, so it'll be fun going back through them all, even the ones I remember not liking a ton (Looking at you the first two Thor movies).  This of course means starting with Iron Man.

The movie that kicked off the MCU, Iron Man is still quality.  For what is now a 12 year old movie, everything holds up great, it's kinda amazing how well they nailed everything right away.  I had forgotten that they replaced Rhodes with Don Cheadle after this and I think Terrance Howard, Edward Norton as Hulk, and Hugo Weaving as Red Skull might've been the only notable characters that got replaced within the MCU that I can think of, though Red Skull had been relegated to a much more minor character by Infinity War.

The movie is great and I think so much of that is Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.  Much like Hugh Jackson as Wolverine, he just nails the character and is one of the very few actors who I think are irreplaceable for the role and one day will be a hard one to replace in whatever inevitable reboot happens.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 01, 2020, 10:19:16 pm
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This is my second watch of Rise of Skywalker since I last saw it in theater and I wasn't sure what I was gonna think of it having had more time to settle my thoughts on the film. 

Generally I still like it a lot more than The Last Jedi, just because it's far more exciting and fun.  As pure scifi action, it's an enjoyable time.  Story wise, it's a mess, because they are trying to do two movies worth in one to make up for The Last Jedi, and it's really obvious.  Like the message from Palpatine they talk about in the beginning showed up in Fortnite of all places.  Not that the story is bad, I'm fine with the general beats of what happens, it's just all rushed to hell and back.  Had they not done Last Jedi and split this movie into two, the trilogy would've been much better off if it was properly setup.

Other problems would be that the Knights of Ren are useless, they are the Boba Fett and Captain Phasma of this movie, totally wasted outside of a tiny fight with Ben at the end of the movie where they are quickly dispatched.  Not too mention so much unexplored story points, such as Finn being force sensitive and his relationship with Rey, Rey's training, Kylo dealing with First Order business, heck even the bit at the end with Lando and Jannah as it turned out that she's his daughter, but it isn't an actual part of the movie at all, there's so much more that could've been done with this that wasn't fully realized.

I don't want it all to seem negative, as I did say I liked it, but I enjoy these characters, there's good battles, I chuckled at parts and even when Chewbacca gets the news about Leia, I still choked up a little, seeing that he's finally lost all his old friends as it hits hard having essentially grown up with these characters.  I liked that they didn't give us a CG doll of Leia and a voice impersonator just to have her finish off the role, using her actual voice and visuals, even if it does come off abit wonky in terms of her interactions with Rey.  I love the red designs of the Final Order (A minor thing, but when we've had 3 generations of white troopers, red is a pretty bold change lol).  And as I said, I like the story beats, even if everything is rushed as I didn't care what the story was that they told, just that they told me one I could like, so stuff like the Emperor being back is fine, it just would've been nice had it all be handled better.

It's hard for me to place the movie in the entire franchise, it's probably lower than most of them other than the first two prequels, so I'll just say it's in the latter end of things, above Last Jedi, even if that movie is technically a more cohesive film, just because I find Rise to be a more exciting watch and to note, I didn't hate Last Jedi as much as others did, but even I consider it pretty lackluster outside of a few scenes and ideas, especially after re-watching it a few times.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 02, 2020, 05:53:36 am
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I hadn't seen The Incredible Hulk since probably 2008 when it first came out and had mostly forgotten about it other than it had Edward Norton as Banner.  This one was always kinda considered one of the weakest of the MCU to me, as even at the time, I remember it just being okay.  Where Iron Man felt like an incredible new beginning and a bright future, Downey just killing it as Stark, Hulk was just..."alright", kinda business as usual for superhero movies, Norton is fine, though I liked it more than the 2003 movie with its weird mutant poodles and Nick Nolte elemental monster (I guess he was Absorbing Man?).

It is nice that it's not an origin story, doing much of what they did with Spider-Man and just going "Hey, people know Hulk enough at this point, just toss it in there in the intro".  Having watched it again, I do think its still on the very lowered end of the MCU movies, mostly because it doesn't really do too much for me.  Like Norton isn't bad, but Ruffalo is a lot better to me and fits a lot better with the cast they eventually have for The Avengers.

I'm curious if Abomination will come back and if we'll get "The Leader" proper.  While they decided on not doing anymore Hulk movies, that's two villains right there that would be good to show back up in the She-Hulk show I think.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 02, 2020, 09:03:48 am
Abomination has gotten named dropped a couple of times at least, as a resident of The Raft, but that’s been about it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 02, 2020, 11:50:44 pm
Abomination has gotten named dropped a couple of times at least, as a resident of The Raft, but that’s been about it.

Okay, that's good, I probably overlooked that when it happened, but I like that they acknowledge it so that it feels like it is a part of the MCU. I know there's the ending bit with Ross and Stark, but that feels more of a little bonus, rather than proper implementation like with Iron Man.

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I know Iron Man 2 is kinda considered bottom tier in the MCU more often than not and I can understand why folks look at it that way.  There's really not much good action in it outside of the ending and Ivan Vonko as Whiplash comes across as a pretty weak villain paired with Sam Rockwell, who I think is good in the part as Hammer, but the character is more a joke than anything.  Of course Downey is good as Stark, he's never not, and I like the idea of him dealing with some leftover elements of the first movie. 

The general story though of Tony kinda in "self-destruction" with his mortality on the line, feels kinda weak overall, abit boring, because the first movie ends with him establishing Iron Man, but then with Iron Man 2, there's no real Iron Man.  We don't get him saving the world, it's the aftermath, there isn't anything for him to be Iron Man for and I think a bigger story of him actually trying to be this "weapon for peace", maybe the toll of that, sorta like what we got with Iron Man 3, would've been a lot better.  Keep the idea that his arc battery is killing him and its pushing him to take bigger and bigger risks as Iron Man, nearly killing himself in every battle he gets into.

In the end, I'm alright with it, it's not a bad movie at all, its just not as standout as the first one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: grevegarf on April 03, 2020, 07:54:46 am
Last anime I watched was the film Madoka Magica: Rebellion. Madoka is my favorite anime of all time, there was a show and 3 films. I finished the show and I watched Rebellion too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 04, 2020, 04:13:03 am
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While some people have their own lower end MCU films, I generally had the Thor movies pretty low on the list for me.  Not like they were bad, but I just found them to be lacking personally.  They give us this great new fantasy setting, which was awesome for the time when we were still just dealing with Hulk and Iron Man, but the movie ends up spending a lot of time on Earth.  It is interesting looking back at "old" Thor, when he's this arrogant war hungry warrior, rather that what he becomes later.  I feel like he has the most drastic character shift as the movies went on.

Much like Iron Man 2 and Hulk, it's fine.  Even when I first watched it, I was never really that blown by it and I didn't really love Thor and Loki till probably the first Avengers movie.  Natalie Portman as Jane is alright.  The story is okay.  I like the fantasy/scifi setting they establish, but that is probably it for me as they end up spending much of the movie on Earth, which is a little boring I thought outside of a few bits of humor.  I will say that Thor could be at the bottom for me, because I don't think it even has a particularly great finale.  Like Iron Man 2 isn't great, but at least it has a big battle with both War Machine and Iron Man duking it out against killer drone bots.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 05, 2020, 06:26:37 am
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Captain America was the turn around for me with these movies.  Where Iron Man was so strong, the following movies were only ever just alright.  I liked the setting that Thor established, it was that fantasy/scifi element that Marvel needed to put out there, much like Dr. Strange and Guardians establish, but Thor was kind of a boring film to me.  Captain America though, a lot of fun.  There's certainly some downtime, but Chris Evans is great as Rogers, I really dig Hugo Weaving as Red Skull, there's some enjoyable side characters such as Stark, Tommy Lee Jones as the General, Bucky, Agent Carter, it's a fun cast.  The setting is also really great, a period piece set in the 1940's, with WW2, but wild scifi tech involved (I love the short bit where there's just like a 3 story tank rolling through a town that Rogers takes out lol).

It's got some good action strew throughout, I love the spy stuff that becomes more notable in later movies, the establishment of Hydra, it's just a fun movie to me.  I still think I like Iron Man a tad more because of just how tight it is and how good Downey is, even if Captain America does a whole lot more and has a larger scope to its story.

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And done with Phase 1 with The Avengers.  It was a pretty reasonable build, something DC never wanted to handle right, and The Avengers still holds up pretty well even with what follows I think.  Everyone is great in it too and I like that they make everything work for even the smaller members of the cast with Black Widow and Hawkeye as it's very easy to get overshadowed with the other cooler characters.  Loki instantly becomes much better in this movie as we really get him on full display and is why we are getting a Loki tv show, because he's that damn good.  We start to see a little bit more of Thor's personality in this too that I like, though we still got till after Thor 2 till I like him more.  The action is fun and love the scenes like the reveal of the heli-carrier.

I think with the end of Phase 1, that I'd place them like...

-Iron Man
-The Avengers
-Captain America
-Iron Man 2
-Thor
-Hulk

I can kinda switch Iron Man 2 and Thor either way, as I like Iron Man for Downey and such and stuff like the finale, but Thor can have good settings with the frost giants world and Asgard, but there's not enough with that.  Hulk is still fine, but for me the most I liked with it was the finale.

Off to Phase 2!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ancestralspirit on April 06, 2020, 04:28:59 pm
Mostly anime, i got done watching:

Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden (what a mouthful)
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Personally thought it was a very lacklustre follow up to what was arguably one of the greatest anime made in recent years.
This sequal was all style and no substance.
Pretty character design, and nice backgrounds with a great ost.
No character development, characters seem to make decisions that make no sense for the story, and seriously terrible pacing.

A Centaurs Life
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Initially thought that was going to be a cute anime, about anthro girls going to highschool together since that was how it was advertised.
It kinda was.....
Y'know apart from the fact that it's a society that puts people into detention centres because of 'discrimination laws'.
And then there was the episode where we get to see nazi centaur people commit atrocites during the second world war.
And right after that we get to see naked mermaid school......
It was a helluva ride but i was quite surprised just how well they handled it all.

And am currently through the 1st 10 episodes of My Hero Academia.
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Gotta say, i'm surprised at how good it is so far! Great character development, memorable events and characters, fun scenes mixed in with well thought out character arcs. If you're like me and usually stay away from stuff that people rant and rave about, don't sleep on this one!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 08, 2020, 02:57:15 am
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Literally just found out about this movie existing tonight and had to watch it. I read the memoir this movie is based off and it's one of the most insane, disgusting, and entertaining books I've ever read. For those of you who don't know The Dirt is a memoir of Motley Crew written by all four band members about their experience of being famous rock stars during the 80s and early 90s. They lived the lifestyle and then some, and then some more, and then even more. The movie is pretty much that book toned down so it wouldn't get an XXX rating, and condensed to tell a story that would be appropriate for a movie.


Regardless of being toned down it was a pretty good movie and a faithful adaptation of the book, as well as a good biopic flick of Motley Crew as a band. At first I wasn't totally sold on the actors chosen to portray the band members, but less than 30-minutes in I had accepted them all in their respective roles. And this movie was way more than just an raunchy adaptation of one of the most hard partying bands in history, but actually a story that really made you empathize with their struggles as individuals in coping with addiction, death, and the pressures of fame. If you have any interest in Motley Crew, the 80s hair metal scene, or have read the book and want to see a decent adaptation of it then I'd definitely recommend this film.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 08, 2020, 05:36:29 am
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I didn't realize how quickly all 3 Iron Man movies came out, within 5 years of each other.  Not that the movies stopped being about Iron Man after that, he's a big focus of course in movies like Ultron, Civil War, Spider-Man, and the last of the Avenger films, but man they showed up quick.

I do think that Iron Man 3 is a step up from Iron Man 2, though when looking at it, it's sorta the same movie.  Tony has a personal health issue that is causing him to behave poorly, all while there's a threat behind the scenes that involves someone from his past in one way or another.  What's better about this movie is that instead of him acting like a douche because he was looking death in the face with no way out, he's actively hunting down the main plot, almost abit like a spy flick.

I do sorta feel like the movie lacks "Iron Man", like in Iron Man 2.  Tony is at least proactive and interesting in this compared to the first movie, but outside of the cool house destruction scene, and the two part ending, we don't get much "Iron Man".  Though god damn I love "House Party" protocol lol I'm a sucker for armored suits and getting a whole bunch of badass armor designs is great and the fight is awesome.  It's sorta like the drone battle in a way, but with way more going on.  I know some people were annoyed by The Mandarin not being real, but a part of me actually likes it, though we could still maybe get him properly in the future.  While he is an Iron Man villain generally, they could easily have him be a villain for future Avengers stuff or Fantastic Four, coming out of the shadows to take back a name stolen from him or something.

It's a fun movie though and it was good way to start off Phase 2.  Up next is Thor 2, a movie I'm both interested in watching because I don't remember it a whole lot, but also dread it as what I do remember is kinda not liking it, so I'm hoping a new watch will turn me around on it lol

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I don't know what I had in my head for Thor: The Dark World, but I remember kinda not liking this movie.  It is better than the first Thor and I got more of the fantasy scifi world I wanted out of the first one, and I like that Thor and Loki have to team up, which is a great thing that shows up again in Thor Ragnarok.  Not that I love the movie, something about it doesn't draw me in as much as other Marvel movies do and I can't focus on exactly why. 

I'm not sure why I had such a negative view on it, I had honestly kinda was dreading a rewatch because I thought it was a complete bore, but there's some good action scenes throughout and the overall plot is interesting, but I feel like I sorta just don't enjoy a lot of the characters.  The regular humans are all sorta goofballs and Jane doesn't do a whole lot for most of the movie, Thor didn't get super likable for me till later in the movies, Hopkins as Odin is fine, the villain is kinda basic, so that mostly just leaves us with the short bits of Loki, who is always great, and I always liked Thor's gang who I think don't show up after this again? Maybe I'm wrong?

Anyways, I'm okay with the movie.  It's still maybe in the bottom half of the Marvel movies for me, but I think it's a good enough watch.  Onto Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a movie I know I love.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 10, 2020, 06:48:45 am
and I always liked Thor's gang who I think don't show up after this again? Maybe I'm wrong?

They are definitely in the movie, in the beginning action sequence and at least Fandral helps Thor and Loki escape towards the end.  Jane and Sif even have a few moments together.

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Onto Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a movie I know I love.

Easily the best movie in the MCU as far as I am concerned.


Finally watched Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.  A really interesting and ambitious concept where the amount of ambition kind of made them forget to come up with an engaging plot.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 10, 2020, 08:02:25 am
They are definitely in the movie, in the beginning action sequence and at least Fandral helps Thor and Loki escape towards the end.  Jane and Sif even have a few moments together.

Oh I meant AFTER Dark World, I just felt like I don't remember them showing up again after that movie, but maybe I'm wrong.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 10, 2020, 08:36:10 am
They are definitely in the movie, in the beginning action sequence and at least Fandral helps Thor and Loki escape towards the end.  Jane and Sif even have a few moments together.

Oh I meant AFTER Dark World, I just felt like I don't remember them showing up again after that movie, but maybe I'm wrong.

Oh!  Sif does not, but The Warriors Three are most definitely in Ragnarok.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 12, 2020, 07:54:36 pm
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I kinda went into Onward with no real expectations, like I saw the first trailer and know its Pixar, so I figured it would at least be good, as the only movies I've never liked was Cars (never watched the second or third and I wouldn't say Cars is specifically BAD), but I liked the idea of this movie.  Also I felt like this movie was a direction response to how terrible that Will Smith movie "Bright" was lol 

The movie isn't anything new, but I liked the fantasy/modern mixture, it's fun, sorta gives off that Monsters Inc. vibe in a way, and I liked all the characters.  Also the movie hit way harder emotionally than I expected, as it's about dealing with a father who passed away, and one scene in particularly hit way to close to home, but even with that, I had fun, and Tom Holland and Chris Pratt (Spider-Man and Star Lord lol) do a solid job.  I recommend it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 17, 2020, 08:22:14 am
Taking a break from TV shows to catch up on a few movies.

Colossal - Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis are great.  Strong premise.  Kind of falls apart in Act 3.
Doctor Sleep: Director’s Cut - Pretty good.  Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson were great.  The stuff at the Overlook was shockingly the weakest.
Honeyland - Interesting documentary.
Swiss Army Man - Truly bizarre premise that isn’t quite as good as I thought it would be.
Force Majeure - Pretty solid family drama, but didn’t feel like this great comedy I’ve heard it called.
The Dark Tower - What a feckless adaptation.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 19, 2020, 09:03:29 am
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Why'd ya spill your beans?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 20, 2020, 12:54:32 am
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So Birds of Prey is...alright? Functional? I had no expectations with it, because the current crop of DC movies range from bad, to so-so, to kinda alright.  While I like Harley Quinn personality wise from Suicide Squad, most everything else sucking, I didn't know if I cared enough about her getting her own movie.  She's still fine in this movie, but she's kind of the only thing that is likable. 

I'm not exactly a DC fanboy outside of basic Batman stuff, but I feel like the worst thing you could do for a thing based on comics, is make something that feels unrecognizable to the comics.  Like who gives a crap about the "Birds of Prey", of Cassandra Cain, Huntress, Black Canary, when they are just vague representations of them in a standard, real world, setting?  I don't need them all in spandex and capes or whatever, but this is not a movie made for anyone interested in these characters, even if this kinda comes across as like a "origin" film for those characters.

It's not all terrible, some of the action scenes are entertaining, the police station fight was pretty solid and being that it's R-rated, they aren't holding back and they let shots breath so it's not just all choppily edited slop.  The only time the movie starts to feel like a comic book movie is literally the end when you get a battle in a former Joker location, Black Mask actually has his mask for a moment, Black Canary uses her voice ability the one time in the film, and that is sorta it.  Also the ending sucks.  Not completely terrible, but I wouldn't recommend it.  It's better than Suicide Squad, but that isn't saying much.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 22, 2020, 07:52:29 pm
Cool World - Still insanely bizarre, just not nearly as interesting as I remembered.
Thelma & Louise - Incredibly close to being a masterpiece, but still even better than I remembered.
Rambo: Last Blood - A shame how bad this is.  Almost decent.
The Birdcage - A little stereotypey, overall pretty fun.  More nuanced than I expected in places, but still a bit too broad.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: dakooldood on April 22, 2020, 09:09:21 pm
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So Birds of Prey is...alright? Functional? I had no expectations with it, because the current crop of DC movies range from bad, to so-so, to kinda alright.  While I like Harley Quinn personality wise from Suicide Squad, most everything else sucking, I didn't know if I cared enough about her getting her own movie.  She's still fine in this movie, but she's kind of the only thing that is likable. 

I'm not exactly a DC fanboy outside of basic Batman stuff, but I feel like the worst thing you could do for a thing based on comics, is make something that feels unrecognizable to the comics.  Like who gives a crap about the "Birds of Prey", of Cassandra Cain, Huntress, Black Canary, when they are just vague representations of them in a standard, real world, setting?  I don't need them all in spandex and capes or whatever, but this is not a movie made for anyone interested in these characters, even if this kinda comes across as like a "origin" film for those characters.

It's not all terrible, some of the action scenes are entertaining, the police station fight was pretty solid and being that it's R-rated, they aren't holding back and they let shots breath so it's not just all choppily edited slop.  The only time the movie starts to feel like a comic book movie is literally the end when you get a battle in a former Joker location, Black Mask actually has his mask for a moment, Black Canary uses her voice ability the one time in the film, and that is sorta it.  Also the ending sucks.  It's like a 6/10 film mostly.  Not bad, but I wouldn't recommend it.  It's better than Suicide Squad, but that isn't saying much.

I just watched Birds of Prey as well, I loved it. I really liked Suicide Squad too, but I think Birds of Prey made me change my perspective on that. It definitely feels like a standard comic book movie now that I see what potential these characters (or at the very least Harley Quinn) have in movies.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 24, 2020, 10:01:11 pm
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Got in the mood to watch something older after seeing a reviewer hit on a few Pierce Brosnan films, and realized I hadn't seen Goldeneye in years.  It was kinda funny rewatching this movie as while I remember parts of the film, I remember most of it because of the video game, which I played a ton of as a kid.  Always enjoyed this film.  Still overall a good movie, it's got some real good action throughout, and this was during the 90's, so we get some great model work that I really like to see before it starts to get all CG with bad green screen like with how the Brosnan era ends with Die Another Day.  One odd thing I noticed was how 80's this soundtrack feels.  Like it has that very notable...background sound throughout parts that I remember more definitively from the game, but then some of the soundtrack feels like 5+ years older than from when this film was made during the 90's.  Good Bond song though with Tina Turner.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 25, 2020, 12:49:37 am
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Got in the mood to watch something older after seeing a reviewer hit on a few Pierce Brosnan films, and realized I hadn't seen Goldeneye in years.  It was kinda funny rewatching this movie as while I remember parts of the film, I remember most of it because of the video game, which I played a ton of as a kid.  Always enjoyed this film.  Still overall a good movie, it's got some real good action throughout, and this was during the 90's, so we get some great model work that I really like to see before it starts to get all CG with bad green screen like with how the Brosnan era ends with Die Another Day.  One odd thing I noticed was how 80's this soundtrack feels.  Like it has that very notable...background sound throughout parts that I remember more definitively from the game, but then some of the soundtrack feels like 5+ years older than from when this film was made during the 90's.  Good Bond song though with Tina Turner.


Brosnan era bond is where my fandom begins and ends. I've tried watching a few of the old Connery films, and a couple of the other older bond films, but I just can't get into them. Likewise, Craig Bond just always felt too serious and lacked the charm of charisma the Brosnan films. With that said Die Another Day is not a great movie, however I LOVE Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies. The World is Not Enough is pretty good too, but I definitely like the first two Brosnan Bond films the best.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 25, 2020, 01:51:22 am
Brosnan era bond is where my fandom begins and ends. I've tried watching a few of the old Connery films, and a couple of the other older bond films, but I just can't get into them. Likewise, Craig Bond just always felt too serious and lacked the charm of charisma the Brosnan films. With that said Die Another Day is not a great movie, however I LOVE Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies. The World is Not Enough is pretty good too, but I definitely like the first two Brosnan Bond films the best.

I like Casino Royale, I think that's a good Bond film, but that's about it for me with his films, though I haven't watched Spectre, but I've heard that one wasn't good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 25, 2020, 05:07:48 am
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Got to thinking about what I'd like to see out of the Battlefield series if they managed to turn things around after the mess that was Battlefield 5 and rather than just see yet another standard modern release, that if they decide not to go scifi with 2143, that I'd like to see them do like a fictional Cold War era experience.  Someone else I saw brought up Red Dawn, 80's setting specifically, and it got me wanting to watch the original movie.  I don't think I ever saw it more than once years ago, but I dig the setup, sorta falls in line with my interest in post-apocalyptic stuff.

In general, I think the movie is alright, though the pacing is kinda iffy for me.  Part me really loves that starting bit, where it's barely even 5 minutes into the movie and you get the shot of the teacher reacting to the Cuban paratroopers dropping in and they definitely don't hold back with a school and kids getting shot up.  I can appreciate just jumping right into the meat of the movie, but from there, time passes so dang quick and there's not a lot of character building, so like I couldn't tell you any other character name except for Swayze as Jed.  I think Danny is another? I don't know lol

There isn't particularly a lot of story here, like it's nearly a two hour movie, but it's just them hiding out for the start, then it's them fighting, and then it kinda just meanders with that and some story does show up, like when an American pilot joins up with them, but then other story moments come across kinda weak.  There's some deaths that were in a bad scenario, and there's nothing really done with the occupation aspect outside of like two scenes, and short moments with the enemy leaders, and while there are good story moments, Swayze in particular is great in the film, I feel like there just needed to be a more well rounded script for this.  Like what happened to all the the people they saved from the camps? They save them and then are never heard from again and the ending comes across abit disappointing to me.

I'm actually curious to know what the remake was like.  I don't feel like I remember hearing good things about it, but being that I don't feel like the original is the best, I'm curious to see what its like, though I know they did some drastic changes like making it a North Korean invasion instead.  That's not really a big deal for myself, so I might check that out next.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 26, 2020, 03:15:22 am
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Gotta say, I liked the remake of Red Dawn more than the original.  It feels like a more cohesive story to me personally, though these are two very different films.  The first film is a more stripped down, small town, survival film, while the remake is set in/by a big city and is a more proper modern action flick.  I just found less stuff that annoyed me in the remake as it never really felt like they justified the original group becoming the dangerous guerrilla fighters with the only training they had being that a couple of them went hunting with their strict dad, compared to the new film, where Chris Hemsworth as Jed is a former soldier who served in Iraq, so he has combat training and him being able to train others makes a lot more sense.  Add to that, the story in the original just sorta meanders and there's some story stuff that felt like they didn't execute very well.

Not that the new one is perfect, I don't feel like they super justify North Korea taking over with Russia compared to the original, and it being a modern action flick, it loses some of the stripped down, survival, charm that could work at times.  It also doesn't feel quite as "real" as the original could be, like you see kids shot in the beginning and they don't really hold back on showing people die, but there are cut away shots in the new film that sorta "soften" the blow of certain moments and one moment they change from the original isn't as strong as the original.

That said, while they are two very different films, I think the remake works quite a lot. I dug it more than I was expecting.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: bikingjahuty on April 27, 2020, 01:01:05 am
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it's been surprisingly long since I last watched this movie. This is coming from someone who watched it almost weekly in the early 2000s. But I've felt like watching it again for some time and I decided tonight was the night I was going to pop it in and enjoy this classic action flick again.


Despite knowing what happens The Matrix is still just as entertaining as it was back in the early 2000s when I first saw it. It's absolutely in that upper tier of action movies, and not just because the revolutionary slow mo scenes and martial arts, but just because of how damn original and awesome the story is as well. It's such an amazing concept that I really, really have to give the writers huge props for crafting such an amazing story, characters and plot. This is probably the closest a western live action movie has come to being anime, and that includes actual live action movies based off anime. It is way more than that though, which is why it's still highly entertaining and awesome.


I've decided I'm going to rewatch Reloaded and Revolutions at some point in the near future despite remembering both of those movies being vastly inferior to the first. I remember Revolutions way better since I've seen it multiple times, however I've only ever seen Reloaded once in the theater when it came out. My expectations are fairly low for rewatching both movies. However, what's nice is The Matrix is one of those films that you can easily pretend the sequels never happened since the first one essentially implies Neo defeated the machines and pretty much could do whatever he wanted with the Matrix, including freeing everyone from it. I'll still rewatch them though, if for nothing else than to have a modern perspective on a a couple of films I haven't seen in over a decade.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: oldgamerz on April 27, 2020, 06:01:27 am
Some of you might laugh at me but

I just got done watching Gunsmoke: Return To Dodge", this is the first move I watched all year, I liked it. it was on cable on the INSP channel, it's a movie that came out in 1987. I like action movies of all different sorts, I like watching westerns sometimes. I really like this movie. I recommend it, I don't want to spoil it for anyone else, by telling you the whole story but in my own opinion it's a well done western. Involving the usual. This is a full length movie that was based off the show. It's in color, but it is an old movie based off a vary old black and white tv show.


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Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 03, 2020, 06:58:26 am
Not that the new one is perfect, I don't feel like they super justify North Korea taking over with Russia compared to the original

This actually makes sense, as the movie was actually originally produced with China as the villain country, but due to distribution deals, etc the film got delayed for reshoots and all of the flags were changed via CGI to North Korea.

I had a mini-movie marathon yesterday:

The Mummy (1999) - Still a really fun movie.
Cop Land - A slick little action thriller.  Maybe trying to do a bit too much.
Wayne's World - Excellent.
Top Secret! - The forgotten gem of the Zucker / Abrahams spoof era.  Very bizarre, but very funny.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 03, 2020, 07:44:52 am
Not that the new one is perfect, I don't feel like they super justify North Korea taking over with Russia compared to the original

This actually makes sense, as the movie was actually originally produced with China as the villain country, but due to distribution deals, etc the film got delayed for reshoots and all of the flags were changed via CGI to North Korea.

Oh that's interesting, I didn't know that.  It doesn't hurt the movie that it's North Korea instead, I never even noticed the changes, it's just one of those odd little logistical issues that doesn't sit great, but once the movie gets going, there's no real reason to pay attention to it lol

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Finally back to my MCU marathon and got to one of probably my top 5 favorite Marvel films with Winter Soldier.  This one is great, the action scenes are all awesome, I love the spy elements happening with the twists and turns, all the stuff with Hydra having secretly been working behind the scenes of SHIELD to rebuild and take over, it's a good time.  I also like how this one isn't really afraid to be intense with it's action, probably only kept from an R rating because they didn't have blood flying everywhere lol

Up next with Guardians of the Galaxy, another great Marvel film.
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Post by: dakooldood on May 03, 2020, 01:37:25 pm
Finally back to my MCU marathon and got to one of probably my top 5 favorite Marvel films with Winter Soldier.

Winter Soldier is definitely my number 1 as far as Marvel movies go. Seeing this post makes me want to rewatch it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 03, 2020, 09:50:04 pm
Extraction is a fine enough way to kill two hours.  Hemsworth is serviceable and the choreography  is good.  Nothing amazing, but fine for action fans.

Star Wars - Despecialized Edition -  Almost felt like watching it for the first time again.  Big recommend for any long time fans.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - What got me into MST3K in the first place.  Still side-splittingly hilarious.
Borat - First time on this one.  Some really good bits, but also some really cringe worthy ones.  Don't regret watching it, but probably never will again.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 07, 2020, 03:08:14 am
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_poster.jpg)

I absolutely adore Guardians of the Galaxy.  It was a big shift for the MCU I feel, where they went full comedy and would be something we'd get strewn throughout the MCU with the likes of Ant-Man, the Guardians sequel, and Thor: Ragnarok.  It still has its drama and action, but it's just downright funny and the entire cast is great.  I really don't have any complaints.  This and Winter Soldier are definitely fighting it out for the top 3 slots.

Age of Ultron is up next, one I don't remember a lot of, but know is considered pretty low on peoples MCU lists, but we do get James Spader as Ultron and I'm all about that lol

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I didn't realize that Underwater was out, as I had been waiting to watch it.  I really dig deep sea movies, like Abyss, Sphere, or maybe game wise like SOMA or Bioshock, as the setting is one of those that definitely unsettles me.  I really had no expectations other than the initial trailer, and while it doesn't do anything new or fresh, it does handle everything well.  It's visually great, they waste no time getting to the big struggle of the film and its pretty steady with its pacing. 

The only one I thought stood out a little too much was T.J. Miller, who aside from some issues he's had outside of movies, comes off as abrasive as the jokester character.  It works for Deadpool, because thats what that humor is, but I think it needed someone abit more toned back for this film.  Other than that bit, I'd recommend it if you are into these types of scifi movies
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tidus79 on May 09, 2020, 05:28:44 am
Last anime I watched was the film City Hunter: Private eyes.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 10, 2020, 01:33:39 pm
The Bone Collector - Meh.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar - Also meh.
Romancing The Stone - Fun, but not quite what I thought it would be.
Aliens - Still a masterpiece.
John Wick - Still the best in the franchise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 10, 2020, 08:26:56 pm
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Having watched the recent Jumanji films, I felt like going back to the original film and its still a pretty good watch.  The CG is abit iffy in parts, but there is still a lot of animatronics and the adventure of it is a lot of fun, though it's a very different film compared to the new ones.  Both versions of Jumanji are good though and it's nice seeing something with Robin Williams in it again.  I don't think I've watched one of his movies in years and he's still sorely missed.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 15, 2020, 11:42:40 pm
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With Robocop becoming a new fighter in Mortal Kombat 11, I realized that I don't know if I've seen the original movie more than once and certainly not in at least 20 years, not too mention that I'm positive I've never watched the 2nd and 3rd films either.  I've watched other action flicks like Alien, Predator, Terminator, all that stuff a bunch, and I've seen other Paul Verhoeven flicks like Starship Troopers and Total Recall plenty of times, but Robocop just never settled into something I regularly watched.  So I'm gonna watch the original, it's sequels, and maybe for kicks, the remake.

I love the tone Verhoeven has with his films, once again bringing up Total Recall and Starship Troopers with that dark satirical take on things like corporations, the military, media, advertising, it has you laughing at the ridiculous characters, while also gawking at the crazy violence happening.  Robocop has such a great style to him, like parts of it almost seem a a tiny bit cheesy with the helmet, but it is such a classic look and Peter Weller is great as Alex Murphy/Robocop.  The setting is great too, I always love the near future dystopian stuff they were doing back then.  Also, ED-209 roaring like a lion and squealing like a pig while being a stop motion creature when moving? It's goofy, but it just works with how ridiculous the movie is.

Definitely dig this movie, the story is over the top, the characters are good, the action is great, it's just a classic bit of 80's action cinema.  Now to see where the sequels go...

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While it's not as good as the first one, I think Robocop 2 is okay.  It's kinda jumpy in its plot elements and it drags at points.  Like the first act deals with some of his human connections, which is then dropped, then he gets turned more robot for a time, and then he's just back to regular Robocop by the end, and it doesn't feel like he went through any growth like he did in the first movie.  I'm also not a huge fan of the "Robocop 2" design for the bad guy, it's the weird proportions and how it connects along with the bland head design, like I understand they wanted something more mobile than a ED-209, but as far as robots go, it's design is pretty low on the list for me.  Especially with that awful CG face he gets to show off at a few moments lol

The movie ends in a weird place too, like it's basically a cliffhanger, so I'll get to Robocop 3 soon, but where the first movie ends at a reasonable point with Murphy stating his name kind of triumphantly, here it just ends with a quip from him, and then done, like I thought there was gonna be more movie lol  Again, not a bad movie, there's some solid enough action scenes for the time and the stop motion battle versus Murphy and Kane towards the end is fun to me.  Not as good as the first, but very watchable.

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Well this was disappointing.  While Robocop 2 wasn't as good as the first, it still very much felt like it, but Robocop 3 is just a more sanitized version of it.  Sure, people curse and get shot, but it's all very base level stuff.  Murphy talks more and isn't played by Peter Weller, there's some kid hacker there simply as a macguffin, and the whole movie is just boring.  It has none of the edge the first two did and the big threat against Robocop that they build up is killed easily and instantly.  There aren't any good action scenes either, which is probably its greatest issue, which comes as no surprise with it being a PG-13 film.  So dumb.

I don't think it's specifically a bad movie, there's nothing functionally wrong with it, but I'd personally say to avoid this one, it doesn't offer much.

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Much like with the Red Dawn remake, I wasn't sure what kind of remake I was gonna get, and in the case of Red Dawn, I thought it mostly nailed what the original movie was, just in a more straightforward action film style.  Robocop 2014 on the other hand is vaguely similar to its origins, but vastly different in scope and premise.  Both are certainly products of their time, but I feel like Robocop 2014 misses a lot of what people liked with the original.  Even his look isn't right as they change from Silver/Black at the start to an all black look for the rest of the film and he just loses his iconic style because of it, even if they give it back to him at the end of film.  They dropped all the humor and ridiculous action, not too mention they are continuing with it being PG-13 like Robocop 3 (apparently it was for budget reasons to try and make more money back after going over budget).

In general, the movie is just alright.  Nothing is bad with it, on its own, I think it's a pretty fine scifi action flick, Michael Keaton and Gary Oldman are good and visually it looks good, but there is not a lot here that really nails what was fun about the original.  I like it more than Robocop 3, but it really doesn't hold a candle to the original.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 18, 2020, 06:18:16 pm
You are far kinder to Robocop 3 than I am.  Even as a kid I thought it was awful. ???

Lady Bloodfight -Pretty bad.
Skin Trade - Serviceable.  Tony Jaa's fight scenes were good.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure - Excellent.
Cut Bank - Starts promising, but gets duller by the minute.  Hated the ending and Liam Hemsworth is no Chris.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 18, 2020, 06:37:15 pm
You are far kinder to Robocop 3 than I am.  Even as a kid I thought it was awful. ???

lol There just wasn't anything that specifically made me hate it other than the ninja robots being entirely pointless.  It's just a boring film.  It's still functionally enough a Robocop film, but a more family friendly take on it, which no one wants.  Much the same problem the remake had, but it at least had better action in it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 20, 2020, 09:16:52 am
Ip Man 2 - I was never completely in love with the first movie, but I liked it.  This one isn't nearly as good.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend - It was fun, but I think the show ended in a good place, so while I liked spending time with this characters again it felt a bit superfluous.

Return to Oz - Great creature design (except Scarecrow), but unfortunately takes too long to get going, and even then just kind of moseys along to the end.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ancestralspirit on May 23, 2020, 01:53:03 am
Anime Currently watching (gonna try and keep these short otherwise i might write essays XD ):

Fruits Basket - In the middle of the second season atm (the new version obvs). If anyone enjoys slice of life romance dramas, with some interesting and fantastical elements (people turning into animals of the zodiac) with plot twists and mysteries, it's a defo watch. The humour in it is brilliant too, but mostly you watch it for the character development and romance  <3
Highly recommended!

Darwin's Game - Oh dear Jesus the writing in this is pure trash XD
Death game anime, op protag that shifts between being a full on pussy or being the most macho bro ever. It has some interesting elements, each character is gifted with an ability when they join 'Darwin's Game', and the powers and usage are interesting to see. Other than that i'm only 4 episodes in, with tonnes of questions that i don't think will ever be answered. Inconsistencies in the script left, right and center. If you like cool action scenes, then give it a whirl, if you like depth in your writing that goes a little deeper than a puddle, go elsewhere.

Wacky TV Nanana series 3 - Around 5 mins an episode. It's about banana people trying to film things for a failing tv station. Off the wall humour, very frantic, still a fun watch between other things.

Extra Olympia Kyklos - Another 5 min an episode type 'anime'. Combination of claymation, and 2D animation, with some live action parts thrown in. Comparable to Japanese 'Manzai' humour. Slapstick and pretty trippy. Again, if you have 5 mins to spare give the first episode a go. If you don't like it after the first episode, you aren't going to like the rest.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on May 24, 2020, 12:17:51 pm
Ip Man 3 was way better than the second one.  I think I actually prefer it to the original, even though it is probably a better movie on a technical / holistic level, but does it have Mike Tyson speaking Chinese?  I don't think so!
Treasure Planet - Fun, but not great late era Disney.
Oliver & Company - Forgettable 80s Disney.
The Lovebirds - Fun romp.  Not as good as similar fare, like Game Night, but I love Kumail and Issa.
Wet Hot American Summer - One of the best comedies of the century.
My Neighbor Tortoro - Good, but a bit light on plot
Crazy Rich Asians - One of the better romcons of recent years.
Attack the Block - Really great debut for John Boyega and the director, Joe Cornish.
Police Story - Classic Jackie Chan.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: andyz on June 02, 2020, 04:59:59 am
Rewatched all the X-Men movies with the boy over the last week or so, the earlier ones have not aged that well and they really are a little poor overall. Logan is easily the pick of the bunch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 02, 2020, 01:11:19 pm
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Kinda randomly wanted to watch The Vast of Night after hearing a review about it and I gotta say that I liked it.  It's not the usual type of alien movie you see these days, as it's a very small scale movie set in the 1950's and sorta feels like a movie from back then, while also almost being sort of something you'd hear on the radio at the time, just without narration, while also having abit of a Twilight Zone tone to its setup. 

It's not an "exciting" movie, there's tons of long takes and lots of just dialogue listening to people talk or tell stories and that's kinda where all the tension and suspense comes as the two leads start to realize there is something going in their little town.  Good camerawork too and it's impressive how well the actors do with these long takes that can last for upwards of 3 to 5 minutes.  It's a cost saving measure from what I heard, keeping from doing too many takes and having to setup new scenes, but it also works out to really draw you into every scene and story as there are so few cuts, so you just get engrossed.

My only complaint would be that they go between normal movie shots, the old 50's tv screen viewing, and then between these are cuts to black with the dialogue still going and I kinda hate the cuts to black, they are jarring and they last for too long.  Otherwise I'd say it's a solid film and I'd recommend it if you don't mind films that are mostly just a ton of dialogue and talking in a very stripped down setting as the only big scene they have is a very short time spent at a basketball game in the movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 02, 2020, 01:31:07 pm
You dropped your image, and I have no clue what you are talking about lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 02, 2020, 05:02:19 pm
There we go, fixed it, I screwed it up when I went back to try and center it, but should be fine now, also I realized I forgot to put the title in my post.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 03, 2020, 09:21:20 am
There we go, fixed it, I screwed it up when I went back to try and center it, but should be fine now, also I realized I forgot to put the title in my post.

Yeah, I was trying to figure out what it was because t sounded interesting.  It's a movie that has been popping up on my radar recently.  I'll try and check it out soon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on June 07, 2020, 01:16:21 pm
I've seen a bunch of shit over the past few months...

Chasing Mavericks
Batman
Batman Returns
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Léon: The Professional - Never gets old.
The Book of Eli
The Revenant - Superb.
Ted 2
Taken 3
The Fault in Our Stars
The Departed - The tenth or so time I've watched this movie; it has quite possibly one of the most satisfying endings...
Let's Be Cops
Jack Reacher
Free State of Jones
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
The Martian
Hidden Figures
Gran Torino - Love this movie.
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
World War Z
Man on Fire (2004)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - aka Fantasy X-Men.
Spy
X-Men: Apocalypse - Meh.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
War of the Planet of the Apes
American Sniper
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Justice League - Blërg.
Wonder Woman - Wonderful! /prof-oak-pkmnsnap-voice.wav
Baywatch - This movie tries too hard...
Fury - Love it!
Warcraft - Laughably bad.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 07, 2020, 09:38:07 pm
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After watching "The Vast of Night", I got in the mood for that kinda casual scifi/alien movie mystery, so I thought of some other ones and initially I had "Contact" mixed up with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, so I watched Close Encounters and I'll watch Contact either later tonight or tomorrow.

I hadn't seen Close Encounters in forever, I barely remembered it other than the mash potato molding (And mostly because of the movie Canadian Bacon lol) and the song with the lights towards the end, so it was a pretty reasonable watch.  I'm not sure if I really loved the movie, it has some odd stuff about it.  For one, this movie is basically "Loud Noises the Movie", there are a number of scenes where people are just constantly talking over each other or yelling at each other and its such a weird watch because of it.  Also Dreyfus comes across as kind of an ass in this with his characters journey through the film, going to weird places with him, but Dreyfus is good in the role.

Otherwise the effects are pretty cool, the little space ships flying around, the stuff they do when the ship wreaks havoc on the house and the final mother ship at the end.  It's a good movie, though even with the length of the movie, I felt like I could've used more out of the film, especially abit of an epilogue and it just kinda ends out of nowhere with no real conclusion.  Can't say I'll ever watch it again, but I'm fine with the movie.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Contact_ver2.jpg/220px-Contact_ver2.jpg)

Couldn't sleep, so went through Contact and it was abit different than I remember.  When it comes to these types of scifi movies, I really enjoy the mystery, the journey, the problem solving, it gets me invested in the story.  Contact is about half that, with the major middle section of the movie being about politics, religion, and a few other things, and that was where the movie was kinda losing me.  It all works within the movie, I'm not saying its bad, but to me that stuff is just way less interesting than dealing with the science and mechanics of everything.  I also sorta hate one of the story twists before the finale section that I won't specifically talk about, but its a turn that just feels unnecessary to the greater story.  I don't know, maybe I'm wrong on that, but it comes off a tad odd to me.

It's still a solid watch, though like with Close Encounters, the movies haven't quite hit the scifi itch I've wanted throughout the entire movie...I kinda think I'll keep looking for something else scifi related that is similar.  Another that I feel would be close would be Arrival from 2016, but that one I saw a few years ago and remember it being good and I'm trying to find stuff I haven't seen or don't remember a lot about.  Might also dip away from the general first contact stuff into maybe stuff like The Martian or Interstellar. 

Anyone else got recommendations that sorta hit into this general scifi or what I've seen called as "Speculative Fiction".  Like it can have aliens and such in it, but I'm not looking for like Avatar (something I plan to rewatch soon) or Independence Day, that type of alien action/adventure flick, more dealing with scientific or engineering aspects dealing with first contact or space missions and the like.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 09, 2020, 04:15:06 pm
I love The Martian, and have been meaning to rewatch it lately, so maybe give it a shot.

Watched Collateral for the first time in well over a decade.  Still a well-made, very taught thriller.  Good watch.

What About Bob? for the first time in probably 25 years.  It's still a funny a movie, but the entire premise is kind of weird - there's no way a psychiatrist's wife would be ok with an obviously unstable patient tracking them down while on vacation - no matter how well intentioned.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on June 14, 2020, 12:17:03 am
Yeah, The Martian is good. I'm always a sucker when it comes to any movie with Jeff Daniels in it, which reminds me I should watch Paper Man already.

Adding to the list above, I forgot to mention The Accountant. It was okay, but to be honest, and I don't know how to describe it, but stories involving autism don't jive with me, especially when they make characters with it be like some kind of indigo or something akin to it. This is one of the reasons I can't stand the show Bones; the way the main character behaves is beyond irritable - no-one behaves like that in real life...or is as scientifically included as she is for that matter.

I digress, who cares.

Other stuff I saw recently:

John Wick (again) - Cool movie and all, but if I'm being honest, wouldn't have worked or had the same success had Keanu not been the lead.
XXX: Return of Xander Cage - Pure Snorlax.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure - Teresa could've jumped on to the ship, she had time. Overall, I didn't really like these films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2020, 02:43:06 am
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I hadn't seen Cloverfield since it first was shown in theater and I remember not having the best time with it.  I remember it being too dark and because it's all shaky cam, it was sorta hard to watch, but that could've just been a theater issue at the time.  Never went back to it till now, but figured I'd grab it for my giant monster movie collection since it was on a good sale and only costs a little more to buy than to rent.  Same with Peter Jackson's King Kong I'm grabbing on blu ray right now lol

While it's a better watch now than it was back then, I really don't think the found footage thing works out very well.  Some stuff is kinda hard to watch, though it's not all terrible.  Functionally I think the movie works, I like the idea of just solely a movie from the point of view of a regular person on the ground amid a giant monster attack.  There's no cutaways to a bigger story, it works as a narrative and because it's a short movie, it doesn't feel like it drags too much, and there are some good scenes.

That said, I am not very big on it, not sure if I'll ever watch it again.  I'm bummed they never went back to do anything more with this movie and give us a proper sequel.  We did get 10 Cloverfield Lane, a fantastic movie that is set in the world, but not about the giant monster, and then another movie that I believe was never meant to be a Cloverfield film (The Cloverfield Paradox), just one they kinda renamed and redid to make it work and sorta explain the appearance of these creatures, but it wasn't very good.  I'm still kinda hoping JJ Abrams goes back to do a proper sequel someday because the monster is cool and I'm sure they could do something neat that isn't a found footage film.

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Been meaning to watch 1917 since it showed as I like a good war movie, and in particular WW1 films are quite rare, I'm not sure if I've seen one or not and in particular such a stripped down war film with this kind of narrow focus.  So often war movies are about the scope of the great battle, but this one is very narrow, following two soldiers as they race across a war torn battlefield to stop an ambush from killing 1600 men.  It's incredibly well done with some very impressive camera work and it's all done to simulate a single shot with clever editing and it works very well. 

Can't really say much more on it, it's just a real good film.  Probably gonna watch Dunkirk next as I've been meaning to watch that one too.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on June 14, 2020, 09:38:12 am
Cloverfield is a joke. Even more is those that say it's on par with any Godzilla movie. Don't get me started with those that worship that dumb-looking, crab mutant of a monster. Get the fuck outta here!

I've also been meaning to watch both 1917 and Dunkirk. I'm a sucker for war movies, so I feel I will definitely like them. Out of the top of my head, I'd recommend Saving Private Ryan, Unbroken, and Hacksaw Ridge. Not sure if you've seen any, but they're great. Really worth the watch.

Anyway, I keep remembering shit I've watched in the past few months...

A Walk Among the Tombstones - Not hard to follow; it's an overall good flick.
Dumb and Dumber To - I honestly liked it, but it's nowhere near the first one. The magic isn't there...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: andyz on June 17, 2020, 01:24:13 pm
I watched The Duellists at the weekend.

Excellent. I really enjoyed the subtlety of it. I think it might end up in my all time top 20. 9/10
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on June 21, 2020, 11:12:51 am
Finally saw Black Panther, which is a character that I've always liked, and thankfully the movie did it justice; I will, however, sound like a broken record echoing what others have said in regards to the CGI - it's hit or miss. Some of it looked cool, but there were instances where the effects felt like they came straight out of a video game and it took me away from the movie. Great movie nonetheless, but hopefully they'll improve the CGI for Black Panther 2.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 25, 2020, 02:00:30 pm
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Last Action Hero
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 01, 2020, 04:43:10 am
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Been awhile, got sidetracked with gaming stuff and some other films, but back on the Marvel marathon, which starts up with Avengers: Age of Ultron.  This is one of the few MCU films I don't remember quite as well, other than I know it doesn't have the best reputation, but it has James Spader and I love listening to him talk.  It's generally considered the weakest of the Avenger films, which is probably fair when looking at the others.  It is abit slow at times and the dialogue has it's "Whedon" moments for better or worse, but I'm good with the film.  The beginning is entertaining enough, I totally dig that Hulk fight, and the truck chase is cool.  The final battle is cool to, getting all of them working together is always great and it's not like this is the worst of the MCU films at all.

And to cap off Phase 2, it's Ant-Man up next.

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Couldn't sleep, so finished out Phase 2 with Ant-Man.  While this one isn't anywhere near my favorites, it's definitely a fun movie, the visuals in particular standing out as it just feels so creative with what they do and some great timing.  Also this was the first time they did that de-aging CG for Michael Douglas and man it holds up still very well, it's impressive.  Definitely an enjoyable time, Paul Rudd is great, and it's off to Phase 3 now.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 01, 2020, 11:01:30 am
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Don's Plum is a movie that never got released because of a lawsuit from Leo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire.  It was shot in 95-96.  It's pretty terrible, but worth a watch, especially alongside reading about the behind the scenes drama.

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The first 30 minutes or so are actually not awful.  It's a decent adaptation of the cartoon, with some ok ideas, but then it suddenly has a  dueling farts sequence, and its all downhill from there.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 07, 2020, 05:04:22 pm
I watched all 8 Harry Potter movies over the weekend.  I'd been wanting to rewatch them for a while - and first watch on about half of them for the GF - but with all the garbage that Rowling has been spewing lately I felt like we needed to get it done before she really put her foot in her mouth.  We didn't quote beat that self-imposed deadline, but we did knock all the movie out.  The first two are probably the worst in the franchise, but I forgot just how dang delightful they are.  3-7 are all really solid, but I have some pretty big niggles about Deathly Hallows Part 2.  Several of the changes made to the Battle of Hogwarts from the book are for the worst.  Still had a good time!
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Post by: telly on July 07, 2020, 08:36:23 pm
I watched all 8 Harry Potter movies over the weekend.  I'd been wanting to rewatch them for a while - and first watch on about half of them for the GF - but with all the garbage that Rowling has been spewing lately I felt like we needed to get it done before she really put her foot in her mouth.  We didn't quote beat that self-imposed deadline, but we did knock all the movie out.  The first two are probably the worst in the franchise, but I forgot just how dang delightful they are.  3-7 are all really solid, but I have some pretty big niggles about Deathly Hallows Part 2.  Several of the changes made to the Battle of Hogwarts from the book are for the worst.  Still had a good time!

I was recently re-watching all of them but I only got through the 6th one. I personally think the 4th movie is the worst by far. So much angst and stupid teenage drama to be entertaining.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 08, 2020, 10:45:14 am
I was recently re-watching all of them but I only got through the 6th one. I personally think the 4th movie is the worst by far. So much angst and stupid teenage drama to be entertaining.

That stuff has never bothered me - on top of being pure wizarding fantasy, the stories have always been schoolkid adventures as well.  And with that you are going to get those stories and themes.  I've also generally found that 4 tends to be most people are not super familiar with the franchises favorite, mostly because the Triwizard Tournament provides a narrative structure that almost anyone can follow - it's High School Sport Movie at its core.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 12, 2020, 04:41:12 pm
My Cousin Vinny - Really fun.  Doesn't try to do anything it shouldn't and tells it's story very well.
Moonstruck - Not quite what I thought it would be, but still pretty good.  Surprised about the bear universal acclaim though.
Palm Springs - A ton of fun.  Go in as blind as you can.
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Post by: pzeke on July 13, 2020, 12:17:26 am
My Cousin Vinny - Really fun.  Doesn't try to do anything it shouldn't and tells it's story very well.

"Uh, everything that guy just said is bullshit. Thank you."

Love that movie. Great cast. Great, simple story. Just funny. One of my all-time favorites.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on July 13, 2020, 12:59:16 am
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Funny enough this was one of my childhood movies; my dad rented it shortly after my parents split in 1997 and remember thinking it was such an awesome, amazing move as a 9-year old kid. I continued to think this movie was incredible throughout my childhood and early adolescence, which was probably the last time I sat down and watched this movie. All I can say after watching it again as an adult in my early 30s is how funny your perception of a film can change with time.


I'll start with what I do like about this movie; the movie plays out like a video game. Pretty much the overall plot to individual scenes would fit perfectly in a PS2 game or something on the XBOX 360. Obviously I love video games, so that part of the movie really worked for me. As a movie from that era of over the top action movies lacking any self awareness, it's also very entertaining on that level as well. This is probably the reason I thought this movie was so good back in the day. But also like when I was a kid, a movie's writing and cinematography were things I just didn't think about that much, and here lies my current issues with the film.


There are so many issues with the story, mostly just how stupid it all is. The entire plot involving a dystopian America that exiles people to a marooned LA that is now an island is certainly a creative idea, but its silliness clashes heavily with how cool this movie is constantly trying to be. That brings me to my next issue with this film; this movie, all of its characters, and many of the scenes in this movie are so over the top and ridiculous they become unintentionally hilarious, which is probably not what the people who made this movie were aiming for. Pretty much by the time the movie ended I felt entertained, however I my thoughts were, wow, what a dumb, dumb movie lol.


The two biggest flaws with this movie are it's ultra outdated CGI scenes, which aren't too numerous, but each time they come up you'll see some of the worst CGI you've ever seen in a feature length film. Like they're almost Mortal Kombat Annihilation bad. Also, a lot of the acting in Escape from LA is bad; some of the acting is barely passable, while other actors, particularly the girl who plays the president's daughter has no place in a big budget film. 


It makes me sad that my opinion of this movie changes so much in the 17 or so years since i last watched it, but I suppose that's to be expected when you're no longer viewing a movie as a naive kid. 
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 13, 2020, 03:15:21 am
Binged through "Japan Sinks 2020", a new anime on Netflix.  It's a disaster survival story, but it's abit mixed.  Not bad, just felt like the story could've been better and had some tone and pacing issues.  Still watchable, but I'd recommend folks watch Tokyo Magnitude 8 over it as I remember that being better.

Also got around to finishing up Dorohedoro, meant to binge it too, but got sidetracked.  I love this anime.  It's weird and ridiculous and it oozes style that you don't see in anime these days.  A big recommend.

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Back to the marathon and Civil War is another one of the good ones, very similar to that of Winter Soldier, where it's not about a lot of big bad enhanced people or world ending threats, it's the Avengers dealing with the problems their fights have caused, even if the fights were necessary.  It's a good story even if it's not the comic version of the same story, but I like it.  It's not in my top 5, but still a good film.  My favorite stuff in this movie, aside from the fights, is just the heroes interacting with each other, especially ones that haven't met yet, so Lang meeting Captain America, Spider-Men with everyone, that stuff is always great.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 15, 2020, 06:55:42 am
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I'm really not sure why I watched this.  It was free on Amazon Prime and I was just kinda willing to check out anything.  This is really not the kind of film I watch, it's very artsy, very metaphorical, very weird, very strange, something I don't usually do well with, but I was kinda drawn in to keep watching the madness unfurl.  I can't recommend it because I can't say I liked it, it's just dark and disturbing and odd...but I won't say its bad or anything like that, it's just not something meant for me.  Robert Pattinson and William Dafoe do a good job, though the accents they went with were so heavy at times I had to turn on subtitles, the apsect ratio and black/white visuals did make for a unique watch, though don't watch it before bed, it's not a movie for that lol
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Post by: burningdoom on July 16, 2020, 02:57:30 pm
So much trash, and it's so good.  8) Been watching a lot of 80s sci-fi and horror. I just love that period of movies. So since it's been a while since I've been here, I have a bit of list here. What I can remember I watched recently from the top of my head:

Fortress - Starring Christopher Lambert. Much better than it really should have been. Story about a dystopian future where the world is overpopulated. You're only allowed one baby. But Christopher Lambert's wife is pregnant with a 2nd. They try to sneak over the border and get caught, both sent to a brutal prison owned by corporations for profit. He must survive the prisoner's brutatlity and escape with his wife who is being held captive by a lust-struck Kurtwood Smith (Red Forman in That 70s Show, and Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop).

Rabid - Made by David Cronenberg (The Fly). This one is a disturbing body-horror movie. An experimental medical procedure goes wrong after a motorcycle accident and a woman is left with the need for blood to survive. But as she feeds, she infects her victims with the same problem. I know, this sounds like a vampire movie. But it's not, not at all. It's very invasive and disturbing feeling. And these "infected" aren't supernaturally powered or sleep in coffins or anything of that nature. If you know David Cronenberg films, than you know what I mean. It's dirty, sexual, invasive, and just gives you the shivers.

Shivers - Speaking of "shivers", this is another David Cronenburg body horror piece. This one even more disturbing than than Rabid. Similar in plot to Rabid where an experimental medical surgery goes wrong, and causes the victim to infect their victims. This time the scientists are experimenting with parasites in an attempt to breed parasites with the ability to replace damaged organs. Except it causes the victim to become violently sexual in nature. They crave sex to the point that they will physically attack their victims fully against their will, which is disturbing in itself. But then those victims get infected and start doing the same to others. Not many movies make me just feel weirded out after watching them, this one definetly did. I just felt gross after watching it. But then, those type of reactions to movies are the ones that stick with you.

The Crazies (original and remake) - I LOVE George Romero zombie films and the his Creepshow movies. So I decided to purposely seek out some of his other stuff, and this didn't disappoint. This is the story of a small town that gets a virus that causes everyone to literally go crazy. Some people are manic, some psychotic, some violent, some just silly. But all the infected lose it in some way. Soon the military is called in to quell the situation and set up a quarantine zone. A newlywed husband realizes his wife is still in the town when he makes it to the quarantine border and has to go back in to get her. He soon meets up with other survivors and together they must navigate this town of madness and survive while trying to not get infected themselves. Both the original and remake are very good, but have different tones. Both well worth watching.

Deathstalker 3 & 4 - Cheap, 80s, barbarian movies with mindless action and lots of boobs. They're never gonna win any film awards. But if you like this kind of stuff, they are entertaining watches.

Street Fighter: The Animated Movie - It had been YEARS since I've seen this one. It still holds up well. Great action, amazing animation, and respect for the source material. That Chun Li vs Vega shower fight is still hot, and I'm not 12 years old anymore.

X-Men - 80s Animated Movie - This is the animated move released straight to VHS that was intended for a pilot to an animated series that never took off (the same same animated series the X-Men Arcade Game was based on). Great cartoon for the time. Definitely could hang with stuff like The Real Ghostbusters or Thundercats had it become a reality. High-production values for the time, good action, and respect for the comics. Though Wolverine had a thick Australian accent for some odd reason.

Trolls 2: World Tour - I have 5-year old daughter, watched it with her. Just wanted to show it's not all boobs and blood for me. :) But I swear the plot borrowed a lot of elements from the Brutal Legend game.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on July 20, 2020, 01:13:11 am
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I've been really into Urbex videos recently, particularly ones about abandoned malls. I found one regarding the Sunrise Mall in Corpus Christie Texas which is where a movie called The Legend of Billie Jean was filmed in 1985. I had never heard of or seen this movie prior to hearing about it in this video, and from the clips from the movie shown in the youtube video on the mall it was enough to inspire me to watch this movie and see if it was any good. Probably the thing that drew me into this movie the most was its ultra 80s look and vibe.


And in that regard it did not disappoint. In fact, The Legend of Billie Jean is probably one of the most 80s movies I've ever seen. The fashion, the pop culture, the music, just everything about it perfectly encapsulated the 1980s and I loved every minute of it. Plot and story wise it's the movie isn't half bad either. Essentially the plot revolves around Billie Jean and her brother who are wrapped up in a huge misunderstanding after some bullies beat up her brother and wreck his moped. The cops get involved, the media catches wind of the incident, and essentially Billie Jean goes viral 1980s style. It's just a fun, cool movie that makes me wish I wasn't so young in the 1980s and could have appreciated and remembered more of it. But yeah, not the greatest movie ever made by any stretch of the imagination, but if you're looking for a super underrated 80s flick, this is definitely one I'd recommend.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 29, 2020, 03:39:19 am
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I love Doctor Strange for its crazy reality bending visuals, it gives it such a distinct look and I love how the ending has nothing to do with an actual fight, just simply outwitting the enemy.  Also enjoy the mystical arts magic style, the glowing, sparking, strands, it looks awesome.  Benedict Cumberbatch is great as Strange, absolutely nails it, and the overall story introducing the mystical side of the Marvel universe is done pretty well.  Really looking forward to see what Raimi can do with the sequel.

Also excited to jump into Guardians of the Galaxy 2 again after this, it's been abit and I remembered thinking it was like a Top 5 MCU movie for me.
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Post by: burningdoom on July 29, 2020, 10:11:03 am
Both Dr. Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 are fantastic movies. Loved the clever ending to Dr. Strange and the alternate-realities scene. And in GotG2, the, "He may have been your father, he wasn't your Daddy," scene gets me every time.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on August 02, 2020, 09:57:40 am
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It's been several years since I first watched this movie and aside from the ending most of the details have faded from memory. Ever since I watched Trainspotting I've always had this strange fascination with it and it's always been a very thought provoking movie. I also love the movies ultra 90s aesthetic. However one thing that I decided to do was no only watch the fist Trainspotting movie, but also its sequel which I've wanted to watch since it first came out. So i watched Trainspoting and T2 back, and I'm very happy I did.


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Watching these movies back to back was an awesome experience that not only enhanced my enjoyment of both films, but also made the events and feel of T2 significantly more potent. The theme of change is a heavy part of T2 and it's literally everywhere including the plot, the backdrop of Edenborough where the first film also took place, and also the characters. Despite this the theme of things staying more the same is also present despite the massive change that has taken place in the world around them. Going straight from the events of the first movie and then 20-years into the future definitely made me appreciate their journeys and feelings about the present day even more.


As far as acting goes both movies are excellent and 20-years between films did not dull or dilute any of the characters at all; they all felt like natural progressions of who they were from the first movie and that just added to my enjoyment of each of them. As i said earlier, all the characters had changed in various ways, but deep down many of them were pretty much the same people they were before, just older and more worn by the events of time.


I will say it again, I am so happy I watched these movies back to back, and I enjoyed them so much that I'd personally love to own them if I can find them used and cheap. Definitely great movies that go into the minds of drug addicts, but in a highly entertaining and philosophical way.


 
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Post by: burningdoom on August 04, 2020, 01:49:02 pm
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The Guyver

Did you ever see this 90s movie based on the anime and manga of the same name?
Cheesy by today's standards, but eye-popping back then. I loved it when I saw it. And I saw it before I had ever heard of the anime. But then later was exposed to the anime as a result (which is better than most animes, I'm not the biggest anime fan but loved that one. Ultra-violent.)

Stars Mark Hamill, but the marketing makes it seem as if he's The Guyver. He plays a cop that helps The Guyver. Rather The Guyver is just some random guy that happens to be in the right place at the right time to receive the power and get pulled into all this madness (much like Kyle Rayner as Green Lantern). The Guyver is an ancient alien weapon that bonds to host and provides him with a living suit that provides him with superhuman abilities (which sounds a lot like Venom now that I explain it). An evil corporation is after the suit after losing it. They are especially interested in this new Guyver since they were unable to unlock it's power when it was in their possession. They send superhuman experiments they created after The Guyver to retrieve it.

Check it out if you haven't and can look past the early 90s special effects. It's a good time. And it received a sequel, even. The sequel stars David Hayter (who plays Solid Snake in the Metal Gear games).
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Post by: spyrofanx on August 07, 2020, 08:04:11 am
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This anime/manga series right here is a hidden gem that I just discovered recently. It’s a Comedy/Shonen series that focuses on the different aspects of Martial Arts. As of this post, I’m up to Episode 13. (SO NO SPOILERS!) The series is about this guy, Kenichi Shirahama, who up to the start of the series was a cowardly kid that was always being picked on by vicious bullies. Of course, his goal in life is to become stronger, but pretty everyone tells him that’ll never happen and that he should face reality. Kenichi soon meets this girl named Miu Furinji, who Kenichi becomes infatuated with. Of course, Miu is a skilled fighter that lives in a dojo run by her Grandfather who has been raising her, as well as some other Martial Arts masters. Basically this one bully in the Karate Club challenges Kenichi to a death-match in a week and Miu (who has become friends with Kenichi) tells Kenichi about the dojo where she lives and advises that Kenichi should train their so he doesn’t get killed. Kenichi follows this advice, and his training ensues. If you wanna know more, watch the anime or read the manga. You will not regret doing so. (At least I hope not anyway)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 09, 2020, 03:29:00 am
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I had never watched Inception before, it was just one of those movies I kinda skipped out on, never really pushed to watch it for no particular reason, but seeing that it was on Amazon for free and I'm interested in Nolan's upcoming Tenet, I'd thought I'd give this a go.  Watching this, I realized that I have seen most of Christopher Nolan's movies aside from Dunkirk, Insomnia, and his first film, "Following", but the only one I'm gonna watch out of that is Dunkirk eventually.

Inception was good, but not what I expected.  I feel like what I saw of the trailer back in the day, the talk of "dreams in dreams", and some other stuff I heard, that this was gonna be more of a mindscrew of a film, but it's very straightforward and it establishes most of its rules pretty outright, which I like.  I tend to like "rules" established with films most of the time rather than stuff being very vague, or metaphorical, etc... It's interesting and I thought it was cool how much of the cast was involved from the Batman film like Michael Caine, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Cillian Murphy.

It's a solid film and Nolan makes great movies.  In fact an early memory would be watching Memento as a teen late into the night after my buddy fell asleep and just being like "That was crazy" lol Definitely gonna go watch Dunkirk later this week and eventually one of these days when Tenet gets a release, I'll be looking forward to that.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 28, 2020, 03:50:17 pm
Rewatched a few things over the last week or so:

Dredd
The Prestige
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(1990)
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Post by: pzeke on August 29, 2020, 11:28:30 pm
I finally saw Rampage from the beginning and, in all honesty, it wasn't that bad; I originally had only seen the final act where George fights off Ralph and Lizzie, which is undoubtedly the best part of the movie. I took a look at the Wikipedia page while watching the movie and read that some speculate this movie being the prequel to The Walking Dead TV series due to how similar Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character is to Negan. I mean, sure, I see it, but I think that's the same as taking a piece of gum and stretching it past your noggin.

Dredd
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(1990)

Top-notch. Haven't seen "The Prestige" yet, though.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 30, 2020, 08:37:30 am
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Top-notch.

I've been on TMNT kick since we started talking about the NECA figures in the Toy thread.  I also bought an omnibus of the first 7 issues that I'm really looking forward to.
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Post by: pzeke on August 30, 2020, 12:43:57 pm
Yeah, the original Mirage series are awesome; they're quintessential, I'd venture to say. The first movie took many queues from the Mirage comics and mixed them well with the lightheartedness of the 80s cartoon, which I think is why the movie was and remains to be so successful and revered to this day.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 04, 2020, 08:13:02 pm
JoJo Rabbit was not quite as good as I'd hoped.  The performances are incredible, and the message important, but something about it never really clicked with me.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 08, 2020, 10:04:38 am
Finally sat down and watched Top Gun from beginning to end.  Pretty sure I'd seen the entirety of the movie before, just never in one sitting.  It's incredibly schmaltzy, but somehow makes it work.  Leans on the same musical cues a little too hard though - except Danger Zone, which they didn't use enough.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 15, 2020, 05:41:32 am
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Came across #ALIVE on Netflix, I don't usually pick up random films unless I know something about them, but I figured that since South Korean zombie media is doing pretty reasonable lately with the Kingdom series and Train to Busan (Heard Peninsula, the sequel to Busan wasn't too hot), I'd give this a go and I'm glad I did, it's a solid movie.  It's one of those single location zombie situations, an apartment complex where a young guy is trying to survive.  I really dig the zombies in this, I don't know if they are based off Train to Busan or something else in particular, as that had similar zombies, but it's like the virus is so intense, it contorts the muscles and causes the bones to crack and they move in a kinda painful and awkward way because beyond just shambling around.  It really comes across as a South Korean zombie trademark now and it makes them standout compared to say something like The Walking Dead.

I don't really have any serious complaints with the film, it does everything mostly well, there's a few clunky bits and kinda...I guess you'd say contrived bits here and there, but it's a very watchable piece of zombie media if you are into that.
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Post by: francisbaud on September 18, 2020, 04:50:04 pm
The last movie I've watched was War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 20, 2020, 03:29:35 am
Just got done watching Dragon's Dogma on Netflix and I think it's alright.  The 3D animation and visuals is actually pretty good, though some of the monsters look a little bland other than the Hydra which I thought was pretty great.  I think the show is maybe a tad short, they did 7 episodes, all around the 7 deadly sins, and that's not a bad idea, plus usually Netflix has had a problem of shows being too long, but I think they could've used another episode or two to fill things out for a few characters.  I guess it's probably better to be too short, than being to long and drag on, but it's a solid enough show.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 20, 2020, 08:17:24 am
Escape from New York is an efficient dirty little firecracker of a movie.  It's not perfect, but it is watchable as hell.

Class Action Park was a trip.  I don't think it brought a lot new information to the table so much as it was just making people aware of this incredibly dangerous place that existed - and went to voluntarily in droves.

Ford v Ferrari was a perfect dad-fernoon flick.  Damon really surprised me with how nuanced he is here.  Just a solid crowd-pleaser.

Bad Boys For Life is somehow maybe the best in the series?

Ponyo is fun.  A little boring in the beginning, though.

The Other Guys is a lot of really great moment tenuously tied together by a semblance of a plot.

Inside Man was better than I remembered.  Much more style than Spike Lee usually is.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 04, 2020, 10:14:18 pm
Finally October, which means it's time to watch a horror film a day.  Here's the list so far:

Leprechaun
Leprechaun Returns
We Summon the Darkness
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(1978)
Color Out of Space
Summer of 84
Night of the Demons
The Blob
(1988)
Mayhem
The Lodge
Child's Play
(2019)
One Cut of the Dead
The Endless
Annabelle
Basket Case
Sleepy Hollow
Before I Wake
Maniac Cop
Annabelle: Creation
Urban Legend
Wishmaster
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
Girl on the Third Floor
Annabelle Comes Home
Sweetheart
From Beyond
ParaNorman
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
The Gingerdead Man
Alien
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: andyz on October 11, 2020, 12:23:09 pm
Zombieland: Double Tap - good fun sequel, can't belive it was ten years between the two! 4/5
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 07, 2020, 03:40:17 pm
Aside from my annual Halloween watch - detailed two posts ago - I also snuck in a couple of other titles: Beetlejuice and Maximum Overdrive.  One is just fantastic, and the other is disaster, but still a blast to watch.

I also did a complete rewatch of the entire Bourne trilogy, alongside The Bourne Legacy, which I had never seen before.  I couldn't find Jason Bourne easily watchable anywhere, but I just watched it a year or so ago, anyway.  The whole thing holds up ok, with the first one being kinda dated in a few aspects, but it was still a good fun watch, and I found myself surprised at how much I like Legacy.  It's probably too long by about 10 minutes (it's the longest Bourne film by about 15 minutes or so), but I was really engaged with seeing another side of the whole story.  Ultimatum is still the best, while I think Supremacy gets kind of unfairly forgotten.  It's more well made than Identity, but the story is not quite as good.

My Damon kick led me to a rewatch of The Martian, which may actually be one of my favorite movies of the last decade.  It's just so eminently watchable.

And today I watched Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which I think may actually be superior to the original, mostly for the fact that it has much more of a plot this time around, when the last one didn't really have any pretense other than it was just trying to get Borat into as many weird scenarios as possible.

Dazed and Confused for the first time in 10-15 years.  It's a movie I have always liked, but this was the first time it really clicked with me what Linklater was trying to do.  It's just such a perfect "hangout" movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 26, 2020, 08:17:30 pm
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Haven't been watching much movie stuff lately, but I recently picked up the Harry Potter series on blu-ray for a pretty cheap price and figured it would be good movie for Thanksgiving.  I haven't seen any of these films since I first watched them, so for the first film, The Sorceror's Stone, I haven't seen this movie in almost 20 years.  Gotta say, holds up pretty well.  They were such a different tone from what the movies would become, more light-hearted, but that makes sense for as they grow older and the story becomes darker.  I had a good time with the movie, all the effects short of maybe a part here and there look great, and I'm looking forward to a general marathon of these over December.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 28, 2020, 03:31:05 pm
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Man, I REALLY liked this. This movie spoke to me as both a superhero and horror fan. It blended those two genres splendidly! Very unique take on comic book movies.
It was creepy, atmospheric, and had some really cool looking special effects and big action-scenes. The actors did a superb job in their roles as well.   

I think the setting swayed me a bit, too, because it reminded me a lot of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors. The mental institution setting, the disturbed teens, the group sharing sessions, the shared horror experiences; very reminiscent.
 
Now I don't know how well it lines up with the comics, as I was never a reader of New Mutants back in the day. But as someone who didn't read them, I enjoyed it a lot. One thing I do know from the comics is Dr. Reyes, though. She was a member of the X-Men for a short time in the 90s. They did betray her character, don't want to say why without revealed a big part of the story. Nothing that breaks the movie, since she was never a huge character to begin with, though.

Do yourself a favor and check it out. I just Redboxed it, so it can be watched for cheap. I plan adding this one to my collection, at some point.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: tripredacus on November 30, 2020, 11:37:45 am
Season 1 and Season 2 of the 2000s Battlestar Galactica series. Pretty interesting.

I have been trimming down the movie collection and have made a "watch pile" and this was in it. Basically I had to come to the conclusion that I'm not going to rewatch a series for a long time... basically any series. There isn't a point to keep a DVD for something that I would only want to rewatch after 10-20 years or so... which is about the timeframe that I can bother to watch a TV series again. Movies I can rewatch more frequently, not sure the reason why that is, maybe because they are a lot shorter. The only downside is that is all I had for this show, and I know it went on for a few seasons after that. So I'll never know how it ended. :-,(
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 02, 2020, 06:06:29 am
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As someone that thought Train to Busan was a really good new zombie film, adding their own South Korean flare to the genre, I was initially pretty interested to see what they would go on to do after Busan.  After seeing the trailer for Peninsula I was pretty worried with the direction they were taking and I was right to be worried.  This movie is nothing like the first one.  I think they saw the success of the first movie (8 Million budget, nearly 100 Million box office) and perhaps thought they had a franchise on their hands, their own "Fast and the Furious", but nah, this isn't that.

On its own, it is a functional zombie action film, but this is like going from Day of the Dead to Land of the Dead.  All of the drama with the good characters and impactful moments are just not here.  Like there are clearly a few scenes meant to kinda hit on those same emotional notes we got with the first film, but it's not handled remotely as well and I didn't care about any of the characters.  The overabundance of CG really kills the film for me, because there are these big car action scenes in this, but since everything is CG it all just looks like a videogame cutscene or it looks like one of those Resident Evil CG films, because the budget just isn't there to take it to that next level.

This is such a misstep for South Korean zombie media, I thought they were on a good path with the first film and Kingdom on Netflix, but this just isn't very good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 02, 2020, 04:43:42 pm
I recently rewatched The Godfather for the first time in nearly two decades.  It's still really easy to see why its considered a masterpiece.  It's incredibly well-paced for a movie that is 3 hours long, though there is a little bit of a section that sags in the middle a little.  I plan on watching the other two over the Christmas season as well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 02, 2020, 11:45:43 pm
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The New Mutants definitely had a weird, rocky, run to release, but I finally got to watch it, ending this line of X-Men films (I still need to watch Dark Phoenix...I mean I don't NEED to, but I will lol), and it's alright.  I didn't realize it was gonna be such a small scale film, as it mostly just takes place in this old hospital and the cast is mostly just the 5 kids and the doctor the entire time.  I can definitely see why they didn't want to really bring this to theater, because it doesn't have a whole lot going on.  I didn't mind it though, it's got this kinda darker/horror bent to things and that really works to set it apart from some of the other X-Men stuff.  I think the film is okay, so if you want to check it out, just keep your expectations low, this isn't going to be Logan or anything on par with any of the good X-Men films, but if you just take it as more of its own thing, some teens dealing with their powers in a sketchy facility, it works well enough.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on December 03, 2020, 11:25:03 am
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The New Mutants definitely had a weird, rocky, run to release, but I finally got to watch it, ending this line of X-Men films (I still need to watch Dark Phoenix...I mean I don't NEED to, but I will lol), and it's alright.  I didn't realize it was gonna be such a small scale film, as it mostly just takes place in this old hospital and the cast is mostly just the 5 kids and the doctor the entire time.  I can definitely see why they didn't want to really bring this to theater, because it doesn't have a whole lot going on.  I didn't mind it though, it's got this kinda darker/horror bent to things and that really works to set it apart from some of the other X-Men stuff.  I think the film is okay, so if you want to check it out, just keep your expectations low, this isn't going to be Logan or anything on par with any of the good X-Men films, but if you just take it as more of its own thing, some teens dealing with their powers in a sketchy facility, it works well enough.

I LOVED it. Spoke to me as both a horror and superhero fan. I already talked about it, above.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: andyz on December 03, 2020, 01:51:03 pm
I watched the 'The devil all the Time' the other night.

I enjoyed it. Not your run of the mill formulaic film so worth a watch. Just in case anyone thinks this is a horror, it is not. It is a rather stark and dark look at how God is used to justify many people's justification for their actions. I would give it a 7/10
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on December 04, 2020, 02:55:52 pm
Ant-Man and the Wasp - First time seeing it; it was a good romp.
Mad Max: Fury Road - Oh, what a day... what a lovely day!

Caught those two recently while channel surfing.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: lex2000 on December 16, 2020, 02:31:54 pm
The last movie I watched was Jurassic World while visiting my family on Thanksgiving. Wasn't my first watch however as I saw it when it came out in theaters with a friend back in Freshman year of high school.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 26, 2020, 09:05:09 pm
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While I was kinda hoping to like Wonder Woman 84, it ended up just being a really boring movie.  I like it less than the first movie, which I thought was just okay, but the WW2 era stuff and stuff on Themyscira was good and I genuinely like the scene of her running across the WW2 battlefield (That whole sequence might be the best thing they've done with the DC films), though the ending was just kinda nothing for me.  The new one is just "Hey, weren't the 80's cool?" and then there's kind of a villain who inadvertently causes chaos and Cheetah is a thing by the end, but boy this nearly two and a half hour movie does nothing to justify that length.  That's like Avengers level, where you got all these characters and stories to fill in that time, but so little happens in WW84 that is actually interesting and entertaining.  The writing is just so bad and so much makes such little sense.

Doesn't help that the action isn't that great either.  The Snyder-era DC films have never had particularly great CG, like sure its very clearly expensive, but its always very floaty, cartoonish at times, and not in a good way, it just doesn't match up to what Marvel does, where its all CG too, but there's better weight and speed to most things.  At this point, there's really only one of the new DC films that I actually like, and that is Shazam, (With a soft spot for Aquaman because I like Jason Momoa) because it's so much more simple and small scale and actually kinda funny, but none of these other new DC films work for me.  I'm kinda hopeful for the new Suicide Squad, because it'll hopefully just be full blown madness, and I'm interested to see the multi-verse stuff in the Flash movie, but I wish this era of DC movies would just stop.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 27, 2020, 01:24:33 pm
Batman Returns - What an insane almost masterpiece this is.  It's just such a crazy product of a singular vision.  The makeup, production design, and performances are incredible.

Scrooged - Hadn't seen this in years.  It's also a bonkers delight.  Murray is really great in it.

Wonder Woman 1984 - Unfortunately an overlong mess.  The individual pieces are all generally ok to good, but they just don't ever gel together.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 27, 2020, 02:45:06 pm
Batman Returns - What an insane almost masterpiece this is.  It's just such a crazy product of a singular vision.  The makeup, production design, and performances are incredible.

Scrooged - Hadn't seen this in years.  It's also a bonkers delight.  Murray is really great in it.

Wonder Woman 1984 - Unfortunately an overlong mess.  The individual pieces are all generally ok to good, but they just don't ever gel together.

I still think the writing is pretty bad in WW84, and I don't like how DC does their action, it's so floaty and lacks impact most of the time especially compared to what Marvel does, but if they chopped out a good half hour of the film, it would at least be way more watchable.  I'm actually going to rewatch the first Wonder Woman film next week, give it another shot to see what I think about it as I pretty harsh on it when it released after originally because it came out after the first three terrible DCEU films.  I know the ending will still suck, it was badly handled, but I might be into the rest of the film more.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: 98dgreen on December 27, 2020, 06:28:21 pm
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While I was kinda hoping to like Wonder Woman 84, it ended up just being a really boring movie.  I like it less than the first movie, which I thought was just okay, but the WW2 era stuff and stuff on Themyscira was good and I genuinely like the scene of her running across the WW2 battlefield (That whole sequence might be the best thing they've done with the DC films), though the ending was just kinda nothing for me.  The new one is just "Hey, weren't the 80's cool?" and then there's kind of a villain who inadvertently causes chaos and Cheetah is a thing by the end, but boy this nearly two and a half hour movie does nothing to justify that length.  That's like Avengers level, where you got all these characters and stories to fill in that time, but so little happens in WW84 that is actually interesting and entertaining.  The writing is just so bad and so much makes such little sense.

Doesn't help that the action isn't that great either.  The Snyder-era DC films have never had particularly great CG, like sure its very clearly expensive, but its always very floaty, cartoonish at times, and not in a good way, it just doesn't match up to what Marvel does, where its all CG too, but there's better weight and speed to most things.  At this point, there's really only one of the new DC films that I actually like, and that is Shazam, (With a soft spot for Aquaman because I like Jason Momoa) because it's so much more simple and small scale and actually kinda funny, but none of these other new DC films work for me.  I'm kinda hopeful for the new Suicide Squad, because it'll hopefully just be full blown madness, and I'm interested to see the multi-verse stuff in the Flash movie, but I wish this era of DC movies would just stop.
The first movie was set in WWI not WWII.  You had to pay attention because they portrayed the Germans as uniquely evil and as the sole ones to blame lol.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 27, 2020, 06:31:22 pm
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While I was kinda hoping to like Wonder Woman 84, it ended up just being a really boring movie.  I like it less than the first movie, which I thought was just okay, but the WW2 era stuff and stuff on Themyscira was good and I genuinely like the scene of her running across the WW2 battlefield (That whole sequence might be the best thing they've done with the DC films), though the ending was just kinda nothing for me.  The new one is just "Hey, weren't the 80's cool?" and then there's kind of a villain who inadvertently causes chaos and Cheetah is a thing by the end, but boy this nearly two and a half hour movie does nothing to justify that length.  That's like Avengers level, where you got all these characters and stories to fill in that time, but so little happens in WW84 that is actually interesting and entertaining.  The writing is just so bad and so much makes such little sense.

Doesn't help that the action isn't that great either.  The Snyder-era DC films have never had particularly great CG, like sure its very clearly expensive, but its always very floaty, cartoonish at times, and not in a good way, it just doesn't match up to what Marvel does, where its all CG too, but there's better weight and speed to most things.  At this point, there's really only one of the new DC films that I actually like, and that is Shazam, (With a soft spot for Aquaman because I like Jason Momoa) because it's so much more simple and small scale and actually kinda funny, but none of these other new DC films work for me.  I'm kinda hopeful for the new Suicide Squad, because it'll hopefully just be full blown madness, and I'm interested to see the multi-verse stuff in the Flash movie, but I wish this era of DC movies would just stop.
The first movie was set in WWI not WWII.  You had to pay attention because they portrayed the Germans as uniquely evil and as the sole ones to blame lol.

Yeah I just realized it earlier that it was set in WWI, I completely forgot about that as I haven't watched the movie since it came out in theater.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 31, 2020, 05:02:31 am
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Had no real idea about what Soul was beyond some of the elements of a guy dies/is near death, his soul going to the beyond, and then its him trying to get back, so went into relatively blind as I wasn't seeing the trailer for it a bunch or anything like that.  It's maybe the most adult film Pixar has done, because while kids will find the cutesy soul designs to be fun and there's some good humor, it's kind of a slightly dark/serious film depending on how you view it.  It's about existential dread, what is ones purpose in life, it makes you think about stuff that most kids won't get.  The whole Jazz thing also isn't going to appeal to a lot of kids in particular.  But much like what Pixar usually does, it's handled in kind of a fun way, the animation is of course great, so I would call it a good film.  Inside Out is probably the closest Pixar movie to compare it to, just more adult in general.  It's not gonna top any of my Pixar lists in particular, but its certainly worth a watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 31, 2020, 09:54:51 pm
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Gave the 2017 Wonder Woman a fresh shot, after how bad WW84 was, I wanted to see how I felt about the movie since I haven't seen it since 2017 and I gotta say that I like it more now than I did before.  I would say it's the best DCEU film for sure, followed by Shazam.  I think back then, I was so frustrated by the DCEU movies, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, they were all so awful, followed up by Justice League, I maybe unfairly put a little more hate on the movie than I should have.  Not that I think the movie is great, I still think it's only really on par with a the more mid tier Marvel movies, the CG isn't always the best, and the action can feel a little floaty, but there are good scenes throughout and that entire WWI Battlefield scene is genuinely awesome.  The only stuff I still don't particularly love is the ending, it's kind of abit too much of a CG mess, but that might just be me as Ares as a villain sorta sucks.

Watching the first movie also just made me hate WW84 more.  The first movie is such a tight film in execution and it being set during World War 1 makes for a way more interesting era to see than what they did with the 80's stuff in WW84, which almost felt cartoonishly 80's, like they were trying to be so authentic, it slips into parody, unlike something you'd look at like Stranger Things.  The action in WW84 sucks so much compared to the first film too.  Like it could be a little floaty and goofy there, but most stuff in WW84 feels like everyone is obviously on wires.  Like take the action scene in the White House and then compare it to the first film, where Wonder Woman is beating up Germans in that house after getting into the village and it's almost night and day difference in terms of impact.

I'm still mildly hopeful for Suicide Squad 2 due to it having James Gunn in charge, but we'll, I'm expecting nothing out of the Justice League Snyder Remake and The Flash film.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on January 01, 2021, 05:52:43 am
Saw WW84 on Sunday. It wasn't very good.  :P

Since this is a VG related forum, I spotted an anachronistic Easter Egg in the movie. During the mall scene, they show kids in an arcade playing games. One game being played is Operation Wolf, a game that wasn't released until 1987.  ;D
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 04, 2021, 03:07:50 pm
Saw WW84 on Sunday. It wasn't very good.  :P

Yeah, the more I think about it the less I like it.


I watched Sexy Beast for the first time since about 2002.  Ben Kingsley is electrifying in it.  You can't take your eyes off him from the moment he shows up on screen.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: 98dgreen on January 04, 2021, 04:18:11 pm
Watched WW1984 a couple days ago and I would rate it a 5/10.  It felt like a worse version of the 2000's Spiderman.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on January 05, 2021, 08:52:55 am
Watched WW1984 a couple days and I would rate it a 5/10.  It felt like a worse version of the 2000's Spiderman.

What? How exactly do you mean? Sure, they both have cringe-worthy moments (one more than the other), but they're entirely different in many respects; the former, I believe, tries too hard to be serious, while the latter happens to be campy with serious undertones. If anything, WW84 is more like Superman III, basically fluttering above Superman IV with its cheesiness.

I'd like to note here that, other than reading the Wikipedia page, I haven't seen WW84, but if the movie is anything like the trailers showed, then no thanks; I think I would have a much better time watching Suicide Squad.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: 98dgreen on January 06, 2021, 03:12:44 pm
Watched WW1984 a couple days and I would rate it a 5/10.  It felt like a worse version of the 2000's Spiderman.

What? How exactly do you mean? Sure, they both have cringe-worthy moments (one more than the other), but they're entirely different in many respects; the former, I believe, tries too hard to be serious, while the latter happens to be campy with serious undertones. If anything, WW84 is more like Superman III, basically fluttering above Superman IV with its cheesiness.

I'd like to note here that, other than reading the Wikipedia page, I haven't seen WW84, but if the movie is anything like the trailers showed, then no thanks; I think I would have a much better time watching Suicide Squad.
WW1984 takes itself too seriously minus a couple scenes in the first half.  I have never seen Superman III or IV so that could be a more apt comparison. 
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on January 06, 2021, 03:54:11 pm
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Watching Equilibrium.

This is still an amazing film. It's a shame that it lived in the shadow of and was compared to The Matrix. It deserved more attention.

Deep, thought-provoking story. Great cast. Great atmosphere. And cool fight scenes, to boot.

So many clues that you catch more and more after each viewing. Christian Bale was sense-offending long before even he realized it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: koemo1 on January 06, 2021, 04:01:50 pm
Yesterday I watched a couple episodes of the Danish war series: 1864.
 It's about the Second Schleswig War of 1864.
Highly recommended!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 06, 2021, 04:52:15 pm
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Watching Equilibrium.

This is still an amazing film. It's a shame that it lived in the shadow of and was compared to The Matrix. It deserved more attention.

Deep, thought-provoking story. Great cast. Great atmosphere. And cool fight scenes, to boot.

So many clues that you catch more and more after each viewing. Christian Bale was sense-offending long before even he realized it.

I loved this movie, use to watch it a ton back in the day.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 06, 2021, 04:57:07 pm
Watched WW1984 a couple days and I would rate it a 5/10.  It felt like a worse version of the 2000's Spiderman.

What? How exactly do you mean? Sure, they both have cringe-worthy moments (one more than the other), but they're entirely different in many respects; the former, I believe, tries too hard to be serious, while the latter happens to be campy with serious undertones. If anything, WW84 is more like Superman III, basically fluttering above Superman IV with its cheesiness.

It is closer in tone to those Superman sequels, but I think the Spider-Man comparisons (this is not the first one I've seen) are from the fact that she spends a lot of time swinging around on her lasso like it is webbing.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on January 07, 2021, 08:21:12 am
Okay, that makes sense. To be fair, though, I believe she used to do that in the comics back in the day.

I actually ended up seeing the movie shortly after my last post, and truly I have nothing to say other than it's very average. Although, going through it in my mind as I type this, I still believe the movie takes itself too seriously, with certain exception as noted by 98dgreen, and also think the movie could've existed without Barbara, because, considering she's supposed to be Wonder Woman's "Joker", she was underwhelming and poorly developed. The first movie is by no means a masterpiece, but it's definitely much better. I have to say, though, as someone who read and enjoyed Kingdom Come, it was quite a treat seeing the golden armor.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 11, 2021, 11:41:27 am
Watched the classic version of The Wizard of Oz for the first time in probably 20 years last night.  It's still rightfully a classic, but its one of those movies where what everyone remembers is the good stuff, so there are some moments and scenes/songs that everyone just kind of forgets because they aren't as good as the rest of the movie.  Still an all time classic, and probably a 9/10,
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: andyz on January 12, 2021, 09:23:42 am
The Nice Guys - So funny, and they clearly both work so well together. Highly recommended -- 9/10
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: andyz on January 27, 2021, 06:06:48 am
Life - 8/10
Similar to Alien - Really enjoyed this one
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 27, 2021, 06:22:22 am
Sound of Metal - Currently my favorite movie of 2020.  Really incredible.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Terrific performances, but I couldn't shake that melodramatic stage play-to-screen feeling that happens when one of these movies gets made.  Chadwick is probably winning an Oscar, and I won't disagree, but the whole thing felt like it was missing something.
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Post by: Flashback2012 on January 27, 2021, 09:39:26 am
I didn't want to go digging around for the "Added to Other Collections" thread but I recently found a couple of DVDs at Half Price Books that I couldn't leave behind (even though I've largely moved onto Blu Ray and 4K Blu Ray).

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I had heard about this series but never got into it so I'm eager to give these a watch. The mechanical designs were done by Shoji Kawamori who I met at a convention YEARS ago so the ships and what not will have a familiar feel to them.  ;)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 31, 2021, 04:42:25 am
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Been a little while since I watched a movie, but I saw Love and Monsters pop up somewhere out of the blue and thought I'd give it a shot and I had a good time with it.  Post-apocalypse, humanity doomed itself by trying to destroy an asteroid with missiles, which saves the planet from destruction, but radiation or something rains down on the planet (They never say nukes were used and I feel like they say "chemical" at one point, so I'm wondering if its meant to be a different type of missile they used that caused this problem) and mutates most cold blooded life, such as amphibians, fish, lizards, and insects, in turn, wiping out most of humanity.  It's basically Zombieland, but with giant creatures, instead of zombies.  Same sort of humor throughout a horrible situation, even has a young guy narrating over stuff who is kinda awkward and talks a lot.

Effects were great, like it's mostly CG, but there's a few practical things and it all looks really good.  It's also prime material for a sequel, there's definitely a lot more they could do with this setting for sure that I'd love to see them return to.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 31, 2021, 12:04:57 pm
One Night in Miami is a much more subtle and nuanced take on an adaptation of a culturally / racially charged stage play than Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.  The latter had better performances, but was just kinda bombastic and in your face.  Miami just clicked much better for me, overall.

My girlfriend has been on a big Godzilla kick lately.  We watched the 2014 flick before going to see King of the Monsters, and she just loves the big chonky boy, so we watched Shin Godzilla last year (love it), but she had never really seen any of the classic movies, so we are starting to work our way through them.

Godzilla - The all time classic.  Anyone who complains about there not being enough Big G in the 2014 movie needs to watch this one and shut the hell up.
Godzilla Raids Again - I'd never seen this one.  The first half is really solid, but after G kills Anguirus it kinda takes a hard turn into snooze town.  I actually like the sake house scene, but everything after that just drags on for so long.

Mothra - I like that this started as more of like a neat jungle expedition movie, that morphed (lol puns) into a Kaiju film.
Mothra vs. Godzilla - The Mothra movies really don't care for capitalism, apparently.
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster - Ok, I liked the two Mothra movies, but really liked just how bonkers the series has gotten already.  Giant space dragons and Princesses from Venus?  You got it!

Invasion of Astro-Monster - This was a trip.  Mostly an alien invasion film that happens to include the big monsters.  Sags a bit in the middle, but makes up for it in a totally nutso finale.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep - What even was this?  I didn't hate it, but it was very odd.  Ebirah looked great, though!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 14, 2021, 05:45:59 pm
After seeing the trailer for the Justice League: Snyder Cut, I have this odd feeling of wanting to give the previous movies another watch...I don't know why, I thought the majority of the films suck, aside from Wonder Woman, Shazam, and kinda Aquaman, but like how I gave the Star Wars Prequels another shot (Only liking Revenge of the Sith), I'm kinda curious how I feel about them separated by a few years. 

I don't expect to like them, Wonder Woman felt like the exception in that it was always sorta the one "alright" film that I've softened on, but maybe I won't hate them as much?  I'm not gonna watch Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey as Suicide Squad had nothing redeemable, and Birds of Prey is just mostly kinda boring, so I think I might go and watch Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and the original Justice League, and then I might watch the Snyder Cut, primarily because I'll have an HBO Max subscription already for next month to watch Godzilla vs Kong, which is my most anticipated movie of the year right now.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 14, 2021, 08:02:14 pm
Son of Godzilla - At least the big mantis fight was cool?
Destroy All Monsters - A less focused version on Astro-Monster.  Good, but a hair overstuffed.

Godzilla vs. Hedorah - Well that was certainly an experience.  It's not very good,but I respect it for trying to do something different.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 14, 2021, 08:52:46 pm
Son of Godzilla - At least the big mantis fight was cool?
Destroy All Monsters - A less focused version on Astro-Monster.  Good, but a hair overstuffed.

Current ranking:

  • Shin Godzilla
  • Godzilla (1954)
  • Godzilla (2014)
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
  • Mothra vs. Godzilla
  • Mothra
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster
  • Godzilla: Final Wars
  • Destroy All Monsters
  • Godzilla, King of the Monsters
  • Godzilla 2000
  • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
  • Godzilla Raids Again
  • Son of Godzilla
  • Godzilla (1998)

Now you got me wanting to do a full Godzilla marathon. I was only planning to do the Legendary movies next month with the lead up to Godzilla vs Kong, but I might start from the beginning again since I own almost all of them at this point.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 19, 2021, 11:14:17 pm
I really just want to get to the Heisei stuff at this point, but it is also the hardest to find.

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey - I can't get behind the people who say it's better than the original, but it's definitely underrated.
Bill and Ted Face the Music - Definitely the weakest of the three, but it has its moments.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on February 20, 2021, 04:38:08 am
Johnny Mnemonic

I enjoyed it for the mid-90s special effects but Keanu's acting was pretty rough.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 20, 2021, 03:48:57 pm
I really just want to get to the Heisei stuff at this point, but it is also the hardest to find.

Snagged the Toho Vol. 1 and 2 Collection today for a great price.  Just need to get '85 and Biollante now.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 20, 2021, 05:13:42 pm
I think the only movies I don't have for Godzilla right now is Son of Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters, as the DVD set of older movies doesn't have them and the Blu-Ray stuff doesn't have them either.  I'm fine for that with Son of Godzilla, which might be the worst of all the Godzilla movies lol
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Post by: Cartagia on February 20, 2021, 05:15:44 pm
I think the only movies I don't have for Godzilla right now is Son of Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters, as the DVD set of older movies doesn't have them and the Blu-Ray stuff doesn't have them either.  I'm fine for that with Son of Godzilla, which might be the worst of all the Godzilla movies.

Yeah, that one was pretty bad.  The Showa Criterion set has everything from that era, at least, and the transfers are beautiful.  What we've had to skip so far (because I haven't bought that set yet, and they aren't on HBOMax) is King Kong vs. Godzilla and All Monsters Attack, both of which are not exactly fondly remembered, so I was ok passing them up for now.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 20, 2021, 05:23:56 pm
Yeah some of that 60's stuff gets rough, it's probably my least liked era of Godzilla even if its the era that introduce some fan favorite characters like Ghidorah and Mothra.  I wish I had picked up that nice Criterion set, but it was abit too pricey for my taste.
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Post by: 98dgreen on February 20, 2021, 10:38:59 pm
I think the only movies I don't have for Godzilla right now is Son of Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters, as the DVD set of older movies doesn't have them and the Blu-Ray stuff doesn't have them either.  I'm fine for that with Son of Godzilla, which might be the worst of all the Godzilla movies lol
Son of Godzilla is hilarious.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 21, 2021, 02:07:02 am
I think the only movies I don't have for Godzilla right now is Son of Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters, as the DVD set of older movies doesn't have them and the Blu-Ray stuff doesn't have them either.  I'm fine for that with Son of Godzilla, which might be the worst of all the Godzilla movies lol
Son of Godzilla is hilarious.

It's funny, but not for the right reasons lol It's one of only two Godzilla movies I pretty much never want to watch again, which is Son of Godzilla, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater.  I watched them once, maybe twice, I never need to watch them again lol
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Post by: Cartagia on February 22, 2021, 06:06:42 am
Godzilla vs. Gigan - I actually dug this one more than I thought I would.  My biggest issue was all the reused footage from earlier film.
Godzilla vs. Megalon - Not great.  Same reused footage problem as Gigan but not nearly as good / interesting overall.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on February 22, 2021, 07:18:44 am
Goodfellas somehow exceeded my expectations.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on February 22, 2021, 08:51:56 pm
Goodfellas somehow exceeded my expectations.

It "somehow" exceeded your expectations?

Just look at those mugs...
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Anyway, here's some stuff I've watched lately...

Inside Man
The Jungle Book (2016) - Bill Murray.
Assassins Run / White Swan - God-awful movie.
Slender Man - The dumbest POS I've ever seen.
Snatch - Pitt's Irish accent was stupid funny.
The Equalizer 2 - Good action flick; I really like the song that plays when the credits roll.
BlacKkKlansman - Good film; it took certain liberties, but still a good film, nonetheless. Also, I like Topher Grace and all, but every movie he's in all he does is play Topher Grace.
The Shawshank Redemption - Classic.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Liked it, but I think I like the first one more.
Unbroken - Great film, I can't recommend it enough.
Lethal Weapon - This movie never gets old!
Fight Club - I feel there are stories that are best left without continuation, and this was one of them.
The Glass Castle - Really nice biopic. I'm not particularly fond of Brie Larson, but the praise she received for her performance are definitely well-deserved.
Alpha
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Post by: Cartagia on February 23, 2021, 08:18:59 am
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla - This one is a blast.  It hooks you up front with plenty of Kaiju action, then goes with the human story for a bit.  The biggest issue is that King Caesar is totally unnecessary.  It could have just been G v. MG and it would have been fine.
Terror of Mechagodzilla - Not as good as the previous title.  Pacing suffered a bit and Titanosaursus is just a boring kaiju.  Not had, just kind middle of the road
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on February 23, 2021, 12:02:31 pm
Goodfellas somehow exceeded my expectations.

It "somehow" exceeded your expectations?

Just look at those mugs...
(https://i.imgur.com/hyTRJlZ.jpg)
Yeah, meaning that despite it's reputation as one of the best movies ever made it was still much better than I expected.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 26, 2021, 11:44:52 am
Shin Godzilla - Hell yes.

The Little Things was a total snooze.  Denzel was asleep the whole time, Rami Malek was actively bad, and Leto, while the best part of the movie, does not deserve all the praise he's been getting for it.

The OG King Kong.  Still the best version.  Almost half as long as the Peter Jackson one, which in itself is a huge plus.  So impressive that it was made in the early 30s.

Watched Godzilla 2000 for the first time in like 20 years - I think I literally just didn't pay attention when I watched it back then.  Actually pretty fun. Moved it up a couple of spots on my list.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 27, 2021, 05:11:49 pm
Godzilla (1998) - Not as bad as I remembered.  Still not good, but an ok monster movie if you can remove yourself from thinking of it like a G film.  That last Act is kind of a dud, too.  Moving it up a couple of spots.

The Return of Godzilla - Good, not great reboot entry into the series.  Slightly inconsistent tone, and doesn't have the original theme!
Godzilla vs. Biollante - OG theme in the first 5 minutes!  Great start.  Maybe the best human story of all the vs. movies so far.  About my only complaints are that the score often doesn't mesh tonal with what's on screen, and it drags a hair towards the end.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on March 02, 2021, 07:54:37 am
Goodfellas somehow exceeded my expectations.

It "somehow" exceeded your expectations?

Yeah, meaning that despite it's reputation as one of the best movies ever made it was still much better than I expected.

Gotcha.

And while I'm here, I recently watched Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and goddamn is that freaking movie a snoozefest.
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Post by: Cartagia on March 02, 2021, 10:18:02 pm
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah - Oh man this was so bonkers.  It's not really a *good* movie, but it was so freaking entertaining.  I loved it.
Godzilla vs. Mothra - Another good entry.  It's a better movie than KG, but not as fun.
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II - The Heisei series is just so much more consistent than Showa, it's ridiculous.
Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla - Pretty easily the worst Heisei film.  It's not awful, it's just kinda boring and derivative.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 09, 2021, 03:00:29 am
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With the Snydercut of Justice League coming out, and my curiosity about it being peaked due to what turned out to be a mess of a movie the first time around, I thought I'd give the previous movies another go.  Not all of them, just the main ones, so Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and the original Justice League.  Maybe Aquaman because I watched Wonder Woman recently, but that is it.

Man of Steel I remember being okay with, it was what came after that really soured me on everything and in some ways tainted my views abit, as I softened with Wonder Woman after a rewatch.  Having watched it again, I still think it's just okay.  It's kind of an ugly film, with a drab palette, the story is paced sorta weird, like I'm fine with it not being a standard origin story, we don't need it that, but when you got stuff like Johnathan Kent saying he probably should've just let those kids die rather than save them, and not allowing himself to be saved, it's so lame and feels counter to what a Johnathan Kent should be, even if I understand the point behind it.  This kinda becomes a reoccurring aspect with Snyder in that it feels like he doesn't really like the characters as they are, he wants to make them more like what he feels they should be, as stuff has come up in interviews on his view with like Batman and such.  He shouldn't be doing DC, he should be doing something from Dark Horse, or Image, or just straight up Spawn or something would probably be right up his alley, something more edgy and darker.

Action wise it's better than I remember, I remember from Justice League and Batman v Superman and even parts of Wonder Woman that I kinda don't like how they do a lot of their fights, because it's so stylized and over done, they start to look like cutscenes from an Injustice game.  It can be kinda floaty and it doesn't have that right feel that I think Marvel handles better, even in the more crazy fights, though Marvel has gotten it off to at times.  I also don't like all the random destruction, it feels as if Superman is rarely trying to hold back on property damage and saving people amid the battle, which makes sense at some points, but it all culminates in Zod's death by neck snap where you go "That's not Superman"...It's the same for Batman in the next movie who just outright kills people too.  It's annoying.

So yeah, I think this movie is just okay, I don't love it, and I don't say this as someone who's got serious nostalgia for previous Superman movies or a deep love for the character (I'm more about Batman), though I do like Henry Caville as Superman, but at the time the movie came out, I acted like "Oh, this is alright, I wonder if we'll get a real cool Batman movie set in the same world, or a good sequel that kinda nails the character better for Superman"...and then we got Batman v Superman...Bad times ahead lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on March 09, 2021, 04:10:55 am
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

It was not that interesting. Pretty common knowledge stuff if you know anything about him. The thing that made it worthwhile was that they had so much footage of him. The guy that did all the filming should have went to YouTube instead of Netflix and uploaded raw clips. He probably could've made more money in the long run that way.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 09, 2021, 09:06:02 am
The Hesei Gamera trilogy, Defender of the Universe, Attack of Legion, and Revenge of Iris.  This was pretty incredible.  Better than 85-90% of all the Godzilla films I've watched so far.  Same director ending up doing GMK for the Toho folks.  I should be to that one next week or so.

Big Trouble in Little China - First time I'd watched it since I was little kid.  I remembered very few things about it, but this a good a time, and the soundtrack was incredible.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 09, 2021, 11:17:50 am
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With the Snydercut of Justice League coming out, and my curiosity about it being peaked due to what turned out to be a mess of a movie the first time around, I thought I'd give the previous movies another go.  Not all of them, just the main ones, so Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and the original Justice League.  Maybe Aquaman because I watched Wonder Woman recently, but that is it.

Man of Steel I remember being okay with, it was what came after that really soured me on everything and in some ways tainted my views abit, as I softened with Wonder Woman after a rewatch.  Having watched it again, I still think it's just okay.  It's kind of an ugly film, with a drab palette, the story is paced sorta weird, like I'm fine with it not being a standard origin story, we don't need it that, but when you got stuff like Johnathan Kent saying he probably should've just let those kids die rather than save them, and not allowing himself to be saved, it's so lame and feels counter to what a Johnathan Kent should be, even if I understand the point behind it.  This kinda becomes a reoccurring aspect with Snyder in that it feels like he doesn't really like the characters as they are, he wants to make them more like what he feels they should be, as stuff has come up in interviews on his view with like Batman and such.  He shouldn't be doing DC, he should be doing something from Dark Horse, or Image, or just straight up Spawn or something would probably be right up his alley, something more edgy and darker.

Action wise it's better than I remember, I remember from Justice League and Batman v Superman and even parts of Wonder Woman that I kinda don't like how they do a lot of their fights, because it's so stylized and over done, they start to look like cutscenes from an Injustice game.  It can be kinda floaty and it doesn't have that right feel that I think Marvel handles better, even in the more crazy fights, though Marvel has gotten it off to at times.  I also don't like all the random destruction, it feels as if Superman is rarely trying to hold back on property damage and saving people amid the battle, which makes sense at some points, but it all culminates in Zod's death by neck snap where you go "That's not Superman"...It's the same for Batman in the next movie who just outright kills people too.  It's annoying.

So yeah, I think this movie is just okay, I don't love it, and I don't say this as someone who's got serious nostalgia for previous Superman movies or a deep love for the character (I'm more about Batman), though I do like Henry Caville as Superman, but at the time the movie came out, I acted like "Oh, this is alright, I wonder if we'll get a real cool Batman movie set in the same world, or a good sequel that kinda nails the character better for Superman"...and then we got Batman v Superman...Bad times ahead lol

I loved this one. My favorite of the DCU extended universe great action scenes, cool effects, and it was neat seeimg Superman find his footing. Plus the Krypton scenes were spectacular.

Definitely felt it was better than Batman vs Superman and Justice League.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 10, 2021, 03:24:32 am
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I went into Man of Steel with the idea of whether I was still alright with it, if my views of the later films skewed things too much, and in general, not a lot changed, it's just an okay film.  Batman v Superman though, I went in knowing I thought this movie was just all wrong and on a new rewatch with the Ultimate Edition that adds an extra half hour, I found more things to dislike about it lol

Something I never noticed before was why did Bruce show up to Metropolis? An alien threat appears and his first instinct is to not suit up, get in his jet or car, and try to do something, he instead decides to just rush to his building in a civilian car? Why not take the helicopter he was already riding in if he was just gonna try to evacuate the building? I know this was all so they could fit Bruce into things after the fact, but it doesn't really make any sense and I didn't realize it on first watch.  It's also really dumb that Jimmy Olson makes an appearance just to turn out to be a CIA agent who gets killed. 

While I do like how Batman looks in this, I think Affleck is fine for the role too, I hate what they do with him, making him brand criminals so they can be killed, he has this completely random, yet incredibly specific nightmare/vision of Superman taking over that makes no sense because it also uses Darkseid related imagery for it, they just have Batman using guns and killing people outright, both in that nightmare, and in the real world, and I don't think it's clear that the Flash bit is connected to that vision, because the vision is a dream within a dream.  Its baffling and I know they are bringing the "Nightmare" stuff back in the Snyder Cut of Justice League, something I don't remember if it was in the original JL movie or not.

Lex Luthor sucks in this, I know they try to say he's not THAT Lex, even though it is, it still doesn't work at all.  They have him play it like he's The Riddler or something, it's completely awful.  I will say that I think this movie looks slightly better maybe than Man of Steel, it's not quite as washed out, but I still don't particularly love how it looks.  It's just the Snyder style, it's dark.

To me, the greatest problem of this movie is what its about.  Batman v Superman.  It's two very well known DC storylines, the Dark Knight Returns, and the Death of Superman, all at once, in a movie that also establishes their Batman, Wonder Woman, and is setting up the Justice League.  This was DC rushing to catch up to Marvel as fast as they could, without putting the same work in to set up everything.  They took two great stories and ruined them.  Like Batman v Superman should've been it's own thing later on.  The Death of Superman could've been a multi-movie long thing where the different character movies dealt with what happened, bringing in all the different Supermen, it would've been awesome...but it just...wasn't.  Doomsday is just a bio-engineered Zod.  Batman v Superman is a fight scene stopped because they both have a mom named Martha.  The Justice League is created without a Superman.  Heck, Luthor somehow figured out both Superman's and Batman's identity.  This is all in one movie.  It is nonsense and not nearly as epic as they tried to make it out to be.

I will give this movie one thing...I think the fight between Batman and Superman is pretty good.  It's honestly kind of a weak movie up till this fight, it's so much setup, there's not a lot of great Batman stuff, no good Superman stuff, it's all put into this ending, which again, I do like, the following Batman fight is cool too, even if he is killing people with guns, but I got nothing for the Doomsday stuff, it's just an iconic villain wasted in an over stylized, mess of a fight that the DCEU stuff generally likes to do.  Like I said before, it's like watching video game cutscenes.  I can admit to seeing Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman all posed up as being kinda cool lol

In the end, I still think this movie mostly sucks and a new watch only didn't improve it, it mostly made it worse.  This is what turned me against the DCEU completely with only a few bright spots after this with Wonder Woman, Shazam, and even Aquaman for how goofy it is.  Though it took a turn for the worse again with Birds of Prey and and WW84.  Original Justice League is next.  I am going into it with a very different mindset having learned what that movie went through, which is a lot...This will be more about how it compares to the Snyder Cut and what Snyders vision for Justice League actually was.

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And because I couldn't sleep and I had trouble getting Justice League to run right for whatever reason, I saw X-Men: Dark Phoenix and figured I'd watch that, finish up the X-Men series as it was.  I heard it was bad beforehand, though I always meant to watch it, but I honestly just found it kinda boring.  The villains are nothing, most of the character stuff and action has been done before in previous films, and none of the action is exciting until the final fight on the train.  If you haven't seen it, there's really no reason to see it unless you are a die hard fan who just hasn't seen it already for whatever reason, and even then, there's not alot here for the end of the series.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 11, 2021, 06:26:33 am
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So I came out of Justice League, not hating it.  In fact I would say I was okay with it.  Not as much with Man of Steel, which was like a 7 out of 10 for me, that's a much more cohesive film, but I think even with having some leftover Snyder stuff in it, it was alright.  It was very clear the studio wanted nothing to do with previous take on things, trying to make it more fun, less edgy and dark, and I like that, it works most of the time.  All the Superman stuff is just awful though.  Like they were forced to deal with Death of Superman nonsense due to the previous movie, but I'd rather they had just left him dead, he's completely unnecessary to the film, he's brough back with multiple macguffins, he plays bad for like 5 minutes, before he's back to normal with no ill effects, and while I think they touched up his face somewhat from the original theatrical run, it was super bad, he absolutely still looks super weird, it just looks like he's had plastic surgery and its distracting.

I wouldn't super recommend it, it's one of the lower end films to me, above at least Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, and Wonder Woman 84, but it doesn't have a whole lot that I hate like I did with BvS, so if I had to watch it again, I wouldn't really hate to.  I still feel like Wonder Woman, Man of Steel, Shazam, and sorta Aquaman are the best ones of the DCEU right now.  Gonna rewatch Aquaman next probably.  Very curious how the Snyder Cut will turn as it sounds like he wants to go full edgelord with his take.
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Post by: Cartagia on March 11, 2021, 06:49:04 am
So, I watched Rebirth of Mothra last night.  What a disaster.  The human story was pretty intolerable.  Once the kaiju story started it was actually pretty good, but then the ending stretched out for way too long.  The kids were dead-eyed and soulless.  Trim it by 20 minutes and maybe you've got something.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 12, 2021, 04:51:42 am
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Went from watching a review on the early 00's horror movie Ghost Ship, to someone talking about Deep Blue Sea and that, and then my brain remembered Deep Rising, a deep sear creature flick that I remembered liking as a teen and haven't seen since.  Gotta say, fun 90's action movie shlock.  I had it in my head that Thomas Jane was the lead in this, but he was actually in Deep Blue Sea lol It's got some good practical effects, mostly with the sets, all that stuff looks pretty good for the big parts they use them in, like the boat stopping and tossing everything around looks great and there's some good stuff they do with like the ship walls crumpling from the monster.  The CG on the otherhand can look okay for the time in some parts, but then it also looks like CG from the time and doesn't blend at all.  The monster dying in particular looks awful, though the actual cruise ship explosion is a model and looks great.

It's a shame the movie flopped, not like it's a great film, but it's fun enough, I remember liking it as a teen and watching it a few times as I'm always into big creature flicks.  It ends with a tease that could've made for a fun sequel.  Also randomly just starting an underwater themed marathon as I'm gonna watch Aquaman next and then I was reminded of an old 80's film called Leviathan that I want to check out.  I might also go watch Underwater again and I like that movie, saw it in theater last year before the pandemic shut everything down.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 13, 2021, 03:04:11 am
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Family wanted to watch this, wasn't something I had seen much about other than some pictures and advertising, but ended up finding Raya and the Last Dragon to be good.  I don't think it does anything amazing, but it has some real solid visuals, some fun action scenes, and cool story.  My only real issue was it, that all of the dialogue is super modern, it's a fictional fantasy world, but characters are like moments away from going "Bruh" and saying "Poggers", its weird.  I don't need it to sound like old timey fantasy talk, I mean I watch Kung Fu Panda, or Moana, and it's never a problem with them and their snappy dialogue.  It's a minor complaint really, but otherwise it's a good film.

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I had something else written about this movie, but screw it, this movie ended on a cliffhanger for Part 2, not even finishing the story they had.  This isn't even a long movie, it's an hour and a half long.  I'm mad lol Like the absolute gall of these people to be like "Oh yeah, this is gonna be so damn good, people are gonna want Part 2 and Part 3 of it!" lol

Everything that has to do with Monster Hunter is good and fine, it's all designs from the game, Diablos and Rathalos look good, some other creatures I don't know well because I've only played World are cool, they have Ron Perlman as the Admiral which looks hilarious, but I like it, one character who is barely in the movie is just the Handler from World, they even have the Meowscular Chef.  The bad stuff is basically everything else this movie is attached to.  The story involving our world sucks.  You do a few tweaks to the plot and the movie instead stars Tony Jaa struggling to survive a harsh wasteland and get back to his crew to tackle some ancient threat to the world.  No US military involved.  Like they are entirely pointless to everything going on other than fodder for Diablos and Rathalos, except for Milla Jovovich, who's a badass Ranger, but is so badass, she becomes a Monster Hunter super quick, and is a badass original character, do not steal.  I don't even hate her specifically, Milla is fine an action lead, she can sell the roll well enough, it's just everything built around here that drives me nuts and I haven't liked a movie she's been in since Fifth Element...maybe Resident Evil 1 because it's a guilty pleasure movie.

It's frustrating, because they could've just made a cheesy, but totally fun Monster Hunter movie starring Tony Jaa as the main guy, but instead we get this Monster Hunter movie burdened by bad writing, wonky editing and pacing, and a cliffhanger to a movie that most people don't want and probably won't get made because it released during a pandemic and only made half its budget back there.  This isn't a completely terrible movie, but Paul W.S. Anderson just needs to be stopped from making video game movies lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on March 13, 2021, 06:42:42 am
It's frustrating, because they could've just made a cheesy, but totally fun Monster Hunter movie starring Tony Jaa as the main guy, but instead we get this Monster Hunter movie burdened by bad writing, wonky editing and pacing, and a cliffhanger to a movie that most people don't want and probably won't get made because it released during a pandemic and only made half its budget back there.  This isn't a completely terrible movie, but Paul W.S. Anderson just needs to be stopped from making video game movies lol

It's Paul W. S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich. What were you expecting?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 13, 2021, 06:59:02 am
It's frustrating, because they could've just made a cheesy, but totally fun Monster Hunter movie starring Tony Jaa as the main guy, but instead we get this Monster Hunter movie burdened by bad writing, wonky editing and pacing, and a cliffhanger to a movie that most people don't want and probably won't get made because it released during a pandemic and only made half its budget back there.  This isn't a completely terrible movie, but Paul W.S. Anderson just needs to be stopped from making video game movies lol

It's Paul W. S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich. What were you expecting?

A Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich movie, and that's what I got, but it was also worse somehow than I was expecting lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on March 13, 2021, 07:22:59 am
Tom & Jerry

Pretty good looking. The animated characters look clean and sharp with the live-action scenes. Movie itself wasn't anything special though.
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Post by: Cartagia on March 13, 2021, 06:30:57 pm
Coneheads was honestly way better than I remembered.  I was laughing pretty constantly throughout.

Godzilla vs. Desoroyah was an excellent final entry in the Heisei series.  Tying it back to original film was a great idea.  It kind of just ends, though which was odd.

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus is much better than I thought it would be based on the fact that no one really talks about it.  It does some stuff that's not really in any of the other films (someone literally climbs around on Big G).  The CGI is still really shaky since it's 2000, but I was pleasantly surprised by something I thought would be totally forgettable.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on March 15, 2021, 12:37:12 am
HAHA that's funny others have been watching Godzilla recently as well!


Got a random itch to rewatch the Heisei era films (my favorite Godzilla era overall) and so far I've made it through the first three over the last two days.


Godzilla 1985
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This was the movie that got me into Godzilla as a very young boy. I rented this movie probably 20 times from a local independent rental store during the early 90s, and my memories of this movie mean a lot to me. Even watching this movie now there are certain parts (the battle with Super X and the ending scene especially) that hit me ultra hard in the feels; it's like I'm 5 again watching this movies. But even years later as an adult I can still really appreciate this movie despite its flaws. To me, this movie is Godzilla more than any other and is one of my favorite movies in the franchise.


Godzilla vs. Biollante
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This was another one I rented the hell out of as a kid and is still to this day one of my favorites. Biollante is a super underrated monster, and at least watching this movie now I feel like I can appreciate it's story more than I could back in the day. I love the espionage angle the plot takes, as well as it having teenage psychics. It's just such a fun, entertaining movie. And of course, I freakin love the final battle between Biollante and Godzilla! Amazing!


Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
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It really bums me out that this movie never saw a US release, or at least not one I was aware of, during the early and mid 90s. i say that because if I'd seen this movie as a kid like the previous two movies I'd have probably liked it way more than I did watching it for the first time several years ago. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy certain parts of this movie, particularly the last third of the movie which is almost non-stop monster on monster action. Unfortnately the first 2/3 is a mixed bag, and not a very good bag at that. The story is pretty confusing with various time paradoxes that the writers overlooked, but that can be forgiven. The main thing is the pacing isn't that great in the beginning, although I did appreciate them giving an origin story for Godzilla. One other thing this movie has going for it are some extremely funny moments that I'm pretty sure aren't meant to be funny at all. Combine this with terrible voice acting, even for a dubbed Godzilla movie, and I can see why many people consider this one of their favorites. Personally, it isn't one of mine, but still enjoy watching this one every few years or so.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 15, 2021, 09:34:42 am
Judas and the Black Messiah - This was great.  One of the best of last year, for sure.

Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack - Loved it.  Interesting story, great action.  Was great that Toho brought in some new blood to handle this one.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 16, 2021, 01:33:47 am
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Aquaman might be my favorite of the DCEU films right now, as I feel like from beginning to end, it's just a fun flick.  Man of Steel is good, but visually I'm not into how washed out it is and some of the story stuff doesn't work for me.  Wonder Woman is also good, but it's mostly just parts strewn throughout I like more, and the big bad and finale isn't great.  Shazam is fun and goofy and is probably the least DCEU-like of all the films, but I don't really love it enough to want to rewatch it.  Aquaman just has some cool visuals, some fun designs, the action is good, Jason Momoa is just having a good time kicking butt, all the Atlantis stuff looks great with lots of vibrant colors throughout, and it's like a big adventure film.  I always did like this one before because it was so different from BVS and even Justice League, but another watch and there just wasn't anything that bothered me and I had a good time.

It's gonna be weird to go from this to Snyder's Justice League, which is probably just gonna be dark and edgy nonsense, but I at least have a better grasp on the greater DCEU at the moment going into the new Justice League in a few days.

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With Godzilla vs Kong coming up soon, my most anticipated film of the year, it's time to start running through the Legendary Godzilla/Kong stuff, so starting it off with Kong: Skull Island this time.  Still a good film, I dig the whole Vietnam era setup for it, essentially making it an unconventional Vietnam film with a lot of the hallmarks you expect out of one.  There isn't much that I have a problem with, a couple nitpicks here and there, but scenes can get real tense for sure. 

Depending on what happens in the next movie, I'd love it if Kong can get another solo film with him and Monarch roaming through the Hollow Earth kicking ass with all sorts of crazy monsters lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Flashback2012 on March 16, 2021, 08:40:41 am
For kamikazekeeg

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It's been FOREVER since I've seen the original. I got lucky and found a BluRay of it (w/Steelbook) at an FYE last year. I should re-watch it to see if it's as bad as I remember.  ;)
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Post by: Cartagia on March 16, 2021, 09:03:58 am
Depending on what happens in the next movie, I'd love it if Kong can get another solo film with him and Monarch roaming through the Hollow Earth kicking ass with all sorts of crazy monsters lol

This is actually kind of my problem with the Monsterverse overall - they jumped right into the big stuff.  A single solo movie for Kong and G?  Then straight to Ghidorah and the title match?  I feel like we should have gotten some other smaller more set-up movies first.  Because now, where do they go from here?

It's been FOREVER since I've seen the original. I got lucky and found a BluRay of it (w/Steelbook) at an FYE last year. I should re-watch it to see if it's as bad as I remember.  ;)

I watched it last night.  It is that bad.

Speaking of:

Current ranking:

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on March 16, 2021, 11:30:25 am
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Aquaman might be my favorite of the DCEU films right now, as I feel like from beginning to end, it's just a fun flick.  Man of Steel is good, but visually I'm not into how washed out it is and some of the story stuff doesn't work for me.  Wonder Woman is also good, but it's mostly just parts strewn throughout I like more, and the big bad and finale isn't great.  Shazam is fun and goofy and is probably the least DCEU-like of all the films, but I don't really love it enough to want to rewatch it.  Aquaman just has some cool visuals, some fun designs, the action is good, Jason Momoa is just having a good time kicking butt, all the Atlantis stuff looks great with lots of vibrant colors throughout, and it's like a big adventure film.  I always did like this one before because it was so different from BVS and even Justice League, but another watch and there just wasn't anything that bothered me and I had a good time.

It's gonna be weird to go from this to Snyder's Justice League, which is probably just gonna be dark and edgy nonsense, but I at least have a better grasp on the greater DCEU at the moment going into the new Justice League in a few days.

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With Godzilla vs Kong coming up soon, my most anticipated film of the year, it's time to start running through the Legendary Godzilla/Kong stuff, so starting it off with Kong: Skull Island this time.  Still a good film, I dig the whole Vietnam era setup for it, essentially making it an unconventional Vietnam film with a lot of the hallmarks you expect out of one.  There isn't much that I have a problem with, a couple nitpicks here and there, but scenes can get real tense for sure. 

Depending on what happens in the next movie, I'd love it if Kong can get another solo film with him and Monarch roaming through the Hollow Earth kicking ass with all sorts of crazy monsters lol

Aquaman was definitely the most visually impressive if the DCU films. Bright, colorful eye-candy. And the women were gorgeous. But I felt the story was a bit predictable and cliche. Not that it was a bad story, though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 17, 2021, 02:51:34 am
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Kong: Skull Island put me in a mood and since I've been meaning to watch the 2005 King Kong again, something I haven't seen in a real long time and certainly not the blurary extended version of the film, so I figured I'd pop it in.  Well "Pop it in" might not be the right thing to say for a 3 and a half hour film lol

This movie still holds up real well after 15 years, most all the special effects look real good, Kong in particular is fantastic with a lot of character to him.  There's only a few scenes that don't hold up super great, like the big long neck dinos stampede scene has some rough compositing where the people don't look like they fit in at all and that whole scene gets abit ridiculous, but there's a whole lot that looks awesome.  It's definitely a long watch, but it never felt as long as it was, even if I was doing bead art while watching it.  Real good watch though.

Funny thing I didn't realize, was that Kyle Chandler was in this, who went on to be in the Legendary Godzilla movies, so he'll have been in a Kong movie twice.  Probably not a lot of people that could say that lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 18, 2021, 06:33:51 pm
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Boy, was this a thing.  I won't go into details too much for those are interested in watching it to see what's new, but Zack Snyder's Justice League isn't all that different from the last one.  Sure, it's like 2+ hours longer, but you'd be surprised how little the story is truly changed.  Like if you saw the first Justice League and went "There's no much here for me", there isn't much that will change your mind in the Snyder Cut.  This version mostly just extends all the scenes, alters some stuff with Steppenwolf, brings back Darkseid who was originally supposed to be in the film more, and retool the finale, with some bonus new story stuff strewn about.  I felt like with Snyder fans, they were touting how this movie was gonna be so completely different and amazing, that it would be unrecognizable to what Whedon did, but the majority of the previous Justice League is here, there isn't much cut out, Snyder just added back in a lot.

In a number of ways, it is a better movie, the Superman stuff is mostly better and he never looks like he had a botched plastic surgery, and the finale is definitely better, but "Snyder's Vision" seemed to mostly be he just wanted to people to say "Fuck and Shit" more and add a bunch of blood, along with making it look visually unappealing like he did with Man of Steel and Batman v Superman with how washed out the colors are.  He also never justified the 4 hours of movie here, like Cyborg getting more of an arc is great, but there's so much they could chop down out of this movie to shorten it up and be better off for it.

I don't think I'd recommend either version of Justice League.  The new one is generally better, but also unnecessarily long and some of the story stuff isn't great.  The old one is less dark and edgy and a snappier watch, but has some bad stuff like how Superman looks and some weak story beats.  In the end, it's still all Snyder DCEU stuff and it's not working for me, this cut of Justice League didn't suddenly turn me into a fan of his work, and I still think he was a bad choice for being in charge of this stuff.  I don't know where they are going with stuff after this, I think they sorta setup something here for the upcoming Flash, they clearly want to do more with these characters, but Affleck is gone, I know there was a rumor of a new Superman, I pretty much never want to see Wonder Woman again after WW84...who knows at this point...

Sidenote, this movie made me dislike WW84 some more, because I realized that in that movie, they make it out that she learns to fly in it, but they don't realize that doesn't work with BVS and Justice League's story that take place decades later, meaning she apparently forgot during that time that she had this ability to fly, which would've been useful in a couple scenes lol

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After all this DCEU stuff I've been watching, I felt I need a palette cleanser, going back to more fun stuff that I really enjoy, and with Falcon and the Winter Soldier starting tomorrow, I figured I'd jump back into my Marvel marathon I put on pause with Guardians of the Galaxy 2.  Still just a fun movie, good story, great writing, good humor, even still manages to choke me up a little at the end.  Just a great watch and I can't wait for them to get back to the third movie or perhaps in the upcoming Thor film.

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Was in binge mode as I did bead art, so also went through Thor Ragnarok, another real fun flick.  It's basically just more of what Guardians was doing, which was fine, it gave Thor more of a personality beyond "Stoic Warrior", gave him some flavor.  I feel like the only real negative I have with this film is how tonally different the film can be.  You have the goofball humor, but also all of Thor's friends are killed off real quick...We get a Hulk being naked joke, but then also the movie is about the annihilation of Asgard...Hilarious bits between Loki and Thor, but also Odin is dead and Thor loses an eye.  It's an all around entertaining flick for sure with some great action, but there's just some moments that feel sorta hard to parse at times that I think Guardians of the Galaxy 2 handled a tad more consistently.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 20, 2021, 04:20:56 am
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On to Black Panther and it's still just a fine flick.  It never wowed me when it first came out, I thought it was among the more average of the MCU films, and I still mostly think that, and I feel like it's sorta because the story repeats itself abit with T'Challa losing his powers in ritual combat, and then getting them back and seeing his father, just to have it happen again later, and I feel like it's abit of a plot hole that T'Challa never calls out Killmonger for bringing the body of Klaue to Wakanda.  That aspect is used against him to get Michonne's husband (I forget her character name and the only other role of hers I know is in Walking Dead lol) on his side to support his rule, and unless I missed something it's never brought up that Killmonger took him from his custody.  Otherwise, it's not a bad film at all, and it's still incredibly tragic to have lost Chadwick Boseman, he was fantastic in the role.
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Post by: burningdoom on March 20, 2021, 12:07:43 pm
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On to Black Panther and it's still just a fine flick.  It never wowed me when it first came out, I thought it was among the more average of the MCU films, and I still mostly think that, and I feel like it's sorta because the story repeats itself abit with T'Challa losing his powers in ritual combat, and then getting them back and seeing his father, just to have it happen again later, and I feel like it's abit of a plot hole that T'Challa never calls out Killmonger for bringing the body of Klaue to Wakanda.  That aspect is used against him to get Michonne's husband (I forget her character name and the only other role of hers I know is in Walking Dead lol) on his side to support his rule, and unless I missed something it's never brought up that Killmonger took him from his custody.  Otherwise, it's not a bad film at all, and it's still incredibly tragic to have lost Chadwick Boseman, he was fantastic in the role.

I feel the same about this one as I do Aquaman: Visually stunning movie. But average story (though not a bad one).
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 21, 2021, 01:08:41 am
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.  Another perfectly fine entry.  Nothing really stood out about it it.  probably a downside of watching the entire series in 2 months.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 21, 2021, 04:54:33 am
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Into the top end Marvel here with Infinity War, still enjoy this movie just as much as I did before, they just nail this big ensemble film, with all these different stories going on, all coalescing into an ending that I remember left people just dumbstruck by the end of it, which is not what you expect when you go to a Marvel movie and how raucous it can be.  Exciting, great big action scenes, just enough humor strewn about to keep things light when they need to be.  Just a good film.

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Dunkirk was an interesting watch as it sorta feels less like a full movie and more like one really long finale.  The battle is over, there's no taking anything back, all that is left is to try and evacuate.  Because of that, it feels a tad oddly paced since there's no normal movie structure, it's told from 3 points in the timeframe before eventually combining at a very harrowing moment and then splitting apart again.  I wouldn't call the film "exciting" like you could Saving Private Ryan, Fury, or 1917, it's more to just have a viewpoint into this even in history and what some of the soldiers went through.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 22, 2021, 09:01:57 am
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S..  Direct sequel to G. Against Mecha G.  I think I preferred this one a little bit more, even if Akane is better character than Chujo.  Maybe it was the kick ass Mothra sequence at the beginning?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 23, 2021, 02:17:52 am
What movies are folks interested in coming up?  New stuff lately has been a mixed bag, WW84 was butts, Snyder's Justice League was...better and worse than I expecting, Raya was nice, and Monster Hunter was also butts, but I think there's some good stuff on the horizon.  There's a few others I'm interested in, I'm just waiting on trailers mostly before I go all in.

Godzilla vs Kong - My most anticipated movie this year, I loved King of the Monsters, I'm picking up the 4k version of the 2014 film which they completely improved the visuals of so it's much lighter with all those super dark scenes that are hard to follow, and Pacific Rim: The Black was good, so I'm kinda on a big high for this film and it's out in a week!

Mortal Kombat - After the trailer for this, I'm on board.  I was never a huge fan of the original as others have fonder memories of it, I thought it was just kind of an okay flick, even for the time, but I think stuff is looking fairly good for this and I'm curious to see if they can really nail that feel of modern Mortal Kombat with it.  After Monster Hunter, I need a good video game based movie lol

Black Widow - I don't think this will be one of the great Marvel films, but I haven't really come across a Marvel film I thought was outright bad, and it's actually been almost 2 years since the last MCU film, so it'll be nice to see them come back.

Army of the Dead - Zack Snyder is a director I have only liked one movie with and it has nothing to do with his handling of the DCEU or 300, probably his most well known stuff, it is instead Dawn of the Dead.  I remembered for the time that it was a fun zombie flick and an entertaining remake even if it didn't share a lot with the original outside of the mall setting, but it's one of those films where I like both the original and the remake.  So him going back to that kind of stuff, being a heist film set during a zombie outbreak, I'm on board.  I think his vision for the DCEU is bad, but his style can work for other things, so hopefully it's something here.

Suicide Squad - The first one was awful, I do not care about the "Ayer Cut" people are pushing, it's not a good movie lol I'm only on board with this because it feels like they are really embracing the comic attitude of things, something I've been dying to see more of from the DCEU, and it has James Gunn, who has done great stuff.  Hopefully it is a winner.
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Post by: Cartagia on March 23, 2021, 08:33:05 am
My first rewatch of Godzilla: Final Wars in at least a decade.  What a totally early 2000s movie this is.  It's got the plot of a Showa film with the sensibilities of that era.  It overstays its welcome by about 15 minutes, and edges on being unwatchably cringe-worthy, but is pretty entertaining.  Dropped it a couple of spots, but it held up better than I expected.

And that is it for my journey through all of the live action G films (except for All Monsters Attack), with some extras.  There were only a couple that I actively disliked, with most of them hovering around a 6.5/7 out of 10.

Current ranking:

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 24, 2021, 02:09:08 am
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Did my Legendary Godzilla watch tonight to get ready for next week, as I picked up Godzilla 2014 in 4k, which absolutely improves the visuals from the previous Blu-Ray, the dark scenes in particular being brightened up quite noticeably so the nighttime stuff is way more watchable.  I've watched this one a few times since release and I still like it, it's got its issues, Bryan Cranston had no real reason to die, he's not only a great actor, but I think the character should've had his redemption, learning the truth, and went on to be with Monarch.  Of course the biggest issue is that there are no real fights shown in the movie till the end and even then, it's chopped up.  We get our Hawaii reveal and we should've had a big awesome fight right there.   There's a lot of cutting away from the finale too, not really giving us a whole lot of great action beats.  That being said, I still like it, the atmosphere is real good, there's stuff that is still very striking, and most of what I wanted was fixed with King of the Monsters.

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And much like the previous film, my view has not changed on Godzilla: King of the Monsters since it's release and I still consider it one of my favorite Godzilla films.  Lots of great monster action, more cool monsters, lots of great stuff going on.  It is not perfect, it's story is abit sloppy, as they Oxygen Destroyer is a neat nod to the original, but it's completely out of nowhere.  The other issue is that Charles Dance is setup as a big villain alongside Emma, but after Ghidorah wakes up, he's basically completely unimportant to the plot, which I mean does sorta make sense, Ghidorah becomes the big bad, but still, a character that seemed so important at the start, is mostly sidelined.  Otherwise it's so awesome, the first big fight again Ghidorah is cool, Rodan is awesome, could've used more Mothra, and of course everything with the third act is real good.  I'm so pumped for Godzilla vs Kong now.
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Post by: weirdfeline on March 24, 2021, 03:36:53 pm
Taxi Driver

Pretty underwhelming. A lot of meaningless scenes. A lot of it felt like a waste of time. The Warriors is a far superior film for gritty night life in late 70s NYC.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 25, 2021, 03:56:56 am
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In a big time giant monster mood with Godzilla vs Kong coming up, so along with a planned rewatch of the two Pacific Rim movies, I'm also doing Rampage, which is a favorite of mine.  This isn't a thinking man's giant monster film at all, it's turn your brain off and watch a giant wolf, alligator, and gorilla cause some chaos while The Rock plays an action hero badass where not even a gunshot to the stomach slows him down even slightly.  It's also surprisingly violent and bloody, like they could've just easily made this a PG rated film by cutting out a few things and it wouldn't have hurt the movie at all really, but it certainly feels very "extra" because of it.  This one actually did well, so I kinda hope they could do a sequel some day lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 31, 2021, 05:52:40 pm
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Finally get to watch Godzilla vs Kong, been waiting for so long and it didn't really disappoint.  It's fun, has some big, exciting, action, some cool locations, and a great finale.  I won't put any real details right now because it just released, so this will stay mostly spoiler free.  Overall it's a pretty solid film, though I think my only real complaints is that some parts don't feel like they spend quite enough time with it and that I would've liked to see more monsters in this.  It's also a very Kong-centric film, which is fine being that he's a creature that can show more emotion compared to Godzilla and he does good with stuff with the humans that can't be done with Godzilla.

*EDIT*
I think my listing for the Legendary stuff right now is...

1 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2 - Pacific Rim
3 - Godzilla vs Kong
4 - Kong: Skull Island
5 - Pacific Rim: The Black
6 - Godzilla
7 - Pacific Rim: Uprising
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Post by: Cartagia on March 31, 2021, 09:14:16 pm
Also Godzilla vs. Kong for me, but it is probably my least favorite of the MonsterVerse, coming in just under KotM.  It is super fun, but there is a lot of stuff that just had me scratching my head and going "But what?  Why?" and boat load of size inconsistency stuff - things that probably wouldn't have bothered me in the Showa movies, but the MonsterVerse has tried to steer away from that fun lunacy.  Also some really bad CG in a few spot that really jarred me - nothing matches guy in suit for a visceral feeling.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 01, 2021, 04:17:47 am
I don't know if we'll get anymore Monsterverse happening after this, but there's so much they could do really at this point.

A possible movie to exist next should be one of three things for me...The first would be "Kong: Hollow Earth" which is that Monarch with the help of Kong are exploring the Hollow Earth, trying to see if anymore of Kong's kind exist, new threats emerging, and having a greater understanding of the ancient civilization.  Maybe their study of things ends up causing a creature kept contained to re-emerge and it could be a completely redesigned Megalon, being a nod to the monsters original subterranean origins and gives Kong a real good one on one monster fight.  Also give me Kong fighting a giant T-Rex lol

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The second would be a global battle royal type idea, "Godzilla: Total War", where something is riling up all the titans around the world, not dissimilar to Ghidorah in KOTM, though not in a controlled way, and we have certain monsters fighting for territory, lets us actually get badass action with all those Titans they revealed in KOTM, so we get those monsters fighting each other along with Godzilla stepping in to do what he can, along with a new Mothra who gets a bigger part, and Monarch who has developed more anti-titan weaponry to deal with the Titans.  The cause of this chaos? Another creature from outer space appears, giving us Gigan as the big threat halfway through.  The end of this could tease the possibility of aliens planning an invasion, which was a hallmark of old school Godzilla, though done better as it was almost always goofy in those movies lol

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The third movie is my dream movie and that is "Pacific Rim x Godzilla". 

The Jaeger's are certainly too small to fight all of the properly sized Titans, they are about 250 feet tall roughly, which makes them a good bit smaller than Kong and Godzilla, but they could just introduce a newly created Jaeger that is bigger to make up for this.  The story wouldn't even really be that hard to figure out, the Pacific Rim universe is built around crazy space-time folding portals that connect Earth to the aliens planet (I thought it was a dimensional thing, but I was wrong) and just have it be that there is now a fissure that leads to the Godzilla reality.  After a fight with Godzilla damages the Jaeger, they join up with Monarch to fix the Jaeger, and have Kaiju come through the fissure that threatens this Earth and so we get Titans fighting Kaiju, the Jaeger stepping in when possible, and the finale being a big blowout battle with Godzilla, the Jaeger, and the big main bad Kaiju, that ends with the Jaeger and Kaiju pushed back through the portal, closed by Godzilla's atomic breath and the Jaeger finishes off the Kaiju on the Pacific Rim side of the fissure.  Would be my dream movie lol

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The Monsterverse just makes me so happy.  If this is as far as it goes, I still got two Pacific Rim movies, a continuing Pacific Rim anime (Second season confirmed), 2 Godzilla films, a Kong film, and proper Godzilla vs Kong flick.  I'm of course going to want more, this my favorite type of movies to watch and I could just eat them up all day...even if they are Pacific Rim Uprising lol
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Post by: Cartagia on April 20, 2021, 01:11:32 pm
Nomadland - Easy to see why it's the BP frontrunner.  My favorite 2020 film at this point, as well.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - 25th anniversary!  Can't believe it.  I was cackling just as much on this viewing as on my first.
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Post by: covfefe2020 on April 20, 2021, 01:34:51 pm
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Post by: Cartagia on April 22, 2021, 08:13:19 am
Another Round was terrific.  Nice to see Mads Mikkelson not be a monster in something for the first time in a while.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 23, 2021, 06:22:51 am
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I went in with very reserved expectations, because as a video game based movie, most of these are rarely good and I can easily count on one hand those I like.  The original Mortal Kombat I don't hold in high regard particularly, even with nostalgia, I remember being okay with it when I was younger because I love martial arts films, but it never really held up for me, so there was a lot of hope that this movie would be a great way to bring back MK anew especially with the cool new games they've been doing and I think they did a pretty good job.  Visually, action wise, I think they nail it, though less cuts in the fights would've been better.  Characters are recognizable, the story is here, and it all feels very Mortal Kombat.  It's interesting to look at what this movie does, the new stuff it adds, what it leads to with a potential sequel that I'm all on board for, and then compare it to Monster Hunter, that fails with the new stuff and story it adds, setting up for a sequel that no one will want in a very embarrassing way. 

Mortal Kombat just does things right and I'd absolutely recommend it if you are into the games.

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And finished Falcon and the Winter Soldier.  I think overall it's good, it doesn't have that unique dynamic of Wandavision that made it so interesting, it's more of a standard espionage thriller, but there wasn't too much that bothered me.  I thought Carlie, the main threat of the show was a little weak, not that she needed to be cartoonishly evil or anything, her goals are clear, she's just kinda basic when you compare her to someone like Baron Zemo.  Sam and Bucky are of course the draw and I dig their dynamic together.  Looking forward to Loki next.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 24, 2021, 09:07:03 pm
Mortal Kombat (2021) was fine.  The opening and the end were pretty good, but the middle is kind of a mess that is really only saved by the comic relief character.  A good foundation and I'd like to see a sequel, though.
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Post by: covfefe2020 on April 25, 2021, 12:22:21 am
I saw zoolander last night, that was weird.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 30, 2021, 05:59:38 am
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With Falcon and the Winter Soldier done and hearing rumors of NetherRealms maybe developing a Marvel fighting game, it got me in a Marvel mood, which means watching Marvel cartoons and finishing my Marvel marathon.  Just watched Ant-Man and the Wasp and while the Ant-Man movies are generally lower on my list of the MCU films since they don't have particularly memorable villains and threats, they still can be quite funny and playing around with all the growing and shrinking is entertaining.  Just got Captain Marvel left and then on to Endgame.  That'll finish me up till Black Widow is out in July.
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Post by: weirdfeline on May 03, 2021, 05:46:03 pm
Career Opportunities

I'm surprised this movie isn't way more popular. I found it randomly while browsing Tubi. Super entertaining. Most of the movie takes place in a Target store at night. The main actor is really good. I'd watch it again.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 04, 2021, 02:10:57 pm
With the recent purchase of Ant-Man & The Wasp, and Spider-Man: Far From Home I now own the entire Marvel Studios Library! Always a nice feeling to complete a collection.
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Post by: andyz on May 06, 2021, 10:29:52 am
Whiplash. Second viewing. Intense as ever. 9/10
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Post by: Cartagia on May 07, 2021, 09:55:20 am
Michael Clayton - Hadn't watched it since release and I've got more of an appreciation for it now.

In the Mood for Love - Beautiful and moving.  Just terrific.

Jason and the Argonauts - I thought I'd seen this before, but guess I hadn't.  A little cheesy in spots, but is fun as heck.  Love Harryhausen stuff.

Short Circuit - Hasn't aged great.  It's still an ok time, and Ally Sheedy is a delight, but Fisher Stephens in brownface was definitely a... choice.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 09, 2021, 06:24:16 pm
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The Mitchells vs the Machines was pretty hilarious, it's very stylized with the snappy humor, reminds me of like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs or Hotel Transylvania in that sorta way to me, just a real good time.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 11, 2021, 03:47:47 am
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I finally started to watch Bubblegum Crisis on Blu-Ray that I picked up abit ago, and boy I think this might be the oldest anime I've watched in a real long time, all the way back in 1991.  Been really wanting to watch this after listening to the music so much over the past year or two.  It's great going back to old anime like this, it's just got a style that I miss from modern anime.  Like I love modern anime, but pre-digital art just has such a strong style to it.  The transfer from the original work looks pretty great too.  That said, the subtitles they are using are abit crappy, weird two tone to separate different people talking, either in yellow/green, or white/grey, where the white is good, but the grey isn't.  Super weird.

The music is implemented pretty well into the show, it's a very strong component of the action which I love.  It might stand out a little bit much at times, but I'll take that over too subtle lol I'm glad this will likely be an important element  for much of the show.  It is kinda hilarious with how language changes that the synthetics are called "Boomers" lol

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I love the combat suits the girls have, the Knight Sabers all have their own cool looks, very Henshin/Super Sentai.  I will say, this first episode/OVA is SUPER Akira inspired, like it's very obvious with the one of the Boomers starting to absorb other metal into it and there's all this tentacle stuff happening lol I do feel like the story was a little rushed at points, but it's enjoyable for just the general action and visuals.

Probably not gonna rush through all of the episodes, mostly just to savor it though I'll probably start watching more somewhat older anime soon as I've been meaning to get back to my watch of Dragon Ball GT, which I stopped, because boy those early episodes are rough.
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Post by: andyz on May 12, 2021, 12:30:02 pm
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) 8/10

I'm sure most are fairly familiar with the famous Stanford Prison experiment. This is a great re-enactment of exactly what unfolded during that experiment. It's always makes a film great when you know it is a completely true story and not a script. A fascinating watch.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 22, 2021, 04:32:34 am
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While I haven't been a fan of Snyder's for a very long time, I think he was a terrible choice for DC and still do, the one thing I did actually like was his very first movie, which was Dawn of the Dead, it was a remake that ended up being less of a remake, more its own thing using the mall setup, but generally I really liked it.  So hearing he was returning to familiar ground with this movie Army of the Dead, I was actually looking forward to it despite everything he's done since.  I think generally it's a pretty reasonable zombie flick, the action isn't bad, I like most of the stories setup and what not.

That being said, I think his time at DC, head of all these big movies, I don't think it was good for him, because this movie just didn't nail it like I wanted.  It just feels like two distinctly different movies in tone, where it's trying to be this ridiculous schlocky zombie action flick with some gruesome, bloody, deaths, and smart zombies, and a lot of humor throughout.  But then it's all this melodrama of Bautista with his daughter and a former girlfriend he's working with, or the daughter and this Vegas refugee she wants to save, or this smuggler trying to help the refugees also, I don't know, I just don't feel it blends well.  Like if I say "A Vegas heist movie set in the zombie apocalypse", you imagine something ridiculous, but it's not enough that.  It just drags too much at certain points with the drama and trying to surprise folks with deaths and what not and I would just rather it not been that as much.  Like one of the people they hire for the job is some youtube famous zombie killer, you can't be serious with something like that.

So unfortunately, I can't say it's super great.  It's not bad, like if I had to rate it, it would maybe be like a C, it's totally fine zombie schlock, but I would've rather it had embraced how ridiculous it was abit more, rather than leaning harder on the drama that no one is gonna want out of a movie called "Army of the Dead".  It honestly makes me want to go back and rewatch the Dawn of the Dead remake to make sure I'm not thinking too highly of it because of nostalgia or something because I haven't watched in a number of years now.

Thinking about it, I know he didn't direct or write it, but with Suicide Squad, this is somewhat similar to that, where it feels like it's trying to be more goofy than it really is most of the time, but at least Army of the Dead feels more cohesive than that as I hate Suicide Squad, but Army of the Dead is just fine.

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Couldn't get to sleep, so decided to just go back and see what I thought of the Dawn of the Dead Remake, being that I hadn't seen it in so long and I gotta say, better than Army of the Dead for sure.  It just feels way more cohesive to me in general and while it does have some of that 2000's edge that hasn't aged super great, it is interesting to see Snyder's first film compared to his latest.  You can kinda see some of what would be his trademark styling here, like his love of slow motion shots, before he went absolutely bonkers with it, and he has a weird thing with zombie babies...or that might just have been a nod to Dawn of the Dead in Army, I don't know, it's certainly creepy lol Still entertaining though and a good zombie flick.  Also still the only Snyder film I like.  Watchmen is alright, Man of Steel is alright, but I'm good with Dawn of the Dead.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 22, 2021, 08:57:45 pm
Also checked out Army of the Dead, it's good fun, but it is way too long.  If it were about 90-115 minutes it would be a bit easier to take down.  Also a shame that once it gets going that probably the best (or second best) actor in the film is the first to go - keeping it vague to prevent spoilers.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 22, 2021, 09:04:39 pm
Also checked out Army of the Dead, it's goifld fun, but it is way too long.  If it were about 90-115 minutes it would be a bit easier to take down.  Also a shame that once it gets going that probably the best (or second best) actor in the film is the first to go - keeping it vague to prevent spoilers.

Yeah absolutely, there is no reason for this to be over 2 hours long and you feel it for sure.  It goes to all the drama stuff I brought up being dragged out way too much and if you cleaned this up, focus on it being a schlocky action flick, it would be a way better movie for it.  I don't think he knows how to edit himself anymore and I imagine it'll be a problem for his stuff for awhile until he has some flops that knock him down a few pegs.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 28, 2021, 10:24:42 pm
The Silence of the Lambs - Still a stone cold masterpiece.  So, so good.

Hannibal - Not awful, but too disjointed and has some weird stylistic choices.  The end is still great.

Those Who Wish Me Dead - Great dad-afternoon fare.  Kinda dumb, but quite entertaining.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 31, 2021, 06:24:17 am
Starting a rewatch into One Piece, so that's basically a bajillion episodes to watch, but I was in the mood for some One Piece before the time jump, some classic adventure stuff with the crew, so  I am going with the dub so I don't have to pay attention to subtitles while I game or do bead art.  So far it's been nice, a dozen episodes in, though the show on streaming is only in 480p quality, which is rough to get into with all the HD stuff these days lol Still watchable though.

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Post by: Cartagia on June 06, 2021, 08:21:04 am
Stalked by my Doctor - Big ole slice of WTF Lifetime made-for-TV movie.
Ice Cream Man - Not nearly as fun as I remembered it being, but still an ok way to pass the time.
Midnight Special - Great cast, great premise, just goes on a bit too long.
Without Remorse - Generic Saturday afternoon action fare.  Not bad, nothing special.
Death of a Cheerleader - Good story, terrible acting.
Hot Fuzz - Not my favorite Edgar Wright, but probably his best.
The Living Daylights - Dalton's first outing as Bond is fine.  I love the soundtrack.
Licence to Kill - Much better showcase for Dalton.  Feels really similar to the Craig films, and in the moments when it doesn't you can tell they were just trying to make it more "Bond".
Beverly Hills Cop - Super solid the whole way through.  Real fun.
Beverly Hills Cop II - Better plot, but a lot more loose in the actual storytelling.  They let Eddie vamp too much.  Still a good time.
Deliverance - RIP Ned Beatty.  Well constructed and paced thriller.  Should be remembered for more than just the memes.
The Orange Years - Good but shallow documentary about the halcyon days of Nickelodeon.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 19, 2021, 06:18:58 pm
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Watched Godzilla vs Kong again for my birthday and I still had a lot of fun with it.  There's definite gaps in the story that should've been handled better, the son of Serizawa aspect is basically ignored, the podcaster with the two kids kinda bumbling their way into the Apex stuff is a little weak, and I think there needed to be a lot more with Monarch, but all the action is great, and this is basically a Kong 2 film with how much it focuses on him.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 22, 2021, 07:33:44 am
Hadn't seen Virtuosity in over 20 years.  What a mess.  But Russell Crowe is having a blast and makes it worth it.

Interstellar - Finally watched it.  Abit overlong and self-indulgent, but really good.  Technically impressive and the score is a incredible.

The Descendants - Great performance from Clooney, and I loved the way it bounced between tones.  Definitely not for everyone, though.

Raya and the Last Dragon - Totally fine mid-tier Disney.  Beautiful but could have use a bit more script polish.

Boss Level - Timeloop action flick.  I love Frank Grillo, but he just wasn't up to the task of everything this movie was asking of him.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines - Hilarious and action packed.  Really good, and held back from being truly great from taking a bit long to get to the plot

The River Wild - Hadn't seen this since maybe 01-02. Helluva cast, beautiful locales, great direction. Biggest issue is that it takes a little too long to get moving, bit once it does it isa great thriller.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 04, 2021, 06:44:56 pm
Watched The Tomorrow War and enjoyed it more than I thought, I sorta thought it might just be one of those "straight to dvd" sort of flicks perhaps, but it's better than that for sure.  Some good action, the aliens looked cool, the plot was interesting enough, though there's a huge logical inconsistency with the plot, that doesn't have to do with the time travel stuff funny enough, but the whole concept of the draft and sending people to the future war. 

Unless I missed something, they don't explain why anyone should go to the future to fight the war.  Sure, there's a threat in the future, everyone is dying, their kids are dying, but why would anyone go fight a war that has no effect on anyone now?  It's a future war, even if the war was won, all that would mean is that the people in the past would have to fight it anyways again, this is not a future threat that could affect the past.  There's of course a justification later in the movie as to why anyone is still fighting even though billions are dead, but no one in the past knows this, at least not the general public.  Sure the draft is threatened by family being punished, but if enough people say "Screw that", the draft isn't gonna happen.

Again, maybe I missed something in the initial dialogue that would hand wave this all away, though it still feels like a problem, but it doesn't hurt the movie as otherwise it's just a reasonable alien threat film.
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Post by: pzeke on July 04, 2021, 08:46:01 pm
[...] Unless I missed something, they don't explain why anyone should go to the future to fight the war.  Sure, there's a threat in the future, everyone is dying, their kids are dying, but why would anyone go fight a war that has no effect on anyone now?  It's a future war, even if the war was won, all that would mean is that the people in the past would have to fight it anyways again, this is not a future threat that could affect the past.  There's of course a justification later in the movie as to why anyone is still fighting even though billions are dead, but no one in the past knows this, at least not the general public.  Sure the draft is threatened by family being punished, but if enough people say "Screw that", the draft isn't gonna happen.

Meh, it's a time travel story, so why overthink it?

Anyway, I haven't seen the movie—and in all honestly, the trailer didn't really do a good job in making me want to see it—but, quite frankly, the darn thing looks like a bootleg version of Edge of Tomorrow.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 05, 2021, 12:28:52 am
Went on a little bit of a marathon today:

Sneakers
Jackass: The Movie
Idiocracy
The Muppet Movie
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Post by: pzeke on July 05, 2021, 03:22:16 am
Idiocracy

Best documentary ever.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 05, 2021, 07:30:00 pm
A Quiet Place Part II is basically a Last of Us movie and I'm totally here for it.
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Post by: mrkonasoni on July 07, 2021, 08:55:25 pm
I watched a couple episodes for "Don't toy with me, Miss Nagatoro".

It's kinda generic but I like it.
I have a thing for slices of life since nowadays the only shonen I like it's Yu-Gi-Oh shows.

The animation is pretty good and I like the faceless humour, it's also kinda cute the female lead "Nagatoro" bullies the other protagonist because she find him interesting and above average.

Not bad, it's for chill and soothe the stress.
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Post by: pzeke on July 08, 2021, 01:02:13 am
Maybe you'll like Great Teacher Onizuka...
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Post by: mrkonasoni on July 08, 2021, 02:16:42 am
Maybe you'll like Great Teacher Onizuka...

I heard that one is great, so i will plan about watching it.

I kinda wanted to watch Miss Kobayashi Dragon Maid because it actually has a spanish dub, there also a bunch I liked but I don't remember the name.

I just think they are good for burn time, a couple laughs and maybe a cliche but wholesome morale message.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 08, 2021, 08:39:25 am
Godzilla: Singular Point was pretty good / fun until the last 3-4 episodes.  It got too wrapped up in it's weird sci-fi time travel AI / goobledygook and ended up being for more convoluted than it needed to be.  Calling it Godzilla was also just a name recognition thing, it was really more of Jet Jaguar: Singular Point.  And I'm not one to usually comment on how little Godzilla shows up in his properties, but he wasn't really any kind of driving force in this one, and every other kaiju got way more screentime.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on July 08, 2021, 10:24:49 am
Maybe you'll like Great Teacher Onizuka...

I heard that one is great, so i will plan about watching it.

I kinda wanted to watch Miss Kobayashi Dragon Maid because it actually has a spanish dub, there also a bunch I liked but I don't remember the name.

I just think they are good for burn time, a couple laughs and maybe a cliche but wholesome morale message.

Yeah, it's good; I think you'll like it. There are some episodes with Spanish subs on YouTube.

Have you seen Ramna 1/2? That one you'll definitely find in Spanish.

I would also recommend Tenchi Muyo!, films included.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 09, 2021, 06:21:15 am
Our education system is just so broken, it's a shame we aren't teaching the real history of this country!  Good thing we got a movie to accurately depict it with America: The Motion Picture!

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This was dumb and ridiculous and I enjoyed it.  Aside from the obvious Archer vibes (I believe it's the studio that does that), I was also getting like Venture Bros, kinda that general feel of Adult Swim like Metalocalypse, where it's just absolute nonsense, violent, and crude.  It's basically taking American history, putting it in a blender, and then getting a drunk guy to try and memorize it and retell it to others.  It's super stupid, but I don't know, I liked how absurd it was.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on July 09, 2021, 09:51:39 am
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie from 2004.

I don't know how I haven't seen it from start to finish before. A lot of it seemed familiar but I don't remember ever sitting down and watching it in full.

Pretty entertaining, I really liked how the live-action scenes were used. It probably would have been a good way to wrap up the series but of course that didn't happen.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 09, 2021, 10:17:56 am
My favorite Spongebob joke is from the movie.

"Mr. Krabs, what was your motivation for opening a new Krusy Krab right next to the old one?"
"... money."
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: mrkonasoni on July 11, 2021, 03:42:53 am
- Answering to pzeke.

Yeah, I have.
The anime was also pretty popular in Latam.

I like it and the dub was wonderful but I think it get boring after the status quo is pretty obvious, and they unfortunately couldn't finish the anime, the manga ending is... fine.
Shampoo best girl, though.

- Answering to @weirdfeline

It was truly a good movie, fun jokes and the morale message is actually great and kinda unique.

The second one was good, too.
I remember laughing a lot with the family in the theater.
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Post by: pzeke on July 11, 2021, 01:10:48 pm
Don't Breathe - I like Stephen Lang, but this movie overstayed its welcome. But hey, turkey baster filled with man juice, because why nut. Coincidentally, today is Stephen Lang's birthday.

Brightburn - Movie felt redundant - the idea of an "evil Superman" has been done already and the movie didn't really bring anything new to the table. The kid seemed cold and aloof from the beginning, even though the movie—spoilers, maybe—tries to make it clear the ship had something to do with his sudden psychotic break. I appreciate the fact the movie doesn't waste too much time getting right to the point, but it could've been a lot better.

Aquaman - After having seen bits and pieces on YouTube, I finally saw this one and I really liked it; it's quite colorful in many respects. I did feel like a cat attracted to a shiny object almost every time Mera's freaking wig was on screen.

- Answering to pzeke.

Yeah, I have.
The anime was also pretty popular in Latam.

I like it and the dub was wonderful but I think it get boring after the status quo is pretty obvious, and they unfortunately couldn't finish the anime, the manga ending is... fine.
Shampoo best girl, though.

I never finished it; I watched a good number of episodes because there was a local kids show at the time that aired the series. I remember liking it, but I've never bothered to take the time to finish it...or read the manga for that matter.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 11, 2021, 07:49:07 pm
Black Widow reminded me of The Winter Soldier, but not quite as tonally consistent.  The trademark Marvel snarkiness felt out of place here, or was at least a little overused.

In the Heights - Very energetic and fun, but a little too drawn out.

My Octopus Teacher - Beautiful, fascinating, and engaging.
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Post by: kashell on July 13, 2021, 08:16:26 am
Been playing catch up on an anime backlog. It's mainly late 80s/early 90s stuff. I've finished:

Shinesman
Garaga
Wizardry 1

I'm glad I finally watched these. They're cheesy yet still well animated. Up next is Rhea Gall Force.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 13, 2021, 09:50:59 pm
Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar - So utterly bizarre and hilarious.  If you have even a passing interest in seeing it don't spoil yourself.

Tomorrow Never Dies - Aged pretty well, despite being clunky in spots.  It's got Michelle Yeoh and turns into a Hong Kong action flick for 5-10 minutes, so its generally worth it for that.
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Post by: pzeke on July 15, 2021, 06:24:35 pm
Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Nice action flicks. Over the top, especially the second one, but very enjoyable.

Ready Player One - It was a good time waster, and I liked most of the references, but it's nothing special if I'm being honest.

Ender's Game - Meh.

Straight Outta Compton - Excellent fanfic.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 15, 2021, 09:37:26 pm
The World is Not Enough - It's so close to being really good, but there's just too much left-over Moore DNA. Brosnan and Marceau elevate the material, while the infamous Dr. Christmas Jones herself drags it down.

Die Another Day - Starts incredibly strong but then continues to degenerate once it hits Cuba and introduces Halle Berry. She does her best, but the writing for her is atrocious. It just gets weirder and worse as it goes on. The action is strong until the ice palace setpiece. God help it, it tries, and tries too much. Had it just stuck with the story that the first 1/3 or so was telling it could have been something. Alas, it ends with a totally overblown, poorly executed finale. Overall, it was somehow better and worse than I remembered.  Awful CG and early 2000s aesthetics drag it down whenever it tries to pull itself up.

GoldenEye - Best Brosnan Bond in a walk. There's more tension in the pen clicking scene than any of his other outings.  Biggest misstep is probably that weird car chase after the cold open. Choreographed just fine, but just feels out of place.
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Post by: mrkonasoni on July 18, 2021, 11:42:01 am
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I got to see the new Space Jam movie A New Legacy.

 It has quite a few curious references both important and only notable if you look closely at the background.

 The movie does have a lot of scenes, "no one acts like that in real life" but that's fine with me, and the movie's message is cliche but ... hey, I like it.

 In any case, I liked the movie, and I admit that some cameos did make me nostalgic.

I want to watch the new James Bond movie.
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Post by: weirdfeline on July 18, 2021, 06:10:20 pm
I also watched Space Jam: A New Legacy. I think I liked it. It would be much better with any other NBA player though because LeBron is easily the worst part of this movie.

I was pretty impressed with the CGI. It looked very expensive to make. Obviously it's not a very serious movie so I enjoyed all the references throughout the movie.

First movie is still better. Michael Jordan is much more likable and the first one feels much more like a Looney Tunes movie than the new one does.
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Post by: mrkonasoni on July 22, 2021, 01:32:37 am
I watched Mortal Kombat Legends Scorpion's Revenge.

It was fine, but I also think it's barely a Scorpion movie and feels more like a bridge for more movies, that's possible considering the sequel is coming soon.

The movie has a bunch of oddities for both the plot and animation, for the plot is mostly stupid decisions and stuff that the writer of the movie didn't consider with the characters from the universe but I assume they just wanted to make things the most clear possible for new fans and not guys like me that has been playing this franchise since the first game.

The animation is pretty good sometimes but it also has hilarious moments like obviously choppy animation or other comically stuff, but I actually like it, I want to believe some stuff is a reference to the exaggerations from the games.

I don't have big opinions for the gore, nowadays almost any "adult" show includes so there nothing new here, what's actually interesting is that sometimes the animation has some close-ups like the classic X-Ray/Fatal Krush from the latest games.

Anyway, I liked it, I can say that at the very least it felt likeable and well written unlike most stories from the games (NetherRealm Studios), so when it finished I actually felt like it worth burning the time with it.

So
Yeah, it was fine.
I hope the sequel won't make me feel I wasted the time, though.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on July 23, 2021, 05:48:51 pm
Late last night I accomplished something I've been attempting to do off and on for 22-years. I FINALLY finished Dragon Ball Z. Watching all 271 episodes was a total bear which I technically started as soon as I fell head over heals in love with the show in 1998 when I first watched it at a friends house. However, I got out of anime and DBZ before the series was fully localized in the US, and as a result I never finished the Cell Games Saga and had seen virtually none of the series after the Martial Arts Tournament at the beginning of the Buu Saga. But I began rewatching the series fro the very beginning in 2010 thanks to Funamation releasing the season box sets for cheap. I then proceeded to binge watch 40-50 episodes here and there over the past 11-years until I finally finished last night. Here are my thoughts on the series as a whole.


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Saiyan Saga: I love this season and find it incredibly interesting and exciting still. There also isn't the excessive filler found later in the series either. The battle of Earth's warriors against Vegita and Nappa is beyond epic, especially when Goku joins the battle. This really set the series up to be amazing and started a story arch that would end at the end of the Frieza Saga. Grade: A-


Namek and Ginyu Saga: While not as awesome as the Sagas Saiyan Saga or the Frieza Saga that followed it, it's still an excellent season. I loved the struggle that Gohan, Picallo and Krillin faced against Frieza's henchmen, as well as their interaction with the Nameks. It did feel like an eternity before Goku arrived to help them, but when he did I mostly enjoyed their battles with the Ginyu Force. More than anything I feel like this Saga sets the stage for the best saga in the entire franchise by far. Grade: B


Frieza Saga: This Saga blew my mind as an adolescent and still does to this day. This was the best the show ever got. Frieza is an awesome villain and was the first and best example of a seemingly impossible foe that there was no way of defeating. Well almost. Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan was one of the most memorable cartoon moments I've ever seen, and the battle that ensues between him and Frieza was incredible. I am a firm believer that the series should have ended after this Saga since it wrapped up so perfectly with no need to mess the with it. It wrapped up the original story arch that started with the beginning of the series; the good guys were all alive and well on earth again, the most evil force in the Universe had been defeated, and Goku ascended to a level of power that people had assumed was a legend prior. It was the perfect point to end the series and certainly the last Saga I really, really enjoyed. Of course though, with a super popular anime comes people wanting to milk all the money they can out of it until the show becomes a shadow of its former self. Unfortunately DBZ was no exception. Grade: A


Garlic Jr. Saga: This is consistently the worst Saga in the series. It literally adds nothing to the story in terms of characters or plot, and is extremely forgettable overall. I love The Dead Zone movie, but this saga is complete garbage. Grade: F


Trunks and Android Saga: This Saga starts out very promising even though of course they had to bring back Frieza. I mostly liked this Saga until around the point where Android 16, 17, and 18 come in. I feel like this was the point the shows use of filler became shameless and there were literally several episodes in a row where little to nothing of substance happened. Also, I felt like the action taking place was too sporadic, as was any sort of progression of the plot. It was still better than what would follow. Grade: C


Cell Saga: The filler continued on at full force and Cell is more or less Frieza 2.0, except way less interesting. Also, the pacing of this Saga is terrible between the time it takes cell to go through his two imperfect forms to his perfect form. I still liked it more than the Cell Games Saga though. Grade: C-


Cell Games Saga: This Saga undoubtedly has some great parts, but it too was horribly paced. I also found Cell coming back over and over again to be incredibly annoying, and of course it was done simply to crank out more episodes. I didn't hate this Saga, but I found it fairly boring despite it having the potential to be way better. Grade D+


World Martial Arts Tournament Saga and Babadi Sagas: These are actually my favorite post-Frieza Saga seasons. For one theor pretty hilarious, and I also found the show not recycling the plot of the Frieza and Cell Saga refreshing. There was also a ton of mystery involving the Majin warriors, and the eventual reveal of Babadi, Dabura, and them trying to resurrect Buu. Also, the fight between Goku and Majin Vegita was awesome, as was what should have been the completion of Vegita's story arch. More or less after Vegita and Majin Buu's fateful battle, this show became a slow burning dumpster fire though. Grade B-


Buu Saga: This was the most infuriating, slow, drawn out Saga in the entire series by far. Buu outstayed his welcome way beyond what should have happened by transforming and changing countless times. Speaking of transforming, all the Super Saiyan transformations and fusions had really become stale and overused at this point, and while I should have been excited to see SS3 Goku or Vegito, I really wasn't. By the time Goku and Vegita were battling Kid Buu I desperately wanted this show to end. Also, Buu is probably the most uninteresting, most lazily written Villain of all time. He's essentially that kid playing four square who refuses to give up the main square by making up new rules that keep him in the main squire. Sure, the Buu Saga does have its moments, but it honestly exhibits all the worst things about DBZ as a series embodied in a single Saga.  Grade: D

While I still really like the Dragon Ball franchise, specifically DBZ, I am a little disenchanted with the series now. I would have killed to be able to see every DBZ episode back in the late 90s and early 2000s as I obsessed over this show. Unfortunately, my opinion of the show after watching the whole thing is a little worse from the wear. At the very least I still love The Frieza Saga and everything prior to it, but as for the rest of the franchise I doubt I'll ever sit down and watch any of it again, at least most of it.


I've also never finished watching Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, or Dragon Ball Super, although I have read the entire manga series for Dragon Ball and loved it. I'm actually going to try and tackle GT here in the coming weeks and hopefully that show ends up being better than most people say it is. Regardless I feel like its my duty to watch it and the other series as nearly a lifelong Dragon Ball fan.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 23, 2021, 05:52:27 pm
I've been meaning to rewatch the series myself as it's been so long since I've seen anything that wasn't an abridged version on Youtube lol I actually started a Dragon Ball GT watch as I picked up the series on DVD for real cheap a year or two back, but I got a handful of episodes in and had to stop because boy...it's a real rough and boring start.  I'll get back to it eventually though, probably after my One Piece re-watch I'm doing right now, of which I still have 8000 more episodes to watch lol
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Post by: bikingjahuty on July 23, 2021, 08:15:16 pm
I've been meaning to rewatch the series myself as it's been so long since I've seen anything that wasn't an abridged version on Youtube lol I actually started a Dragon Ball GT watch as I picked up the series on DVD for real cheap a year or two back, but I got a handful of episodes in and had to stop because boy...it's a real rough and boring start.  I'll get back to it eventually though, probably after my One Piece re-watch I'm doing right now, of which I still have 8000 more episodes to watch lol


I started watching GT today and at least 3 episodes in I'm liking it so far, although I've almost universally heard people say the beginning of the series is pretty bad, so we'll see what happens. it gives me a cool DB/DBZ hybrid feel which is pretty refreshing after finishing the Buu Saga which could not have been more different than Dragon Ball. I also want to get into Super eventually, although this series worries me since it looks like a lot of the same stuff I didn't like about Z. We'll see though.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 23, 2021, 08:34:04 pm
I started watching GT today and at least 3 episodes in I'm liking it so far, although I've almost universally heard people say the beginning of the series is pretty bad, so we'll see what happens. it gives me a cool DB/DBZ hybrid feel which is pretty refreshing after finishing the Buu Saga which could not have been more different than Dragon Ball. I also want to get into Super eventually, although this series worries me since it looks like a lot of the same stuff I didn't like about Z. We'll see though.

I can understand liking it more after Buu, which definitely dragged on, I dig the kinda DB vibes of the start of GT, I just feel like it was too goofy to start with and I don't think I was in the mood for it at the time.  Super is a big mixed bag, though I would say to make sure to watch the first two newer movies they did, don't watch whatever the first dozen episodes it is, where they retold the movies in the series, just with worse animation, it was a really baffling idea.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 25, 2021, 09:40:54 pm
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The new Jackass movie is coming out in a few months and I figured it would be a good time to rewatch all three of the movies.  I still enjoy how utterly stupid it all is, I've been basically watching this stuff since the beginning as it hit right when I was teenager going into highschool which was pretty much the target audience along with college guys .  The stuff I liked was always the ridiculous stunts, the pranks they'd pull on themselves, less the gross out shit which is easy enough to skip through lol

The third movie was actually one of the best times I've had with 3D in a theater lol I've been to a couple and like Avatar was great for the atmosphere it brought, but Jackass 3 did the most gimmicky 3D stuff in parts and that's what I want with 3D most of the time. I really wish I could watch the movie in 3D again, but I don't have any 3D hardware for that and it isn't as much of a thing anymore.  I wonder if I could use my Oculus Quest 2 to watch it in 3D again...

Oh and by watch "all three movies", I meant 5, because I forgot that Jackass 2.5 and 3.5 were extra stuff not in the movies, not just extended versions from the theater release, so I binged through those too lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 30, 2021, 08:12:53 am
Gunpowder Milkshake - All style, no substance.  Felt like a waste of a great cast.

Rumble in the Bronx - Great Jackie Chan action.  Super funny and amazing stunts.  Just what you'd expect.

Jackie Chan's First Strike - Plot is very meh, and some of the stunts were better ideas than they were in execution, but the ladder fight is one of the best fights he's ever done.

Jackass 2.5 - Weakest of the films, pretty easily. Basically glorified DVD extras, but there are a couple good laughs here.

Pig - A fascinating and surprisingly moving film. It drags a lil in a couple of spots, but there are two scenes that make the whole thing totally and completely worth it.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - First watch since release.  About the only flaws here are the sequences shot at lower frame rates to increase the movement speed.  They stick out like a sore thumb.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 03, 2021, 01:36:31 am
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I had been looking for a good documentary for the Korean War after watching the Ken Burns Vietnam War documentary, which was really good and in depth, but I wasn't finding too many in particular, but I just found out about this one, Korea: The Never-Ending War, a two hour PBS special on the history of the conflict that came out earlier this year that goes into the general overview of the leadup, the war, and what came after into the modern day, all the way up to Trump's involvement.  Overall it's quite good, though I would still like a far more in depth look into the actual war itself.  My Grandpa was in the war and from what my mother says, he didn't talk about it at all, so we know very little about his involvement.  I wish he had stayed around till I was out of my teens where I might've had more of a personal interest in learning about it from him, but unfortunately that wasn't to be.

It's a good watch if having any interest learning more about this war that was kind of forgotten in between World War 2 and Vietnam.  It's amazing how the war actually went, with North Korea almost taking over the entire peninsula right away, to then having US and SK forces knocking back NK all the way nearly to the Chinese border, both sides of the country practically flattened from the sheer destruction of it all and that it was even going to possibly lead to an invasion of China and the use of nukes.    That back and forth doesn't stop there as for a time, SK was considered the desolate, worse off, country, and NK the one growing strong and fast, until things changed and SK become the economic powerhouse, and NK has become ever more secluded and struggling.  It's all so tragic and infuriating with seemingly no way for the two sides to ever realistically sort things out with those that are in charge of NK.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 05, 2021, 11:13:53 pm
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Well hey, guess I can say I like Suicide Squad now after this lol The first one was awful, hacked together to try and make it more like Deadpool at the time I believe.  The new one, because it has James Gunn doing it, is very much like Guardians of the Galaxy by way of The Boys.  A group of jerks/kinda messed up folks, forced to fight a threat, but it's just super crude and super violent lol Overall, it's dumb fun, some of the action can be entertaining, the humor works, it's probably gonna be one of my more well liked DC movies, because thankfully there's not a drop of Snyder influence anywhere around this thing.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 07, 2021, 04:09:09 pm
Also The Suicide Squad.  It's not as groundbreaking or revolutionary to the genre as a lot of the reviews are making it out to be, but it is still probably the best of the DCEU.  Reminded me a lot of Deadpool 2 - everything worked, but it just didn't come together quite right.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 09, 2021, 08:00:17 pm
Watched the new documentary "Val" about Val Kilmer, which was an interesting watch.  He was recording himself for many years behind the scenes, so get to see some off the cuff things from when he was a kid making films with his brothers, to the off times at his major movies, a general overview of his life and what his life is now dealing with the after effects of the cancer he made it through from that left him unable to talk.  His son narrates it, who sounds not far off from a very young Val which adds a lot compared to just getting some voice over actor or celeb to do it.  I imagine those who are more creatively inclined, actors, artists, etc, might get more of the deeper things he's trying to get across, but definitely worth a watch if you are a fan of his.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 14, 2021, 03:04:55 am
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Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild feels like one of those monkey paw wishes.  The live action Monster Hunter movie sucked because it had a real terrible story tacked onto a great world that just wasn't explored nearly enough and so I wanted to see them do a movie that felt more true to the MH world better.  What we got was this pretty awful "movie".  I can't really call it a movie, because it's less than an hour long.  It feels like either a movie that got cut real short because they realized they didn't have enough budget for it, or something that was maybe meant to be a tv series and was planned to be that, before getting chopped down to OVA length.  It's paced weird, I think it was made in Japanese first because how everyone interacts with each other feels too fast, dialogue coming quick, something that happens a lot with dubbing foreign films, but they went about matching the English dub lip wise, so it looks right, but that doesn't change the movement or pacing at all, so it's very strange feeling. 

Visually it's very rough.  It feels like a remastered cutscene to a game from the PS2 era, most faces and such are awkward, but that is unfair to some of the real good CG that you could find back then.  Everything else visually is okay, it's probably using models and stuff from Monster Hunter World, particularly with the monsters, but it's not great.  The sound design, something I don't often bring up with things, is abysmal.  Like they paid a random dude 20 bucks to come in and do sound effects in an afternoon, because there is zero impact to anything, there's no weight to anything and some effects are too loud, while others too quiet.  Like there's a fight with a spider monster and the hits sound like they are using a pillow to smack against things, it's really awful.  Also the action is just not good.

Story is lame, even for a very basic premise about saving a village from a rampaging elder dragon.  Like it could've been built up across a 4 to 6 episode mini series, or probably done alright in a full length movie, because there's no time to breath here, get to know all the characters, you don't care about anyone involved, so any emotional weight they try to tack on, doesn't work in any way.

So yes, I got my traditional monster hunter movie and it sucked and I hope they don't do anymore with this animation company ever again lol  This honestly reminded me abit of that Dragon Quest animated movie that came out abit ago.  I dropped it, because it was awful, but it also had some similar issues this had, but I care about Monster Hunter more, so I managed to at least get through it.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 15, 2021, 12:34:47 pm
Beetlejuice re-watch. There's so much unadulterated creativity on display here.

Dark Shadows is not as bad as the reviews would have you believe, but it isn't great either.  Better than Burton's Chocolate Factory and Wonderland, at least.

Dumbo was too much Disney and not enough Burton.  Shockingly unimaginative.

Big Eyes was fine.

Frankenweenie was better, but still not great.

I've now seen every Tim Burton directed film.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 23, 2021, 04:55:30 am
Starting a binge of Evangelion movies  with the release of the final new movie.  I was always mixed on Evangelion since I saw it as a teen, the deeper stuff went over my head, though it was great for the animation and all the mech stuff.  Having rewatched it with the Netflix re-release, my view still hasn't changed in particular.  I remember liking the movies when they came out.

Evangelion 1.11 - This is part one of the recap for the series, doing like the first half a dozen episodes in a pretty straight remake of the original series.  The pacing is kinda off, you can tell it's something chopped up to fit into a movie, but I think it works well enough.  Animation is great of course.

Evangelion 2.22 - Part two of the recap, though this one starts the shift in story from the original series, adding in new characters and story that'll lead into the new plot that changes everything from the original show.  Pacing feels a good bit better for this one as its not bound to the original shows story much.

Something that I feel would've been interesting to see after the original show was out, would be a prequel that's about the 2nd Impact and everything with that as they kinda don't really talk about it a whole lot in the show really, despite it being an apocalyptic event that wiped out half of humanity.  They talk about it abit more here with the new story, but still would be cool to see it explored more.

Evangelion 3.33 - I loved the new story for Evangelion they introduced, mostly because the original show had some well known issues and while I still don't understand a lot of the story, what we got was more cool scifi stuff and action.  Also boy, do I not know what the hell is going on at the end of this lol
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Post by: Cartagia on August 24, 2021, 01:57:50 pm
Jackass 3.5 - Way better than 2.5, but still not as good as the mainline entries.

White House Down - Big dumb fun, nothing more, nothing less.
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Post by: burningdoom on August 24, 2021, 03:16:20 pm
Spider-Man: No Way Home Official Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgU7P6o-GkM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgU7P6o-GkM)

So...who's excited!!!

That sure as hell looked like a William Dafoe - Norman Osborn's Green Goblin pumpkin bomb...and Doc Ock from the Maguire movies! Holy crap! The rumors look to be true! 3 Spider-Men might actually be coming!

But even if that's not William Dafoe Green Goblin, it will still be pretty awesome to see an MCU version of Green Goblin or Hobgoblin!
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Post by: aliensstudios on August 24, 2021, 08:59:24 pm
Spider-Man: No Way Home Official Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgU7P6o-GkM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgU7P6o-GkM)

So...who's excited!!!

That sure as hell looked like a William Dafoe - Norman Osborn's Green Goblin pumpkin bomb...and Doc Ock from the Maguire movies! Holy crap! The rumors look to be true! 3 Spider-Men might actually be coming!

But even if that's not William Dafoe Green Goblin, it will still be pretty awesome to see an MCU version of Green Goblin or Hobgoblin!
I've prided myself on having never watched a single Marvel Universe movie, but if they brought back Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, I'd have to check it out.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 29, 2021, 08:22:44 pm
Did a "bad" movie watch party at my house yesterday.  It included
Congo
Super Mario Bros.
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah


Fun times were had.

Went to go see the new Candyman today.  Good, not great.  The last act is incredibly rushed and almost feels like it comes out of nowhere.  Also, every single kill prior to the finale is in the trailer, and that is just asinine.

John Carpenter's Dark Star.  Interesting, if flawed, early effort.

Southern Comfort - Fun early 80s action type, that has some interesting Vietnam and Deliverance vibes.

Star Trek: First Contact - Watched on Trek's 55th Anniversary. A genuinely great movie that also holds a huge nostalgia shaped place in my life.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - It rules, way harder than I expected. It's more martial arts than MCU and that's terrific.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 17, 2021, 11:30:11 pm
(https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/au_marvel_blackwidow_payoff_hero_m_477e378c.jpeg?region=0,0,750,668)

Finally got around to watching Black Widow and overall I thought it was okay.  If I had to place it somewhere in the Marvel movie scale, I'd say it was middling to lower, nothing bad, some good scenes here and there, I kinda wish we got more with Red Guardian (David Harbour) as he doesn't really get enough good action I felt.  Also I think they might've improved some of the visuals with the home release I'm guessing as I didn't really see anything bad in particular, as I remembered one in particular looking a little goofy.  If you are in for the Marvel movies, there's enough here to be worth the watch, just wait for it on Disney Plus when it's free October 5th.
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Post by: weirdfeline on September 21, 2021, 06:46:06 am
Virtuosity was quite entertaining.
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Post by: telly on September 21, 2021, 09:42:49 am
I watched Gone Girl recently. Actually really enjoyed it even though the ending wasn't the best.
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Post by: covfefe2020 on September 21, 2021, 11:18:20 am
Watched Borat with friends, I think I liked it better as 5 minute youtube clips...
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 23, 2021, 02:32:40 am
Started into Star Wars Visions and it's definitely a treat. 

First episode is fantastic, easily my favorite, the throwback to old Japanese samurai cinema, even being mostly black & white other than certain powered items is awesome, and the story has super interesting potential.  Give me a full series of this and a Black Series toyline right now lol

Second episode was okay as just a short goofy story, not my favorite art style with the chibi characters, but I didn't mind it, having it be about a band, I'm abit of a sucker for that lol

Third episode I was greatly anticipating due to it being Trigger, as it looks like Promare meets Star Wars, but was honestly a little disappointed.  I think it's because it feels more rushed than the rest, it also didn't hit the level of craziness I was expecting from Trigger.  It has it's moments and a nice nod to the Last Jedi, but it didn't feel like Trigger really gave their all for it.

Fourth had a more reserved story going, but I liked it, it had some good visuals, and abit of action towards the end, but they can't all be action heavy.

Fifth is potentially my second favorite episode, they really nailed everything with a cool story, some good action, and has some great potential as a series setting it well past anything in the established canon.

Sixth is a throw back to old anime like Astro Boy, which kinda makes it feel like the least Star Wars'y of the bunch because of that art style and maybe my least liked, some of that because I felt the audio design was abit unfinished and wasn't super into the story.  Not bad, none of these are, but I wasn't into it.

Seventh episode is another Trigger episode, which is surprising, I didn't notice there were studios that did more than one.  Also surprising as it's maybe the least Trigger feeling thing I've seen from them.  It's pretty straightforward in terms of action and visuals, but I would say I liked it better than the other Trigger episode as it feels a little nicer put together.

Eighth is definitely rivaling the fifth in terms of being my second favorite, it feels so fleshed out and visually it's awesome and I love that it's not a standard human character and another that would make for an amazing full series.

Ninth episode has some unique art style to it that I like, compared to the Astro Boy throwback episode they also did that I didn't.  This one feels a lot more like what I would expect of Science Saru who did stuff like Ping Pong, Devilman Crybaby, and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken.  Good story for this one too, it wasn't what I was expecting.

Overall, this is maybe some of the freshest Star Wars media I've seen since the Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars series.  There's absolutely been Star Wars media I've liked since then, but so much is trying to just be classic Star Wars, which is good, but there's so much much more that can be done with Star Wars that is new and exciting and I kinda hope this is the start of that.  I feel like the only thing I wished out of these episodes is one that wasn't Jedi based.  Like I understand getting the chance to do official Star Wars media, you want to utilize Jedi being the hallmark, but I'm also someone that loves the more grounded aspects of the universe, such as what we have with a lot of the Mandalorian.  If we get another series of Visions, getting some stuff like that would be real dope.
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Post by: weirdfeline on September 24, 2021, 05:20:00 am
Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog is good. It's mainly a Courage movie which is probably what most people would want from it.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 30, 2021, 09:37:05 pm
Watched David Lynch's Dune last night.  Still a mess, but a fascinating one.
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Post by: burningdoom on September 30, 2021, 10:47:31 pm
Watched David Lynch's Dune last night.  Still a mess, but a fascinating one.

I love that movie. An early sci-fi experience for me.
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Post by: ferraroso on October 01, 2021, 04:02:23 am
Just came back home from watching the new 007.

Despite the generic title (No Time to Die), it was a pretty entertaining movie with some bold choices for a Bond flick.
Recommended.
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Post by: leshark on October 01, 2021, 05:48:02 pm
Saw "Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi" at a movie theathre today. While it's, in a sense, a classic romance story, it still feels somewhat fresh, with a plot twist that was rather predictable, but still caught me by surprise, and the characters certainly are believable. An interesting thing about this anime is that the main characters are of about my age - most animes are either about high schoolers or ~30+ adults. The art style is nothing special, but is enough to look good and don't get in the way of watching the movie. My only issue with this one is that the ending felt rather abrupt. Still, worth a watch if you don't expect anything extraordinary.
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Post by: weirdfeline on October 02, 2021, 02:04:51 am
Venom: Let There Be Carnage was not very good and I liked the first quite a bit.

Carnage escaping prison scene that was released on the PlayStation YouTube channel for free is probably the best scene in the movie.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 02, 2021, 08:02:17 am
Venom: Let There Be Carnage was not very good and I liked the first quite a bit.

To be fair, the first one was also not very good, yet I also liked it quite a bit.
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Post by: aliensstudios on October 02, 2021, 01:48:04 pm
Batman Forever. I haven't seen it since I was a kid and was hoping it would have aged well... it definitely hasn't.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 02, 2021, 10:15:10 pm
(https://www.themoviescoop.com/articles/img/thumbnails/venom-2-let-there-be-carnage-new-release-2021-date-trailer-cast-title-plot-and-more_small.jpg)

SPOILER-FREE

Just got back from Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage.

I loved it. I'll admit, though, that during the first part of the movie, before Carnage showed, they did lean a bit heavily into the odd couple-type humor between Eddie and the Symbiote. That aside, though, Carnage was really cool. They didn't skimp on the action & violence, and kept Cletus Kasady's psychotic behavior intact.

And if you go see it, be sure to stay for the after-credits scene, it's pretty exciting!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 05, 2021, 03:00:03 am
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Just got done watching Evangelion 3.0+1.0 and I had a good time with it.  Could not explain even slightly the story, it's as ridiculous and crazy as it always was, though I appreciate this ending in general.  I was never fond of the original Eva ending...endings...They were confusing and depressing and I'm REALLY bad about understanding metaphorical, philosophical, basically anything that isn't fairly obvious just doesn't do a lot for me.  What I always liked about the Eva series was more the action, the character stuff, the setting, the world, and I think this one has some pretty good stuff to it.  Overall by the end, it really feels like Hideaki Anno kinda finally got to put an end to the series proper, hopefully feeling better about it than he might have during the series original go.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 06, 2021, 07:33:02 am
Spectre - Far better than I remembered, but still has pacing problems in the back half and an overly convoluted and also convenient third act.

Now that October is here, I'm in the the throes of my Halloween-A-Thon, and here's where I'm at so far:

Fear Street Trilogy - Middle one is easily the best, last one is the worst.
Malignant - Totally batshit crazy.  If it had better actors I could see this becoming an all-time classic, but there isn't a single compelling performance here.
Jennifer's Body - A bit too steeped in 2009, but once you get past that it's pretty fun.
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Post by: tripredacus on October 06, 2021, 09:32:37 am
I watched The Warriors for the second time, this time on DVD. Still don't really care about this movie, don't see why it is so beloved.
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Post by: vivigamer on October 08, 2021, 03:00:04 am
I don't watch Anime much but I certainly will be watching this:
Shenmue The Animation Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZglZdwRw3XA

13 Episodes, featuring new content & covering most of the 1st  & 2nd game. HYPE!
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Post by: Cartagia on October 08, 2021, 12:11:18 pm
Jennifer's Body - Pretty solid horror effort from Diablo Cody, even if some of here late 2000s dialogue was cringeworthy at times.
Detention - Complete WTF of a movie.  I genuinely don't know what to make of it, other than I had a good time.
The Lords of Salem - Probably Rob Zombie's "best" movie, but not his most entertaining.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on October 09, 2021, 11:23:19 am
I don't watch Anime much but I certainly will be watching this:
Shenmue The Animation Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZglZdwRw3XA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZglZdwRw3XA)

13 Episodes, featuring new content & covering most of the 1st  & 2nd game. HYPE!


I am so freakin excited about this!!!!
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Post by: Cartagia on October 13, 2021, 06:07:50 pm
The Wailing - Legitimately incredible Korean horror film.  I don't think I'm going to see anything better this year.
The Omen - A classic, but not quite as good as I remember.
Possum - Real bizarre, but interesting.
The Dead Zone - Forgotten King adaptation of pretty decent quality.
Christine - Undervalued John Carpenter.
Only Lovers Left Alive - Good, but ponderous.

Not Time to Die - Too long, actually kind of boring.  Well made, but just did not work for me.
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Post by: weirdfeline on October 15, 2021, 06:30:29 am
Halloween Kills is entertaining enough. Jamie Lee Curtis doesn't deserve top billing though.
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Post by: mrkonasoni on October 16, 2021, 02:08:49 am
I watched the "Injustice" movie.

It was entertaining but the ending made me feel like I wasted the time, not bad at all but I am sincerely thankful Injustice could end finally.

(Unlike they announce Injustice 3 tomorrow in the DCfandome)
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Post by: Cartagia on October 18, 2021, 04:27:20 pm
The Blob (1958) - Fun little romp.
Devil's Diary - Lifetime move of the week version of Death Note, with Mean Girls and the The Craft mixed in.
Halloween Kills - What a mess.  There might be some decent ideas scattered in here, but they are buried in baffling storytelling decisions, bad editing, and atrocious dialogue.
Clown - Fun and interesting, but needed better actors and more of a sense of urgency.
Possessor - Trippy and gory high concept sci-fi from Brandon Cronenberg.
The Fly - Trippy and gory high concept sci-fi from David Cronenberg.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Still a masterpiece.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 23, 2021, 07:00:19 pm
Injustice

Based on the DC Comics video game of the same name.

It was awesome. DC usually delivers when it comes to animated movies. And this was one of the best.

And it came with the two-part Justice League Animated episode "Injustice For All".
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 25, 2021, 01:57:10 am
I was bored and thought I'd grab something recent to watch, figured I'd check out Fast 9 for some dumb fun and I think it might have just been dumb?  Like this series has been over the top for awhile and that was its appeal, but I think they finally pushed things too far.  The tech stuff is getting ridiculous and the stunts have gone from "Well that seems ridiculous, but fun", to "this doesn't even make sense".  And when they are losing me with the stunts, there's nothing left in these movies, because all of the writing is bad or cheesy.  There's nothing interesting going on when there's no action, and much of the action reminds me of a video game cutscene, but not in a good way.  I think I'm done with these movies lol

I needed to watch something actually good after that, and figured I'd go watch Nobody, something I've been wanting to watch for abit now and it is an absolute treat.  It's John Wick if it's a little more ridiculous, abit less serious, but that same level of quality action going on.  We even get Christopher Lloyd being a badass.  This one is just fun and it's so weird seeing Bob Odenkirk as an action guy, but they make it work really well.  I highly recommend this one if you are into action flicks.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 25, 2021, 12:39:42 pm
Carnival of Souls - Very interesting classic kind of ghost story.
The House of the Devil - Incredible throwback to 80s style filmmaking.
Lamb - Not as much of a horror movie as the trailer would have you believe.  More of a weird family fantasy.
The Loved Ones - Teeters on the edge of torture porn, but manages to elevate itself.
Pan's Labyrinth - del Toro's best.
Lord of Illusions - Solid Barker, but better in concept than execution.
The Taking of Deborah Logan - Decent found footage marred by terrible performances from the "documentary" crew.
Suspiria - Absolutely stunning to look at.  Kind of hard to actually watch.

The 'Burbs - Fun dark comedy, but not as good as I remember.
Dune - Pretty spectacular, but honestly missed some of that Lynch weirdness.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 28, 2021, 04:00:18 am
Dune was a pretty fantastic film.  I know nothing about the book and only vaguely remember bits of the previous movie, but this is great.  It's really interesting, I was very engaged with the world.  Some very interesting musical stuff to it also, as that isn't something I usually notice personally, but the director is known for doing good stuff with that as I really liked his previous movie, Bladerunner 2049, also.  I'm glad it's likely going to see its full run as I definitely want to see where the story goes.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 30, 2021, 11:03:33 pm
Friend wanted me to watch Trick 'r Treat as he is a big horror fan and he's real into it and I had some fun with it.  I don't watch a lot of straight horror movies like this, I've watched a few slashers, and I've watched a lot of zombie stuff, and of course things like Evil Dead 2.  With horror, I tend to prefer more interesting settings, so like a zombie movie is hopefully involving kind of an apocalyptic scenario, that sorta thing, or maybe it has some comedic or action focus. 

Trick 'r Treat is good general horror, it's one Halloween night, telling it from a few different perspectives, lot of creepiness, some gore, actually less than I was expecting from something like this.  Sam is an interesting horror mascot, very different from the usual ones, but sounds interesting enough.  It's a good watch if you want a horror flick.

Also got back into Baki on Netflix, I dropped it after the first part was done, because the CG they were using for fights was not great, it was really jarring compared to the normal animation and it killed any interest I had in the show.  That being said, it seems in the second part, they've mostly dropped the CG action, which has greatly improved the show for me.  The animation isn't amazing, but it's very competent for sure (Thank god this is isn't as bas Record of Ragnarok lol).  What sells this show is the insane characters, fights, and interactions.  It's just the dumbest plot and story, it might even be a bad adaptation with how badly paced it feels, but one character has sex for the first time (A multi-day marathon) and it releases his full potential, or some characters are so strong they can stop blades with their muscle or event full on shotgun blasts.  It reminds me a lot of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure in how over the top and ridiculous it is, but involving far more ridiculously muscled men than even Jojo had in its first few arc's lol  But that stuff is what is keeping me interested.  Gonna stick with it for now as I heard the story gets even more batshit insane lol
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Post by: Cartagia on October 31, 2021, 09:06:46 pm
Ouija: Origin of Evil - Shockingly decent.  In Flanagan we trust.
You're Next - Maybe my favorite home invasion flick.
The Thing - Horror masterpiece.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 03, 2021, 05:22:53 am
Finished Baki and Baki Hanma, which is just the newest season, but for some reason they separated it from the previous shows listing, which is really dumb and makes no sense as it's a straight continuation, not like it's Naruto Shippuden or something. 

Great show, it's the dumbest show for how ridiculous the characters and writing is, like the writing gets kinda bad at times and its hard to know if it's trying to be serious, because you can't be serious with anything that goes on in this show.  It's Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but ramped up to 11.  If you are into action anime, I highly recommend this show, the first part isn't great, mostly because they tried using CG for the fights and they don't blend well at all in anyway, but I think in Part 2 they realized that no one liked that, and dropped it and it was great for the following 3 seasons.  This show doesn't really have "Sakuga" moments, like none of the fights are One Punch Man season 1, it's the more standard way of doing fights, but they do it really well with the art and selling the impact of all the hits.  Like thank god this isn't "Record of Ragnarok", because that show should've just copied what Baki has done, but I guess they didn't have the budget for it or something lol
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Post by: burningdoom on November 03, 2021, 11:07:14 am
I hear a lot of people rave about Babylon 5, so I gave it a go. I finished the pilot movie, "The Gathering"...oh my gosh was that boring. Please tell me it gets better. Because if that was any indicator, there's no way it's better than the Star Trek shows like many have told me
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Post by: Cartagia on November 03, 2021, 11:26:42 am
I hear a lot of people rave about Babylon 5, so I gave it a go. I finished the pilot movie, "The Gathering"...oh my gosh was that boring. Please tell me it gets better. Because if that was any indicator, there's no way it's better than the Star Trek shows like many have told me

The Gathering is pretty rickety.  Season one does definitely have growing pains, but unlike something like TNG, it is 100% required viewing for context for the remainder of the series, as there is stuff that is set-up extremely early on that doesn't get payoff until later.

Kingdom: Ashin of the North - Prequel movie to the KoreanKingdom series.  Had some ok moments, but didn't really do it for me.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 05, 2021, 03:32:09 am
Kingdom: Ashin of the North - Prequel movie to the KoreanKingdom series.  Had some ok moments, but didn't really do it for me.

I'll still give that a watch as I'm in abit of a Korean media mood after Squid Game and since we are still waiting on Season 3 of Kingdom.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 07, 2021, 09:18:25 pm
Cabin Fever 2016 Remake

(https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cabin_fever_image.jpg?resize=620%2C368)

It was enjoyable for a single watch just to see the changes from the original. But it's not better than the original. You know how there was that one asshole guy in the original? Well it felt like all the college kids were that asshole. They were all completely unlikeable. And they were all incredible selfish (well, at least the blonde one that was the first victim wasn't selfish, but she wasn't likeable, either). And that really killed it for rooting for any of them to survive. You just didn't care if they all died. And while it was gory and all, it just didn't have that same shock factor that many of the scenes of the original had. The reveals in the original were just done better, in the way they were shot and the soundtrack that accompanied it. This didn't have that same oomph.
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Post by: Cartagia on November 11, 2021, 03:41:50 pm
Young Frankenstein - Still hilarious 50 years later.  It's a very specific kind of funny, but it is my kind of specific.

Hero - Not quite Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but still really damned good.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 11, 2021, 04:16:35 pm
The Dead Next Door

I thought it was one zombie movie I watched as a kid, but it actually wasn't. It was an odd one. Great practical effects combined with some of the worst acting I've ever seen.

The zombie movie I thought it was has masked zombies. And I remember a particular scene where kids are running around and teasing a masked zombie. I can't figure out what it was.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 12, 2021, 10:08:59 pm
Watched Shang-Chi and had some good fun to it, was alot better than I was expecting, not that I had low expectations, but it was sandwiched between Black Widow, which was just kinda okay and Eternals, which doesn't look good at all to me, and being that I know nothing about Shang-Chi, so I was just gonna go with whatever they gave and hoped for the best.  I actually tried to minimize what I saw of it, and even the couple things that I thought were spoilery, really weren't.

The action in particular really stands out in this one, like there's a few parts that are very classic Chinese action cinema, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon style, but there's a lot of good hand to hand stuff for sure before it gets all big and power filled.  Definitely on the higher end of the Marvel flicks, not like a top 10, but on the other side of the midway point point for sure.
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Post by: Cartagia on November 15, 2021, 09:53:05 am
I did a whole action movie weekend with my SO out of town.

Beverly Hills Cop III - Way worse than I remembered, and I didn't like it the last time I saw it.
Hitman - Awful.  So bad that I'm fairly certain I'd seen it before but remembered exactly nothing about it.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Fun times.  Tries too hard to be stylish and that stops it from being great.
Peppermint - Death Wish with Jennifer Garner.  She commits to it hard, which keeps this from being a total snoozer.
Wheels on Meals - More screwball comedy than action - and almost none of the comedy worked for me.  Jackie Chan's last fight in it is an all time great, so that kept me from disliking this.
Mission: Impossible III - Even better than I remembered.  Terrific action flick.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - Not as good as I remembered.  The Burj Khalifa scene is still breathtaking, though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on November 17, 2021, 01:16:36 am
I re-watched Eddie Murphy's Holy Man last night. I've seen every Eddie Murphy movie but that's one I didn't remember much of. Eddie Murphy doesn't do a whole lot and Jeff Goldblum is the actual star of it. I'd put it in the bottom half of Eddie's filmography. It would be better if Eddie Murphy did a bit more but it's still enjoyable. The whole behind the scenes of a home shopping network aspect kept me interested.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: alligo on November 20, 2021, 06:58:45 pm
Ousama Ranking.
It's really good.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 20, 2021, 08:42:50 pm
Eternals - I actually kind of dug it? It's interesting and ambitious, but also overstuffed and doesn't really present all of its ideas fully. Would have worked better as a TV show.
Chicken People - Documentary about people who breed show chickens. Pretty endearing.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on November 20, 2021, 08:43:02 pm
Watched like 200 movies in the past year. I might do a big review synapsis thing where I give brief thoughts about each. Recently I watched

Cruella - Gripping although it could do with be an 1 hour and a half movie rather than 2 and a half. Theirs comes a point where it drags. But it tells a dark backstory to a childhood villain. Movie was good enough to entertain all ages :) 80/100

Jungle Cruise - The chemistry between the rock and Emily Blunt is palpable and they did an epic job when together on screen. But the plot is forgettable. 73/100

Black Widow - This movie is such a bore that it is part of the pig family. Boar? Eh? Well I mean it just sucks. Scarlett underperforms my already low expectations of her.acting abilities and the villian is so forgettable idk know his name. But I will say David Harbour did a great job as Red Guardian and his puns and action kept me awake lol. 55/100

More to come :)  Since ive been into movies lately. I was never a movie guy until recently or about a year. I love.this thread.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 20, 2021, 09:03:33 pm
Ghostbusters Afterlife

It was good. It was a nostalgia trip aimed at fans of the original, but it did recycle maybe too much stuff from the original. Great special effects and fun characters. While enjoyable it didn't come close to the original two, though
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on November 21, 2021, 02:45:51 pm
I saw Grease last night on vudu. First time watching it in 4K. I will say it looked like it was released this week that's how clean the upscaling was :)

The movie is an instant classic and has stood the test of timefor a reason. Firstly, Olivia Newton John could sing well and dance decent. John Travolta could sing decent and dance well. Combine that and you get just a greaseer showdown of talents blending like PB and J where they fit eachothers style better than imaginable. The constant battle of dispair, trying to be cool and being in love for Danny Zuko is palpable on screen. In the song "stranded at the drive in" you feel the gut punch of losing his love. And an iconic race acene is the cherry on a musical sundae. Filled with stereotypes that don't force a narrative but rather gel. It works in all the right ways. Some may dig into it like a comedy and some may a romance or both. But always leave happy. Filled with pepsi cola ad placement and nostalgia is all that the cap gets popped on. Admist cancel culture, it is filled with culture that can't be canceled.  91/100
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on November 23, 2021, 01:05:42 pm
Sister Act

Sister act carries a pace that few movies can carry and it does so while finding it's identity early on. Whoopi Goldbherg provides a stellar performance playing Vegas show girl turned coven nun "Mary Clarence" and fills this action and comedy double edged sword blissfully. On one hand you got a decently adrenaline pumpin borderline scorsasse mob movie hidden behind family fun. Like cayenne pepper in a spoon of mint oil. On the other hand you get a comedy as known with Whoopi. She can add comedy to any serious plot line and I love movies like that. She makes the deeper and more toned down moments in ghost excude this deeper caviard of comical relief that is like twisting a pressure guage on a action valve letting a laugh out in between gasps. This movie fills a lot of spots for the casual viewer and it's plot is simple enough to entertain children but adult enough to fulfill parents as well. One of those ones you just gotta see for yourself.

88/100

Sister Act 2

Sister act 2 takes everything the first did right but blends a dabgerous minds type "unruly school kids face a new tutor who connects with them enough to help them achieve heights they never thought possible" vibe that was prevelent in the 90s. And it just gels. Lauryn Hill gets her acting prowess tested and although a celebrity singer she holds up under acting with some of the greats in the business. Vocal range belts it out of the park but the star power isn't given to one mario kart racer but rather the whole track becomes rainbow road as well over a dozen kids blend as an orchestra of one. Humor is back. Serious topics are back. And a potential antagonist make it so the ending has you on edge. While the original set the way. The first paved the road. This one drag raced on it. And both themes are nice to see. But sister act 2 is a gem to behold and one for the whole family.

91/100
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 24, 2021, 05:58:22 pm
Since it was before Thanksgiving, I let my students watch a movie, today. And they chose Star Trek: Beyond. Granted, it's not the best Star Trek movie, but still, I got to watch Star Trek at work and got paid for it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 24, 2021, 08:37:27 pm
Needed something random to watch while I was doing stuff, so I put on "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway".  Overall a well done show, though I wouldn't super recommend it for folks who don't know the story well, like me, because it's a sequel to Char's Counterattack from the late 80's lol Its not a standalone thing, and there's not a whole lot of Gundam stuff going on outside of one part in the middle and one towards the end.  It's not bad though, it's abit more of a political drama, but nothing as heavy as like a Ghost in the Shell where people are just espousing political ideology and what not.  The only thing I didn't like was the girl that is involved through the whole story, I never really understood what she was about or why she stayed involved, because she adds nothing to the plot.  Maybe she'll matter in continuations after this? I don't know, but she seemed really pointless.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 27, 2021, 08:02:21 am
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - More slick and cynical than GP, but also creeping towards more convoluted.  Rebecca Ferguson is electric, though.

Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Still an absolute delight.

Flight of the Navigator - Has aged shockingly well.  Maybe a bit sluggish in the pacing department, and the lead kid is just a blank cipher, but the themes and ideas are actually pretty dark and advanced for mid-80s kids' fare.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 27, 2021, 12:57:17 pm
Watched Jungle Cruise the other day, the new Rock movie and it was nice bit of fun. Nothing amazing, it's the Rock doing the same thing he always does, which is funny when you get deeper into the movie, but it kinda reminded me of older adventure films, even being kind of dark for a family film when the supernatural stuff starts up.  Good family film to watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: telly on November 29, 2021, 10:22:51 am
Watched Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time on Friday. Wonderful documentary that really ran the gamut of the writer's life experiences. Was great to see it here in Indy since he was born here.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on November 29, 2021, 11:23:35 am
Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City

Good movie. Definitely more horror-leaning and less actiony. Lots of gore, if you're a gorehound like myself. It also sounds very wet and crunchy, as my wife put it, who was hiding behind her sweater for most of the movie. It had lot's of fan-service for fans of the games and was much more in line with the stories of the first two games. It's not gonna win any Oscars, but it was a good time. I enjoyed it.

If I had any complaint it's that they tried too much in one movie. It tried to tell the story of both the first and second games in one movie when it probably should have been 2 movies.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 29, 2021, 12:25:13 pm
I watched a lot of movies this weekend - those last three and also:

The Hunger Games - Better than I remembered.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Best in the series.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - The greyest dystopia I've ever seen.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Wish this had a better structure, and a much better script.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - Splitting the last book in half was a bad idea.

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on November 30, 2021, 12:32:55 am
A bronx tale

The bronx tale is a symphony of scenes more than a movie, it is visual poetry, and it is better than mere incandescent bulbs and felt tip pens on script papers making another little screen piece. This is a once in a lifetime movie. Or in the words of Sonny, you get 3 great ones. They come every 10 years like the great fighters. This is one of those movies. And another "mob" entrance into the stunning Robert Dinero filmography. It combines the polarizing parental figures of famed and infamous local mob boss Sonny, who takes "C" under his wing giving him in his words 2 educations, one from school and one from the streets which will make him twice as smart, but this beautifully directed glass half empty versus glass half full diologue unravels like ribbon off the ballroom waltz of rich aristocrats.  Because you have C's father Lorenzo who is a bus driver who teaches C the ways of an honest wage, how picking yourself up by the collar and giving back to the community is the way of a real man. C has to use these two conflicting lifestyles to not only deal with biracial love of falling for a black first love in a perdominantly prejudice Italian landscape, but also his 3 friends who are not only bad influences but also both racist and chuevanistic.

The movie has a lot to offer and it does it early and fast. But almost every scene of this movie is a life lesson, a double meaning. Is it better to be feared or loved? Is it better to make dishonest money by the fist full or honest money by the pinch worth? These things and more are tackled in what is seemingly a semi comedic but mostly action packed mob movie, but it is so much more. It makes the viewer leave wanting just 20 minutes more. The ending? So riveting. Robert Di Nero takes on the role of the movie that isn't the tough guy or the mob boss which is a change of pace for him but just shows the scope of his acting prowess. No character actor wise is outshined though. All are convincing. How a movie can tackle the inner workings of a man with so much power, so much respect, combined with segregation between italian and black neighborhoods, all culminating with farther son life lessons and playing the game of life? All in under 2 hours is beyond me. It is just that good. Some people say every movie is the best movie of all time. I have seen maybe 150 movies in the past few years but this is the one. Love at first sight type of movie. And to me.  It is the greatest movie ever made.

100/100
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 12, 2021, 10:49:18 pm
The Matrix - Break out the trenchcoats and impractical sunglasses.  It's time to go back to where it all began.  Back to The Matrix.

Home Alone - It's... fine.  John Williams and Joe Pesci carry this above a sea of similar fare.  The scene in the church totally works, though.

Luca - Much better than I expected.  Alight breezy tale that does exactly what it sets out to do... and maybe a little more.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 15, 2021, 04:16:33 am
Wasn't sure if I was going to get around to them, getting abit swamped with stuff to watch lately, but I do want to go and see the new Spider-Man movie next week, so going through all of them before I do.

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Spider-Man (2002) - A problem I always had with these movies is that I never really liked Tobey Maguire.  He was okay as Spider-Man, not so much Peter Parker.  The writing is fine, but I find him kinda flat and boring.  It's still that today, I feel like I'm less harsh about him, but I'm still not really enjoying him in particular.  Everyone else is fine though, Dafoe kills it as Osborn, he's absolutely the best thing about this movie.  The armored suit was never a good idea, comes across kinda cheap, like a Power Ranger villain, but Dafoe is great.  I wish they could've made the original Goblin mask idea work, there's test shots of it and it's amazing.  I don't know how they would've made it work here, but it's so cool lol The movie is overall still pretty solid and most of it holds up.  Not everything, a few scenes come off abit rough, like when he goes after Uncle Ben's killer and it turns into kind of a rough looking video game cutscene.  A good time though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 16, 2021, 10:29:49 am
The Matrix Reloaded - Great action, but almost insufferable otherwise.
Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2 - Pretty fun when they are Jackie Chan movies, pretty atrocious when they are Chris Tucker ones.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on December 16, 2021, 11:05:52 am
Wasn't sure if I was going to get around to them, getting abit swamped with stuff to watch lately, but I do want to go and see the new Spider-Man movie next week, so going through all of them before I do.

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Spider-Man (2002) - A problem I always had with these movies is that I never really liked Tobey Maguire.  He was okay as Spider-Man, not so much Peter Parker.  The writing is fine, but I find him kinda flat and boring.  It's still that today, I feel like I'm less harsh about him, but I'm still not really enjoying him in particular.  Everyone else is fine though, Dafoe kills it as Osborn, he's absolutely the best thing about this movie.  The armored suit was never a good idea, comes across kinda cheap, like a Power Ranger villain, but Dafoe is great.  I wish they could've made the original Goblin mask idea work, there's test shots of it and it's amazing.  I don't know how they would've made it work here, but it's so cool lol The movie is overall still pretty solid and most of it holds up.  Not everything, a few scenes come off abit rough, like when he goes after Uncle Ben's killer and it turns into kind of a rough looking video game cutscene.  A good time though.

Wow. I thought the exact opposite about Maguire. He makes a great, nerdy, shy, anti-social Peter Parker. But his portayal of Spider-Man is not-so-great. Where's the one-liners? The sense of humor? And the confidence he has behind the mask?

And on the other hand Andrew Garfield had that zany confidence down for Spider-Man, but was just too cool to come off as nerdy Peter Parker.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 16, 2021, 12:22:29 pm
Wasn't sure if I was going to get around to them, getting abit swamped with stuff to watch lately, but I do want to go and see the new Spider-Man movie next week, so going through all of them before I do.

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Spider-Man (2002) - A problem I always had with these movies is that I never really liked Tobey Maguire.  He was okay as Spider-Man, not so much Peter Parker.  The writing is fine, but I find him kinda flat and boring.  It's still that today, I feel like I'm less harsh about him, but I'm still not really enjoying him in particular.  Everyone else is fine though, Dafoe kills it as Osborn, he's absolutely the best thing about this movie.  The armored suit was never a good idea, comes across kinda cheap, like a Power Ranger villain, but Dafoe is great.  I wish they could've made the original Goblin mask idea work, there's test shots of it and it's amazing.  I don't know how they would've made it work here, but it's so cool lol The movie is overall still pretty solid and most of it holds up.  Not everything, a few scenes come off abit rough, like when he goes after Uncle Ben's killer and it turns into kind of a rough looking video game cutscene.  A good time though.

Wow. I thought the exact opposite about Maguire. He makes a great, nerdy, shy, anti-social Peter Parker. But his portayal of Spider-Man is not-so-great. Where's the one-liners? The sense of humor? And the confidence he has behind the mask?

And on the other hand Andrew Garfield had that zany confidence down for Spider-Man, but was just too cool to come off as nerdy Peter Parker.

I'm actually most of the way through Spider-Man 2 and I realize that I like him neither as Spider-Man or Peter Parker lol He's not quippy enough as Spider-Man and his performance as Peter Parker just comes off flat to me.  Like his behavior and the writing works, but to me there's nothing in the performance that really does it for me, I just don't like Maguire.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 17, 2021, 12:20:50 am
Spider-Man 2 is mostly on par for me with the first one I think.  While the Doc Oc stuff is good and the whole finale is pretty solid, there wasn't a lot else I loved, like Spider-Man isn't in the movie a ton since he loses his powers for a time, and I kinda hate all of the relationship stuff with MJ and Peter.  It drags so hard and it just feels like bad writing that no one just talks about how they really feel or in a way that makes sense, even taking into account Peter trying to keep MJ at arm's length so she's not in danger.  What I do like is Raimi getting to bring his style in abit more, like the hospital scene when the tentacles wake up is still genuinely pretty terrifying and is super Raimi in style.  Both are still good films, but I don't know if I'll watch them again really.

Spider-Man 3 - Holy crap, this is worst than I remember lol I know the notorious thing that everyone remembers is "Bad Peter Parker", but the whole movie is just a mess.  To go through Spider-Man 2 with MJ and Parker being all "will they, won't they", but you don't get to see them really being together and they fall apart so easily, particularly because of a stupid thing that Peter does that makes no god damn sense with Gwen Stacy, is...baffling.  I know Raimi didn't want Venom in the movie at all, and it shows, but the rest of the movie doesn't work either.  ONE thing works and that is Sandman, which sucks that he gets pushed aside for crappy stuff with Harry Goblin Jr and Brock.  Harry's stuff sucks, because they sideline him from being a threat by giving amnesia and it's super stupid.  And by the end, his butler coming out of nowhere to give an exposition dump about how his farther really died is...oof.  Also his Goblin Jr design sucks with the paintball mask and snowboard glider.

Of course, the worst stuff is everything to do with the symbiote and "Douchebag Peter Parker".  Nothing with the symbiote makes sense, I feel like Maguires acting only makes it worse, and it almost feels like Raimi was purposefully trying to sabotage things here with how he was written.  Venom doesn't even show up in the movie till nearly 2 HOURS into the film and everything to do with Venom is bad.  Topher Grace was the wrong choice for Eddie, Venom is just badly designed, and this movie just makes me sad.  It's not unwatchable and it's not the worst thing ever, but man, it's damn rough.

The Amazing Spider-Man - Had a good time with this film, I think what it does well is sell Spider-Man in a more real world scenario, as I really like Peter working up more to his abilities compared to the Raimi films where Spider-Man just kinda becomes Spider-Man right away after a slip up or two.  Peter himself is a mixed bag by Garfield.  I like him as an actor more than Maguire, but not by much, mostly because it's like he mumbles a lot.  He's still awkward and such, abit less full on nerd like with Maguire, I'm not sure on his take.  His Spider-Man gets pretty reasonable I think.  Another slight annoyance is mostly just the Lizard's design, like I understand he's half-human, but he doesn't need to literally be half-human with his face, just make him the proper Lizard.  It's weird and dumb and baffling to me with the amount of money pumped into designing him lol  Overall I liked it quite abit even if it is abit less Comic Book-y like the Raimi films were.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 18, 2021, 08:46:50 am
Rush Hour 3 - Ugh.  Boo.
Merry In-Laws - Straight up one of the worst films I have ever seen.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: wolff242 on December 18, 2021, 03:07:34 pm
Rush Hour 3 - Ugh.  Boo.
Merry In-Laws - Straight up one of the worst films I have ever seen.

The last movie I watched was the 1st Rush Hour (The only one I've seen before) I bought the 3 movie set....my hopes are no longer high for 3 lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on December 18, 2021, 07:29:51 pm
Spider-Man: No Way Home

No spoilers, JUST GO SEE IT! You won't be disappointed.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 20, 2021, 10:52:29 pm
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a lot better than I remember it being.  Also, of the three Spider-Men, he might have my favorite suit.  It was with the first movie that I thought this suit would be perfect if it just had the big white eyes, and it does here! I also love that it looks like a suit and less of a second skin. 

Generally, I think the movie is a step up from the first one, other than I feel that there isn't enough Spider-Man...kind of a reoccurring thing with the movies at times...but I like the stuff with Gwen and Peter here, the side story stuff with his dad is interesting enough without taking up too much of the film, and while I'm still mixed on Electro, he's a pretty good threat.  I find his pre-Electro stuff a little cheesy, feels more at home in Raimi's films honestly, and I don't love his blue look, but I remembered not liking him WAY more.  Only issues I have is that final fight area at the power plant sucks, visually it gets really hard to watch being just a CG mess.  It's like watching a video game for much of it and it even dips into looking like a cartoon, like Spider-Verse.  It was not well handled even if the fight is fine.

The biggest downside to me might be Harry.  He feels injected into the film, instead of being a real part of it.  Like you could remove him and it's the same exact film with almost minimal tweaks.  His "Goblin" look SUCKS.  Technically it's better than Harry from Spider-Man 3, but that's not saying much.  It just feels dumb and looks bad and its once again a situation where I question the design ideals of big budget Hollywood flicks.  Sure, the comic Goblin...Regular, Demo, Hob, they are goofy as hell to translate realistically, but nothing they've done so far truly works.  He also throws the whole pace of the movie off.  Electro being beat is a huge win, the threat is done, and here comes Harry farting his way into the movie again to kill Gwen, because of course she dies, it was telegraphed real hard that it was gonna happen even if you don't know the comics.  Everything could've been done by Electro with his escape and with causing Gwen's death and not have Harry here or do it so Goblin is teased alongside the Sinister Six happening, rather than him just slipping in at the end to just be a dick.

I'm going to watch the Holland films next before watching the new movie on Wednesday, but I think it's gonna be real hard for me to place the films.  I thought I was gonna easily put the Raimi films over the Garfield ones, but now I'm not super sure.  We'll see soon enough once I gather my thoughts after the next two movies.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a fun time.  Been abit since I rewatched and I thought I missed the origin story aspect more, since he was introduced in another movie and this is a continuation on that, but it doesn't bother me as much.  We still get early Spider-Man stuff, rough edges, all the awkward teen stuff going on, and really, we didn't need a third origin setup after the previous two versions.  I think I've cemented it for me that Tom Holland is my favorite Spider-Man, I feel like he does the best job for me being both Peter and Spider-Man.  I think one negative aspect might be that Peter not being the self-made hero he is kinda sucks, like the relationship between him and Stark is good, but everything hinges so much on Stark, that it is hard to see him as his own hero.  It's probably my only real negative as otherwise I dig it.  Also, probably has the most Spider-Man to it? I always want more Spider-Man in these films and they can generally be abit short on them, but not this time.  Keaton is great as Toomes too.  Just an all around good flick and I don't have any real big issues with it compared to most of the other films.

Spider-Man: Far From Home was alright, but I think I like the first movie more.  Mysterio is great, I think they nailed him and I loved the idea that he shows up as a hero to trick Parker to getting the Stark tech.  I have a lot of questions into how they make the "Elementals" work, I feel like they stretch it with the hologram tech and drones, but it's still fun.  Otherwise, I don't have a ton of love for the rest of the movie.  There's nothing bad, it's kinda just "Spider-Man's Wacky Vacation" and that is sorta it to me.  I just liked how everything came together more in the first movie, though there is fun stuff.

Ranking all the Spider-Man movies, I think my top 3 would be Spider-Man: Homecoming, Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 1.  Honestly it's hard to pick because kinda each series of films has their good and negatives, but I think this turned out to be a perfect spread through all three series for me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 21, 2021, 08:28:17 am
The Matrix Revolutions - Oh no, am I a Revolutions apologist now?

Presents its ideas more clearly, more concisely, and with more pathos in its first 20 minutes than Reloaded does in its entire runtime. Shame that the Zion attack is still an overlong, bloated CGI monstrosity with terrible characters, and the movie never recovers.

The reveal of impaled Trinity still gets a chuckle out of me, just like it did in theaters. One of the great all-time unintentionally hilarious moments.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 22, 2021, 02:26:57 pm
Spider-Man: No Way Home was fantastic, it went in a direction I didn't expect, but was still really good.  The narrative falls apart a little bit when you look to closely at it, but it didn't really bother me since everything was just so entertaining.  What it also sets up is pretty exciting for future Spider-Man films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 23, 2021, 03:38:45 am
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Army of Thieves was actually pretty alright.  After Army of the Dead turned out to be really underwhelming, the idea that Snyder was creating this whole zombie universe thing didn't really interest me, but I thought this could just be a solid heist film on its own and it mostly was.  That's pretty much due to this film not being written or directed by Snyder, it guaranteed the film wouldn't be overblown and far too drawn out like everything he does now.  I think it's maybe a tad too long at a full 2 hours, it could've been tightened up, but overall I liked it.  The lead, who is also the director and writer, who plays Sebastian/Ludwig is very likeable...when he's not screaming lol  Did we need a prequel to Army of the Dead? Not really, but I will say that I liked this a lot more than Army of the Dead.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 23, 2021, 10:20:42 pm
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Gets better every time I watch.  So damned funny.

Pottersville - Truly bizarre and bad Christmas film with an oddly stacked cast.  I just don't understand how this has so many big names instead of a bunch of dead-faced Canadians. You'd think that'd make it better, but somehow it doesn't.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on December 24, 2021, 10:05:35 am
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Gets better every time I watch.  So damned funny.

Pottersville - Truly bizarre and bad Christmas film with an oddly stacked cast.  I just don't understand how this has so many big names instead of a bunch of dead-faced Canadians. You'd think that'd make it better, but somehow it doesn't.

Is gremlins 2 better than 1? I loved 1. I avoided 2 because sequels usually disappont me. I should give it a chance :) Also your profile you showed on the other thread is cool. I never heard of that site. I love the star rating system and laughed at "Joe Pesci didn't have to go that hard" lol. He indeed didn't but we are all glad he did.

Being The Ricardos

Being the Ricardos tackles the troubled but nationally treasured relationship and career lives of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. Aside from being the most important show to me. A show that I have watched every episode 3 times it is also known for having more live television watchers than the Eisenhower inauguration. So when it was announced fans and critics alike were skeptikal of the casting as Nicole Kidman looks absolutely nothing like Lucy and Deborah Messing has done a better job before. I Love Lucy found hearts of millions of Americans and I love Lucy Was more than just a title. It was a way of life. From slapstick physical comedy to relationship boundary breaking. First biracial couple on screen. First pregnancy casted on set in front of a live audience. Desi and Lucy were TV.

The movie carries itself above familiar fare by being real, and the attention to historically accurate detail is impressive. Pulling off a fan favorable Lucy movie is 1 in a million but I guess you get that 1 with a million attempts. Javier has "babalu" sessions where he commands the screen and captures the essense of Desi Arnaz. William Frawley and Vivians chemistry or lack there of was presented so well to.the viewer. Their relationship sour as a day old bag of slaw and it's damn palpable. The plot doesn't linger but rather flows fluidly and does so while being well paced. It's like getting a gift card for fast food versus sit down. It just is easy and good.

The documentary style elements felt out of place. It gives the movie this identity crisis of "is it a movie or a documentary" with actors pretending to be interviewed about actors other people acted? Idk lol.

But in general it does a lot right. If you are new to Lucille Ball. This gives a real sense of how much of a leader she was in show business. And if you are a fan already it will do nothing but please.

88/100
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Post by: Cartagia on December 24, 2021, 11:01:21 am
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Gets better every time I watch.  So damned funny.

Pottersville - Truly bizarre and bad Christmas film with an oddly stacked cast.  I just don't understand how this has so many big names instead of a bunch of dead-faced Canadians. You'd think that'd make it better, but somehow it doesn't.

Is gremlins 2 better than 1? I loved 1. I avoided 2 because sequels usually disappont me. I should give it a chance :)

The sequel is a very different animal than the first film. The original plays everything very straight, and manages to be funny while also genuinely scary at points.  The New Batch does away with any pretense of seriousness and is more of a live action cartoon.  It's funnier and the creature design is better, but I can totally see how it is one of those sequels that fans of the original might not like.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 24, 2021, 01:09:19 pm
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Not Marvel's best movie, but it was enjoyable. Nice mix of fantasy elements and martial arts. Good action and cool special effects, too. Not as much humor as most Marvel movies, though.

Black Widow

Maybe Marvel's weakest movie. I struggled to finish this one. It wasn't funny, the story was boring, and the action was just so-so
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Post by: mrkonasoni on December 24, 2021, 09:45:51 pm
I didn't exactly watch the new Matrix movie but I was still sleeping when I heard my phone ringing constantly because of new messages.

When I woke up I found 53 messages from my friend that watched and completely hated it.

Merry Christmas, guys!
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Post by: Cartagia on December 27, 2021, 11:44:13 am
Elf - First time watch.  Love the North Pole stuff, but it doesn't really earn the third act payoffs.  Caan just decides he's not mad because reasons?  Still a fun family time.

Ernest Saves Christmas - Same manic energy as Elf, but not as focused or well utilized. I've always loved Varney, and he's fun.  Douglas Seale is great as Santa.  Unfortunately, it's just kind of poorly made, and has some desperately unfunny side stuff.  Not great, not awful.

Elf - Visiting family and this is the first thing put on.  Thoughts remained pretty much exactly the same.
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Post by: ferraroso on December 27, 2021, 07:26:28 pm
Watched these two Netflix originals on the same day:

Don't Look Up: A very good idea with a terrible execution in my opinion. Still recommend it though. Just watch and take your own conclusions.

Asakusa Kid: Tells the story of Japanese comedian/actor/movie director Takeshi Kitano. Delivers well balanced doses of fun and emotion. Pretty good movie.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 28, 2021, 09:07:12 am
Toy Story - Masterpiece.
Toy Story 2 - Somehow even better.

The Matrix Resurrections  - A movie with a lot of big ideas, though not all of them land.  Surprisingly small in scope, but works as a coda to the whole series.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 30, 2021, 05:29:39 am
Back on my One Piece marathon and I finished up the Alabasta Arc..  I had forgotten how low key Nico's addition to the crew was and perhaps could be one of the least justified of the crew lol I mean Nico is one of my favorites of the crew and she gets her big story stuff later to show why she is a part of the crew, but in terms of crew starts, it feels abit of an odd one due to her going from "enemy" to instant member of the crew with no real buildup.  This arc is pretty alright, Vivi is great, she would've made a nice member of the crew.  Probably gonna be an arc on the lower end for me, but certainly not a bad one.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 02, 2022, 11:07:13 am
Encanto - Very delightful and a nice way to kick off the New Year.

The Big Boss - An early Bruce Lee flick.  It's a bit slow, but the action is incredible and Lee is just magnetic.

The Martian - One of my more modern comfort films.
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Post by: andyz on January 06, 2022, 02:21:22 pm
The Irishman. 9/10. Seriously enjoyed this.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 08, 2022, 09:06:11 am
Scream - The greatest mystery slasher of all time.
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Post by: burningdoom on January 08, 2022, 10:55:46 am
Scream - The greatest mystery slasher of all time.

No way. Friday the 13th was the greatest. Tourist Trap was another great one. The Prowler was damn good, too. You can hardly take Scream seriously, since the movie doesn't take itself seriously.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 08, 2022, 02:53:37 pm
Scream - The greatest mystery slasher of all time.

No way. Friday the 13th was the greatest. Tourist Trap was another great one. The Prowler was damn good, too. You can hardly take Scream seriously, since the movie doesn't take itself seriously.

I'd put Ft13th at a strong number 2, but Scream just has a sharper script and more memorable characters.  And I disagree about it not taking itself seriously.  It takes itself very seriously (aside from the "Not you, Fred" joke), it's just that the characters don't take the situation seriously (there's a whole scene of Principal Himbry reaming two kids because they are making light of the whole situation), and that is as a direct result of having been raised on the films the movie itself is making reference to.  Also, Craven is just a much better director than Cunningham - though I do think his skill is often overlooked when discussing Ft13 as a whole.

Scream 2 - Held up better than I expected.  It doesn't have the pitch perfect pacing of the first (it's only about 5 minutes longer, but feels like it is 20 minutes longer), and the third act is a bit messy because of the late game rewrites, but overall it is a solid as hell sequel that builds upon the world of the first instead of deciding to go in a oddball direction, like so many other first sequels do.

Scream 3 - What a mess. There is some good here - Neve is great, as always and the opening is solid. Unfortunately it's just overstuffed, has all the subtlety of a brick, and twists itself in knots trying to be clever.

Scream 4 - The broad humor keeps this from being as good as it could be. The Keystone Cops don't work at all, and I still don't know how I feel about the Russian doll opening. Otherwise, it's solid as hell and Craven directs the shit out of it. Most underrated entry in the franchise.
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Post by: tripredacus on January 10, 2022, 11:52:25 am
Decided to finally watch the Dragon Ball Z DVDs I have. All season box sets except Season 7. I had already watched all the singular VHS and DVD I had before, but I had not watched the box sets.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 12, 2022, 05:28:51 pm
Hotel Transylvania - Fine enough way to waste an afternoon, I guess.

Scream (2022) - Avoiding spoilers, it's probably the third best in series.  Really good, but not quite great.  Maybe the second best opening and finale after the original. Gets a bit lost in the middle, though.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 16, 2022, 07:54:55 pm
Finch - Maybe it's because I had tempered expectations, but I was totally charmed by this.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye - Firecracker of a performance from Chastain and a tremendous directorial effort from Showalter.  Just wish the script was a couple of screw turns tighter.  It's not bad at all, but it falls into the same biopic hole we've seen dozens of times in the last two decades.

No Sudden Move - Was honestly more interesting when not much was happening.  The conspiracy stuff was kinda boring.

The Tragedy of Macbeth - It's Macbeth with Denzel.  Pretty solid stuff.

Bad Trip - Narrative prank film, like Borat, but with Eric Andre and not mean spirited. I laughed a lot.

Fist of Fury - Bruce Lee rules the school in this one.

Love and Monsters - More weird monster movies, please.

Raising Arizona - The Coens' second movie.  How were they that good already?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? More Coen greatness.

Tickled - Speechless.  What the actual hell?
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Post by: leynos on January 27, 2022, 03:24:48 am
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Post by: Cartagia on January 28, 2022, 08:52:42 pm
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - The action sequences are the only thing that make this worthwhile.

Panic Room - Might be Fincher's worst, but it still kicks ass.
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Post by: telekill on January 30, 2022, 09:29:24 am
I'm not big into anime but am anticipating the Shenmue release that's coming up. I won't bother to sub to a new service to watch the one show so I'll be waiting for it to come out on disc. I'll probably be waiting quite a while.

As for the last movie I watched... it was probably TMNT (2007) with my son. Big Ninja Turtles fans. Last movie theater experience was the newer Matrix movie. It was decent.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 05, 2022, 05:55:04 pm
Jackass Forever - A whole lotta penises in this one.

Inside Llewyn Davis - Another Coen masterpiece.

Blind Fury - A healthy serving of action cheese.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 07, 2022, 08:11:05 pm
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Glad to finally see Ghostbusters Afterlife and gotta say that I had some fun with it.  Way, WAY, better than the 2016 reboot, this one actually feels like a proper movie rather than an improv skit that felt closer to Anchorman than it did Ghostbusters.  A lot of the vibe is kinda that 80's adventure comedy stuff, Goonies, Gremlins, Ghostbusters of course (Makes sense that Finn is in this lol), and it might lean abit too much into the Ghostbusters 1 nostalgia, but I just had fun with it. It seems to be a direct sequel to Ghostbusters 1 in particular, seemingly ignoring Ghostbusters 2 as far as I can tell.

My only complaints are that it felt abit rushed towards the climax.  Not too spoil anything, but bad things happen, as it would, and there should've been more ghostbusting going on, which there isn't enough of.  Feels like there's a good 10 minutes of movie missing right before the finale to me, not sure if it was budgetary, things were cut maybe, but I was fine with the movie up till that point where it felt like the pacing got weird for a few minutes.

Otherwise, it's a good time.  Do recommend.
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Post by: burningdoom on February 07, 2022, 09:30:39 pm
Howard the Duck

Just as weird as I remembered as a kid, but you do get to see Lea Thompson in her underwear  8)
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Post by: burningdoom on February 09, 2022, 12:38:54 pm
Watched Superman Unbound.

This was one of the better DC Animated Movies, IMO. Different style animation than the Timmverse stuff, but it was cool. He fights Brainiac in it and Supergirl is in it. Good action, and interesting story and charactrization.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 11, 2022, 10:02:21 am
CODA - Standard "Kid has to find their place in the world" flick, that is made interesting by the familial dynamics, which is that the whole family is deaf, except for the lead.  Well executed, and an intriguing gimmick lets it be better than this type of fare normal is.

Blood Simple - The Coen Bros. first film is a bit sloppier than everything that comes after, but it is a hell of a debut.
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Post by: weirdfeline on February 11, 2022, 02:52:00 pm
Jackass Forever. It was quite enjoyable but it makes me just want even more. 4.5 will likely arrive later this year but with Paramount+ ordering so many specials from South Park why not do the same with Jackass? They just expanded the cast and to me it feels like they all (minus Johnny) want the chance to do even more.

I also hope they settle their issues with Bam and continue to work with him.

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Post by: Cartagia on February 12, 2022, 08:13:36 am
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I also hope they settle their issues with Bam and continue to work with him.

It's more that Bam needs to settle his issues, in general.

Nightmare Alley - GdT's newest is really, really good.  Not much of a surprise there.
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Post by: weirdfeline on February 12, 2022, 08:58:30 am
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I also hope they settle their issues with Bam and continue to work with him.

It's more that Bam needs to settle his issues, in general.

Nightmare Alley - GdT's newest is really, really good.  Not much of a surprise there.
Well there's an ongoing lawsuit. Bam's been in rehab the past few months but it's odd how the rules are so much stricter for Bam when Steve-O was never stopped from being a part of Jackass and he was doing a lot worse.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 12, 2022, 09:37:42 am
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I also hope they settle their issues with Bam and continue to work with him.

It's more that Bam needs to settle his issues, in general.

Nightmare Alley - GdT's newest is really, really good.  Not much of a surprise there.
Well there's an ongoing lawsuit. Bam's been in rehab the past few months but it's odd how the rules are so much stricter for Bam when Steve-O was never stopped from being a part of Jackass and he was doing a lot worse.

Because times and the crew have changed - and I'm sure the production insurance providers are keeping a hell of an eye on it.  These things are far more dangerous at their age than they were when they were pliable 20-somethings - just look at Knoxville vs. the bull now vs. the numerous other times he did it.  Steve-O never signed an agreement that he needed to be sober during production.  Bam did.  And, once Steve-O needed to be sober, he was.  Are the rules different now?  Yes.  But Steve-O followed the rules as they were, and as they are.  Unfortunately, Bam couldn't do that.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 12, 2022, 09:25:09 pm
Barton Fink - Probably the least accessible Coen film, but there's a depth here that, if you let yourself sink in, can you ponder on for days.

The Ladykillers - Very messy, but there are still laughs to be had at least.

The Way of the Dragon - The cheesiest Bruce Lee film I've seen so far. Not bad, but just... weird?

Dr. No - Despite some iconic moments, actually kind of boring.

Muppets Most Wanted - Fun AF.
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Post by: telly on February 18, 2022, 10:05:43 am
Drive My Car - Felt a little too long, but enjoyed it. Great acting, writing and an interesting story. Loved the music and the filming as well.

My Blueberry Nights - This was a random movie we picked out at the library. It was pretty bad. A star-studded cast with some great music by Nora Jones but the story was awful, tons of obscuring the characters with objects and slow framerates that were way too visually distracting, bad characters, and just not very enjoyable.

The Power of the Dog - Loved the acting, cinematography, lighting and soundtrack, but the story and conflict felt so underdeveloped and mundane. Kind of disappointed in it.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 19, 2022, 09:39:20 pm
Fargo - Masterpiece from top to bottom.
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Post by: telly on February 21, 2022, 09:33:18 am
Don't Look Up - Had such an interesting potential and some moments that I really liked but what kills this movie for me is the humor. I felt like this movie had a serious lack of identity with it's combination of a biting satire with a serious and emotional drama. The two directions the movie takes just don't mix at all and it doesn't do a good job of being dramatic or funny as a result. It's also highly ingrained in the socio political landscape right now and I can almost guarantee it will be an outdated experience in 10, possibly even 5 years from now.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 21, 2022, 09:36:15 am
Mad Max: Fury Road - First thing I watched on my 4K TV.  What a day!  What a lovely day!

Wayne's World - Zang.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Easily my favorite in the series.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Intolerable Cruelty - Clooney is great, but the rest is kinda flat.

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge - Best of the franchise, but that's not saying a lot.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 27, 2022, 09:23:24 pm
A Whisker Away, an anime movie to watch while me and the family eat one of the Japanese snack boxes.  It's a cute movie, girl gains the ability to become a cat and uses that to get close to her crush who doesn't openly share her affection back, but becoming a cat has a bad outcome if she keeps using it and it has some nice fantasy elements that show up more prominently towards the end that gives me Spirited Away vibes.  The whole movie is just nice, it doesn't do anything too stand out, though I enjoyed the whole fantastical ending it had.
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Post by: Cartagia on March 02, 2022, 08:28:58 pm
West Side Story (2021) - Stunning turn from Spielberg here.  His best work in almost 2 decades.
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Post by: aliensstudios on March 03, 2022, 08:45:16 pm
West Side Story (2021) - Stunning turn from Spielberg here.  His best work in almost 2 decades.
That movie isn't even better than Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
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Post by: Cartagia on March 04, 2022, 09:26:55 am
West Side Story (2021) - Stunning turn from Spielberg here.  His best work in almost 2 decades.
That movie isn't even better than Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull

I'm not speaking to the quality of the film (which is way better than Crystal Skull, incidentally, but probably not better than Lincoln or Munich), I'm talking specifically about Spielberg's work as director.  There are shots and compositions and choreography in this movie that rival anything he's ever done.  The puddle and the school dance are insane.
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Post by: telly on March 04, 2022, 10:33:06 am
I watched the new West Side Story the other day and I loved it. Out of all the films I've seen so far that are nominated for Best Picture it's my favorite.

The play is probably my favorite musical of all time but the 1961 film, while a classic, has some very outdated and underdeveloped aspects. Spielberg and Kushner fixed all of the issues from the original film and added several writing and directorial changes and all of them make the film a better experience. Loved the more realistic depiction of New York within actual historical events... giving the Sharks more detail and character while depicting the Jets far more even handedly... giving Tony some backstory as to why he doesn't want to join the Jets anymore which makes the killing more impactful... changing some of the placements of the musical numbers to be more in line with the original play. It was phenomenal.

The only thing I didn't like was I wasn't really a big fan of Elgort's performance as Tony. That and the decision to replace the final song with "One Hand, One Heart" instead of "Somewhere" (which I think was also in line with the play but I like the 1961 version better.)
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Post by: Cartagia on March 04, 2022, 10:55:53 am
The only thing I didn't like was I wasn't really a big fan of Elgort's performance as Tony.

My biggest issue with the film as well.  I think he's serviceable in the actual music numbers, but is almost actively bad in everything else going on.  It's nothing sort of a miracle that movie is as good as it is with him in the middle of it.

The Batman - There's a lot of good here, with occasional flashes of greatness.  It is probably about 20 minutes too long, and while that music cue is terrific, it was incredibly overused.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 07, 2022, 04:26:52 am
Another franchise rewatch, or at least part of one with the new Batman movie coming out.  Thought about watching everything from the first Keaton movie and on, but it was gonna take too long to get the 90's era movies on Blu-Ray in the mail, and in the scheme of things, the new movie is going to share more directly with the Nolan movies anyways with its more "real world" take on Batman.  And I'm skipping the Batffleck stuff as I already rewatched that stuff before the Justice League edit and I have no interest in watching them again.

Actually forgot how long it took for Batman to show up in Batman Begins.  I understand why of course, that's the point of the film, but everything leading up to it is great, the training with the League of Shadows, his backstory was well done as at the time, his pre-Batman days wasn't touched on in the movies.  Christian Bale is great.  Really, the only thing I never super loved about his Batman, was the growling voice, it's a little goofy at times and something about his cowl fit was always a smidge off.  Odd thing to point out sure, but I like a good Batman design lol The Batmobile could've been better design wise, I like a more defined shape to this stuff, but I love it as this big tank lol That stuff is pretty fun.

The villains are pretty good, and while "real world Batman" isn't what I want, Liam Neesons Ra's is pretty good and I like how they did Crane in this.  I never noticed that Ken Watanabe was the fake Ra's Al Gul in this till now either.  I definitely enjoy the story for this one, it's the one thing that feels "comic book"-like, a plot to wipe out Gotham with some advanced tech, which does comes back in the third film, though I do sorta feel like the "microwave emitter" is a little goofy, because it sorta ignores the fact that people are mostly water, so something that evaporates the water, would also basically burst people, but that's abit much for a Batman thing, more of a situation for "The Boys" lol

It's a pretty good movie though, I think the Nolan movies are my overall favorite Batman flicks the more I think about it.  They might not have the style of the Keaton films, but I think everything else is better to me.  The ending does bug me slightly, with Batman letting Ra's Al Ghul die, it's something that isn't technically uncommon in the live action movies, but it always bugs me.  Sure, it wasn't direct in this one compared to Batman v Superman, where he just straight up wastes people in that scene to save Martha, but it's still enough of a problem.  Batman (and even Superman), need that line, because otherwise, there isn't much that should honestly stop Batman from basically just becoming the Punisher, or a DC comparison would be Flashpoint Batman, who is Thomas Wayne that goes around killing people with guns.  That stuff still annoys me, maybe my views are antiquated on Batman to some degree, I know the Arkham games push things pretty hard with his brutality, but I still think that line he won't cross matters a lot and I wish the movies would realize that and I'm hoping "The Batman" can stick to that ideal, no matter how broody they might make him.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 10, 2022, 04:13:32 am
The Dark Knight - It might in general be my favorite Batman film currently, though not sure if I would say because of Batman himself, but kinda everything else around him.  Heath Ledger makes this movie everything it could be, along with Gary Oldman as Gordon, and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey.  I would even say it's their movie more than that of Bruce/Batman, as we got the Bruce/Batman movie with the first of the trilogy, and this is more about the city itself.  So many good scenes in this and really there's no point that I felt bored and I kinda forgot how many big moments it has throughout the entire film. 

I don't even really have any major issues with the film, other than Batman killing Harvey, I made note of my annoyance with Batman killing people in the films in my last post, so I won't harp on it much here.   To me, it just hurts the character, even if it's done as a last resort, and it's more interesting to me if Batman is finding a way to work around making that decision.  Also Batman's growl voice is more annoying here than it was in the first one, like he amped it up a bit more.  Still wish they had gone with something else.

Still, a fantastic film, a shame we lost such a great actor with Ledger and we wouldn't get to see what he could do with the Joker one last time in the third film as he was supposed to come back for it.  Interested to dive back into The Dark Knight Rises as I don't remember everything as much and I remember having some issues with it at the time.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 12, 2022, 01:21:42 am
Turning Red is just an absolute treat of a movie.  I dig the whole early 00's setting, the animation and expressions are fantastic, and while I can't connect to it as a coming of age story for a young teen Asian girl, it was still super charming.  The ending was not where I thought it was going also and was just a ton of fun.  This and Onward were probably the most fun I've had with Pixar films in a long while, not that they've been putting out bad stuff, but the energy of Turning Red really stood out.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 15, 2022, 05:38:35 am
The Dark Knight Rises - This one I was the most interested to re-watch as I remembered not being a fan of it at the time when it released.  Not that it was a bad film, I just didn't really view at the time as the culmination of Nolan's trilogy, like I understood it was that, but I didn't look at it in proper context.  I also was not super fond of some decisions, Bane's voice was weird, and the idea that Batman stopped being Batman for like 7 or 8 years, always kinda rubbed me wrong.

An odd story thing early on I can't say I liked, was Joseph Gordon Levitt figuring out Bruce was Batman.  It wasn't that he put together Batman disappearing and Wayne going into seclusion, or any other possible signs, he wasn't secretly some it was because he could tell that Bruce was pretending back in the day when he was a kid, and that in turn led to him figuring out Bruce was Batman, is just odd storytelling to me.  Selina Kyle is pretty good in this, I thought Anne Hathaway was a pretty solid choice.  Sure, Michelle Pfeiffer had a lot of fun character to her, but this Selina Kyle works well in this more real world setting.

Bane's voice still doesn't work lol I haven't looked into the decision behind it, I like Tom Hardy's performance as him, but much like Bale's Batman growl, I don't know what Nolan was trying to do with them in particular.  The action also isn't that good in this, like it was never Nolan's strong suit in these film, but the hand to hand action has lots of kinda dull wide shots, and normally showing off the fighting skills as prominently as possible is a good thing, but there's nothing notable enough here for that. 

Everything else is pretty good though.  The story connecting back to the first movie and the League of Shadows is great, and I only wish Heath Ledger could've been around to reprise his role for the movie as that would've been pretty amazing.  And while I did knock the bit about Joseph Gordon Levitt's character in the beginning, I think he's a pretty solid character.  Overall, I do like the movie more now, but The Dark Knight is definitely my favorite of the trilogy.  Heath Ledger is just too good in it as a villain to me and the whole story surrounding him is great.
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Post by: Cartagia on March 15, 2022, 08:26:25 pm
I also really dug Turning Red.  Never thought I'd hear Bootylicious in a Disney movie, yet here we are.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 18, 2022, 04:48:22 am
Was in an animation mood after Turning Red, so figured I'd go and watch Encanto since it's been out for a bit and it's okay.  Nothing bad, but it didn't really do much for me.  It was a way more reserved movie than I was expecting as like 80% of the movie is in just the house and there isn't any real threat in the film, it's all an issue of their own making, but much like Turning Red, it's about dealing with personal issues and there's nothing wrong with that.

As a musical, also just okay, the only song I was into was Surface Pressure, because it had a very different rhythm and tone to all of the others.  Honestly, its surprising to me that the Bruno song became such an insane hit lol Again, it's not bad, but it never really stood out for me personally.

Overall a fine flick though, just didn't win me over as much as Turning Red did.

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Also decided to just keep the movies going and finally got around to The Eternals and surprisingly I dug it.  I say "surprisingly" as I had no real interest in the films based on the first main trailer.  The visuals were kinda washed out, I wasn't really sure what kind of film it was gonna be, I thought it was going to be like Black Widow, where it's fine, but it would just be going through the motions as some Marvel films can feel here and there. 

I liked the cast, the story idea was cool, I was engaged for most of the movie.  I wouldn't say it breaks new ground, but it feels like the most "superhero" movie they've done, and I say that in the most traditional sense, in like a DC Comics sort of way.  Even the cast comes across as basically like the Justice League, super powered individuals with secret identities, with some character comparisons to Flash, Wonder Woman, and Superman specifically.  They make a literal Superman joke in the movie, name and all.  It was cool and of course as Marvel flicks do, it sets up some interesting potential future stuff, though I had to look up some of the ending teases because I don't know these characters at all, but it seems neat.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 20, 2022, 08:48:02 pm
X - Right up my alley kind of horror.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Fun enough afternoon flick.

The Power of the Dog - Well that took a turn!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 27, 2022, 11:43:26 pm
Catching up still on a few things I sorta passed on at the time, and I got around to Venom: Let The Be Carnage.  It was fun, I think I liked it more than the first one, which was just alright, Carnage was handled well, there's some setup for the next one that could be kinda interesting, though more symbiote stuff might start to drag for the third film if they ever get to it.  The only thing I don't super like, is the rules that are broken by the ending, which I won't spoil here, but knowing what it connects with, it doesn't make a lot of sense.  Overall, it's fine, neither Venom movie are amazing and some of the writing is abit "eh", the symbiotes able to kinda do anything feels like just a half-assed way to explain away things that would require a little more effort on the part of the writer, but it doesn't kill the movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on March 30, 2022, 08:32:04 pm
Achievement unlocked: broke character limit.

TL;DR, I watched a shitload of movies. Next up is "Eternals", "Ghostbusters: Afterlife", and "The Batman", and maybe something else if I find the time.

John Carter - The fact there's a book written about the fiasco that was the marketing of this movie says a lot. I personally liked it; it's nothing special by all means, but it's entertaining. Naming the movie "John Carter" was abysmally stupid, but I'm sure I'm not alone on that.

Déjà Vu - This one is a great action flick, while at the same time being an underrated sci-fi movie; this movie is also a nice example of a time travel story done right. Not my first watch, actually, I caught it on TV; I remember back when I saw this movie for the first time, it was my first time ever seeing Paula Patton, and ever since then I've been smitten by her.

Independence Day: Resurgence - Pretty ShETee. The first movie was great for what it was—a one-off. There was absolutely no need for a sequel...none what-so-ever.

Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U - They're silly, but worth the watch; it's "Groundhog Day" horrified.

The Darkest Minds - I would like to get inside my head so that I could pluck the memory of me watching this movie, and I would do so with extreme prejudice.

Impractical Jokers: The Movie - I've enjoyed my time watching the show and happen to like the guys—Sal not so much—but this didn't need to exist.

Law Abiding Citizen - Good flick, great performance by Butler, but it needed a better ending, which Foxx had a hand in messing up...purportedly.

Bohemian Rhapsody - An okay movie with great performances. I know "based on a true story" means absolute shite when it comes to a film of this caliber in the suburbs of Tinseltown, but it still left a lot to be desired.

True Lies - One of James Cameron's best; it's an absolute action classic. This one is easily one of my top favorite Schwarzenegger movies.

Masterminds - Stupid, just like the incident it's based on, but still an enjoyable romp.

Bumblebee - Mushy, sappy, quite cheesy, and unbearably corny, but it's definitely better than the other movies in the franchise—I mean, that opening scene alone takes the cake, all day, any day. Overall, it could've been better, but I did enjoy it, especially the fact I could understand what the heck was happening during metal-on-metal fight scenes. Also, the soundtrack was really good. In all honesty, since the day of its announcement, I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. With that said, my expectations for "Rise of the Beasts" are below the nadir, but I hope they use this movie as an example and at least try.

Glass - Broken/10: I appreciate Shyamalan's take and deconstruction of the superhero genre and its mythos; I believe both "Unbreakable" and "Split" told compelling stories and did many things right, but this movie was a flaccid disappointment after all that build up. SPOILER—WHAT A TWIST!: While I found the idea of an organization secretly tasked for millennia with ridding the world of super-powered beings interesting, it truly felt like that was an afterthought and ultimately wasn't handled properly. Such a premise seems far more suited for the likes of Mark Millar, Garth Ennis, maybe even Warren Ellis or Alan Moore, if we can yank him off retirement; they would certainly come up with something much more convincing and serviceable.

Baby Driver - I've seen this multiple times before, but it's still an enjoyable movie with a killer soundtrack.

Need for Speed - I'd venture to say this one is a far better "Fast and the Furious" movie, but it's still a turd nonetheless.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Monster spectacle and destruction was on point, everything else was hot garbage.

The Girl on the Train - I've no clue exactly how and why I ended up watching this, but it was boring. As a matter of fact, I think at one point in time I thought I was watching a Lifetime movie; it was insufferable.

Venom - It's still bad, but it has a certain charm to it; it kind of feels like a superhero version of "An American Werewolf in London". One thing I find funny is the fact this movie came nearly 5 months after the movie "Upgrade", which ironically did everything "Venom" tried to first and ten times better. Even funnier is "Upgrade" stars Logan Marshall-Green, otherwise known as bargain basement Tom Hardy.

Shazam! - The word "cringey" is one that I seldom use, but it pretty much encapsulates most of this movie for me. To be fair, though, some of the things the movie did were done right, like its theme around family—as cliché as it may be—and the overall origin of the character; but the story itself sometimes got a tad too childish for my taste, which is another word I feel perfectly describes this movie. Mark Strong was great, as usual.

Alita: Battle Angel - While I liked it, the majority of the CGI was hit or miss, especially for most of the cyborg characters, which really didn't translate well into live-action and just looked terrible, Nyssiana and Grewishka being the best examples. Great worldbuilding.

Hell or High Water - Great movie. 'Nuff said.

Holmes & Watson - Über garbágio.

Logan - Probably the umpteenth time I've watched this movie, and I can't get enough of it.

The Last Full Measure - Non-ironic version of "Tropic Thunder". Joke aside, even though the movie stroke a few chords with me, I still didn't know how to feel about it until reading and concurring with a comment made by someone that this would've been better served as a documentary rather than a Hollywood trudge. I'm guessing that perhaps something similar to "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon" would've been a better approach.

Crazy Rich Asians - I've tried watching this movie two/three—make that four times now and I can't seem to push through.

Solo: A Star Wars Story - I enjoyed it, it wasn't that bad...I mean, it was a nice space western popcorn flick for sure, but considering the character and the franchise, it missed the mark.

Enemy of the State - Caught this one on AMC while channel surfing, and it's been so long since I watched it that I had completely forgotten how good it is—ironically ahead of its time.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Top notch! I think I've watched this movie every time I catch it on TV. As a matter of fact, I think that goes for every movie in the franchise since the first one.

Deadpool and Deadpool 2 - For the uninitiated, this is basically Ryan Reynolds playing Van Wilder all the way up to eleven while cosplaying as Deadpool, which is a particular gripe I have with Fabian Nicieza, and Liefeld as well for allowing it. Regardless, both movies are actually quite good; the story and the attention to detail coupled with the Easter eggs/references show they cared, especially Ryan, so that alone deserves its merit. Quite frankly, though, while I like Ryan, I always envisioned Seann William Scott as Wade/Deadpool, and then as years progressed I started to think of Charlie Day as one of the voices in his head with Gilbert Gottfried possibly being the second one. Nonetheless, I'm content with both films and hopefully they won't lose steam with any forthcoming projects. I do hate the fact Marvel completely disparaged Taskmaster in "Black Widow", which ironically aligns with how Fox originally missed the mark with Deadpool; they're kindred spirits now more than ever.

Buried - This is a good movie to direct people to when they say Ryan Reynolds has no reach or is a one-trick pony, and "Smokin' Aces", too.

Ghostbusters (2016) - First time watch, and it was essentially like a bad SNL skit. The special effects were crap, too. Pure muda.

Ocean's 8 - Awkwafina is outright unbearable, and Rihanna playing a "talented" hacker was hilarious. I'd rather watch paint dry.

Pixels - Taking Josh Gad's character and the whole Q*bert scenario out—and all the stupid shit that didn't add anything to the overall plot—I actually enjoyed this movie. Sure, it's an Adam Sandler romp, and everybody likes to crap on it because that's the hip thing to do, but it had its charm. Seeing Dinklange's character tell fake Toru Iwatani that he made his game his bitch was unexpectedly funny.

The Lost Boys - I've never cared for this movie; I tried watching it a couple of times before many, many years ago, but couldn't finish it, as it bored me to sleep. Fast forward to October of last year, and I caught it on AMC while channel surfing, and after all those years I still feel the same way about it—I don't like it. And believe me, I'm a sucker for the "campiness" and cheesy filling of the '80s, but I've never seen and still can't see the appeal of this movie. But hey, I said I liked "Pixels" just a few sentences above, so what do I know.

Hercules (2014) - It had some nice action scenes and noteworthy performances, but overall nothing really out of this world. I'm not familiar with the original source ("The Thracian Wars" by Steve Moore), but given Hollywood tends to butcher good stories when adapting them to the silver screen, à la "Watchmen" or "World War Z", I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case here.

Captain Marvel - Finally saw it, and it was, in all honesty, a snooze fest, which shouldn't be a surprise given the character itself hasn't been interesting for years. ...Or maybe it's because I'm a man... I dunno, and who cares. I did like seeing the Skrulls being introduced to the MCU, and enjoyed both Talos and Soren, so silver lining, I guess. Nick Fury losing his eye to a damn space cat was astronomically stupid; the way it was written and handled was just horrible. Blegh to the meh! I'd rather watch "Green Lantern" on repeat than watching this movie ever again.

Spider-Man: Far From Home - They missed a few beats here and there, namely how the "passing of E.D.I.T.H." was handled, but it was still good. Personally, I've never cared much for the whole dynamic between Peter and Tony, as I feel takes away from the character and its mythos, though I reckon the MCU is pretty much its own thing outside the 616, so I can understand the overarching theme...even though I can only see Peter as more of an Iron Lad than a Spider-Man regardless of him shooting webs and clinging to walls. All in all, it was a really nice sequel.

Searching - It was monotonous; the "computer screen" gimmick got old really fast. I mean, I could get behind the premise of the movie, and I like John Cho, but the whole screenlife format was distracting and unnatural (for me, at least); I don't think it was the best choice to tell the story and feel was a disservice to the movie.

Goodfellas - Caught it on AMC again. I fuckin' love this movie; it's a classic!

Breakthrough - While everybody is entitled to their beliefs, which I wholly respect, this movie is disingenuous all the way through—I felt like my intelligence got heavily dumped on, and it stank like the dickens.

Ma - It's watchable, kind of felt like a modern take of "Misery". Octavia Spencer was great all throughout; she essentially carried the whole movie on her shoulders.

Dark Phoenix - Böring; it's just more of the same.

Hobbs & Shaw - If you're looking for Kubrick- or Coppola-level filmmaking, then go fly a kite; this is all about testosterone levels going past 10 and the proverbial measuring of dicks—a bromantic comedy like no other. ...But black Superman was already a thing.

Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 - A movie franchise from the late '70s with a female lead? And she happens to be tenacious and strong? Before hashtags were even a thing? Preposterous! And zip it, the third one is actually good!

Alien: Resurrection - I'm not going to lie, I like this movie; it has Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Brad Dourif, Sigourney Weaver, of course, and freaking Tuco...but man, it's still an acidic mess, one big vat of it. The newborn xenomorph hybrid is the thing of nightmares.

Friday the 13th (2009) - It's not bad, in all honesty, but it certainly didn't bring anything new to the table.

The Dead Don't Die - This was my first Jim Jarmusch movie, and contrary to what I read online, I actually liked it. It's metarrific!

The Blair Witch Project - I think it was rather genius the way the creators advertised this movie back then when the Internet was essentially still in its infancy, which I can definitely appreciate and respect; but ultimately the movie, in my humble opinion, is a big heap of crap.

Captive State - Molasses, but good. It wouldn't surprise me if this movie becomes a cult classic years from now...but then again, it wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't either.

The Last House on the Left (2009) - Pretty meh.

Good Boys - I had a blast with this one; I love these type of movies.

Carrie (2013) - I guess it was okay it being a modern take on the novel, but it really didn't feel like a horror movie, or anything close to the original. Quite frankly, I think Chloë Grace Moretz was miscast as Carrie; she made the character seem different to the way King described her. I think Gabriella Wilde would've made a better Carrie.

We're the Millers - Great cast of characters. In all honesty, I like Jason Sudeikis, so I had a good time with this one.

Tag - A really nice cast, but the movie is kind of stupid.

Us - Welcome...to the Twilight Zone. For whatever reason, I'm still not sure how I feel about this movie. Great performances, that's for sure, but I'm just...shrugs.

Final Destination 2 - Not a bad follow up. I had forgotten how much of a whiny bitch Kratos once was. `v`

Final Destination 3 - Another good follow up, but I missed not seeing Tony Todd in it. Ian dying crushed by a crane was gnarly, and to top that off he did so while flipping Wendy off—très magnifique.

The Final Destination - A crash and burn, pun intended. This one felt like it was made by The Asylum; the whole enchilada was pretty meh-stacular. I'm glad Candyman wasn't in it.

Final Destination 5 - A bit boring here and there, but WAY better than the fourth, and it tying the knot between the first two movies was nice.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on March 30, 2022, 08:32:27 pm
Cont’d.

Horrible Bosses and Horrible Bosses 2 - Mirth and merriment all the way, joyful enjoyment and Charlie Day.

Stuber - It really isn't that bad! It's stupid funny, and I liked it. Batista is really good at physical comedy, but then again, he used to be a wrestler.

Halloween (2018) - It's not perfect, but still excellent.

Halloween H20 - It's "decent", but I can honestly do without it. I get where they were trying to go, but the execution wasn't really that good.

Halloween Resurrection - This movie fucking sucks; I'd rather watch H20 on loop any day over this grandiose piece of un-pasteurized shit. Hell, I'll take the android crap from the third movie over this, straight up. Busta Rhymes should stick to doing just that.

Halloween and Halloween II (Rob Zombie) - Contrary to the online consensus, I liked what Rob did with the first movie, the way he approached the story and the overall performances of the cast; however, the second one lost me entirely with its Friday the 13th coked-up fever bootleg dreams. I like Rob and all, especially his music, but I think his take on the franchise should've been a one-and-done deal; the way the first movie ended was great, very serviceable.

The Predator - I liked this movie a bit here and there, but it's a mess; I wish they had deterred from using the hounds and gone without using autism so disparagingly, which Jacob Tremblay didn't really do a good job portraying, if I'm being honest. The alternate ending meant to include Ripley and Newt would've been nice, but I'm glad they went against it, so hopefully the day they intend to tie in the Alien franchise it's done in a way that makes sense and not just for the sake of adding it in. Anyway, here's hoping the upcoming prequel to the series isn't a bust.

Christine - It's still great after all these years. I'm surprised it's taken Hollywood so long to—undoubtedly—bastardized this one. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

The Curse of La Llorona - The myth behind the weeping woman has always been intriguing, but this movie was just awful. On the upside, it was nice seeing Tuco again.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Top tier trash. Hearing the Jedi calling out to Rey was admittedly cool, though.

The A-Team - Maybe it's the fact I grew up watching re-runs of the TV series, but I seriously love this movie.

Downsizing - This movie had a nice concept going for it, but it got a tad too preachy, although it's not exactly a bad movie as some would lead to believe. However, I happen to agree with Dušan (Waltz) that Paul (Damon) was a rather pathetic simpleton up until the end. One of the scenes that I really liked, even if it was a short one, was during Paul's first visit to the slums where people were watching a Cantinflas movie—"Sube y baja" ("Up & Down")—on a makeshift outdoor cinema, which put a rather big smile on my face.

Safe - An okay action flick. It's a Jason Statham movie, so you get what you expect.

The Spy Who Dumped Me - Meh. These types of "comedies" need to die for a while...

Let's Be Cops - I think this movie is underrated; it's actually a good comedy that's actually a good buddy cop action flick that's well worth the watch. One of the reviews for the movie at the time states that Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans, Jr. "lack chemistry", but it's the total opposite when their rapport is what drives the movie.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - This movie is etched in my memory since childhood. This is without a doubt one of my top favorite movies by Spielberg.

Midway (2019) - More like "Mehway". Pretty schlocky.

Pearl Harbor - Second time seeing this movie since the first many years ago, and still don't like it.

Armageddon - The only thing that came from this movie that I genuinely like is Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". Other than that, this movie can suck an egg. "Deep Impact" is ten times better.

Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2 - No blurb needed for these two, just watch them if you haven't already; they're all-time classics, and easily two of the best movies Richard Donner directed and Shane Black wrote. Soundtracks are top-notch, too! I hope we get to see "Lethal Finale" in this lifetime.

Alien vs. Predator - (https://i.imgur.com/aoNaUjw.jpg)

At least Milla Jovovich isn't in it...and that ain't saying much.

The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals - Both are good, well worth the watch if you like action movies, and Tommy Lee Jones.

Spider-Man: No Way Home - Spidey has been one of my favorite superheroes since childhood, so I had a blast watching this one all the way through; seeing all three Spider-Men together was beyond every adjective Marvel has ever used to describe Spider-Man and then some. Nonetheless, just like with "Far From Home", there were some inconsistencies and missed beats here and there. I'm not exactly spoiling anything, but for the sake of SPOILERS: I wish we got to "meet" the other two Spider-Men in a different way than what we got, especially considering the events that had transpired throughout the movie before that point. Also, Aunt May...I mean, I know that whole scenario was important and THAT one line is a crucial part in Peter's life, but I think there could've been a better way to handle that entirely. All in all, I enjoyed the movie: seeing Dafoe again as Green Goblin was a treat, and the character's redesign looked slick; Molina was once again great as Doc Ock; the many nods and references were on point; and that last shot of Spider-Man swinging around Rockefeller Plaza with his new duds was, simply put, amazing—he's no longer the Iron Lad, he's now Spider-Man without a doubt. I'm now eagerly awaiting "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness", especially since Raimi is directing it and a certain someone is apparently set to appear in it, which undoubtedly will make the movie a hundred times groovier. With all that said, I'm still going over the fact "One More Day" was basically adapted into a movie.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - Great biopic; it's wholesome and with an accurate title.

Edge of Tomorrow - I can't get enough of it whenever I catch it on TV, great sci-fi flick. I've been meaning to read the novel/manga, but have yet to.

Minority Report - This movie is rather messy, but it works well. Also, look no further than the super highway chase scene if anyone ever wondered what an F-Zero movie would look like. Crazy to think this one's nearing its 20th anniversary.

A Bronx Tale - This is an excellent movie, and I can't recommend it enough; I find it hard to pass it up whenever I catch on TV.

Heat - One hell of a movie, one of the best heist movies ever made; it's a must-watch.

Casino - This is Scorsese at his best. The way Joe Pesci's characters are "taken care of" in both this and "Goodfellas" is freaking wild, and as weird as it may sound, near cathartic given the nature of their character.

The Revenant - I’ve watched this movie multiple times now; I think it's a masterpiece.

Jumanji: The Next Level - Very enjoyable sequel. DeVito's character felt like a safe for work version of Frank Reynolds.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - First time watching again in a long time. It's got the usual summer blockbuster flare, but entertaining as all heck, and quite unapologetic. It's a lot better than its sequel, but I've no input on the reboot since I haven't watched it yet.

The Intruder - Pretty fucking dumb.

Action Point - It's good, stupid fun; it's a movie based on Action Park starring Johnny Knoxville, so you know what to expect. If you like Jackass and any of Knoxville's other related performances, then you'll like or find something to like about this movie.

Gone Girl - Well-written dark comedy—yes, dark comedy. The end didn't particularly do it for me, truth be told, but does seem like something that would actually happen in real life, so it's okay, I guess. Looking forward to the sequel...if it ever happens...

Green Book - "Driving Miss Daisy" in reverse, as I read the kool kids calling this one somewhere around the 'Net. Quite frankly, it was a good road movie, very enjoyable; I liked seeing the two differing world-views juxtaposed between the two characters, especially given the time period the movie takes place in. Sure, the movie has its faults, but it's still a great watch with equally great performances, and it offers a good story about redemption. Perhaps if they named the movie differently...but then again, it's more than just racism...

Widows - Good movie with great performances all around.

Bloodshot - So this is supposed be the stepping stone of the Valiant cinematic universe? Yikes. They missed the opportunity to sire the whole shebang with X-O Manowar. Heck, Quantum and Woody would've been a better choice.

Bad Boys for Life - I'm going to be honest, I had my laughs here and there, and some of the action scenes were good, especially during the final act (CGI fire excluded), but I kept zoning out from this movie; it felt like an off-brand offshoot spin-off of "Fast and the Furious"—I kept watching to ogle at Kate del Castillo and Paola Núñez. I think this movie would've better serve as a proper send-off for Mike and Marcus, make it their "last ride", so to speak, to close the trilogy. The first movie is still the best one.

Predator - Never gets old and I think still holds up three decades later. As much as I like the second one, and think "Predators" was good, no other movie in the franchise has ever been able to top this one. Hopefully "Prey" won't be another failure; otherwise they might as well euthanize this franchise for good.

Charlie's Angels (2019) - I literally fell asleep... That opening scene with that stupid-ass song and montage was mind-numbing.

Get Out - I like this one better than "Us", it felt way more grounded and less trippy, which I know probably sounds ridiculous. Mind you, is not that I don't like an off-kilter story with nightmarish logic like "Us" has, but the revelation near the end and the plethora of holes it opened took me out of it.

Gods of Egypt - Oh my Yukh...

The Last Witch Hunter - Vin Diesel is a D&D nerd, so I guess this works. Personally, I believe the movie had video game potential and think could've worked better that way instead, all it needed was sprucing up the story they had and expanding it. Overall, it's an average modern sword & sorcery movie that happens to have a great deal of worldbuilding.

Bad Times at the El Royale - I really enjoyed this one; visually appealing, great performances, excellent soundtrack—a must-watch.

The Recruit - My dick's on fire! That pretty much says it all...

Face/Off - This movie is so freaking good, still to this day...and its got Gina Gershon in it. There's apparently a remake in the works, which really saddens me.

2012 - The special effects are pretty much the main attraction, but then again it's a Roland Emmerich movie, which I'd file under the "so bad is good" category.

Eraser - Top tier action movie—such a satisfying ending. Just like "Face/Off", there's apparently a remake of this movie in the works. Sad times we're living in.
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Truth or Dare - Terribly bad shit.

Black and Blue - Terribly good shit.

Live Free or Die Hard - You know what, here’s the thing about Die Hard 4. Die Hard one, the original, John McClane was just this normal guy. You know, he’s just a normal New York City cop, who gets his feet cut, and gets beat up. But he’s an everyday guy. In Die Hard 4, he is jumping a [police car] into a helicopter. In air. You know? He’s invincible. It just sort of lost what Die Hard was. It’s not Terminator.

That said, I like it for what it is; it's a good action flick.

Die Hard with a Vengeance - Really good threequel, the last great chapter in the Die Hard series before Willis started doing his perfunctory acting routine. I think the series should have ended with this one, sort of like how Lethal Weapon was originally intended to end with the second one, which is ironic I mention that given the script for this movie was originally intended to be "Lethal Weapon 4". What's crazier is Bruce Willis declined the original script, which ended up becoming, "Speed 2: Cruise Control".

NOTE: I know taking a jab at his acting chops seems somewhat uncalled-for given the recent news, but he's been phoning it in way before he started doing all these recent movies anyway, so... It was all in jest. I certainly wish him the best.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - It's good, but doesn't hold a candle to the other four entries in the series.

Spider-Man 3 - While the weakest in the Raimiverse trilogy, I think it still has a certain charm to it that makes it tolerablelikable, if only for it's "campiness" and meme status. I wish the studio and Avi Arad hadn't intervened so that we could've gotten what Raimi truly had in mind, and then eventually, possibly get the fourth movie, which we technically did with "Homecoming". Flint Marko/Sandman was a great character that was unnecessarily made second fiddle to Venom, not to mention, casting Topher Grace as Eddie Brock was a fantastically bad choice—the worst casting call ever.

Triple 9 - Pretty good; it kept me glued to my seat until the end, and all-around great performances, too. Casey Affleck's character constantly chewing gum was annoying as hell, though.

Peppermint - Basically the female equivalent of "Death Wish" and "The Punisher", but with a semi-dull edge. It's still an okay action flick, just nothing that's going to break new ground.

Brightburn - I recently read "DC House of Horror" for the first time, a one-shot comprised of eight short stories by Keith Giffen (among others), the first of which is a horror take on Superman's origin named, "Bump in the Night", which was clearly the inspiration behind this movie. Actually, I find humor in this given I've watched this movie multiple times, and I can't help correlating the kid with Goku, but without the literal bumping of the head. Frankly, the more I watch this movie, the less I like it, but still think it needs a sequel to help tie loose ends and maybe further develop the whole "alien baby sent to subjugate Earth" angle.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Well, that was one hell of a fucking ride...like some devil shit or some such.

Dreamkatcher - Wow. This thing was unbearable to watch. Watching Henry Thomas acting as an adult compared to him when he was a kid...it’s freaking night and day.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: telly on March 31, 2022, 10:14:17 am
Finished watching most of the best picture nominations before the Oscars and here are my thoughts!

CODA - Really really enjoyed it. The romance subplot was probably my least favorite aspect of the movie but it had a great story and an interesting key message and theme, and being in a high school choir myself made it very nostalgic for me. Was happy it won best picture.

Licorice Pizza - It was alright, had pretty good acting but not much of a story. Just kind of plodded along with no real defining moment. Didn't really like the romance that much. Some funny moments.

Dune - Fantastic cinematography, soundtrack, acting, and music. The most technical impressive move I've seen this year. Felt like you really needed to understand the world of Dune beforehand before watching though because it was a little hard to follow. Still entertaining though.

Belfast - I didn't really enjoy this one. I was honestly expecting a little more violence and conflict but it's so understated and only at the beginning and end of the movie so it really drags in the middle section. I'm also not a fan of black and white movies like these that still have HD visuals and modern music, lighting, etc. Just doesn't look right to me.

And one other random movie night selection! GI Joe: Retaliation - Such a bad bro military movie. Was pretty entertaining however. I know nothing about the GI Joe franchise but enjoyed some of the fight sequences and watching Dwayne Johnson.
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Post by: pzeke on April 01, 2022, 08:59:54 am
The only good that came out of the first two G.I. Joe movies were Ray Park as Snake Eyes and Lee Byung-hun as Storm Shadow, the rest was trash. Well, Rachel Nichols was okay as Scarlett.

Anyway, I forgot these...

Escape Room - I have nothing to say, really.

John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - While essentially more of the same, they still deliver; I really liked the way the second one ended, setting up the third. I said it once, and I'll say it again: this franchise wouldn't be where it is if it weren't for Keanu Reeves; I can't see anybody else as John Wick.

The Expendables Trilogy - Good, over-the-top entertainment, although the third one ranks lower than the rest, even though Gibson's character really carries it. All are worth the watch, especially if you're a fan of good old cheesy action the genre was a staple for back in the '80s and '90s, not to mention the colorful cast. I'm really looking forward to the fourth one.
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Post by: pzeke on April 01, 2022, 06:27:29 pm
Some more...

Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2 - I don't care that Morgan Freeman was in these, I wish I could get the time I spent watching these two back.

Knives Out - Okay, first off, Toni Collette's character, Joni, drove me insane from the start—that attitude and her damned inflection...just unbearable. The movie itself was fantastic! I mean, I put two and two rather quickly, but that didn't deterred my enjoyment of the movie. I highly recommend it.

Victor Frankenstein - Meh, it was okay; McAvoy and Radcliffe made the movie watchable, so I guess that counts for something. Frankenstein is more than just horror, so it should be adapted to be more than cheap dialogue, scares, and effects. This movie started on the right path, I think, but it took a wrong turn quickly. Also, the CGI monkey was atrocious, hilariously, of course, but still atrocious. Try as he might, I don't think Max Landis will ever top "Chronicle".
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Post by: Cartagia on April 01, 2022, 09:32:03 pm
American Murder: The Family Next Door - An interesting experiment in formatting, but that also makes it feel a tad exploitative.

The Lost City - If you would have told me a decade ago that Channing Tatum would be one of the most consistently entertaining people in Hollywood I would have spit in your face.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 02, 2022, 08:09:55 pm
Morbius

Entertaining movie, but it's bot going to win any awards or anything. Serviceable story, cool visuals, and good action.
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Post by: pzeke on April 03, 2022, 03:01:42 pm
The Lost City - If you would have told me a decade ago that Channing Tatum would be one of the most consistently entertaining people in Hollywood I would have spit in your face.

Careful now, that's assault.

Okay, that horse is already dead, so that was my last jab. Anyway...

Under Siege - The fourth and last good Steven Seagal movie before becoming a walking meme. Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face in "Batman Forever"—who's essentially trying to one-up Jim Carrey's Riddler—I think is an over-the-top pastiche of William Strannix, the villain of this movie.

Knives Out - So I watched this again, and it's still great, of course, but—SPOILERS—according to Marta, it would've taken 10 minutes for Harlan to die following the 100 mg morphine injection. Now, here's the thing: during the time Harlan takes to explain his plan to Marta and the time it takes her to do everything, which aren't exactly simple tasks, especially climbing up the trellis, more than 10 minutes transpire. I find humor in this given the revelation at the end and the fact during all that time Marta was going back and forth she never actually noticed, especially that Harlan never experienced any of the symptoms she described to him.

Rogue (2020) - So this is basically an attempt at "Predator", but with a bad-looking CGI lioness instead of a Yautja, and with Megan Fox playing a merc wearing bimbo cake-up. Also, from the director of "Silent Hill: Revelation".

Ad Astra - I don't mind movies that take the long, scenic route, but this was just boring.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 04, 2022, 04:15:52 am
Randomly watched I am Divine for the heck of it, I don't really know much about Divine and who he was, I know of John Waters in the pop culture sense, never watched his movies, but Divine seemed like the individual and it was an interesting watch.

And I just realized that Jackass Forever was streaming, so definitely had to check it out.  I'm an old Jackass fan from back when it first started, I really got into it, watched all the series, movies, the stuff the cast did afterwards like Viva La Bam and Wildboyz, and as a teen at the time in those early days, there were certainly a few dumb things we did that were influenced by them lol.  Jackass 3D was one of the best times I had with a 3D movie in theater, no joke, like Avatar did it so well in terms of atmosphere, but in terms of pure gimmick, seeing a flying dildo get launched across the screen was the stupidest and funniest thing.

Crazy that its been over 10 years since the last film, Ryan Dunn was certainly missed, and it was real unfortunate that Bam is in a rough place and couldn't do it either.  The new cast is pretty fun, a few really fitting into the Jackass mold great.  This movie is ridiculous, gross, fucked up, so basically everything a Jackass movie should be lol It's just the dumbest possible nonsense imaginable, but I laughed and cringed all the way through it.

And being that I just realized they have Jackass up streaming on Paramount, I think I'm gonna go and binge the old series.  I actually forgot how short Jackass was as a series, they were only on the air for 2 years, and then after that it was just the movies.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 04, 2022, 12:12:33 pm
I actually forgot how short Jackass was as a series, they were only on the air for 2 years, and then after that it was just the movies.

Yeah, all of the spin-offs lasted way longer than the original show did, which is so weird to think about.
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Post by: pzeke on April 05, 2022, 01:16:55 pm
Why didn't Jackass last long? I mean, it's no secret: it was the early 2000s, censorship was rampant, and MTV kept meddling with the producers wanting the show to be less of what it was. That last point of course courtesy of Joe Lieberman who waged a war against MTV, thanks in part to the brain-dead people that kept emulating the show. The following spin-off shows were essentially a way to satiate the demand.

Here's a good read up on the the history of the show. (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/jackass-oral-history-johnny-knoxville-steve-o-interview-1235080408/)
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Post by: Cartagia on April 05, 2022, 03:00:52 pm
In jackass 3.5 (and other interviews) Jeff Tremaine talks about how one of the major reasons that Wildboyz lasted so much longer than jackass was that it wasn't something that could be easily imitated at home, so they didn't have to worry about dumbass kids (of which I was definitely one) trying to do the stunts.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 09, 2022, 01:57:39 pm
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle - This is actually pretty funny?  It's dumb, but knows it's dumb.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 09, 2022, 03:59:02 pm
Watched Free Guy last night and thought it was some dumb fun.  It's absolutely nonsensical, like nothing about the game makes any sense whatsoever, it's as if someone who almost never played games, played Grand Theft Auto V Online for a weekend, and then wrote a movie about it.  I'm not even trying to be like a snobby gamer about it, there's just so much from a game design perspective that is hilarious and makes no sense.  Of course you can tell the "live action game world" stuff is meant to be a...romanticized look at things, I guess you could say, because they do show with pulled out shots that the game does look like a normal computer graphics game for the most part, though it does feel like so much happens that couldn't happen when you remember that this is a regular game played by people with a mouse and keyboard lol You really have to turn your brain off for it, but it was entertaining.  My favorite thing was just seeing all the background stuff going on in the game as the story happen which was pretty great.

In simplest terms, it's The Truman Show crossed with Ready Player One, but without the virtual reality element.  They have have very clear nods to things like the Halo Scorpion tank, Marvel and Star Wars, and like the Portal and Gravity Gun among a couple others.  It's at least not as bad as Ready Player One, where the whole point of everything is just to be a reference fest, so it doesn't feel like that is the whole point of it, it's just general game nodes with references sprinkled through it.
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Post by: gngtiger on April 10, 2022, 07:52:05 pm
The World's End.
My parents introduced me and my sister to the Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg/Nick Frost (Three Flavours Cornetto) trilogy of films. Well, actually, just Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz. I found out about The World's End on my own by researching the series. It's not perfect (the aliens don't enter the plot until the 40 minute mark), but it's a really good film. Shaun Of The Dead is the best, but this one still works really well. If you've never seen the trilogy, give it a try.
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Post by: telly on April 11, 2022, 09:14:12 am
Free Guy - Very fun movie with some interesting ideas. I think what I enjoyed most was the commentary about the modern game industry that the movie showcases for a joke when in reality it's what happens all too frequently. Some of the game aspects were played a little loose and a lot of the scenarios at the end felt needlessly complex. You would think since they developed the entire game they have access to all it's code and can just delete Guy or change things as needed. But regardless, fun movie, lots of fun effects, and some really interesting themes explored in a lighthearted way.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 17, 2022, 09:06:43 am
Miami Vice - What the kids would call "a whole vibe."
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Post by: redblaze57 on April 17, 2022, 10:42:03 am
the Aristocrats- wanna realize how much comedy has changed in the past few years? Most of the comedians I remembered on it are either Dead or I haven't heard about in the past decade. Anyways it's a documentary about the Aristocrats joke. Highly recommended it's currently on Tubi. Decided to watch it after the recent passing of Gilbert Gottfried reminded me of it
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Post by: pzeke on April 17, 2022, 03:21:24 pm
[...] after the recent passing of Gilbert Gottfried reminded me of it

I would like to get a respite from all the good people we keep losing that actually do good by bringing joy and betterment to this world, and instead finally see the literal wastes of space that do nothing but drag this world down drown in their own muck...and I can think of a few that I'd love to see bite the dust.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 17, 2022, 10:18:38 pm
The Warriors - I can dig it.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 18, 2022, 06:37:35 am
The Batman, couldn't wait to watch it, so watched it as soon as it went up, though I didn't know it was 3 hour flick lol It's a great movie, I'm going to have to let it simmer for awhile, but it's got potential to be a top favorite next to The Dark Knight.  That's not just current release bias either, I think this movie nailed everything style wise, it's dark and gritty, I never really loved Nolan's films from a visual point of view, like they are well made movies, but this does a better job pushing a tone, much of it is dark and raining, harsh lighting, stuff like that is good. 

Batman himself is also great, I think Pattinson did a good job as Batman, his suit is badass, though it's hard to say for his Bruce, because he's Bruce so little, but it's got the story to support that.  This is a younger Bruce, he's only been Batman for two years.  He's angry, reckless, "vengeance" is who he is, he has a death wish, he's 100% brood, Bruce is unimportant to the picture unless absolutely forced to, but it's a apart of his character growth that we should see if they get to continue the films.  I know there's a series planned, but nothing confirmed for a sequel yet I believe.

The action is real good, I wasn't in love with The Riddler design and concept initially, but I think he's done real well here, Penguin is great, Catwoman is solid, I thought everyone was great in it.  Overall, I love it, I was engaged the entire time.

I will say that I am mildly torn with this love, because while this is a real good Batman movie, it's not the true Batman film to me, because it's still a real world Batman, like the Nolan films.  I don't see a future where this Batman deals with a Mr. Freeze, a Clayface, a Killer Croc, a proper Bane, that sort of thing.  Not getting that isn't bad, but it seems to be a struggle to get the perfect Batman film for me, because there's never been that one yet.  Someday maybe lol
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Post by: Cartagia on April 21, 2022, 10:28:01 am
From Russia with Love - Way better than Dr. No, this has always been one of my favorite classic Bond films.
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Post by: telly on April 21, 2022, 10:44:38 am
I saw Everything, Everywhere All At Once and enjoyed it a lot. The music consultants and score were partially recorded here in Indy which was cool. Loved the action, music, and humor. Michelle Yeoh did a phenomenal job as the lead acrtress. A really entertaining film. Not perfect though. Thought the relationship between the daughter and mother was really underdeveloped, and I didn't like how confusing some of the dimensional travel aspects of the movie were presented.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 21, 2022, 04:30:55 pm
Minority Report - Not as good as a I remember, but still mostly a good time.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - RDJ and Val Kilmer's best.
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Post by: gngtiger on April 23, 2022, 04:28:10 pm
The Country Bears (2002)

I watched it because a podcast I like was covering. The bear costumes, although slightly uncanny, were incredibly cool. Christopher Walken is good in this as well. Overall, it's nothing amazing, but it's pretty good.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 23, 2022, 05:08:52 pm
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - At its best when it's a low key hangout comedy, and absolutely would not work without Pascal's perfectly committed performance.

While I understand the need / desire for the action filled finale based on Cage's oeuvre, I kind of wish they had stuck to just the bromance.
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Post by: pzeke on April 23, 2022, 05:19:25 pm
The Warriors - I can dig it.

From Russia with Love - Way better than Dr. No, this has always been one of my favorite classic Bond films.

The games based on them are equally as good.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 24, 2022, 05:44:29 pm
Everything, Everywhere All at Once - My expectations were sky high and it blew them away.

Michelle has never been better and Ke was a revelation and felt like seeing an old friend again.

Nobody - Far and away the best of the John Wick progeny.

Goldfinger - Iconic, but From Russia With Love is better.

Triple Frontier - This cast deserved better.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 26, 2022, 07:06:50 am
Pacific Rim: The Black - Finished up the last season and it's really great.  As someone that absolutely adored the first movie, and can still find things to like with the second movie, but found it to be a pretty poor sequel, The Black anime manages to sit much more comfortably with the first movie.  The action is all designed with the first movie in mind, slower, heavier, really selling the weight and size of the Jaegers, and it even utilizes aspects that Uprising had with people infected by the Kaiju, and Jaegers being infected also, but does it with a solid story that doesn't pull punches.  They almost even leave it open for a third season I feel, but I think this was the end of it.  Definitely a good watch.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 27, 2022, 04:50:29 am
Batman: The Long Halloween - Was told that the new Batman movie with Pattinson had a lot of influence from this story and that ended up being very true.  It's basically Batman dealing with a killer who is wiping out family members and goons of the Falcone crime family once every holiday, with Batman struggling to stop it and figure out who is doing it.  What it shares with the new film "The Batman" is the Selina Kyle stuff, Batman struggling to be a Detective, and even some of the backstory with the Wayne's and Falcone family.  The movie was pretty good, DC usually does good animated films more often than not (It's probably where DC shines the most compared to Marvel, who doesn't really do much animated stuff anymore) and I'd definitely recommend it if you are a Batman fan.
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Post by: Cartagia on April 28, 2022, 09:07:51 pm
The Foreigner - Decent political thriller that had an equally decent Jackie Chan revenge film grafted on, seemingly as an afterthought. Definitely had way worse impulse watches.

Amadeus - One of the greatest films ever made.
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Post by: telly on May 04, 2022, 11:49:05 am
Midsommar - Phenomenal horror movie, really enjoyed it. Not super scary, but an incredibly disturbing movie with fantastic acting, music, visuals, and tons of little details that warrant a reviewing - if you can stomach it  :o
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 06, 2022, 03:52:43 am
Rumble - Meant to watch it awhile ago, never did, but it's okay.  I think all the stuff with the giant monsters is actually a lot of fun, it's sorta everything around it that is abit weak, the writing feels off, they don't really go into why Rayburn left, why he has issues with his dad (The one flashback they do doesn't justify it), it's like they are missing sections of the story.  It doesn't ruin it, it just makes it feel like they are kinda hitting on all the generic sports movie notes, and not much else.  I imagine for kids they won't care, but it's otherwise just fine.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 06, 2022, 08:37:19 am
Lethal Weapon 4 - It's a good thing Jet Li rules in this, otherwise it'd be nearly a total failure.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - This was fine, but would be on the lower end of my MCU ranking.  When Raimi is allowed to let loose it shines, at least.

Beanie Mania - Ultimately not a very interesting story.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 20, 2022, 10:26:12 pm
Chip N' Dale: Rescue Rangers - I was fully expecting to hate this, for the obvious reasons.  A live action/animation hybrid meta comedy? This may be the worst possible idea they could've done.  That being said, I thought it was actually fairly fun.  It's not the movie I want from anything to do with Chip N' Dale: Rescue Rangers, I'd love to see the show come back like DuckTales did, but there was some good fun to this.  Some good jokes, all sorts of references to just about everything, but doesn't get too obnoxious like it easily could.  I mean they made Ugly Sonic a character in this, which is genuinely ridiculous lol
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Post by: weirdfeline on May 21, 2022, 07:51:32 am
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is so incredibly good. Everything about it. I also love that someone on Wikipedia added The Happytime Murders (which I also love) to the Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Wikipedia article.

I think the craziest thing is just how much is in this movie that Disney doesn't (yet) own. Randy Marsh???

A sequel in this world with a focus on Max Goof would be cool. He was shown at the end as a character in the platform fighter Disney Afternoon Fight Fest which is just great timing with MultiVersus alpha test happening right now.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 21, 2022, 05:35:00 pm
Men - Disappointed. Great performances that get lost in a totally up its own ass third act.

Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers - Fun! More amusing than funny.  Actually makes good use of most the IPs.

jackass 4.5 - Maybe the best of the .5 supplementals, but it is still mostly a bunch of outtakes and bits probably best left on the cutting room floor.
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Post by: telly on May 23, 2022, 04:53:57 pm
Pig - More random movie night fun! We thought this movie would be terrible, but it was surprisingly good! A simple and endearing story and Nicholas Cage does a decent job in the main role. Really nicely shot and scored film as well. Surprised this wasn't talked about more last year.

Also the DVD has a Nicholas Cage cooking segment xD
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Post by: Cartagia on May 23, 2022, 06:09:05 pm
Pig - More random movie night fun! We thought this movie would be terrible, but it was surprisingly good! A simple and endearing story and Nicholas Cage does a decent job in the main role. Really nicely shot and scored film as well. Surprised this wasn't talked about more last year.

Probably depends on social circles / where you have a lot of online interaction.  I saw loads of people talking about it last year, and I saw it in theaters - with many saying Cage should have gotten an Oscar nom.  The scene with his former line cook is maybe the best thing I saw in a movie last year.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 24, 2022, 02:34:32 am
Jackass 4.5 - Now I know you can explicitly show dick on Netflix, I actually didn't know that was possible lol The .5 flicks are always great with the extra bits of unseen content and I love all the behind the scenes things.  It's still just the dumbest possible fun.
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Post by: gngtiger on May 24, 2022, 12:45:56 pm
The Lost City. It wasn't really targeted towards me, but I enjoyed it for what it was.
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Post by: burningdoom on May 26, 2022, 05:01:42 pm
YES! I loved the original as a kid!

"Use the magic, Willow!"

https://youtu.be/tbbveDpUZv4
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Post by: Cartagia on May 26, 2022, 06:18:22 pm
YES! I loved the original as a kid!

"Use the magic, Willow!"

https://youtu.be/tbbveDpUZv4

They even brought back Vohnkar!

Mission: Impossible - Fallout - How is the sixth movie easily the best one?  It's so flipping good.
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Post by: telly on May 31, 2022, 09:18:40 am
(500) Days of Summer - We watched this in honor of the Indy 500 that was going on this weekend ;) Not going to lie, this is probably my favorite romantic comedy of all time.
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Post by: wolff242 on May 31, 2022, 05:02:02 pm
I just watched "Sorcerer" with Roy Scheider. While it was pretty good, but I felt the way the story started was too jumbled and could have been way smoother. It did have some great tension.
Roy was outstanding as ever, and the soundtrack was ahead of it's time.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 05, 2022, 06:51:09 pm
Crimes of the Future - Didn't love it, but it was great seeing the old Cronenberg vision come out to play.
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Post by: andyz on June 07, 2022, 12:02:06 pm
Sonic The Hedgehog - 7½/10

Enjoyed this much more than I probably should have.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 08, 2022, 12:48:06 am
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - While I thought the first one was just alright, I actually liked the sequel more, because it did what I wanted, which is less human stuff going on.  I wanted more of the fantasy Sonic stuff and we mostly get that here.  Knuckles and Tails are great, Jim Carrey is having fun just devouring the scenery, and the two people he's with are mostly gone for a lot of the film outside of the ending.  Like I would absolutely prefer a full animated film over this live action mixture, but I'm having enough fun with the films.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 12, 2022, 06:24:15 pm
Top Gun: Maverick is maybe the biggest jump in quality from first (pretty OK) movie to second I've ever seen.  It's shockingly good, and benefits from having a much more coherent throughline, while also having way more pathos.
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Post by: telly on June 13, 2022, 09:46:37 am
Watched The Birdcage over the weekend which was showing for pride month. Pretty funny film! Enjoyed it a lot.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 13, 2022, 09:43:29 pm
Apocalypse Now - Final Cut - The pacing is thrown off by all the additional scenes, but it's better than Redux.  Still an entrancing watch.

Free Guy - Not great, but it's fun.

Mr. Right - Charming as hell cast, but amateurish direction keeping from being as good as it could be.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - It's been at least a decade since I'd watched this and I'd forgotten just how effortlessly delightful it is.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 19, 2022, 12:57:51 am
The Bad Guys - Real energetic, very fun animation, had a good time with it.  Gives me similar vibes that Turning Red with its animation style, lots of anime influence, tons of Lupin the 3rd in this one.  The only thing that bugged me, and it's weird to complain about "the world" of a cartoon like this, but I found it odd that there's not a single other animal character in the film, aside from the main cast.  There's actual guinea pigs, non-anthro, but they are just normal animals.  Every other character seen in the film is human.  It doesn't hurt the movie at all, it's just some odd thing I noticed as it went along lol Still a great watch though.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 19, 2022, 06:13:43 pm
Terminator Genisys - Finally got around to watching this.  Oh man it sucks.   Even more than I thought it would.

Ninja - Good action, bad acting.

Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear - I missed the ludicrous Big Oil Illuminati, but otherwise superior to the first film in pretty much every way.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 23, 2022, 01:50:53 am
Dr. Strange and The Multiverse of Madness - Awesome movie, possibly my favorite of this phase.  No Way Home was that before, and I do enjoy that film, the love for all eras of the Spider-Man movies makes for a great time, but Strange stands out because of how trippy, creepy, and violent it is.  I had heard some folks didn't like it because of what they did and I can sorta understand that, but I loved it for that reason.  It's dark and Raimi's style is all over this in the best way and probably the darkest of the MCU films for sure.  Very happy with it.
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Post by: weirdfeline on June 24, 2022, 09:04:31 pm
Really happy with Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe even though they decided the 2011 return no longer exists. High hopes for the new episodes now.
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Post by: burningdoom on June 24, 2022, 09:33:59 pm
Really happy with Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe even though they decided the 2011 return no longer exists. High hopes for the new episodes now.

Glad to hear it. Me and the wife were planning on watching that one.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 28, 2022, 05:30:39 am
The Northman - Overall a reasonable film, though I wouldn't say it did a ton to impress or standout personally.  Not that it's bad, but it's a pretty basic revenge movie and while it has some interesting imagery, it doesn't really do much to elevate beyond other stuff I've seen.  It's a bit darker and grungier than say the Vikings tv show, but that isn't something that makes for a more exciting or interesting story.  I can also see why it didn't do great in theater, because it's not as action heavy as I feel the trailer tries to make it out to be, most of the action kinda happens towards the beginning and end, so there's kinda long, slower, middle section that I feel like isn't good for a theater experience.

If I had to rate it, it would be like a B, it's not a bad film at all, nothing I could say that's negative about it, I just wasn't super drawn into it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on June 28, 2022, 09:48:19 pm
Scanners - The cool setpieces are just too far in between, and the lead actor is bland AF.

Interceptor - Hot damn this sucks.

The Black Phone - Ethan Hawke is intensely creepy here, and there's a lot I really like.  Ironically, it's the titular black phone that didn't really work for me.  I thought pretty much everything surrounding it was great, but something about that particular aspect left me cold.

The Ice Road - That perfect sweet spot of dumb and entertaining.  It's no good, but I pretty much enjoyed all 100 minutes.

Dirty Harry - Appropriately gritty, dark, and hard boiled, but just a bit too authoritarian (though not as much as other reviews would have you believe). Smooth soundtrack that just adds to the overall cool factor.  Probably over 20 years since I saw it last, and didn't really remember much, other than what's in Zodiac.

The Neverending Story - Incredible aesthetic, killer soundtrack, and some overracting kids. The Fantasia stuff is mostly solid, but pretty much the only upside of the real world plot is Gerald McRainey.

Back to the Future - Still my favorite movie of all time.

Thor: Love and Thunder - Really fun, but a bit disjointed.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: telly on July 13, 2022, 09:31:01 am
The Fifth Element - Very strange and entertaining movie with wacky over the top visuals, costumes, acting and settings. The story however was really bad. There wasn't enough interest paid to Leeloo which was really disappointing and she's mostly played up for laughs or as a sex object. Still enjoyed my time watching though.

Rear Window - My first Hitchcock movie believe it or not. They're doing a summertime series of some of his films at the local theater. Phenomenal movie, beautiful set and top notch acting and story. Really enjoyed it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 17, 2022, 03:34:32 am
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City - This might be the worst live action Resident Evil thing lol Which is frustrating, because it's technically the most "true" to the games they've done yet.  It certainly feels like the most "horror" movie of the bunch, but it's really low budget stuff, it's like a cliffnotes version of the cliffnotes, it's so badly handled.

I had way more written, but screw it, this movie doesn't deserve it, it's just boring and bad lol I consider it the worst because it not only ruins a bunch of characters from the original games, it's just lame.  There's barely any zombies or monsters in it, and what is in there, is badly utilized.  I said it's the worst before, because while the tv show is long and boring for much of it, there are decent chunks of stuff happening throughout, lots of zombies and monsters, decent action, basically most stuff happening in the Post-Apocalypse part of the story.  It's much the same for the Jovovich movies, like they are dumb and not very good, but they at least have action, zombies, and monsters.

All I hope for, is that Constantin Films never do anything with Resident Evil and Capcom is hopefully able to get another company to do something with it.  Get Legendary to make a new Resident Evil movie, they could probably make it work.  I don't know, just anyone else, please...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 17, 2022, 08:07:10 pm
Everything Everywhere All at Once - I was afraid it wouldn't play as well this time, and it does drag a hair in the third act, but I was just as absorbed as I was the first time.

The Bob's Burgers Movie - A fun addition to the BB canon, but I've never been the biggest fan of the musical numbers.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: gngtiger on July 19, 2022, 02:47:15 pm
I'm doing yet another MCU rewatch for my very epic podcast (I believe I posted a link to it in self-promotion. If it's not there, just look for Geeks and Games on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). I just finished the first installment: Iron Man. It's good and holds up, but Stane is kind of just an alright villain. He seems kind of cliche in his motivations and goals. However, "TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!" is the best line of all time.

7.5/10
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 21, 2022, 12:22:18 am
Resident Evil (2002) - I got it in my head, after watching what I consider to be the worst Resident Evil stuff recently with the last movie and tv show, to see if the Paul W.S. Anderson films were as bad as I remember.  I had only ever seen the first three, the third one pushing me to never watch the others, but the first one I had considered a guilty pleasure and I gotta say, it holds up as a solid guilty pleasure.  That part of the "guilty pleasure" is more that it's not good Resident Evil, but it is a very solid cheesy zombie b-movie flick.  It actually reminds me a lot of Deep Rising, a movie that came out a few years before this one, where it had that mixture of horror with cheesy action.  Do I wish we got a story that fit more with actual Resident Evil and had actual characters from Resident Evil? Definitely, but this movie is fun, I liked it still, it's very late 90's/early 00's.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) - This one I remember being bad and it's definitely where it starts to fall apart.  It's okay for the most part, like it's still trying to mix the horror with the action, we even get Jill, but she's just there I'm sure because fans complained that the first movie didn't have any characters from the game.  She doesn't add anything to the movie.  The action got worse though.  With Alice becoming superpowered, it starts to fall apart.  By the end, the movie is just barely holding itself together I feel.  It's competent, but I don't really want to ever watch it again.  Not looking forward to the rest of the movies, but we'll see how it goes lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2022, 11:12:03 am
Resident Evil (2002) - I got it in my head, after watching what I consider to be the worst Resident Evil stuff recently with the last movie and tv show, to see if the Paul W.S. Anderson films were as bad as I remember.  I had only ever seen the first three, the third one pushing me to never watch the others, but the first one I had considered a guilty pleasure and I gotta say, it holds up as a solid guilty pleasure.  That part of the "guilty pleasure" is more that it's not good Resident Evil, but it is a very solid cheesy zombie b-movie flick.  It actually reminds me a lot of Deep Rising, a movie that came out a few years before this one, where it had that mixture of horror with cheesy action.  Do I wish we got a story that fit more with actual Resident Evil and had actual characters from Resident Evil? Definitely, but this movie is fun, I liked it still, it's very late 90's/early 00's.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) - This one I remember being bad and it's definitely where it starts to fall apart.  It's okay for the most part, like it's still trying to mix the horror with the action, we even get Jill, but she's just there I'm sure because fans complained that the first movie didn't have any characters from the game.  She doesn't add anything to the movie.  The action got worse though.  With Alice becoming superpowered, it starts to fall apart.  By the end, the movie is just barely holding itself together I feel.  It's competent, but I don't really want to ever watch it again.  Not looking forward to the rest of the movies, but we'll see how it goes lol

First one was great.

I'd even say the 2nd was good up until a certain point in the movie. The last part of the movie where her powers activate and the Nemesis shows up (he looks so ridiculous) it falls apart.

Then yeah, the sequels are useless.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 21, 2022, 01:12:40 pm
Resident Evil (2002) - I got it in my head, after watching what I consider to be the worst Resident Evil stuff recently with the last movie and tv show, to see if the Paul W.S. Anderson films were as bad as I remember.  I had only ever seen the first three, the third one pushing me to never watch the others, but the first one I had considered a guilty pleasure and I gotta say, it holds up as a solid guilty pleasure.  That part of the "guilty pleasure" is more that it's not good Resident Evil, but it is a very solid cheesy zombie b-movie flick.  It actually reminds me a lot of Deep Rising, a movie that came out a few years before this one, where it had that mixture of horror with cheesy action.  Do I wish we got a story that fit more with actual Resident Evil and had actual characters from Resident Evil? Definitely, but this movie is fun, I liked it still, it's very late 90's/early 00's.

That's pretty much where I fall with this one.  It's not great, but it's a fun enough B-flick with some Resident Evil set dressing.  It's all downhill from there, though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: gngtiger on July 21, 2022, 03:15:51 pm
Thor: Love and Thunder: I think it was good, but needed some fine-tuning. It does seem like Marvel rushed Waititi for this one.

George of the Jungle: I watched this one for a podcast I follow. It's really nothing amazing, but it does have some charm in its off-the-wall goofiness. It is one of the most bonkers movies I've ever watched.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 22, 2022, 12:43:10 am
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) - The only positive I have for this, is that it's not as bad as I remember lol Not that its good, it's just a very generic post-apocalypse flick.  It's all functional, there's nothing specifically bad going on, it's just Mad Max (For some reason the T-Virus wiped out the climate and environment? Sure, whatever...) with some Resident Evil dressing on it.  There's actually less going on here than I remember, which means I might be mixing up some happenings with the later films and clips I've seen.  Not a lot happens in this.  They fight off some zombie birds, they go to Vegas and fight some super zombies, and then it's the finale.  That's mostly it.  Claire is here because they need to try and entice fans, despite the very boring setting, and she doesn't really add anything in particular, much like Jill from the second movie, who for some reason isn't in this one.  I'm curious if she's just gone.

Overall, competent zombie flick, bad Resident Evil.

Resident Evil: Afterlife - I did end up watching this one before, I thought I stopped with Extinction, but I do remember watching this one.  It's definitely the worst yet lol I think Paul W.S. Anderson is getting worse at filmmaking as these go on, because I think the first one is genuinely a good film, has some decent tension, horror, and action, it has a good style without being TOO over the top, but this movie is just like "You want to see the biggest, most ridiculous action scene we've done yet? No? WELL HERE IT IS ANYWAYS!" It's so cheesy and bad and it never gets any better.  The effects are actually a huge mixed bag throughout as sometimes it's good and other times it's really bad looking.  Like that implosion of Tokyo? Impressive.  The composite shots of clone Alice? Hilariously terrible lol

This one is probably the most egregious when it comes to adding in Resident Evil stuff randomly, like Chris's introduction is so improbable just to have him exist now.  They introduce Las Plagas, but never discuss what it is at all, it's just vaguely some sort of Umbrella experiment...I think...It's really not clear why they exist or what the Executioner from Resident Evil 5 is doing there lol  It's just a lot of bad story and action going on.  At the very least, Extinction was a functional post-apocalypse film.  This was just kinda nothing.

Resident Evil: Retribution - More fan bait stuff with this one pretty quickly...Ada, Leon, Barry, at least their introduction isn't as improbable as Chris was, but it doesn't add anything to this ridiculous scenario going on.  Most of this movie is basically like one long action scenario, an entire finale from the very start.  Honestly...I kinda like this more than the last movie.  It's still just dumb action schlock, but it cuts out all the excess, there are no new characters to really learn who they are, much of the situation is explained in clear exposition, it gets to the meat of it way quicker and I can at least appreciate that. 

Again, not that this means it's good.  It's just too ridiculous and not in the right way for me, because the action is never good, which is this series biggest sin.  Action in these movies is one of two things.  Either ridiculous, unrealistic, wire stunt, with slow mo bits, or people standing still and shooting guns with a stern face in wide shots and slow motion.  Also Alice is supposed to be "human" now, but she is still doing standing back flips and doing the crazy fight stuff she did before with little holding her back and it only shows up as her being "human" at the very end against a juiced up Jill or brief moments throughout with a gut wound she's dealing with.

While I didn't hate this one as much as the last, I'm very happy I'm coming to the end of these movies.  I still have no idea why I subjected myself to this run, I guess, I felt like because I always considered these movies other than the first one trash, it might not have been 100% fair for me to do having only watched half of them (Or 4 for of them as it turned out), but once this is over, I can say with certainty, they aren't good other than the first one lol 

Also as much as I rag on these, I would rather watch any of these movies, than watch Welcome to Raccoon City again...that one is going to be king of the crap pile for sure. On to the last movie...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 23, 2022, 05:18:06 pm
Nope - A wild ride from start to finish.  I went in blind other than the first trailer and one thing about the concept.  This kept me on the edge of my seat throughout my runtime.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 24, 2022, 01:19:25 am
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - And the movies finish with a wet fart of an ending lol I will say, it's generally different than the previous ones, almost for the better, because Anderson stopped with a lot of the action style he had before, which was pretty much late 90's/early 00's slow-mo shots and cheesy wide action posing, but he instead replaced it with almost incomprehensibly edited close ups.  Like that meme'd scene from one of the Taken movies where there's like 13 cuts just to show Liam Neeson hopping a fence, it's on the verge of being that most of the time.  Which is annoying, because there's some kinda alright ideas here that if they were done in a better movie, they could've been kinda cool, but otherwise feel wasted.  This movie came out in 2016.  John Wick came out in 2014.  Dredd came out in 2012, The Raid came out in 2011, this movie had no excuse being this terrible.

The story is worse than ever, they outright retcon stuff from previous movies just so they can do the story they wanted.  The initial outbreak? All planned, even though it makes no sense to then try and stop it in Resident Evil: Apocalypse.  They retcon out Ashford and his daughter, who was the representation of the Red Queen in the movies, all to shove it into this new ending they wanted to have.  Remember those fan favorite characters they brought back? All of them died off screen except for Claire.  Leon, Ada, Chris, Jill, even the last surviving original characters they had died, all because Alice is the best and she's the only one that matters.

I still don't truly know why I went to watch the whole series, I'm not normally a person that "hate watches" something, but I guess it was morbid curiosity, just to see if they were as bad as I thought and generally they were.  This is how I'd rank the movies, and I'm mostly only putting the series below the main movies, due to it being a series.  If I was forced to watch one of the movies or the series, even if I think there's better stuff in general happening in the series, I'd would pick a movie.  They are aren't good other than the first one, but way shorter to sit through and at the very least are mostly just a bunch of dumb action flicks.

1. Resident Evil (2002)
2. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
3. Resident Evil: Extinction
4. Resident Evil: Retribution
5. Resident Evil: Afterlife
6. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
7. Resident Evil: The Series
8. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 24, 2022, 11:52:31 am
Enter the Dragon - Fun as hell.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - An incredible amount of filmmaking artistry is on display here (the framing structure is sublime!), but the script is often too on the nose (especially in the first half).  Despite some jarring surrealism you can feel this movie eating away at your cynicism. Lovely.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 25, 2022, 04:52:48 pm
Legend of the Red Dragon - My favorite martial arts film I've seen in quite some time.

We Hot American Summer - "I said NO!" is one of my favorite line deliveries of all time.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Friendship with Paddington ended.  Now Marcel is my best friend.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance - A little slow paced for only being 85 minutes, but still a good watch.  Surprisingly bloody and a little sleazy.  Excited to watch the next one now that the origin story is out of the way.

They Live - Well this has aged like the finest bourbon in the nicest solid oak casks you've ever seen.

Prey - Amber Midthunder crushed it.  Solidly the second best in the franchise.  So happy to see a Predator just hunting for sport again, and loved this big fella had real personality.

A League of Their Own - A great feel good story with a deep cast that rules the school.  It is a bit too saccharine, and a hair unfocused - the messaging often at odds with how the story is told.  Still solid as hell overall.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx - Better than the first in pretty much every way.

Beetlejuice - Keeps getting funnier, every single time I see it.

The Artist - Part of me wants to say "That's it?" but it's also a movie that does everything it sets out to do expertly.  I won't say it's an undeserving Best Picture winner, but it reinforces my belief that 2011 was a relatively weak year, cinematically.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 11, 2022, 04:39:12 am
Prey (2022) - I heard the good things leading up to it and I was not disappointed.  It's easily the best Predator movie they've done since the first two original films, and I'd probably say it's my second favorite after the first movie.  It just nails the essence of the concept...Predator and Prey, Hunter vs Hunter, and here, it's very stripped down to that pure survival feel due to the setting.  Everything with the Predator is great, really nails the intimidation factor with it and I loved the lead girls story.  It's a simple story, a Comanche girl who believes herself to be a warrior, despite everyone in the village being against it, who has a unique skillset that works for her, being that she isn't as strong as the other warriors of her village.  They are also very reserved in their callbacks to the first movie as they could've very easily gone down the direction of just repeating the first movie, kinda what Predators did, but this has its own stuff, while bringing in those few nods that make sense with the story.

Big recommend, it's a very solid movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: telly on August 11, 2022, 10:58:38 am
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Absolutely adored this movie. Really cute characters. Beautiful, intimate setting and a very touching story, even if it doesn't have much going on.

Nope - Thought this was pretty good. About halfway the movie makes a large shift from horror to action. Felt like the least "horror" out of Peele's movies. Loved the ideas behind the alien, with some really great action, horror, and comedic moments. Some of the characters made some decisions that felt a little strange, particularly the filmmaker. Also really didn't like the emotionless and played straight lead character very much.

Legally Blonde - One of my gf's favorites as a kid. Quite the funny silly movie with some honestly good messaging. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 12, 2022, 09:37:11 pm
Hot Shots! - Actually has more a coherent through plot than Top Gun.  Also, more care was probably put into giving Cary Elwes the American flag helmet than any Seltzer and Friedberg movie.

Hot Shots! Part Deux - Takes bigger swings than the first, nabbed Basil for the score, and has Miguel Ferrer giving one of my favorite line readings of all time. Superior sequel.

Wanderlust - It's a teen "save the camp" comedy but for adults and has an amazing comedic bench.

Muppets from Space - Easily the bottom of the the list of the theatrical Muppets releases.  Oddly suffers from too much focus?  The straightforward plot seems to reign in the chaos, and a lot if the jokes are too obvious.

Bodies Bodies Bodies - Fun and funny, with great performances from the whole cast.  Loved the score.  The script did get too obvious at points, though.

The Hidden - Totally wild 80s sci-fi action can't believe I'd never seen before.  Not amazing, but a fun fun time.

Tremors - One of the best creature features ever made.  Great characters, creature design, pacing.

Little Women - Not sure how I dodged this in the 90s.  Has maybe about 15-20% too much "golly gee" for me, but worth a watch.

Catwoman - Not as bad as I expected, but still total garbage.

Jaws: The Return - Very, very bad.  More boring than I remembered.  Barely has a coherent plot.

Ninja - Still a dumb fun time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: gngtiger on August 24, 2022, 12:43:34 pm
I watched 2 classics for the first time last week: The Matrix and Jaws. Does anyone else think Quint looks like jschlatt?
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 24, 2022, 09:41:25 pm
Children of Men - One of the most harrowing, technically impressive, prescient, and stunning films ever made. Cuaron's masterpiece.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 24, 2022, 09:58:00 pm
Took my rare trip to the movie theater and watched Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and had a blast with it.  I may not be in love with Dragon Ball as much as I use to these days, I feel like Dragon Ball Super wore me down with being generally weak, but we've got some decent movies out of it with Battle of Gods, Broly, and now Super Hero.  The biggest difference of Super Hero is it being mostly CG.  They do regular hand drawn stuff in flashback stuff, but the main brunt of the movie is CG and it's great.  The characters really match close to the classic art style, but with 3D, it lets them do more visually than they normally can with hand drawn.  Some of the background stuff at times isn't the best, but that didn't bother me much really.

The story is kinda cliche Dragon Ball in a lot of parts, lots of convenient "forgetting" and mishaps that you kinda just let slide because it's Dragon Ball , but this movie is about showing  love to classic Dragon Ball and the side characters.  This movie is primarily a Piccolo film, I never expected that to happen, but he's awesome, we get some adorable stuff with Pan, Gohan is nice to see back and getting a push, and I ended up enjoying the villains, particularly Gamma 1 and 2 who are fun characters.  The final fight does fall into that same sorta weak writing that Dragon Ball is known for, which is just bring back a classic villain, because it's all they can think of doing, but I think it works enough in this story they want to tell.

Overall I had a great time with it.  It could be my favorite Dragon Ball movie, passing Broly, because I like it more from beginning to end.  Broly is a good movie, but it's mostly just all setup so that you can have a long ass fight against Broly and I never loved that they used three different animation styles in the actual fight, compared to Super Hero that is primarily all CG and it looks awesome.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on August 24, 2022, 10:08:29 pm
Took my rare trip to the movie theater and watched Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and had a blast with it.  I may not be in love with Dragon Ball as much as I use to these days, I feel like Dragon Ball Super wore me down with being generally weak, but we've got some decent movies out of it with Battle of Gods, Broly, and now Super Hero.  The biggest difference of Super Hero is it being mostly CG.  They do regular hand drawn stuff in flashback stuff, but the main brunt of the movie is CG and it's great.  The characters really match close to the classic art style, but with 3D, it lets them do more visually than they normally can with hand drawn.  Some of the background stuff at times isn't the best, but that didn't bother me much really.

The story is kinda cliche Dragon Ball in a lot of parts, lots of convenient "forgetting" and mishaps that you kinda just let slide because it's Dragon Ball , but this movie is about showing  love to classic Dragon Ball and the side characters.  This movie is primarily a Piccolo film, I never expected that to happen, but he's awesome, we get some adorable stuff with Pan, Gohan is nice to see back and getting a push, and I ended up enjoying the villains, particularly Gamma 1 and 2 who are fun characters.  The final fight does fall into that same sorta weak writing that Dragon Ball is known for, which is just bring back a classic villain, because it's all they can think of doing, but I think it works enough in this story they want to tell.

Overall I had a great time with it.  It could be my favorite Dragon Ball movie, passing Broly, because I like it more from beginning to end.  Broly is a good movie, but it's mostly just all setup so that you can have a long ass fight against Broly and I never loved that they used three different animation styles in the actual fight, compared to Super Hero that is primarily all CG and it looks awesome.

I saw this last Friday. It was a fun Dragon Ball movie. Not too serious, but still had some very cool moments. At first it was a little too cheesy, IMO, when the android superheroes show up. Especially the Batman '66 style sound-effects onscreen (which Picollo poked fun at, lol). But it definitely got better.

I hope this means we get more DB Super on T.V. soon. I really liked it. The future saga and return of Frieza especially.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 25, 2022, 12:14:54 am
I hope this means we get more DB Super on T.V. soon. I really liked it. The future saga and return of Frieza especially.

I wasn't a big fan of Super, especially when they rehashed the first two movies in episode form, but just made them worse.  There's bits I like throughout, some hype moments for sure, but in general I just wasn't in love with any arc in particular.  I'm not sure when we'll see Super return, I think they are waiting on more manga to be finished before they start adapting again.  I think they are almost done with the second arc after the Tournament of Power, and that matches up to the amount of chapters they had to adapt for the first run, so I wouldn't be surprised if we see it return next year.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 27, 2022, 12:50:56 pm
The Shootist - John Wayne was never an amazing actor, but when he was paired with right material, as he is here, in what is maybe his best performance, he was capable of incredible magnetism and gravitas. He manages to deconstruct his career, and the genre (even if unintentionally), in a way that wouldn't be surpassed until Eastwood's Unforgiven.  This is all aided by the shockingly modern camerawork which makes things feel more intimate.

Wild Bill - Everyone involved deserved better.  Adds up to less than the sum of its parts.

Three Thousand Years of Longing -  It's good, but kind of falls apart in the third act.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: jipsy on August 30, 2022, 10:32:12 pm
Just watched Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. I never really got into Dragon Ball and now I regret it. The fight scenes are amazing and the hand drawn animation is some of the best I've seen in a long time.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 01, 2022, 08:57:48 pm
Crimewave - My expectations were low and it limboed right under them.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad - Why are these two stories together?  Still somehow mostly works.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 - Stands tall as one of the greatest revenge films ever made, eclipsing many, if not most, of the films it is inspired by.

Dazed and Confused - Maybe the greatest hangout movie ever made.

The Martian - Just an all around comfort film for me.

Nothing but Trouble - Gross and bad.  Great production design, though.

Stone Cold - The last great 80s style action flick.  The last act is insane.

Barry Lyndon - A story that hardly seems it would justify its 3 hour runtime, it fills those hours with a confident yet leisurely pace and is never dull. It's the kind of film that shows you just why Kubrick was so revered. Might just be my favorite of his now.

The Clash of the Titans remake is a boring drab CGI snooze that totally wastes a great supporting cast.

Morbius - Matt Smith seems to be having fun, at least?

Elvis - A movie made of two ingedients: cocaine and electricity.

The Raid - The only movie other than Mad Max: Fury Road that might have a claim on best action movie since 2000.

Barbarian - Takes a little too long to get going, but once it really gets going you better buckle the fuck up. Comparisons to Malignant are not unfounded, but it is not nearly as unhinged as that film. That is counterbalanced by the stronger performances across the board here.

Apollo 13 - Ron Howard's best.  All the day-to-day workmanlike nonsense stuff is incredible, but the not all of the family drama works.  The nightmare scene and Lovell's moonwalk daydream feel pretty out if place.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Reckoning on September 13, 2022, 05:07:44 am
The Raid - The only movie other than Mad Max: Fury Road that might have a claim on best action movie since 2000.

If you haven't watched Dredd, I would implore you.  The Raid is what happens when your script (in this case, the script for Dredd) leaks online and other people (allegedly) make a different movie (The Raid) based on it.
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Post by: Cartagia on September 13, 2022, 08:33:09 am
I saw them both in theaters.  Dredd is the better overall film, but as a pure action spectacle The Raid takes it.

A Little Princess - One of the more technically impressive films for children I've ever seen. I suppose that's to be expected when you've got Cuaron and Lubezki on set.

The Baxter - Kinda clever anti-romcom that doesn't do enough with its central conceit.

Inherent Vice - Clever and engaging hippie noir.  Amazing performances, wonderfully put together, but drags a bit in the third act.

Splinter - Solid and nasty little low budget body horror.

Beauty and the Beast (2017) - The musical half does its damnedest to make this movie worth the runtime, but the plotting pulls it way down. I appreciated the indulgence up front to give things a bit more context, but pretty much every other addition drags things to halt each time they come up.

Incredible set and production design, though!

StarTrek: The Motion Picture - True to the spirit of the original series, but not necessarily the tone. A decadent exercise in exorbitance and hubris. It's a true "every dollar is in the screen" picture. I just wish it was more engaging.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on September 17, 2022, 07:12:18 pm
I saw them both in theaters.  Dredd is the better overall film, but as a pure action spectacle The Raid takes it.

A Little Princess - One of the more technically impressive films for children I've ever seen. I suppose that's to be expected when you've got Cuaron and Lubezki on set.

The Baxter - Kinda clever anti-romcom that doesn't do enough with its central complete.

Inherent Vice - Clever and engaging hippie noir.  Amazing performances, wonderfully put together, but drags a bit in the third act.

Splinter - Solid and nasty little low budget body horror.

Beauty and the Beast (2017) - The musical half does its damnedest to make this movie worth the runtime, but the plotting pulls it way down. I appreciated the indulgence up front to give things a bit more context, but pretty much every other addition drags things to halt each time they come up.

Incredible set and production design, though!

I'm the one guy that liked the 90s Judge Dredd movie.

And I have that Beauty and the Beast movie memorized. My daughter must have watched it over 100 times when it was her favorite movie. I swear Staley Tucci looks coked out of his mind as he's playing piano at the end of the movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 18, 2022, 07:48:21 pm
Jurassic World Dominion - Worse than Fallen Kingdom because while that movie is just as monumentally stupid as this one it really knew how to have fun with a dumb premise in a way this film only makes passing contact with.

Better than Jurassic World because it at least tries to have have some kind of new overarching message (or two). It fumbles the hell out of them, but at least it tries.  Plus the action is better here.

This is the disappointing trilogy of the 2010s, not Star Wars.

Kiki's Delivery Service - Totally cute and fun.

The Princess - Just dumb enough with some nice brutality to make it entertaining... barely.

Lost Bullet - Lots of terrific action sequences, but it's a ltlle bit of a struggle to stay engaged between them.

Pearl - Bigger, more ambitious, and arguably better than X. Mia was good in dual roles there, but is incredible here. 2022 is a banger year for horror, and it's not even October yet.

The Heat - Supreme tactical deployment of Melissa McCarthy. It's well worn territory, but it works. The club sequence is terrifically staged, as well.

Support Your Local Sheriff! - This was really fun!  James Garner was insanely charismatic back in the day.

13 Assassins - It either needed to spend more time with each member of the crew or have fewer samurai.  It's one best in its genre, otherwise, with the few moments of true Miike weirdness helping it stand out from the crowd.
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Post by: telly on September 26, 2022, 09:01:03 am
Moonage Daydream - Expectations killed this movie for me. I'm not very familiar with Bowie and was hoping this would be a documentary that would help me learn more about him as an artist. Was sorely disappointed. While there is a part of the film that dives into his philosophies about art, life, music, and spirituality, the film was a perfect example of style over substance, consisting primarily of indulgent imagery and music video footage over maybe 20 narrations from Bowie. Some of the special effects were extremely irritating and seizure inducing. Almost no context was given to any of the the parts of his career or music. There was nothing from band members or people who knew him. Chronology wise the movie was all over the place, skipping between the 70s 80s and 90s and was very hard to follow. It was way too long. Some aspects about his life that I was familiar with like the circumstances around his final album and death were pretty much completely absent from the film. TLDR: really didn't enjoy it. My fiancé is a huge Bowie fan and she didn't like it either.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 26, 2022, 07:05:57 pm
That was definitely the vibe I got from the trailers for the movie.  There are too many projects about high profile celebrities that have that problem, lately.

Prince of Darkness - Kicking off October a lil early this year! Prince of Darkness might actually be Carpenter's most unnerving film.   It just oozes atmosphere and Poppa John absolutely delivers with the score.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe - Incredibly funny, but really starts running out of steam about 2/3 of the way through.

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight - Exactly the kind of mid-range high profile studio release you don't see anymore. Low budget, terrific sense of style, nothing but character actors, and monsters in rubber suits. What's not to love?

In the Mouth of Madness - Filled in my biggest gap in Carpenter's filmography. Love the opening, that fever dream of an ending, and most of what is in between.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day - In 4K.  Still one of the best to ever do it.

Thunderball - Uneven, but fun. Also radically horny. James just straight up asks the bad guy if he can borrow his woman for a bit. Wild.

The Devil's Backbone - Plays to all of GdT's strengths.  Memorable setting, beautiful aesthtics, hateable villains, shocking violence. Excellent film.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 03, 2022, 06:21:15 pm
Couldn't watch a ton the last few days due to the hurricane, but before it showed up, I decided it was a decent time to watch some anime since Crunchyroll lets you download stuff to watch offline.  I decided since I was so big into Gundam Evolution at the moment that I should really dive into Gundam properly.  I've seen Gundam Wing in the past, I watched Iron Blooded Orphans, and I watched the recent Hathaway movie, but not much else, which is surprising really as I'm big into mech stuff. 

So I started with the original Mobile Suit Gundam.  I was a little worried that it wouldn't hold up being an anime from 1979, but it's way better than I was expecting, like it still has some wonkyness to characters and some of the writing, but action is decent enough, the re-use they still do makes sense and isn't like a lot of other shows of the time, and it doesn't pull back on the politics and horror of war, just in a PG rated way.  I managed to watch about 20 episodes and definitely gonna keep watching.  I was gonna kinda pick my way through all the Gundam series, but I might try and watch as much as I can now along with the newest Gundam series that just started.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 03, 2022, 08:37:40 pm
The Wolf of Snow Hollow - The parts of this that work for me really work, but there's a total lack of tension that makes it tough to get invested.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: aliensstudios on October 04, 2022, 08:31:36 pm
Watched B.J. Novak's (that douche from The Office) directorial debut, Vengeance. This film is incredible. It hits the nail on the head so hard and I really hope more people see it. It is so much better than the vapid crap Hollywood has been shilling out in the past 5+ years.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 04, 2022, 08:47:19 pm
Dracula: Prince of Darkness - Were they paying Lee by the word?  Wish I liked it more, but it takes too long to get going.  Great atmosphere and some terrific individual sequences, though.

Piranha 3D - The last gasp of big Hollywood funded sleaze? Gratuitous, violent, and a ton of fun.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 06, 2022, 02:57:34 am
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Been abit since I watched weekly anime, but with my Gundam hype lately, I thought I'd get into this from the beginning and I think it's got a solid start.  I could see the teen/school aspect rubbing some folks wrong if they don't handle it right, but it's clearly not trying to be a light, fluffy, show with what happens in the prologue and the quality of the animation they are doing, especially with the mobile suit battles, is very nice.  It's mostly regular animation for all of it too, with I think only some instances of CG mobile suits, which is nice to see as a lot of mech stuff now is done with CG.  I don't hate CG in anime, it just has potential more often than not to clash with everything else, especially if it's not handled right.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 06, 2022, 08:25:16 pm
Piranha 3DD - Trashier, dumber, and way cheaper than the previous film. Appreciate the extensive use of rubber fish, though.

VFW - Close to my platonic ideal of a low budget horror flick.  Great cast, terrific synth score, loads of practical effects.  Real fun time.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 08, 2022, 03:45:11 am
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Sick anime, I heard good stuff and wasn't disappointed, I mean it's Studio Trigger, they know how to freaking bring it and it was way more hardcore than I was expected, even with what its based on.  It's sorta like if you crossed Ghost in the Shell with Gurren Lagann.  Highly recommend it if you want a crazy anime.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 08, 2022, 01:09:42 pm
I got to see Scream in theaters for the first time last night.  Still one of the GOATs.

Watched an anime series for the first time in forever... I got through the very first saga in Dragon Ball and I kind of hated it?  It's so weirdly sexual about children and is obsessed with showing you Goku's penis.  I know Z outgrows it, so maybe this series does, too?  I'll get back into it eventually.

Hellraiser (2022) - Intellectually and thematically a Hellraiser film through and through, while bringing something aesthetically and tonally new to the franchise.  Best entry to the series in decades.

You Only Live Twice - It's a shame about the, um... issues with this one, because otherwise it is a very fun Bond adventure.

The Burning - Incredible summer camp slasher. Deserves more recognition.
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Post by: burningdoom on October 10, 2022, 03:42:08 pm
I got to see Scream in theaters for the first time last night.  Still one of the GOATs.

Watched an anime series for the first time in forever... I got through the very first saga in Dragon Ball and I kind of hated it?  It's so weirdly sexual about children and is obsessed with showing you Goku's penis.  I know Z outgrows it, so maybe this series does, too?  I'll get back into it eventually.

Hellraiser (2022) - Intellectually and thematically a Hellraiser film through and through, while bringing something aesthetically and tonally new to the franchise.  Best entry to the series in decades.

You Only Live Twice - It's a shame about the, um... issues with this one, because otherwise it is a very fun Bond adventure.

The Burning - Incredible summer camp slasher. Deserves more recognition.

The opening scene of The Burning and raft scene were awesome. But there was a whole lot of filler in that movie.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 10, 2022, 06:12:07 pm
The Burning - Incredible summer camp slasher. Deserves more recognition.

The opening scene of The Burning and raft scene were awesome. But there was a whole lot of filler in that movie.

It's got an incredible cast that does a lot of the heavy lifting for me, making the campers feel more real than you typically see.  Terrific pacing, too.

Lifeforce - Totally wild, fiendishly ambitious, amazing visual effects. Exactly the kind of experimental big budget film Hollywood doesn't make anymore.

Psycho Goreman - Made me say "What the hell is this movie?" more than once.  A total blast.

Tigers Are Not Afraid - It feels a bit reductive to say that this is City of God by way of Pan's Labyrinth, but those are also two bona-fide masterpieces, so that's what I'm sticking with.

The Mortuary Collection - Really enjoyed the dark whimsy aesthetic and the sing-song method of storytelling, but really had issues pinpointing what exactly the tone was supposed to be.

Watcher - Very solid stalker / paranoia thriller from first time feature director Chloe Okuno.
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Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on October 15, 2022, 02:45:07 pm
Just watched halloween ends after being heavily disappointed in Halloween Kills. It is the conclusion the franchise deserves :)

Halloween Ends was an emotional trip through franchise glory and gory that brought a tear to my eye thinking this was the rose left on Michael Myers proverbial grave concluding decades of us being scared. From the original, gripping your seat in terror in the 70s as Laurie Strode proves yet again what scream queen means. The movie's gore is unparalleled. Without spoilers the side characters actually take the center stage and the movie is paced like a locomotive of horror delight. It concludes decades of grim into a 2 hour piece of pie. This was doing the franchise justice. It wasn't filler for the sake of it. It corrected the mistakes of the last Halloween. The last halloween felt smothered more than his victims. But this was open. Easy to watch. Don't let halloween end without seeing halloween ends.

99/100

Also streaming on peacock premium.


Hocus Pocus 2 - Solid Sequel

Addams Family Values - One Of Few Sequels Better Than The Original

Hope everyone is having a good halloween season.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 15, 2022, 09:56:42 pm
Halloween Ends - A terrible sequel to Halloween Kills, but kind of an okay sequel to 2018's Halloween. As such, there's a lot of really interesting thematic stuff going on here, but most of it really only works if Myers is totally out of the picture. The bright spots of the film come from some terrifically staged sequences and decent performances from the lead cast. Wish it lived up to the film its trying to be.

Also, marketing for this is definitely going to be the cause of some backlash. Terrible, terrible campaign for this particular movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on October 16, 2022, 12:52:57 am
Halloween Ends - A terrible sequel to Halloween Kills, but kind of an okay sequel to 2018's Halloween. As such, there's a lot of really interesting thematic stuff going on here, but most of it really only works if Myers is totally out of the picture. The bright spots of the film come from some terrifically staged sequences and decent performances from the lead cast. Wish it lived up to the film its trying to be.

Also, marketing for this is definitely going to be the cause of some backlash. Terrible, terrible campaign for this particular movie.

Can you elaborate about the campaign and backlash? I don't know if you're solely talking that it was poorly marketed or if they did something morally wrong like racism or politically to push backlash? I'm out of the loop :)

I am beggining to feel that these made for streaming services kind of exclusivity marketing strategies ruin the nostalgic lore of box office and actually going to the movies or even just having digital options. I understood it during lockdown but now i'm starting to get sad it's the new norm.


Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 16, 2022, 03:14:20 am
Poor marketing campaign for what the movie is actually about.  It's going to give people expectations that do not align with what happens.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks - It's no Mary Poppins, but it's fun. Starts losing momentum about halfway through.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: wolff242 on October 16, 2022, 06:07:42 pm
I watched "Doom" last night for the 1st time since probably 2006 or so. I didn't really remember much outside of the 1st person shooter sequence, so i was pleasantly surprised that I found the whole movie enjoyable.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 16, 2022, 08:48:29 pm
Beast - Exactly what it says on the tin.

The Wicker Man (2006) - After about 5 minutes I thought that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I was expecting. After another 10 I thought it might actually be worse. It takes another full hour before it becomes the wackadoo movie that everyone thinks of it as. Takes way too long to get there, and it's not worth it at all. Atrocious script, filled with actors that have no idea what movie they are in, and worst of all, just boring.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: wolff242 on October 16, 2022, 09:29:08 pm
Beast - Exactly what it says on the tin.

The Wicker Man (2006) - After about 5 minutes I thought that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I was expecting. After another 10 I thought it might actually be worse. It takes another full hour before it becomes the wackadoo movie that everyone thinks of it as. Takes way too long to get there, and it's not worth it at all. Atrocious script, filled with actors that have no idea what movie they are in, and worst of all, just boring.

It's been a long time since I've seen the original Wicker Man, but that sounds pretty much the same, lol. I'll def skip the remake.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 17, 2022, 11:31:10 am
Beast - Exactly what it says on the tin.

The Wicker Man (2006) - After about 5 minutes I thought that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I was expecting. After another 10 I thought it might actually be worse. It takes another full hour before it becomes the wackadoo movie that everyone thinks of it as. Takes way too long to get there, and it's not worth it at all. Atrocious script, filled with actors that have no idea what movie they are in, and worst of all, just boring.

It's been a long time since I've seen the original Wicker Man, but that sounds pretty much the same, lol. I'll def skip the remake.

The original is a classic.  The remake is abysmal.

Pieces - Maybe I was expecting too much? Great gore, decent kills, but pretty sloppy otherwise. No pun intended.

Antlers - Great atmosphere, terrific effects and creature design, but a pretty anemic story.

Night of the Living Dead  (1990) - Solid remake. Changes and updates enough to make it worthwhile, while also mostly keeping to the spirit of the original. Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman give good performances, but it's pretty uneven from the rest of the cast.

Thief - Terrific crime thriller from Michael Mann.  Probably my biggest blindspot in his filmography.   Just top notch all around.

Night of the Comet - Aggressively 80s. Campy and fun with a killer soundtrack.

Spy - Total blast. Changes gears every 30 minutes or so and that keep it fresh throughout. Hell of cast, and they all bring their A-game.

Carrie - Carrie deserved the world and her mama deserved to die. Just sayin.

The Fisher King - This is a mostly great script, elevated by Gilliam walking a tightrope of tonality. The romcom aspects do tend to knock it out balance, with some of the meet cute story not hitting the mark, and being the most outdated part.

Career best turns from Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter, and Bridges should have been the Lead Actor nominee from this film. Robin would have fit in better in Supporting, but he does get to be a bit much early on. And Mercedes Ruehl 100% earned that Oscar.

Time Bandits - One of those kid-centric adventure films where everything except the kid is engaging. Don't know if I've laughed harder at a movie this year than I did at the Robin Hood sequence.

White Zombie - Not as well-known or as polished as its Universal contemporaries it still fulfills the same progenitor status in history as those films, only for zombies instead of the classic monsters. Well shot with some terrific sets, but some occasionally insufferable sound design. Well worth a watch for any horror history buff or classic cinema connoisseur.

Beauty and the Beast - The older I get the more sure I am this is the best Disney animated film.

Rosemary's Baby - Just an incredible film.  Way better than I remembered it being.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 24, 2022, 01:31:01 pm
Beast - Exactly what it says on the tin.

The Wicker Man (2006) - After about 5 minutes I thought that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I was expecting. After another 10 I thought it might actually be worse. It takes another full hour before it becomes the wackadoo movie that everyone thinks of it as. Takes way too long to get there, and it's not worth it at all. Atrocious script, filled with actors that have no idea what movie they are in, and worst of all, just boring.

It's been a long time since I've seen the original Wicker Man, but that sounds pretty much the same, lol. I'll def skip the remake.

The original is a classic.  The remake is abysmal.

Pieces - Maybe I was expecting too much? Great gore, decent kills, but pretty sloppy otherwise. No pun intended.

Antlers - Great atmosphere, terrific effects and creature design, but a pretty anemic story.

Night of the Living Dead  (1990) - Solid remake. Changes and updates enough to make it worthwhile, while also mostly keeping to the spirit of the original. Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman give good performances, but it's pretty uneven from the rest of the cast.

Thief - Terrific crime thriller from Michael Mann.  Probably my biggest blindspot in his filmography.   Just top notch all around.

Night of the Comet - Aggressively 80s. Campy and fun with a killer soundtrack.

Spy - Total blast. Changes gears every 30 minutes or so and that keep it fresh throughout. Hell of cast, and they all bring their A-game.

Carrie - Carrie deserved the world and her mama deserved to die. Just sayin.

The Fisher King - This is a mostly great script, elevated by Gilliam walking a tightrope of tonality. The romcom aspects do tend to knock it out balance, with some of the meet cute story not hitting the mark, and being the most outdated part.

Career best turns from Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter, and Bridges should have been the Lead Actor nominee from this film. Robin would have fit in better in Supporting, but he does get to be a bit much early on. And Mercedes Ruehl 100% earned that Oscar.

Time Bandits - One of those kid-centric adventure films where everything except the kid is engaging. Don't know if I've laughed harder at a movie this year than I did at the Robin Hood sequence.

White Zombie - Not as well-known or as polished as its Universal contemporaries it still fulfills the same progenitor status in history as those films, only for zombies instead of the classic monsters. Well shot with some terrific sets, but some occasionally insufferable sound design. Well worth a watch for any horror history buff or classic cinema connoisseur.

Beauty and the Beast - The older I get the more sure I am this is the best Disney animated film.

Rosemary's Baby - Just an incredible film.  Way better than I remembered it being.

Pieces is very overrated. People talk about the gore-factor, which is true, but the rest of the movie is quite frankly boring.

NotLD remake is one of the best remakes, ever.

And I freaking love Night of the Comet. So 80s. Zombies. And Chakotay!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 24, 2022, 09:17:09 pm
The Rental is close to being really good, but the script is too loose.  If the whole thing felt like the third act it would be great.
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Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on October 25, 2022, 06:37:48 pm
Goosebumps is shockingly quality. Jack Black is a national treasure. This mans charisma is next level. The story is well paced and if you grew up on the books, it pays tasteful homage to the feature monsters, titles and more. The love arch was surprisingly profound. And the girl does some of the bulk in acting prowess. A lot of seasoning on this nostalgia burrito.

- 95/100
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Post by: Cartagia on October 25, 2022, 08:57:55 pm
The Platform - Subtle as cannon fire, but completely mesmerizing. Gets kinda sloppy in the last act, though.

His House - Astonishing, powerful, scary, heart wrenching. The best film I've seen of its ilk since Hereditary.

Hell House LLC - A few genuinely creepy moments is not nearly enough to offset a lackluster ending, insufferable characters, and terrible dialogue.

Censor - A less obtuse non-body horror Videodrome for the modern day that sure has lot of drawn out slow motion sequences for a movie that isn't even 90 minutes.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on October 29, 2022, 04:49:40 pm
Pet Sematary 1989 -  Brutally gorey and probably has the coolest cat in movie history easily. Church as a cat makes other cats look like Marie from the aristocats. Church is just a yellow eyed beast of the night. 92/100

Omen - Dark movie. Gripping plot. 94/100




Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 29, 2022, 05:50:19 pm
Pet Sematary 1989 -  Brutally gorey and probably has the coolest cat in movie history easily. Church as a cat makes other cats look like Marie from the aristocats. Church is just a yellow eyed beast of the night. 92/100

Omen - Dark movie. Gripping plot. 94/100

"Brutally gory"

(https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/2020/12/laughter-03.jpg)

Good movie, don't get me wrong. But there's a whole lot out there you still need to see if you think Pet Sematary is brutally gory.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on October 29, 2022, 07:31:12 pm
Pet Sematary 1989 -  Brutally gorey and probably has the coolest cat in movie history easily. Church as a cat makes other cats look like Marie from the aristocats. Church is just a yellow eyed beast of the night. 92/100

Omen - Dark movie. Gripping plot. 94/100

"Brutally gory"

(https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/2020/12/laughter-03.jpg)

Good movie, don't get me wrong. But there's a whole lot out there you still need to see if you think Pet Sematary is brutally gory.

Do you have any recommendations? I'm always open as I been going down the classic must sees horror fans rave about. Next is children of the corn.

But you really don't find it gorey? Gage bit the old mans jugular out like a human moutain lion and when the wife came back from the grave with brown sewer water dripping out of her eye socket it was genuinely repulsive. The brain hanging out of that ghost guy. Even church was gorilla glued to the ground with decay lol.

I hear saw and "human centerpede" are gorey but I never liked the saw franchise.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on October 30, 2022, 12:08:37 am
Pet Sematary 1989 -  Brutally gorey and probably has the coolest cat in movie history easily. Church as a cat makes other cats look like Marie from the aristocats. Church is just a yellow eyed beast of the night. 92/100

Omen - Dark movie. Gripping plot. 94/100

"Brutally gory"

(https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/2020/12/laughter-03.jpg)

Good movie, don't get me wrong. But there's a whole lot out there you still need to see if you think Pet Sematary is brutally gory.

Do you have any recommendations? I'm always open as I been going down the classic must sees horror fans rave about. Next is children of the corn.

But you really don't find it gorey? Gage bit the old mans jugular out like a human moutain lion and when the wife came back from the grave with brown sewer water dripping out of her eye socket it was genuinely repulsive. The brain hanging out of that ghost guy. Even church was gorilla glued to the ground with decay lol.

I hear saw and "human centerpede" are gorey but I never liked the saw franchise.

Day of the Dead (1985) is always my go-to recommendation for a good gorefest. Not only is it gory, but it's also a great zombie movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 30, 2022, 08:14:29 am
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest - Not a particularly good movie, but it has some terrific setpieces.

Zombi 2 - Good to great setpieces and cool locations but filled with most frustratingly inept people I've seen in a Zombie movie in a long time.

Edward Scissorhands - Nearly unparalleled production design, a career best turn from Danny Elfman, pitch perfect performances from each actor on screen, Tim Burton when he truly understood colors and contrast, and a heart meltingly sweet screenplay that is also gut-bustingly hilarious. It's a masterpiece on pretty much every conceivable level. The kind of film that can bring tears to my eyes just thinking about certain scenes or hearing a bar from the score.

Rosaline - Endearingly cheap theatrically staged production with a charming cast and witty script.  Delightful little surprise.

How the West was Won - It certainly is a BIG OLD HOLLYWOOD WESTERN. A movie that completely buys into its own self-importance, even if it is only occasionally justified. Feels like a watered down version of history, even among its peers. The pure cinematic experience on display is what sets it as solidly above average.

House (1977) - Like a movie were made of just the weirdest scenes from Evil Dead II and those scenes were also on acid. I get it, but it's not for me.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 31, 2022, 08:51:19 pm
Werewolf by Night - Had to watch something proper for the night and figured I'd finally get around to this.  It's great.  I love that it doesn't overstay its welcome by being too long, padding things out, I enjoyed the 50's monster movie aesthetics to the entire thing, mixed with a bit of CG and excessive violence.  I'd love if they did more stuff like this, where it's just a small one shot stuff they put up on streaming every so often that's smaller scale and done to just introduce new characters.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 31, 2022, 09:38:04 pm
The Exorcist - It might blasphemy (lol), but I find the actual exorcism to be the least interesting part of the movie. I really enjoy just how... procedural it is. It's also not a film I've ever found particularly scary in general, and one I find to be more of a supernatural drama (blame my desentized Elder Milennial brain), although it does have an interesting feeling of dread.

Hellraiser (1987) - What a grimmy nasty film.  No notes.

Jeremiah Johnson - Terrific classic mountain man story.  Kind of wish it were a bit longer, as the last act gets a bit montage heavy.

Downton Abbey: A New Era - A better and more fitting send-off for these characters than the entire last season and the previous film.

Daisy is still the worst, however.

Misery - Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise wishes he were as scary as Annie Wilkes.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 05, 2022, 02:04:54 am
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - It's about as silly as you'd expect from a "True Story" biopic about him lol I wouldn't say it's crazy wacky, it's not UHF levels of outright goofy, but I had some fun with it.
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Post by: Cartagia on November 05, 2022, 01:50:53 pm
Diamonds are Forever - Simultaneously the best and worst of the Connery era films. Connery himself is pretty checked out, but the action is some of the best (especially the elevator fight and the downtown car chase) alongside some of the worst (terrible cold open). And what is up with those two hitmen?  I think I love them, but also hated every second they were on screen.  A real enigma of a film.

Club Dread - Doesn't strike the balance it needs at all.  There are some funny jokes, but most of the comedic characters don't work in the slightest.

Magnum Force - They really lean into the idea of being an American James Bond for this one. Just as formulaic, but filled with American violence and 70s nihlism instead of 60s British suavery. I think I liked this one more than the first, even if it did lose some of the edge.

North by Northwest - Not sure what I thought it would be like for all these years, but it wasn't this. Way more light that I expected. Woulda been better if Roger was doing all that spy stuff with his mom.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on November 07, 2022, 12:30:50 am
Thor: Love and Thunder - Overall a fun time, though I was kinda mixed on the tone of the movie.  I'm totally fine with the humor, I do prefer Thor more with what he's become, for the most part, but I feel here more than ever, it's at odds with the more serious story going on.  Gor's story is pretty dark, what Jane is dealing with is pretty real, but it feels like it's being undercut by the frequent humor.  Like I don't want stuff TOO serious, otherwise we get something like Thor 2.  Raganarok sorta had a similar thing to it, but because the movie wasn't that serious aside from what happens to Asgard, it was fine. 

Guardians of the Galaxy feels like it's this perfected, but I could not explain why that is so.  I did enjoy myself, and maybe I'll soften on it abit more as times go on, it's absolutely not a bad watch in any ways, I just feel like more could've been done here.  Also I wish Gor had his comic look.  I'm not a stickler for comic designs, but it is a boring take for him.  Bale did a good job though, I just wish he was more than "Human alien with scars".
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Post by: andyz on November 10, 2022, 04:30:09 am
Event Horizon.

I have seen it before, once, a long time ago.
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Post by: burningdoom on November 10, 2022, 10:47:26 am
Event Horizon.

I have seen it before, once, a long time ago.

Love that movie. One of the 90s best horror films.
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Post by: Cartagia on November 11, 2022, 04:25:33 pm
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Easily the best MCU entry since Endgame, maybe since the first Black Panther. The film asks a lot of Letitia Wright which she totally knocks it out of the park - a nice surprise,  since I've never really been a fan.

Lou - They made 1,000 movies like this in the 90s, and we never had it better.  None of them starred Allison Janney, though.

Everybody Wants Some!! - It must be so hard to make a movie that feels this natural and looks this effortless.  So light, breezy, and just real.  Linklater is the master of the hang out picture.

Unstoppable - A super fun light on drama afternoon actioner. Fun cast, terrific sound design. Worth checking out on a lazy Saturday.

The Long Goodbye - Elliot Gould is maybe the coolest PI I've ever seen.

The Bad News Bears - Matthau's demeanor is much more "apathetic Uncle" than the film's reputation would have you believe. It's not particularly cynical, it just has an undercurrent toxic competitiveness that comes with the territory. The kid performances vary pretty greatly with Tatum O'Neal giving it to Matthau ever scene they share, but some of them are just not that good.

Bad News Bears - Far more cynical and acerbic than the original film, it also ends up being a bit too on the nose for a Linklater joint. Probably would have worked better if they let him set it in the 70s.

Ambulance - The most expensive $40 million movie ever made, Michael Bay's Heat.

A Fistful of Dollars - After watching a bunch of Westerns recently its easy to see why this made such a splash when it came out.  Phenomenal stuff.

The Menu - Biting and funny with incredible performances.  Could easily be my favorite film of the year in a lesser year than 2022.

Hook - Maybe the film that Spielberg made most unambiguously for children, it's easy to see the flaws as an adult, but Spielberg infuses it with such nostalgic magic that those flaws don't come close to sinking it. Dustin Hoffman is incredible, Maggie Smith oozes gravitas, Robin is terrific, Bob Hoskins slays, and it has what is maybe John Wlliams' best score - which is saying a lot.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - This is why bringing Sonic to Earth was a bad idea. Trying to do the whole Chaos Emeralds bit with regular humans doesn't mesh at all. Leans a bit too hard on improving, which I did not think was the case with the first film, but is still pretty funny in places.

Timecop - It's a shame this movie is such a cheap piece of crap because otherwise it's pretty good.

Bones and All - I wish we got to know more about the world in general, and that it were about 10% less about the love story. Not that it was bad, I just found everything else far more compelling. Also, Rylance is absolutely terrifying here.

Knight and Day - This is a ton of fun! Super cliche and has way too many sub-par CGI effects, but Cruise is charming as heck and Mangold pretty much always delivers.

Black Rain - A script that is elevated from the bottom floor by the talents of everyone involved. Terrific vibe, looks and sounds cool as hell, but the dialogue is abysmal, it's a bit racist (though I can't quite tell if it's a supposed to be a flaw of the characters or it's a fault of the screenplay), and the story is pure 80s cheese.

Violent Night - Too long and doesn't lean into the idea that it's the real Santa hard enough, but Harbour is terrific and they actually had the audacity to have a character say "Christmas dies tonight!" which was easily worth an extra half star.

The Purge: Anarchy - Leaps and bounds better than the first. Has pretty much everything I wanted from this bugnuts premise and felt the first was missing. Made in 1986 and released in 2014. Had a blast.

Ava - Wouldn't be half bad if it were competently made. Cheap, mostly bad action, obvious stunt doubles, awful inserts and green screen. Definitely an action movie from the director of The Help.

Pleasantville - Not quite as good as I remembered. Too much focus on the "real world" kids, and not enough on the budding self-awareness of the town and it's characters. There are a ton of interesting ideas here, but it does stumble a bit in the last act with some ham-fisted attempts to address racism. Still absolutely worth watching, though.

Pinocchio (2022) - Not much to say that hasn't been said by so many others at this point. A fresh, beautiful take on a classic story.

Bullet Train - Acid-soaked Agatha Christie by way of John Wick. Just the right amount of stupid.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - It's fine. The cast is charming, but the script is not that good and lots of subpar effects.

Missing Link - Perfectly servicable animated adventure fare.

Underwater - Hits the ground running and barely lets up across its brisk runtime. Economical no nonsense thrills. The kind of movie Netflix pretends to release 75 of every year.

Avatar - The most impressive 3 star film ever made, which I guess makes it at least a 3.5 star film.

Copshop - Fun cast, decent premise. Totally breezy sick day watch.

A Christmas Prince - Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Christmas movie.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 20, 2022, 05:29:06 pm
Better Watch Out - Terrific concept, decent execution, but held back by the shoestring budget and script that doesn't do a great job of papering over related shortcomings.  Fine little Christmas thriller, otherwise.

Black Adam - Decent ideas and themes and an atrocious script with awful tonal balance. Might have been something if it were a JSA film with a Black Adam or similarly styled villain.

The Three Musketeers (1993) - Semi-decent Prince of Thieves ripoff except for Chris O'Donnell. Surprisingly dark and sexual for a Disney movie, too.

Dreamcatcher - Hot damn this is the best bad movie I've seen in a minute. It's like series of non-related vignettes strung together under the semblance of telling a single coherent story. Every time I looked at my partner she had a totally perlpexed look on her face.

The Banshees of Inisherin - Dark, hilarious, and another movie that could have easily been my favorite movie in a year that wasn't as stacked as 2022.

Foxcatcher - I have no idea how this completely slipped by me back in 2014, and am so glad I finally watched it. It's a simmering cauldron of cold and deliberate rage. Masterful filmmaking.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades - The sleaziest and most exploitive entry so far, but also the most consistently engaging.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Easily one of the better pre-Moore scripts, but a bit too long for how much story is actually here. There's also way too much reliance on low frame rate tricks and choppy edits to speed up the action. Overall, though, these are minor nits for a pretty solid entry.
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Post by: aliensstudios on December 22, 2022, 02:15:07 pm
The Banshees of Inisherin - Dark, hilarious, and another movie that could have easily been my favorite movie in a year that wasn't as stacked as 2022.

This was the only movie I watched in the theater this year, absolutely loved it. If I don't get the bluray for Christmas I'm going to buy it myself. Can't wait to rewatch this one.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 22, 2022, 02:16:52 pm
The Banshees of Inisherin - Dark, hilarious, and another movie that could have easily been my favorite movie in a year that wasn't as stacked as 2022.

This was the only movie I watched in the theater this year, absolutely loved it. If I don't get the bluray for Christmas I'm going to buy it myself. Can't wait to rewatch this one.

In Bruges was one of my favorite movies of the '00s, and this was easily the closest McDonagh has come to recapturing that high.

Noelle - Fun little Christmas movie from Disney that only works because of how utterly committed Anna Kendrick is to the bit.

Joe Versus the Volcano - Way, way, way weirder than I expected.  By the time Lloyd Bridges says "I want to hire you to jump into a volcano," it's not even the 10th most bizarre thing to have happened.

Christmas with the Kranks - Hallmark level stupidity but with real actors and an actual budget. Not enough to save it, but keeps it out of the total dregs.

In the Line of Fire - Near the peak of the 90s political action thriller pile. Malkovich leads a terrific cast by munching on all the scenery. Ace final act as well.

George of the Jungle - Probably the best live-action adaptation of a Saturday morning cartoon, but unfortunately held back by being an adaptation of a Saturday morning cartoon.

Paddington 1 + 2 - Purely magical family fare.  Total delights.

Trapped in Paradise - Decent jokes, cast I like, watched it endlessly as a 12 year old.

The Peanuts Movie - Cute story with gorgeous animation.

8-Bit Christmas - Glossy modernized take on A Christmas Story. Excellent young cast which often totally tanks stuff like this.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 27, 2022, 09:21:13 pm
Avatar (2009) - I don't think I've watched this since the theater, where I saw it in 3D, which was a pretty impressive experience for the time and after I watched a few 3D movies, it was still the best as it did a lot to enhance the visuals and atmosphere, rather than just being a gimmick to flash in front of your face.  At the time, the movie itself was just alright, a visual treat with a basic story.  On rewatch, my view hasn't changed really.  Visually, it's still quite impressive even for a 13 year old film.  Story is about the same too, it's not bad, but I wouldn't say it's particularly interesting or unique.  Humans coming in to threaten the native population to get a resource is as common as it gets.  It's not bad at all, but I doubt I'll watch the movie again.

I'll probably go watch Avatar 2 next month as I want to see it in IMAX 3D.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 28, 2022, 02:07:36 pm
The Big Year - Generally pleasant film, but man, this needed a better director, tighter editing, and a much more fitting score.

Glass Onion - Preferred it to Knives Out, which I liked, but thought was slightly overpraised.  Craig is great, maybe even better this time around, and it relies less on lucky narrative contrivances to keep things mysterious (although it does cheat in its own way here and there).  It's just so much fun that I'm willing to let it slide.

Bad Words - Tries a bit too hard to be shocking, but is still very funny and loaded with great actors giving good performances. Had a lot of fun with it.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Upon rewatch I definitely agree that this is the best Spider-Man movie, and it's not even particularly close.

Matilda the Musical - Way more fun than I expected.  Bonkers choreography across the board, mostly good songs. Not quite as good as the 90s version, but I enjoyed it.

Strange World - Shame more people didn't see this because it is incredibly gorgeous and inventive.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze - Not nearly as good as the first film, but a nostalgic good time for me.

Everything Everywhere All at Once - Rang in the New Year with my favorite film of 2022.

Emily the Criminal - Pretty decent small scale crime thriller.  Terrific performances from Aubrey Plaza and Theo Rossi.

Uncharted - How did they screw this up so badly?  It's not the worst but its just so milquetoast.

Willow - Still love this weird little gem.

Moonfall - Holy hell this was dumb.  Only kinda fun, though.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - What an anemic Harry Potter ripoff.  The adult cast is killer, but the kids are bad.  Just wholly mediocre.

Cold Pursuit - Slightly above average Liam Neeson actioner that has a weird vicious funny streak.

Chungking Express - Spent the first half of this movie wondering where all the praise was coming from.  Then the second half happened.  The second story in the film is so, so good.

Blackhat - Incredibly dense film about professionalism in hacking.  Hemsworth is doing his best, but it's not a great role for him.  Slightly below average Michael Mann, but still solid as hell.

Fletch - I'm starting to think that I might not like Chevy Chase.  A least not as a focal point.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 17, 2023, 06:50:49 am
Jurassic World: Dominion - I'd heard so much bad stuff about this movie, so I was kinda putting it off, but I couldn't think of anything else I was in the mood for, so figured I'd just get this over with.  I was okay with the first Jurassic World, like it's not great at all, but the setup is fine enough.  The second movie was 1/3rd okay until they left the island and then that movie tanked hard.

I would say I like Dominion more than Fallen Kingdom because at the very least it doesn't spend most of its time in a boring mansion, and there's some okay action stuff going throughout the far too long movie as they travel around, but that's not saying much.  I kinda hate that Malcolm, Grant, and Satler are here, because it's very clear they have no reason to be in this movie, but they try to make up a really dumb story about cretaceous era locusts threatening the global food supply, which is what the movie is actually about, that's the big threat, not the dinosaurs. 

It's all so badly written, it's like two movies put into one, because the Jurassic Park crew are working on the locust stuff, and the World crew are trying to save the clone girl from the second movie and Blue's kid from the new evil company, and they do connect and resolve, but you don't need that locust plot here, this movie is about dinosaurs.  The second movie set this up as "dinosaurs are now in civilization", but the movie isn't about that and by the end, it's pushing a kinda stupid idea about co-existing with them, which would never happen.

It's not the worst thing I've seen, some takes I've seen on it get really hyperbolic, but it's definitely not good and shows just how unnecessary this trilogy was.  No one wants Jurassic Park to be what this was.

Black Adam - I'm in a mood where I have stuff to watch, mostly tv shows, but I don't want to dedicate the time to it, so I'm catching up on some mid tier stuff.  Mid is definitely what I'd consider this movie.  Outright, The Rock is awful in this.  He has a great look, but he's not a very good actor, he never has been, but there are things I've enjoyed him enough before.  Here, he's trying to play this stern, almost brooding, type of character, but he's so one note, he just seems bored.  He also can just speak perfect english cause of magic? I guess that's one way of getting around him having to learn English or speak with an accent, something the Rock can't do.

The movie itself is fine, the other heroes in it are more entertaining, there are some decent fights, I do like Black Adam just decimating the military forces throughout, very "anti-hero" stuff. I found the kid in this pretty obnoxious, weird 90's kid movie vibes with him, down to him even skateboarding everywhere, just didn't seem particularly well acted/well written.  Compared to the other DC stuff, I'd probably also say it's mid, kinda mid to lower end for me.  It's not bad, but I'll never watch it again, all the more so with them rebooting everything.

Justice League Dark - Got in a mood for something abit better than Black Adam, but also DC related, so I decided to go watch one of the animated films.  I think I did see this before, but sorta forgot I had, but it's still a decent watch.  Kinda funny that it's rated R, when they didn't really need to.  Sure, they show people getting killed abit violently and such, but they don't go hard enough to really embrace that rating and making it PG-13 would be pretty easy and not affect anything going on.  As most of the animated movies tend to be, it's a solid watch.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 20, 2023, 12:22:39 am
Moonfall - Randomly watched this.  It's pretty awful lol I didn't know it was a Roland Emmerich film at first, I thought it was someone just knocking off all the same formula and tropes, but nope, just another really badly written disaster movie from him.  In the general sense, it works if you like this sorta stuff.  It's ridiculous, earth destroying, nonsense, nothing more.  I wouldn't say it's "so bad it's good", it's just really over the top with the stupid writing, but it treats itself too seriously most of the time, so you are more dumbfounded by what goes on.  If it had been more ridiculous with its characters, leaned into the craziness, maybe it would've been better, but if you've seen one of his disaster movies, you've seen 'em all.
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Post by: Cartagia on January 20, 2023, 08:36:03 pm
Smile - Effectively creepy, great practical effects, but a bit overlong and cruddy CGI.

Apollo 10 1/2 - It's well animated and fun to watch, but it spends a bit too much time just being a laundry list of stuff that happened in the late 60s.

Avatar: The Way of Water - Drastically better than the first film while being 30 minutes too long and having abysmal HFR in sections.

Army of One - Solid-ish little brutal no budget revenge-actioner. Extra half star for the action climax. Minus that half star for totally dropping the ball after it.

Infinity Pool - Brandon Cronenberg is definitely his father's son.  This movie is wild.

Confess, Fletch - Liked this way more than the Chevy version.

Our Idiot Brother - Better than I expected.  Thought it was going to be raunchy, but ended up being super-heartwarming.

The Secret World of Arriety - Stunningly gorgeous, even amongst Ghibli films.

Blue Steel - It's fine. Generally boilerplate crazy guy fixated on a cop fare, but what if the cop were a woman?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 03, 2023, 05:54:14 am
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - It was a good watch, Namor's people and city was handled in a fairly unique way I feel compared to how other movies have done underwater people before.  You can only do so much, but they do enough to make it standout.  I think they also did a really good job dealing with the loss of Boseman, I know Marvel gets a lot of crap for how they handle serious stuff a lot of the time (A lot of it well deserved), but there was never a point that the movie felt too out of place, or too "Marvel-like", they let the emotional moments hit proper and they don't do overdo it.

Riri I felt was kinda skimmed over in the movie, just a smidge, she's still has her importance, she's the center of the main plot, but I think it was on purpose due to her show coming up, which is where we'll get to see her Stark interests explained I'm sure.  Her suit is pretty awesome in the movie.  I wasn't in love with the design before the movie came out, it's really bulky, but seeing its origin and use, I understand why now.  I think I'm just glad to see her in a proper suit, it's not a bunch of nanotech appearing out of nowhere, which is something I never really liked in the movies a ton.  I'm really interested to see what design they go with for the tv show.  I'm someone that likes Iron Man/War Machine suits, I collect action figures of some of the designs I like, and I think Ironhearts main suit design is pretty dope and I'm curious how close they stick to that, or if she starts out with something more classic Iron Man, which is something she's worn too.

Overall it's a really solid movie, probably the most impactful they've done since Endgame I feel.  Spider-Man: No Way Home might be the movie I had more fun with in this phase as I'm just more into Spider-Man than Black Panther, but this was pretty good.
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Post by: Cartagia on February 03, 2023, 09:03:33 pm
Friday - First time watching.  Really rough around the edges, but legitimately funny and you can tell a ton of heart got put into it.

Man in Black - Been about 25 years since my last watch, and it's a bit better than I remembered. Never thought it was bad, just maybe a bit overpraised. Some shockingly solid early CG coupled with great make-up and practical effects. Surprised at just how good Tommy Lee Jones is here, hitting every single note perfectly.

Jennifer 8 - Decent little serial killer thriller.  Good performances, a couple of effective sequences, just not really enough to fill a 2 hour runtime.

Men in Black II - Worst kind of over-commercialized lowest common denominator sequelitis laden bullshit. Didn't like it in 2002, don't like it today.

The Sea Beast - Mostly great animation, good voice performances, but maybe a little too long to be trafficking in so many well-worn tropes.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - Excellent 70s potboiler.  Terrific performances all around, great pacing, amazing use of on location shooting.

The Money Pit - Hanks and Long are reasonably fun together, and some of the practical effects stunts / gags are impressive, but that's about it.

Men in Black 3 - Incredible rebound from the awful second film. Great villain, terrific supporting performances, fun plot. Some over reliance of shoddy CGI pulls it down a bit.

The Gentlemen - Guy Ritchie managed to make an entire movie out of a parlor scene.

So I Married an Axe Murderer - Some funny stuff here, but the pacing is all over the place, and some bits just aren't that great and go on way too long.

Knock at the Cabin - Shyamalan's best in 20 years. Stumbles a bit at the end, but still crosses the finish line strong.
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Post by: bokusheikh on February 23, 2023, 06:30:05 am
Attack on titan
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Post by: Cartagia on February 23, 2023, 10:23:45 am
Hard Rain - Perfectly paced, deep cast, fun as hell practical effects. Needed another pass at the dialogue, and I know they were all in 40 feet of water or whatever but a couple more takes from some of the actors might've helped.

Fantastic Fungi - What started as an interesting nature documentary about fungus became a pitch for taking magic mushrooms.  Not at all what is on the box.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - No film coming out of the Shrek-o-Verse deserves to be this good, and yet, here we are.  Stunning animation, fun cast, terrific story.

Freaky - Fun as hell, but the pacing is a bit off. Landon can make these genre mash-up slashers for years and I'll be happy.

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Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on February 26, 2023, 04:08:01 pm
FURY THE WW2 EPIC

One Of Brad Pitts Finest Works


The movie left me gripped, it combines the cruelty of war with the bliss of brotherhood. The ying yang. A butterfly in hell if you will. It is so raw. Men from many walks. Clashing at times yet being this pact within the ashes. Valor under the eyes of god. Heroism and is a brutal yet honest homage to the greatest generation. The brave men who sacraficed so we have a world to raise children in, and a battle unwinnable. Unity coming before surrender.


I am a bit of a WW2 Buff. I have seen over 200 tanks, fighters in person and also curate miniature tanks. The tank in the movie "Fury" has a palpable atmosphere inside. Confined. A home to these men.

It is one of Brad Pitts underrated Roles and Shia Lebouf is also stellar.


Be there or be square 97/100
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Post by: Cartagia on February 28, 2023, 10:13:32 am
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - There are no less than four gags in this movie I'd put on the shortlist for best of all time.

Wayne's World - Easily the best script of an SNL movie.

New Jack City - You know what movie this one owes a lot to? Dick Tracy. A big overblown crime thriller with cartoon energy and larger than life, almost fantastical, over-the-top characters.

3 Ninjas - Insufferable. Barely even a movie.

Live and Let Die - Can't tell if this was racist of just blaxploitation.

Desperate Measures - An interesting enough premise with a total wackadoo performance from Keaton. Bad dialogue, poor pacing, and some pretty pedestrian direction make it a bit of a snooze, though.

Scream VI - Easily the biggest, most ambitious, most brutal and genuinely frightening entry in the franchise while effectively building off the themes and ideas of the previous film. The best at being an actual sequel in the series, and maybe the second best film overall, despite it being afraid of the exact things it claims requel sequels aren't afraid of.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette? - Weakest Linklater I've seen.

The Witches of Eastwick - This is one wildly horny movie.

Streets of Fire - When this movie is on, it is on, surpassing even Waler Hill's other idiosyncratic and dystopian opus, The Warriors.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - Not as bad as the review aggregates make it out to be, still deep in the bottom half of the MCU.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - This has aged pretty well.  Not as well as Wayne's World, but not bad.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril - More a series of vignettes than a movie, but pretty good vignettes.

Hanna - Fun action romp.  Love Saoirse in pretty much anything.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 25, 2023, 05:18:39 am
Haven't really watched much in a while, especially movies, I kinda just went deep back into my One Piece re-watch, since I don't have to pay a ton of attention to it when I'm doing some hobby stuff, I have that on and I've watched a ton of episodes in the past couple months.  I started back in after my hold with Thriller Bark and I'm currently into Fish-Man island.  I did watch a few more newer episodes too, but I'm still behind like 20'ish episodes with the current Wano happenings.

I think next up for me is a John Wick rewatch, I came across the first three movies on Blu-Ray at a thrift store, and then I'm gonna watch Manadalorian Season 3 when that finishes and now that Last of Us is done with its first season, I'm going to get back to watching that.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: redblaze57 on March 25, 2023, 10:34:08 pm
John Wick Chapter 4: ...with this I think john Wick might be my favorite series of films... possibly dethroning Evil Dead. Overall no spoilers, it's long but doesn't feel long. The bit of humor it does have doesn't feel forced or out of place at all. The action is top notch. One point there was a gunfight with an  Ariel pov that just made me think of the Netflix Daredevil Hallway scene.

One slight spoiler just cause of real life events that I want to mention. There is one scene that's hits harder than it probably was meant to due to Lance Reddick passing last week.  RIP.

Last thing I'll bring up. At one point Wick and the main villan were sitting at a table with these metal Tablets on it that are for negotiating a duel. When I saw that just with how they were lined up my mind immediately went to Yugioh and took a lot of strength to not yell out "it's time to duel", or "You Activated my Trap card" as the tablets were being flipped over.

Overall I think I'll put it right between 1&2 in terms of enjoyment it was damn good. Highly recommended
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 26, 2023, 08:47:26 am
Pitch Perfect - This is just an 80s screwball camp comedy!

The Fifth Element - This movie throws a million and half things at the screen and 95% of them stick.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: burningdoom on March 26, 2023, 01:22:53 pm
Pitch Perfect - This is just an 80s screwball camp comedy!

The Fifth Element - This movie throws a million and half things at the screen and 95% of them stick.

An 80s screwball comedy...are you high?!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 26, 2023, 04:20:45 pm
It's a total snobs vs. slobs story that just happens to be about acapella instead of a ski school or summer camp, just with less gratuitous nudity.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 30, 2023, 03:56:21 am
John Wick - Worked out that I found all three movies on blu-ray at the thrift and with the new one out in theater (I'll wait for home release), I figured why not rewatch them all? I haven't seen them since they were out pretty much.  This movie is still great, a high quality revenge movie all the way through.  I love how a lot of the movie is either "John Wick? Oh fuck..." or "Are you back, John?", because of a history that we aren't privy too, but does all it needs to sell us on John, a man that terrifies everyone.  Intense action, I love how deliberate it all is and this coming after years of shaky cam garbage (Though we did get good stuff with Dredd and The Raid before this one came out).  Great watch.

John Wick 2 - I had a weird thing when the third movie came out, that I couldn't remember the second very well and what my opinions of it were.  On rewatch, it's a solid movie, but I sorta see why it's probably the lesser of the three, as it's kind of a bridging movie, a lead in to the third movie.  The first movie also just stands out for having a better drive to the whole thing.  Another good watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 01, 2023, 09:59:37 am
Magnificent Warriors - Fun Michelle Yeoh actioner from the 80s.  The plot is kind of over-complicated, but there are tons of great action setpieces and fights.

The Full Monty - The cutest movie about male strippers ever made.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: covfefe2020 on April 01, 2023, 02:37:26 pm
I finally got around to seeing Tropic Thunder. Felt like a fraud without it. So much better and all around funnier than I expected, why do they make Tom Cruise a badass instead of letting him be a weirdo (which he excels at here).
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 02, 2023, 07:46:49 am
Encino Man - Did not remember that Pauly Shore was the voice of reason in this.

Son in Law - Crawl would be a great friend.  Kind, patient, understanding.  Just an all around good dude.

Jury Duty - Way more of a straight up screwball comedy than Encino Man and Son in Law. It's actually pretty funny up until the actual trial, then it slams to a halt and none of the jokes land until you get to the climax.

John Wick: Chapter 4 - Reminds me of The Raid 2, in that nearly all of the action is superior, but it is just a tad too long (doesn't really need that first 15-20 minutes) and gets a little lost in its own mythology (though not as badly as Chapters 2 and 3). Easily the best of the sequels, but it still can't quite match the beautiful simplicity of the first.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 04, 2023, 12:27:10 am
John Wick 3 - This is such a killer action flick and to hear from others that the 4th could be the best sequel seems kinda nuts with how good this one is.  The vintage weapon museum fight is absurd with the knife throwing, the Casablanca fight I'd say is just okay, but they managed to take what could've been considered a pretty standard fight and brought it up a level with Halle Berry getting involved with her dogs.  The fight at the Continental is pretty wild, it's such a crazy gun battle with the armored soldiers and how John has to keep shooting them over and over again till he actually hits weak points to put them down, lik eit's almost a video game fight, but it's never cartoonish or unrealistic.

At this point for me, while I think the fights are crazy and incredible, the first so far still wins out because of the story, the drive behind it, even if the fights get better, more involved, more crazy, the pure revenge driven drama of that and how it fuels him is so good.  I really do appreciate that they don't ever cheap out and kill his other dog, or they try to give him a love interest to help him deal with the loss of his wife, or really do anything out of place that feels like they want to make the movies something different .  He does everything for the love he had, to survive and keep that memory alive.  It's genuinely impressive how after three movies they can keep the action good and interesting, while still expanding on the intricate assassin world.  That the 4th is good and they are planning a 5th, honestly I was worried a tad with the third movie about them continuing on after it, with the talk of spinoffs and such, but as of right now, it feels like they are managing to keep everything intact and I will keep watching.

Not going to count Nobody into my rewatch of the series even if its in the same universe, but that's a good movie too. 

Is this becoming one of the best action series at this point? I feel like with so many good movies, the only other series that I would say that is currently above it might be the Mission Impossible movies being that there are 7 of them and most of them are pretty good.  James Bond would be the other I guess, but that's a series with a lot of ups and downs and is functionally being rebooted with every new Bond, but if Wick can keep this up, I'm fully alright with this being like a top tier action movie series lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 04, 2023, 08:41:28 pm
Total Recall - The original.  The kind of VFX extravaganza they don't make any more.  Complete blast.

Point of No Return - What the hell is this Zimmer score? Just does not jive at all with the movie.  Keeps an average movie firmly planted as average.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: sworddude on April 07, 2023, 05:33:02 pm
Anyone on here watched the Mario movie. it's pretty fun

Sure as hell beats those live action video game adaptation that we have gotten in recent years.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 07, 2023, 07:40:15 pm
The Mechanic - Surprisingly boring. It's got the ingredients - Statham, Foster, Stahelski, Leitch, but it never really comes together to be much more than lightly engaging.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: redblaze57 on April 07, 2023, 08:45:51 pm
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent- It's entertaining. Laugh out loud quite a few times especially the LSD scene. Just a good solid famous actor is in over there head movies... Which I feel I've seen a few movies with that kind of style before but the only other one I can think of is My Name is Bruce. Overall it's a recommendation to at least see once especially if you're a Nick Cage fan
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 08, 2023, 03:21:35 pm
Pitch Perfect 2 - The same movie again, but broader and with higher stakes. Exactly what a sequel should be.

R.I.P.D. - Yeah.  It sucks.

Drag Me to Hell - Bruce Campbell wasn't available so Sam Raimi beat the shit out of a young blonde woman for 90 minutes, but what makes it problematic is all that CGI.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - It's definitely a D&D a movie!  Not amazing, but a ton of fun.

School of Rock - Jack Black could have easily overpowered this with his Jack Black-ness (he comes dangerously close a couple of times), but Linklater's deft and breezy hand knows exactly how to handle it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on April 09, 2023, 07:37:06 pm
M3GAN -  M3GAN blends comedy with brutality in the way oreo blends chocolate with stuffing. Easy to dislike victims fall in the wake of a digital age take on terminator meets chucky. 4 Foot Titanium toughness. A movie that since it's PG13 and has no nudity is accessible and enjoyable for families. Not relying on tropes or shock and awe but pure carnage mixed with an emotionally charged plot. The dependence parents put on artificial intelligence to entertain their children and a hyperbolic reality of the chaos that can cost. Lead actress conveys emotion well. A superb child actress that can mix contempt, grief and rebellion in one.

M3GAN is a surprise gem that is better than most movies that have tried the same. It's believable, gruesome, memorable and often thought provoking. A must see.

89/100
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 10, 2023, 05:04:56 pm
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - I love the influence the Spider-Verse movies have had on animated stuff now, because all of the action in this is pretty fantastic, very stylized and over the top.  The movie itself is pretty great just on its own too, very funny, heartfelt, and surprisingly PG-13, despite not being PG-13.  Like there are multiple censor bleeps in it and they almost say "shit" once, it's surprising to see in a kids cartoon.  Like Jack Horner is killing off his own men at one point, but because they disappear in a puff of confetti and it's done due to "magic", it's fine, but like those guys are super gone lol 

The antagonists in particular are fantastic, Jack Horner is just completely evil and fully embraces that, there is no redeeming him, and the Wolf is impressively intense and even scary with how they utilize him, especially for a kids cartoon.  Highly recommend this one.

Interstellar - Got in a real scifi mood, not like alien stuff, more like space missions, and I wanted to rewatch stuff like this, Moon, The Martian, but I started with Interstellar and it's still a good film, sad and somber, but a good watch.  The planets they visit are pretty interesting and the idea of how time is utilized is cool.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 13, 2023, 09:58:54 am
The Lost Boys - Still a fun time and one of the all time great big studio horror films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 14, 2023, 05:12:14 am
Transformers (2007) - Much like with the Resident Evil movies, I thought for kicks I'd give the Transformers series a rewatch with the new one coming up, a series I don't have a lot of love for, but unlike Resident Evil, I expect to enjoy more.  I really liked Bumblebee as it was kind of a soft reboot if I remember right, and they had way better Transformer designs, and it felt less poorly written.  The rest of the movies? I stopped at Age of Extinction, never saw Last Knight, but what I remember of the series was bad transformer designs and really bad writing/dialogue.  I'm not expecting that to change, but maybe I could get good action out of this series.

And that's what the first movie is! Bad transformer designs, bad writing/dialogue, but overall some good action.  For a 2007 movie and even if I don't like the designs, the robots look really good.  It just starts to become a problem when you get them fighting together, and you got these robots with a million visible little parts, and a lot of the robots don't have very distinct colors or designs beyond like Optimus and Bumblebee and I guess that one medic truck.  I think I remember hearing a term for this back in the day and seeing Transformers fight each other was like watching a tornado tear through a junkyard.

The dialogue in this is unbearable though.  It's a lot of rambling, or cringy bad jokes, lots of fast talking, almost improv feeling, Sam yells a lot, the bad jokes never stop and I hate anything to do with the family.  I will say though, they waste no time with the transformers, it's 5 minutes into the movie and a Decepticon is out there blowing up a military base and it's badass.  The other fight in the desert is great too.  Honestly, anytime it goes back to Sam, I'm just kinda annoyed and this is the stuff people are supposed to "connect" with, but I'd rather just see the military fighting Transformers lol This is what I was dreading most on this rewatch because I remember this goes for a few movies and at one point gets much worse.

Basically whenever there is action, it's a fun watch.  Any other time, I really just want it to get back to the action, so that's a lot of the first 2/3rds of the movie.  If I had to rate it? Maybe a 6.5/10? That might be a bit harsh, but a 7 or above has to have more I enjoy overall.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - I think I dislike this one more in general than the previous one.  I wouldn't say it does much outright worse, other than the god damn miserable little car autobots that I hate with every fiber of my being.  Writing and dialogue is still bad and obnoxious, I hate everything happening at the college, Sam's new buddy is obnoxious, I hate that the parents continue to get screen time.  Maybe if I was like a teen, the writing/dialogue wouldn't bother me as much, but it's so bad lol

I feel like they really put the Autobots on the backburner in this one.  Like in the first movie, they showed up later, so it was kinda okay, but they do so little in the movie outside of some of the fights.  Bumblebee for some reason can't talk, I thought that was fixed in the first movie at the end, Optimus dies in the first half, and that just leaves the stupid freaking Mudflaps and Skids, who are the worst.  Like a big plot point of the movie hinges on Sam giving the All Spark shard to his girlfriend, not Bumblebee or Optimus.  Just super annoying.  The action is okay, wasn't as into the fights, but I don't know if it does anything I'm particularly into more than the first one.  I hate that humanoid Decepticon, I think them being people is kinda lame, like some weird Terminator knockoff.

Slight sidenote, but I kinda don't like Optimus's personality in this, in the cartoons, he's a strong leader who will fight if he has to, because it's necessary for a peaceful future, but he's not just like...shooting downed Decepticons in the head usually I feel.  That's more of trait of like...Charles Bronson in Death Wish lol

I'd put this one at like a...6/10, maybe less than that.  It's not unwatchable or anything, but wasn't super enjoying it.  Also I don't know if this is just me, but I think the old Transformers, the original Primes, Fallen, and Jetfire, look like Bionicles lol

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - With this movie, I'm realizing that a bigger problem with the designs of the transformers is at its worst with the Decepticons, almost all of them are just this vaguely similar silver alien look, and while some have unique faces, they all otherwise feel the same and it sucks.  The Autobots are at least a little more unique, but this movie feels like its at its worst with the designs.  Even the movies before had some stuff like their vehicle forms so you could be like "That's the tank, that's the one military truck, that's the police car, etc..."  Also bloodthirsty Optimus is kinda at his worst here lol  Maybe I just have some rose-tinted glasses with Transformers, but I really feel like this is so out of character with him.

The movie I would say is an improvement over the last one, while there are obnoxious mini bots in this that are totally pointless, at least they aren't mudflaps and skids.  Transformers do sorta feel like again they are secondary, it's almost entirely on Optimus and Sentinel Prime.  Megan Fox is gone and replaced with someone new who I don't think is bad, but I can't say adds much to the movie.  Story is just kinda okay.  There is some obnoxious dialogue here and there, but overall, it's not nearly as bad and the whole big climatic battle is pretty good in the wrecked city.

I think because this movie was less obnoxious overall, I might say that I like it more than the first two, hard to say for the first one.  I'd say it's a 7/10 at least, it's not amazing, but it's functional.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 15, 2023, 09:06:20 am
Monkey Shines - This was a way more deliberate and cerebral film than I was expecting. Not at all exploitive in the ways I was expecting. Also didn't realize it was a Romero flick.

Pitch Perfect 3 - Apparently people don't like this one? Sure it falls victim to diminishing returns of sequels, but I still had fun.

Harry and the Hendersons - This movie has no right to go as hard as it does for such a light and saccharine plot. Deservedly Oscar-winning make-up and top tier Lithgow.

But I'm a Cheerleader - Probably cliche to say now, but way ahead of its time. If I didn't know half the cast already you could tell me it came out in the last 5 years and I'd believe you.

Cocaine Bear - It can't decide if it wants to go fully zany or full monster movie, and that hobbles both options.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 16, 2023, 02:21:59 am
Transformers: Age of Extinction - Change up with the characters, which is a good thing for sure, they'd all ran their course and I was so done with that family.  Can't say I'm a big Mark Wahlberg fan, but he's fine, the father/daughter dynamic is better I'd say than the boyfriend/girlfriend stuff from before.  Optimus is obnoxious with his personality here, like he's fighting Grimlock going "I'm doing this for your freedom" as he fights, and then he's standing over him going "Fight with me, or die", it's so bad how much they don't give a crap about Optimus and getting his character right.  I was willing to let it slide abit before, but it's frustrating here.

This was the last movie I watched of the series, but I forgot how little the Dinobots are in this, only showing up in like the last half hour or so and they are kinda only there for the heck of it, they have no importance to the story or particularly great explanation on them and why they are dinosaurs.  Also this movie is way too long, most of them seem to be over 2 hours, but these aren't Lord of the Rings, this stuff needs to be chopped down, there's plenty they could cut.

I'd probably say overall this movie is like a 7/10, it has less of the obnoxious dialogue and characters from before, but I don't know if it's doing anything super great, there's still some decent big robot action and such going on, but it's just okay in general.

Transformers: The Last Knight - This one was abit better than I was expecting, I feel like I heard some pretty negative stuff about it, but it's not much worse than most of the rest of the movies were.  I'm kinda torn on if I like the Transformers through history bit, it's kinda fun, kinda clunky, but there is ALOT to this one and I think it does hurt things. 

They kinda make a big deal about releasing a bunch of Decepticons, showing them off with character names, but two die right afterwards, and then they do nothing the rest of the movie aside from doing something at the end.  There's an orphan girl who lives with Transformers, one is like a full Autobot who is introduced and then killed, along with there being this little random trash can R2D2 sorta bot, and then there are random baby dinobots, who I love with all my heart, but are a completely random addition, then there's centuries of history with the Autobots participating in major wars, then you have all the Knights, and everything to do with Cybertron, and Unicron, and Wahlberg being "The Last Knight" and then there's everything with the secret society and anthony hopkins and his random human sized transformer robot guy, and it's like Roland Emmerich levels of world destruction with hundreds of thousands, if not millions dead by the end and an evil Optimus, but he's only evil for like 10 minutes...It's just SO MUCH and then you make it a two and a half hour movie and something just needs to be cut out.

Still, I think it's fine, some of the action is good, Optimus doesn't get a chance to be the bloodthirsty robot killer as much being that he's gone for most of the movie, so I guess that is something lol

I don't particularly love this movie, but I still like it more than at least the second movie which is probably my least favorite (Though though some of the dialogue felt like it was trying to return with some characters lol).  Honestly, with my rewatch (And my first watch of Last Knight), I was expecting to dislike the movies a lot more, but they are all fine, like 6's and 7's, nothing amazing, nothing I'll ever rewatch, but this was so much more fun and entertaining to watch than my Resident Evill marathon was lol

My last movie is Bumblebee, but I know I like that one and that it's a reboot of the series, so it's kinda separating itself abit from this marathon.  If I had to rank this run of the movies, it would be like...3, 4, 5, 1, and 2.

Bumblebee - Great movie, definitely the best they've done.  For one, the designs are great, for everyone.  It shows in the fights the most how much better it is to have clear designs and colors so that it's not just a bunch of indistinct metal rolling around together.  The general story and setting is a classic trope of "Kid finds alien, helps alien, they deal with something together", all done in the 80's aesthetic, but you know, it works, I like everyone, no one is annoying, the dialogue doesn't destroy my soul like it does in the previous movies.  It also does a great mixture of transformers and human interaction.  It felt alot of the time that the Transformers were kinda always on the backburner of their own story, but Bumblebee is involved in everything and his characterization is great.

No contest, like a 9/10 movie, I'm really hopeful they can continue with this quality of movie in the upcoming one.

The Meg - Kept seeing this movie promoted when I was on Amazon and realized that I hadn't seen since it came out and figured why not.  It's still dumb fun, it's one of the better shark movies they've done in a long while I think at this point, like I haven't watched too many since Deep Blue Sea really, but in terms of like a Jaws or Deep Blue Sea, I think this is up there.  It helps that it's a giant budget visual effects feast lol I was gonna nitpick the writing and stuff abit more, but this is a big goofy b-movie, it does what it needs to and its entertaining.  I'm kinda expecting the upcoming sequel to flop because I feel that's what happens to movies like this, but who knows, maybe it won't just be a half-assed sequel.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 18, 2023, 08:31:18 pm
M3gan - This was kinda great. Funny, creepy, good digs at corpo culture, interesting examination of grief linked relationships, cool VFX, good kills. Like the second best Child's Play movie.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 20, 2023, 03:20:37 am
One Piece Film: Red - Didn't realize this had been released for streaming as it's apparently only on a few certain platforms I don't use for it. 

Overall it was a pretty chill film, like it has some dark aspects and ends up having a big danger, but it's mostly just a big music video with some fun music, I had only heard a little bit here and there before, but the singer is really incredible.  I looked her up and she's some crazy new young singer who went from cover artist online to putting out hitting singles and then being the lead singer in a major anime movie in only a couple years.  Her voice really stands out among the J-pop crowd I feel, she's got some real nice range and isn't afraid to really belt and get a little aggressive and raw.  Almost gives me a little bit of like a lighter Lizzy Hale.

The movie itself I would say isn't crazy amazing, it's more about the visual flair than than anything, it brings in a bunch of characters we haven't seen in a little bit, some villains and heroes have to work together, and it culminates in a big flashy ending.  Nothing I'd really complain about, but not something I'm looking to rewatch as mostly I'll just pop on a song or two from the film if I want that more.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 21, 2023, 09:34:26 pm
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons - Guess they can't all be winners.  This one is kinda boring.  Feels sloppier, too.  More editing mistakes, obviously fake weapons, etc.

Evil Dead Rise - Probably the best and most consistent  horror franchise of all time.  A total blast.

Bros - Some of the bits go on too long and it tends to overdo it with a tad with the long exposition dumps which wreaks havoc with the pacing. Otherwise it is an incredibly sharp romcom that has one of the best takes on the modern dating I've ever seen while also delivering a fascinating insight into gay dating culture.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 29, 2023, 05:59:42 am
Bridge on the River Kwai - Got in a WW2 movie mood, so decided to look for some older flicks I haven't watched or might enjoy a rewatch since it's been many years and started with this.  Never seen it before that I remember, but overall was a decent enough watch, always great seeing films like this before the digital era and seeing just all the impressive stuff they do with such a big cast and actual things being built. 

I wasn't in love with some of the writing and decisions made though, with Alec Guinesses character basically becoming a collaborator in ways that never made sense to me.  I guess the idea is his quest for order, discipline, and the rules in this hellhole pushed him into this mindset of accomplishing his task with all the fervor the British army can muster, but there's no real moment of him being hassled about it or him struggling with this ideal, it's just "We can do this job right, lets do it because it'll keep the soldiers busy and maybe help with conditions", which can make sense, but other than the doctor lightly pushing back, no other officer or soldier tries to harass him over this decision and to why they are not going to sabotage the bridge.  It just feels like there's a deeper aspect to this that is sorta missing to really sell the ending and the realization of what he's done.

It also doesn't help that it never feels like it's too much of a POW work camp.  I swear there's never more than like a half dozen to a dozen Japanese soldiers around, and with there being 100's of prisoners, and no real fencing and restrictions that I saw, it doesn't feel like the prisoners are ever really in danger outside of the officers getting locked up in the beginning because they wouldn't work based on Geneva Convention warfare rules.  Two die in an escape at the beginning, but that is mostly it.

I personally wouldn't recommend the film.  Reading up on it, it's considered one of the "all time greats" and I'm not gonna be the modern cinema snob that goes "Is Bridge on the River Kwai actually overrated?", but at 2 and a half hours long and some annoyances with the story, I sorta feel like it's not something I'd say is a must watch unless you are just a serious war film buff and you've probably already watched it otherwise.  I still enjoyed my watch, but it was more out of nostalgia for this type of film, rather than the actual film itself as I grew up watching older movies like this with my dad.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on April 29, 2023, 09:19:30 pm
Point Break - What was more of a generic and big studio blockbuster chum in 1991 feels like a top tier hyper-specific relic of a bygone era, a'la classic 70s hard-edged potboilers like Dirty Harry or Pelham 123.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on April 30, 2023, 02:16:26 am
Heartbreak Ridge - Not really sure why I wanted to watch this in particular.  I don't feel like I've seen so much overblown, military grunt, "Only steers and queers come from Texas..." level of trash talk outside of Full Metal Jacket which funny enough released the year after this one.  I know there are people who are into that sorta over the top machismo stuff, but it's rough and being the 80's, the talk gets real "rough" if I had to put it nicely.  Sorta feel like it's hard to enjoy any of the characters being that they are all assholes, Eastwood especially, though I will say they don't really try to portray him as a "good guy" I guess.  He's an old soldier at the end of his run, a drunk, only good for the military life, but I guess the one good thing he's trying to do is make sure his squad is militarily ready to handle an event, such as the one at the end where they go in, do all the work, and save the day.

The fight at the end also comes across abit hokey to me, though I guess some elements were actually abit legit after I looked it up.  Eh, I wouldn't really recommend it.  It's mostly there to appeal to old vets and "tough guy" types who just want to see Clint Eastwood squint and talk all grizzled.  The story and characters just aren't interesting enough to keep it entertaining I feel.

Platoon - Don't remember if I saw this before or not, I feel this is one of those movies I've just seen bits of on TV or brought up in movie reviews and other forms of pop culture osmosis, etc, but god dang, the cast of this movie.  Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Keith David, Johnny Depp, and a few others too.  Definitely just jumps right into it which I appreciate, no build up to Sheen and joining the military, and all that, you get to know him as the movie progresses through the narration, keeping the story going as it's just all about the hell these guys go through.  It's just about blood, terror, and misery.

It's pretty intense, but it is what it is, a dark vietnam war flick showing the horrors of war.  It's not something I'll ever watch again as it's a pretty sad and depressing flick.  Well done, but dark.

The Thin Red Line (1998) - It was hard for me to get into this one, it tries to be a lot more philosophical, lots of narration that isn't really about what is happening, that I'm assuming is stuff from the book itself as a way to involve it more directly, connecting it with light flashbacks for the soldiers.  Because of this, it feels rather long winded, dragging scenes on, though to be fair, I'm very much not someone interested in the philosophical side of things, I'm not knowledgeable enough to get anything from it unless it's on the lighter side.

This is another movie like Platoon where it's packed with recognizable actors, almost absurdly so and I'm curious if it's like Platoon, where there were a lot of actors who were actually fairly early on in their career and looking at it now, it just happens to have so many great actors, though there's more than a few actors that do seem out of place, like John Travolta is just John Travolta at the beginning, a higher up admiral or general or something and there's a few others that just feel like they wanted star power for the sake of it.  Like there doesn't need to be cameos in a big war movie.

As a war story, it's fine, it does what it needs, but because it is lingering on stuff, especially with the narration, its very slow and not sure if it has what I would say is strong characterization, like Platoon has very strong characters that stand out, which is maybe unfair due to the timeframe differences (Platoon is over months I think, whereas Thin Red Line is a shorter timeframe), but unless it's a currently well known actor, I don't recognize who they are or know too much about them and don't really connect very well with them.

It's not bad or anything, but as a story, it wasn't engaging me as much as other war flicks have that also have notable big casts like Platoon, or Saving Private Ryan, etc...
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Post by: Cartagia on May 06, 2023, 03:43:54 pm
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Maybe it's just the fact that the MCU has been so stale lately, but this just totally worked for me. Or maybe it's because it is easily the most classic Gunn of the franchise with lots of weird gross monsters and some imagery I am astonished is in a PG-13 movie.

It is a little overstuffed, even at 2.5 hours, and you could excise pretty much all of the Adam Warlock stuff and still have mostly the same picture.

Everybody Wants Some!! - The Jay Niles character feels a bit antithetical to everything else in the film, and I wish there were a tiny bit more plot, but man this is just such a chill watch.

Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - Better than the immensely forgettable fourth film, which isn't saying much.

Minari - Very sweet and quite lovely.  Not really what I was expecting going in, but it's just an absolute delight.

Jumanji: The Next Level - More of the same.  Totally fine.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 10, 2023, 01:47:08 am
Windtalkers - I feel like I remember enjoying this one more back in the day, but on re-watch, it's just okay.  I think after watching war flicks that were trying to be abit more realistic feeling I guess, this one comes off with some stuff that is abit more "actiony" with how they portray some of the action, lots of people just running straight into gunfire and spraying bullets or doing cool rolls, and it sorta feels like it undercuts the story.  Very "Hollywood".  Even though the story is about the Navajo, they do really feel like supporting characters.  Not terrible, the big battle scenes are well done, tons of extras, but otherwise kinda middling.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 10, 2023, 09:39:01 pm
Tango & Cash - This is a ton of fun, but it's also extremely stupid.  Monumentally so.  Amazing bench of character actors as well.

The Devil Wears Prada - We as a society have to stop letting movies try and convince us that pre-makeover Anne Hathaway is a troglodyte.

"I'm not skinny or glamorous." Get the hell out of here.

Free Willy - There is the problem of the hypocrisy of the nature of the film, but it's incredibly well-crafted for this type of family fare. Terrific cinematography, great score by Basil Poseldouris, good performances from the whole cast, including a solid child's performance from Richter. It's a good time!

Hustlers - Excellent crime caper. Very stylish, great energy, terrific performance from J Lo.

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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 20, 2023, 02:44:53 am
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - This was going to be an odd one going into with all the negativity surrounding it, it's hard to avoid talk and some spoilers when active online, but I still wanted to see it.  The Ant-Man movies were never my favorites, just okay in general, but I thought it could still be an alright watch, I don't always take the reviews or other opinions 100% wholeheartedely.  That being said, I've been more gun shy about Marvel flicks for abit now as many also are.  Some are good, some are kinda boring or basic, it's been a mixed bag.

This one is still pretty in line with Ant-Man as the movies has been, very jokey, a lot of humor, which is fun.  It does have a serious aspect to its story involving Kang and such, but it never feels out of place like Thor: Love and Thunder did.  I hate one of the characters in this though, I won't spoil just in case others haven't seen it yet, but its bad.  Like sure, the character is kinda dumb and goofy on its own, but it wasn't handled right here.  It could've been anything other than who it was.

I'd say I like this movie more than the second one.  It's really over the top with the quantum realm world, sometimes working, sometimes not, but it is a really fantastical setting, it can be tough to make these things not just seem like cg, green screen, nonsense.  This movie was fine, I've watched worse movies with this phase for sure.  I'm not 100% sure what all the backlash was on this one, the ending was abit "eh", but oh well, it was entertaining enough.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 20, 2023, 07:24:15 am
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - [...]This movie was fine, I've watched worse movies with this phase for sure.  I'm not 100% sure what all the backlash was on this one, the ending was abit "eh", but oh well, it was entertaining enough.

Pretty much where I landed on it.  It's definitely a lower tier MCU film (better than last year's Thor, at least), but did not deserve that absolute trouncing it received from people.

The Remains of the Day - Utterly spectacular as a dramatic period piece, but not completely sold by the romance between Stevens and Kenton. Not the performances, those are great, but it doesn't really find its footing until too late in the film.

Jack Reacher - McQuarrie's Mission: Impossible audition reel. A bit too long, slightly clunky in spots, but it individual sequences are terrific, Tom nails the idea of Reacher (I don't care that he's a behemoth in the books, I've read two of them and outside of the overall intriguing plots they kinda suck), good supporting cast.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 24, 2023, 03:04:55 am
Morbius - Got into that mood of "I got new stuff I should watch...I don't want to watch them, so I'm gonna watch movies that I know are probably not good out of morbid curiosity, which lead me to Morbius lol

It's not as bad as I was expecting, but it's such a half-baked movie.  For one, I hate the visuals of it, it's all this entirely dreary and washed out tone, generally blue, and it looks awful.  On top of that is the middling CG.  I hate the vampire look and how it instantly transitions between human and vampire.  I only know of Morbius from the 90's Spider-Man cartoon, but I thought a big part of Morbius is that he's this monster all the time, but having it be that he can transform in and out and there's no metamorphosis, it's just a visual effect transition is so lame.  And once it's the two fighting  together, they just look a videogame cutscene fighting each other and it gets incredibly messy, especially with the "smoke" effects to them, which I think is meant to represent sound.  It's just an ugly movie.

Matt Smith is okay, he's hamming it up enough, Jared Leto is kinda boring through most of it.  The rest are okay I guess, but so much of the writing and plot just feels kinda clunky.  There are some decent moments visually I feel, but those are very rare.  I think the greatest problem is the writing, like I'm not someone that is usually overly critical about that sort of stuff, but how they reach situations, how it happens, some of the interactions, it feels like they need to hit these beats, but there's no flavor to it.  Like I feel in a regular movie, the FBI agents wouldn't just immediately be on board with the idea of a vampire being real, but it feels incredibly

In the end, it's definitely not good, though I've seen much worse comic/superhero films, but it definitely sucks that Sony is pushing these anti-hero/superhero flicks that no one really wants.  Like Venom barely works, but I think that is ENTIRELY on the dynamic of Venom and Tom Hardy who make things very fun, and not because they are particularly good movies, especially disconnected from their most important component...Spider-Man.  I wouldn't recommend this at all, even for the mem's, it's just a c-tier comic flick that feels out of place among current comic book movies.

I'm about to do another mistake and thinking about watching Shazam 2, another movie that didn't do well and doesn't look good, but who knows, I might have something I actually want to watch instead.  Man I can't wait for that Kong: Skull Island cartoon to release next month lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 24, 2023, 07:25:13 pm
Super Mario Bros Movie - This is likely my favorite video game movie, kinda no contest.  Before this, it was Detective Pikachu, which is just a great time and below that would be sorta the Sonic movies, but those are like well below the first two.  It just has so much fun to it, I loved everyone in it, anyone I was unsure of voice wise didn't bother me at all, it has so many wonderful references that don't feel weird or out of place, the music is...mixed, but most of the time great lol THat's my only complaint, was the unnecessary licensed music for most of it.  I was okay with the No Sleep Till Brooklyn at the beginning, they are still in the "real world", so it's fine.  "Holding Out For A Hero" was okay for a montage, but other than that, I kinda hated the rest like Take on Me is so bad and Thunderstruck is way too cliche at this point.  Less of that in the sequel please.

Otherwise I adored this movie, I just want to watch it all again, which is honestly a little rare for me, but it's such a quick and entertaining watch. 

Honestly, if they keep up this quality for future Nintendo properties, I'm on board with it as they are absolutely going to do more Super Mario Bros movies and there's talk of other properties, like if they can do Zelda and it's kept as a classic fantasy adventure thing, I'm on board with that.  This could be some fun stuff.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 27, 2023, 09:51:04 pm
The Night House - Desperately trying not the let the fact that twist wasn't what I thought it was going pull the score down. Rebecca Hall is incredible here, and the direction is striking, it just whiffs the ending a tad.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 28, 2023, 01:58:20 am
Smokey and the Bandit - Odd movie moods lately, going from space/scifi to war films to late 70's/early 80's car films lol Smokey and the Bandit was one of the many old flicks I'd watch with my Dad on a weekend afternoon if it was on a rerun, just goofy car chase nonsense.  I funnily thought it had Dom DeLuise in it, of which I know he's in Cannonball Run with Burt, a movie I like more, but apparently I was remembering Smokey and the Bandit 2 lol  Silly old movie, definitely a product of its time for better or worse, but overall it's just a goofy light watch.  No real story to it, just a long car chase that I forgot that  the plot hinges on Burt and his buddy smuggling some crappy cheap beer across state lines lol  Stuff like this has abit of a soft spot for me.  Gonna watch the sequel next.
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Post by: wolff242 on May 28, 2023, 10:49:07 am
Smokey and the Bandit - Odd movie moods lately, going from space/scifi to war films to late 70's/early 80's car films lol Smokey and the Bandit was one of the many old flicks I'd watch with my Dad on a weekend afternoon if it was on a rerun, just goofy car chase nonsense.  I funnily thought it had Dom DeLuise in it, of which I know he's in Cannonball Run with Burt, a movie I like more, but apparently I was remembering Smokey and the Bandit 2 lol  Silly old movie, definitely a product of its time for better or worse, but overall it's just a goofy light watch.  No real story to it, just a long car chase that I forgot that  the plot hinges on Burt and his buddy smuggling some crappy cheap beer across state lines lol  Stuff like this has abit of a soft spot for me.  Gonna watch the sequel next.

The theme song pretty much tells you the story, lol. I loved that movie back in the day.
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Post by: Cartagia on May 28, 2023, 09:40:09 pm
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Never actually watched this before. Liked it, didn't love it. Like a more unfocused Dazed and Confused.

Captain Ron - Hadn't seen this in like 20 years. Kurt Russell is great, but the rest is kind of a waste.

Hell Comes to Frogtown - Well this was weird as hell.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on May 30, 2023, 12:39:01 am
The theme song pretty much tells you the story, lol. I loved that movie back in the day.

lol I meant it more like there isn't much that happens as a regular story would, you get like your beginning, middle, and end, just more of a beginning and sort of an end, which is totally fine, it's fun.

Smokey and the Bandit 2 - This was what I was remembering a little more with Dom DeLuise in it and gotta say...not as good as the first movie lol They ramped up the "wackiness" for this and I never thought it worked.  The story I joked about with the first one is certainly here, but it suffers because of this.  The first one was built around the delivery, and it's one long wild romp for the most part, compared to this one, where they keep having stops and there's Bandit trying to mend his relationship with Frog, and Bandit is dealing with his waning popularity, despite still tons of people willing to risk life and truck for him lol Dom Deluise is nice to have here as a bonus, but I don't think he adds as much to the film compared to them together in like Cannonball Run.  It also just ends? Sure Bandit and Frog are back together, the Elephant isn't delivered to where she was supposed to, but it kinda just waves away the whole point of the delivery, like they should've had a whole section where the two from the beginning are upset at Bandit not delivering and then go after him, but nope, just ends, happy ending...Kinda boring, big pass on this one.

I was actually going to watch Cannonball Run next, but it's not on a single streaming service.  Crappy digital age.  Tempted to buy it on Blu-Ray as it's an old favorite, but not sure right now.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 04, 2023, 10:26:10 am
Say Anything - Far more just plain cute than I was expecting.  Excellent teen romantic comedy, and a far better film, overall, than the other Crowe written 1980s hit - Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell - Overall I didn't like this series quite as much as I expected to, but still they average out to a pretty solid six movies.  I appreciate the focus of this final installment, especially since feeling too disjointed and sporadically paced were the main issues I had with earlier films. Also very into the fact it started leaning more supernatural.

Quigley Down Under - Tom Selleck is a US cowboy hired by Australian cattle baron Alan Rickman. "Hired to do what?" You might ask. Well, based on the jaunty score and his adorable shenanigans filled relationship with "Crazy Cora" you sure wouldn't guess indiscriminately murder the local indigenous population.

It's a decent enough movie, but man the tonal inconsistencies hurt it. They don't sink it, but they keep a good movie from possibly being great.

Yes, Madam! - Rides that balance of screwball comedy and action far better than many other films of the genre and era while actually lampshading the creepy sexuality present in contemporaries like Wheels on Meals. Excellent picture. Hell of a time. Endearingly cheap.

Royal Warriors - This totally whips. Way more brutal than Yes, Madam. I just wish the pacing post-nightclub to the finale were a bit better.

Dr. Giggles - Hadn't seen this since the 90s.  Campy fun, but not much else.

Napoleon Dynamite - First time watching in about a decade.  Still delightfully off-kilter, but not in an obvious try-hard-ish kind of way.  Endlessly quotable.

In the Line of Duty 3 - I hadn't even heard of Cynthia Khan before I bought this box set, and here we are with this movie that completely outshines Yes, Madam and Royal Warriors. And now you're telling me Donnie Yen is in the next one? Heck yes.

In the Line of Duty 4 - Directed by Crouching Tiger and The Matrix's Yuen Woo-ping, this was definitely the most well put together of the series, and Donnie Yen utterly kicks ass.  Been so impressed by these D & B productions I went ahead and order the Tiger Cage trilogy.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2023, 11:31:08 pm
65 - I thought I had an idea of what the setup for this might've been for the trailer, but I was kinda way wrong on that apparently.  It is a survival story set on an old Earth, but not the setup I was expecting.  I don't think I liked that setup a ton, bit strange, but the movie itself is okay.  It's a very basic, pretty stripped down, survival setting, crash landing on Earth, Adam Driver and a girl are trying to escape, while fighting off dinosaurs.  Honestly, could've used more dinosaurs, I feel like they are used sparingly maybe.  I didn't mind anything going on other than the setup, it's a decent time and a great positive, that might not initially sound like a positive, is this movie is a tight hour and a half. 

It does not drag, it's not burdened with unnecessary plots and exposition.  This era of movies are overloaded with films that all feel like they need to be "epic" and so many are 2 hours, 2 and a half hours, sometimes longer (I'm looking at you, Avatar 2...I'm gonna get to you this weekend) and so to get like a nice, clean, normal movie length with decent effects and a reasonably paced story is nice.  If the basic premise interests you enough, it's worth at least a casual watch.

A Quiet Place: Part 2 - I was wrong about this film.  I kinda skipped it because I wasn't sure we needed a sequel, the first one is a very simple premise that was executed pretty well and I had seen the bit of them showing what happened at the start before it all went bad in the trailer, so what I had thought was that they were gonna continue the story, while doing flashbacks, but they only do it once.  I don't think Part 2 would've been as good had they done that.  They keep true to the original movie while continuing the family's story and it's very solid.  It also had Cillian Murphy in it, I didn't know that and he's good of course.  I'm actually very interested to see another one in this series after the first two were so solid as I feel that would allow them to wrap everything up with the family.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 14, 2023, 08:13:47 pm
Bull Durham - It's funny and cute (and raunchy - God bless the 80s), but it's also little overwritten with only Susan Saradon having a total handle on the material out of the three leads.

The Last of the Mohicans - Makes me wish that Michael Mann tried his hand at more genres.
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Post by: weirdfeline on June 16, 2023, 11:03:12 am
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Quite an overrated movie.

Pros:
The animation is still impressive and impressed me more than I thought it would since I already saw it the first time.
The Spot is a cool villain that would make for an interesting video game playing as him.
Some cameos were cool.
I still wanna see the next movie.

Cons:
The story was bad.
The new Spider-Society characters did not feel important like the ones from the first and kinda just felt tossed in.
Having every Spider-Society character know what needs to happen and no one telling him just made me hate them all? Not sure why no one else seems to feel this way but it made them all look bad.
It doesn't have its own ending even though they scrapped the part one from the title which still appeared on some of the toys released.
Most of the time spent in Brooklyn with Miles's parents was largely unnecessary.
It did not justify the runtime.


Uncharted - I can't think of anything I liked about this movie.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 16, 2023, 08:56:26 pm
The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Really nice to see a video game adaptation that isn't ashamed of the fact it's a video game adaptation.  Great call making Luigi the damsel in distress and giving Peach so much agency.  Pacing isn't great and there a few voice performances that are wanting, but hey, it's a Mario movie that pretty much gets it right.

In the Line of Duty 5: Middle Man - Easily the weakest of these so far, but still a fun watch.
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Post by: jipsy on June 18, 2023, 12:16:10 pm
I recently went and saw Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Honestly ever since they kicked Michael Bay off the movies they have been considerable better. The script and acting wasn't great but they are definitely hitting more on the nostalgia value now. Lots of characters from the original series designed very similarly to their original versions. Overall I enjoyed the movie.

I also went and saw Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and can I just say that these Spiderman animated movies blow me away. No matter how many times I watch either of them I find something new that I missed on previous viewings. Plus there is a single scene in the new one that took them 4 years to animate!
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Post by: Cartagia on June 18, 2023, 07:41:32 pm
Oblivion - Man, I wish this script went through a couple more drafts, because on a technical level it is just great, but the dialogue and storybeats are just so generic dystopia.

The Debt Collector - This was fun as hell, and absolutely would not work if not for the chemistry between Adkins and Louis Mandylor.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 20, 2023, 12:36:18 am
Avatar: The Way of Water - It's about what I expected.  Gorgeous visuals, cool scifi stuff, pretty basic story and plot.  It's right in line with the first movie.  I'm not sure I would put one over the other from a story point of view, I think they both have kinda ham-fisted story telling where it's all on the nose with a "Nature good, Humans only destroy", sort of stuff, very cliche, hitting all the tropes.  The movie sorta feels like they are just rehashing stuff from the first movie too, like Cameron couldn't come up with enough new plot elements, so ends up bringing back the Colonel as the main villain, and there's another new special Pandora product, this one being a serum that stops aging, but they only bring it up once, like 2/3rds of the way through the movie, like its an afterthought.

They also gave the Colonel a kid he left behind when he originally died, which was never a thing in the original that I remember, and there's no talk of who the mother was, the kid was just abandoned as a baby because babies can't go into cryosleep, so couldn't leave with the humans back to Earth.  Felt a little forced just so they could do family drama stuff later.

There's nothing I would point to as being bad or particularly poorly done, like I said, it's basically the first movie where it had a kinda generic, but serviceable plot, surrounded by really great visuals. 
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 22, 2023, 04:01:41 am
John Wick: Chapter 4 - It's crazy how good this series has been.  Not a single one I'd point to as bad or even lackluster, the action is always intense and on point and while Chapter 4 was definitely hitting a point of turning into a video game, it never full goes overboard.  It's not like Fast and the Furious, where it's like Loony Tunes logic with what they do with cars, it comes right to that line.  There's even an action scene that feels like I was watching Hotline Miami or something lol It's like the 3rd one, where they are almost getting absurd with the fights, but still manage to keep it grounded JUST enough, even if some things are definitely absurd, like John walking off multi-story falls or that he has a magic suit that is impenetrable to nearly all bullets lol

All the action is awesome here, it never gets old, despite it being 3 hours long, and every action scene is different, the camera work is impeccable, it's always wild.  Like this is a perfect action series as it is.  Even the one spinoff, Nobody, was good.  I know there's more stuff coming with the series and it's spinoffs, which isn't really needed, but I can say I'm interested if they keep the action good.  These are action set piece spectacles that very few movies are matching up to, because the people involved really understand action scenes, camera work, stunt choreography, and how to tie it all in together. 

Definitely recommend this movie, it's probably the best one, I think it's peaked action wise and it is amazing, but I think a part of me still likes that first movie more purely for the story and simplicity of it, but there's not a bad flick in the lot at all.
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Post by: Cartagia on June 23, 2023, 08:47:25 am
Debt Collectors - Not as much of a pure action brawler as the first film, but it is better movie overall. Terrific follow-up.

Extraction 2 - Immensely crafted brutal action that goes bigger and badder than the previous film. Horrible computer effects, a cheap, sanitized look and an overall lack of personality keep it from being truly great.

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Masterpiece.

Polite Society - It wasn't quite what I thought it would be, and then about 2/3 through started match up more with my expectations. Not sure it nailed that transition. Still loved the overall energy and vibe, though.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - I don't know how much of it is just nostalgia, but I always have more fun watching this than Raiders. Sure, that's a better movie, and this one has issues, but this has the Club Obi-Wan sequence, the mine carts, and hearts being straight up pulled out of chests.

The Kid Who Would be King - Spiritual successor to all those 1980s kid power adventure movies. Shame this didn't do better at the box office, because I think it really hurt Joe Cornish's potential career.

The Street Fighter - Less philosophical and more brutal than Bruce Lee, this is a nasty little film that gets by on sheer force of will.

Driven - Yowza this sucks. Atrocious script, epileptic editing, terrible performances, awful soundtrack, and worst of all, it is just boring. I mean, damn.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - My favorite of the series and one of my Top 5 favorite films.

Avengement - Pretty easily the best of the Scott Adkins led movies I've watched.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - I didn't hate this at release, but I kept expecting it to lose me this time, and it never did. Most of the setpieces are strong (especially in the first half). It's biggest sin is that it looks like shit, especially the CGI. John Hurt is wasted here, Shia is kind of a non-entity, and I have no idea what Cate Blanchet is doing. Third act is very messy, and it drags the whole thing down.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 02, 2023, 10:10:24 pm
Twins - Aggressively 80s.  The crime caper stuff is fun, but the actual family drama is pretty bland.

Renfield - Complete waste of the premise.  Might be worth a watch for Nic Cage and Ben Scwartz.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - I'm sorry, but has anyone saying this worse than Crystal Skull watched that movie lately? This succeeds in pretty much every way that movie failed, and succeeds where that movie also succeeded. Sure, it's not Spielberg, but it addresses Indy with some actual pathos while being a mostly engaging action-adventure movie. Biggest faults are a couple of spots of shaky effects, bad green screen in a couple of places, and, as is the case with practically every big studio release these days, about 15-20 minutes too long.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 03, 2023, 01:59:18 am
Uncommon Valor - Random movie night again, delving into "war" films, this one less of a war film, leaning more "action drama".  Something I've enjoyed doing with these war flicks is go and see the reception it got on Wiki back in the day, and I'm kinda more in line with Ebert on this one, where it's fine, but it's kinda just a lot of action movie/war cliches.  I wasn't expecting it to be like Platoon or anything, but nothing really stood out to me.  Felt like it could've used a tad more of an ending cap, as it kinda just ends once they get back, but I guess it didn't need too much more.  Not something I'd super recommend, but nothing bad.

We Were Soldiers - Back to a regular war film, more in line with what I was looking for.  I had seen this one before in the past and I remembered a few scenes.  It's a solid war film, feeling like it does a decent job selling the horror of that battle, the chaos.  They did a very impressive job with the chopper action, along with the general battle destruction, but the chopper stuff stood out to me in particular as I've watched a couple Vietnam flicks at this point and they did a lot of work to really show them off, even from the beginning of the film.  It's a good build up to the war, letting you get to see a number of these characters, which makes them easier to follow compared to some other war films.

I also appreciate showing the battle from the Vietnam side, showing their tactics and how the Americans were able counter most of it, but that as far as battles go, it was a major loss for both sides despite it likely being promoted as an American victory.  Add to that the bit of drama from back home with the wives, just enough to really show how dire things were, but not spending too much time away from the actual conflict.

I'd recommend this one, it's a reasonable enough Vietnam flick, good actors, Gibson does a good job (It can be tough going back to films after people like Gibson showed themselves to be real shitty), I liked Sam Elliots very hard edge veteran of multiple wars, who sorta feels like a walking cliche with his behavior, but it works as kinda of contrast to all these younger soldiers struggling with the chaos and horror of the situation.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: sworddude on July 03, 2023, 03:20:17 pm


Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - I'm sorry, but has anyone saying this worse than Crystal Skull watched that movie lately? This succeeds in pretty much every way that movie failed, and succeeds where that movie also succeeded. Sure, it's not Spielberg, but it addresses Indy with some actual pathos while being a mostly engaging action-adventure movie. Biggest faults are a couple of spots of shaky effects, bad green screen in a couple of places, and, as is the case with practically every big studio release these days, about 15-20 minutes too long.

Enjoyed said movie allot, it doesn't beat the classics but definitely better than crystal skull.

That nazi train scene at the beginning was peak indi though. It's like we got back to them good old days. That de aging tech is pretty impressive just felt like young indi to me.

Also props that the guy actually still makes movies and them being good while the lad is 80 years old also heard the guy still did the stunts himself in this latest movie :o

Sad it's the last one but gotto end it someday. My critique is not enough temple esk trap scenes like the old stuff I missed that.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on July 04, 2023, 04:01:53 am
No Hard Feelings is fairly decent R rated comedy even though they kind of gave up on that idea halfway through it was still nice to support an original R rated comedic theatrical release. Looking forward to Strays as well.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 05, 2023, 12:17:43 am
Top Gun - I was gonna watch Maverick, but I hadn't seen the original...or I don't remember, it's been a long time, but I got lucky and I found the bluray/4k at a thrift shop, so figured I'd give it a go.  A decent bit of it is ingrained in pop culture, so of course I recognize some things, but overall this is a pretty dull movie for lots of it lol It's a very 80's movie, not to its benefit I feel.  I just feel like everything outside of the specific flight school stuff is just not that interesting.  Like I'm watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off or Risky Business, kinda goofy dialogue and interactions, but there's also a more serious drama about an out of control pilot who trying to be the best, but is his own worst enemy until a harrowing event shakes him.   When it gets more serious, which is after the first 2/3rds of the film, it gets a tad better, but it's the end of the movie.

The actual air stuff is decent.  I'm not saying anything is bad here specifically, maybe it's just not a movie for me.  I am still going to check out the sequel, could be one of those situations where I like the sequel more than the first one.

Top Gun: Maverick - Overall an improvement for me as there's more of an outright goal in mind for the flick to keep things interesting.  It benefits alot from a bigger budget and modern effects and cinematography, especially with the vehicles they use that let them show more of the world around the jets as they fly, rather than shots back and forth between a cockpit and then jet footage.  The goal of having a group of Top Guns brought in to handle a threat definitely comes across more action heavy, but I think that's what I needed from the first one.  It follows similar patterns to the original, but handled better, and because it's more about Maverick, an older man, than the cocky, younger, team, it's all abit less cheesy.  Some cheese, but it feels like less of a college 80's romp, which never worked as well for me before lol

It hits a lot of the same notes as late sequels sometimes do, but when I don't have an attachment to the original, and I like this more, I'm fine with it.  Also nice to get Val Kilmer back, even with his condition to play a small part (I recommend the recent documentary about him as it was real good.)  The finale was also pretty solid, adding a fun little twist it that I enjoyed.  Nothing amazing to me, but I was fine with this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 05, 2023, 02:40:19 pm
Showdown in Little Tokyo - Dumb, fun, and under 80 minutes.  Definitely spent my time in worse ways.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 06, 2023, 12:21:33 am
Nimona - Fun flick, the medieval/future combination is entertaining, and I love the manic energy of Nimona herself.  I sorta feel like some elements of the story were overlooked a tad, that I guess could be explored with a sequel, but who knows if that'll ever happen.  It's light-hearted, the animation is great, again with Nimona who's this little fireball of energy and gets to be wildly expressive. Definitely recommend this.

Hotel Transylvania - Something about how Nimona could be animated at times gave me sorta vibes of this movie, less stylized than that, but very exaggerated and I realized I hadn't seen it in awhile.  It's still generally fun, I don't think I like it as much as I use to, some of the bits don't hold up as much for me, but I feel like when the animation is really amping up how goofy stuff can be and it's playing more directly with its world, and not doing like a pop song dance or montage or a reference, that's when I like it more.

I might go and watch the rest, I've only seen up to the second one, and the fourth isn't even directed by Gendy, so we'll see if I care enough after the 2nd one to keep going lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 07, 2023, 11:03:52 am
Mission: Impossible II - It's definitely the worst entry in the franchise, but it isn't unredeemable.  It's got loads of style, and the action is generally strong.

The Purge: Election Year - Not as good as the previous entry, but still making good use of the overall concept. It's big, broad, and obvious, but I really appreciate that it's trying to actually say something.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 09, 2023, 07:55:43 am
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World - Since I can't watch Cannonball Run right now, I thought I'd watch another older comedy race movie.  I don't remember if I ever watched this before, but I figured it could be fun.  I didn't know this was a two and a half hour long flick lol This movie is easily like 45 minutes too long.  It's kinda fun having all these old comedy stars in a slapstick romp, a couple scenes I enjoyed throughout, a few gags I liked such as the firefighter crew awaiting the plane being the Three Stooges. 

This movie is just plagued with scenes that drag on for too long, with so many obnoxious characters.  If the one police captain didn't factor into the ending, they could've removed everything with the police as they add nothing to the movie.  Heck, the movie has like 2 points where it feels like it could be coming up to end, but then there's still so much movie left.  This feels like a script in its first draft that has all these ideas and scenes it doesn't need and they just never went back to clean it all up.  Definitely don't recommend this one, it just has nothing going for it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 09, 2023, 08:55:37 pm
Joy Ride - Very funny, but extremely raunchy road trip comedy.  Really nails the emotional beats it swings for, and is barely 90 minutes.

Days of Thunder - The least of the Tom Cruise must go fast movies, but it still looks and sounds great and Robert Duvall is pretty good in it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 10, 2023, 03:43:26 am
Mission Impossible 1 - Kinda inadvertently on a Tom Cruise run as I randomly decided to rewatch the Mission Impossible series also with the new one coming out, though I won't be catching it in theater.  I did this back before the last one that came out, so it's been a few years since then.  Kinda interesting seeing Cruise from these different timeframes, as the original Top Gun, I didn't think he was that great, not bad, but it was still pretty early in his career.  Definite step up here, which is expected of course. 

I always loved this movie, classic feeling spy thriller, something the rest of the movies lose abit of for more action and larger action set pieces, not that they aren't also good, but this one always stood out from the rest and I just enjoy that spy shtick.  I kinda always remember this as my favorite, even if I like the other ones a good bit too while having the added nostalgia of the N64 game with it lol

Mission Impossible 2 - As a sequel? Awful.  Everything I enjoyed about the first movie? Non-existent.  It's all style, no substance.  It feels much more in line with what James Bond was becoming after Goldeneye, which wasn't great.  As a "turn your brain off" action flick, it's okay, it's really trying to hard to be "cool" lol But I know this is the worst one, so things can only go up from here.  I will say, I unironically love some of the music for the film, I was actually listening to the Limp Bizkit theme from this the other day lol It's so cheesy, but it's great.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 10, 2023, 08:52:17 pm
Field of Dreams - Interstitial moments of ethereal perfection.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 11, 2023, 02:48:25 am
Mission Impossible 3 - Right from the first scenes, absolutely better than MI2.  Great opening action scene, solid drama, not overburdened by slow motion nonsense or excessively flashy action scenes with backflip kicks and side dives.  Better overall story with an actual emotional core to it.  Philip Seymour Hoffman is solid as the bad guy, he's not technically the main drive of the film, he's a part of it, but that talk about what he's going to do to Ethan and his wife when he finds her is great.  I kinda wish he was in it more as he only has like two major scenes really, but he's very memorable.  This is the movie that kinda sets the tone for the future of the series, balancing that mixture of spy flick and action movie for the most part. Also with this being like my third or fourth time watching the film, I just noticed that Aaron Paul has a part in this, never noticed him before lol
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 13, 2023, 03:22:19 am
Mission Impossible 4 - Something I never really made note of before, but the Mission Impossible theme is really up there as a super icon theme.  I know the Bond theme is good, but those movies started to push intros based on the movie itself, and while the bond theme can be there, it starts to not be the focus, whereas the MI theme is always there.  It's just great.

This movie is solid, I think I generally like the action set pieces more than three, the villain is less memorable to me compared to Hoffman from the last one, though nothing bad, he works for the story.  Renner is a nice addition to things, but yeah, spectacle set pieces getting bigger and grander was definitely where it started for the series.  It was like "How do we top this?" with each one and they usually do lol  Don't have too much to say on this one in particular, just that's its a good watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 14, 2023, 08:59:58 pm
The Enforcer - The first Dirty Harry to completely feel like what the popular idea of these movies is. An angry police captain, Clint's personal politics, shooting first and asking questions never. It's not a poorly made movie, though. In fact, the action is generally solid, but the script is heavy handed and it lags a bit for barely being over 90 minutes.

Babe - What a perfect little storybook of a movie.  Forgot how kinda darkly funny it is.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One - When it is an action and / or spy film it is the best of the best - simply top tier stuff. When the movie stops to talk about the McGuffin, and oh man does it love to talk about it, and it grinds to a halt and really loses me. I could see this losing a half star on rewatches, without the benefit of the big theater presentation.

The Man with the Golden Gun - It's not the worst Bond, but definitely the most languid. Christopher Lee pretty much single-handedly keeps this away from being closer to the bottom of the list. Ace heel turn from him.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - Not just the best Star Trek movie, but one of the best sci-fi films ever made.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: redblaze57 on July 19, 2023, 08:20:42 pm
Adventures in Game Chasing - a pseudo prequel to the  Game Chasers' Youtube Channel. If you're a fan of their channel you'll definitely enjoy it. I think even if you're not there is enough relatable things I'd say you should at like try to give it a watch. I'd say it's up there as far as independent movies that youtubers make, it's one I would absolutely recommend to people on this site.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 20, 2023, 11:37:05 am
The American President - Sure, it's proto-West Wing, but that's exactly why I love it. It gets a little shaky in last act when trying to resolve its two major plotlines, but it's still a monumental delight. Michael Douglas is so relentlessly charming in this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on July 20, 2023, 08:31:07 pm
Adventures in Game Chasing - a pseudo prequel to the  Game Chasers' Youtube Channel. If you're a fan of their channel you'll definitely enjoy it. I think even if you're not there is enough relatable things I'd say you should at like try to give it a watch. I'd say it's up there as far as independent movies that youtubers make, it's one I would absolutely recommend to people on this site.
I had been meaning to watch this so I just did. It looks pretty nice. Fairly enjoyable but I also already watch Game Chasers as well as the rest of the cast. Not sure people would get much enjoyment out of it if they don't know the cast.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 21, 2023, 05:55:03 pm
Oppenheimer - Simultaneously too long and too short. It's three movies rolled into one, with only one of them given the space it needs to breathe.

There are too many limited series out there that are too little material stretched over too many episodes.  The opposite is true here.  Its still good, there's just too much material to cover effectively in the runtime.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 22, 2023, 06:13:43 am
Born on the Fourth of July - A pretty rough and sad war drama about a gung-ho American going to fight for his country, going through the horror of Vietnam, and then dealing with his life afterwards, the return home to crowds of anti-war protests, along with his own physical and mental issues.  Doesn't skimp on showing some nasty elements for sure.  Tom Cruise gives a pretty good performance, especially just a few years after Top Gun, where I thought he was only okay in.  Some of the scenes feel a little "out there" (This is based on someone's memoir), but I think it does a decent job.  Not sure it's something I'd recommend unless you are into this type of drama, but it's a decent film.  Kinda funny to see Willem Dafoe in this, along with John C. McGinley, both previously in Platoon, though you could almost see Dafoe's role as a "What-If" if his character lived on after Platoon.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 23, 2023, 03:20:30 am
Saving Private Ryan - Still definitely one of the top war films, it's intense, dark, the battle scenes are impressive, good performances all around.  I always forget just how much "Ryan" there is in the move, not showing up till the finale battle.  The D-Day battle scene is still very impressive along with the finale battle.  Makes me want to go watch Band of Brothers, so may consider that and The Pacific next.

Shin Kamen Rider - I have no attachment to Kamen Rider, so I feel like this is a movie that is very much made for specifically Kamen Rider fans and that alone lol I don't mean that in a super negative way, but it's also never a movie that I feel connects with me.  It's a kinda goofy 70's throwback, down to the camera styling, edits, music, very retro, while mixing in some high energy, almost anime-feeling action moments dotted through out, and some excessive blood for no real reason that I can tell.  It's The Boys level of blood, without the gore, but they could've easily done the entire thing without it.  Kinda weird, but interesting I guess.  They do mostly tone down on that after like the first third of the film.

This is meant to be a standalone movie, but because it feels like it's so much for the fans, I feel like for awhile, the pacing of things makes it feel like I should know about the organization and Kamen Rider beforehand, even though there isn't previous story to know.

While I did enjoy some of the retro vibes and man do they sell his powerful climax kick great every single time, there's not much else in this movie for me, probably the last time I'll watch it.  Shin Godzilla was much more for me as a Godzilla fan, and I think I might like Shin Ultraman for it being about giant kaiju, but Shin Kamen Rider is just alright.  Love his design though, that helmet and suit is simple, but dope.  Specifically the ending look is quality.
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Post by: Cartagia on July 23, 2023, 10:14:47 pm
Clueless - This is one of the best screenplays of the 90s.

Tiger Cage - Banger and a half. It's biggest flaw is the never quite lives up to its opening 15 minutes, but it comes close.

Tiger Cage II - There are multiple sequences in this movie that surpass the excellent first film, but it just gets too doofy with the "odd couple" stuff.

Tiger Cage III - What a weird follow-up to the two previous films.  Action is too light and too bogged down in its plot.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 24, 2023, 01:14:59 am
Shin Ultraman - I definitely enjoyed this more than Shin Kamen Rider, it's not just that it's about kaiju, a thing I love, but I like the movies structure more, it's got a lot less of that 70's throwback editing and shaky cam and all that sorta stuff (Still has some, it's meant to be very nostalgic I feel), but it also has fairly decent CG and even feels like I'm looking at man-in-suit fights with miniature terrain at points.  It does have a lot of slow points, it's much more like Shin Godzilla, where it's dealing with a lot of the Japanese agency's, political stuff, so that can be a big downside for some people.

The biggest fault I have with the movie is that there's so little actual Kaiju action.  They gloss over like 4 or 5 monster battles the humans deal with at the very beginning and I would've loved to see them.  Very frustrating to not have those fights.  We do get a couple decent fights, though only one REALLY good Kaiju battle.  I feel like that's kind of a big mistake personally.  It doesn't make it a bad film, just one that had the opportunity to do more cool giant kaiju fights, because they were generally quite good, as I said before, they almost don't feel CG in certain places.  I just want to see Ultraman fight Shin Godzilla...I mean..."Gomess" lol Love that nod, which is that in the old Ultraman, they repurposed (Or it was meant to be a fun cameo I don't know) a Godzilla suit, added some details and made it an Ultraman monster, so they did the same here with Shin Godzilla.  So good.

Oh well, while I didn't absolutely love the movie, I still liked it.  Shin Godzilla is still the best for me out of these three and I'd only really recommend Shin Ultraman if you liked Shin Godzilla or have a general interest in giant monsters.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 24, 2023, 07:36:55 am
Oh well, while I didn't absolutely love the movie, I still liked it.  Shin Godzilla is still the best for me out of these three and I'd only really recommend Shin Ultraman if you liked Shin Godzilla or have a general interest in giant monsters.

Sounds like I'm watching Shin Ultraman.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: telly on July 24, 2023, 09:12:21 am
I watched Oppenhiemer yesterday and unfortunately I didn't really like it. It felt like two giant movies smashed into one and there was so much story that needed to be told as a result that the characters really suffered. I was really hoping for more about Oppenhiemer as a scientist but Cillian Murphy doesn't really have any room to breathe let alone develop over the course of the movie. The female characters felt particularly shortchanged, particularly Florence Pugh's character. Was just like Imitation Game with really overrwritten dramatic dialogue but there were some surprisingly bad writing in a few moments as well. Also didn't like the way the movie was scored. Most of the film had music underlying the scenes which diluted the impactful moments. There were also some random horror/thriller elements thrown in that felt out of place to me.

I did like a couple scenes, particularly the speech after the bomb is dropped, and the philosophy around scientific pursuits that result in harm to others. But I think the movie should have just been about the atom bomb being developed and the whole investigation side could have an added epilogue and I would have liked it a lot more.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 25, 2023, 02:47:34 am
Battleship - I tried to watch this...Got nearly an hour into it and dropped it.  I rarely do that, but it was SO boring, and a movie about battleships going up against extraterrestrial threats shouldn't be boring.  I feel like I watched this movie before because I remember that it leads to them taking an old WW2 battleship due to having no digital tech in it, which I think a cool idea, but eh...I was bored and this was a random pick and I can't be bothered lol

Snake Eyes (2021) - I went in with some hesitation on this movie, as I'm big into Snake Eyes as a character.  Sure it was a lot of "Boba Fett" energy, a lot of style over substance for the most part, but I did read the comics and watch the cartoons and he always stood out to me as an interesting character.  So having heard nothing about the movie and that it did poorly in theater, I was kinda worried to watch it.

I'm very mixed on this.  I think it starts out alright, but the longer it goes on, it starts to lose my interest, I don't like the story they are telling for Snake Eyes that much compared to the original story, like it's kind of an interesting twist, but it's not a story I want to see for Snake Eyes at all.  The movie also gets quite boring.  It starts out pretty decent I would say.  His origins, that fight with the Yakuza, I was on board, but once he goes to the actual Arashikage compound, there's not much real training going on for him to become a ninja, he's just already a good fighter who kinda becomes a ninja by virtue of that being the story.  Then they introduce a magic jewel and giant anaconda's and...boy does it not add anything to the movie.  Like I know it's GIJOE, it's a kinda goofy world, but ugghh...

I also don't think the fights are that great as the movie goes on.  They start to add in some like...super leap wire stunt stuff and it feels so out of place when it feels like they should be really emphasizing high quality sword choreography above all else.  The finale is okay, but that's it.  Also Scarlet is in the movie, but she adds nothing.  Baroness was okay.  He doesn't even get his suit till the very end of the movie.  It just doesn't work for me and I see why it failed, which sucks as I would love for GIJOE to figure out something as the previous movies before this didn't really work out either.

Men in Black - Been a long while since I've watched this movie, figured I'd maybe do a run of the series as I don't think I really saw the third or fourth one, just bits I think.  I do love the Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith dynamic, Jones is such a perfect hard edge straight man to the younger high energy Smith.  Vincent D'Onofrio is also fantastic as Edgar, I love the whole creepy almost horror-esque tone to the whole thing.  I can't say the CG holds up as good these days, some things are better than others, but the practical effects are fun.  Whole movie is just a good time.

Men in Black 2 - I found it funny that they end the first movie with Smith getting a cool new look outfit and glasses, but then the sequel is like "Nah, he's just wearing a regular suit again." lol I do sorta feel like this is one of those sequels that kinda rehashes stuff from before, like instead of being a sequel that does something new, they have to bring back Tommy Lee Jones and that dynamic and they kinda hit a lot of the same beats of the previous story in the process.  It's a great dynamic, but half the movie is just about leading to Jones coming back as K, and the McGuffin is another jewel that'll lead to the end of the world and similar stuff from the first movie happens again.  It's not a bad movie, it's just not as good and fresh as the original.

Men In Black 3 - I like this one, I think I did watch it before, don't remember a whole lot, but I like it a lot more than the second one, just because it isn't trying to just rehash the previous movie.  Got some fun, light-hearted time travel stuff, Josh Brolin nails a younger Tommy Lee Jones, there's not a lot of the goofy side character nonsense that was in the sequel, which is a plus.  A funny nod to the era I liked was that in the past MIB HQ, a lot of the aliens and such looked more like old school Star Trek-esque aliens.  There's no real reason for that, but it's goofy.  I dig this one, I would recommend it.  I was gonna watch the last one "MIB International", but it's a subscription only to another channel, so that's not happening.  Overall though, this is a fun series.

Invincible: Atom Eve - They did a special to show the backstory for Atom Eve, which is nice for something to watch until Invincible returns, and it's great, it still has that hard hitting Invincible edge, which makes for a crazy young superhero origin story.  Well animated, good story, quality stuff for sure.  Wasn't expecting another Lance Reddick performance, he'll be greatly missed.  Love Atom Eve's powers, it's like a crazy extreme version of Green Lantern's, able to control molecules, transform objects into different things, or as she uses it, creating physical energy defenses and weapons or anything she can think of.  Her abilities are definitely terrifying, showing that she's incredibly powerful by the end.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on July 26, 2023, 08:44:38 am
American Graffiti - I'd trade pretty much everything Star Wars post-1983 if it meant that George Lucas had made more movies like this.

Horse Feathers - Marx Brothers shenanigans.  Not as good as Duck Soup, but it has some good laughs.something.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - The setpieces are incredible and third act is pretty great, but it doesn't do enough to really develop the actual Dream Warrior crew outside of their single personality traits. Does not help that a couple of the kids are almost outright bad. If it had a bit more depth it could easily go toe to toe with the original.

Barbie - Kinda blows my mind that the big budget Barbie movie was this surrealist and existential. It has some slight internal consistency issues, but those are ultimately just minor niggles in what is colorful blast of fun and excellent filmmaking.

Pineapple Express - The genre mixing here walks a very precarious tightrope, but it manages to stay shockingly balanced throughout.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 04, 2023, 04:57:26 am
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - A great sendoff to the Guardians, whether they come back to any major degree or not, this was a great time, probably my favorite of the Marvel films in awhile, like I enjoyed No Way Home and Multiverse of Madness, but this all around just good and it got me to tear up a couple times throughout.  Not sure if this is my favorite of the Guardian films or not, might take a few more goes perhaps before I can say, as I think all three do a great job telling their story and keeping themselves distinct.  James Gunn just nailed this stuff, I hope he can do a great job managing the DC movies coming up.
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Post by: Cartagia on August 04, 2023, 05:46:21 pm
The Fugitive - Straight-forward, no nonsense, tightly-paced, and greatly acted. Genuinely can't believe TLJ won an Oscar for this.  Not that he's bad.  He great. It's just such an understated matter-of-fact performance.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Easily the second best TMNT film.  Very wise decision to lean hard into the family aspect of the group and to have kids / teens voice the team.  Lots of laughs, terrific action, amazing art style.
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Post by: weirdfeline on August 06, 2023, 04:24:35 pm
Mutant Mayhem was really good. Looking forward to the sequel + show.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 07, 2023, 03:49:40 am
Transformers: Rise of the Beast - Overall I thought this was fairly decent, it sorta feels like a mixture of what Bumblebee was doing and the Bay films, but kinda the best of both I guess.  Real solid Transformer designs, decent enough story, I thought Maximals were handled well enough and I was thrown for a slight loop at the ending reveal, which was fun.  It's nothing amazing I feel, comes across abit by the numbers, but I didn't have any major complaints and it has none of the stuff I hate from the Bayverse films.

Also I'm so glad they held back on putting "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" in this movie.  I've heard it twice this year in other movies, even if this movie made sense to put it in lol

Jardhead - Random war movie watch, a very depressing take on the Persian Gulf War of the early 90's, how miserable and useless it all was, the lead up, being stuck over there for a half a year, doing absolutely nothing, before having a couple days of war, and then having it all end, and being sent back home like it was nothing.  This one of those movies that I wouldn't "recommend", it kinda has to be something you want to see, because it's kinda just a sad watch, there's no likeable characters, everyone sort of just an asshole soldier...I guess it can at least be said to be a movie that is absolutely not trying to glorify a single thing about what happened.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 09, 2023, 12:46:36 am
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - I really don't go to movies much anymore, but if anything is going to do it, it's gonna be Ninja Turtles or Godzilla, and today it was Ninja Turtles.  Pretty fun movie, the art style is wild, I love that Spiderverse's success lead to studios going for their own crazy art styles.  Here it's kinda like they took claymation and gave it all like a sketchbook filter.  The turtles themselves are great, most of the cast is pretty entertaining. 

My only real issue is all the pop culture references, it's SO much and that drags the dialogue down for sure.  I don't mind it here and there, they make a "Shrek" joke, which could be just a Shrek joke, but also might be poking fun at what people were calling the previous live action run of TMNT.  Part of me can almost let it slide in that turtles only involvement with the real world is basically pop culture, but to me that doesn't make for good dialogue for a show, it's just starts to feel like references for the sake of references.

It doesn't hurt the movie a ton, but I hope for a sequel, that they tone that WAY back.  Otherwise, fun flick, they do a lot to sell that these are teens well, that's actually not something I feel like they do super often through the entire series, the best versions probably being this or the 2012 tv show from what I remember of that.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - Keeping the enjoyable movie train going with some D&D! Worked out that I got to Vox Machina season 2 this week, so lots of fantasy this week.  This movie didn't do anything crazy, it's just a nice, comedic, fantasy film, kinda gives off Guardians of the Galaxy vibes, which to be fair, all group oriented movies with a comedic edge doesn't mean that its GotG, but how they handle the comedy, the snark at times, that's the vibe I got.  Might be a tad unfair, but overall I had fun with it.

Also fatty dragon might be my favorite monster in the whole movie, something about it gave me Monster Hunter vibes lol

Pacific Rim - Was reading abit of a reddit thread on the movie, asking why this didn't take off as a series and it got me in the mood to re-watch it.  I still love this film.  Some peoples faults were mostly with like the dialogue and characters, but I just feel like it's people being weirdly harsh about a movie that does what it needs to well enough and it absolutely excels in the action department.  It's so good, they do such a great job selling the size and weight of these massive things, especially with the camera work, so much of it is done to feel relatively practical, as if it was handle in the real world.  Lots of low shots, or crane shots, or it's handle from if it was on a building, and if there are shots just up in the air, it's not crazy quick movements that feel like you are just circling a CG animation.  That was what I remember most about Uprising, like the big showoff of all the Jaegers in the city together and it has this fast flying camera that feels more like a video game stage intro than trying to sell the setting.  Always will recommend this movie, it's up there as one of my favorite giant monster movies, top 5 easily.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 09, 2023, 09:41:27 pm
Futurama: Bender's Big Score - I remember this being the best of the movies, and it's got some great moments, but I still don't care for the third act (the Lars reveal is sooo obvious and those Xmas songs are pretty meh). Nonetheless, always happy to watch these future goobers.

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs - Better than I remembered. Has a more classic (and average) Futurama feel than Bender's Big Score, but also like BBS, it kinda drops the ball in the last act.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ferraroso on August 10, 2023, 07:40:19 pm
As I'm writing this, I just got back home from watching Kimitachi wa dou ikiru ka (君たちはどう生きるか, meaning "How do you live?", but terribly named The Boy and the Heron in English) the newest movie from Studio Ghibli and (allegedly) the final movie of Miyzaki Hayao. I don't watch many anime, but in general, Ghibli know their game, so I had to go see it!
For those who don't know, this feature film was released without a trailer, without a synopsis, without any information on its cast, absolutely nothing except for a poster and a release date. A marketing maneuver that, probably, only Miyazaki-sensei would be able to pull out.
I'm a huge fan of the original novel Kimitachi wa dou ikiru ka, so I had no idea what to expect going to the theater and I gotta say I wasn't disapointed. It is an absolute masterpiece and a work of art that is sure to keep people thinking for years to come.
Usually, I don't care at all about spoilers, but if you like Studio Ghibli, try experiencing it as it was meant to, without watching any trailers or anything.

(http://www.koreaes.com/news/photo/202307/363218_12494_239.jpg)

PS: They also showed a trailer for Godzilla -1.0 (minus one)! I had no idea that movie was being made, and it looks freaking awesome! Can't wait!!!
https://youtu.be/d79dUsPZKL0 (https://youtu.be/d79dUsPZKL0)
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 11, 2023, 08:39:32 am
Futurama: Bender's Game - Once again, better than I remembered, but this time the end nearly torpedoes the whole thing.  The LotR pastiche is maybe the most creatively bankrupt thing Futurama ever did.

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder - The most resoundingly meh of these.  All the movies tried to put too much lore and plot in their runtime, and this one suffers the most for it.

Gemini Man - Killer action sequences coupled with a script that screams the fact that it originated in 1997 at every turn (for better or worse). Ang Lee elevates the hell out of this so that instead of being generic action mush it is actually desperately close to being great.

Talk to Me - This is pretty great.  Terrific performances, cool concept, great make-up. It gets a bit muddled when it decides to suddenly sprint to the end, but a big recommend from me.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 14, 2023, 02:37:47 am
The Venture Bros: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart - Wild name, but one that makes sense for this show lol I'm a huge Venture Bros fan, I think it's legit one of the top animated shows out there for how long it's been running, a show that I feel not only got better, but stayed consistently good.  It's really funny, well animated, and I love so many of the characters.  It's sad that its ending with this movie, but at least it got something to end it with.  It feels more like a three parter episode from a season we didn't get rather than something you see more often with a "movie", but I liked it.  They even ended it with lots of stuff they could do for another season down the road if they were able to revive it, maybe on a new network, but at least we got one more thing from the show.

Much the same coming up for Metalocalypse, really looking forward to that movie and albums.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 14, 2023, 08:35:12 am
DOA: Dead or Alive - Decent action and it embraces the fact it is a video game adaptation, but that doesn't make up for the awful VFX, epileptic 2000s editing, and all of the leads thinking they are in different movies.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 16, 2023, 05:02:51 am
Batman: The Doom The Came To Gotham - Didn't know they had done a Lovecraftian story for Batman, but it's always cool to see Batman in different eras, this one set in the 1920's.  I always appreciate a one off story like this and I like that it's very different from the usual Batman stuff with how characters are utilized and it's definitely quite dark, which is fitting for the type of story it is. 

Love the Batman outfit in this also.  Simply adding a collar to the cape does a lot lol I did find out afterwards that it's the same design as the Gotham by Gaslight Batman, which makes me wish that they had done a more original look for this story since it's set in the 1900's, but oh well, it's a good look. 

The movie itself is overall fine, most of these animated DC movies are generally fairly decent.  I don't think they often hit "great" levels, but they are always enjoyable and when the live action stuff has been pretty rough for awhile now, it's good to have solid DC flicks to watch with the animated movies.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 18, 2023, 08:42:41 am
Smokey and the Bandit - I'm pretty sure that Stephen Sondheim bit was a real conversation between takes with Sally Field and Burt Reynolds.

White Lightning - Surprised by how good this is.  Sweaty, tactile, grim at points, funny when it needs to be.  Just an all around good time.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Not sure why I put this one off so long. Terrific cast. I've dug pretty much everything this crew has put out. Not as funny as some of the others, but definitely has its moments.

Road House - One of those movies where the execution lifts it way beyond the concept.  Good action, nice soundtrack, explosions, Patrick Swayze.

They Cloned Tyrone - Solid debut from Juel Taylor. Killer aesthetic, great soundtrack. Just an all around stylish flick. It gets a little shaky if you start interrogating the logistics, and the pacing gets a hair sluggish around the halfway mark, but it's fun sci-fi throwback with good ideas and something to say. Plus, Jamie Foxx is always worth a watch.

To Live and Die in L.A. - The seamless kind of filmmaking that feels like a living breathing work of art.  Where the presence of the director is omnipresent but never feels overbearing.  Style out the wazoo and cool bursting at the seams.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 22, 2023, 01:27:34 am
The Martian - Back on my space stuff watch and got lucky with a copy of this movie on blu-ray at Goodwill today.  Saves me a few bucks from having to rent it or grab a subscription to another streaming service, and it's just a very solid movie to have.  This is probably my second time watch it, but I enjoy regular, non-fantastical, space stuff, this one much less than say Interstellar, just pure astronaut survival stuff.  Damon is great in it since he has to play the biggest part.  Overall a really good watch still.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on August 22, 2023, 12:42:51 pm
Barbie Movie - Clever, colorful and fun. Keeps a general emotional stance and anyone who shames it for geo politcal narratives isn't familiar with the dolls legacy to begin with. Margot and Ryan can do no wrong and combine to form a juggernaut. 97/100

Oppenhiemer - I have never experienced a moment in theatrew like when the atom bomb goes off. It rattled cieling toles with dolby altmos and made me cry from sheer baffling carnage of its simulated power. A historical story told from 2 angles. - 95/100


Turtles Mutant Mayhem - Solid Movie. Colorful. Creative visually. Epic voice work by Ice Cube. The turtles may be a tad juvenile for my taste but they are teenagers afterall. And I know they need kids to attend. Great directing by Seth. - 82/100


Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: redblaze57 on August 26, 2023, 11:53:48 pm
Studio 666- it's good but feels hard to recommend. The Foo Fighters go to a house to record their 10th Studio Album and between writer's block and exploring the house Dave Grohl gets possessed by a demon and Starts killing everyone. There were at least 4-5 non-Foo Fighters musician cameos. But if you don'tknow who they are you'll probably miss who they are... outside of Lionel Ritchie. And honestly I was thinking there would be more. You can tell it's a passion project. If you enjoy the Foo Fighters along with heavy metal and b Horror comedies you'll have some fun watching. If not I'd say pass on this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on August 27, 2023, 02:58:17 am
The Flash - I had a lot of this movie spoiled beforehand, because it was kinda hard to avoid and honestly...I didn't really care that much if I did get spoiled because I was kinda expecting this movie to be bad.  It went through production hell and delays and the main actor turned out to be a douche, all sorts of wild things.  In the end, the movie is a mess.  There are things I like, things that work, and a whole lot that doesn't. 

Visually so much of it is awful, some stuff is totally fine and good, but the hospital scene in the beginning borders on parody, the time travel scenes have visuals that look like high quality PS3 era graphics, and the finale battle is just so ugly being set on a flat, barren, desert setting, which only makes the overdone CG look even worse.  There are some things I like, I think Barry eventually becomes more likeable later in the film (His younger counterpart does not), I like the Batman bike scene in the beginning, I can't deny liking Keaton as Batman again, and I think Supergirl is genuinely great and I liked everything with her.  That's mostly it though. 

They really shouldn't have done Flashpoint for his first solo movie.  It's the same problem they had with Batman v Superman.  Flash is slightly closer to the story it was trying to adapt, but it still misses the mark.  They tried to do so much, but it absolutely did not work.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on August 27, 2023, 05:57:20 pm
Sausage Party - Conceptually there are some really good ideas here, but it goes for obvious joke 90% of the time. A couple of sequences made me laugh pretty hard, but mostly I was just rolling my eyes. Third act is wild and almost saves the movie.

The King of Staten Island - One of those movies where it feels like it was tailor-made for everyone involved.

The Big Lebowski - First big screen viewing. I've come a long way since that first VHS watch in like '99 or whatever.  Definitely a top 5 Coen flick.

Loose Cannons - The hardboiled cop stuff is surprisingly solid, and Gene Hackman is his normal stalwart self - making everything he does watchable, even this complete tonal mess. Whiffs hard when it goes broad, though, with Aykroyd not being up to the challenge of making... whatever it is he is doing match the energy of the literally anything around him.

Death on the Nile - Just a totally inert film.  Nearly no charism or intrigue in it.  There are a couple of servicable performances and good set design, but just a snoozefest.

All That Jazz - It's wild seeing an artist create such a scathing and unflinching portrait of their own life. The mix of self-awareness, talent, and hubris required is mind-boggling.

The New Mutants - The actual attempts at horror and atmosphere are totally fine, but the teen angst bullshit is badly written, poorly acted, and lifeless.  The whole cast deserved better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 07, 2023, 02:43:27 am
Prospect (2019) - Since I'm playing Starfield, I saw this movie get brought up, kinda has that same scifi aesthetics as it, something I missed when it came out, but it had Pedro Pascal in it and it's overall okay.  I had a weird viewing experience due to an issue with my ad block creating a problem that I thought was a story decision that soured things abit, but it's mostly a very simple and smaller scale scifi flick about a father/daughter pair who go to this planet to find these...organic things they harvest that turn into like jewels or something, but a situation happens and it's the girl with Pedro Pascal as they are trying to get off the planet.  Basic survival sorta story. 

I thought the daughter was a little weird emotionally, I couldn't get a strong fix on her and Pedro is great, he's basically playing as Joel from Last of Us, but in a more friendly and talkative tone, but similar vibe and really it's weird that he goes from this survival story with a teenage girl, to The Last Of Us with the same setup lol I'm actually wondering if this had any influence on getting the role beyond just his popularity at the time or if it was just a coincidence.  Not like this movie was successful or popular or anything, but just an interesting thing to note.

I can't strongly recommend it, it's rather slow, the story is a tad odd in execution, and it was hard to get a read on the girl, but it's alright.  Don't watch this on Amazon Prime with adblock on lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 09, 2023, 04:05:36 am
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Part 1 - I'm gonna say it...I think there can be a thing such as too much "art" lol I love the story in this, it's a ton of fun, I loved seeing all the crazy Spider-Man appearances, but there's a lot of stuff that feels like it's going overboard visually alot of the time.  The first one got plenty stylish, but this one is beyond that.  It also continues some visual stuff I never loved with the original, where you get like the halftone dots on stuff as like texturing and the "Chromatic Aberration" edges and blur to a lot of stuff, it's the only way I know how to explain it as you see it in video games and I always turn it off lol  That stuff makes even normal scenes seem a little busy.

I do really like the movie, part 2 is gonna be great, to me, the movie is almost overkill in places.  Impressive, but it's just a sock to the face with art lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 12, 2023, 05:00:49 am
U-571 - Back to some random war movie watching.  I remember watching this back in the day, generally enjoying, I still think it's solid, very tense, there isn't a lot of downtime once it hits a certain point.  I've been looking up movies on Wiki after I finish them to see their reception for the time and it's apparently completely fictional, but setting that aside, if just wanting a tense bit of submarine action, it's quite good.  Gets me watching to watch another, like I might go and watch The Hunt For Red October next.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 13, 2023, 08:34:11 am
Clifford - A movie I absolutely did not get when I was a kid. I think I kinda liked it back then, but I definitely like it more today.

It's wonderfully dark and demented but those bookends do it no favors, trying to make what should be a mean acerbic little film into something it isnt.

Hard Time - It's not as effortlessly cool as The Warriors, but it definitely a contender for my favorite Walter Hill film.  Coburn and Bronson are just magnetic.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 14, 2023, 02:32:18 am
Fast X - This movie is dumb and not in a good way lol I kinda went into it expecting a dumb movie, the last like...2 kinda went off the deep end into just outrageously ridiculous territory.  I was cool with the movies getting over the top when they hit Fast V I think it was.  It turned the movies into something fun for abit.  Then it started to get into like ridiculous, cartoon-esque, territory, where they are going to space in a car, and then in this one, there's a neutron bomb rolling towards the Vatican, and Dom takes out two helicopters with his car and uses the bodies of those helicopters like maces to take out guys.  It sounds fun, but there's this veneer of seriousness to it all that I think undercuts the movie more than it needs to.

What works? Some of the car stuff is solid when it's not turning into CG nonsense.  Jason Mamoa though, steals the whole thing.  He understands what this, it's schlock, he's a Batman villain, a supervillain, like Batman Forever/Batman & Robin era practically.  He's having fun and he has all these horribly implausible plans that all work exactly how he plans it, even though it makes no sense lol

Also screw this movie being a "Part 1" lol I didn't know before hand that this was a two parter, like they think this is some Infinity War/Endgame level stuff lol

I wouldn't recommend it, but if you liked the last two enough, this is probably fine, I honestly probably think it's one of the weaker of the newer ones they've done since starting on this track of films.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 16, 2023, 02:50:14 pm
Shanghai Noon - Eh, it's fine.  It's a bit too long and there's not quite enough wild Jackie Chan stunts.  Xander Berkley is just eating that scenery, though.

Bottoms - Pretty easily the funniest movie of the year.  The football game plot was so insane it felt like a deleted thread from Wet Hot American Summer, and that's a good thing.  It does have some tonal balance issues, and is far stronger when it is being irreverent and madcap, but the attempts at earnestness don't fully work.

Air - Comparisons to Moneyball are pretty much right on target, although this script isn't as airtight.  Lots of Mad Men DNA in here, too.  Helluva picture.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on September 23, 2023, 04:17:17 am
The Hunt For Red October - Continuing the little submarine flicks with some 90's cold war drama. I remember that Sean Connery was in this, forgot that it also had Tim Curry, Alec Baldwin, and Sam Neil in it, which is a solid crew and I like how they start in Russian with them and movie into a clear transition to English for the rest of the time to make up for the fact that most of the main actors aren't Russian lol I forgot that there was this whole run of Tom Clancy movies, where it's more of a drama than an action flick, starring Jack Ryan played by different actors over the years.  Overall, it's a solid flick, good tension, it's a decent watch.  This was the sort of stuff I'd end up watching with my dad on TV back in the day.

World War Z - Decided to give this a new watch as I haven't seen it since it came out.  I was pretty pissed at the time with it, with them taking the name of a favorite book of mine and making something entirely unrelated to the book.  I remember thinking it was an okay zombie flick, but now I'm going into it with less of that annoyance I initially had (It's still there abit, I hate that we don't have like an HBO series for World War Z at this point).

I think the start of this is pretty decent, everything leading up to the boat is good suspense, it's a strong opening. I see how they are trying to do the "World War Z" aspect, Pitt is a journalist, trying to find the source, traveling the world, it doesn't make for a good adaptation, but having it be a traveling zombie story does make for its own decent idea.  The one thing I was expecting to not enjoy still is the crazy zombie stuff they do, which is having the zombies act like...ants or something, climbing over each other, like a rushing wave, it is kinda terrifying, but it also looks very goofy.

I think the story is fine, though there's almost a comedy of errors at points I feel, kinda goofy plot elements, like the scientist tripping and killing himself, or that Brad Pitt and the Israeli solder are the only ones to survive a plane crash that happens to land not far from where they need to go, it's plot points for the sake of plot, rather than what feels like convincing story.  Not the worst for sure, but feels like they could've done better.

Overall, I'd say I like the movie a tad more than I originally did, decent zombie flick, I just wish we had a proper World War Z adaptation.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on September 24, 2023, 08:30:20 pm
Dazed and Confused - Happy 30th Anniversary!

Crank - I genuiney can't tell what parts of this movie are funny because they suck or because they are actually funny.

Martial Law - This one kicks off with a bang and a load of energy and charm, but starts losing momentum after about 30 minutes.  The fights remain a highlight throughout, and that David Carradine charm keeps it afloat when the pacing struggles.

Disturbing Behavior - Once you get past the sloppy as hell first act you are left with a fast paced fun little thriller.  It definitely reeks of all the studio meddling, but I think a Director's Cut would only get you a slightly better movie, not a great one.  It also feels so much like an episode of The X-Files due to the involvement Nutter and Mark Snow that I wanted Mulder and Scully to show up.

Police Story 3: Super Cop - The climax of this movie is insane.

Ticks - It's schlocky, dumb, cheap, and the creature effects are incredible. Exactly my kind of trash.  Needed a bigger body count, though.

The Empty Man - Weird, dark, unsettling, existential. Doesn't really nail the landing, but everything that comes before is just too good.

No One Will Save You - Making the aliens bumbling doofuses is an idea that feels like it shouldn't work but completely does.

Under the Skin - I'd held off on this for a while because I was afraid that it would be too plodding and filled with navel gazing. Thankfully it's not, but it comes real close. When it works it really works, though.

Perfect Blue - Maybe overhyped for me a tad, but that climax still had me holding my breath and on the edge of my seat.

Manhunter - An absolute heartstopper when it is at its most Michael Mann, but impossible for me not to contrast with, probably unfairly, The Silence of the Lambs.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 08, 2023, 08:49:20 am
Jaws 2 - Bigger, dumber, bloodier and filled with a smorgasbord of disposable teens - though far too few of them bite it. Overall not too bad for such a blatant a cash grab sequel.

Prom Night (1980) - It's just so boring.  There's a couple of decent scenes towards the end, but not enough to make watching this super worth it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 08, 2023, 11:23:48 pm
Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) - Randomly watched this after watching a review of a recent "sequel" to the original, though I had never seen the original beyond a few clips and then what I've seen of the recent video game.  Figured it's the season for it, so why not. 

I ended up not liking it lol I don't watch tons of horror movies, I'm into abit of Friday the 13th, Evil Dead series, some zombie stuff, but I thought I'd possibly be into this, but I mostly just found it boring and obnoxious.  Some scenes were dragged out too long or were just oddly paced, I thought there would be more stuff happening at the house, like there would be a whole big deal to an escape from it, but there's not.  Everyone gets killed off pretty quick and that just leaves Sally screaming for like the last...20 minutes? There's some good creepy tension here and there for sure, I can see why Leatherface is well liked by fans, but that ending sucks, it's so baffling to me lol

Probably won't watch anymore of the series, because if this is considered the "good one" from the ratings I saw, I don't really want to see the rest lol

Black Demon - I thought this was gonna be just a goofy, SYFY tier, shark movie and while I wouldn't say this is like...Deep Blue Sea or The Meg, I think this is a reasonably fine shark film.  It's above the crap budget tier stuff with some overall decent effects, actually fairly well acted, and the story is good enough.  The elements that I don't think work are kinda the odd supernatural stuff, it feels kinda half-assed to me and there isn't really that much shark in the movie.  Honestly, having it be a shark feels kinda unnecessary and only is there to fit into the shark genre flicks.  If they wanted to lean on the supernatural element, having it be something that isn't every truly clear, like maybe it vaguely looks like a shark at some point, and then maybe it's more monstrous in other parts, then play more into the hallucinations to amp up the terror, it could've been better.

I wouldn't say I recommend this, but if you got a thing for lower budget flicks for a casual watch that aren't anything amazing, but totally watchable, this is at least something good for that.

Nope - And finishing my random day of watching flicks, is Nope.  I mostly managed to avoid spoilers on this somehow and overall I found it pretty entertaining.  I don't want to talk specifics, on this one, but I dug it.  It's a little weird, but interesting and unique, I can say it's not a movie of this type I've seen before.  There is a sub-story that feels so weird to include, like I understand how it factors in for the viewer, but I'm not sure it actually adds to the film overall lol Some character stuff was also a tad odd. 

But I think it's good, I'd recommend it.  I've never seen any of Jordan Peele's stuff before, but might have to watch Get Out and Us sometime.  I've been spoiled on those films, but I'm kinda curious to see them now still.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on October 10, 2023, 06:36:25 am
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II - Lots of interesting stuff going here, but unfortunately limited by the budget and overall execution. Kind of a top tier "sequel in name only" franchise entry, though.

The Nun - Woof.  Barely a movie.  Plodding, boring, no tension.

We're All Going to the World's Fair - Yeah, nah.  Conceptually I like what it's got going on, but this didn't really connect with me at all which was disappointing after how much I dug to opening. 

Inferno - Nobody makes movies that look like Argento's.  Generally really dug this, bit it felt too fragmented.  A bunch of good to great sequences that don't really hang together as a cohesive experience.

Body Bags - I don't think I've seen this since the night it originally aired, and I absolutely didn't remember just how straight up fun it was. I also love that isn't afraid of it's own seams and it just looks like props on a cheap folding table 80% of the time. "Hair" was easily my favorite.

Deep Rising - It's fun as hell, but the script is terrible and tonally all over the place.  The horror elements totally work while the action adventure stuff is a complete crap shoot.

The Night of the Hunter - The movie looks the way it does because of the shadow Robert Mitchum casts over it.

Anaconda - Big, dumb, under 90 minutes.  Worth it for the puppets and Jon Voight.

The Munsters - Actually kinda funny?  It's clunky in spots, especially in the middle, and the guy playing Herman is wildly inconsistent, but I liked it way more than expected.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 21, 2023, 07:28:53 am
Hugo - If anyone ever tells you that Scorsese only makes gangsterfilms, or movies that glorify crime, make them watch this.  Totally delightful and charming family adventure.

Beyond the Black Rainbow - Completely gorgeous but also a total snoozefest.

Street Trash - The special effects sequences are cool as hell, but the middle of the movie is a chore.

Tourist Trap - Very moody and creepy little flick.  Got some super effective moments in it.  Not great, but it's close.

Nosferatu the Vampyre - Gorgeous but pretty dull, unfortunately. Not awful, but I wanted to like it more than I did.

Training Day - First rewatch in close to 20 years.  Antoine Fuqua and David Ayer have been chasing this same high since 2001.  Never even gotten close.

The Thing from Another World - Actually really dug this.  Obvious not as good as the Carpenter version, but very solid for its time.

Sick - Solid little slasher from Kevin Williamson, the writer of Scream.  Very fun, well paced, no nonsense, kinetic.

V/H/S/94 - Huge step up from that abysmal third film.  The wraparound story is really bad, but the individual stories range from alright to damn near great.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 26, 2023, 03:21:19 am
The Stranger by the Shore - Thought I was watching another slice of life, anime series, but turned out to be a movie.  It's a "Boys Love" genre romance/slice of life story that I thought was going to be kinda sweet and nice, I really don't watch romance stuff often, let alone gay ones, but unfortunately the movie struggles with weirdly fast pacing and it's only one part of the full story.  That pacing really undercuts the cute story happening, because it's just rushing through stuff and there's very little time spent on the actual friendship turned relationship that happens.  It's also only part 1 of the story that has two parts in manga form and seeing that it's been out for three years with no sequel, all that is left is one hour long part of an unfinished story. 

A shame as it's a nice little story, good visuals, characters I liked, more mature than I was expecting, which isn't something I see often in a lot of anime I watch, but it's incomplete and therefore kinda lacking.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 27, 2023, 01:59:35 pm
Brain Damage - Totally wild ride.  Funny, gross, nasty.  Total blast to watch.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 28, 2023, 12:06:40 am
Five Nights At Freddy's - This is an odd franchise for me, because I've never played any of the games (Picked up Security Breach just recently, haven't played it yet), but I've seen a ton on it, from Let's Plays to videos on the lore.  I always find the setting kinda interesting, while never being that interested in the gameplay loop. But I was actually kinda looking forward to this as I saw there was practical suits and they kinda nailed all the aesthetics, giving it a nice appeal. 

I'm a very casual horror fan, I don't watch tons, but this looked like very light-hearted horror, and it mostly was.  The subject material is very dark, but it's PG-13.  The vibe where it's kinda super dark, but kinda not, feels like something you would see from the 80's and 90's where there were those more intense horror movies for kids that kinda bordered on being almost too dark at times.

I dug the movie, like I said, all the suits, the setting, it's great. It actually got pretty dark for PG-13, more than I was expecting lol  I thought they did a pretty great job for the story, because most of the games don't actually have story, there's lore to piece together, but for the most part they aren't story driven.

Overall, it's pretty decent, I'd recommend it if you want something for the season to watch.
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Post by: Cartagia on October 29, 2023, 11:51:56 am
Salt - What an overly convoluted action movie.  A couple of decent setpieces, but also dumb as hell.

Threads - Incredibly impressive as a TV movie from 1984. Takes a little too long to really get started, and is a bit inconsistent with the documentary aspect, but once it gets going it is utterly harrowing. And what was up with speed running the long term effects? That epilogue was bleak but pretty superfluous.

Possession - Absolutely unhinged and out of control while simultaneously extremely pointed and deliberate. Also features cinema's worst private investigator alongside the most intense rocking chair sequence of all time.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on October 29, 2023, 11:01:24 pm
Willy's Wonderland - When I was seeing criticism for FNAF, I saw some people going "This should've been more like Willy's Wonderland, that was fun!", so I figured why not, I'll give it a watch.

I think it kinda sucks lol

I get what people are seeing, they just wanted more gore and violence, but this movie is just low rent FNAF.  It's a slasher tone, but it ends up being Nicolas Cage who is the threat.  I can admit that part is kinda funny and at times the ridiculous violence against the animatronics is kinda funny, but that's about it.  The story is bad, the characters are bad, the effects are a mixed a bag.  FNAF might not have been a wildly violent kill-fest, but I don't know, it makes sense as a FNAF thing that fits with what FNAF mostly is, a light horror property with some darker elements to it, but it's not a Friday the 13th, or Puppet Master, or something.  Also having a movie where Nic Cage doesn't say a word? I can't agree with that choice. 

Overall, if you just like cheesy slasher-type horror movies, especially low budget stuff, it's what it is, they know it's dumb and goofy, but I got very little out of it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 01, 2023, 08:55:41 am
Killers of the Flower Moon - Best 2023 movie I've seen by miles.  Scorsese is an absolute master.  Just amazing stuff.

Terrified - Starts incredibly strong, but struggles to keep that momentum past the halfway mark. Even with that slight issue it is filled with great scares, atmosphere, spooky designs... the works. Big recommend.

Downrange - Decent enough concept hobbled by some really bad dialogue and not great performances.

Se7en - I don't think I've actually sat down to watch this since the 90s. Not quite as transformational as I remembered it being, but still an achievement of the highest caliber. Not quite as dark or gritty as I recalled, bit still wonderfully grim, bleak, and pessimistic.

Plus that all-timer of an ending. I mean damn.

Aliens - Basically flawless, with the only thing I'd hold against it being the delivery of some of Newt's lines, and that only adds to the overall charm and earnestness of the endeavor.

Accident Man - The faux Ritchie tough guy stuff didn't really work for me, but the action is killer and it's got Ray Stevenson showing everyone else how it's done.

Mystery, Alaska - A nice little side-hug of a movie. Tries to do way too many different things, and while it executes them all just fine, it ultimately feels pretty shallow since it can't give any of them the time they deserve.

The Marvels - If this were just a standalone sci-fi adventure people would be tripping over themselves to talk about how much fun it is. It is a little clunky in a couple spots (mostly from unnecessarily trying to tying it to the baggage of the larger MCU) , but it is breezy, funny, and the action is mostly cool to watch.

The Killer - My favorite Fincher in over a decade.  It's not especially dense, but it is meticulous, and funnier than I expected.
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Post by: ferraroso on November 16, 2023, 03:59:30 am
Went to see Godzilla Minus One (https://youtu.be/r7DqccP1Q_4?si=x3OKbTtpEH1qVy_c) last Saturday (and I plan on going again later this month)
I've always been a huge Godzilla fan and, for me, this is the best one ever.
I heard it is going to get a world-wide release next month and I gotta say it is definitely worth going to the theater just to watch it!!
What an amazing piece of art!
My favorite 2023 movie so far.
PS: It also shows how Americans are simply incapable of understanding what Godzilla is really about!

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Godzilla_Minus_One_Poster.jpeg)
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Post by: pzeke on November 17, 2023, 09:28:06 am
[...]

PS: It also shows how Americans are simply incapable of understanding what Godzilla is really about!

Please, enlighten us; what is Godzilla really about?

There's no denying that "GodZilla 1998" was an aberration of a movie, and that "King of the Monsters" and "Godzilla vs. Kong" were all nonsense, albeit with some good monster brawling sprinkled about; but "Godzilla 2014", regardless of what the naysayers in their echo chamber say, managed to capture what the essence of Godzilla is, especially if we take into consideration the original was a source of inspiration. Sure, it has its flaws, killing off Cranston's character early being the prime example, but the movie holds its own among the greats within the franchise rather well. As far as I've seen, "Minus One" seems to follow nearly the same threads that "Godzilla 2014" did with its man vs. nature themes.
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Post by: ferraroso on November 18, 2023, 02:22:42 am
Please, enlighten us

No, thanks.
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Post by: Cartagia on November 18, 2023, 07:26:09 am
Watched Norm Macdonald's Dirty Work for the first time since the 90s.  I didn't think that I remembered much of it, but as it went on more and more kept coming back to me.  It's more like a series of bits than an actual movie, but most of the bits are good, even if there is pretty much no plot tying them together.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: pzeke on November 18, 2023, 10:02:55 am
Please, enlighten us

No, thanks.

The pontificator not wanting to pontificate any further?

(https://i.imgur.com/prR7umE.gif)

Anyway, let me not derail this with hogwash...

Just recently, about a week or so, I gave Batman & Robin a watch after literal decades and I would like to echo what someone over at Reddit said, which I'll quote below for full transparency:

"I don't know why so many people hate this movie, it's one of the most comic accurate Batman movies we have. The entire film oozes silver and bronze age Batman, and that's exactly what they were going for. It's entertaining, funny as hell, and so many scenes look like they were pulled straight from a Dennis O'Neil issue.

I love serious Batman and I love fun Batman and I'm sick of pretending one is better than the other."


Me too, EldritchSlut, me too. I couldn't have said it any better.

Watched Norm Macdonald's Dirty Work for the first time since the 90s.  I didn't think that I remembered much of it,but aside went on more and more kept coming back to me.  It's more like a series of bits than an actual movie, but most of the bits are good, even if there is pretty much no plot tying them together.

Man, I've loved that one ever since my first watch. I've never owned it and saw it once at Walmart and never got it because I was in a hurry. I'm hopeful I'll find it one of these days while digging through their movie bins. I mean, I found Porky's in one of them, so...
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: ferraroso on November 18, 2023, 12:38:24 pm
The pontificator not wanting to pontificate any further?

Well, I’m a teacher, so I only enlighten people when I’m being paid for that… Haha
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on November 19, 2023, 07:44:14 am
The Queen of Versailles - Surprisingly even handed, and even though the Siegels don't always acquit themselves that well, I found a shocking amount sympathy for them at times. They're still abhorently rich and almost comically evil, but more relatable on a day-to-day basis than I anticipated.

Thanksgiving - Eli Roth's best project by miles. It's a pitch perfect pastiche of 80s slashers, with a dash of social media hysteria thrown in. It gets pretty lost in the third act, though. The gruesome imagery is generally pretty strong, but there are a few whiffs when it tries to gets laughs from it. Even with those missteps it's one of the better horror movies of the year.

Martial Law II: Undercover - Probably a stronger and all around more well-made film than the first, but missing a presence like David Carradine's to keep you engaged in the downtime.

No Escape - Hadn't seen this since the 90s.  It's definitely got some fun moments, and the villain is great, but it is way too long and has a foundation of pretty lazy / illogical world-building.

Quiz Lady - Totally fine. I get that it is trying to play Awkwafina and Sandra against type, but Oh didn't really nail it the way Awkwafina does. Could have really leaned into the absurdity more as those were my favorite bits.

Con Air - Definitely worse than I remembered, but it is so bugnuts crazy it is impossible not to have a good time.

First Blood - It's a shame what the sequels have done to the reputation of this first Rambo outing. It's lean. It's grimey. It's a scathing critique of how US Veterans are treated. It screams ACAB. There's more pathos in that final monologue than nearly every modern blockbuster. A damn fine film.
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Post by: Cartagia on November 29, 2023, 09:32:33 am
Rambo: First Blood Part II - You have to completely divorce your expectations from the first film or you're gonna have a bad time. As a totally unrelated action fest it's pretty fun, even if it is jingoistic pablum.

Rambo III - Much stronger narratively than the second film, but missing the bombast and iconography. Lots of cool helicopter stuff, though, which is always welcome.

Rambo - Grim, gratuitous, excessive, and exploitive. A pretty good time at the movies.

Rambo: Last Blood - I liked it a little more this time around, but it's still easily the worst of the series. Where the second one is pure Boomer wish-fulfillment this entry is end to end fearmongering. The editing is pretty bad as well. I was confused as to the timeline way too much in the first 10 or so minutes.  Stallone has still got it, though, and the action is solid enough.

The Lives of Others - Meticulously and perfectly constructed. Finds the tragic and horrific in the mundane of the lives of the flawed but regular people of 1980s East Germany.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 05, 2023, 11:25:19 pm
Blue Beetle - This was some fun, it's got a nice style to it, some decent action, and the suit is cool, it's kinda like a scaled down Green Lantern in execution being able to create all sorts of blasters and blades.  Probably the first of the DCEU movies I've liked since the second Suicide Squad movie.  I'm glad they are keeping him around for the upcoming DC stuff as I can see him easily slotting in no problem and I'm curious to see where they go with the sequel.  I thought the family was abit much at the start, but it all comes together well enough as the movies goes on, I'd recommend this one.  It's not quite the end of the DCEU, but if Aquaman 2 turns out okay, it's a decent enough ending to that era of DC films.  I'm just glad it's a decent film to make up for how terrible Flash was lol

The Meg 2 - I thought the first movie was a great time, it's cheesy, over the top, and probably the best shark movie I've seen in years.  The sequel I think escalates things well enough for a sequel without just rehashing the first movie, but not sure it replaces it with better stuff.  There's a lot more person on person action, it's a much more standard Jason Statham movie and it didn't need to be, because the idea is that there's more creatures to deal with in the Trench and it should've been more of an emphasis on it being like an underwater Jurassic Park sort of experience.  It does rehash the finale though, trying to save people at a resort while fighting the Megs, there's just some added threats.  It's certainly not a bad flick, it's an extremely high budget B-Movie pretty much and it shows with good visuals, so if you liked the first, or you are a fan of flicks like Deep Blue Sea, Deep Rising, you'll like this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 06, 2023, 08:19:50 am
Money Plane - Cheap garbage, but there's one legitimately great scene involving Russian Roulette.

Miami Connection - One of the most well-made bad movies of all time. It's so close to being legitimately great you can practically taste it.

Stone Cold - I spent a lot of this watch thinking I overrated it the last time I watched it. Then third act hit. What an insane spectacle.

Royal Warriors - After watching several other 80s HK action flicks since the last time I watched this, I like it a little bit less. The actual final fight is great, but I just can't buy Michelle's motivation and I can't really jive with the armored car stuff.

Godzilla Minus One - Definitely not one of the fun Godzilla films. It's stark, moody, and terrifying - just the way I like my G films. I think it doesn't quite earn the ending, and the third act isn't quite as good as what comes before. Still near the top of the franchise and one of my favorite movies of the year, though.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 06, 2023, 07:42:29 pm
Godzilla: Minus One - I also saw this today and it's really good, up there as one of the top Godzilla films for sure.  I'm not sure where I'd place it personally for myself, I lean more into the actiony side of Godzilla, fighting other monsters along with humans, but there's no doubt how good this is.  I would definitely put it over Shin Godzilla as I think this nails the Godzilla experience all around with a tragic human drama alongside the horrific terror of a giant monster killing and destroying everything so easily.  I'm always so bad about placements, but I think it might be Top 5 as it's kind of the perfection of the Japanese side of Godzilla.

One thing to note, Toho just knows how to sell his heat ray blast so much.  I thought they peaked with Shin Godzilla's attack, which has more gravitas to it, but this one?  It's up there for sure. 

Probably my favorite of 2023 too, though I haven't watched everything yet, but even if I like Oppenheimer, or Barbie, or The Boy and the Heron, I am a Godzilla fan, so it's going to win out lol
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Post by: Cartagia on December 06, 2023, 10:13:12 pm
Face/Off - Hadn't seen this since the 90s, and it definitely has lost some luster in the intervening years. It's way too long and has several sections in the first two acts that drag. However, when it's firing on all cylinders it is still pretty entertaining and the climax is astonishingly bonkers and awesome.

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain - It's definitely got its moments, but nothing else in it is as consistently perfect as Conan O'Brien.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 08, 2023, 11:58:21 pm
The Hobbit (1977) - Wasn't sure what to watch, so I initially thought about starting up the Lord of the Rings movies, then The Hobbit ones, but decided to instead start with the old cartoons.  Haven't watched them in years, I remember renting this one in particular at the library more than a few times, so I definitely have a soft spot for it and I definitely have a strong memory for some of the music.

The movie as a watch is good for the animation, I love the style they went with, very different from The Lord of the Rings one that came out the year after this.  I've never read the original books, so I don't know how this movie sticks with the story, though it's very much the cliffnotes version in feel.  Like where the newer Hobbit movies were unfortunately dragged out into 3 films when they didn't really need to be, this movie felt like it could've used a little more time spent kinda early on and then towards the end and some moments I'm like "Is this really how they accomplish this in the book?", because it's so weird and goofy lol

Overall I still enjoy this, if you've somehow never seen it, and are a fantasy fan, I'd definitely recommend it, I think it's a much watch for anyone that says they enjoy Tolkien or the movies.  Gonna be hearing "Down, Down, To Goblin Town" in my head for abit lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogTDa-vG2MQ
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Post by: Cartagia on December 11, 2023, 09:38:46 am
Stalked by My Doctor: Patient's Revenge - Absolutely bonkers insane.  Not a good movie, but easily the best of these so far.

Silent Night (2023) - The fact that there is no dialogue shouldn't have stopped someone from doing a second pass on the script. Woo and Kinnaman elevate the hell out of it.

Fred Claus - Paul Giamatti is great (of course), and it's got a few good moments, but overall not that good.

Lethal Weapon - Director's Cut - The Director's Cut really messes with the early pacing and character intros. More of a subtraction by addition situation. It doesn't tank the whole movie or anything. It just makes it feel like a less-oiled machine.

Nimona - God I love how emotive Nimona's face is. Stunningly animated and a ton of fun. Really dug this.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - An inconsistent film that feels like it is missing huge chunks of plot and character development, but more than makes up for that in sheer entertainment value. It was never going to live up to Wrath of Khan, but it could definitely be worse.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 16, 2023, 05:23:35 am
Shazam: Fury of the Gods - This was way more boring than I expected...also I only watched like half of it lol I might go back to it just for completion sake to say I watched all of the DCEU, since I'm going to watch Aquaman 2, but who knows.  It feels like two very contrasting styles to me, where you have this heavy fantasy stuff going on, that's kinda bland, and then very flat, bland, super hero stuff that feels like a mildly higher budget CW show with not particularly likeable characters (I feel like Billy said "Fam" in the first 1/3rd of the movie, way too much, like they want it to be his catchphrase).  I also say this as someone who liked the first movie, it was decent for what it was, but I also think it kinda came out at a good time where that and Aquaman were making up for the previous movies released.

Also I kinda want to randomly add Hbomberguy's recent plagarism video to my watch here, along with the Todd in the Shadow's supplement video to that one, because while they aren't movies, that's 5 hours of content I watched, like a documentary, mostly about a man who I had never heard of before, that lead to these two videos taking down an entire 300k subscriber youtube channel because of it.  Wild stuff lol
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Post by: Cartagia on December 16, 2023, 02:05:35 pm
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Nearly a perfect movie for me.  My big issue is that aside from one or two I find most of the songs to be overly treacly.

The Boy and the Heron - Another Hayao Miyazaki and Ghibli masterpiece. I have some minor niggles about the pacing and general questions about the world, but I'm thinking is in his Top 3-4 right now.

Black Dynamite - When it comes to mimicking the filmmaking style of their subject matter only Young Frankenstein has done it better. It's the commitment to that particular blaxploitation style that mines 90% of the humor here. It gets much broader in the second half tearing ass through like 3 different plots so it can showcase a few different scenarios / genres. This makes it lose focus a tad and a couple the jokes not really land, but I appreciate the ambition.
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Post by: zenimus on December 18, 2023, 07:29:32 pm
Black Dynamite - When it comes to mimicking the filmmaking style of their subject matter only Young Frankenstein has done it better. It's the commitment to that particular blaxploitation style that mines 90% of the humor here.

It's a great movie! I haven't seen it in awhile, but one of the biggest laughs I got was where Black Dynamite is fighting some henchmen, and one seems to unintentionally hit him for real (as if it were an outtake), he breaks character for a second and the camera jump-cuts to a new take with a different actor as the henchman.  ;D
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Post by: Cartagia on December 18, 2023, 09:03:05 pm
Black Dynamite - When it comes to mimicking the filmmaking style of their subject matter only Young Frankenstein has done it better. It's the commitment to that particular blaxploitation style that mines 90% of the humor here.

It's a great movie! I haven't seen it in awhile, but one of the biggest laughs I got was where Black Dynamite is fighting some henchmen, and one seems to unintentionally hit him for real (as if it were an outtake), he breaks character for a second and the camera jump-cuts to a new take with a different actor as the henchman.  ;D

Definitely one of the best gags in the movie!

Midnight Run -  A great adult targeted R-rated road trip  comedies from the 80s.  DeNiro and Grodin are great together, and  it's great to see a movie not let the fact that it is a comedy get in the way of having a plot.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 22, 2023, 02:11:54 am
Rebel Moon: Part 1 - After Army of the Dead, I wasn't really expecting much out of Rebel Moon and while I can say it's better than Army of the Dead, that's not a high bar. 

It's Star Wars, but if it was also Seven Samurai, but also if it was just like a fantasy movie and it has all these different cultures of Viking, Japanese, Ancient Roman, mashed into one movie that has apparently been given what is functionally the "TV Edit", because they are going to release an R-Rated, longer, "Snyder Cut" later on.  Like Star Wars certainly has it's influences, nods to different cultures and cinema, but it usually feels fairly cohesive.  That cohesiveness isn't here and Snyder's writing and world building isn't good enough. 

It's not outright bad, it's okay, but I don't think I can recommend it much.  I'll check out Part 2, because it'll be there in 4 months, but nothing about this movie is turning me around on Snyder at all.

Barbie - It's goofy, it's "surreal", I think that's the word you can call it, it's just silly and weird and kinda fun.  I wouldn't say it's anything I love, though I appreciate all the set designs and such.
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Post by: weirdfeline on December 23, 2023, 09:17:39 am
Movies I saw in theaters this year in order of how much I enjoyed them:
Mutant Mayhem (twice in theaters, once on National Cinema Day)
Trolls Band Together (for free via Xfinity Rewards)
Saw X
Strays
No Hard Feelings
Sound of Freedom (for free via Angel)
Leo (for free via Netflix)
The Shift (for free via Angel)
Journey to Bethlehem (for free via Fandango)

Still planning to see Migration (for free via Xfinity Rewards) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom before the end of the year. I imagine I'd place those around 4th and 5th but we'll see.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 23, 2023, 07:34:37 pm
Shazam! Fury of the Gods - Not so bad. Really appreciated getting to some some civilians just get absolutely annihilated and the willingness to have the villains to say the k-word. Also some real great monster designs.

Blockers - Very funny. I've been a bit late in my Cena reappraisal, but I think this release was around the time my compass started to spin. Dude is effortlessly funny these days, and it really shows here.
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Post by: weirdfeline on December 28, 2023, 05:58:48 am
The new Aquaman ended up being my second favorite movie I saw in theaters this year! Not sure why people are so down on it because it's quite good.

Migration probably after Trolls for me in terms of favorite theater watches.

Not much to look forward to first half of the new year unfortunately. I'll possibly watch Madame Web, IF, Garfield, and Kung Fu Panda 4 if given free tickets. Possibly Ballerina if I watch and enjoy the John Wick movies before release. IF being the one I want to see most because of how good Free Guy was but even then it's not that highly anticipated.

Deadpool 3, Kraven and Saw XI second half of the year maybe Borderlands, Venom 3?, Sonic 3? Saw XI probably the most anticipated of this bunch given how enjoyable X was then probably Deadpool 3 and Kraven.

South Park movie is getting an anniversary re-release but I don't think I'd pay to see that.

For some reason the list I was looking at didn't include Joker: Folie à Deux. That seems like it could be annoying being a musical but hopefully by the time it releases it'll seem better.

Fixed also seems decent but also sounds like an animated version of Strays.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 29, 2023, 12:50:31 am
The new Aquaman ended up being my second favorite movie I saw in theaters this year! Not sure why people are so down on it because it's quite good.

I'm expecting to be fine with the new Aquaman, the first one got a lot of crap too (Though it did gangbusters in the theater compared to this one lol), but it was probably like my top 3 favorite of the DCEU films next to Blue Beetle and The Suicide Squad lol  If it's just a goofy, fun, colorful adventure sorta thing again, I'll be great with that.
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Post by: Cartagia on December 29, 2023, 09:59:30 am
Doing a few rewatches while staying with family

Galaxy Quest
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Violent Night
Barbie
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on December 29, 2023, 10:45:55 am
The new Aquaman ended up being my second favorite movie I saw in theaters this year! Not sure why people are so down on it because it's quite good.

I'm expecting to be fine with the new Aquaman, the first one got a lot of crap too (Though it did gangbusters in the theater compared to this one lol), but it was probably like my top 3 favorite of the DCEU films next to Blue Beetle and The Suicide Squad lol  If it's just a goofy, fun, colorful adventure sorta thing again, I'll be great with that.
Everything is stacked against this one. Everyone knows it's the last DCEU movie so there's no sequel after this, Jason Momoa is already being recasted as Lobo. There's no urgency for anyone to see it that follows DC movies like how people follow the MCU.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on December 31, 2023, 10:39:11 am
Tetris - It's got some real moments of brilliance, but it is a little too long and repetitive with some very clunky exposition (especially up front).

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Got the itch and needed to watch this again.  It's on of those movies that I already loved, but it just keeps getting better every time I watch it.  Just a total masterpiece.

Meg 2: The Trench - It's s big, dumb, has really crappy VFX, but I had more fun than the first film. Reminded me of the wackier Showa era Godzilla films.

The Flash - Honestly? Much better than I thought it'd be, but it is still a bloated, (extremely) ugly, and cynical product of a soulless mega corporation pillaging the metaphorical graves of both ideas and people. That doesn't stop it from having a few decent laughs and memorable performances.

The Man Who Would Be King - Michael Caine and Sean Connery as best bud conmen.  Even with a terrible script that would still be entertaining.

Rush (2013) - Hemsworth's best performance by miles, but the film belongs to Brühl. Excellent dad-fernoon fare.

Blue Beetle - The absolute best superhero movie of 2006, and I don't mean that in a bad way.

Wing Chun - All of the action narrative is 100% first rate. The first 20-30 minutes or so are back-to-back-to-back sequences of Michelle beating unholy amounts of ass. However, the movie really struggles with messaging and the mistaken identity story. It was at least halfway into the moviebefore I realized that people were supposed to be mistaking Michelle's Wing Chun for a man.

The First Purge - Conceptually I really like it, but it takes way too long to get going and doesn't really deliver on the street gangs vs. Purge gangs idea.

The Beekeeper - So self-seriously stupid that it nears perfection.

Step Brothers - There's not much story here and I'm still not sure how outlandish Dale and Brennan are supposed to be in this world, but man is it funny.  Also, Will Ferrell hitting his nutsack on a snare drum is some of the best Foley work I've ever heard.

Jurassic Park - One of the all-time great action-adventure movies.  Obliterates all of the sequels.  Probably the best full animatronics ever created.  One of John Williams best scores.  The movie that made me love movies.

The Equalizer - A fine entry in the "certain set of skills" action subgenre.

The Family Plan - Its got its moments, but this is way too long.  If it were like 20-25 minutes shorter it would be way more tolerable.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on January 22, 2024, 05:40:55 am
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

This leaked. It's releasing sometime on Netflix. Enjoyed it more than I expected to. Love the look of it. Laughed. The pug chase scene was pretty entertaining. I like the Sea Pals stuff too. Johnny Knoxville gave a nice voice acting performance. Weird this isn't for Paramount+.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 24, 2024, 11:46:33 am
Cha Cha Real Smooth - Dakota Johnson is great as Domino, but I was far more invested in every other relationship in the movie - particularly Cooper and Lola and Cooper and his mom. Overall a pretty solid slice-of-life picture.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 26, 2024, 02:37:19 am
Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation, a very weird name for this lol It's based on a early one-shot manga by Oda that predates One Piece, but is set within the universe.  It's very quick, normal episode length, it's just this random little story that doesn't have much to it, but there's nothing wrong with it.  The really serious One Piece fans will probably get a kick out of it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 28, 2024, 07:25:41 pm
Self Reliance - It has trouble balancing its tone, but hits the notes on each side pretty clearly.  Serious bits hit, funny bits hit, but it is a little spotty on the hit rate. Johnson shows a lot of promise as a director.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on January 30, 2024, 11:57:32 pm
Fist of the North Star (1995) - This is the most 80's movie ever made, even though it wasn't made in the 80's lol It could've perfectly fit into that era, if not for the single scene that suddenly has some Machine Head nu-metal song playing lol

I had never heard about it till recently and I thought it was crazy that I never did.  I'm so bummed I never saw this as a kid as it's all the sorta stuff I enjoyed back then particularly that I was into martial films that had folks like Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Chuck Norris, Van Damme, etc.  This is kind of a perfect B-movie, in that it has what I think is a reasonably decent budget, all the action and sets are pretty decent, the acting is decent, it's serious enough without being overly so as it knows what kind of movie it is.  I'm not super knowledgeable of Fist of the North Star in particular, I just generally know it's like anime Mad Max and this is mostly that.  It's funny to think that a pretty decent anime adaption happened back in 1995 lol  It's cheesy, it's fun, it's absolutely worth a watch.

I don't even really have any serious complaints for it.  I wish I had watched a better version of it, I could only get it on Youtube, where they pitch shifted the audio a little higher, so everyone's voice is kinda off a tad lol  Also this isn't the fault of the movie, but Kenshiro looks like Steve Oedekirk from Kung Pow: Enter the Fist and that didn't help me lol

Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on January 31, 2024, 10:35:32 pm
Strays - It's got some funny moments - I'm always a sucker for altered reality drug sequences - but something about it just fell flat.

A Star is Born (2018) - Totally floored by how good this is.  The first 45 minutes or so are perfect.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold - A lot of the effects are horrible and it wants to be like 4 different movies, but Isabela Merced is 110% committed to the bit and makes it a fun enough watch.

Cape Fear (1991) - Striking, violent, horrifying, and oddly still one of Scorsese's mainstream feeling titles, even with all of the noir throwback sensibilities.

Coraline - I forgot just how messed up this gets.  It looks incredible and is just all around great.

Jerry & Marge Go Large - Totally sweet film about retirees who figure out how the game the lottery and use it to revitalize their town.  Inoffensive way to spend 90 minutes.

Past Lives - Just an achingly beautiful film.  Currently one of my favorites from last year, and I wish it got more attention.

The Equalizer 2 - The main plot is a bit undercooked, especially in the last act, but it's not that much worse than the first film, and it gets everything done in under two hours before the credits hit.

Theater Camp - I had fun with this, but it gets a bit unfocused in the second act. Finishes extremely strong, though.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 14, 2024, 09:00:18 pm
Planet of the Apes (1968) - It's a little clunky in spots and the "mystery" doesn't quite jive for anyone who is versed in sci-fi, but it's still a spectacularly made and bombastically entertaining film.  Even better than I remembered.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes - Not nearly as good as it's predecessor. The absolute insane last act almost makes up for what has been, up until that point, a lethargic rehash of the first film.

Escape From the Planet of the Apes - Holy hell this rocks.  Such a different vibe than the first two films bit still a terrific sci-fi parable with killer acting that more than makes up for the obviously shoestring budget.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on February 18, 2024, 06:06:59 am
Madame Web is a much better movie than I thought it would be. The dog piling acting like this is the worst thing ever is just.. incorrect. It doesn't come close to being as bad as Catwoman (even though it uses a song that appears in Catwoman) and it's also better than Morbius and Let There Be Carnage. The scene with the Britney Spears song Toxic made me like this movie. The action was better than I thought it would be based off the trailer. Looking forward to Kraven!

I almost forgot to mention this movie features one scene of product placement for Mountain Dew Code Red. Right after the movie before going home I picked up a bottle. Whoever decided to put one of the most 2003 beverages ever in this movie set in 2003 deserves a raise. I loved that it wasn't just normal Mountain Dew.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 18, 2024, 01:24:13 pm
Madame Web is a much better movie than I thought it would be. The dog piling acting like this is the worst thing ever is just.. incorrect. It doesn't come close to being as bad as Catwoman (even though it uses a song that appears in Catwoman) and it's also better than Morbius and Let There Be Carnage. The scene with the Britney Spears song Toxic made me like this movie. The action was better than I thought it would be based off the trailer. Looking forward to Kraven!

I almost forgot to mention this movie features one scene of product placement for Mountain Dew Code Red. Right after the movie before going home I picked up a bottle. Whoever decided to put one of the most 2003 beverages ever in this movie set in 2003 deserves a raise. I loved that it wasn't just normal Mountain Dew.

With every plot point I've heard of this movie, the clips I've seen, the hate this movie is getting is absolutely not unjustified lol When Morbius is looking to be the better made film, that's a problem lol  That doesn't mean you can't enjoy or there isn't worse, but movies like this are definitely showing a continuing problematic pattern for Sony and I have no reason to expect Kraven to be any different.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 18, 2024, 05:11:03 pm
Lisa Frankenstein - This a lot of fun, pretty hilarious, and has a killer vibe, but I can't help but feeling like Diablo wrote herself into a corner and couldn't decide where to go with the multiple threads that have been going throughout the whole thing. One plot not coming back in any meaningful manner and just how nonplussed Lisa's father is about everything (proving that Mr. Wheeler is the same in any universe) being the two primary culprits. It does not help that the last 10 minutes to so are edited so choppily that I wasn't 100% sure if it were a dream, hallucination or what actually happened until the final shot.  All that said, I  still really clicked with this overall.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on February 18, 2024, 07:23:08 pm
Madame Web is a much better movie than I thought it would be. The dog piling acting like this is the worst thing ever is just.. incorrect. It doesn't come close to being as bad as Catwoman (even though it uses a song that appears in Catwoman) and it's also better than Morbius and Let There Be Carnage. The scene with the Britney Spears song Toxic made me like this movie. The action was better than I thought it would be based off the trailer. Looking forward to Kraven!

I almost forgot to mention this movie features one scene of product placement for Mountain Dew Code Red. Right after the movie before going home I picked up a bottle. Whoever decided to put one of the most 2003 beverages ever in this movie set in 2003 deserves a raise. I loved that it wasn't just normal Mountain Dew.

With every plot point I've heard of this movie, the clips I've seen, the hate this movie is getting is absolutely not unjustified lol When Morbius is looking to be the better made film, that's a problem lol  That doesn't mean you can't enjoy or there isn't worse, but movies like this are definitely showing a continuing problematic pattern for Sony and I have no reason to expect Kraven to be any different.
What plot points make it justified? Sony movies are in their own lane from MCU and that's a good thing. I laugh at people using "it's like a movie from the early 2000's" as an insult, that's a good thing.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 18, 2024, 08:29:35 pm
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes - Absolutely astounded at how good this is, but I would point out that if I were perhaps concerned about a future where apes rule the world, that I would not be purposely be breeding intelligent apes. But that's just me personally.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 19, 2024, 12:56:07 am
What plot points make it justified? Sony movies are in their own lane from MCU and that's a good thing. I laugh at people using "it's like a movie from the early 2000's" as an insult, that's a good thing.

Eh, I'll just say that a movie about Spider-Women, who don't actually become Spider-Women within the movie, because this is functionally a very expensive pilot to a Spider-Woman cinematic universe that will never happen, would've driven me nuts had I actually seen this movie in theater lol Of everything I've seen and heard, that's the most egregious thing to me lol It reminds me of the Birds of Prey movie, where you have these DC hero's/anti-heroes, but are like...underwhelming prequel versions of the actual characters within a movie that probably should've just been a straight up Harley Quinn film.

Like why do a Madame Web movie, a character no one knows or cares about, and not just do a Spider-Woman movie?  Can Sony not do that either? Is Madame Web the only workaround they can do for this?  It's the movie Hulk problem, where Marvel isn't allowed to make solo Hulk movies anymore, so he can only show up in another characters movie.  Like we can't have a Planet Hulk movie, but we can have Thor: Ragnarok instead.

I'm 100% on board with Marvel movies that have zero connection to the MCU, those would be sick, but I don't want a Venom movie that isn't in a Spider-Man world, even if those ones are mostly okay.  I don't want a Morbius movie, or a Kraven movie, and especially not a Madame Web movie.  That's the callout to the 2000's era of super hero flicks, it's just reminding people of Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four, and yes, Catwoman lol
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 19, 2024, 08:07:39 pm
Battle for the Planet of the Apes - Can't believe it took me so long to watch all these original sequels. They all bring something new and interesting to the table, and Roddy McDowell is incredible across the board (it's probably no coincidence that he's not in the worst one). This last entry isn't quite as good as Conquest but still finishes the franchise strong.

The Heroic Trio - I truly have no words after that absolutely demented finale.

Rollerball (2002) - It's really bad and completely stupid, but at least it's not boring?

The Edge of Seventeen - Stands up against the great teen hangout flicks like Fast Times and Dazed and Confused plus it has a killer performance from Hailee Steinfeld at the center of it.

Grumpy Old Men - Ann-Margret is the Silent Generation equivalent of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl in this.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 26, 2024, 03:15:52 am
Elvis - Randomly decided to watch this, I don't have any strong feelings for him as an artist, and most of what I know about him is just general pop culture stuff, so I can't say what the film does right or wrong as a biopic, though it seemed well received.  It does feel strange having the movie kinda handle the narrative from the point of view of Parker, a problematic figure in Elvis life, but it could be said that any embellishment the stories might've made, could be seen as spin by Parker perhaps.  Not that they surgar coat who he was, they very clearly put the light on him as opportunist determined to milk Elvis for all he could.

That stuff aside, it was a good watch, very stylish with editing and such, to the point that its so over the top feeling, at least earlier in the film, that it felt close to parody for me.  I don't know, it's like you watch a few of the parody biopics like Weird Al or Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, and they hit on the cliche's of biopics, so you notice them more, but this one does a lot to stand out, it's trying to be really out there while having some very heartfelt moments.  Butler was great as Elvis too, I thought he nailed it.  Hanks I think did fine, though it's hard to just not see Hanks in a fat suit lol Though looking it up, it's weird they gave Parker such a noticeable accent.  I looked up an interview from the 80's and he didn't even have one really and there's audio from from the 50's with a little bit of the accent, but not as much as I felt Hanks gave it.  Abit much.

Overall an interesting and entertaining watch.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 28, 2024, 07:47:10 am
Dune - Part One - Clicked with me in a way it didn't previously. It is cold and dispassionate, but in a way that helps to emphasize the stellar world building and pure technical prowess on display.

Cocoon - The entire Guttenberg subplot feels like a studio note. We can't have a movie that's just about aliens and horny old people! Get Guttenberg's people on the phone!

That said, pretty much everything with the retirement home is a home run until the last act, which is way too overdramatic for the film that preceded it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on February 29, 2024, 12:48:55 am
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - Another random choice, this time with a Tarantino flick.  This movie reminds me a lot of Inglorious Bastards, in that there are two stories going on, one is better than the other, and had they picked the one story and stuck with it, it would've been way better.  The story of an aging actor struggling to stay relevant alongside his friend and stuntman double is solid.  The Sharon Tate/Manson Family story is even less important than the Nazi hunter story in Inglorious Bastards.  Had they just stayed with a story involving Brad and Leonardo's characters, I probably would've liked this more.

That being said, I love all the end of the 60's era going on, Tarantino loves to over-indulge and he revels in showing off the era and that's great.  I loved the bits of DiCaprio appearing in actual movies and his original ones, the the filming of the one western as the villain, all that is good.  The radio stuff, the long shots of just showing off old Hollywood, Tarantino is all for it and it shows, it's the only points in the movie where he lingers too long that I'm fine with.  Cut the Manson Family stuff, cut out a half hour of the film or so, and there's a much better movie here, but I still generally liked it.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on February 29, 2024, 08:36:56 pm
The Package - Totally fine political thriller. Doesn't do anything especially well, but doesn't embarass itself either.  Didn't realize how much Andrew Davis liked working with Tommy Lee Jones until now.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on February 29, 2024, 10:32:29 pm
I rewatched Sonic the Hedgehog and then watched Sonic the Hedgehog 2. 2 definitely could have been tighten up a bit, the dance off in the bar did not need to be included and some of the wedding stuff could have been trimmed down but overall I liked it a lot. Looking forward to the Knuckles series and Sonic the Hedgehog 3!
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 01, 2024, 08:03:22 pm
Wayne's World 2 - Broader, more commercialized, and not as slickly told as the first, but it's still extremely funny.  Also, Kim Basinger gives an all-time, under-recogized straight man role here.  Just phenomenal.

Dune: Part Two - I haven't felt quite like this leaving a movie theater since The Dark Knight- maybe since The Fellowship of the Ring (easily the best in that series). It's that kind of film - defining a genre with technical achievement, scope, world-building, and performances. It's not a perfect movie, but it's close. Better than the first in almost every way.

Kung Fu Panda - This works so well because it is a straight up kung fu film first and foremost.  It's just also happens to have cool characters and fun vibrant designs.  Plus James Hong crushing it as always!

Assault on Precinct 13 - Pure 1970s grime and grit. Carpenter is obviously still getting his legs completely under him, and it's cheap as hell, but he makes it work.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on March 04, 2024, 12:29:10 pm
The greatest Beer Run Ever - A vibrant true tale about a man and his Journey to deliver his friends a cold one in the middle of the vietnam war. It combines political turmoil, the battle between angsty hippies and war sympathizers in this tug of war that permeates through the movie. What entails is some of the most engaging Vietnam war movie I have seen. It's funny. Starts with comedy but blends in the tragedies of war like slowly sprinkling in parmesean into the gumbo of life.


Zac Efferon surprised me with versatile acting as this is my first foray with him. He sells the underachieving but over aspiring legacy of Donohue. The beer run is filled with action, conspiracy and spies. I enjoyed the film. The connection built with Oklahoma a key Vietnamese man in the movie is gripping. The way you can feel the tension between the love for the soldiers but sympathy for the violence of war is palpable. And the corresponding photographers add a depth to the movie.


It's neat, funny and entertaining. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

93/100



Tetris


The shit these mofos did over a video game lol. I don't know how many liberties were taken. But this is an absolute high pace action packed whirlwind like a poliwag stomach lol. It tells the story of the greatest marvel in video game history. Dimitri being robbed of rights to earning for one of the best selling video game empires of all time is kinda fascinating to say the least. But the battle for publishing rights? Anyone engrossed or interested in video game history will love this. But it goes beyond gaming to a land of friendly bonds, business betrayals and the story of a man risking his family and wifes happinessover the sake of a dream and a chance.

The layouts are great. The settings are well done. It presents well. And amazingly so.

85/100


Finch


Finch is the tale of a lone wandering Tom Hanks in a post apocalyptic world. It is fascinating the true grit. Think Fallout New Vegas meets borderlands but the greatest enemy is an encompassing sun that seeks to devour and melt anything that moves with radiation. And in this world. We get Jeff and Dewey. A clumsy sometimes half assing Robot that loves finch with all of himself. To some a robot accompanying a man. But to the viewer. A man in a robot accompanying a pile of bolts through a tech heavy adolesence. Like a robo coming to age film. It builds character development well. And carries an overall feeling of strength and love. A solid movie.

85/100
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 04, 2024, 08:23:03 pm
Kung Fu Panda 2 - A hair better than the first, I think.

Queenpins - Really great cast, but the script isn't super strong and it gets a little too outlandish and silly in spots in the back half. Fun enough all around.

The Legend of Tarzan - Yes, it is bad, and yes, it has terrible visual effects, but it's also strangely watchable?

Poor Things - Technically and aesthetically astounding, with everyone turning in stellar performances, but the script, while wildly hilarious, is super on-the-nose on not quite as clever as it thinks it is.

Brotherhood of the Wolf - Terrific action and beautiful landscapes alongside some pretty rough CGI.  There's like 30 different genres at work here, and they are each executed pretty well. They just don't always gel together, and there's not quite enough going on plotwise to fill the 2.5 hour runtime.

Caddyshack - As a kind of parody it played everything far more straightforward than I expected.  Way more of the humor actually comes from silly (usually dirty) puns or is dialogue driven than I expected.  Maybe my favorite Chevy Chase performance.

The Truman Show - One of those rare films that was acclaimed in its time and is even more widely acclaimed today. Just astonishing on a production standpoint. A complete masterclass on environmental storytelling in the first act. I would love to have gotten a little more on the crew's side because it's just so damned fascinating. Peerless filmmaking.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter - A good concept and impressive production can only get you so far when you're a 2 hour movie that should have been 90 minutes. The whole thing just feels stretched thin.

The Fugitive - I just watched this about 6 months ago, but We Hate Movies just did an episode on it and that was all the reason I needed to buy a physical copy to watch it again.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: weirdfeline on March 11, 2024, 11:30:13 am
Ricky Stanicky is a classic early 2000s comedy. Very funny Peter Farrelly went from winning a bunch of Oscars including Best Picture to just going back to his roots a few years later.

I also watched the 1994 live action The Flintstones movie. I definitely understand the hate and did not enjoy the plot but The Flintstones is an adult thing after all so having an adult premise isn't really a problem it just didn't deliver. Worth watching for the great set design.

Watching the prequel that released years later currently and it is much better.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 11, 2024, 09:02:39 pm
U.S. Marshals - It's obvious in the first 60 seconds that this quasi-sequel is inferior to the sublime The Fugitive.  It's bigger, broader, dumber, twistier, and more bombastic, but it's not necessarily a bad movie.  In fact, it's watchable as hell.  The setpieces all work, and the performances are mostly solid.  One of those flicks where the biggest crime is not being the predecessor.

Night Game - I don't know if I've ever seen a movie that was less than the sum of its parts than this. Cool conceit, fun cast, killer soundtrack, but just completely asleep at the wheel.

Dune: Part Two - I've seen this twice now, and my biggest issue is that there isn't more of it.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Totally delightful when it plays to Altman's strengths, like dialogue and character work (especially in the first act).  While the climax is quite revisionist for the era it is easily the weakest part of the film as it mostly does away with those aspects.

Point Blank - Way more experimental than I was expecting, but that was mostly frontloaded. It gets more straightforward as the story goes on, and it makes the pacing feel a little funky. Obviously the inspiration for a lot of crime thrillers that came after.

Love Lies Bleeding - A gorgeous, raw, seductive, and brutal film. All of the performances are top notch, and there's an amazing attention to the grit and grime of the details. And that pitch perfect soundtrack!

However, I dont know that the reveal in the climax works. I get it on a metaphorical level, and the movie was obviously foreshadowing it pretty hard, but it just didn't really land for me.

Troll (2022) - This is unfortunately really flat.  It takes itself to seriously to have fun with the premise, which is really unfortunate, because if it leaned harder into the camp it could be a good time.

Road House (2024) - This is fine. Not trying to be the original, which is good, but it also makes it have little lack of personality.

Slither - There's a lot to love here, but it's got some pacing issues, it has a little trouble balancing tone, and Fillon's character is just 'Well that happened' personified. Those are overall minor things that just stop a really good flick from being a great one.

Wonka - What were they trying to accomplish giving Willy Wonka such a depressing motivation?  I dont see a world where this sad sack Wonka becomes Gene Wilder, at least not from this pretty mediocre Timothee performance.  I just really wish they used all the obvious creativity of everyone involved to make something original.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Better than Afterlife by virtue of the fact it feels like an actual sequel and not solely a hollow nostalgia mine - though it does have intermittent doses of that. It's definitely got problems, most notably the overabundance of characters and plotlines, but I had fun just watching a ghost busting mystery unravel.

Starman - It's might be Carpenter's most family friendly film, but it's filled with such beautiful and mature themes you'd be forgiven if you don't think of it as such.  Bridges gives a terrific showy performance, but Karen Allen's soulful and melancholic Jenny Hayden is just stunning.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 28, 2024, 07:37:54 pm
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - As always, if a movie is gonna get me to the theater, it's going to be Godzilla.  Didn't see Dune 2 in theater, but I watched both Godzilla: Minus One and this one right there in Imax lol

I had a blast with this one, because it was exactly what I was expecting it to be.  I saw some folks kinda ragging on it beforehand, because Minus One came out, big favorite, lots of love, and then people see Godzilla running with Kong to punch another giant monkey and they scoff at that like it's beneath them.  Which to me just shows they aren't really that big of Godzilla fans, because Godzilla has been like the Monsterverse movies than they have been the serious allegorical/politically driven dramas like the original or Shin Godzilla.  This movie calls back to like the Heisei/Milleniumera of Godzilla, where it does get more over the top and crazy, but is fun.

I think my only real complaints is that they may be pushing the "spectacle" too far, they want crazy action visuals and sweeping camera shots and cool stylish stuff for the Titans to do, and it looks sick, but also it loses the size and impact of them when they move around so fast.  It was something that greatly hurt Pacific Rim: Uprising, because the first movie does so much to push the size of the Jaegers, but in Pacific Rim: Uprising, it's like watching the Transformers fight.  In this movie, it's similar, but they still do a lot of low shots looking up, so it's kind of an inbetween take on it.  It's not bad, but to me it's losing abit of what what sells their immense, terrifying, nature.  They need to tweak it abit with the next one for sure.

It's all good fun though, I would say I may prefer this one abit more to the last one, the overall story is more engaging, the human stuff is better, the only negative between how the action is portrayed abit like I brought up before.  I think King of the Monsters is still my favorite, but once this one comes out on home video, I'll give it all a rewatch to see how it all feels at this point. 

For a future one, if they get to continue the series, I'm hoping it's a proper Godzilla solo flick, PLEASE...I like these last two movies, but they are absolutely more Kong movies than they are Godzilla.  I understand Kong allows for them to have more of an emoting character along with his story of being without his kind, but I just want more of my giant stompy lizard beast lol They've done most of what they can with Kong at this point, so let Godzilla go wild again, maybe look into the alien stuff that has been teased with Ghidorah.  Would make me so happy to get a new Gigan or something.
Title: Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Post by: Cartagia on March 28, 2024, 09:34:04 pm
The Producers - It brings me no joy to report that this didn't really work for me. I found Zero Mostel in particular to be grating rather than funny. The concept does nearly all the heavy lifting here, at least until play actually starts.