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Post by 🤯 on Jan 18, 2021 1:50:01 GMT
Watched A Nice Girl Like You on Netflix. Story of a 20 something year old who embarks on becoming less prudish after her bf leaves her. So many things are things we ladies struggle to understand about life, sex and men and there were some definite LOL moments as she’s learning to embrace her sexual self. A chick flick but worth a watch if you dare. How's the nudity?
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Post by Ness on Jan 18, 2021 14:58:10 GMT
Started Superbad and 15-20 minutes in and it's showing itself to be a top comedy contender.
Step Brothers be like...
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Post by Emperor on Jan 18, 2021 17:09:31 GMT
You're learning Ness . Superbad is pretty fun, certainly a lot better than Step Brothers which really is SUPER BAD.
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Post by c on Jan 20, 2021 11:13:20 GMT
Wait Jeff you never seen Mean Girls? How on Earth did you miss that one?
Some suggestions to check out (no clue what you seen so will keep it open):
Ten Things I Hate About You Empire Records Pump Up the Volume Reality Bytes True Romance Morning Glories Anchorman Groundhog Day Man on the Moon Matinee Kingpin Rounders The Sandlot Perks of Being a Wallflower Adventures in Babysitting Heathers
If you like thinking films I highly suggest Primer. Best film on time travel. Def a film to watch multiple times as well, as it is unlikely you will understand the full implications after a single watch. This is easily my favorite film. Many films try to be smart, but this one REALLY is. Def not for everyone though as the full plot is a puzzle you piece together.
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Post by c on Jan 20, 2021 19:02:59 GMT
Yeah figured you had to have seen most of. But all good films IMO. And ah that makes sense, ratings for films you seen this year. Was like man, missing Mean Girls is like a feat that takes effort.
I need to hunt down films again but man, as a horror fan it has been a shit show for years now. Like things peaked in 2010ish and went downhill for the past 10 years.
Guess this is as good a place as any to ask for horror recommendations from the past 10 years or so. Maybe I missed stuff.
Some good stuff coming up when studios decide to allow the films to be released with a new Scream, Halloween Kills, Candyman, Resident Evil reboot, Saw movie, a Don't Breathe sequel, a Paranormal Activity film and another Conjuring. Believe all of these films are already finished too, just waiting for studios to free them. Most will likely suck but hopefully a few are worth watching.
Of original films, Last Night in Soho looks great and the Banishing is from a director with a proven record having done Triangle and Severance. Ben Wheatley's In the Earth will come out too, which should be interested since he shot it in 15 days. And of course a dream paring of mine sees Sion Soro (Suicide Club) and Nic Cage team up for Prisoners of Ghostland. No way that is not a fun film. Dark Harvest may prove to be a sleeper hit around Halloween.
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Post by Emperor on Jan 20, 2021 21:41:39 GMT
cCurrently upgrading computers so don't have my films to hand, but once I get it I can name a few. Couple off the top of my head: It Follows (2014), The Conjuring (2013) and the sequel, Get Out (2019?). Us is the director's followup to Get Out but not seen it yet. Also Strobe recommended The Lighthouse recently, looks really interesting but not seen it.
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Post by c on Jan 21, 2021 4:48:32 GMT
c Currently upgrading computers so don't have my films to hand, but once I get it I can name a few. Couple off the top of my head: It Follows (2014), The Conjuring (2013) and the sequel, Get Out (2019?). Us is the director's followup to Get Out but not seen it yet. Also Strobe recommended The Lighthouse recently, looks really interesting but not seen it. Lighthouse was REALLY good. So was It Follows and Get Out. Hated the Conjuring but loved the second one. Now we are doing CT cases I doubt I will like most of the other films they will do. Curious if they cover the legal insanity in the Arne Cheyenne Johnson case. His lawyer literally plead innocent due to demonic possession as a legal defense to murder. Was my local courthouse and people still try to plead it to this day. I was part of a group that heckled the Warrens and John Zaffis every time they spoke at my college for like 8 years. Once when Ed was still alive we rushed into the talk in bedsheet ghost costumes. Another time when Zaffis was speaking after every statement he made I head up a CITATION NEEDED sign until he demanded I be removed. Another time in a recycled priest outfit I had I accuse Ed of being a demon and splashed him with "holy water." Last time I saw Zaffis and Lorrie speak was with the introduction to psychology class I was a teacher assistant for. Offered the kids five extra credit points if they asked him a question about measuring psychic phenomenon and wrote his answer. After the third question he refused to answer anymore and I had to give the whole class the points Got to teach a whole class on the psychology of hauntings and flexible measures though from it Not seen Zaffis in a while, maybe I should pay him a visit this Halloween... Now Lorrie is gone can really fuck with him again. Always did want to do the Summer School stuffed animal attack stunt to him and pretend to be attacked by a bloodthirsty demonic rabbit from one of his stories. COVID masks solves the problem of how to get the latex on... Rabbit scene for those who not seen it...
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Post by Ness on Jan 21, 2021 22:57:30 GMT
Ranking the movies you see this year is a great idea.
Fuck I don't remember all I've seen so far so I can't join in.
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Post by Emperor on Jan 21, 2021 23:07:26 GMT
Got a few more for you cOculus (Mike Flanagan, 2013) The Boy (William Brent Bell, 2016) The Inkeepers (Ti West, 2011) The Wailing (Na Hong-jin, 2016) Black Rock (Katie Aselton, 2012) Admittedly don't remember much about them but they are on my hard drive so I must have liked them enough to keep them.
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Post by c on Jan 21, 2021 23:35:41 GMT
Seen them all. Did not like Oculus or The Boy, loved Innkeepers and The Wailing. Did not really like Black Rock as I am done with revenge horror, but it was well done. Which is part of the issue, I seen most films that did get hype, and outside of a handful, left disappointed.
If you missed it, look for The Blackcoat's Daughter. Went WAY under the radar but is one of the best horror films of the 2010's and the best possession themed film since Zulawski's Possession. Oz Perkins also has a great eye for shots so it is a pretty film at times.
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Post by 🤯 on Jan 23, 2021 3:17:48 GMT
Wife & I have been trading movie nights, watching things either neither or one of us hasn't seen. So far we've gone: Lilo & Stich Dumbo Alien Mulan Aliens Mulan The Breaker Upperers (per @admin rec) Venom Lilo & Stitch was great. Did it just not get the love it deserved? Dumbo remake was absolutely terrible. Waste of a great cast. Alien held up, and Wife appreciated it. Saw how it influenced other movies. Mulan, animated, was OK but seemed to have pacing issues through the home stretch. Aliens was ever better than Alien. Perhaps the GOAT action movie? Mulan remake was arguably better than the animated original. Dug some of the choices they made to deviate from the original. Breaker Upperers was awfully New Zealander. Not necessarily a bad thing. But more readily translated by an Australian. Venom was good, but like the OG Mulan, struggled with pacing issues through the home stretch. My pick is next, and I'm between Stuber and Ad Astra.
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Post by Big Pete on Jan 23, 2021 4:32:54 GMT
It was hyped up online as the best Disney film since The Lion King. Fans loved how original the story was relative to other Disney movies at the time and the more relatable struggles really resonated with fans. I just think it got buried with a lot of 'OK' Disney films like Tarzan, Treasure Planet, Atlantis and Brother Bear. I feel Emperor's New Groove is an exception, but that's largely a case of Disney taking a project, flipping it on it's head and still managing to make a fun road movie.
The only remake worth watching from Burton is Sleepy Hollow.
It's either that or another Cameron film in T2. Aliens 2 is the easier watch, but I have a lot of respect for the world Scott created in the original and I'm always surprised at how in-depth that movie was. From a craft stand-point, I feel the original is better shot and realised, but 2 as a blockbuster is so well put together.
I feel like Stuber would be the safer pick, I haven't seen either yet but have been told that Ad Astra can be very boring.
I say skip both, I want more accounts of you sharing movies with one another.
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Post by Big Pete on Jan 23, 2021 6:02:01 GMT
It's OK but it was a massive let down for Disney, especially for Musker and Clements who worked tirelessly to get the project off the ground and when they did...it just came and went. I just think their vision wasn't grand enough, "Treasure Island but in space" is something that could have worked but somehow it felt like a less than. Like the setting didn't make any of the side characters more interesting, it didn't add any memorable sequences into the mix and even the side characters were just there. We're talking about characters played by Martin Short, David Hyde Pierce and Emma Thompson - all fantastic actors who can boost up any role they're given but when has anyone ever considered B.E.N. as a part of the pantheon of great Disney characters?
I don't think it was terrible, but it was a movie that Disney thought would be their next Lion King and like Pocahontas, Hunchback and Tarzan it just couldn't live up to it.
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Post by System on Jan 23, 2021 12:23:26 GMT
Promising young woman: it seems absurd that almost every character has a dismissive reaction to what happened to Nina, but considering I’ve seen it play out in real life it’s not surprising. Most people I’ve seen in a cinema since Tenet was released which is surprising for a taboo subject matter as far as movies go,
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Post by c on Jan 23, 2021 13:52:40 GMT
That is on my watch list. Heard it is a unique take on the rape revenge genre, but still burned out that genre. Given Cunningham and Craven defined a decade of horror, it is hard for any film to live up to Last House on the Left. Still curious what the original plan for Last House was, as it is said both men wanted the film to be an harder film and took a lot of action while shooting to soften the film. Given it is one of the most violent films made to this day, just how hard did they want to go with o.O.
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Post by PB on Jan 23, 2021 14:28:40 GMT
I really like Ad Astra but it is slow and never picks up.
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Post by 🤯 on Jan 24, 2021 13:32:15 GMT
Wife & I have been trading movie nights, watching things either neither or one of us hasn't seen. So far we've gone: Lilo & Stich Dumbo Alien Mulan Aliens Mulan The Breaker Upperers (per @admin rec) Venom Lilo & Stitch was great. Did it just not get the love it deserved? Dumbo remake was absolutely terrible. Waste of a great cast. Alien held up, and Wife appreciated it. Saw how it influenced other movies. Mulan, animated, was OK but seemed to have pacing issues through the home stretch. Aliens was ever better than Alien. Perhaps the GOAT action movie? Mulan remake was arguably better than the animated original. Dug some of the choices they made to deviate from the original. Breaker Upperers was awfully New Zealander. Not necessarily a bad thing. But more readily translated by an Australian. Venom was good, but like the OG Mulan, struggled with pacing issues through the home stretch. My pick is next, and I'm between Stuber and Ad Astra. So yinz scared me out of Ad Astra, at least for now. So last night I was between Sicario and Terminator, and have realized that aside from Wife picking Venom, I've been picking movies that I love that coincidentally also feature a bad ass female protagonist... Which I think automatically earns Wife's interest? While she claims she didn't like Sicario as much as Alien or Aliens, Wife sure was asking way more questions after Sicario. Questions about the war on drugs, customs and immigration, DOD vs. DOJ, the U.S.'s history of meddling in the politics of Central and South America, the hypocrisy and idiocy of Republicans, etc. etc. etc. Long story short, Wife would've apparently been totally OK with snorting rails of unadulterated Colombian cocaine in the 80s.
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Post by Ness on Jan 24, 2021 14:09:23 GMT
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Post by Emperor on Jan 25, 2021 0:34:33 GMT
Ghost (1990)Haven't watched a film in a while. So I decided to put on a 1990 film and Big Pete's favourite. Before it appeared in PW's top 100 and people gushed over it, I judged it entirely by the famous pottery scene. I saw that and assumed Ghost was an awfully sappy romance. No thanks. PW said it was much more than that, and having seen it, I must agree. Said pottery scene occurs in the first 15 minutes as part of the introductory scenes to showcase the main characters. That's all fine. Fortunately I didn't have to endure much soppy romance before the real story kicked off. Patrick Swayze's character Sam is killed and now he's a ghost. I loved the second act where the audience and Sam learn together what it means to be a ghost, what their capabilities and limitations are, while simultaneously continuing the narrative with widow Molly (Demi Moore) and "best friend" Carl (Tony Goldwyn). It gets even better when Whoopi Goldberg is introduced as Oda Mae Brown. Her character is clearly the highlight of the movie. She is a flawed character but her performance highlights the fact that, at her core, she is a good-hearted human, one who has made mistakes in her life and continues to do so by cheating people. Whoopi brings 95% of the laughs. Frankly, she overshadows the rest of the cast. It's not just down to her brilliance - I feel Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in particular are pretty weak romantic leads. They're not awful, they get the job done, but nothing more than that. I imagine they would fail completely in a more traditional romcom where both their characters are alive and interacting throughout the duration. Getting back on track, the plot builds up nicely, establishing Carl as the villain while Sam the ghost gains new abilities, like he's levelling up in a video game. However in the third act I feel the film jumps the shark when Sam learns how to physically move real world objects and then people. As the events got crazier and crazier my suspension of disbelief snapped and my mind filled with questions. Why can Sam touch other people but not Molly? The plot-based answer is so we can get the scene where Oda Mae allows Sam to possess her body to have an utterly bizarre romantic scene. But how did Sam learn how to possess someone? That seems much more advanced ghost trickery than kicking an empty Coke can. He's like a level 10 ghost doing a level 99 move. Why do the ghosts of Carl and the thug character get taken away to hell by dark ghosts as soon as they die? I can see it for the thug because he literally murdered someone. Carl was shit but didn't do anything terrible. I'd argue Sam was even worse by the end: tormenting the two characters with his ghost characters until they blundered madly to their deaths. The dark ghosts should have taken Sam too. It could be argued that these nitpicky questions aren't really relevant. The most obvious nitpicky question is why can ghosts walk through doors and walls but the floor doesn't affect them? However when that occurred to me it didn't bother me at all - I could forgive it because I was enjoying the film so much. But like I said, in the third act when things got wackier, I lost my immersion and I struggled to focus on the plot because it was getting so dumb. The movie started making its own rules and contradicting its internal logic to get some feel good moments. Anyway, the film wrapped up as it should - The villains are dead, and Sam's ghost ascends to heaven - although Sam is pretty much a murderer at this point so he shouldn't have. Molly can see Sam for some reason because romance. Blah. In conclusion: mixed feelings. First half of the film is awesome. Whoopi is awesome. Tony Goldwyn is really good as the psychopathic vollain: it was very convincing when Carl started losing his mind near the end of the film. Swayze is meh. Demi Moore is slightly above meh. The second half of the film is not great. 7/10.
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Post by Big Pete on Jan 25, 2021 5:12:24 GMT
Ghost (1990)Haven't watched a film in a while. So I decided to put on a 1990 film and Big Pete 's favourite. Before it appeared in PW's top 100 and people gushed over it, I judged it entirely by the famous pottery scene. I saw that and assumed Ghost was an awfully sappy romance. No thanks. PW said it was much more than that, and having seen it, I must agree. Said pottery scene occurs in the first 15 minutes as part of the introductory scenes to showcase the main characters. That's all fine. Fortunately I didn't have to endure much soppy romance before the real story kicked off. Patrick Swayze's character Sam is killed and now he's a ghost. I loved the second act where the audience and Sam learn together what it means to be a ghost, what their capabilities and limitations are, while simultaneously continuing the narrative with widow Molly (Demi Moore) and "best friend" Carl (Tony Goldwyn). It gets even better when Whoopi Goldberg is introduced as Oda Mae Brown. Her character is clearly the highlight of the movie. She is a flawed character but her performance highlights the fact that, at her core, she is a good-hearted human, one who has made mistakes in her life and continues to do so by cheating people. Whoopi brings 95% of the laughs. Frankly, she overshadows the rest of the cast. It's not just down to her brilliance - I feel Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in particular are pretty weak romantic leads. They're not awful, they get the job done, but nothing more than that. I imagine they would fail completely in a more traditional romcom where both their characters are alive and interacting throughout the duration. Getting back on track, the plot builds up nicely, establishing Carl as the villain while Sam the ghost gains new abilities, like he's levelling up in a video game. However in the third act I feel the film jumps the shark when Sam learns how to physically move real world objects and then people. As the events got crazier and crazier my suspension of disbelief snapped and my mind filled with questions. Why can Sam touch other people but not Molly? The plot-based answer is so we can get the scene where Oda Mae allows Sam to possess her body to have an utterly bizarre romantic scene. But how did Sam learn how to possess someone? That seems much more advanced ghost trickery than kicking an empty Coke can. He's like a level 10 ghost doing a level 99 move. Why do the ghosts of Carl and the thug character get taken away to hell by dark ghosts as soon as they die? I can see it for the thug because he literally murdered someone. Carl was shit but didn't do anything terrible. I'd argue Sam was even worse by the end: tormenting the two characters with his ghost characters until they blundered madly to their deaths. The dark ghosts should have taken Sam too. It could be argued that these nitpicky questions aren't really relevant. The most obvious nitpicky question is why can ghosts walk through doors and walls but the floor doesn't affect them? However when that occurred to me it didn't bother me at all - I could forgive it because I was enjoying the film so much. But like I said, in the third act when things got wackier, I lost my immersion and I struggled to focus on the plot because it was getting so dumb. The movie started making its own rules and contradicting its internal logic to get some feel good moments. Anyway, the film wrapped up as it should - The villains are dead, and Sam's ghost ascends to heaven - although Sam is pretty much a murderer at this point so he shouldn't have. Molly can see Sam for some reason because romance. Blah. In conclusion: mixed feelings. First half of the film is awesome. Whoopi is awesome. Tony Goldwyn is really good as the psychopathic vollain: it was very convincing when Carl started losing his mind near the end of the film. Swayze is meh. Demi Moore is slightly above meh. The second half of the film is not great. 7/10. 7/10 is fair enough, I don't think it's the type of movie that could crack a 500 Greatest Films of all-time since it's designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator but that just adds to the charm.
Just a couple of points: While not explicitely stated, it's implied that Sam was able to possess Oda Mae because she actually has some psychic powers. We assume by the way the scene is set out with Oda Mae giving Sam permission that she holds the power in that arrangement and Sam simply has to answer.
Carl and Willie get dragged to hell for comitting evil acts. Sure, Carl didn't intend for Sam to get killed but he still got his friend killed over greed and was going to kill Molly before that pane of glass punctured him. Sam had the opportunity to cross over as soon as he died but he couldn't come to terms with his death (he initially 'wakes up' from a dream to try and fake himself out) and we learn that if a decease has a strong enough urge they can remain with the living, but they'll lose their minds and fail to ever cross over.
No issues with Molly being able to see Sam right before he crosses over. I don't think it was necessarily because she wanted to jump his bones, but because the heavenly light illuminated him, giving him one last opportunity to say goodbye right as that awesome orchestral version of Unchained Melody happens in the background.
I can't agree on the Swayze ranking. Likeable determined babyface who comes off as an everyman despite being one of the most alpha personalities in Hollywood at the time. A difficult role to put off since Sam is a kind of a bland character who's biggest flaw is his inability to express his love but Trick has the charisma to be the leading man.
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Post by Emperor on Jan 25, 2021 17:22:16 GMT
7/10 is fair enough, I don't think it's the type of movie that could crack a 500 Greatest Films of all-time since it's designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator but that just adds to the charm. Just a couple of points: While not explicitely stated, it's implied that Sam was able to possess Oda Mae because she actually has some psychic powers. We assume by the way the scene is set out with Oda Mae giving Sam permission that she holds the power in that arrangement and Sam simply has to answer. Carl and Willie get dragged to hell for comitting evil acts. Sure, Carl didn't intend for Sam to get killed but he still got his friend killed over greed and was going to kill Molly before that pane of glass punctured him. Sam had the opportunity to cross over as soon as he died but he couldn't come to terms with his death (he initially 'wakes up' from a dream to try and fake himself out) and we learn that if a decease has a strong enough urge they can remain with the living, but they'll lose their minds and fail to ever cross over. No issues with Molly being able to see Sam right before he crosses over. I don't think it was necessarily because she wanted to jump his bones, but because the heavenly light illuminated him, giving him one last opportunity to say goodbye right as that awesome orchestral version of Unchained Melody happens in the background. I can't agree on the Swayze ranking. Likeable determined babyface who comes off as an everyman despite being one of the most alpha personalities in Hollywood at the time. A difficult role to put off since Sam is a kind of a bland character who's biggest flaw is his inability to express his love but Trick has the charisma to be the leading man. I never got the impression that Oda Mae had the power to allow that. In the seance scene the other ghost literally forced his way into her: she had no part in that. Still seems a stretch that Sam, who needed a crash course just to influence real world objects, could just do that. Not really a big deal, but such things had a bigger impact on me when I lost my suspension of disbelief. I didn't catch the interpretation of the scene where Sam initially becomes a ghost and missed an opportunity to cross over. Good to know.
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Post by Big Pete on Jan 25, 2021 17:42:17 GMT
7/10 is fair enough, I don't think it's the type of movie that could crack a 500 Greatest Films of all-time since it's designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator but that just adds to the charm. Just a couple of points: While not explicitely stated, it's implied that Sam was able to possess Oda Mae because she actually has some psychic powers. We assume by the way the scene is set out with Oda Mae giving Sam permission that she holds the power in that arrangement and Sam simply has to answer. Carl and Willie get dragged to hell for comitting evil acts. Sure, Carl didn't intend for Sam to get killed but he still got his friend killed over greed and was going to kill Molly before that pane of glass punctured him. Sam had the opportunity to cross over as soon as he died but he couldn't come to terms with his death (he initially 'wakes up' from a dream to try and fake himself out) and we learn that if a decease has a strong enough urge they can remain with the living, but they'll lose their minds and fail to ever cross over. No issues with Molly being able to see Sam right before he crosses over. I don't think it was necessarily because she wanted to jump his bones, but because the heavenly light illuminated him, giving him one last opportunity to say goodbye right as that awesome orchestral version of Unchained Melody happens in the background. I can't agree on the Swayze ranking. Likeable determined babyface who comes off as an everyman despite being one of the most alpha personalities in Hollywood at the time. A difficult role to put off since Sam is a kind of a bland character who's biggest flaw is his inability to express his love but Trick has the charisma to be the leading man. I never got the impression that Oda Mae had the power to allow that. In the seance scene the other ghost literally forced his way into her: she had no part in that. Still seems a stretch that Sam, who needed a crash course just to influence real world objects, could just do that. Not really a big deal, but such things had a bigger impact on me when I lost my suspension of disbelief. I didn't catch the interpretation of the scene where Sam initially becomes a ghost and missed an opportunity to cross over. Good to know. I forgot that they actually set it up. I just watched it again and not only is she capable, but she's also strong enough to force the vessel out so it sets up the possibility for Sam and establishes the consequences since Orlando is drained of his energy afterwards.
I don't remember the movie really stressing the ghost rules. It was just a plot device to give Sam an obstacle and explain the lengths he'll go to in order to protect Molly and make certain scenes as tense as possible.
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Post by 🤯 on Jan 25, 2021 21:26:13 GMT
You guys are making me want to watch Ghost.
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Post by PB on Jan 25, 2021 21:28:42 GMT
You guys are making me want to watch Ghost. That’s my main take away from this thread.
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Post by iron maiden on Jan 25, 2021 21:59:48 GMT
You guys had much different experiences watching Ghost than I did. I'm in agreement on a lot of what Emperor said. I'd give it a 6/10 (at best) and being it's usually labelled as a 'chick flick' I SHOULD love it, but it's always been one that I found under delivered on my expectations. I remember being SOOOO excited for it when it came out and after I was like...'okay'. I've watched it a hand full of times since and still...just 'okay'. Demi Moore is terrible and I like her, but I actually cringe when she's on screen at points. If they didn't have Whoopie, I truly believed it would have suffered terribly. jTjohncenaGOAT , my daughter didn't take to Great Outdoors until her teens. I really don't care for the scenes with the teen boy and the Townie, but how can you not love the bear dump, the bat, the leeches, waterskiing, the restaurant,'big bear chase me'? It's a classic!
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Post by Emperor on Jan 25, 2021 22:42:39 GMT
🤯 and PB didn't want to watch Ghost based on Big Pete's analysis in the Top 100 movie thread? That's what made me want to watch it.
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Post by PB on Jan 25, 2021 22:45:51 GMT
🤯 and PB didn't want to watch Ghost based on Big Pete 's analysis in the Top 100 movie thread? That's what made me want to watch it. That did too, but I quickly forgot. It coming back up again reminds me of it and makes me more determined to actually rewatch it. Usually though when this happens it’s not streaming for free so I never get round to it.
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Post by 🤯 on Jan 25, 2021 23:39:31 GMT
🤯 and PB didn't want to watch Ghost based on Big Pete's analysis in the Top 100 movie thread? That's what made me want to watch it. 🤯 and PB didn't want to watch Ghost based on Big Pete 's analysis in the Top 100 movie thread? That's what made me want to watch it. That did too, but I quickly forgot. It coming back up again reminds me of it and makes me more determined to actually rewatch it. Usually though when this happens it’s not streaming for free so I never get round to it. What PB said.
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Post by rad on Jan 26, 2021 2:14:10 GMT
Ghost was terrible when I was a kid and still terrible now. I found it all kind of creepy actually. Swayze and Whoopie are good enough but Demi Moore ruins that film for me. It's Edward Normalghosthands without any quirkiness, fun or horny suburban hairdressers. Boooooo.
4/10, overrated.
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Post by 🤯 on Jan 29, 2021 2:34:25 GMT
I missed something in my review before. To compare just how good Gibson was and how bad Hunt was, there was two scenes with them dancing (solo). The aforementioned Mel and coat rack scene which was freaking impeccable. But then Hunt has a scene where she is dancing towards him (also to Sinatra) and crying out loud it’s bad. Unless that was supposed to be her character (which if it was it wasn’t played up in the film) or if she was just that bad at it but it blows me away how this scene stayed in the final cut. She is awkward. There just isn’t any variance of character at all. Her best scenes are just good never breaking the great barrier; but stay calmly in a feel of I’m watching Helen Hunt here but never Darcy. Anyone have any recommendations for Helen Hunt films that might help redeem her for me (besides As Good As It Gets)? I want to like her. She has a likableness to her but this performance was bad. She may even be the reason why this wasn’t my favorite film listed so far. The Sessions.
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