Senior Member
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Male
I came, I saw, I came again.
4,934 POSTS & 2,003 LIKES
|
Post by RagnarokMike on Jul 10, 2021 11:39:18 GMT
Black Widow: It was okay, not a bad movie, just...average. Red Guardian and Taskmaster are completely under utilized, some really great action though. It'd probably be just above my bottom 4 as far as MCU is concerned.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 10, 2021 12:36:48 GMT
I have now officially seen every Nightmare movie. And honestly I expected the 1-shot remake to be the worst, but it actually wasn't. Still though, the knives glove never made much sense to me as an effective weapon. I'm gonna assume it also gives him netherrealm worthy swinging power. Also I watched 1/2 of Hellraiser the other week. Half because I tapped out. I DON'T get this one, but it was the only "horror villain with 100 sequels" I had never seen. Was hoping to find something GUUD. Anyone a fan? Can you sell it? I even youtube all the deaths to see if it was some gore porn and those even disappointed. Hellraiser I warmed on the middle sequels in recent years. 5 was a super early Derrickson film that had some great body horror. 6 was a fun film and the return of Kristy. 7 was a while cult movie by the writer of 13 Ghosts. Sadly after this the series tanks again. All three films were FAR better than the second Hellraiser book which was hot trash. The problem with Hellraiser is the lore behind the Order of Gash is a bit too extreme to get the R rating and relies too heavily on Pinhead. They should have adapted from the great collection of fiction in this universe as well, rather than repurpose other scripts into Hellraiser films. When the actor who played Pinhead left the series took a hard turn as well. Basically films were just made to retain the rights as they were obligated to release a film every so many years or the studio would lose the rights to the franchise and this clearly shows from Hellraiser 8 on. I am really bummed the Pascal Laugier remake of Hellraiser fell apart. He wanted to do an NC-17 film in the style of Martyrs but the studio decided they wanted a PG-13 take on it so he quit. David Bruckner is doing it for Hulu now but sounds like trash.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 10, 2021 12:40:56 GMT
You watched them all recently Ness or just finished it off with the remake? The remake is shit - they had no chance with anyone else playing Freddy. Hellraiser... also shit. I have never gotten the appeal of that movie or franchise as a while. People rave about Barker's genius and I think a lot of it is his exploration of sexuality within horror - I think. I don't know. He's a cool looking villain but the movies are all a chore. Most overrated franchise by a country mile. Barker's genius is in the books really not the movies. The Books of Blood were a fantastic collection of short stories that lead to so many movies. Stand outs in the Nightmare series for me were 1, 3 and New Nightmare. The first one is just a classic film, and 3 was everything a sequel should be. New Nightmare was an awesome Scream take on the story as well. The rest of the series is a mixed bag.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 10, 2021 12:44:52 GMT
Black Widow: It was okay, not a bad movie, just...average. Red Guardian and Taskmaster are completely under utilized, some really great action though. It'd probably be just above my bottom 4 as far as MCU is concerned. Agree completely on this. It was pretty average at best and easily outdone by Loki, Wandavision and Caps and Winter Soldier. Simply put it was just a generic movie that was done well, but had a script that just was not that interesting and really the whole film felt unneeded as it did not really add much to the universe.
|
|
God
6,002 POSTS & 4,338 LIKES
|
Post by mikec on Jul 10, 2021 17:10:05 GMT
I've watched them within year (12 months) going in order. I just watched the remake either this past weekend or the one before. On the same note I still have Halloween 2 (Zombie) and Halloween Resurrection to watch for that one to be complete... well until Kills comes out. Heard bad things about Resurrection though. All I know is Busta Rhymes gives him a Steve Blackman pump kick to electrocute him at the end? Otherwise I'm going in blind. Zombie’s Halloween 2 was a real disappointment after I thought his first was great.
|
|
Global Moderator
USER IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Female
9,154 POSTS & 7,133 LIKES
|
Post by iron maiden on Jul 10, 2021 17:28:39 GMT
Black Widow: It was okay, not a bad movie, just...average. Red Guardian and Taskmaster are completely under utilized, some really great action though. It'd probably be just above my bottom 4 as far as MCU is concerned. Agree completely on this. It was pretty average at best and easily outdone by Loki, Wandavision and Caps and Winter Soldier. Simply put it was just a generic movie that was done well, but had a script that just was not that interesting and really the whole film felt unneeded as it did not really add much to the universe. That's what they do with the female led movies (just like WW84) and then blame it on the fact that it was a female led movie why it did poorly not the fact that it didn't contribute anything to the continuity and was basically a 'throw away' movie. Black Widow (the movie) should have been made years before alongside her male counterparts. We got Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow in 2018 before we got Black Widow AFTER she was dead. There's nothing for people to BUY into. Then they throw in everything but the kitchen sink in and it's too much and great characters get misused or underused.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 10, 2021 19:28:38 GMT
The big thing from this film was supposed to be the post credit scene. But delays pushed it beyond the the release of Captain America and Winter Soldier so the Thunderbolts / Dark Avengers stuff was set up there instead. Then again, I think a lot of people miss this film was not so much a Natasha story, as the origin story for Yelena Belova. Can see signs that there was a problem with the script though looking into the the writers. Jac Schaeffer just the story, then they brought in Eric Pearson to rewrite it. Schaeffer also did Captain Marvel, which many people were disappointed in the story of and when Pearson appears, he normally is brought in to rewrite scripts and is the go to fixer for Marvel. Good story about him here: www.yahoo.com/entertainment/thor-ragnarok-screenwriter-former-pizza-guy-eric-pearson-became-marvels-go-script-doctor-001743890.html
|
|
Legend
10,662 POSTS & 6,019 LIKES
|
Post by nath45 on Jul 11, 2021 1:49:39 GMT
I thought it was good. And is probably the better of the second tier movies (Dr.Strange, Ant Man)
It feels late, and it is late. And would have served better as a series.
I'm in agreement with RG and TM being underutilised. Especially Red Guardian. A remdeption arch similar to Yondu in GOTG could have swayed feelings for the character, as he was a selfish, communist asshole in the beginning and eventually a deadbeat.
|
|
God
6,687 POSTS & 2,869 LIKES
|
Post by Lony on Jul 11, 2021 3:28:58 GMT
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway: It’s a pretty decent movie, with quite a few funny scenes (the whack-a-mole bunny scene, the lady getting hit in the face with the freezer door). The kids absolutely loved it, which means I’ll probably end up seeing it a hundred more times. Black Widow: The first Marvel movie in over a year, it’s not a top tier Marvel film, however, I did like it. Having said that, the Taskmaster reveal was so predictable and as others have said, Red Guardian was underutilized. That said, with this year introducing US Agent (Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts potentially), various members of Young Avengers, and now Yelena’s Black Widow (again Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts), I’m def intrigued in what Marvel has planned for the future. 2021 Movie Rankings 11. Locked Down 10. The Marksman 9. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 8. Cruella 7. Thunder Force 6. Luca 5. Tom and Jerry 4. Godzilla vs. Kong 3. Black Widow 2. Raya and the Last Dragon 1. Mortal Kombat
|
|
God
8,272 POSTS & 6,476 LIKES
|
Post by System on Jul 11, 2021 14:15:06 GMT
Black Widow:
Incredibly boring, was little kids running through the cinema in intervals throughout the movie and I didn’t even care..shows how bad it was.
Intro was kinda cool but I feel like Endgame was it for me 🤷🏻♀️
|
|
Strong Style Mod
USER IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Male
11,332 POSTS & 11,473 LIKES
|
Post by Emperor on Jul 11, 2021 14:59:01 GMT
Rewatched A Few Good Men last night. I already knew it was excellent, but on second watch it was better than I remembered. You literally cannot go wrong with a courtroom drama. Really good insight into military culture and some of its pitfalls.
I forgot how little Jack Nicholson is in the film, but he kills it in every single scene. Tom Cruise and Kevin Bacon are great too.
|
|
Legend
19,985 POSTS & 20,019 LIKES
|
Post by Ness on Jul 11, 2021 15:05:20 GMT
Black Widow: Incredibly boring, was little kids running through the cinema in intervals throughout the movie and I didn’t even care..shows how bad it was. Intro was kinda cool but I feel like Endgame was it for me 🤷🏻♀️ As much as the MCU is over and how much people have been digging the D+ shows, I think the next few movies are gonna be a real test. Sure the lack of movie going lately will give them a slight push, but things like Eternals and Shang Chi are gonna be a real challenge. Endgame could be seen as a great finale and I'm sure you're not alone in that feeling.
|
|
Legend
10,662 POSTS & 6,019 LIKES
|
Post by nath45 on Jul 11, 2021 22:56:42 GMT
Black Widow: Incredibly boring, was little kids running through the cinema in intervals throughout the movie and I didn’t even care..shows how bad it was. Intro was kinda cool but I feel like Endgame was it for me 🤷🏻♀️ I feel like a chapter is closed. As much as Iron Man probably felt like a gamble in 2008, at least it was a top tier character. I think that will be the test for Marvel, positioning Thor and Spiderman as the leads, because there's not a lot of recognisable characters left. As well as each of the new movies are likely to do, you still need those central archs tieing everything together (Cap's Winter Soldier/Civil War arch particularly) which eventually lead into the next Avengers movie.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 11, 2021 23:06:02 GMT
Next Avengers movie should be Avengers vs Thunderbolts / Dark Avengers as that is what all of this is setting up.
|
|
God
7,019 POSTS & 5,565 LIKES
|
Post by iNCY on Jul 12, 2021 10:51:28 GMT
Agree completely on this. It was pretty average at best and easily outdone by Loki, Wandavision and Caps and Winter Soldier. Simply put it was just a generic movie that was done well, but had a script that just was not that interesting and really the whole film felt unneeded as it did not really add much to the universe. That's what they do with the female led movies (just like WW84) and then blame it on the fact that it was a female led movie why it did poorly not the fact that it didn't contribute anything to the continuity and was basically a 'throw away' movie. Black Widow (the movie) should have been made years before alongside her male counterparts. We got Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow in 2018 before we got Black Widow AFTER she was dead. There's nothing for people to BUY into. Then they throw in everything but the kitchen sink in and it's too much and great characters get misused or underused. I haven't seen Black Widow, but I agree with you completely. All the poor Marvel movies were the ones treading water and not telling a story. IM2 & 3, Thor 2 etc. I normally despise prequels because when you take the survival of the lead as a known fact, there's no catalyst for tension.
|
|
God
8,272 POSTS & 6,476 LIKES
|
Post by System on Jul 12, 2021 10:58:17 GMT
Black Widow: Incredibly boring, was little kids running through the cinema in intervals throughout the movie and I didn’t even care..shows how bad it was. Intro was kinda cool but I feel like Endgame was it for me 🤷🏻♀️ As much as the MCU is over and how much people have been digging the D+ shows, I think the next few movies are gonna be a real test. Sure the lack of movie going lately will give them a slight push, but things like Eternals and Shang Chi are gonna be a real challenge. Endgame could be seen as a great finale and I'm sure you're not alone in that feeling. Only TV show I watch that isn’t wrestling is Judge Judy, but I just simply don’t care enough about the MCU. People will debate it as if it’s a geopolitical crisis and take all the fun out of it now IMO.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 12, 2021 11:05:05 GMT
Fear Street 1978 was more awesome. Such a good series. This was a throw back to classic 80's slasher films, while continuing the awesome story from the first film. Two weeks the final one comes, that will be a 2000's style origin story film that will finish the story.
|
|
God
6,002 POSTS & 4,338 LIKES
|
Post by mikec on Jul 12, 2021 12:41:23 GMT
Watched In the Heights with the kiddo yesterday because she likes musicals and it was leaving HBO Max. It was fine, had some good songs, but won’t stick with me in the way that Miranda’s follow up did.
|
|
God
8,272 POSTS & 6,476 LIKES
|
Post by System on Jul 16, 2021 9:46:21 GMT
Space Jam: New Legacy
Man this was surprisingly really good, first 20 minutes aren’t great but after that it’s hilarious. Ironic that some of the jokes feel dated at the start (like dabbing) especially as movies get delayed and yet classic Looney Tunes gags that are 50+ years old still hold up strong.
|
|
Legend
19,985 POSTS & 20,019 LIKES
|
Post by Ness on Jul 17, 2021 14:24:04 GMT
So I've never seen the Terminator series, though T and T2 have been on my watch list for a bit. Heard that T2 may be one of the greatest action films of all time. Watching T1 right now seeing as Netflix added T2, but is that the extent of watching? Are the other movies trash? I think the most recently one was said to be "best one since T2" which doesn't necessarily mean it's good. Also how about Sarah Connor Chronicles... is that worth checking out? Or does the franchise just consist of the first two and skip the rest?
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 17, 2021 14:38:26 GMT
The other terminators are ok at best, but do not match the first two in any way. Terminator is a great action film and would be one of the best action films if Terminator 2 did not top it in nearly everyway. It deserves it claim to best action film. After that though, it is downhill for the series as you cannot really compete with the first two films. The first was so unique, then the second took the best of the first, and flipped it while expanding the world and delivering just rock solid film. There can be more great films in the series, but will need massive budgets to do the machine war, and studios just are not willing to invest that much into a third film. Salvation was set to reboot the series but the studio that made it bankrupted, and Genisys then tried to reboot it again, with Arnold, but he could not save a lackluster script.
I did not follow the Sarah Connor Chronicles but many did enjoy that. This series was a followup for T2, so could skip the movies after T2 and check this out. This pretends the other films did not exist and does it's own thing and besides the first two films was the only thing fans seemed to at least be positive on as the other movies fans are neutral at best, or hate them. Personally, I could not finish T3 beyond. Every film just ended up boring me until I lost interest. I find it super hard to focus on movies that do not hook me within the first 10 minutes though in recent years.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 17, 2021 15:13:31 GMT
Watched In the Heights with the kiddo yesterday because she likes musicals and it was leaving HBO Max. It was fine, had some good songs, but won’t stick with me in the way that Miranda’s follow up did. My thoughts pretty much too. It makes sense though since the musical itself did not catch on like Hamilton did either. Some great musicals we did with the munchkins that you likely seen at some point, but in case any are forgotten: All Dogs Go to Heaven Quest for Camelot FernGully: The Last Rainforest An American Tail Anastasia Nightmare Before Christmas - kids loved this not surprisingly Teen Spirit - Tween pop movie, not too bad. La La Land Weber's Phantom Moulin Rouge - cannot remember how adult this was since I do not really like it but they loved it. Watership Down The Land Before Time Secret of NIHM The Last Unicorn The Swan Princess The Hobbit - 1977 - has the awesome songs. The Brave Little Toaster Labyrinth For stuff that is a bit more adult: Anna and the Apocalypse Repo! A Generic Opera Devil's Carnival Assume Soda knows of the horror musicals. And some classics: Kids were not into most of these... Cabaret My Fair Lady - 1964 Wonka - Kids did not really like Cabaret - 1972 Fiddler On The Roof - 1971 The Sound Of Music Wizard of Oz Assume you seen the majority of these but if not, or if forgotten, may be stuff to find for the munchkin. The adult ones Soda may like.
|
|
God
6,687 POSTS & 2,869 LIKES
|
Post by Lony on Jul 18, 2021 3:53:00 GMT
Wrath of Man: I gave this a watch simply because Jason Statham is in it, as far as modern action stars go I enjoy his work and he didn’t disappoint in Wrath of Man. As for the movie itself, it was a pretty standard revenge flick, not that that is necessarily a bad thing, as I was entertained by the film. Space Jam: A New Legacy: The sequel to the original 1996 film brought the laughs, yes it’s cheesy, yes it’s over the top, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. It’s the Looney Tunes so of course you’re going to get all the little gags you would expect from them. Also, so many little cameos throughout the movie as well, the best cameo though was... The one with Michael Jordan.
But Fred Flintstone and Yogi Bear showing up was pretty neat as well.
2021 Movie Rankings 13. Locked Down 12. The Marksman 11. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 10. Cruella 9. Thunder Force 8. Luca 7. Wrath of Man 6. Tom and Jerry 5. Godzilla vs. Kong 4. Space Jam: A New Legacy 3. Black Widow 2. Raya and the Last Dragon 1. Mortal Kombat
|
|
Junior Member
1,015 POSTS & 993 LIKES
|
Post by sandylea on Jul 18, 2021 16:54:31 GMT
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard - loved loved loved loved loved! Was absolutely hilarious. The storyline was just super great popcorn fun. If you loved the first one you need to watch this, you’ll love it.
Black Widow - what an absolute snore fest. It was so beyond boring. I love the cast but this is easily the worst movie they’ve done - and Florence did Midsommar ffs. Also for a movie directed by a female I was not expecting that many ass shots.
Space Jam A New Legacy - I was expecting this to be terrible. My expectations were quite low. The start of it was really boring, and I didn’t have high hopes for it. After the initial 20 minutes, it got really good. It was absolutely hilarious. I ended up loving it.
Fear Street Part 1 - loved the gore, but was overly boring. Didn’t care about any of the characters at all.
Fear Street Part 2 - was fantastic. The gore was great, the story was way better. The characters were still meh. But I really enjoyed it.
Fear Street Part 3 - was really good. It was 2 movies in 1 basically with this. Was way more impressed with the storytelling. Not as much gore, but was still nice.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 18, 2021 17:12:45 GMT
Fear Street was so damn good. It did not break any new ground for horror, but did a traditional horror story extremely well, which is more than 99 percent horror movies do these days. Given they nailed three movies in a row, it is even more rare. Shows RL Stine is really a master of horror and not just children's books as when push comes to shove he delivers fun stories.
Between these and the first episode of Panic, Leigh Janiak really made a name for herself as a horror director this year. She was on the radar for her debut Honeymoon, but Fear Street I think cemented her as someone to really watch closely. She also wrote all three films with other people. Very curious to see what she takes on next as she has no projects lined up right now.
|
|
God
8,272 POSTS & 6,476 LIKES
|
Post by System on Jul 18, 2021 17:59:57 GMT
Wrath of Man: I gave this a watch simply because Jason Statham is in it, as far as modern action stars go I enjoy his work and he didn’t disappoint in Wrath of Man. As for the movie itself, it was a pretty standard revenge flick, not that that is necessarily a bad thing, as I was entertained by the film. Space Jam: A New Legacy: The sequel to the original 1996 film brought the laughs, yes it’s cheesy, yes it’s over the top, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. It’s the Looney Tunes so of course you’re going to get all the little gags you would expect from them. Also, so many little cameos throughout the movie as well, the best cameo though was... The one with Michael Jordan.
But Fred Flintstone and Yogi Bear showing up was pretty neat as well.
2021 Movie Rankings 13. Locked Down 12. The Marksman 11. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 10. Cruella 9. Thunder Force 8. Luca 7. Wrath of Man 6. Tom and Jerry 5. Godzilla vs. Kong 4. Space Jam: A New Legacy 3. Black Widow 2. Raya and the Last Dragon 1. Mortal Kombat
In regards to Space Jam cameo
I love that they gave it a brief moment for it to sink in before they had to explain the joke to people who were unfamiliar, Sandra and I were both in hysterics.
|
|
Legend
10,662 POSTS & 6,019 LIKES
|
Post by nath45 on Jul 18, 2021 23:35:34 GMT
TMNT 1990
Still a laugh after 30 years, and I still pop for the nunchuck-off scene.
|
|
Senior Member
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Male
I came, I saw, I came again.
4,934 POSTS & 2,003 LIKES
|
Post by RagnarokMike on Jul 20, 2021 3:14:06 GMT
Fear Street trilogy was actually pretty damn entertaining, yeah, most bits a well seasoned horror fan may intuit, but still...great ensemble and keeps going nicely. Can't say I'd call any of the 3 a weak link. Good stuff.
|
|
Legend
IS OFFLINE
Years Old
Undisputed 2020 Poster of the Year
33,663 POSTS & 10,427 LIKES
|
Post by c on Jul 20, 2021 15:33:39 GMT
Was reading they may want to branch Fear Street into a larger Stine world and do more films or show in this world. At least this is what the director is hoping for. She has no other projects lined up, so very curious to see what will happen. Easily one of the highlights of horror in the last few years. I know the director said she wanted to do a slasher set in the 1950's using this world.
|
|
God
6,002 POSTS & 4,338 LIKES
|
Post by mikec on Jul 20, 2021 19:38:54 GMT
I went to see Space Jam Sunday. It was ok. I didn’t have a strong feeling one way or the other. A perfectly suitable middle of the road kids movie.
|
|