Watched All Eyes on Me, felt like they rushed this one out to feed off the "Straight Outta Compton" hype, felt the most performance like of all the biopics. They got the perfect person for Pac, just wish they'd have let it cook more, really hammer it out.

Also, the Snoop Dogg voice over thing was ridiculous.

I found a Blu Ray of Dumbo for 10$ at Best Buy so I picked it up. I never really put much thought into the old school Disney movies until we did our pre-1960's movie countdown, Dumbo was the only one that made my top 10. I remember loving it when I was little, but I haven't seen it since. I watched it earlier today with my 2 year old(she will be 3 next month) niece and her reaction to it was priceless, especially the part where all the animals are getting their babies from the storks, Dumbo's reveal, and most of all the scene where his mother is playing with him after giving him a bath. The movie is the perfect length to watch with kids at this age, just 64 minutes she was into it from start to finish. I'm on an old school Disney movie kick now, been shopping around Ebay and Amazon for a VHS lot of them to pick up, I figured this was much better stuff to watch with her than Chucky and Michael Myers.

Split
This film was really good for a really long time. An gripping psychological thriller featuring a guy with 23 personalities, and some kidnapped teenage girls. Then it got stupid. James McAvoy suddenly turns into a Freddie Krueger meets Michael Myers meets Spiderman meets Hulk supervillain thing, the plot turns into Nightmare on Elm Street for 15 minutes, then the film ends. I didn't understand that bit. I mean, I know the film was throwing hints at "The Beast", and the brain being able to do amazing things to the human body, but even within the context of this film, that premise was taken way beyond the realms of believability. It didn't absolutely kill the film for me, but it put a pretty big damper on what was otherwise a great story with an amazing performance from McAvoy.

Is this why M. Night Shamalayabananacreampie has a bad reputation?

Is this why M. Night Shamalayabananacreampie has a bad reputation?

No, THIS is why M. Night Shamalan has a bad reputation.



and this



Not to mention this gem as well.

Jan 15, 2018 0:52:00 GMT Emperor said:

Split
This film was really good for a really long time. An gripping psychological thriller featuring a guy with 23 personalities, and some kidnapped teenage girls. Then it got stupid. James McAvoy suddenly turns into a Freddie Krueger meets Michael Myers meets Spiderman meets Hulk supervillain thing, the plot turns into Nightmare on Elm Street for 15 minutes, then the film ends. I didn't understand that bit. I mean, I know the film was throwing hints at "The Beast", and the brain being able to do amazing things to the human body, but even within the context of this film, that premise was taken way beyond the realms of believability. It didn't absolutely kill the film for me, but it put a pretty big damper on what was otherwise a great story with an amazing performance from McAvoy.

Is this why M. Night Shamalayabananacreampie has a bad reputation?

SPOILER: Click to show

The ending to Split really only works if you've seen Unbreakable, as the whole movie was a psychological thriller that was building into a surprise sequel to that film (where the main character is invincible to damage). M. Nights reputation came from...pretty much everything after Signs, until Split.

Either way, watched the Naked Gun trilogy for the first time in probably 20 years (Airplane and Hot Shots I've seen aplenty, I even have Loaded Weapon, for some reason, never bought the Naked Guns), god I miss what the genre was before Scary Movie. Endless sight gags and wordplay and ridiculousness, I think Dewey Cox is the only one in recent memory to really be a proper spoof rather than endless reference-a-thon; I just love these movies, it's not the most complex form of comedy, but when done right, it can be one of the most entertaining. 

A surprise sequel? What kind of stupid self-indulgent garbage is that? If I ever watch this film again, I'll watch up to the point where Kevin tells the girl to get his shotgun and shoot him. Then I'll imagine she actually does it just before he transforms back to The Beast. Roll credits.

You couldn't ask for a better break out movie than the Sixth Sense. It's one of the greatest movies of the 90s and still holds up extremely well all these years later. It was always going to be tough to follow up that movie, but I thought Unbreakable was about as strong as you could get without trying to top the Sixth Sense. There's a wonderful mystery through out and when you realise what's going on half-way through it becomes of the greatest superhero movies of all-time. All this praise that Nolan gets can be directed towards M. Night since Unbreakable is so good you don't instantly lump it in with the Green Lanterns, the Phantoms and all the super hero TRASH that Hollywood spews out.

Signs was where the cracks started to form. The movie did a wonderful job of building suspense, but the moment the twist is unveiled, it instantly becomes one of the dumbest movies of all-time. Then it hit a new low with Lady in the Water which was just an awful movie. Silly premise, poor acting and it seemed completely devoid of any style. The Happening somehow turned out to be just as bad, with horribly written characters and an awful premise where plants were releasing a toxin that caused people to want to kill themselves. Still, at least those movies were dumb guilty pleasures, Avatar The Last Airbender just managed to piss everyone off. I'm not sure who the movie was made for because it wasn't true to the show at all and everyone hated it. After Earth was the first Will Smith movie (since Wild Wild West) that everyone instantly hated upon release. In fairness, one of those reasons is that Will supposedly isn't in it and it feels like they used him to push his son (who also happens to feature on the Wild Wild West single...conspiracy?).

He turned a corner with the Visit which was the first movie since the Village where critics were willing to give it some credit. However, Split is the movie where it's actively been considered one of his better movies and there's no surprise it was associated with Unbreakable. Seriously Emp, add that movie to the list and watch for one of Samuel L's best performances in film.

EDIT: I always thought the Sixth Sense was M. Night's first movie but it appears there were two that preceded it. There was his early independent movie which he also starred in then a comedy movie which had all sorts of hurdles.

Jan 15, 2018 0:52:00 GMT Emperor said:

Split
This film was really good for a really long time. An gripping psychological thriller featuring a guy with 23 personalities, and some kidnapped teenage girls. Then it got stupid. James McAvoy suddenly turns into a Freddie Krueger meets Michael Myers meets Spiderman meets Hulk supervillain thing, the plot turns into Nightmare on Elm Street for 15 minutes, then the film ends. I didn't understand that bit. I mean, I know the film was throwing hints at "The Beast", and the brain being able to do amazing things to the human body, but even within the context of this film, that premise was taken way beyond the realms of believability. It didn't absolutely kill the film for me, but it put a pretty big damper on what was otherwise a great story with an amazing performance from McAvoy.

Is this why M. Night Shamalayabananacreampie has a bad reputation?

Seeing as how I pimped this movie , I suppose I should take some responsibility for the ending. I guess I understand why someone would hate it , it was a little jarring for me as well but I decided to just go with it because to ME the movie earned it and alluded to it enough where it just wasn't out of the blue. The Beast did end up being wayyyy out there in tone compared to the rest of the movie but I really didn't mind it because as I said - I think the movie earned it. 

Happy you enjoyed everything leading up to that point , and I'll agree that it was my favorite part of the movie as well. Just great acting and suspense ... I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to turn it off at that point and imagine your own ending. Lol 

Jan 16, 2018 8:10:11 GMT RagnarokMike said:

Either way, watched the Naked Gun trilogy for the first time in probably 20 years (Airplane and Hot Shots I've seen aplenty, I even have Loaded Weapon, for some reason, never bought the Naked Guns), god I miss what the genre was before Scary Movie. Endless sight gags and wordplay and ridiculousness, I think Dewey Cox is the only one in recent memory to really be a proper spoof rather than endless reference-a-thon; I just love these movies, it's not the most complex form of comedy, but when done right, it can be one of the most entertaining. 

Oh hell yeah, always loved both Hot Shots movies and Loaded Weapon 1 is one of my favorite comedies of all time. Haven't seen that shit in ages, need to watch it again sometime soon. 

Picked up and watched Bladerunner 2049 on 4K Blu Ray tonight. Pretty cool movie but nowhere near as awesome as I hoped it would be.

Los Enchiladas - Yeah, the Mitch Hedberg film. Has a certain charm to it and now my fandom is complete.

We’ve seen a handful lately -

Happy Death Day is a fun little horror movie with a couple fun gags and if you want your horror movie to be a little campy instead of gory it is a good time.

Jigsaw is much more my wife’s taste than mine, but it was much less squirm inducing than some of the others as it felt like the level of violence had been toned down.

And tonight I went to watch The Post, which is a good movie if you want to see one of the defining moments in print media. I thought the last five minutes were a bit of an overkill with them reading a line from the Supreme Court which sounded like a straight shot at Trump, a nice line foreshadowing watergate but then the director not trusting us to get it and putting a scene of Watergate in anyway, but I enjoyed the movie for the most part. 4/5

Jan 16, 2018 13:01:40 GMT Big Pete said:

You couldn't ask for a better break out movie than the Sixth Sense. It's one of the greatest movies of the 90s and still holds up extremely well all these years later. It was always going to be tough to follow up that movie, but I thought Unbreakable was about as strong as you could get without trying to top the Sixth Sense. There's a wonderful mystery through out and when you realise what's going on half-way through it becomes of the greatest superhero movies of all-time. All this praise that Nolan gets can be directed towards M. Night since Unbreakable is so good you don't instantly lump it in with the Green Lanterns, the Phantoms and all the super hero TRASH that Hollywood spews out.

Signs was where the cracks started to form. The movie did a wonderful job of building suspense, but the moment the twist is unveiled, it instantly becomes one of the dumbest movies of all-time. Then it hit a new low with Lady in the Water which was just an awful movie. Silly premise, poor acting and it seemed completely devoid of any style. The Happening somehow turned out to be just as bad, with horribly written characters and an awful premise where plants were releasing a toxin that caused people to want to kill themselves. Still, at least those movies were dumb guilty pleasures, Avatar The Last Airbender just managed to piss everyone off. I'm not sure who the movie was made for because it wasn't true to the show at all and everyone hated it. After Earth was the first Will Smith movie (since Wild Wild West) that everyone instantly hated upon release. In fairness, one of those reasons is that Will supposedly isn't in it and it feels like they used him to push his son (who also happens to feature on the Wild Wild West single...conspiracy?).

He turned a corner with the Visit which was the first movie since the Village where critics were willing to give it some credit. However, Split is the movie where it's actively been considered one of his better movies and there's no surprise it was associated with Unbreakable. Seriously Emp, add that movie to the list and watch for one of Samuel L's best performances in film.

EDIT: I always thought the Sixth Sense was M. Night's first movie but it appears there were two that preceded it. There was his early independent movie which he also starred in then a comedy movie which had all sorts of hurdles.

Oh the why would aliens come to a planet with so much water if it could kill them? Easy to explain, it's extremely plausible that the aliens hadn't encountered water before from whatever planet they were from.  Also in the radio message it says that they didn't come for the planet...meaning that they were there to harvest humans and leave perhaps?  We are limited to the aliens motives but the radio message makes it clear they were NOT there to take over the planet.  I'm not saying it's a flawless movie but some of the common complains about the movie are misguided.

But the earth's atmosphere is made up of water, this nonsense about them not noticing until Phoenix's character realised his life's purpose (which was another silly moment...did he really need an epiphany to realise that he had to smash an invader with a bat? really?) was just poor writing. You could have come up with any kind of War of the World esque achilles heel, water?

Also saw Happy Death Day, I'd say it's probably the best Groundhog's Day film not named Groundhog's Day this side of Edge of Tomorrow (so, 3rd, to untie that knot). Nothing too extreme, just good campy fun.

I caught Loaded Weapon 1 on TV today laid up sick. This is an early 90's spoof comedy starring Emilio Estevez and Samuel Jackson with cameos by just about every actor in Hollywood at the time, it's a parody of the action movies from that era kind of like how Scary Movie was to horror. This is the first time I've seen this in probably 15 years, it was always one of my favorite comedy movies. Some of the references are extremely dated now, a lot of the jokes are just downright retarded and cartoonish but I still got a good chuckle out of this and enjoyed the hell out of it, even if the version they played was shitty pan and scan version that cropped half the fucking frame out of the picture(not to mention edited for TV). I never really paid much attention to aspect ratios until I got my 55 inch 4K curve, after watching that thing for a year seeing shit pan and scanned or in 4:3 ratio absolutely drives me nuts.

This was a great time though, certainly needed a good laugh today, I bought the blu ray off of amazon before the movie was even over. Classic.

Jan 29, 2018 6:00:47 GMT Big Pete said:

But the earth's atmosphere is made up of water, this nonsense about them not noticing until Phoenix's character realised his life's purpose (which was another silly moment...did he really need an epiphany to realise that he had to smash an invader with a bat? really?) was just poor writing. You could have come up with any kind of War of the World esque achilles heel, water?

Fair enough, still think it was a great movie.  I can look past some of the plot holes.  I will say War of the Worlds did it better with the earth killing the invaders.  It was much more plausible that the invaders would be slowly killed by the atmosphere and not realize it until it was to late.  Still love Signs though.

FINALLY got around to watching Wonder Woman and they hype was pretty justified.  It moves along at a pretty good clip, the action was great, it had some humor, and Gal Godet is super freaking hot.  So yeah, I dug it.

Jan 29, 2018 4:47:48 GMT vendrell said:

Jan 16, 2018 13:01:40 GMT Big Pete said:

You couldn't ask for a better break out movie than the Sixth Sense. It's one of the greatest movies of the 90s and still holds up extremely well all these years later. It was always going to be tough to follow up that movie, but I thought Unbreakable was about as strong as you could get without trying to top the Sixth Sense. There's a wonderful mystery through out and when you realise what's going on half-way through it becomes of the greatest superhero movies of all-time. All this praise that Nolan gets can be directed towards M. Night since Unbreakable is so good you don't instantly lump it in with the Green Lanterns, the Phantoms and all the super hero TRASH that Hollywood spews out.

Signs was where the cracks started to form. The movie did a wonderful job of building suspense, but the moment the twist is unveiled, it instantly becomes one of the dumbest movies of all-time. Then it hit a new low with Lady in the Water which was just an awful movie. Silly premise, poor acting and it seemed completely devoid of any style. The Happening somehow turned out to be just as bad, with horribly written characters and an awful premise where plants were releasing a toxin that caused people to want to kill themselves. Still, at least those movies were dumb guilty pleasures, Avatar The Last Airbender just managed to piss everyone off. I'm not sure who the movie was made for because it wasn't true to the show at all and everyone hated it. After Earth was the first Will Smith movie (since Wild Wild West) that everyone instantly hated upon release. In fairness, one of those reasons is that Will supposedly isn't in it and it feels like they used him to push his son (who also happens to feature on the Wild Wild West single...conspiracy?).

He turned a corner with the Visit which was the first movie since the Village where critics were willing to give it some credit. However, Split is the movie where it's actively been considered one of his better movies and there's no surprise it was associated with Unbreakable. Seriously Emp, add that movie to the list and watch for one of Samuel L's best performances in film.

EDIT: I always thought the Sixth Sense was M. Night's first movie but it appears there were two that preceded it. There was his early independent movie which he also starred in then a comedy movie which had all sorts of hurdles.

Oh the why would aliens come to a planet with so much water if it could kill them? Easy to explain, it's extremely plausible that the aliens hadn't encountered water before from whatever planet they were from.  Also in the radio message it says that they didn't come for the planet...meaning that they were there to harvest humans and leave perhaps?  We are limited to the aliens motives but the radio message makes it clear they were NOT there to take over the planet.  I'm not saying it's a flawless movie but some of the common complains about the movie are misguided.

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The theory that they are meant to be demons not aliens, makes the film make a lot more sense to me.

I’ve seen heaps of films lately, Three Billboards.. was fantastic as was I,Tonya despite its bleakness.

I had never heard the theory that they are demons, not aliens. Especially since the whole movie drives home the point that they are aliens on a frequent basis BUT....I can kind of see it given that it's also a story of a man having his faith in god restored.

My favorite line from Loaded Weapon 1 (and one of my favorite lines ever) will always be the pure sincerity Jackson has as he delivers his response to "Luger, you came!"

"That's personal."

Jan 30, 2018 3:29:57 GMT RagnarokMike said:

My favorite line from Loaded Weapon 1 (and one of my favorite lines ever) will always be the pure sincerity Jackson has as he delivers his response to "Luger, you came!"

"That's personal."

:lol: 

The part that got the hardest laugh out of me this time was when they go to the shoot out in the hallway with the guys from Chips and Estrada fires a shot at his partner to get his attention. 



:rofl: 

Man this flu has me all kinds of fucked up, feeling way better today but I can't sleep at all now, lungs and throat still feel on fire. I loaded up a random documentary on Netflix called "Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable". This was about some people discovering a shipwreck somewhere and finding a fucking treasure trove of lost sculptures from ancient roman times. This just completely fucking blew my mind and kept me up all night, I kept being blown away by some of the shit they found buried in coral reef at the bottom of the ocean, I kept asking why the hell have I never heard about any of this!?!? Why was this not in the news?! Then at the end they show one of the sculptures is Mickey Mouse, they got me, they got me good, this whole thing was a fucking work. Man this documentary looked amazing on my 4K tv though, I felt so fucking duped when they showed the Mickey sculpture. It's fucking mind blowing the lengths they went to make this, they really went all out and they totally had me. 

Dunkirk:
For me this is EASILY the weakest of the Nolan films. I just felt a certain detachment from the characters. I get that was by design but to me it let some of the steam out compared to like a Saving Private Ryan or the more recent Hacksaw Ridge. Not a movie I'd ever bother watching again. I give it points for visuals, it's an awesome looking movie and it carries on the tradition of keeping Tom Hardy's face covered for some bizarre reason. I'll be generous and give it a C-

The Devils Candy:
Loved it. First I didn't realize Ethan Embry was so fucking cut. This guy has been hitting the gym and eating right. Anyways this was by the guy who directed The Loved Ones which I did in fact love. All the characters were likeable, the movie was fast paced, and was creepy while not relying on jump scares to get it done. This one is totally worth checking out. I give Devils Candy a B+.

Una:
I liked it for the most part but in the end it falls a little bit flat. Some little changes here and there and I think this could have been really good but I felt like I was never as let in to the characters as I should have been to really feel the impact and the gravity of the situation they were in. C-

The Blackcoats Daughter:
I didn't get it at all. Even if I did, I can't say I would have liked it. Just bleh. F

Wife and I just finished A Bad Moms Christmas. So fucking good. So funny. So many memorable moments and quotable lines. It's at least as good as, if not better than the original. Which is always tough to do, and harder with comedies IMO. I think Kenny G was perhaps the most unsung star in it. And we're super fucking hopeful for a Bad Grandmas Vegas follow-up.

I had the opposite reaction to Dunkirk, vendrell, with the action immersing me in the movie more than a hackneyed monologue ever could.

The Phantom Thread - Day Lewis' last performance sees him play an obsessive compulsive who falls in love with a foreign waittress at a cafe. He introduces her to his lavish life-style where she struggles to find her place in the presence of these rich aristocrats who crave beauty and perfection. The way the movie has her solve this dilemna is quite shocking, but well earned given the characterisation of Lewis' character. Being a Paul Thomas Anderson movie, it's a wonderfully made movie and his most restrained since Punch Drunk Love.

The Shape Of Water - Del Toro dives deep into the world of 50s monster movies with his own trademark flair and vision. The movie focus' on Elisa, a lonely mute who seems destined for spinsterhood who happens to work at a top secret government facility where they conduct experiments on monsters. One day they bring in this creature from The Black Lagoon and over time, the two bond. Upset by the way the creature is treated, Elisa conducts a daring rescue mission with a rag-tag ensemble and have to fend off the force of Russian Spies and powerful US military types who will stop at nothing. What makes Del Toro a fantastic director is his ability to go into dark places while weaving in the fantastical. What could have been an absurd premise, is made to be engaging because of Del Toro's uncompromising take on sex and violence while making decisions that work best for the movie. There were times where the movie could have got bogged down in silly conflicts that would predictibly resolve themselves, but Del Toro works around those moments masterfully, endearing the characters in the process. At the moment, I feel like Three Billboards has it's nose out in-front, but Shape Of Water was a fun ride all the same.

I found Lock Up on DVD at one of the shops I go to on the weekends, classic 1989 Stallone flick. It's like the ultimate "Movies For Guys Who Like Movies", there's a fucking epic prison yard football game in one scene that has to be like the greatest football game ever in a movie, then there is a "best buddies working on a muscle car" montage that made me laugh. Only thing missing is some titties and this would have been the perfect guy movie. Really solid movie though, great heel performance by Sutherland and especially the native american feller that was in Predator. This is easily one of my favorite Stallone movies, I like it better than the Rambo's. 

Call Me By Your Name - I wanted to check out some reviews since I'm not apart of the demographic it's going for. I was relieved that a lot of issues I had with the movie were shared and I wasn't missing anything. The issue I had with the movie is that they try to sell you on how magical this relationship is between these two guys, but it felt completely unearned. They spend a couple of nights together, they say some pseudo-intellectual stuff to one another and then Armie dances like Carlson from Fresh Prince. And...that's it...the rest of the movie is both guys coming to grips with their love for one another, which Brokeback Mountain did better 12 years earlier. Which isn't to say it's a bad film, the choice of scenary is easy on the eyes, the performances are strong and there's some good themes in there but I just didn't buy into the romance or really the protaganists character. He reminded me a lot of Ryan Phillipe from Cruel Intentions, just a spoiled cynical teenager living the life with only his hormones giving him the biggest issue.

The Darkest Hour - I can't stand movies like this anymore. Formulaic, dull biographical movies that take real world events, distort them to fit into a movie and then sell you on them because the make-up and impression is bang on. Yes, Gary Oldman deserves an Oscar, but this movie doesn't belong ahead of The Florida Project, let alone A Ghost Story, Good Time or even Brigsy Bear.

The Post - The marketing for this movie bugged me. STREEP, HANKS...thanks for the Oscar nomination guys. However, this is another fun movie about the press, not too dissimilar from Spotlight. One thing I disliked about Spotlight, and disliked it here with The Post, is just how much they pat the profession on the back. To me it would be like a war movie where we're constantly reminded about how amazing our armed forces are. It gets too much and there were a few scenes here that made me just roll my eyes. Otherwise it's a fun movie about a newspaper changing it's approach, daring to tackle a subject that could result in severe punishment and ultimately delivering one of the biggest victories for the press. I don't think it should be in contention for best film, but it's perfectly fine and I'm sure others on here will enjoy it more than me.

Holy crap Black Panther is amazing and maybe my new favourite MCU movie.

Feb 15, 2018 16:36:18 GMT PB said:

Holy crap Black Panther is amazing and maybe my new favourite MCU movie.

Without spoiling anything how many end credits?

Feb 15, 2018 23:45:30 GMT @ness said:

Feb 15, 2018 16:36:18 GMT PB said:

Holy crap Black Panther is amazing and maybe my new favourite MCU movie.

Without spoiling anything how many end credits?

I've stopped staying for the end credits - I just google them later, which I haven't done yet.