Feb 15, 2018 23:49:29 GMT PB said:

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

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.

That's a genius move I've never, ever considered before.

I googled it - there's two.

I just got disappointed too many times to sit there for so long. Was cool the first few times - but it's not worth it for me anymore.

Kubo and the Two Strings: Uses 3 strings at all times, even at the end with the 2 important strings, still used a 3rd string...0/10. Just kidding, great movie, stylistically slick, solid story with good performances. Maybe my 2nd favorite movie of the sort behind Nightmare Before Christmas. 8/10

Finding Dory: Not as good as Nemo, still ages better than any Cars movie. Some decent laughs, but nothing too memorable. 6/10

Moana: Good flick, a bit thin on plot, but some fun characters and decently catchy songs. Much like Finding Dory, it's not going to hang with the best of the best, but it was thoroughly enjoyable. 7/10

Undisputed 4: Worst of the series, and that's not exactly a high bar, still some cool action, just a pity Adkins couldn't be a better actor, he's great with choreography. 5/10 (7/10 for action)

Ip Man 3: Doesn't really do much with story, still serviceable. But still holding a standard of excellence in action, mighty fine fight scenes start to finish. Iron Fist needs to get some of these guys to work on their choreography. Donnie Yen is still the man. 7/10

Gerald's Game: Hadn't really heard much about this beyond being a Stephen King property, so no real surprise it was a very good movie. Was wondering how they'd handle a character alone in a room with a dead body for an hour and a half, abut this did it really well. Fantastic performances from what few there were. 8/10

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets -

I am going to say off the get go that 🤯's desire for a Nicolas Cage countdown just improved by about 15% because this movie is fucking bananas in all the right ways. First the cast - what the hell are Jon Voight , Helen Mirren , Ed Harris and Harvey Keitel all doing in this god damn movie? What an insane cast.

Then the guy kidnaps the President , breaks into the White House , Library of Congress and Buckingham Palace and walks away with nothing.

And I'm pretty sure Cage only agreed to come back if he could do "Nic Cage things" in this movie as opposed to the first , because he turns it up to like 11 in a few scenes that actually had me laughing. That dude is fucking crazy.

It's simply a far more enjoyable 2 hours than I ever would have expected.

Some recent watches...

Juice: Meh. I couldn't get into until the last half hour or so when Tupac goes nuts on goes on a kill spree. It just didn't click with me and felt very dated. D+

Rust and Bone:
Fucking loved it. Most foreign film I decide to check out I really enjoy and this was no exception. A really good non traditional romance/drama. It felt very real and very heavy. It also gave me a new appreciation for Katie Perry's song "firework". Great movie. A-

Good Time:
I had a very good time watching it. Robert Pattinson needs to do more things like this and stay away from that twilight bullshit because he's awesome when he's not locked into some teenage bull shit. He's very raw and gritty here. The story is a great. The only flaw I think it had was I felt the ending was rushed. If they had gave me a little bit more on that side of it i'd rank it a bit higher. B+

Feb 18, 2018 3:23:19 GMT UT said:

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets -

I am going to say off the get go that 🤯's desire for a Nicolas Cage countdown just improved by about 15% because this movie is fucking bananas in all the right ways. First the cast - what the hell are Jon Voight , Helen Mirren , Ed Harris and Harvey Keitel all doing in this god damn movie? What an insane cast.

Then the guy kidnaps the President , breaks into the White House , Library of Congress and Buckingham Palace and walks away with nothing.

And I'm pretty sure Cage only agreed to come back if he could do "Nic Cage things" in this movie as opposed to the first , because he turns it up to like 11 in a few scenes that actually had me laughing. That dude is fucking crazy.

It's simply a far more enjoyable 2 hours than I ever would have expected.

Another convert, yes! I'll take the 15%!

Just finished watching Cool Runnings for the first time ever. Regret not seeing that before making my top ten Disney live-action list, or for seeing it when I was younger. With the power of nostalgia aiding it along, I could easily see it being my number one.

Feb 18, 2018 4:19:47 GMT 🤯 said:

Feb 18, 2018 3:23:19 GMT UT said:

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets -

I am going to say off the get go that 🤯 's desire for a Nicolas Cage countdown just improved by about 15% because this movie is fucking bananas in all the right ways. First the cast - what the hell are Jon Voight , Helen Mirren , Ed Harris and Harvey Keitel all doing in this god damn movie? What an insane cast.

Then the guy kidnaps the President , breaks into the White House , Library of Congress and Buckingham Palace and walks away with nothing.

And I'm pretty sure Cage only agreed to come back if he could do "Nic Cage things" in this movie as opposed to the first , because he turns it up to like 11 in a few scenes that actually had me laughing. That dude is fucking crazy.

It's simply a far more enjoyable 2 hours than I ever would have expected.

Another convert, yes! I'll take the 15%!

Just finished watching Cool Runnings for the first time ever. Regret not seeing that before making my top ten Disney live-action list, or for seeing it when I was younger. With the power of nostalgia aiding it along, I could easily see it being my number one.

Well I'd be more willing to vote for it , not sure about everyone else. 



Probably the best scene in the movie , not only does he get to get his Nic Cage on , which isn't in the character of Gates as all - they find their clues by pouring water out of a water bottle onto fucking MOUNT RUSHMORE. Like 120 ounces of water at most - beautiful stuff. 

I watched True Romance(1993) tonight. This movie came up in a mid-90's nostalgia thread on another forum I post on. I came across it on the Roku channel so I checked it out. I was really surprised at how good this was. I have never even really heard of this let alone seen it before. Apparently Quinton Terrantino was involved with the movie in some way. I was really surprised at the cast for this, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette are the lead characters but along the way we get Samuel Jackson, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper(Walken and Hopper have a great scene together, probably my favorite scene of the movie), Brad Pitt, Tony Soprano(James Gandolfini, I cant spell names), Christopher Penn, and Tom Sizemore. Surprisingly good movie, I'd give it an 8/10 or maybe 8.5/10, I liked it.

Not just involved in some way, Tarantino wrote it (with some collaboration with Roger Avary), then Tony Scott (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, the Last Boy Scout) directed it. Project was jampacked with talent top to bottom.

"Would You Rather?" was an entertaining flick, the previous master of always playing a creep Jeffery Combs with the new generation of pretty much always playing a creep Robin Lord Taylor there both playing creeps. Bunch of people brought together in an increasingly disturbing game of WYR? Solid cast, well played suspense, good kick at the end. Thoroughly enjoyable. 8/10

Also watched the Invitation after a recommendation from vendrell for Bizarro Tom Hardy (seriously, if these two never play brothers, casting is just slipping), it too was a very good suspense thriller. Considering tales of this sort can only go two basic ways, they did a great job at making everything murky enough that you're never quite sure which way it is. Had a good oomph for its final reveal (even if that particular one was much easier to guess). Entertaining start to finish. 8/10

Finished up with 1922, another Steven King property, this man sure does know how to tell a story. Solid performances, interesting enough narrative, not his best of works, but not too far behind as far as his adapted works go. 7/10

Not sure I'd revisit any of them, this particular genre I think lends itself to single views for me (some exceptions), but all well worth the one watch.

Earlier in the day I watched "Where's the Money?" Not expecting much as it was mainly a vehicle for vine stars, and they were as useless as expected, but it was an okay throwaway dumb frat comedy. 5/10

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
My last three or four Westerns have all been gritty Clint Eastwood affairs. This is not only a welcome change of pace, but a fantastic film in its own right. It was very refreshing to see Western leads that are human, as opposed to the emotionless and almost superhuman Eastwood-archetype. Newman and Redford play off each other extremely well, two buddies who have been together a long time and been through it all. Most of their banter had me snickering, as well as some of the more grand pieces of comedy, notably the "too much dynamite" scene. It's just a delightful romp through the Wild West, culminating in a wonderful showdown, and an outcome that perhaps should be tragic but doesn't feel that way at all. Ties with Unforgiven as the best Western I've seen.

Blue Jasmine
Woody Allen drama about a wealthy upper class socialite (Cate Blanchett) who has to mingle with the common folk after her sociopathic financier husband (Alec Baldwin) gets jailed for fraud. This film is really the Cate Blanchett show, and she knocks it out of the park, which is no easy feat given the complexity of her character. She's mentally unstable, suffers from panic attacks, tries to put on a nice face but can hardly contain her disdain from the mostly delightful and caring working class folk she interacts with (including her own sister). One of the best acting performances I've ever seen, a Best Actress Award fully deserved. The plot is about her trying to navigate her new life with interleaving flashbacks of her old life. The plot is very bleak and rarely has a moment of happiness, but it doesn't feel completely like a sadness-fest, more a very interesting exploration of human character and resilience. Very good film, but not the kind of film that can be seen more than once.

The Sentinel
70s horror film that is a bit ahead of its time with aspects of hallucinations and unreliable narrators. That said, the story is confusing and not told very well, more a style over substance film. Still, it's more good than bad, and would recommend it as an obscure horror movie to watch.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Good concept, poor execution. The first 10 minutes is literally just Forrest Whitaker quoting the samurai code and then driving around listening to rap music. Not a great start. The plot is a mob crime thriller deal, but it isn't really dramatic at all because the pacing is far too slow, and the actors aren't all that great besides the lead. I get that they were trying to tell the gangster story in a different way, but for me it didn't work at all.

Sleuth
Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier's two man mystery-thriller show is phenomenal. Olivier is utterly convincing as the barely-sane detective fiction author who loves playing games, even at the expense of other people. Caine's performance is not quite as strong (his character felt inconsistent at times), but he has some really powerful moments. Their chemistry is great, the story is very clever, a dangerous battle of wits with a bunch of unexpected twists, and the conclusion is very satisfying. Strongly recommended.

Feb 19, 2018 13:27:43 GMT Emperor said:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
My last three or four Westerns have all been gritty Clint Eastwood affairs. This is not only a welcome change of pace, but a fantastic film in its own right. It was very refreshing to see Western leads that are human, as opposed to the emotionless and almost superhuman Eastwood-archetype. Newman and Redford play off each other extremely well, two buddies who have been together a long time and been through it all. Most of their banter had me snickering, as well as some of the more grand pieces of comedy, notably the "too much dynamite" scene. It's just a delightful romp through the Wild West, culminating in a wonderful showdown, and an outcome that perhaps should be tragic but doesn't feel that way at all. Ties with Unforgiven as the best Western I've

Fuck yes! Was this your first time seeing Cassidy & Kid? If so, all the better! I love when people not only discover but also seem to enjoy my favorites. It's an excitement similar to when I see others argue that Angle/Rey from SummerSlam '02 was the true best PPV opener in WWF/WWE history. If we ever do attempt a Top 10 Personal Favorites countdown, Cassidy & Kid will definitely be in mine.

Wife and I watched The Big Sick last night. We are generally very down on Apatow protects, but this was great. We both really enjoyed it, and discovering at the end that it was based on his real life story made it all the better. Admittedly, there were some PI boohoos. Also, admission of more PI stupidity, I had no idea that the movie was about her or anyone actually getting sick. I figured it was all about relationships and culture clashes... And we're as far into the movie as it gets before she actually falls ill, and the whole time I'm wondering to myself: "I wonder what 'Big Sick' is a reference to?" It still didn't even dawn on me until maybe 2/3 of the way through the movie.

Feb 19, 2018 8:37:33 GMT RagnarokMike said:

Not just involved in some way, Tarantino wrote it (with some collaboration with Roger Avary), then Tony Scott (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, the Last Boy Scout) directed it. Project was jampacked with talent top to bottom.

"Would You Rather?" was an entertaining flick, the previous master of always playing a creep Jeffery Combs with the new generation of pretty much always playing a creep Robin Lord Taylor there both playing creeps. Bunch of people brought together in an increasingly disturbing game of WYR? Solid cast, well played suspense, good kick at the end. Thoroughly enjoyable. 8/10

Also watched the Invitation after a recommendation from vendrell for Bizarro Tom Hardy (seriously, if these two never play brothers, casting is just slipping), it too was a very good suspense thriller. Considering tales of this sort can only go two basic ways, they did a great job at making everything murky enough that you're never quite sure which way it is. Had a good oomph for its final reveal (even if that particular one was much easier to guess). Entertaining start to finish. 8/10

Finished up with 1922, another Steven King property, this man sure does know how to tell a story. Solid performances, interesting enough narrative, not his best of works, but not too far behind as far as his adapted works go. 7/10

Not sure I'd revisit any of them, this particular genre I think lends itself to single views for me (some exceptions), but all well worth the one watch.

Earlier in the day I watched "Where's the Money?" Not expecting much as it was mainly a vehicle for vine stars, and they were as useless as expected, but it was an okay throwaway dumb frat comedy. 5/10

Glad you liked The Invitation.  It's a movie I shout from the roof tops when anybody asks me for a movie recommendation at work.  Anybody I've ever recommended it to came back to me and said they loved it. 

Brawl In Cell Block 99:
When I first saw this starred Vince Vaughn as your lead kickass bad ass lead role, I had trouble buying it. I mean this is a guy I've seen play almost exclusively goof balls for years upon years but he was clearly channeling some of that darkness from his role in the second season of True Detective  because he was 100% a believable badass fighter. I never realized just how physically big Vince Vaughn is.  All the fight scenes were fun and not so set up that it looks ridiculous, it felt realistically brutal aside from a thing or two that happens but i get it, sometimes you just want to add some style to your violence.  Just a good solid brutal action flick but also has a heart.  I give Brawl In Cell Block 99 a B+ .

Feb 19, 2018 8:37:33 GMT RagnarokMike said:

Not just involved in some way, Tarantino wrote it (with some collaboration with Roger Avary), then Tony Scott (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, the Last Boy Scout) directed it. Project was jampacked with talent top to bottom.

Ah, that makes sense, that fight scene between Tony Soprano and Patricia Arquette was like some shit out of ECW. :lol: Also I forgot to mention Gary Oldman was in the movie as well.

Feb 19, 2018 23:42:59 GMT vendrell said:

Brawl In Cell Block 99:When I first saw this starred Vince Vaughn as your lead kickass bad ass lead role, I had trouble buying it. I mean this is a guy I've seen play almost exclusively goof balls for years upon years but he was clearly channeling some of that darkness from his role in the second season of True Detective  because he was 100% a believable badass fighter. I never realized just how physically big Vince Vaughn is.  All the fight scenes were fun and not so set up that it looks ridiculous, it felt realistically brutal aside from a thing or two that happens but i get it, sometimes you just want to add some style to your violence.  Just a good solid brutal action flick but also has a heart.  I give Brawl In Cell Block 99 a B+ .

I watched some of this with my dad and I honestly wasn't into it. Vaughn was an interesting heel in Domestic Disturbance with Travolta, I thought he was ok as the bad guy in that movie but ultimately I couldn't help but think that the movie would have been way better if Travolta and Vaughn swapped roles.

Feb 20, 2018 1:15:38 GMT shinobimusashi said:

Feb 19, 2018 23:42:59 GMT vendrell said:

Brawl In Cell Block 99:When I first saw this starred Vince Vaughn as your lead kickass bad ass lead role, I had trouble buying it. I mean this is a guy I've seen play almost exclusively goof balls for years upon years but he was clearly channeling some of that darkness from his role in the second season of True Detective  because he was 100% a believable badass fighter. I never realized just how physically big Vince Vaughn is.  All the fight scenes were fun and not so set up that it looks ridiculous, it felt realistically brutal aside from a thing or two that happens but i get it, sometimes you just want to add some style to your violence.  Just a good solid brutal action flick but also has a heart.  I give Brawl In Cell Block 99 a B+ .

I watched some of this with my dad and I honestly wasn't into it. Vaughn was an interesting heel in Domestic Disturbance with Travolta, I thought he was ok as the bad guy in that movie but ultimately I couldn't help but think that the movie would have been way better if Travolta and Vaughn swapped roles.

You both hit on my exact curiosities here. Saw this movie while browsing for something to watch the other night... did a double-take when I saw Vince Vaughn on the cover/poster/whatever. Read the description and thought that this will either be surprisingly good, or more likely... really, really bad. And my mind went back to the shit performance that was Domestic Disturbance. Some guys just aren't cut out to be heels/villains/bad-asses/etc. Vince Vaughn really feels like one of those guys. He even stuck out like a sore thumb to me in Hacksaw Ridge.

Feb 20, 2018 1:15:38 GMT shinobimusashi said:

Feb 19, 2018 23:42:59 GMT vendrell said:

Brawl In Cell Block 99:When I first saw this starred Vince Vaughn as your lead kickass bad ass lead role, I had trouble buying it. I mean this is a guy I've seen play almost exclusively goof balls for years upon years but he was clearly channeling some of that darkness from his role in the second season of True Detective  because he was 100% a believable badass fighter. I never realized just how physically big Vince Vaughn is.  All the fight scenes were fun and not so set up that it looks ridiculous, it felt realistically brutal aside from a thing or two that happens but i get it, sometimes you just want to add some style to your violence.  Just a good solid brutal action flick but also has a heart.  I give Brawl In Cell Block 99 a B+ .

I watched some of this with my dad and I honestly wasn't into it. Vaughn was an interesting heel in Domestic Disturbance with Travolta, I thought he was ok as the bad guy in that movie but ultimately I couldn't help but think that the movie would have been way better if Travolta and Vaughn swapped roles.

Domestic Disturbance was a shit movie but I agree, Travolta has more of a bad guy swagger and I think Vince...well I can't see him in the travolta role either to be honest.  He was a bad choice.  This though he was great in and this along with his role on True Detective was one of the rare times where I can look at what he was doing on the screen and I just see the character, not Vince Vaughn playing the character.  It's how I felt when I saw Owen Wilson in No Escape, for the first time perhaps ever I saw what Owen Wilson was doing on screen and he wasn't just playing Owen Wilson but he was the character.  Tom Cruise in Collateral is another one.  Tom Cruise is always charming in every movie he's in really but most of the time I still see just smiling Tom Cruise being good looking and charming.  In that movie he finally wasn't Tom Cruise, he was this vicious hitman. 

ok i'm done.

Feb 20, 2018 3:19:30 GMT vendrell said:

Feb 20, 2018 1:15:38 GMT shinobimusashi said:

I watched some of this with my dad and I honestly wasn't into it. Vaughn was an interesting heel in Domestic Disturbance with Travolta, I thought he was ok as the bad guy in that movie but ultimately I couldn't help but think that the movie would have been way better if Travolta and Vaughn swapped roles.

Domestic Disturbance was a shit movie but I agree, Travolta has more of a bad guy swagger and I think Vince...well I can't see him in the travolta role either to be honest.  He was a bad choice.  This though he was great in and this along with his role on True Detective was one of the rare times where I can look at what he was doing on the screen and I just see the character, not Vince Vaughn playing the character.  It's how I felt when I saw Owen Wilson in No Escape, for the first time perhaps ever I saw what Owen Wilson was doing on screen and he wasn't just playing Owen Wilson but he was the character.  Tom Cruise in Collateral is another one.  Tom Cruise is always charming in every movie he's in really but most of the time I still see just smiling Tom Cruise being good looking and charming.  In that movie he finally wasn't Tom Cruise, he was this vicious hitman. 

ok i'm done.

Tom Cruise's greatest transformation of all-time is still and will always be Les Grossman.

Forgot a few more i've watched recently...

Predators:
This movie was a fun and a decent little next chapter to the Predator series, certainly better than the awful Predator vs. Alien bullshit. Adrian Brody was great in the lead, I really liked the spanish girl who seems to pop up in a ton of things, and of course my man Walton Goggins always there to provide some comedic levity. All in all I enjoyed this. Predators gets a B-

Pitch Perfect 3:
I liked it better than the 2nd installment which I liked but it kind of had the feeling that some of the cast had one foot out the door on this series.  Maybe not but it just didn't quite have the same energy to it.  This one though had a little more pep in the step and I liked it.  Plus Hailee Steinfeld bonus points.

As a huge (old school) National Lampoon fan, watched "a Futile and Stupid Gesture," which chronicled the rise and (literal) fall of National Lampoon and Doug Kenny. While it takes a lot of liberties (which they openly admit to), still a fascinating story knowing the prime chunk of it is true, even if some events and players are changed. Really a sweet, genuine, and often funny look at the work life of a great (though troubled) comic mind, though it doesn't really delve into them on a personal level, just focuses on his work projects. 7/10

Checked out V/H/S 2, pretty solid segments, not amazing, but still an enjoyable enough watch. Nothing really standout, though a section with an outbreak from a zombie's point of view (thanks to a helmet cam) was pretty spiffy. 6/10

Another horror movie with Clown, executed the premise well enough, another that's not mind blowing or memorable, but accomplishes what it sets out to do fairly competently. Wouldn't watch either this or V/H/S 2 ever again, can't even say worth the watch, but didn't feel like a waste of time. 6/10

I watched True Romance again last night, this time I rented it on Amazon instant video and watched it on my 4K rig(I watched it on my 1080p poverty box on the Roku app/channel the other night so it had commercials), this was the directors cut but I couldn't tell any difference from the regular version I watched Sunday.

I enjoyed this even more the second go around. This is really a great 90's movie, I can't believe I never heard of this before. Great stuff.

Watched Cars 3, WAY better than the second, not as good as the first, so still an all around mediocre film. Fitting end to the series though. 6/10


The Circle was a solid enough suspense film, unique to be sure, tough to stretch the premise for at long as it did, but did well enough to keep interest, and had a solid ending more or less. 7/10

Also, Hush, did rather well for a movie with so little little dialog, nothing new or standout, but a well done suspense thriller none the less. 7/10

It's not like I need much of an excuse, but the Oscar snubs thread inspired me to go back and check out some old 2010 movies.

King's Speech
Holland did an excellent job of telling what could have been a very drab story. His cinematography through out was fantastic either calling attention to his actor's emotions or their relationships to one another. At the start of the movie, Bertie is aloof around Lionel and this is demonstrated through both actors being kept apart in each shot and being positioned at opposite corners of the screen. Later on, they're almost inseperable and Lionel is constantly in every shot, almost like he's the King's guardian angel. Watching their friendship blossom is one of the highlights of the film, as we get to know each character well and care about them in the process. Whether it's Bertie's difficult upbringing where he was starved as a child or how afraid he was of his family, we sympathise with him and understand how difficult it is for him to assume the role of King. Likewise, Lionel becomes more than just a Mr. Miyagi figure when he shares his back-story and why he is so effective at his craft despite his lack of credentials. We learn of the hardships of war and how he offered his expertise to the shell-shocked soldiers and improved them by simply listening and giving them a voice.

The movie is complimented with brilliant performances through out. Colin Firth was truly deserving of his Best Actor nod, but Geoffry Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall & Guy Pierce are wonderful in their roles.

2010 was a brilliant year for cinema and I don't have a problem with others preferring the works of Fincher, Aronovsky, Nolan etc. but the King's Speech deserves recognition all the same.

The Social Network
A million dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? The Social Network is a fascinating insight into the psyche of the late teen-early 20s kid and what they value. In The Social Network despite being worth billions of dollars, we learn that Mark Zuckerberg would give it all up if he could hear Erica Albright, the girl who dared to reject him would change her mind and consider him cool. It's why he isn't desperate for money, it's why he doesn't want to work with the Winklevi, it's why he wants to get with Sean Parker, it's why he loved the idea of groupies and finally why he's too cool for Aaron Sorkin during the middle of their meeting. Unfortunately this pursuit of coolness comes at a price and it robs him of the one true friend he had. Despite linking millions to one another, Zuckerberg is a lonely man in way over his head and the only thing he has left is power. And yet when it's all said and done, Quincy's daughter sees through the charade and tells Mark to embrace his true personality, the guy who was left alone at the start of the movie, before the lawyers got involved.

What's great about this pursuit of 'coolness' is that we see it from other angles. We laugh at the Winklevi when they try and get their IP back through the Harvard Student Rule Book and end up finishing short through out the movie. We see Eduardo reject the 'coolness' by keeping his distance from Facebook and distancing himself from all the fame it brought him. He even questions whether his popularity with the clubs fractured his friendship with Mark and whether that led to the shady underhanded dealings or the animal cruelty story being leaked out. Finally we see Sean Parker descend into a raving lunatic as he blames everybody for his drug binge with seemingly underage girls at a party that's set upon by the police. It's through these relationships Mark is able to mature and get to a stage where he can deal with the problems that truly bug him, like whether Erica will accept his friend request or not. You know there's talk of a Se7en sequel, but I'd much rather know whether or not Erica accepted the damn request or not and whether Mark leaves desperate dms at 1am in the morning on her email.

The overall production of the movie is great. Everything through out the movie is a big party, whether it's finding new coders or business dealings, it's always a public event. Each scene flows into one another through sharp narration and wonderful music from Reznor/Ross' score and the two hours fly by.

It's a damn good movie and while I don't think it was snubbed, most people on PW do so if you haven't seen it yet, I'd recommend it.

I’m laughing at your sequel idea because I just think we should keep antagonizing Mark Zuckerberg with fictional women. Drunk and depressed he creates the block button just for her.

Daddy's Home 2
not as good as the first but I got some laughs. then the stepkids kissed and I was weirded out.

I noticed the Lion King was on the other day so I recorded it for the four year old and we had a family movie night. It didn’t hold her attention as well as it did mine as a kid.

Given that most animated features nowadays don’t have big musical numbers and the ones that do keep them much shorter than the movies of old, the Lion King feels dated in a way that’s still surprising. I remember thinking Hakuna Matata, Just Can’t Wait to be King, and Can You Feel the Love Tonight felt like the best Disney music could be... yet now it feels a little stuffy and boring (especially that last one).

I did appreciate the great Dad jokes like What’s a motto with you though.

Anyway, just me coming around to say I was surprised by how dated a cartoon could feel. Thanks Pixar.

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

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

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?

So Wife and I saw Black Panther last night. We loved it, and thought it was great, but I don't think it supplanted either of our favorites. Honestly, in review, I'm not sure if it cracked either of our Top 4's.

To answer @ness's question, there were two end credit scenes. Isn't that the usual anyway? The first wasn't much more than a housekeeping scene to tidy up a question I'd had during the movie about Wakanda's views on global affairs. The second one elaborated on a line from the movie about "another broken white boy".

Thor Ragnarok still holds onto its place as Wife's favorite, and Civil War still holds onto its place as 🤯's favorite.

Feb 24, 2018 16:08:06 GMT 🤯 said:

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

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

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

Without spoiling anything how many end credits?

So Wife and I saw Black Panther last night. We loved it, and thought it was great, but I don't think it supplanted either of our favorites. Honestly, in review, I'm not sure if it cracked either of our Top 4's.

To answer @ness's question, there were two end credit scenes. Isn't that the usual anyway? The first wasn't much more than a housekeeping scene to tidy up a question I'd had during the movie about Wakanda's views on global affairs. The second one elaborated on a line from the movie about "another broken white boy".

Thor Ragnarok still holds onto its place as Wife's favorite, and Civil War still holds onto its place as 🤯's favorite.

Yeah standard. After they end I go to the wiki and see how many because I didn't think the only scene in Ultron would be a 5 second wardrobe change for Thanos. Be seeing it on Monday though.

Feb 24, 2018 3:08:10 GMT mikec said:

I noticed the Lion King was on the other day so I recorded it for the four year old and we had a family movie night. It didn’t hold her attention as well as it did mine as a kid.

Given that most animated features nowadays don’t have big musical numbers and the ones that do keep them much shorter than the movies of old, the Lion King feels dated in a way that’s still surprising. I remember thinking Hakuna Matata, Just Can’t Wait to be King, and Can You Feel the Love Tonight felt like the best Disney music could be... yet now it feels a little stuffy and boring (especially that last one).

I did appreciate the great Dad jokes like What’s a motto with you though.

Anyway, just me coming around to say I was surprised by how dated a cartoon could feel. Thanks Pixar.

Ive tried and tried to get my neice into Lion King but she is just not having it. She just doesnt care for it, i cant believe it. Meanwhile we watched 1953 Peter Pan for the sixth time a couple of nights ago and she was asking to watch it again yesterday. I talked her into watching the Rescuers instead, great success.

I don't care for Lion King anymore and I still can't believe my mother exposed me to murder at such a young age

Everyone I knew growing up enjoyed that movie, but I always wondered how women would look back on it. It's such a father/son, coming of age story and while Nala is a decent representative, she's barely in the movie.

I haven't seen the movie in years, but if we were doing a Top 10 Favourite Disney tracks, Be Prepared would definitely feature on my list. It gets nuts when you listen to it in German, kind o like how 'I Won't Say I'm In Love' has a certain charm to it in French.