The Movie Thread Reloaded

Pat · May 18, 2019, 11:16:41 PM

Quote from: Godfather Punk;1084386Avengers : Endgame

As a capstone to 10 years MCU, I give it an 8. ....

As a movie I give it a 6,5 , maybe a 7. ....

Now that I've seen it, I see what you mean. It's really weighed down by the need to incorporate as many elements as possible from earlier in the franchise. It felt very old, and it wasn't because of the time travel. No, it felt old because it was so focused on the past; there was very little that was new, and what was new (like the 5 year leap) was underexplored. Plot-wise, it was really just one big fight that existed mostly to showcase all the different characters, bookended by the very backward-looking setup, and an extended denouement. It's not bad, but it's more a coda than a proper movie.

Ratman_tf · June 18, 2019, 12:22:36 PM

I didn't want to make a new thread for this-

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/john-boyega-tells-feels-disney-star-wars/

Looks like Boyega isn't pleased with the direction the sequels took, and may have some things to say after the final film releases.

Spinachcat · June 19, 2019, 04:55:21 AM

The new SW trilogy achieved the impossible. They made the prequels look good.

Delete_me · June 20, 2019, 03:33:35 PM

Now to voice what... I believe... is probably an unpopular opinion: I LIKED THE MATRIX SEQUELS.

Ratman_tf · June 20, 2019, 08:00:26 PM

Quote from: Tanin Wulf;1092960Now to voice what... I believe... is probably an unpopular opinion: I LIKED THE MATRIX SEQUELS.

I didn't hate them. It's an odd disconnect when someone bashes the Matrix sequels and I'm like, wut?

Omega · June 22, 2019, 01:25:02 AM

Same. I liked the two Matrix sequels. The animated anthology was... peculiar... to say the least. Only seen parts of one of the console games. And the MMO went in some pretty odd directions as a sort of followup to the last movie.

And as have noted before. I liked the first two SW prequels. Especially the second. Im not as fond of the 3rd prequel mainly because A: things move and change too fast. Way too fast. And B: Anakins fall to the dark side is also way too fast. Same with the sequels. The pacing and some character shifts are way too fast or out of the blue. I thought the first sequel was ok. Rey was just a little too good with the force. But I liked the fact she was fairly inexperienced with the lightsaber and it showed. Which baffles me why some critics keep bitching about how amatureishly she fights. Its because she IS you morons!

The second sequel I just do not like at all. And that's without even factoring in how mean spirited the producer and some crew were treating fans. I think a better ending would have been Rey and Kylo joining forces.

Ratman_tf · June 22, 2019, 01:55:57 AM

Quote from: Omega;1093145The second sequel I just do not like at all. And that's without even factoring in how mean spirited the producer and some crew were treating fans. I think a better ending would have been Rey and Kylo joining forces.

God, what a wasted opportunity. For all Kylo's bluster, in the end everyone was right back where they started. The movie should have ended with Kylo and Rey flying off in a spaceship, leaving both Resistance and First Order behind. The only two times I've given a shit about her character is in the beginning of TFA, when she was scrounging parts, and in TLJ when she and Kylo were interacting.
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I Am Mother (Netflix original)

I really liked this. A nice little thriller wtih tons of ambiance. Not gonna spoiler it. Reccomend.

Pat · June 22, 2019, 05:12:31 AM

Quote from: Ratman_tf;1093149I Am Mother (Netflix original)

I really liked this. A nice little thriller wtih tons of ambiance. Not gonna spoiler it. Reccomend.

Watched it last night as well. Slow burning, strong acting, mostly subtle but effective f/x, not at all cinematic, ends up with dealing with some serious philosophical issues. Impressive.

Strongly recommend anyone who might be interested in watching not Google anything. It's the kind of movie you want to see fresh.

Ratman_tf · June 22, 2019, 12:12:53 PM

Quote from: Pat;1093161Watched it last night as well. Slow burning, strong acting, mostly subtle but effective f/x, not at all cinematic, ends up with dealing with some serious philosophical issues. Impressive.

Strongly recommend anyone who might be interested in watching not Google anything. It's the kind of movie you want to see fresh.

Yeah. I don't know if 'thriller' was the right term. It's laser focused on characters. More like a drama?

Spoiler

I imagine most people would disagree with Mother's decision to make the human race better by destroying everyone and starting over. Her brave new world has a foundation of murder. Perhaps that will inadvertently cause Daughter to reject what she's been taught, maybe not. The strength of the movie is that it doesn't ram morals down your throat. It presents the situation and lets the viewer make up their own mind.

Pat · June 22, 2019, 05:41:04 PM

If you haven't seen the movie, don't click on Ratman's spoiler block. Just don't.

Armchair Gamer · June 22, 2019, 08:41:55 PM

Quote from: Omega;1093145Same. I liked the two Matrix sequels. The animated anthology was... peculiar... to say the least. Only seen parts of one of the console games. And the MMO went in some pretty odd directions as a sort of followup to the last movie.

And as have noted before. I liked the first two SW prequels. Especially the second. Im not as fond of the 3rd prequel mainly because A: things move and change too fast. Way too fast. And B: Anakins fall to the dark side is also way too fast. Same with the sequels. The pacing and some character shifts are way too fast or out of the blue.

RotS is my favorite of the prequels (although I like all of them), but I think Lucas wrote himself into a corner back in 1980 when he defined Empire as "Episode V"--meaning that he only had three films' worth of space to handle the fall of Anakin and the Republic. Adding The Clone Wars between Episodes II and III has helped in that regard, but has added problems of their own.

Spinachcat · June 22, 2019, 09:26:09 PM

Quote from: Tanin Wulf;1092960Now to voice what... I believe... is probably an unpopular opinion: I LIKED THE MATRIX SEQUELS.

I love all the Matrix flicks.

I have NO clue what the sequels were supposed to be about. The action sequences and music were so spectacular, thrilling and fun that I still don't care it made no sense.

The animated Matrix was an odd experiment collective storytelling inside the IP and I wish they had done another one in the years post-trilogy. I don't recommend them for anyone who isn't a Matrix junkie, but I found over half the stories worth watching.

Omega · July 16, 2019, 10:25:13 PM

Here is another odd western I either missed, or saw so long ago and only once that I'd forgotten it.

Curse of the Undead. This is a supernatural western from 1959 and features a more traditional vampire than the made up hollywood ones. The vampire is a suicide that was not buried at a crossroads. He can walk arounf in daylight, and victims killed do not rise as new undead. Pretty interesting and fairly well produced too for an obscure piece like this. It was on a DVD collection I have had for years and never looked at as thought it was a different movie. doh!

It gets mentioned in one of the Blood Brothers modules for Call of Cthulhu.

Ratman_tf · July 18, 2019, 12:54:19 AM

Shazam!

Liked it. Didn't love it. I was impressed that they didnt' kill off the main villian. Haven't seen that in a while. The Mr. Mind cameo was fun.

Omega · July 25, 2019, 07:05:52 PM

The so called "live action" Lion King was like 90%+ CGI. Felt about as pointless as it can possibly get as they went with a "realistic" tone which made nearly everything very washed out and just short of expressionless due to that "realistic" constraint which Jungle Book did not suffer as much from.