PicnicBasketSam Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) I watched a whole bunch of stuff over break. -Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them -Rogue One (twice) -Suicide Squad -The Truman Show -Ocean's Eleven -I, Robot -Star Trek Beyond (again) -Princess Mononoke -Star Trek Insurrection -The Great Muppet Caper -Spirited Away Edited January 6, 2017 by PicnicBasketSam added another movie to the list Quote
FishW Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 Stuff I've watched within the last few days: Independence Day Independence Day: Resurgence Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max: Fury Road Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows X-men Apocalypse Grown Ups(1 and 2) Ride Along 2 Rogue One Batman V Superman Quote
Forresto Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 The Sixth Sense - Brilliant movie. M. Night is a fantastic director and even though he's had a few flops and bad ones I don't think he deserves nearly any of the vitriol and hatred he receives. Quote
Ultron Posted January 9, 2017 Posted January 9, 2017 18 hours ago, Forresto said: The Sixth Sense - Brilliant movie. M. Night is a fantastic director and even though he's had a few flops and bad ones I don't think he deserves nearly any of the vitriol and hatred he receives. He shouldn't have royally screwed up The Last Airbender then... Quote
Bornin1980something Posted January 9, 2017 Posted January 9, 2017 Passengers, with 'our own' Chris Pratt. Apparently, he spends three months without wearing paaaants!! Quote
FishW Posted January 10, 2017 Posted January 10, 2017 I watched Warcraft last night. I've never played the game but I really enjoyed the movie. It was a lot more complex than what I thought it'd be. I was kind of expecting just a cash in, but the movie actually had substance. Quote
VaderFan2187 Posted January 10, 2017 Posted January 10, 2017 The Importance of Being Earnest (1986 version). Also, if this counts, I watched it lately too: Quote
rodiziorobs Posted January 11, 2017 Posted January 11, 2017 Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Parts of it are a little out there, or off the wall, but I enjoyed it immensely. It was great to see Sam Neill again, and I've written more Haiku the past few days while the "Ricky Baker" has been song stuck in my head. Quote
xboxtravis7992 Posted January 12, 2017 Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Pacific Rim, I hadn't seen it since it first came out. It is a very, very, very stupid film. But highly entertaining. Lots of action, crazy stupid fun; hammy dialogue, and over the top effects. Goofy repetitive leit-motif guitar chord as the main musical theme that just screams, "TESTOSTERONE!" Heroes that are stereotypical bad*sses. I first saw the film back in 2013 with two of my friends and I sort of view it as a "Dude's night out" movie. Stupid, but loads of fun, just like many great video games. A great movie because it does stupid well. Edited January 12, 2017 by xboxtravis7992 Quote
Ultron Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Saw an old film called Detour. It was kind of interesting and I enjoyed it. It reminded me of The Talented Mr. Ripley in a way. Quote
Loki Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 I rewatched Boy Meets Girl the other day, actually. Still find it really relatable on a lot of aspects, and there's not too many movies produced with trans women in them. Overall, it's a cute movie, even if I cry at a lot of parts because it brings back a lot of emotions and memories. Quote
BrickG Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 Suicide Squad isn't that bad if you don't go in expecting anything. I heard all the stuff about it being terrible so I went in expecting terrible (rented). When you expect terrible you usually do okay. I can say I enjoyed the film for what it was, which was a "meh" film. Quote
Aanchir Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 On 1/9/2017 at 8:11 AM, Ultron said: He shouldn't have royally screwed up The Last Airbender then... I've actually seen a pretty compelling post from a fan of the show who was involved with the film that the movie's poor quality was more due to meddling by Paramount executives than by M. Night Shyamalan's involvement. The original post is gone, but it and some follow-up posts have been copied and pasted here. I know next to nothing about Shyamalan (haven't even seen any of his other films) so have no idea how accurate the post's assessment of his character or ability is… but given that the A Series of Unfortunate Events movie 13 years ago had a similar chain of events (potential all-ages franchise starter with critically acclaimed source material and a screenplay approved by the original creator, ultimately squandered due to interference from Nickelodeon/Paramount executives), I don't have a hard time believing that the same type of executive meddling could've doomed both films. Jumping off of that point, for anybody who enjoyed the A Series of Unfortunate Events books (or liked the concept of the movie but not its execution), the Netflix series that launched last Friday does a much better job with it than the movie did! As actual movies go, I think the last I saw was Rogue One on Christmas. I've wanted to see Loving and Hidden Figures, but I've been too busy this month preparing to go back to college. Quote
BaneShake Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 On 1/8/2017 at 1:40 PM, Forresto said: The Sixth Sense - Brilliant movie. M. Night is a fantastic director and even though he's had a few flops and bad ones I don't think he deserves nearly any of the vitriol and hatred he receives. It's because of how many movies he's made that were not well received: After Sixth Sense, which is very good, and Unbreakable, which is also pretty good, he had Signs, which had a really stupid twist, The Village, which is very contested (although with more than a few supporters), Lady in the Water, which really doesn't have any strong supporter base, The Happening, which was very, veeeeery dumb (plants are making people kill themselves!), The Last Airbender, which even with executive meddling, many of the bad creative choices were all on him, and After Earth, which was so bad it has given Will Smith his arguably worst role (and he's been a good actor in bad movies before). It's not all doom and gloom, though; The Visit has gained decent support, while not from everyone, by many, and Split seems to be pointing in the direction that he can still make a good movie. Most recently, I saw Passengers. A pretty good movie, but it does handle a very morally gray question, and not everyone was happy with the way it went about it. I thought it handled it well; no spoilers, but a character makes a decision that is definitely bad, but in a place of mental unwellness, and the movie shows that the character is very flawed in doing so and never tries to justify the action as "good," yet it isn't a "bad guy" outright because of it. Your mileage will definitely vary on this film, though. On 1/18/2017 at 11:01 AM, BrickG said: Suicide Squad isn't that bad if you don't go in expecting anything. I heard all the stuff about it being terrible so I went in expecting terrible (rented). When you expect terrible you usually do okay. I can say I enjoyed the film for what it was, which was a "meh" film. Knowing what SS is (a film with not just a few flaws), I enjoyed it a lot. I loved the character portrayals on the main Squad, even the lesser-used characters, and while Leto isn't my favorite performance, I felt it sufficed for now. And it certainly looks good; costumes are great, and it was nice to see a super hero flick with more overt horror imagery in a few places, which I wouldn't mind to see more of in other films of the genre (in comics, Super Heroes tend to have a lot more horror-esque ties than we see in many adaptations, probably from the golden days of horror comics from when supers were still fairly fresh-faced). Frankly, I enjoyed this a lot more than several recent Marvel films, which are not-even-arguably better-made films, because it is doing something different, whereas they are getting way too formulaic for my tastes. But that's just me. Quote
dr_spock Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Quote
Captain Britain Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Watched Split on Sunday afternoon - McAvoy is great to watch, but the way it plays out at the end is a bit meh, nothing special so to speak. Although it does have a nice little nod at the actual end so stay tuned if you see it! Also watched Lion... now that's a good film! Quote
rodiziorobs Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 The African Queen (I had never seen it before). It is kinda slow like a lot of movies from that era, but definitely enjoyable. Quote
Forresto Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) It Follows - If this had come out in the eighties it would be a classic and most of us would have seen it in our lifetime by now. What i'm saying is if you want a great scary movie look no further. If your in the US its on Netflix. Blair Witch - Low rating on IMDB be darned, I'm a huge fan of the original Blair Witch and had to watch. A far better sequel then that awful one we got previously that had absolutely nothing to do with the original. I personally enjoyed it a great deal but I understand the appeal isnt broad. On January 23, 2017 at 0:07 PM, Captain Britain said: Watched Split on Sunday afternoon - McAvoy is great to watch, but the way it plays out at the end is a bit meh, nothing special so to speak. Although it does have a nice little nod at the actual end so stay tuned if you see it! Also watched Lion... now that's a good film! Was the film spiritual at all or deal with spirituality? I've found that most of his films deal heavily in spirituality. Such as in Signs, the water is really holy water or at least is sanctified. Edited January 26, 2017 by Forresto Quote
Japanbuilder Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Finally saw Deadpool. I enjoyed a lot more than I probably should have. Which surprised me. But it was just darkly hilarious. Quote
quark12000 Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 10:57 PM, Forresto said: It Follows - If this had come out in the eighties it would be a classic and most of us would have seen it in our lifetime by now. What i'm saying is if you want a great scary movie look no further. If your in the US its on Netflix. Blair Witch - Low rating on IMDB be darned, I'm a huge fan of the original Blair Witch and had to watch. A far better sequel then that awful one we got previously that had absolutely nothing to do with the original. I personally enjoyed it a great deal but I understand the appeal isnt broad. Was the film spiritual at all or deal with spirituality? I've found that most of his films deal heavily in spirituality. Such as in Signs, the water is really holy water or at least is sanctified. 'Signs'...now THAT'S a stupid movie! Quote
Iria Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Sort of watched three movies while doing all day homework yesterday: Return to Oz The Gods Must be Crazy, 1 & 2 Quote
Forresto Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Inferno...meh. I liked the first two DaVinci Code movies but the third one was weak. Quote
samurai-turtle Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) I finally got around to watching Suicide Squad and then Keanu. I guess for Suicide Squad, I didn't expect much from it (I heard the problems with it and most of it is correct). But, I am surprised with the end credits "bonus" clip tie-in to Justice League. As for Keanu it is an average comedy for a R rated film. But the end credits "bonus" clip made it come off more like a horror film. Edited January 30, 2017 by samuraiturtle Quote
Forresto Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 The Village - Perhaps the only movie that makes me actually angry in real life. So much potential ruined in the third act. Quote
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