DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE: 2:22 IT IS AS BAD AS IT GETS :D

I completely poo-pooed the idea of seeing 'Logan' in the thread made for it, and Sure-Oz popped me for it... rightly so, I might add

Rented it a couple weeks ago and holy hell!

That was the grittiest, most grounded X-Men flic ever made bar none

The new King Arthur flick was weak. Just weak.

Yeah, it was a bummer. Shame because I'm such a massive fan of Ritchie's early work. Snatch and Lock Stock are two of my favorite movies.

Watching The Accountant now. Very entertaining flick.

I watched The Thing for the first time the other day.

I thought it was pretty good, given the time period. It had some awesome scenes and, I guess, cinematography? Like, when the storm hits and they're all outside, it's dark, and the only light they've got comes from the flares. It looked awesome.

I particularly liked the scenes where MacReady had everyone strapped down and they were testing each individual's blood. I also liked the scene where they had found its secret spaceship under the 'holding cell' then they came back and just started firebombing every room. Cool shit.

I will say the alien thing was pretty weird and didn't seem all that intimidating. Obviously it was very dangerous, but half the time it was on screen it just seemed to be in the process of metamorphosis. The end "battle" was especially anticlimactic. It bursts through the floor and just kinda flails about until 'cReady nukes it.

The ending was nice, though. I liked that they both recognize that either one could potentially be the thing and they're just like alright, let's hang out and see what happens. It was the modern day scary movie 'rahhh the baddy is still alive' without being so in-your-face.

I enjoyed it. I'll say again, I'm not particularly close to anyone afflicted with autism so I can't speak to that but I enjoyed the flick.

Yeah, I know next to nothing about it, either. It was a very entertaining flick. I liked the way all the pieces kind of came together, even thought it was a bit far fetched. It certainly defied my early-film expectations of how the plot would shake out.

And the whole Rainman meats Rambo bit was awesome. :bang:

If you're looking for old John Carpenter movies to watch, try They Live next.

am i the only one who liked the movie 'shocker'? :D

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The original and the John carpenter version are 2 of my favorite movies

I'm so sad to hear this news.

:(

I know what it feels like. I scored a movie a few years back with some B listers and a nice script. Everyone would recognize the actors. I thought the film was just "okay" but you never know - sometimes, films surprisingly find and audience.

Anyhoo, we had a great screening at Columbia Pictures studios (the one underground) and had a nice Q&A. I figured after that, it would move forward but no. Bummer.

I have to say though, the theater was astonishing. The largest, most comfortable leather seats, ever.

I couldn't help but think that if those walls could talk, the stories would be mind blowing.

I'm not interested in John Carpenter so much as I am watching all of these old school classics that I missed growing up.

I've knocked a ton off my list in the past couple years and The Thing was just another.

Next I'll be diving into those 80s Arnie action classics. Commando is first up.

Shit, I assumed Carpenter's version was the original. That movie is ****ing ancient by now. 35 ****ing years old.. Time flies.

I've been meaning to do that with some purported comedy classics I missed out on the first time around.

I've had

Lost in America
The In-Laws
The Heartbreak Kid
Defending Your Life
and
Midnight Run

in the queue seemingly forever.

Still haven't found the time to sit through any of them. Though I seem to remember seeing most or all of Midnight Run at some point in college.

Rented 'Life' last night and thoroughly enjoyed it, one of the best sci-fi creature features I've ever seen

That ending was perfect, didnt see it coming

This looks like it could be pretty awesome. Gary Oldman is one of my favorite actors.

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Glad to see The Waitress made it out of Baby Driver's clutches all right.

But on a more serious note, why is this needed? And why is it coming so soon on the heels of that Brian Cox disaster?

This wasn't even a MONTH ago

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This is worse than the era of copycat volcano and asteroid movies back in the 1990s.

Is this all just fallout from the popularity of The Queen and whatever that 'Our King Stutters on the Radio' movie was called.

Wow, helluva a clip. It's on my list for sure.

I should clarify that I'm not saying that the movie itself looks like it will be bad, just that we appear to be getting sucked into a glut of genre movies that, in the long run, will gloss over the merits of one film or another in the incredulity over the sheer volume of similar films being churned out.

Didn't see the Cox movie. But Oldman's a hell of a lot better actor than Cox.

And I enjoyed both The Queen and The King's Speech.

I've noticed that too. I don't watch a lot of movies so the overabundance of ones in this genre won't effect the entertainment value for me.

Looks good, I like historical based movies as long as they stay to the actual story for the most part.

Churchill was key to Britain at the time and an unlikely figure to lead them in those terrible days of Germany taking over Europe with a military force very dominating.

I'd rather have a glut of intelligent period pieces than Spiderman The Reboot Part 10 or Cars To Robots Part 20.

you can watch the original online, it's public domain
https://archive.org/details/TheThing...rWorld1951_576

Holy crap, Fraz... that Churchill movie looks awesome!

Cant believe its Oldman, thats gonna be a good one no doubt about it

I'll bet he spent 8-10 hours a day getting the makeup applied/removed, on top of the time he spent shooting. That must have been miserable.

I finally wrapped up the Indiana Jones series with The Last Crusade. It's a shame they never made any more of them!

I probably liked Raiders better but this one was pretty good too.

So I got an hour into Full Metal Jacket and had to turn it off. Is there any story or narrative I'm supposed to be following? Character I'm supposed to care about?
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Right about the time you shut it off, it pivoted pretty dramatically. It's probably worth finishing.

Yes, thankfully that was the last in the series. Yes...that's it.

Yeah I just read that the second half is a complete flip from the first half. I'll finish it sometime this week.
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And Fate of the Furious was the worst entertaining movie I've ever seen. At first I thought they had toned down the bullshit from furious 7...I was so wrong. I don't even think transformers is this insulting to it's audience.
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Finally finished it. The movie sucked.
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Wind River was flat out sensational . See it in theaters if you can.

Prinice of Darkness is well worth it.

It was way before it's time. Talking about quantum physics in a time when the average Joe had no idea what it even was...

Is there something you can compare it to without spoiling it?

The general subject matter and the director [Sicario!!!] have me intrigued, but it's enough out of the mainstream where it could go anywhere [quality-wise AND plot-wise].

I'll be honest - I'm no fan of Elizabeth Olsen.

I can't remember if I posted it anywhere here but I watched 47 Meters Down.

It wasn't the worst movie ever. They actually did a pretty good job of inducing that thalassophic feeling.

Yeah I thought it was a pretty decent movie.

Dunkirk was just ok for me. The real storyline is truly remarkable and I don't think the movie quite captured that.

One of the latest movies I saw was Churchill, and I must say I unexpectedly liked it.

So, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Someone feel like explaining this shit to me?

I wish I could.. I thought it was so boring.

The only cool moments were when he "activated" the sword.

MAN! You got some Brobdingnagian balls using a word like that! I’m somewhat of a logophile myself but diggety dang yo!
My first thought was that you were being rather thrasonical, but I figured….who am I to judge? May just be how you roll you know? Keeping your legerity lying all doggo and whatnot. Besides….it is cool to see something new. I decided it’s more akin to cynosure than pretentiousness.

Well played sir! :clap:

Sorry for the pleonasm.

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Hah! Damn, thank you for quoting me because now I see I made a typo.

It's thalassophobia! I think it's fear of the ocean or deep water or something. Whatever it is, I've got it and the movie did a good job of playing on it.

Even that was all "wtf"?

The beginning was good, as was the first few minutes of seeing how Arthur operated basically like a pimp, but from there it was almost like Guy Ritchie was shooting from the hip with ideas after Eight Balling for a hours on end. The movie SHOULD have been good with that cast.

And no Merlin? GTFO with that shit.

Hmm not sure really. Its basically a modern day western /murder/mystery on a Native American reservation . All I know it was really good and featured a crazy Mexican stand off that had my heart racing. Really intense film

I watched Collateral damage. That kind of movie normally isn't my thing but it was pretty good. Top notch acting out of everyone. Even Smith. Pretty intelligent film and did an awful lot of things right.

Will Smith said



And it took me out of it. All those damned interviews he did about not doing for the kids and whatever that I thought were lame were now even MORE lame because he sold out the kids. Or whatever. Probably not that big of a deal but back in the 90s I was soooo tired of hearing about it.

So I am to presume then that

Will Smith has always cussed in movies. It's music where he doesn't cuss.
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Maybe I'm wrong then. I don't know, it just took me out of it for a second.

Overall though, I have to give him props for the acting. It was really well done. And there wasn't even a moment of vintage Will Smith that he seems to work into every movie.

My goodness, I can see how people would have liked Commando back when it was first released, but it is SO ****ing corny and campy. "Please don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired", "let off some steam, Bennett", soooooo many gratuitous Arnie muscle shots and some horrendous fight choreography. I feel like this is THE quintessential 80s action flick.

And John Matrix is superhuman, right? He ripped off a ****ing locked chain with his bare hands and is a literal one man army. He's probably killed 100 guys on-screen and hasn't so much as a scratch.

Oh, and the main baddie dude is wearing, like, some chain mail shirt and tight leather pants LOL and he's not even fit. I am not convinced this dude is lethal.

I've still got to watch Conan, The Running Man, Last Action Hero and Eraser to finish up my classic Arnie binge. At this point I'd say:

Terminator 2=Predator=Total Recall>Terminator>True Lies>Commando

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I finally saw "Get Out" and I have to say it was very original. What did you guys think?

Saw Annabelle Creation last night. Really good flick....but can anyone explain the ending scene to me??

can't wait for IT & Mother! September definitely looks promising . Also , there is the new Michael Keaton film called American Assassin that looks pretty entertaining .

Watched GoTG2 the other day. I liked the first one better but this one wasn't bad. Visuals are still great. Jokes are good even though they overdo them sometimes.
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I guess you have never seen The Skeleton Key.

Man that's like my childhood right there.

Predator is probably number one for me, but total recall and running man are up there. True Lies was cool but kind of goofy.

He's got some serious classics, but most are dated as hell with the cheesy 80s action movie tropes.

If you love Arnie and haven't seen it, he has a movie called End of Days that came out around 1999 that was pretty good. Well, at least I remember it being pretty good back when I was a kid.

I'll probably re-watch that one along with the classics to see if it holds up. I'm taking my time though. Commando was kind of a disappointment.

I ****ing loved it but as someone mentioned it had some similarities to The Skeleton Key and even The Stepford Wives.

It's like Scream in that it's brilliance is in recontextualizing known tropes in a manner that's fresh and relevant to the present.

It's not a new story, it's an exhilarating new way to tell a familiar story.

Original is a good word to describe it. I thought it was well made. I'd recommend it.

Finally watched Rogue One.

Meh.

I'm not a Star Wars guy though i've seen them all. Can't say i was impressed. Then again, i find Star Wars fairly entertaining but they've never blown me away.

I'd say it was good for a Star Wars movie i suppose.

Since we have a lot of Arnie talk, he has a new movie coming out...

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I watched Small Crimes on Netflix the other night. It has Jamie from GoT in it. Started out pretty good, was pretty meh from there on out. The ending was a little weird, wasn't expecting that.

Alien Covenant is probably the worst and dumbest movie I've seen the last few years. Probably just below Fate of the Furious.
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Yeah the actors in Covenant were flat out idiots . The best part was when Fassbender was playing the flute lol, such a stupid film & a big let down all around.

Can't find anything here about "The Hitman's Bodyguard" but honestly it was one of the more entertaining films I've seen this year. I've always liked Ryan Reynolds (no homo) and who the **** DOESN'T like Sam Jackson. Their interaction was funny, the stunts were great, it had a nice combination of violence and humor, sort of a cross between "Lethal Weapon" and "Kingsman". Plus Salma Hayek swears like a truck driver in her scenes.

I like Sam Jackson, just tired of him.

Sure haven't.

Agreed. Fun movie.

Annabelle Creation was pretty good. 6.5 out of 10 ish

saw Mother! today. Still trying to wrap my mind around it . Its from the director of Black Swan & Requiem for a Dream. Overall, I dug it BUT I can completely understand how a LOT of folks are gonna hate it. Like, really hate it lol.

In what manner is it divisive? Structure, narrative, philosophy, story, acting?

Oh wow see I don't want to spoil it for you or anyone but Darren Aronofsky really bites off more than he can chew here (imo) . The 3rd act is flat out INSANE. The acting is all around top notch. It starts out as a slow burn but hurries into a flat out cluster **** of a film. Not saying thats totally bad but Aronofsky really went out of his way to divide his audience. Personally, I wouldn't even recommend this film to the casual movie goer .