Movies you've seen recently

Lumpy · December 28, 2020, 03:43:27 AM

Fat Man with Mel Gibson was pretty good. He's Santa and trying to fend off a hit man. It's well made and fun, but not a must-see by any stretch of the imagination. Minus the Santa angle (which is fun) it's totally ordinary. B-

peoplething · December 30, 2020, 05:23:33 AM

Glad you guys enjoyed RE. I thought the foreign language really helped remove alot of the eye rolling parts too. The few homage shots to Carpenter's The Thing had me cringing at first because I thought it was gonna be that story but with a Santa Thing

nope.

plus I'm convinced Jor-el is the helicopter pilot.

sleestak · December 30, 2020, 10:21:04 AM

RIP Jor El

mortlock · December 30, 2020, 07:03:58 PM

i finally got around to the green inferno. no great, not terrible. felt more like a zombie movie than a cannibal jungle movie.

Muffin Man · December 31, 2020, 11:37:02 PM

how does that help us?

Lumpy · January 28, 2021, 09:21:58 PM

Watched CON AIR again on Mortlock's recommendation. It's awesome/terrible at the same time... Action-packed cheese with super-high entertainment quotient (every 20 seconds there's a gag, explosion, emotional manipulation etc)

Nicholas Cage cries in one scene, and has a terrible Alabama accent. Plus Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Dave Chappelle, Ving Rhames... and many more.

It sucks/I give it a 9. Both.

renfield · February 01, 2021, 07:37:04 PM

Con Air is the best possible Michael Bay movie, and he didn't even make it

Dylan Thomas · February 02, 2021, 04:29:52 PM

We watched Freddy Got Fingered last night. She picked it, and I'm surprised she made it through the whole thing. Reactions ranged from:

"This movie is really weird."
"This is the point that I cannot suspect disbelief, this is too ridiculous."
"This movie is really intended to make the viewer feel super uncomfortable at times."
"Okay, that scene was one of the funniest thing that I've ever seen and totally made watching this train wreck of movie worthwhile."

Obviously I love Freddy Got Fingered for all of the above reasons?

mortlock · February 05, 2021, 05:29:54 PM

What's eating gilbert grape. Released in 93. For some reason i never saw it until now. Its on netflix. Holy shit what a good movie. Dicaprio was incredible. Sad and inspiring. Makes you realize what assholes people can be and also reminds you of the good in people. Its a must see movie. Very powerful.

RAGER · February 06, 2021, 01:23:50 AM

I'll have to revisit. I do a pretty good impersonation of Arnie but I probably shouldn't.

dnice · February 09, 2021, 10:49:41 PM

Quote from: mortlock on February 05, 2021, 05:29:54 PM
What's eating gilbert grape. Released in 93. For some reason i never saw it until now. Its on netflix. Holy shit what a good movie. Dicaprio was incredible. Sad and inspiring. Makes you realize what assholes people can be and also reminds you of the good in people. Its a must see movie. Very powerful.

Dicaprio was incredible. I have a son with special needs. It's scary how well Leo performs that role.

Dylan Thomas · February 11, 2021, 05:47:12 AM

Oh yeah, I loved that movie when I was younger, I should revisit it as well.

whoshotthefrog · February 13, 2021, 10:45:03 AM

I really liked this, and for a movie that was close to 3 hours long it seemed to go by quick.

neighbor664 · February 13, 2021, 12:47:01 PM

Lumpy · February 14, 2021, 02:24:34 AM

Quote from: whoshotthefrog on February 13, 2021, 10:45:03 AM

I really liked this, and for a movie that was close to 3 hours long it seemed to go by quick.

I watched this a couple weeks ago and I liked it, but by the end I couldn't really follow the plot twists. The action sequences were good.

Dylan Thomas · February 14, 2021, 09:11:16 AM

Yeah, I thought that it was decent. The twists were pretty good, and the whole forward time and backwards time working towards a singular moment and such reminded me of when you flip the tape on a studio recording in order to record backwards tracks, I used to love doing that.

Lumpy · February 15, 2021, 02:17:52 PM

Thor - Ragnarok (I'm 5 years behind everyone else)

Very good, even though some bits are a little too campy (ala Batman & Robin) and some bits are a little too serious. Overall, definitely one of the better superhero movies. One of the few where they (true to Marvel comics) insult each other during the fight sequences (although they could have had even more of that).

I'm not even remotely a Thor fan and I liked it. Cate Blanchett is great as the supervillain. Great cast.

Dylan Thomas · February 15, 2021, 03:06:03 PM

I haven't seen that Thor movie yet, I'll have to remedy that. I thought the other Thor movies I'd seen were fun, and I do loves me some Kate Blanchett. She can act, and she's perdy.

dnice · February 15, 2021, 06:29:48 PM

yall see this one? Very good flick, surprised I hadn't seen it yet, just watched it over the weekend. For years I didn't realize the premise, than once I knew I was like oh shit I need to see this. Great acting all around, especially Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale. Good pacing and writing/style. Excellent movie.

stooge · March 04, 2021, 10:02:49 AM

"i care a lot" was quite good

mortlock · March 04, 2021, 10:10:42 AM

I care a lot was great. One of the better netflix movies.

renfield · March 04, 2021, 03:52:54 PM

Rosamund Pike is so great as a villain

stooge · March 05, 2021, 11:48:17 AM

dinklage too

Dylan Thomas · March 07, 2021, 06:23:51 PM

I saw that Willy's Wonderland movie with Nick Cage. It's great, a lot of fun, exactly what you'd want from that sort for a movie. Cage doesn't say a single word and it's amazing.

Lumpy · March 08, 2021, 06:35:00 PM

Weird - I posted about the Wax Trax documentary "Industrial Accident" (it's good) and that post is missing. Maybe I forgot to hit send.