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[fatness]

The trailer for Meg 2 promotes a movie in which a giant shark which can easily eat a tyrannosaurus is somehow stopped in its tracks by Jason Statham's foot.

Statham goes toe to toe with the Rock and Vin Diesel. He can easily take on an oversized prehistoric shark.

While I'm sure in real life Statham can defeat any and all great whites he encounters on his adventures in restaurants, theaters, and stores, the trailer shows a shark eating a tyrannosaurus. Eating a tryrannosaurus.

He's not stopping that with his foot.

 

[B Maverick]

The trailer for Meg 2 promotes a movie in which a giant shark which can easily eat a tyrannosaurus is somehow stopped in its tracks by Jason Statham's foot.

Statham goes toe to toe with the Rock and Vin Diesel. He can easily take on an oversized prehistoric shark.

While I'm sure in real life Statham can defeat any and all great whites he encounters on his adventures in restaurants, theaters, and stores, the trailer shows a shark eating a tyrannosaurus. Eating a tryrannosaurus.

He's not stopping that with his foot.

Are you saying the Rock isn't as big as a T-Rex?



Oh, well maybe he just looks that big standing next to Kevin Hart.....

 

[Capella]

Wow Mulholland Drive does not work for me. I know it’s popular but man…

Naomi Watts is great though.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

SISU, if you like over the top action/violence that is fast paced and centers around killing nazi’s then this is the movie for you. it was a ww2 john wick and i’m glad i saw it in the theater.

 

[B Maverick]

Ghosted - the new Ana De Armas Chris Evans flick on Apple+

Meh, it's pretty dumb, but at least you get to look at De Armas for a few hours.

Nothing great for sure, I did enjoy it though. Had some decent moments and some fun ones. Several great cameos though. Especially during the one sequence in the middle.

They didn't have much chemistry in my opinion. She was ok in her role but after years of playing Captain America, Evans doesn't fit his role. He doesn't come across as a "regular guy" enough in the action scenes.

 

[General Malaise]

I’ve got to watch Air this weekend

The intro is fun - "Money for Nothing" kicks it off with a montage of 80's nostalgia. Really cool way to open a film for those of us who grew up in the 80s.

 

[General Malaise]

Wow Mulholland Drive does not work for me. I know it’s popular but man…

Naomi Watts is great though.

That is a STRANGE strange movie.

 

[General Malaise]

I’ve got to watch Air this weekend

The intro is fun - "Money for Nothing" kicks it off with a montage of 80's nostalgia. Really cool way to open a film for those of us who grew up in the 80s.

I hope this wasn't a spoiler.....I got in trouble for that with Titanic too.

 

[krista4]

The restoration/re-envisioning/recut version of Caligula, which I've mentioned in another thread that I have been mildly involved with, has received very good reviews from its premiere at Cannes:

Rogerebert.com
The Guardian



Annnnnd the original director is suing to prevent future showings of it.

 

[Ilov80s]

The restoration/re-envisioning/recut version of Caligula, which I've mentioned in another thread that I have been mildly involved with, has received very good reviews from its premiere at Cannes:

Rogerebert.com
The Guardian



Annnnnd the original director is suing to prevent future showings of it.

Obviously the love is for the first part. Does the original director have any standing?

 

[Ilov80s]

Air is fantastic fun. It’s corporate porn but I can’t help but enjoy.

 

[krista4]

The restoration/re-envisioning/recut version of Caligula, which I've mentioned in another thread that I have been mildly involved with, has received very good reviews from its premiere at Cannes:

Rogerebert.com
The Guardian



Annnnnd the original director is suing to prevent future showings of it.

Obviously the love is for the first part. Does the original director have any standing?

I have absolutely no idea right now. My suspicion would be "money grab" but I really don't have any information yet.

 

[Ilov80s]

I have absolutely no idea right now. My suspicion would be "money grab" but I really don't have any information yet.

Money grab part makes sense. I just I get a chance to see this movie. I would be wildly interested no matter what but the fact you are involved is just beyond cool.

 

[The Man With No Name]

If anyone is interested -
DONNIE DARKO - LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD

 

[whoknew]

The Mother - The longer this movie went, the dumber it got. It's like a really dumb version of Jason Bourne if he were a mother. So really dumb story - but the action was pretty fun.

 

[fatness]

Wow Mulholland Drive does not work for me. I know it’s popular but man…

Naomi Watts is great though.

It's really strange, and that barely describes the extent of the strangeness. After the first viewing I just thought "WTF?" so I waited a few months and watched it again. I was confused during the movie about which woman was the reliable narrator.
I plan to watch it again and will probably like it more. Watts was really good.

 

[Eephus]

Annnnnd the original director is suing to prevent future showings of it.

Presenting an Alan Smithee lawsuit

 

[BlackCrowes]

I liked A Man called Otto a lot more than I thought I would

 

[belljr]

I don't know why I watched the White Men Can't Jump remake, since the first is perfection......

It was not good. A few laughs here and there but overall was meh

 

[Ilov80s]

Checking off a big one for me tonight:

Gimme Shelter

Had no idea we got a Tina Turner mini performance in the middle. Incredible timing. RIP.

 

[General Malaise]

Checking off a big one for me tonight:

Gimme Shelter

Had no idea we got a Tina Turner mini performance in the middle. Incredible timing. RIP.

Yes, this is fantastic. I cannot believe this show wasn't stopped after the Jefferson Airplane's guitarist was punched on stage.

This documentary sent me into a Tina Turner phase for weeks after just from her appearance. RIP to one of rhe very best rock has ever seen.

 

[Ilov80s]

Checking off a big one for me tonight:

Gimme Shelter

Had no idea we got a Tina Turner mini performance in the middle. Incredible timing. RIP.

Yes, this is fantastic. I cannot believe this show wasn't stopped after the Jefferson Airplane's guitarist was punched on stage.

This documentary sent me into a Tina Turner phase for weeks after just from her appearance. RIP to one of rhe very best rock has ever seen.

She definitely was the best performer of everyone in the movie. Wasn’t close. And yeah how was that not stopped after the Airplane incident? Clearly wasn’t being led by geniuses.

 

[SWC]

i watched the antman quantum realm movie on disney over the last two nights and it was pretty good it did have some slow parts but man the guy that is a bad dude it appears who plays kang really does a great acting job so it is too bad he appears to be a creep anyhow it was not my favorite marvel movie but it was still pretty decent but of course i am not the kind of comic book store guy who is going to complain because of a women empowerment scene or because someones cape was 10 cm longer than in a a comic books fourth edition that was only available in latvia for 3 months in the late 70s so take this with the appropriate grain of salt take that to the bank brochachos

 

[Payne]

I liked A Man called Otto a lot more than I thought I would

Wife and I liked it. Say what you want about Hanks, the guy is so good you forget he's acting.

 

[beer 30]

I don't know why I watched the White Men Can't Jump remake, since the first is perfection......

It was not good. A few laughs here and there but overall was meh

I watched while riding the bike. The update worked for me, I giggled.

I also went in not expecting much and got more laughs than I thought I would.

 

[Ilov80s]

i watched the antman quantum realm movie on disney over the last two nights and it was pretty good it did have some slow parts but man the guy that is a bad dude it appears who plays kang really does a great acting job so it is too bad he appears to be a creep anyhow it was not my favorite marvel movie but it was still pretty decent but of course i am not the kind of comic book store guy who is going to complain because of a women empowerment scene or because someones cape was 10 cm longer than in a a comic books fourth edition that was only available in latvia for 3 months in the late 70s so take this with the appropriate grain of salt take that to the bank brochachos

Yeah Majors absolutely screwed himself out of so much money. Kang, his Creed spinoff series, whispers of an Oscar level performance in this new body building movie. All of that it likely gone now.

 

[Tick]

i watched the antman quantum realm movie on disney over the last two nights and it was pretty good it did have some slow parts but man the guy that is a bad dude it appears who plays kang really does a great acting job so it is too bad he appears to be a creep anyhow it was not my favorite marvel movie but it was still pretty decent but of course i am not the kind of comic book store guy who is going to complain because of a women empowerment scene or because someones cape was 10 cm longer than in a a comic books fourth edition that was only available in latvia for 3 months in the late 70s so take this with the appropriate grain of salt take that to the bank brochachos

It's not a cape, it's a cloak.

 

[Payne]

Recent views:

Man called Otto - Wife and I both enjoyed it. Bring tissues for the misses.

Sisu - watched this solo last night. Not as great as advertised, but a good entertaining, violent 1:30 none the less.

Missing - Good, but copies so much from "Searching" that it felt weird.

 

[Eephus]

Blood & Gold on Netflix is a pretty entertaining watch.

It's a German WWII action movie with lots of violence and a bit of black humor. The film owes a lot to Spaghetti Westerns with its lost gold macguffin and multiple vengeance plotlines.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Quantumania was ok. Glad I saw it but other than that....

Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Theives was really good. I watched on a whim and couldn't believe how much fun it was.

 

[snogger]

Wife and I watched Fast and Furious X over the weekend. We've enjoyed most of the franchise.
This one wasn't bad, but like watching a series on TV and you know you just watched a filler episode, that is how I felt leaving this one. Lots of action, but also a lot of downtime trying to build up the next film. The villian got annoying after awhile with his over the top acting.

Also, no spoilers, but just know another character you were 99% sure was dead is resurrected... And yet Bryan is still alive, but hiding somewhere

 

[Tick]

I watched both Conan movies over the weekend.

Barbarian is good. The music is proto-LOTR in some ways, the actors did their jobs, there was some poetry in the monologues - you could tell that a good team made the movie. Also, I'm pretty sure I saw my first boobs in that movie long ago.

Destroyer blows. They reused the same music in silly ways, the special effects were pretty terrible (everything involving a castle on an island was egregious)... the actors were worse - just everything was lesser, except that Conan himself looked great, and it was cool to see Wilt making Arnold look so tiny. I've seen others say it was a kids movie. Sure, I guess so, no boobs and more jokes... but you can't get softer with the sequel.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I listen to it a bit anyway, and because it also tied into a bit of my 70s research, I'm following along with The Evolution of Horror's season on Mind & Body. I got a lot of out their folk horror series, but that one was repetitive. This has a much wider range of movies and a lot that I've been either meaning to watch or in the case of Eraserhead and Marytrs - daring myself to watch again. They go in chronological order, so first was Un Chien Andalou, Caligari, Freaks, Diabolique. Now I am rounding on Eyes Without a Face, Carnival of Souls, and Repulsion. The 70s stretch has Carrie, Eraserhead, and The Brood.

 

[krista4]

Missing - Good, but copies so much from "Searching" that it felt weird.

I had some weird-for-me movie-watching last weekend. On Friday I decided to watch Gimme Shelter, but in midst of looking for it I came across "Missing" and decided it sounded interesting and somewhat mindless. I definitely thought it was good - very clever and well-put-together, with a decent enough plot - but it occurred to me that it was this exact moment that I learned that I was old and the world had passed me by. Anyone who's seen it might know what I mean, but basically a movie that had no traditional "scenes" and was instead just snippets of online/phone/cam segments was, despite again being very well done, just not something I need to see again. I haven't seen "Searching" but as you said it seems to be the same.

After I finished this, the next recommendation that came up for me was "Wall Street," so I decided to watch that again and see how it held up. I was surprised to find it held up very well and was even better than I remembered...until the last 10-15 minutes. Jesus, did they just realized they'd hit the run time and decide to shove a disjointed, silly, rushed ending in there? It didn't detract from the fact that it was a very good movie, but to me kept it from being truly great. Also, Martin Sheen is an underappreciated national treasure.

Having done something weird for me not once but twice - going with a "recommended for me" movie from Netflix or Hulu or whatever instead of watching something with strong intention - I decided to try my luck again a day or two later and watched "The Ghostwriter" with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor. Ehhhhh, it was all right. A few good twists and turns, and terrific acting from the likes of Olivia Williams and always-my-favorite Tom Wilkinson. but I didn't entirely get the apparent hype.

 

[Eephus]

- I decided to try my luck again a day or two later and watched "The Ghostwriter" with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor. Ehhhhh, it was all right. A few good twists and turns, and terrific acting from the likes of Olivia Williams and always-my-favorite Tom Wilkinson. but I didn't entirely get the apparent hype.

Not Polanski's best by any means but I thought it was kind of an interesting Hitchcock homage.

 

[TripItUp]

Destroyer blows. They reused the same music in silly ways, the special effects were pretty terrible (everything involving a castle on an island was egregious)... the actors were worse - just everything was lesser, except that Conan himself looked great, and it was cool to see Wilt making Arnold look so tiny. I've seen others say it was a kids movie. Sure, I guess so, no boobs and more jokes... but you can't get softer with the sequel.

I liked Destroyer, but it definitely has that "B Movie" feel. Wilt's biggest role as an actor if I'm not mistaken.