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[Ilov80s]

Masters of the Universe (1987)-I knew it wasn't going to be very good and it wasn't but I also didn't think it was horrible. Gotta love that 80's product placement. I've seen a few episodes (of the cartoon) and I had thought it was more of a sword and sandal Medieval type fantasy thing-I don't really remember them having laser guns so I was confused but I don't know about the lore. I remember my cousin being big into He-Man and he had the playsets and toys and all.

Did you guys know that they are doing a remake?

Frank Langella went on record in an interview stating that playing Skeletor was one of his favorite roles. His young son was a huge fan and was running around the house shouting "By the power of Grayskull," so he took the role for him.

Which I think is sweet and makes me think of another movie. Raul Julia in Street Fighter

Raul Julia accepted the role of M. Bison because his children were fans of the Street Fighter games, and he wanted to participate in a film that he thought they would enjoy with him.

They are doing a remake of this too. I guess the summer of 2006 will be rise of the dead IPs.

I liked it a lot as kid even though it really wasn't a very good adaptation of the He-man cartoon. It's kind of like if whoever wrote the script had only heard about He-Man through a 10 person game of telephone.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Ronin (1998 - J. Frankenheimer)

The third act of this movie is weak. But man oh man do I love the first 1/2 or so. So many good scenes and excellent actors.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just bought and rewatched a restored bluray of Argento's masterpiece Profondo Rosso (Deep Red). What a beautiful restored print. They've lost some of the English ADR, so you can watch it either in Italian with English subtitles, or you can watched the dubbed version that has about 20% of the scenes in Italian. I'd forgotten what a sexist jerk the main character was. I'm guessing this was meant to symbolize the misogyny in Italian culture. This movie is awesome. Argento's saturated color and his camera moves are just incredible. This new bluray is worth the money of you're a fan.

 

[Joey Wright]

Just watched Together.

Spoiler: SPOILER OF PLOT

As a fan of Plato's Symposium, someone crafting a body horror movie around it was really neat.

I enjoyed it!

 

[WVU Alum]

Masters of the Universe (1987)-I knew it wasn't going to be very good and it wasn't but I also didn't think it was horrible. Gotta love that 80's product placement. I've seen a few episodes (of the cartoon) and I had thought it was more of a sword and sandal Medieval type fantasy thing-I don't really remember them having laser guns so I was confused but I don't know about the lore. I remember my cousin being big into He-Man and he had the playsets and toys and all.

Did you guys know that they are doing a remake?

Frank Langella went on record in an interview stating that playing Skeletor was one of his favorite roles. His young son was a huge fan and was running around the house shouting "By the power of Grayskull," so he took the role for him.

Which I think is sweet and makes me think of another movie. Raul Julia in Street Fighter

Raul Julia accepted the role of M. Bison because his children were fans of the Street Fighter games, and he wanted to participate in a film that he thought they would enjoy with him.

They are doing a remake of this too. I guess the summer of 2006 will be rise of the dead IPs.

I was a huge he-man fan as a kid that movie sucked so bad, especially the stupid Gwildor character they made up for the movie

Watching this movie in a theater on opening night was when I first realized that Hollywood didn't give two ****s about what they were doing so long as they could (theoretically) make money. Later in life, my perspective has changed, and I believe that this film is a shining example of decision making on cocaine. Maximum Overdrive being the example of cocaine directing a film.

 

[identikit]

Watched 'Opus' yesterday on HBO

What a whacked out movie

7/10

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

 

[Ilov80s]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

100% agree. Bad movie.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

100% agree. Bad movie.

Is @Ilov80s agreeing with me? Dear God man, how many Negronis did you have?

 

[Ilov80s]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

100% agree. Bad movie.

Is @Ilov80s agreeing with me? Dear God man, how many Negronis did you have?

Just one and a glass one wine. I am not a big fan of John Carpenter. Halloween is great but in general I don't get the love for his movies.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I love Tubi or streaming in general or just the way Hollywood operates. So the other night I started watching Tomb Raider. Was gonna watch the rest before I went to bed (luckily I don't have to be up early since I'm too much of a cheapskate to shell out for nfl network) So anyways, I typed in tomb since I knew it would come up and then next to it is a movie called Tomb Invader which is an obvious ripoff of ^. Bunch of other low tier mummy-tomb type stuff, then I got down to Aqua League which is a gender swapped Aqua Man. I just find Hollywoods copycat system hilarious. Most of these likely suck but I might watch some for ****s and giggles.

 

[Tick]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

100% agree. Bad movie.

It's no Last Dragon.

 

[Tick]

I love Tubi or streaming in general or just the way Hollywood opperates. So the other night I started watching Tomb Raider. Was gonna watch the rest before I went to bed (luckily I don't have to be up early since I'm too much of a cheapskate to shell out for nfl network) So anyways, I typed in tomb since I knew it would come up and then next to it is a movie called Tomb Invader which is an obvious ripoff of ^. Bunch of other low tier mummy-tomb type stuff, then I got down to Aqua League which is a gender swapped Aqua Man. I just find Hollywoods copycat system hilarious. Most of these likely suck but I might watch some for ****s and giggles.

Once in a rare while you'll find something good when flying blind like this. For me it was Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. I know it's built momentum and is liked by many now, but when I first stumbled across it I had never heard of it. Cockneys vs. Zombies is another - not as much momentum on this one, but I found it really fun.

Implementing my "no movies under IMDB 6.0" policy has stopped me from wasting a lot of time on terrible movies with good cover art and synopses that make them sound exactly like 28 Days Later or [REC]. But CvZ is 5.9 so maybe I'm missing out.

 

[WVU Alum]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

100% agree. Bad movie.

You’re a bad movie!

 

[El Floppo]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

100% agree. Bad movie.

Your face is a bad movie!

Fyp

 

[Joey Wright]

@Tick

I have a similar policy but use Letterboxd. Nothing below a 3.25. I've found Letterboxd to be kinder to genre especially horror.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

Big Trouble in Little China-I know you guys love this movie but it's just not that good. There were some funny bits during the final fight but I was mostly meh. Don't really watch martial arts movies so if they were parodying them then I might have missed some of the humor. It also sort of felt like a sequel in a way and the "romance" between Cartrell and Russel felt forced but it wasn't supposed to be good, so it was bad on purpose?

100% agree. Bad movie.

One month ban for both of you