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[Chaka]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

 

[Chaka]

I liked SLJ in The Kingsmen.

 

[Chaka]

You people should have watched Mr. Robot. Brilliant.

Was it cancelled?

 

[Mr. Mojo]

This is the "Mad Max: Fury Road" legend that George Miller wrote on flight from LA to Australia in 1997

There wasn't much plot in the film, so you probably could have written it in several hours.

Awesome action, though.

 

[Chaka]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

He's awesome in Jackie Brown, but clearly he has limited range.

i thought he was superb in one of his earliest films, Fresh, but then I really like that film.

underrated, fantastic film.

Who was the chick in that movie? She was sooo sexy in a trashy kinda way.

Bridget Fonda

 

[jdoggydogg]

You people should have watched Mr. Robot. Brilliant.

Was it cancelled?

No.

 

[JoeSteeler]

You people should have watched Mr. Robot. Brilliant.

Was it cancelled?

no

 

[James Daulton]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

He's awesome in Jackie Brown, but clearly he has limited range.

i thought he was superb in one of his earliest films, Fresh, but then I really like that film.

underrated, fantastic film.

Who was the chick in that movie? She was sooo sexy in a trashy kinda way.

Bridget Fonda

Sooo hot.

 

[saintfool]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

What's it like to be dead inside?

But seriously, if you aren't into action films, I totally sympathize. It's a mostly terrible genre. But Fury Road is brilliant. Original, insane, hilarious, and some of the best stunts every captured on film.

 

[JoeSteeler]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

What's it like to be dead inside?

But seriously, if you aren't into action films, I totally sympathize. It's a mostly terrible genre. But Fury Road is brilliant. Original, insane, hilarious, and some of the best stunts every captured on film.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

For Fury Road...The visuals ARE the movie.

The plot is inconsequential.

Overall I didn't care for it but the final chase/battle is pretty epic.

 

[El Floppo]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

What's it like to be dead inside?

But seriously, if you aren't into action films, I totally sympathize. It's a mostly terrible genre. But Fury Road is brilliant. Original, insane, hilarious, and some of the best stunts every captured on film.

the guitar truck and the pole-rider things are the only parts I atually remember... but I those. and seeing it on big screen helped in that regard. the rest was... at least for me... forgettable (literally).

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

Stoupyder.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Fury Road is ugly and repulsive at times. I could see that turning off some viewers. I don't know about you guys, but I've seen what feels like 2,000 action movies. And how often do you see one that's truly original? Fury Road isn't a ripoff of the original series, it's the movie that George Miller always wanted to make but couldn't because of budget or technology.

 

[El Floppo]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

Stoupyder.

best part of the movie. maybe yer too stoopit to realize how stoopit you are.

 

[Copeman]

I see a movie at Redbox called "Northmen, A Viking Saga".

Anyone see it? Has decent-good reviews. I love viking movies. This one worth it?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

Stoupyder.

best part of the movie. maybe yer too stoopit to realize how stoopit you are.

Shut up ewe stewpide doodyhead.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

Stoupyder.

Haven't seen the movie, but I assume he is not cooler than saxophone guy in The Lost Boys.

 

[El Floppo]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

Stoupyder.

Haven't seen the movie, but I assume he is not cooler than saxophone guy in The Lost Boys.

toss-up.

 

[Chaka]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

What's it like to be dead inside?

But seriously, if you aren't into action films, I totally sympathize. It's a mostly terrible genre. But Fury Road is brilliant. Original, insane, hilarious, and some of the best stunts every captured on film.

I can possibly agree with all of that if I could actually hear what the characters were saying (and understand it when I actually could hear it).

It was a bunch of Australian chav speak drowned out by roaring engines and explosions. That doesn't make for a fun experience for me. I guarantee if it had subtitles I would have enjoyed it much more.

 

[Sweet J]

Kingsman - 7.5/10

What a riot. Worth it just for the scene in the church.

I subtracted a point for the casting of SLJ as the villain but added a half for the inclusion of Mark Hamill (who I didn't realize played the tie until the credits) and for the villain getting sick at the sight of his own blood.

Matthew Vaughn has racked up an impressive resume.

Movie was a riot. Lots of fun.

I BARELY got away with watching it with my 14 year old son and 12 year old daughter. When there was like 10 minutes left of the movie, their mom came in the room we were watching, and watched the end with us. Right at the line where the princess says: "If you save the world, you can put it in my ####!" Or something like that.

Kids' mom was like "WTF IS THIS MOVIE YOU ARE LETTING HER WATCH???!!"

Facepalm.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

Stoupyder.

Haven't seen the movie, but I assume he is not cooler than saxophone guy in The Lost Boys.

toss-up.

Can't wait.

 

[saintfool]

Fury Road is ugly and repulsive at times. I could see that turning off some viewers. I don't know about you guys, but I've seen what feels like 2,000 action movies. And how often do you see one that's truly original? Fury Road isn't a ripoff of the original series, it's the movie that George Miller always wanted to make but couldn't because of budget or technology.

It's inspired. I'll give it credit for that.

It would be fine if it was a standalone film maybe but it's connected to the Mad Max universe. To me, it felt like a completely different director somehow. I didn't see it as worth the time. At all.

 

[Zow]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

Oh come on. Your subjective perspective is way off.

 

[Zow]

Guitar guy was stoooopid.

...unlike every other stupid thing in every action movie?

Stoupyder.

Haven't seen the movie, but I assume he is not cooler than saxophone guy in The Lost Boys.

toss-up.

Can't wait.

He's super awesome.

Read the review here:

http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=mad_max_hell_yeah

 

[Zow]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

What's it like to be dead inside?

But seriously, if you aren't into action films, I totally sympathize. It's a mostly terrible genre. But Fury Road is brilliant. Original, insane, hilarious, and some of the best stunts every captured on film.

I can possibly agree with all of that if I could actually hear what the characters were saying (and understand it when I actually could hear it).

It was a bunch of Australian chav speak drowned out by roaring engines and explosions. That doesn't make for a fun experience for me. I guarantee if it had subtitles I would have enjoyed it much more.

It wasn't like there was much plot, what exactly did you miss them say or hoped to have learned? I think Max had like literally seven lines in the entire film.

 

[El Floppo]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

What's it like to be dead inside?

But seriously, if you aren't into action films, I totally sympathize. It's a mostly terrible genre. But Fury Road is brilliant. Original, insane, hilarious, and some of the best stunts every captured on film.

I can possibly agree with all of that if I could actually hear what the characters were saying (and understand it when I actually could hear it).

It was a bunch of Australian chav speak drowned out by roaring engines and explosions. That doesn't make for a fun experience for me. I guarantee if it had subtitles I would have enjoyed it much more.

It wasn't like there was much plot, what exactly did you miss them say or hoped to have learned? I think Max had like literally seven lines in the entire film.

actually true- I didn't even remember there was a Max in this thing.

guitar guy, guys on poles on cars chasing, charlize. that's about all i've got left... but still a winner, IMO.

 

[Mario Kart]

X-Men Days of Future Past: Rogue Edition

So much better. Great movie anyway but including Rogue brought back the real X-men.

Rogue is the best mutant ever.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Inside Out:

Took the son to see this one yesterday. I walked away being torn on this one. On one hand, it seemed to be more of a one trick pony than I come to expect from a high end Pixar movie. On the other hand, that one trick was still pretty damn good. Really liked some of the core ideas they were presented about how our memories and emotions work together - especially that it is healthy to have a mix of these emotions. The son and I joked about what his 6 month old sister's people are like in her head. Really some touching moments, and I am not ashamed to admit that it got dusty for both of us in there. However, even for an original Pixar movie, it did seem to be hitting a lot of the same beats we have seen out of them - especially from the Toy Story franchise. Good to see a non-sequel from them, but I don't think I could put it much higher than right in the middle of the pack of the Pixar movies (let's be honest, that is still a damn good movie as they don't produce many stinkers). 7.5/10

Looking at what's coming out from them it seems to be mimicing what we are seeing a lot at the theaters - looks like 2 original and 4 sequels. Saw the preview for The Good Dinosaur and that one didn't make me want to go to the theater. I will be there for Finding Dory and Incredibles 2, but I think they should have left Toy Story alone, and you couldn't pay me to go see Cars 3. Seems like their peak is behind them. I know that most critics have a boner for the run of Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up, but I find those to be uneven and a little bi-polar. Give me the run of Toy Story 2-Finding Nemo-Monsters,Inc-The Incredibles any day.

Oh, and volcano short at the start of the movie was annoying.

 

[cosjobs]

I didn't really enjoy Fury Road. The action seemed random and I could barely understand a word anyone was saying.

Might enjoy it more with subtitles.

i thought it was mostly nonsense. it had really very little to do with Mad Max conceptually beyond "Australian dystopia". it was well made, i guess, but just too ridiculous for me.

What's it like to be dead inside?

But seriously, if you aren't into action films, I totally sympathize. It's a mostly terrible genre. But Fury Road is brilliant. Original, insane, hilarious, and some of the best stunts every captured on film.

And if you were focusing on the dialogue, you were watching it for the wrong reason

 

[Socrates11]

Kingsman - 7.5/10

What a riot. Worth it just for the scene in the church.

I subtracted a point for the casting of SLJ as the villain but added a half for the inclusion of Mark Hamill (who I didn't realize played the tie until the credits) and for the villain getting sick at the sight of his own blood.

Matthew Vaughn has racked up an impressive resume.

Movie was a riot. Lots of fun.

I BARELY got away with watching it with my 14 year old son and 12 year old daughter. When there was like 10 minutes left of the movie, their mom came in the room we were watching, and watched the end with us. Right at the line where the princess says: "If you save the world, you can put it in my ####!" Or something like that.

Kids' mom was like "WTF IS THIS MOVIE YOU ARE LETTING HER WATCH???!!"

Facepalm.

 

[cstu]

You were told to see Fury Road at the theater - if you decided to watch it at home and didn't like it then that's on you.

 

[saintfool]

Looking at what's coming out from them it seems to be mimicing what we are seeing a lot at the theaters - looks like 2 original and 4 sequels. Saw the preview for The Good Dinosaur and that one didn't make me want to go to the theater. I will be there for Finding Dory and Incredibles 2, but I think they should have left Toy Story alone, and you couldn't pay me to go see Cars 3. Seems like their peak is behind them. I know that most critics have a boner for the run of Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up, but I find those to be uneven and a little bi-polar. Give me the run of Toy Story 2-Finding Nemo-Monsters,Inc-The Incredibles any day.

Oh, and volcano short at the start of the movie was annoying.

I haven't seen "Inside Out" yet but I'm pretty comfortable with these choices as their best work. I don't much care for the Toy Story, Monsters Inc, and Cars series' honestly. They are the Speilberg of animation, I think, for good or bad.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Inside Out:

Took the son to see this one yesterday. I walked away being torn on this one. On one hand, it seemed to be more of a one trick pony than I come to expect from a high end Pixar movie. On the other hand, that one trick was still pretty damn good. Really liked some of the core ideas they were presented about how our memories and emotions work together - especially that it is healthy to have a mix of these emotions. The son and I joked about what his 6 month old sister's people are like in her head. Really some touching moments, and I am not ashamed to admit that it got dusty for both of us in there. However, even for an original Pixar movie, it did seem to be hitting a lot of the same beats we have seen out of them - especially from the Toy Story franchise. Good to see a non-sequel from them, but I don't think I could put it much higher than right in the middle of the pack of the Pixar movies (let's be honest, that is still a damn good movie as they don't produce many stinkers). 7.5/10

Feels like we've forgotten how children's movies were mostly terrible pre-Pixar. Nowadays, even an average Pixar film is still better than 90% of the dreck parents are forced to watch in that genre. Loved this movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

There are movies I love (David Lynch movies, PT Anderson movies) where I totally get why people don't like them. I don't understand how a grown man could watch Fury Road and not love it, so I lack any objectivity in this area.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The HBO tennis mockumentary 7 Days in Hell is hilarious. Watch it.

 

[JoeSteeler]

The HBO tennis mockumentary 7 Days in Hell is hilarious. Watch it.

speaking of mockumentary, check out Documentary Now! on IFC

https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?/topic/730923-documentary-now-on-ifc-do-yourself-a-favor-and-watch-this/

 

[jdoggydogg]

The HBO tennis mockumentary 7 Days in Hell is hilarious. Watch it.

speaking of mockumentary, check out Documentary Now! on IFC

https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?/topic/730923-documentary-now-on-ifc-do-yourself-a-favor-and-watch-this/

As long as we're talking Comedy Central, I think Another Period is the funniest show I've seen in years.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Inside Out:

Took the son to see this one yesterday. I walked away being torn on this one. On one hand, it seemed to be more of a one trick pony than I come to expect from a high end Pixar movie. On the other hand, that one trick was still pretty damn good. Really liked some of the core ideas they were presented about how our memories and emotions work together - especially that it is healthy to have a mix of these emotions. The son and I joked about what his 6 month old sister's people are like in her head. Really some touching moments, and I am not ashamed to admit that it got dusty for both of us in there. However, even for an original Pixar movie, it did seem to be hitting a lot of the same beats we have seen out of them - especially from the Toy Story franchise. Good to see a non-sequel from them, but I don't think I could put it much higher than right in the middle of the pack of the Pixar movies (let's be honest, that is still a damn good movie as they don't produce many stinkers). 7.5/10

Feels like we've forgotten how children's movies were mostly terrible pre-Pixar. Nowadays, even an average Pixar film is still better than 90% of the dreck parents are forced to watch in that genre. Loved this movie.

I agree with the first sentence, but not the second. They definitely set the bar and forced other studios to step up their games. We all reaped the benefits from that - before that you got to watch Disney movies that that's about it. That said, it doesn't absolve them of letting their foot off the gas, and I feel they are on coast mode. It is all personal preference, but I would rather watch all of: Lego Movie, How to Train Your Dragon, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Rango, Big Hero 6, Wreck it Ralph, Despicable Me, Kung Fu Panda, and Megamind before anything Pixar has done in the last 4-5 years. Long gone are the days when Pixar was putting out the best product by far for animated movies.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There are movies I love (David Lynch movies, PT Anderson movies) where I totally get why people don't like them. I don't understand how a grown man could watch Fury Road and not love it, so I lack any objectivity in this area.

Different strokes and all. Just like you have stated several times you have lost your desire to watch the horror/gory stuff. I have lost the patience to watch action movies just for stuff blowing up. Something else has to happen as well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Looking at what's coming out from them it seems to be mimicing what we are seeing a lot at the theaters - looks like 2 original and 4 sequels. Saw the preview for The Good Dinosaur and that one didn't make me want to go to the theater. I will be there for Finding Dory and Incredibles 2, but I think they should have left Toy Story alone, and you couldn't pay me to go see Cars 3. Seems like their peak is behind them. I know that most critics have a boner for the run of Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up, but I find those to be uneven and a little bi-polar. Give me the run of Toy Story 2-Finding Nemo-Monsters,Inc-The Incredibles any day.

Oh, and volcano short at the start of the movie was annoying.

I haven't seen "Inside Out" yet but I'm pretty comfortable with these choices as their best work. I don't much care for the Toy Story, Monsters Inc, and Cars series' honestly. They are the Speilberg of animation, I think, for good or bad.

I get what you are saying there. They do gravitate towards the schmaltz and have plots just to trigger that emotion button in us. That said, I love the hell out of Monsters, Inc.- the sequel I didn't dig. Ratatouille is right there in the next tier for me. Maybe something will get shifted, as I am rewatching them all now, but off the top of my head I think my favorite 3 are Monsters Inc, Incredibles, and Nemo. Unfortunately, I think having 3 of the Toy Story movies have soured me a tad on them as they run together for me, but a couple of them are in the next group with Ratatouille/UP/Inside Out/Wall-E. I would be perfectly fine never watching either Cars, Bug's Life or Brave again.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Inside Out:

Took the son to see this one yesterday. I walked away being torn on this one. On one hand, it seemed to be more of a one trick pony than I come to expect from a high end Pixar movie. On the other hand, that one trick was still pretty damn good. Really liked some of the core ideas they were presented about how our memories and emotions work together - especially that it is healthy to have a mix of these emotions. The son and I joked about what his 6 month old sister's people are like in her head. Really some touching moments, and I am not ashamed to admit that it got dusty for both of us in there. However, even for an original Pixar movie, it did seem to be hitting a lot of the same beats we have seen out of them - especially from the Toy Story franchise. Good to see a non-sequel from them, but I don't think I could put it much higher than right in the middle of the pack of the Pixar movies (let's be honest, that is still a damn good movie as they don't produce many stinkers). 7.5/10

Feels like we've forgotten how children's movies were mostly terrible pre-Pixar. Nowadays, even an average Pixar film is still better than 90% of the dreck parents are forced to watch in that genre. Loved this movie.

I agree with the first sentence, but not the second. They definitely set the bar and forced other studios to step up their games. We all reaped the benefits from that - before that you got to watch Disney movies that that's about it. That said, it doesn't absolve them of letting their foot off the gas, and I feel they are on coast mode. It is all personal preference, but I would rather watch all of: Lego Movie, How to Train Your Dragon, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Rango, Big Hero 6, Wreck it Ralph, Despicable Me, Kung Fu Panda, and Megamind before anything Pixar has done in the last 4-5 years. Long gone are the days when Pixar was putting out the best product by far for animated movies.

I liked a lot of the movies you mentioned. I do think that fantastic Pixar movies such as Brave will always be compared to the legendary movies like Toy Story, and that devalues some very good movies. It's like The Departed or The Wolf Of Wall Street: that those movies aren't as good as Goodfellas doesn't mean they aren't very good.

 

[jdoggydogg]

There are movies I love (David Lynch movies, PT Anderson movies) where I totally get why people don't like them. I don't understand how a grown man could watch Fury Road and not love it, so I lack any objectivity in this area.

Different strokes and all. Just like you have stated several times you have lost your desire to watch the horror/gory stuff. I have lost the patience to watch action movies just for stuff blowing up. Something else has to happen as well.

I would say that the costume designs, art direction and photography give the viewer far more to look at than just explosions.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Inside Out:

Took the son to see this one yesterday. I walked away being torn on this one. On one hand, it seemed to be more of a one trick pony than I come to expect from a high end Pixar movie. On the other hand, that one trick was still pretty damn good. Really liked some of the core ideas they were presented about how our memories and emotions work together - especially that it is healthy to have a mix of these emotions. The son and I joked about what his 6 month old sister's people are like in her head. Really some touching moments, and I am not ashamed to admit that it got dusty for both of us in there. However, even for an original Pixar movie, it did seem to be hitting a lot of the same beats we have seen out of them - especially from the Toy Story franchise. Good to see a non-sequel from them, but I don't think I could put it much higher than right in the middle of the pack of the Pixar movies (let's be honest, that is still a damn good movie as they don't produce many stinkers). 7.5/10

Feels like we've forgotten how children's movies were mostly terrible pre-Pixar. Nowadays, even an average Pixar film is still better than 90% of the dreck parents are forced to watch in that genre. Loved this movie.

I agree with the first sentence, but not the second. They definitely set the bar and forced other studios to step up their games. We all reaped the benefits from that - before that you got to watch Disney movies that that's about it. That said, it doesn't absolve them of letting their foot off the gas, and I feel they are on coast mode. It is all personal preference, but I would rather watch all of: Lego Movie, How to Train Your Dragon, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Rango, Big Hero 6, Wreck it Ralph, Despicable Me, Kung Fu Panda, and Megamind before anything Pixar has done in the last 4-5 years. Long gone are the days when Pixar was putting out the best product by far for animated movies.

I liked a lot of the movies you mentioned. I do think that fantastic Pixar movies such as Brave will always be compared to the legendary movies like Toy Story, and that devalues some very good movies. It's like The Departed or The Wolf Of Wall Street: that those movies aren't as good as Goodfellas doesn't mean they aren't very good.

I am not discounting Brave because it wasn't Toy Story. I am discounting Brave because to me it felt like a Disney retread. I loved the Pixar movies because they got away from that Disney feel. I am surprised when anybody calls it fantastic.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There are movies I love (David Lynch movies, PT Anderson movies) where I totally get why people don't like them. I don't understand how a grown man could watch Fury Road and not love it, so I lack any objectivity in this area.

Different strokes and all. Just like you have stated several times you have lost your desire to watch the horror/gory stuff. I have lost the patience to watch action movies just for stuff blowing up. Something else has to happen as well.

I would say that the costume designs, art direction and photography give the viewer far more to look at than just explosions.

I dig, but I can also get those things things in those Lynch and PT Anderson movies you mentioned and others of that ilk - on top of some acting and plot. Action movies also can have acting and plot.

I am just saying that if there is nothing going on plot-wise and the acting is not there I will bail on a movie regardless of genre. It is just not what I like in a movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

There are movies I love (David Lynch movies, PT Anderson movies) where I totally get why people don't like them. I don't understand how a grown man could watch Fury Road and not love it, so I lack any objectivity in this area.

Different strokes and all. Just like you have stated several times you have lost your desire to watch the horror/gory stuff. I have lost the patience to watch action movies just for stuff blowing up. Something else has to happen as well.

I would say that the costume designs, art direction and photography give the viewer far more to look at than just explosions.

I dig, but I can also get those things things in those Lynch and PT Anderson movies you mentioned and others of that ilk - on top of some acting and plot. Action movies also can have acting and plot.

I am just saying that if there is nothing going on plot-wise and the acting is not there I will bail on a movie regardless of genre. It is just not what I like in a movie.

I'm really sick of most action movies. I guess I see movies like I see music. Sometimes I want Chopin, sometimes I want Arcade Fire, and sometimes I want to rock out to Black Flag.