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[El Floppo]

I thought it was very good.

What did you like about it?

I honestly thought it was god awful tripe. Writing micro and macro was terrible. Characters same. Art direction cliche and heavyhanded. Easily predictable gratuitous male nudity- thanks Tom Ford. 

But open ears about anything redeemable.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I got about a minute in and didn't have the stomach to ride it out.

Will definitely revisit.

Lion's finale is totally worth it.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

What did you like about it?

I honestly thought it was god awful tripe. Writing micro and macro was terrible. Characters same. Art direction cliche and heavyhanded. Easily predictable gratuitous male nudity- thanks Tom Ford. 

But open ears about anything redeemable.

I liked: the acting, the parallel stories that slowly came together, and unpredictably of it.

Maybe you've seen other similar films that I haven't? And I don't even remember the "gratuitous male nudity", or it didn't leave much of an impression on me.

 

[jamny]

I liked: the acting, the parallel stories that slowly came together, and unpredictably of it.

Maybe you've seen other similar films that I haven't? And I don't even remember the "gratuitous male nudity", or it didn't leave much of an impression on me.

I liked it too for the reasons you mentioned. Strong performances, I thought it was one of Gyllenhaal's best roles. Good tension and atmosphere. I also cant place any male nudity unless he's talking about the guy on the outdoor toilet. Better movie than I expected.

 

[El Floppo]

I liked: the acting, the parallel stories that slowly came together, and unpredictably of it.

Maybe you've seen other similar films that I haven't? And I don't even remember the "gratuitous male nudity", or it didn't leave much of an impression on me.

I liked it too for the reasons you mentioned. Strong performances, I thought it was one of Gyllenhaal's best roles. Good tension and atmosphere. I also cant place any male nudity unless he's talking about the guy on the outdoor toilet. Better movie than I expected

I agree about the acting. Thought Linney crushed her small role and the guy playing the sheriff was fantastic. I didn't buy the Adams and Glyl characters, which got on the way of my appreciating their performances.

I felt the storey in a storey double narrative is hackneyed, unless done well... and I thought both storylines werent. I didn't buy the actions and motivations and tbh found there to be an undercurrent (or maybe storm surge, to be current) of pretentiousness in it... especially in the art direction and direction, which carried through to the leads' performances. 

My wife's in fashion and I'm in architectural interiors in NYC- so maybe we're both a bit too sensitive and worn out on the "gay" thing (which is strange considering we're pretty much immersed in that world due to our industries... and probably have more gay friends than straight at this point). Was expecting male on male sex scene, and certainly wasn't surprised to see carefully sculpted Jake and toilet dudes bods in scenes that didn't seem to warrant then. Also tired of the slef-perpetuating industry of celebrity... where once somebody's achieved celebrity in one field (or none) they feel compelled to branch out... Usually into fashion or music or acting. Kudos to Ford... hugely talented designer and uses that visual eye to let his visuals tell a story. Just found it all pretentious and heavy handed.

 

[jamny]

The guy playing the sheriff!!!!??!!???

 

[mr fancypants]

Just watched an interesting futuristic action film What Happened to Monday. Noomi Rapace plays 7 identical sisters who live a hide and seek existence in order to avoid being put to a long sleep by the Child Allocation Bureau which only allows 1 sibling per family in an overpopulated world. Pretty enjoyable with Noomi taking on 7 different personalities in the film. 8/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1536537/?ref_=nv_sr_1

 

[Daywalker]

Sense and Sensibility was one of those films that I was in no hurry to watch. But I was completely blown away by how great a film it is. Kate Winslett in one of her earliest roles, Emma Thompson in Top Form, Alan Rickman good as always, excellent supporting actors, humor, romance, and a great director in Ang Lee. It's in my all time Top 10 list, and I would never have expected that.

One of my favorites as well.  The standard for the genre.

 

[El Floppo]

oh right... we watched something on Netflix called What Happened to Monday. felt like a mashup of distopian future scifi films like Children of Men, Orphan Black and Blade-runner... with overpopulation as a central theme. somewhat fascinating conceit of an under-lying story-line, but ultimately lacked something. I don't think I bought the premise (population control people running a militaristic fascist police state with checkpoints literally everywhere, and that drives much of the action in the movie. some other head-scratching plot turns and decisions... but if that doesn't bother you, the story moves along and you get a decent Orphan Black style performance from Noomi Rapace playing several roles (and baring quite a lot in what felt like an oddly out of place sex scene). strange to see Glenn Close so slightly used here, as well as Willem Defoe. 

it's not perfect by any stretch, but it's an ok watch especially if you like sci-fi/distopian futurist stuff.

eta: I think this is on Netflix

Just watched an interesting futuristic action film What Happened to Monday. Noomi Rapace plays 7 identical sisters who live a hide and seek existence in order to avoid being put to a long sleep by the Child Allocation Bureau which only allows 1 sibling per family in an overpopulated world. Pretty enjoyable with Noomi taking on 7 different personalities in the film. 8/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1536537/?ref_=nv_sr_1

 

[badmojo1006]

Wind River was pretty good. Pretty rough subject but I really liked the setting and cinematography. Jeremy Renner was great in his role as well.

Agreed. Also Graham Greene was fantastic as the local sheriff.

Elizabeth Olsen held her own and if there is one thing I will take away from this movie is her and her thong 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Agreed. Also Graham Greene was fantastic as the local sheriff.

Elizabeth Olsen held her own and if there is one thing I will take away from this movie is her and her thong 

Whoa, what?

She has been in a lot of good stuff.  She is somebody that if I notice in a movie I will take a flier on whatever it is. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Unfortunately, Renner being in the movie is what made me wait on Wind River.  Really dislike that guy. 

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I just bought my first two 4k movies yesterday and I'm hooked. Going to be an expensive replacement program at my house.

Blade Runner and E.T. are awesome in 4k. T2 supposedly comes out next month, but has already been delayed once so...we'll see.

Now I need at least a 4k compatible projector...

 

[belljr]

@Andy Dufresne

Just curious why Xbox over PS4 if it was mostly for 4k.

I thought Sony video player is usually better?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

@Andy Dufresne

Just curious why Xbox over PS4 if it was mostly for 4k.

I thought Sony video player is usually better?

None of the versions of PS4 have a 4K blu ray player.

And I have a PS4 too.

After trade in and selling the games I basically paid nothing to upgrade my Xbox.

 

[belljr]

None of the versions of PS4 have a 4K blu ray player.

And I have a PS4 too.

After trade in and selling the games I basically paid nothing to upgrade my Xbox.

Yeeah, I just came to post I realized PS only streams it currently

I'm assuming trading in the 360 is pointless now

 

[snogger]

Wind River was pretty good. Pretty rough subject but I really liked the setting and cinematography. Jeremy Renner was great in his role as well.

Agreed. Also Graham Greene was fantastic as the local sheriff.

Elizabeth Olsen held her own and if there is one thing I will take away from this movie is her and her thong 

Wife and I went to see this yesterday and Really enjoyed it.. Thought all parts from the acting, to the story, to the cinematography were all done very well.

As for the "Thong" comment.

Loved while she is getting dressed the lady says "... Otherwise your underwear will ride up your crack... Oh, I see yours are already there"

 

[shadrap]

La La Land:

1st off I'm not much of an artsy tartsy movie goer.  I do appreciate the subtle, finer things but the story & acting come first.  Dang good film!  Went in expecting not much--very surprised & enjoyed the heck out it.  Very, very different type of movie combing old school with new.  My best description without hopefully being corny is that the movie is beautiful.

8.5/10

it's on HBO so I caught it by accident which is cool as I had no preconceived notions.

 

[shadrap]

that's combining.

 

[whoknew]

Mississippi Grind 8/10. Great acting, really enjoyed it, knew nothing about it going in. Must watch for anyone interested in gambling.

Finally got around to watching this last night. It was good. A little depressing. But good acting and good story.

 

[joffer]

I just bought my first two 4k movies yesterday and I'm hooked. Going to be an expensive replacement program at my house.

Blade Runner and E.T. are awesome in 4k. T2 supposedly comes out next month, but has already been delayed once so...we'll see.

Now I need at least a 4k compatible projector...

Were they HDR?  That makes as much if not bigger difference than the 4K in my opinion.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Saw Alien Covenant

I'm a big fan of the series overall, but this one was only average. Good art direction and effects, but many flaws in the story.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Nocturnal Animals.

I was digging it for 90% of the movie and then it ended and I realized I just didn't get it.  Little help?

 

[badmojo1006]

Logan Lucky A Very enjoyable movie, funny (Daniel Craig is a riot), touching and a movie with a lot of twists.

Well worth seeing

 

[IC FBGCav]

Nocturnal Animals.

I was digging it for 90% of the movie and then it ended and I realized I just didn't get it.  Little help?

She left him because she didn't think his writing wasn't good enough, too nice/weak of a guy and he would fail.   The pain she put him made him a better writer and p...rick.   Hence him saying he would meet her there, leaving her hanging and giving her the final FU in the relationship after writing a brilliant novel.

Or something like that.   It might not be the pain she caused him that made him better.

 

[El Floppo]

new Wes Anderson film trailer- Isle of Dogs (animated sim to Mr Fox). w bryan cranston, ed norton, bill murray, jeff goldblum.

I loved mr fox and am not annoyed by wes anderson the way so many of you are... I enjoy his work. looking forward to this one- might take the kids.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Were they HDR?  That makes as much if not bigger difference than the 4K in my opinion.

The discs are HDR but my set is not.

I finally played the Blade Runner 4k disc through my 1080p projector today. I thought I'd have trouble with the XBOX downconverting the 4K to 1080p and passing through my receiver. Surprisingly there were NO issues.

And I don't think my eyes are playing tricks or that I have confirmation bias - comparing even the downscaled 4k to the Blu Ray version showed an improved picture in the former. I didn't expect that.

But I know my ears aren't being fooled - the 4K audio mix is WAY, WAY better than what's on the Blu. At least for Blade Runner anyway.

 

[Daywalker]

Logan Lucky.

One of the worst movies i've seen in a while.  I felt bad for the person i brought because i picked it.  Five minutes in we knew it was a bomb.  A total busto.

 

[jamny]

Logan Lucky A Very enjoyable movie, funny (Daniel Craig is a riot), touching and a movie with a lot of twists.

Well worth seeing

Logan Lucky.

One of the worst movies i've seen in a while.  I felt bad for the person i brought because i picked it.  Five minutes in we knew it was a bomb.  A total busto.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Hot Fuzz is significantly better than Shaun of the Dead.

Agree or disagree?

 

[Daywalker]

Misguided Cast Delivers Brain-Dead Script in Soderbergh’s ‘Logan Lucky’
Overrated director releases a flick as welcome as toenail fungus
By Rex Reed • 08/18/17 3:00pm
    

Channing Tatum and Adam Driver in Logan Lucky. Bleecker Street

If Steven Soderbergh is not the most overrated movie director of all time, he is right down there on the list from hell, jockeying for position. Except for Erin Brockovich, Behind the Candelabra and a few moments in Sex, Lies and Videotape, I have hated just about everything he’s ever done. Now I wish I could agree with my colleagues who are fairly gushing with joy over a thing called Logan Lucky, but I’m too busy finding a place for it squeezed somewhere between the paralyzing tedium of Solaris and the terminal stupidity of Full Frontal.

In the brain-dead script for Logan Lucky, a sub-mental, broke and recently fired West Virginia coal miner and con artist named Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum, in the worst performance of his career) enlists his one-armed brother Clyde in an elaborate, preposterous heist to rob a NASCAR race called the Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clyde (Adam Driver, deadly enough to make you take back everything you said about Paterson), is a doofus bartender (Iraq, you know) who has trouble mixing drinks because, as if one arm wasn’t enough of a job deterrent already, the water shortage has been contaminated by the nearby chemical plant. The boys need money because it ain’t easy making ends meet when you’re dumb as a flat bicycle tire, and so does the boys’ sister Mellie (Riley Keogh), a hairdresser who doesn’t seem to know a hot comb from a portable mixmaster. The robbery plans proceed slower than all seven of Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11 movies put together, but they need the help of a safe cracker named Joe Bang (Daniel Craig, peroxided, tattooed and slumming, his suave James Bond image obliterated with a cornpone Southern accent so thick you couldn’t cut it with pinking shears) and they’ve got to break him out of jail first, then get him back in again before the warden notices.

A farcical prison break follows, involving IV drips in the infirmary, much vomiting, a riot in the mess hall, and an escape through the toilet. The actual heist with explosives made from Gummy Bears (don’t ask) is so contrived and silly that I couldn’t believe the audience around me, convulsed in hysterics. The number of cons it takes to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway grows in every new scene; by the time they all blow up the underground cash-handling vault and suck up the money through the ventilation system with vacuum cleaner hoses, the rednecks begin to look and talk so much alike that I could no longer tell one from another. Master plans crash head-on with interminable snafus, scheduling mix-ups, and bad timing. Then, when everything jells, a tough FBI agent (Hilary Swank, of all people) enters the plot and threatens a sequel. Colorful camera work, raucous music and endless ham acting is in abundant supply, but it’s not enough. I thought Steven Soderbergh had retired. And now this. Even the title makes no sense. The result is a misguided crowd of highly paid stars playing outrageous characters because they’re fun, with no regard for quality. It doesn’t work. Logan Lucky is as charming and welcome as toenail fungus.

I like a lot of Soderbergh movies, Out of Sight/Ocean's, but have to agree with Reed on this one. B-R-U-T-A-L.

It has a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes though.  

Tatum, Driver, Macfarlane and Swank were like a Murderer's Row of awfulness.  

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Hot Fuzz is significantly better than Shaun of the Dead.

Agree or disagree?

Disagree

 

[Gr00vus]

Hot Fuzz is significantly better than Shaun of the Dead.

Agree or disagree?

Agree Yarp

 

[JoeSteeler]

Hot Fuzz is significantly better than Shaun of the Dead.

Agree or disagree?

Disagree big time and I am a big fan of both

 

[Ilov80s]

TCM Lineup tonight is great: Some Like It Hot, Night at the Opera and This is Spinal Tap. 

 

[badmojo1006]

Hot Fuzz is significantly better than Shaun of the Dead.

Agree or disagree?

 

[badmojo1006]

I like a lot of Soderbergh movies, Out of Sight/Ocean's, but have to agree with Reed on this one. B-R-U-T-A-L.

It has a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes though.  

Tatum, Driver, Macfarlane and Swank were like a Murderer's Row of awfulness.  

Is Rex Reed still alive? If so, he was illrevelant over 20 years sago.

I know why you don't like the movie, you hate John Denver 

 

[badmojo1006]

Logan Lucky.

One of the worst movies i've seen in a while.  I felt bad for the person i brought because i picked it.  Five minutes in we knew it was a bomb.  A total busto.

So the first five minutes was the touching scene between him and his daughter. You knew it was going to be a bomb after watching that scene?

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Ugh. I liked the first movie because it mostly didn't take itself too seriously. The sequel is so silly and over the top, there isn't much dramatic conflict here. Yes, it looks great. Yes, there are some fantastic set pieces. But at more than two hours, this movie rates a C+.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The Matrix:

I still have a little trouble with this one.   On one hand I think this movie is pretty great and love watching the behind the scenes on how they shot it and what they went through to make it.  Great practical effects, wire work, interesting camera movements, on and on.  On the other hand, it's basically the beginning of what I hate in modern action movies - too much bullet time and slo-mo action scenes (compounded by not taking the time to do it with practical effects - something I think even the sequels started to do). 

I am also currently listening to a podcast that is talking about how this is one of the "queerest" (their words) mainstream movies and it's about grappling with wanting to disconnect from mainstream society's norms and unplugging and being who you feel you are meant to be sexually.  Maybe putting too much into based on who made the movie and what both went through, but thought it was an interesting take.  I keep saying that is one of the things I love about movies and talking about them - you could sit down 5 people, have them watch a movie, and get 5 interpretations of the movie based on our own life experiences.  I guess that applies to all art. 

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Matrix:

I still have a little trouble with this one.   On one hand I think this movie is pretty great and love watching the behind the scenes on how they shot it and what they went through to make it.  Great practical effects, wire work, interesting camera movements, on and on.  On the other hand, it's basically the beginning of what I hate in modern action movies - too much bullet time and slo-mo action scenes (compounded by not taking the time to do it with practical effects - something I think even the sequels started to do). 

I am also currently listening to a podcast that is talking about how this is one of the "queerest" (their words) mainstream movies and it's about grappling with wanting to disconnect from mainstream society's norms and unplugging and being who you feel you are meant to be sexually.  Maybe putting too much into based on who made the movie and what both went through, but thought it was an interesting take.  I keep saying that is one of the things I love about movies and talking about them - you could sit down 5 people, have them watch a movie, and get 5 interpretations of the movie based on our own life experiences.  I guess that applies to all art. 

I get what you're saying. But this movie represents such a singular, unique vision, it remains my favorite action flick of all time. I think the "too much bullet time" would be a problem if the story wasn't so compelling. For a movie that does all these things wrong, read my brief review of The Kingsman: The Golden Circle above...

 

[KarmaPolice]

I get what you're saying. But this movie represents such a singular, unique vision, it remains my favorite action flick of all time. I think the "too much bullet time" would be a problem if the story wasn't so compelling. For a movie that does all these things wrong, read my brief review of The Kingsman: The Golden Circle above...

No, no - I am saying that the Matrix did it perfectly, mostly because of the mix of practical effects and the fact that the story sets it in a computer simuation and the way that the fight scenes progress.  Have 0 issues with the bullet time in this movie.  What I have trouble separating is all the movies after that basically thought it looked cool, all action should look like that regardless of context, and it's been overdone many many times over in a far inferior way. 

 

[El Floppo]

The Matrix:

I still have a little trouble with this one.   On one hand I think this movie is pretty great and love watching the behind the scenes on how they shot it and what they went through to make it.  Great practical effects, wire work, interesting camera movements, on and on.  On the other hand, it's basically the beginning of what I hate in modern action movies - too much bullet time and slo-mo action scenes (compounded by not taking the time to do it with practical effects - something I think even the sequels started to do). 

I am also currently listening to a podcast that is talking about how this is one of the "queerest" (their words) mainstream movies and it's about grappling with wanting to disconnect from mainstream society's norms and unplugging and being who you feel you are meant to be sexually.  Maybe putting too much into based on who made the movie and what both went through, but thought it was an interesting take.  I keep saying that is one of the things I love about movies and talking about them - you could sit down 5 people, have them watch a movie, and get 5 interpretations of the movie based on our own life experiences.  I guess that applies to all art. 

re: the queer part... really reaching by whomever made the comments. 300, yes. their later work, definitely. but I see none of it in here... unless you're going into it with some of the later work in mind and wearing really tinted glasses. there's a hetero love story at the center of this fer cryin out loud. unplugging from society's norms is much more focused on the individual vs corporate/big-brother/society than in any kind of political-sexual way. at least until the idiotic rave in the later movie. 

huge fan of the first one- but really wish they had ended it there. those other two and most of everything else they've done is just horrible.

 

[El Floppo]

No, no - I am saying that the Matrix did it perfectly, mostly because of the mix of practical effects and the fact that the story sets it in a computer simuation and the way that the fight scenes progress.  Have 0 issues with the bullet time in this movie.  What I have trouble separating is all the movies after that basically thought it looked cool, all action should look like that regardless of context, and it's been overdone many many times over in a far inferior way. 

totally- it's the progenitor paradigm. easy to get washed over by all the later imitators and forget that this is the one that created it all. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just made the switch - since there is no GoT, I flipped to another channel package that gets my kiddo some Diego and me some hockey and TCM.  Need to catch up on my classics. 

 

[Payne]

Caught Hitmans Bodyguard. FYI, Salma is still hot.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Wonder Woman.

Good movie.  But I had an epiphany watching it.

Gal Gadot is the sexiest woman alive.  

 

[El Floppo]

Watched a Brit movie called Broken, with silly man Murphy and Tim Roth. Don't know that I'd recommend it. On the one hand it had some excellent acting, especially from the children who were given realistic dialogue. Otoh, the plot was frustrating to watch unfold in a poorly written way. So... had both good and terrible writing all at once.  skippable, imo 

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Saw Wonder Woman

Well done, good mix of background and action. Gal Gadot was perfectly cast and also has a great smile. I can see why most people liked it.

 

[Ilov80s]

Moonlight. Cinematography was outstanding- it's a really heart wrenching movie but I think it's more of an important film than a great film. It's not one I'll likely ever watch again but it's hard hitting real life stuff.