El Floppo
Footballguy
Funny. I kinda liked it, and I'd give it about a 6/10I just can't even with you people...
The Cloverfield Paradox - 6/10
What's not derivative is nonsensical. Skip it.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Pretty In Pink - 6/10
With my daughter home from college my wife chose this one since the rest of us had never seen it.
It's not a great movie. Andrew McCarthy acting like a robot didn't help. Spader's villain was good though.
With my daughter home from college my wife chose this one since the rest of us had never seen it.
It's not a great movie. Andrew McCarthy acting like a robot didn't help. Spader's villain was good though.
whoknew
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
I would go a little higher, but a notch behind 16 Candles.
Spader was such a great rich guy weasel in those movies.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Some Kind of Wonderful >>> Pretty in Pink.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
@Andy Dufresne - I know you said before, but how old are you?Andy Dufresne said:I just can't even with you people...
I thought of you in the voting thread b/c 1982 is up next. I vaguely have this feeling that you are only a few years older than I am which would jive with your love for E.T., Raiders, and Star Trek 2 where I feel like I missed the boat on those movies by a few years.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Decided to watch 2 Best Picture Winners instead of bother watching the Oscars.
A Man for All Seasons (66). Fred Zinnemann directed 2 Best Picture winners and 1 of the all time should have been Best Pictures. That’s a pretty impressive resume. As a director his best strength seems to be getting the best out of the actors. His films feature so many great performances and AMFAS is no exception. The costumes are great and really accentuate the qualities of their characters. Zinnemann did a good job of getting the characters outside, filming some beautiful outdoors shots. This made it feel like a movie and not a stage play. It’s forever going to be compared to A Lion in Winter and IMO, A Man for All Seasons is the better movie.
Wings (1927). The first official winner of Best Picture and a film was considered lost until the 90s. The story is lightweight. The non war scenes are often silly. However this movie has 2 things which stand the 90 year test of time: the dogfighting and the cinematography. The dogfights hold up with Dunkirk and Top Gun. It’s almost hard to believe this was done 90 years ago. Apparently all the actors learned to fly planes and so we actually see them flying. They used color for the plane fires which was a surprising touch. Besides the outstanding coordination and filming of the flying scenes, the whole film is shot beautifully. Check out this cool tracking shot. William Wellman uses the camera brilliantly and the picture quality is superb. Watching a movie like this helps you see why sound set the development of movies back by a decade.
A Man for All Seasons (66). Fred Zinnemann directed 2 Best Picture winners and 1 of the all time should have been Best Pictures. That’s a pretty impressive resume. As a director his best strength seems to be getting the best out of the actors. His films feature so many great performances and AMFAS is no exception. The costumes are great and really accentuate the qualities of their characters. Zinnemann did a good job of getting the characters outside, filming some beautiful outdoors shots. This made it feel like a movie and not a stage play. It’s forever going to be compared to A Lion in Winter and IMO, A Man for All Seasons is the better movie.
Wings (1927). The first official winner of Best Picture and a film was considered lost until the 90s. The story is lightweight. The non war scenes are often silly. However this movie has 2 things which stand the 90 year test of time: the dogfighting and the cinematography. The dogfights hold up with Dunkirk and Top Gun. It’s almost hard to believe this was done 90 years ago. Apparently all the actors learned to fly planes and so we actually see them flying. They used color for the plane fires which was a surprising touch. Besides the outstanding coordination and filming of the flying scenes, the whole film is shot beautifully. Check out this cool tracking shot. William Wellman uses the camera brilliantly and the picture quality is superb. Watching a movie like this helps you see why sound set the development of movies back by a decade.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
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On The Rocks
Footballguy
Agreed. I thought it was a fun entertaining movie.Mr. Mojo said:
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Pretty strong double-feature on TCM tonite - High Noon @ 8 and To Kill a Mockingbird @ 9:45
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Thor: Ragnarok
Wow did I dislike this movie.
Wow did I dislike this movie.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Alien The Director's Cut was on HBO last night. Such a phenomenal movie. I think it gets better knowing what is going to happen as they build the tension that first half hour and land on the planet.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Geostorm.
So......um, yeah. That was a movie. That I watched.
Voluntarily.
To the end.
Um....yeah.
So......um, yeah. That was a movie. That I watched.
Voluntarily.
To the end.
Um....yeah.
Hector Salamanca
Footballguy
I did the same last week. I was really hoping it would rise to the level of awesomely or comically bad, but it didn't even manage that. It was just bad.
That might be the first time I've ever been disappointed that a movie wasn't as bad as I hoped it would be.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Finally saw 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Very mixed feelings about it. Excellent acting but equal amounts of good and bad, otherwise.
Some parts felt gritty and realistic and others had large holes.
The dialogue ranged from clever and funny, to over the top silly.
It was definitely worth seeing, but really had no business winning Best Picture, so I'm glad that they picked something else.
As far as McDonagh's work, I think that In Bruges was a much better film.
Very mixed feelings about it. Excellent acting but equal amounts of good and bad, otherwise.
Some parts felt gritty and realistic and others had large holes.
The dialogue ranged from clever and funny, to over the top silly.
It was definitely worth seeing, but really had no business winning Best Picture, so I'm glad that they picked something else.
As far as McDonagh's work, I think that In Bruges was a much better film.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Very well said. We saw it last night and I was generally underwhelmed- characters, motivations and writing especially felt cartoonish.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Saw Lady Bird last night.
I don't know what all the fuss was with this one, either. A typical teen film, maybe a little more realistic, but certainly nothing exceptional. The bossy mom stuff got pretty old.
And I like Ronan, after seeing her in Brooklyn. Metcalf was good, too. But the film felt slow in too many places, even with the 90 minute running time.
I don't know what all the fuss was with this one, either. A typical teen film, maybe a little more realistic, but certainly nothing exceptional. The bossy mom stuff got pretty old.
And I like Ronan, after seeing her in Brooklyn. Metcalf was good, too. But the film felt slow in too many places, even with the 90 minute running time.
I also wondered how a high school goof off could have gotten accepted at UC Davis
and a tough east coast school.
/spoiler
and a tough east coast school.
/spoiler
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El Floppo
Footballguy
Saw Lady Bird last night.
I also wondered how a high school goof off could have gotten accepted at UC Davis
and a tough east coast school.
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Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Gr00vus
Footballguy
I love this film. The acting is fantastic, apart from Robert Shaw perhaps (I think he was a little too over the top/shouty), but the story/writing/dialog is really the best part. I like The Lion In Winter too, but A Man For All Seasons is much, much better.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
Saw Lady Bird last night.
I don't know what all the fuss was with this one, either. A typical teen film, maybe a little more realistic, but certainly nothing exceptional. The bossy mom stuff got pretty old.
And I like Ronan, after seeing her in Brooklyn. Metcalf was good, too. But the film felt slow in too many places, even with the 90 minute running time.
I also wondered how a high school goof off could have gotten accepted at UC Davis
and a tough east coast school.
Beanie Feldstein as the “awkward friend” was my favorite part of this movie. Really great character.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
Darkest Hour
Tried to get to it before the awards season. I really liked the movie. I did however like Dunkirk much more.
To say Gary Oldman was great is an understatement. I generally lost track that I was watching a performance.
Tried to get to it before the awards season. I really liked the movie. I did however like Dunkirk much more.
To say Gary Oldman was great is an understatement. I generally lost track that I was watching a performance.
El Floppo
Footballguy
On The Rocks
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Watched The Phantom of Liberty as I looked for some 1974 movies for @KarmaPolice movie poll threads. That was wild. I don't know if I can recommend it to everyone since there really isn't a story or any major characters.The co-director on the special feature said the goal of the movie was to see how many times they could tell a story and right when the story got interesting, leave the story for a different one. It sounds insane, but it was like a very interesting dream. If you have any kind of interest in surrealism, then I think it's a movie you would enjoy a lot.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
i've never re-visited Bunuel. I shonuff hated him backinday (the wheelhouse years are when one has the least patience w the absurd & i sorely despised all the people who loved him), but i could see appreciating him more now.
PlayaHata
Footballguy
I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but I lose track in this giant thread. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed The Big Sick on Amazon Prime tonight. If you told me beforehand that we'd love a romantic comedy about a Pakistani stand-up comedian and a girl who spends over half the movie in a coma, I'd say no way. But we both had many laugh-out-loud moments and the movie was heartfelt at the same time. Highly recommend. 4.5/5 stars
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
I really liked it, too.
In fact much more than the last 2 Best Picture nominees I watched.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Justice League.
The lip thing was bad and tool away from every scene. Having said that....
... I like the characters. Love Gal Gadot. Could watch her reading a book.
The lip thing was bad and tool away from every scene. Having said that....
... I like the characters. Love Gal Gadot. Could watch her reading a book.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Game Night is 
I give it an A-
Not an A because Kyle Chandler is not right for his part.
But Rachel McAdams was spot on doing Amanda Plummer in Pulp Fiction.
And the animation was very well played
I give it an A-Not an A because Kyle Chandler is not right for his part.
But Rachel McAdams was spot on doing Amanda Plummer in Pulp Fiction.
And the animation was very well played
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Is it more than just reference after reference of 80s nostalgia just for the sake of it? That's what the book felt like to me.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I wouldn’t imagine the movie is better in that regard. I’m boycotting everything RP1.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Ready Player One looks like a mess.Not looking forward to that.
If you told me that it was directed by the Wachowski siblings, I would believe you. I reminds me of Speed Racer - and that's bad.
If you told me that it was directed by the Wachowski siblings, I would believe you. I reminds me of Speed Racer - and that's bad.
EYLive
Footballguy
The retro references didn't feel shoehorned in for their own sake. It's more like, instead of using a modern or futuristic item in the story, they use something from a video game. They don't disrupt the flow of the movie, but you'll want to watch it slow motion when it comes to home video to see all the characters and references in the background.
