Ilov80s
Footballguy
Took me like 3 times to see it before it clicked with me. A challenging film for sure.
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Ilov80s
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
my favorite part of watching Vertigo is rooting for Novak2's eyebrows to go rogue and have a dogfight. plus i've had carnival relations several times at the spot where she jumps in the bay and i like to reminisce. the story has always felt forced, even though i appreciate it. and it does look great.
identikit
Footballguy
Some very good to great performances by some good-to-great actors.
The storyline/plot is solid. Any 'holes' are uniquely filled in with believability by the main character's mindset.
This isn't a story that hasn't been told before, but very well done and involving.
I'll watch it again soon, my AA love aside.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Wait, carnival relations? 
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Avatar: The Last Airbender should be remade. That was an awful adaptation of a wonderful series.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Shadow & Bone
It'd be easy to write off this Netflix adaptation as a more adult Harry Potter ripoff. But I really enjoyed it. Good cast, solid writing, excellent locations, and solid special effects.
It'd be easy to write off this Netflix adaptation as a more adult Harry Potter ripoff. But I really enjoyed it. Good cast, solid writing, excellent locations, and solid special effects.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
TCM and HBOMax had the virtual TCM Classic Film Festival a couple weeks ago and one movie I caught on there was Black Legion from 1937 starting Bogart. It wasn’t a particularly good movie but was on something really interesting that I’d never heard of before: The Black Legion. They were basically a Depression era spin off of the KKK that targeted immigrants in the Midwest. I guess they were particularly strong in Detroit with even the police chief having been a suspected member. There was a high profile murder of a labor leader and huge court case exposing the depths of the corruption. The Bogart movie didn’t explore any depth and the police were good, the criminals were low lifes or drunks but man there seems to be a lot of space to make a heck of movie or serious about this corner of history.
So I guess that’s my answer to what movie I would like to see remade.
So I guess that’s my answer to what movie I would like to see remade.
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identikit
Footballguy
I didn't read the book, but I have no issue with saying they screwed it up royally.
When is Jolie going to be in a good movie again?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
I saw it the theater and didn’t think it was awful, I like that it didn’t drag on or try and add useless subplots.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
it brings up a question i've dealt with a lot in the last decade or so.
because i was born smack dab in the middle of American post-war optimism & opportunity, i had always looked at history & progress as a somehow inevitable path to an ever-greater destiny. what i've been confronted with the last few years is the possibility that, maybe, the American Dream was always just a landgrab in a country big enough to afford many such, briefly interrupted during its lowest ebb by a chance to be Heroes of the World, then returning to our Soonerism after a brief afterglow of sanguine spoils-splitting and self-congratulation. when one looks at where we were in 1940 - desperate, envious, isolationist - it's a LOT closer to where we are now than 1955 is. Black Legion, Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford all fit 2021 pretty keenly and it might be fun to explore that.
identikit
Footballguy
I was rooting for the kid.
Some subplots were useless.
At least one was missing the guts of it.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Obviously you say it much better than I could but yes watching the movie and skimming a little background on it struck me as being in line with the current times. Seems like an easy pitch on so many levels
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
't'would also behoove us to explore how 12 million more people voted for Donald Trump in 2020 than in 2016 on a psychological, rather than political, level. tis among that demographic where Black Legions work and is much more problematic to America's future than any gaggle of D.C. fools
I just finished it. Not his best work for sure.
I had one major issue and I will be vague.
How did they not only get ahead of them, but also know the exact road they would drive down? And how did they know they didn't already pass?
Those who have seen the movie will understand.
mr fancypants
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
Army of the Dead was awesome. It is long (almost 2 1/2 hours), but the time just flew by. Incredible special effects and kill scenes. There were a few slow moments, but they just set up the violence that was to come. I am a sucker for zombie movies and this one did not disappoint.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Shadow in the Cloud
So bad it's adequately entertaining. There's a lot of obvious involvement from the "boys suck, gurrrllls rule!" crowd but...whatever.
So bad it's adequately entertaining. There's a lot of obvious involvement from the "boys suck, gurrrllls rule!" crowd but...whatever.
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El Floppo
Footballguy
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Just started watching Two Mules for Sister Sara and the opening music caught my attention. I thought Morricone, and of course it was his. As many times as I've seen this, it never crossed my mind until now that he did the score.Ilov80s said:
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steelerfan1
Footballguy
The Vault on Amazon. Kind of along the lines of an Oceans 11. Entertaining enough.
foxco
Footballguy
I kinda liked it in a ridiculous way. Felt they could have gone even more gonzo to make it completely over the top, or reigned it in a bit and gone for more genuine horror.
Wow I felt the exact opposite. One of the worst zombie films I've ever seen. Maybe because I hated its treatment of the zombies and that moved it in a completely different space for me.Courtjester said:
Felt like I was watching a new Predator flick where everyone makes baffling decisions despite having prior knowledge of how this whole things works... unlike "origin" films in the genre.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Shocker
WTF am I watching here?
WTF am I watching here?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I had a vague recollection of liking the movie in HS. (maybe it was just the S/T).
whoa buddy, was that God awful. I made it around the part where the jock's dead girlfriends ghost was shooting light beams at the killer (who was also undead?) . Had to tap out.
jamny
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I put some crap horror movies in the queue last night. tonight might be a Monkey Shines night.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Finally got caught up with some of the 'more' recent flicks.
Ford Vs. Ferrari - The solid reviews were accurate. Very good movie. I'm not into racing but loved the story and the action sequences. Wasn't aware of the story before the movie so it was informative as well as entertaining.
1917 - My gawd the technical difficulties of making this movie were off the charts. Every inch of ground covered by the actors, which is miles and miles of real-time locomotion within the film, had to be marked out to the nth degree along with cameras, lighting, extras, set design, sound, script supervisor, etc et el. The actors had to have EVERY LINE down pat before cameras rolled so that meant weeks of rehearsal for EVERY shot which consists of a series of 'oners' meaning no break in action or dialogue till the next shot.
Greengrass wrote it based of first hand accounts from this grandfather's experiences in WWI. He did a FANTASTIC job.
News Of The World - Liked much more than I thought I would. The little girl that co-starred (Helena Zengel) is the mini-me doppelganger of Julie Delpy at a much younger age. Zengel provided the spiritual and heart anchor to the story. I thought Hanks played it low-key which I found refreshing since he has not tended to be restrained in his roles.
Loved the simple story line, the stark sets, and the historical aspects of post Civil War politics that I wasn't aware.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - Amazing set designs that captured a 'truth' of late 60s LA. The cars, the music, the fashion, and I have had a thing for Sharon Tate since I first laid eyes on her back in the day when I was just a kid. I felt Margot Robbie did such a good job in capturing the innocent essence of Tate. She really was an absolute doll.
I went into the movie blind so I won't give out any spoilers but I'm thankful that Tarentino took 'liberties' with some aspects of historical accuracy.
Leo gave a great performance and Pitt has really stepped into his own and I can't give enough credit to Robbie who did so much with so little dialogue and I have to give a shout out to Dern who nails his role.
Tarentino has Easter Eggs hatching all over his flicks but one thing that kinda bothers me is when he gets derivative with 'some' of his work like oh, setting Nazis on fire which he did to an action climax in another flick but I loved the nod to Green Apple Cigs and other things that weren't so in-your-face that he's had in a few different movies. I first noticed it when he hit us over the head with Pulp Fiction's white on black man-on-man anal rape scene only to flip in a later film with black on white man-on-man anal rape scene. Subtle as a brick to the face which he has also used in his films.
Ford Vs. Ferrari - The solid reviews were accurate. Very good movie. I'm not into racing but loved the story and the action sequences. Wasn't aware of the story before the movie so it was informative as well as entertaining.
1917 - My gawd the technical difficulties of making this movie were off the charts. Every inch of ground covered by the actors, which is miles and miles of real-time locomotion within the film, had to be marked out to the nth degree along with cameras, lighting, extras, set design, sound, script supervisor, etc et el. The actors had to have EVERY LINE down pat before cameras rolled so that meant weeks of rehearsal for EVERY shot which consists of a series of 'oners' meaning no break in action or dialogue till the next shot.
Greengrass wrote it based of first hand accounts from this grandfather's experiences in WWI. He did a FANTASTIC job.
News Of The World - Liked much more than I thought I would. The little girl that co-starred (Helena Zengel) is the mini-me doppelganger of Julie Delpy at a much younger age. Zengel provided the spiritual and heart anchor to the story. I thought Hanks played it low-key which I found refreshing since he has not tended to be restrained in his roles.
Loved the simple story line, the stark sets, and the historical aspects of post Civil War politics that I wasn't aware.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - Amazing set designs that captured a 'truth' of late 60s LA. The cars, the music, the fashion, and I have had a thing for Sharon Tate since I first laid eyes on her back in the day when I was just a kid. I felt Margot Robbie did such a good job in capturing the innocent essence of Tate. She really was an absolute doll.
I went into the movie blind so I won't give out any spoilers but I'm thankful that Tarentino took 'liberties' with some aspects of historical accuracy.
Leo gave a great performance and Pitt has really stepped into his own and I can't give enough credit to Robbie who did so much with so little dialogue and I have to give a shout out to Dern who nails his role.
Tarentino has Easter Eggs hatching all over his flicks but one thing that kinda bothers me is when he gets derivative with 'some' of his work like oh, setting Nazis on fire which he did to an action climax in another flick but I loved the nod to Green Apple Cigs and other things that weren't so in-your-face that he's had in a few different movies. I first noticed it when he hit us over the head with Pulp Fiction's white on black man-on-man anal rape scene only to flip in a later film with black on white man-on-man anal rape scene. Subtle as a brick to the face which he has also used in his films.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Tonight I have a date with Prometheus.
