Eephus
Footballguy
If this is the non-Lynch movie starring Kyle McLachlan, it's a terrific bit of fun.
It would be so great with a live audience
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If this is the non-Lynch movie starring Kyle McLachlan, it's a terrific bit of fun.
It would be so great with a live audience
simsarge
Footballguy
Villains is a 2019 movie on Prime. Solid 4/5. A rather dark comedy with plenty of fun moments and very good performances. Won't disappoint.
"After a pair of amateur criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret that two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep them from getting out"
"After a pair of amateur criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret that two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep them from getting out"
beer 30
Footballguy
Saw The Electric State over the weekend. Not bad, not good but something to watch.
Also gave JoJo Rabbit another go last night. Previously I made it about 10 minutes in and thought it was stupid. My daughter talked me into a re-watch and I gotta say, was pretty solid.
Also gave JoJo Rabbit another go last night. Previously I made it about 10 minutes in and thought it was stupid. My daughter talked me into a re-watch and I gotta say, was pretty solid.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
When Taika Waititi, who is Maori/Jewish, was asked about why he chose to play the role of Adolf Hitler, he said "The answer's simple, what better '**** you' to the guy?"
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Netflix. The Electric State with Chris Pratt and Millir Brown. I started it. Turned it off 3 minutes in. Mr Planters, one of the first robots gave a speech that thousands of robots journeyed to hear. I just couldn't do it. Ha ha
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I don't get how the Russo Brothers can be falling so far so fast.
brun
Footballguy
I lasted more like 20 minutes. Easy fold.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I don't get how the Russo Brothers can be falling so far so fast.
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beer 30
Footballguy
Bourbon got me through it
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Amazon Prime. Venom 2. Started it. Lasted 10 minutes. The cast is wonderful. Story seems kinda cool. I just can't get behind the Hardy and Venom constant banter back and forth. Just felt dumb. I'm off and entire family is at work. Desperately wanting to enjoy a movie and really struggling. I'm 0-2 so far. Ha ha
El Floppo
Footballguy
Watched Gladiators 2, electric boogaloo on a plane yesterday.
It's was fine.
This is a small quibble I have with any period movie that deals with naval battles. I get that they need to put the boats close together for visual effect, and have their sails up all the time... But that's not how it all works. And yes, they did take their sails down at the beginning of this one, and then somehow kept flying in the right direction immediately next to all the others without making contact, and then made perfect stops at the wall without smashing to pieces (yes, they have those ramming portions underwater...but still).
Doesn't ruin movies for me, but one of those things like rain always being accompanied by thunder and lightning thats only for cinematic effect and wrong/distracting for me.
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It's was fine.
This is a small quibble I have with any period movie that deals with naval battles. I get that they need to put the boats close together for visual effect, and have their sails up all the time... But that's not how it all works. And yes, they did take their sails down at the beginning of this one, and then somehow kept flying in the right direction immediately next to all the others without making contact, and then made perfect stops at the wall without smashing to pieces (yes, they have those ramming portions underwater...but still).
Doesn't ruin movies for me, but one of those things like rain always being accompanied by thunder and lightning thats only for cinematic effect and wrong/distracting for me.
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B Maverick
Footballguy
Kid and I watched it last night. She enjoyed. I thought it was fine. Almost wanted to turn it off early, but it did get better. Good actors, including some of the voice actors.
Mostly predictable, nothing special.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Good use of the "electric boogaloo"!!!
Haven't watched it yet. So many good scenes in the original, want this to be good but so far this seems to be the sentiment. "it's Fine"
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
It's much less than that.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (Prime)
Great story. I thought the production quality came off as low budget. I'm not sure it would have made it any better but maybe would have preferred to have seen the story expanded to an 8 Episode Series with a bigger budget, showing more detail in the overall story. I thought the Interpreter character stole the show from Gyllenhaal. Would I recommend it? Absolutely. Too good of a story to pass on, but not blockbuster quality.
Great story. I thought the production quality came off as low budget. I'm not sure it would have made it any better but maybe would have preferred to have seen the story expanded to an 8 Episode Series with a bigger budget, showing more detail in the overall story. I thought the Interpreter character stole the show from Gyllenhaal. Would I recommend it? Absolutely. Too good of a story to pass on, but not blockbuster quality.
beer 30
Footballguy
Good movie and while I'm sure some will think it filled with Hollywood poetic license, there is a book out there that runs a similar line called Saving Aziz. I read that book and listened to the story multiple times on various podcasts. Hard not to think this movie isn't a bit of a rip off of Robichaux's story saving his interpreter Aziz when the US left Afghanistan. They are putting out a movie about his story as well but obviously getting funding privately is more difficult than Hollywood throwing millions at something.
snogger
Footballguy
I "watched" it to the end. Meaning I was web searching more than watching. Not good.. 1 out of 5.
Runkle
Footballguy
Hate to burst the bubble, but, I'm pretty confident it's done with "invisible cuts" and body-bys. The technology has gotten pretty advanced and they're really hard to spot, the old clues aren't there anymore now that they can smooth over with CGI and AI. But there's a physical limitation to the memory cards and hard drives they use on set that limit a take to 6-10 minutes at most.
Here's how they do it on Severance, for example. One seamless "take" is actually ten different cuts with ten different camera setups, and there are no cuts or seams in the final shot.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
They claim it’s one shot per episode.
Filming ‘Adolescence’: How the Netflix Series Pulled Off One-Shot Episodes Without Stitching Takes Together
"Adolescence" cinematographer Matthew Lewis breaks down how he filmed the series' distinctive one take episodes.
variety.com
Eephus
Footballguy
Spy movies and Steven Soderbergh are my sweet spot so it's like Black Bag was made for me. I went in with high expectations but it delivered the goods. There was almost zero action but more than enough intrigue and suspense to make up for it. The script had twists that were believable enough in the context of the movie and Soderbergh provided his usual efficient storytelling and elegant visuals.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Can you even believe Netflix spent $320 million to make it? I just don’t understand itI "watched" it to the end. Meaning I was web searching more than watching. Not good.. 1 out of 5.
Electric State was god awful, like really, really bad. Miilie Bobbie Brown is he new Kristen Stewart as in lame, dull, no charisma and frankly a low level actor. How Chris Pratt got swayed into this movie with the get up he has to wear and the stupid dialogue I can only guess $200 mil of the budget went to him. This movie is dreck and I'm sooo glad it was a streamer so I could turn it off part way through. Yuck!
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Holy ****ing ****!Can you even believe Netflix spent $320 million to make it? I just don’t understand itI "watched" it to the end. Meaning I was web searching more than watching. Not good.. 1 out of 5.
Truebluey
Footballguy
Yeah, just watched it. Actually, my wife started watching it and i wandered into the room I guess about 15 minutes after the beginning. Didn't intend to watch the whole thing but i was captivated.
Really liked it. Light-hearted, funny, and moved along at an excellent pace. Good cast, too. Sort of what we need right now in these dark times.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I know. I don’t even understand why they would ever spend much money on a movie. How good would it need to be to even come close to being worth that? How many new subscribers could it possibly draw in? I just ran some math and it would need to get 740,000 people to get the ad free tier for 2 years to break even.Holy ****ing ****!Can you even believe Netflix spent $320 million to make it? I just don’t understand itI "watched" it to the end. Meaning I was web searching more than watching. Not good.. 1 out of 5.
The other wild part I was from Wikipedia is the fans of the graphic novel it’s based on are angry because they just used the setting of the novel and changed the whole story. One of the Russo’s even said he didn’t understand the story and didn’t think there was really enough in it to make a movie. So then why did they make it and why did anyone spend $320 million for it?? Netflix spent $200 million on The Gray Man which they claim 43 million people watched in its opening 3 days. How is that actually impacting their bottom line though? The streaming models are puzzling to me.
rockaction
Footballguy
Streaming models:
"It's on fire! Throw cash at it!"
"It's on fire! Throw cash at it!"
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Meanwhile, the far away best two movies of 2024 both had budgets under $10 million
rockaction
Footballguy
Interesting. Which two? Anora and The Brutalist? I see Anora had a budget of 6 million dollars and The Brutalist had 9.6 million dollars or something like that. Depends on which source you use.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
beer 30
Footballguy
Every man should own a balaclava
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Steamboat Bill Jr.
This is the Buster Keaton movie where he stands there as the facade of the building falls over him - with only the window opening saving his life.
I randomly settled on this while flipping channels at my spry 80 year old mom's house. She generally doesn't like movies but found herself sucked into it, laughing out loud and gasping at a few of the sequences. It was fun to see.
The General is a better movie but this one is still pretty great - mostly because you marvel at how committed Keaton is to his craft.
Also, it's astonishing the restoration work that can be done on these 100 year old movies. It looks like it was just filmed!
I am going to watch The Cameraman next.
This is the Buster Keaton movie where he stands there as the facade of the building falls over him - with only the window opening saving his life.
I randomly settled on this while flipping channels at my spry 80 year old mom's house. She generally doesn't like movies but found herself sucked into it, laughing out loud and gasping at a few of the sequences. It was fun to see.
The General is a better movie but this one is still pretty great - mostly because you marvel at how committed Keaton is to his craft.
Also, it's astonishing the restoration work that can be done on these 100 year old movies. It looks like it was just filmed!
I am going to watch The Cameraman next.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yep those are the two I’m talking about. The Brutalist is especially impressive. It’s a massive 3+ hour epic that looks like it cost $100 milllon.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Public Service Announcement...
I don't know if anyone but me buys digital movies (you know, for Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Movies Anywhere) but if you do you should subscribe to emails from https://fanflix.co . Yes, without the "M".
They have two or three emails each week that contain new deals and titles. It's a great/cheap way to get movies.
I don't know if anyone but me buys digital movies (you know, for Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Movies Anywhere) but if you do you should subscribe to emails from https://fanflix.co . Yes, without the "M".
They have two or three emails each week that contain new deals and titles. It's a great/cheap way to get movies.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Have you seen Sherlock Jr?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I thought I had but watching the trailer for it I realize I haven't. Will put that on the list too.
The other silent movie that has some amazing stunts is Harold Lloyd's "Speedy". How they didn't kill anyone driving that horse drawn streetcar will forever be a mystery.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
⚡DEADHEAD⚡
Footballguy
Watched The Imitation Game last weekend. I like Cumberbatch. Good movie about breaking encryption during WWII. Pretty sure I watched it when it came out. Great historical story too.
Watching (3.5 hours!) The Irishman on Netflix. A classic of course.
Watching (3.5 hours!) The Irishman on Netflix. A classic of course.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Preach
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
My daughter and I finished off the greatest movie trilogy of all time this weekend by having a double feature of Back to the Future II and III. We both had a blast watching those, and she said all of them are great.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
finally got around to Anora
so good, hilarious & heartbreaking (but mostly hilarity)
also got a kick out of seeing so many familiar spots from around our (forgotten) end of Brooklyn. had no idea they used the National Drive monstrosity - that house has amazing history.
so good, hilarious & heartbreaking (but mostly hilarity)
also got a kick out of seeing so many familiar spots from around our (forgotten) end of Brooklyn. had no idea they used the National Drive monstrosity - that house has amazing history.
built mid-1960s by a Gambino capo. sold in late 90s/early 00s to a fr fr Russian oligarch. was Putin’s judo sparring partner & controlled all the aluminum, fell out of favor & became an intl arms dealer. his wife (sake first name as Vanya’s mama) added a 3rd floor & it was on the market for like 10 or 12 years. started at $30M, every time it got chopped a few million it would get mocked by real estate bloggers. finally sold for $7.2M to another Russian (who of course is a 100% legit businessman with no nefarious holdings.)
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is not bad. Watched it on Tubi. I feel like the movie might have been better as an action/thriller with the occasional funny line rather than a comedy that has action, if that makes sense.
⚡DEADHEAD⚡
Footballguy
Watched "There Will Be Blood" on Paramount last night (for some reason I always pair this up with "No Country for Old Men" in my head; maybe because of similar settings).
What a journey it is with the main character. At times, I love the guy and am rooting for him, other times I despise him, still others I feel sorry for him. Daniel Day Lewis is, no surprise, outstanding. He took home the Oscar for his performance.
It's not at all the movie I thought I remembered, but that's not saying much given my spotty memory.
What a journey it is with the main character. At times, I love the guy and am rooting for him, other times I despise him, still others I feel sorry for him. Daniel Day Lewis is, no surprise, outstanding. He took home the Oscar for his performance.
It's not at all the movie I thought I remembered, but that's not saying much given my spotty memory.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
They were shooting at the same time in the same locations. Both movies shot in Marfa, Texas at times and there was a day the Coens had to pause filming because of the smoke from the Blood set (I assume the big derrick fire).
El Floppo
Footballguy
had no idea!
and I think of them together too... didn't they come out the same year as well?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
They did- 2007. Imo one of the best years of movies ever. No Country was oct/nov and TWBB was around Christmas
Zodiac is my favorite Fincher, and it was this year as well.
Keith R
The Don
Anora is now on Hulu. I'll check it out when I can muster a break from basketball
PlayaHata
Footballguy
I wanted to like it but the story just works better as a documentary, which is exactly what the movie is based on. You can stream the 2019 Last Breath documentary for free on Hoopla.
krista4
Footballguy
Turned out that it was this, but the showing is at 11:59 pm and I am old. I did get tix to (re-)see Mulholland Drive and the Twin Peaks movie, though.
