Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition

[El Floppo 28,609]

the wife (at my request) pared down our cable package.

of course the channels axed were my soccer networks and TCM, Ovation and Vice.

shehateme

[jdoggydogg 2,035]

My city is on fire, so needing some comic relief, I took my son to see the Lego Ninjago Movie. If you enjoyed previous Lego movies, you'll probably like this one. Pretty good.

[Ilov80s 30,228]

On 10/11/2017 at 8:48 AM, KarmaPolice said:

What are these movie things you people speak of?  I need to kick my ### in gear...

Same....about to fire one up. Football has been getting in the way of my reading and movie watching.

[Ilov80s 30,228]

On 10/11/2017 at 8:48 AM, KarmaPolice said:

What are these movie things you people speak of?  I need to kick my ### in gear...

Same....about to fire one up. Football has been getting in the way of my reading and movie watching.

[El Floppo 28,609]

12 minutes ago, jdoggydogg said:

My city is on fire, so needing some comic relief, I took my son to see the Lego Ninjago Movie. If you enjoyed previous Lego movies, you'll probably like this one. Pretty good.

Forgot you were right in the thick of this. You guys ok so far? Have you been evacuated? 

We saw Ninjago too. Not as good as the others and starting to see some repeated themes... But still fun.

[jdoggydogg 2,035]

12 minutes ago, El Floppo said:

Forgot you were right in the thick of this. You guys ok so far? Have you been evacuated? 

We saw Ninjago too. Not as good as the others and starting to see some repeated themes... But still fun.

Our home is safe so far. But many relatives and coworkers lost their homes.

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

14 minutes ago, Ilov80s said:

Same....about to fire one up. Football has been getting in the way of my reading and movie watching.

I picked the wrong one last night and fired up:

A Ghost Story:

Sounded interesting and love the people in it - C.Affleck and R.Mara.  I think this one was actually decently rated too.  Somewhere deep there was a really good idea here, but I just could not do the pacing.  There were actually times where I thought my dvd player paused or was skipping because the shot would just linger there for 1min+.  I think I was done with it after about 30mins, and then it really started to get weird and time travel-y.  Long story short, I wouldn't recommend this one at all.  4/10

 

Not sure tonight will turn out much better as I think Alien Covenant is on deck. 

[El Floppo 28,609]

2 minutes ago, jdoggydogg said:

Our home is safe so far. But many relatives and coworkers lost their homes.

fingers' crossed for you- keep safe!. sorry to hear about your people.. sucks. hopefully everybody healthy at least. I've had two friends lose everything there- but safe. also :knockonwood: a bunch who are still unaffected (aside from ash and smoke).

[Ilov80s 30,228]

1 hour ago, KarmaPolice said:

I picked the wrong one last night and fired up:

A Ghost Story:

Sounded interesting and love the people in it - C.Affleck and R.Mara.  I think this one was actually decently rated too.  Somewhere deep there was a really good idea here, but I just could not do the pacing.  There were actually times where I thought my dvd player paused or was skipping because the shot would just linger there for 1min+.  I think I was done with it after about 30mins, and then it really started to get weird and time travel-y.  Long story short, I wouldn't recommend this one at all.  4/10

 

Not sure tonight will turn out much better as I think Alien Covenant is on deck. 

Went with Adam's Rib (49)- Hepburn/Tracy's signature film. Written by the husband wife duo of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, the story follows a married couple of lawyers working opposite ends of a court case about a woman that shot her cheating husband. It's a comedy but it is also a serious study of feminism and the state of women and marriage in America. It's interesting to see how far we have come in some ways and how little in others. I recommend it- Hepburn and Tracy are as likable as they come even when they are petty and argumentative. Judy Holiday is fantastically cast as the vengeful but sympathetic wife. The film really hinges on having sympathy for her and she was the perfect woman for the film. 

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

1 hour ago, Ilov80s said:

Went with Adam's Rib (49)- Hepburn/Tracy's signature film. Written by the husband wife duo of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, the story follows a married couple of lawyers working opposite ends of a court case about a woman that shot her cheating husband. It's a comedy but it is also a serious study of feminism and the state of women and marriage in America. It's interesting to see how far we have come in some ways and how little in others. I recommend it- Hepburn and Tracy are as likable as they come even when they are petty and argumentative. Judy Holiday is fantastically cast as the vengeful but sympathetic wife. The film really hinges on having sympathy for her and she was the perfect woman for the film. 

Pretty sure I have this one on the DVR. 

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

Well, I've gotten about 1hr into Alien Covenant, and I am deciding if I have the motivation to finish it tonight.   Mostly I was just bored (brutally dull opening scene set the tone), then I was just grumpy about how bad the little white alien babies were looking.   Just don't understand how and why some of these series stray so far from what the first movies were - ESPECIALLY when it's the same person who was involved in the first one. 

Edited October 13, 2017 by KarmaPolice

[dutch 1,404]

1 minute ago, KarmaPolice said:

Well, I've gotten about 1hr into Alien Covenant, and I am deciding if I have the motivation to finish it tonight.   Mostly I was just bored (brutally dull opening scene set the tone), then I was just grumpy about how bad the little white alien babies were looking.   Just don't understand how and why some of these series stray so far from what the first movies were - ESPECIALLY when it's the same person who was involved in the first one. 

Not saying much I know, but at least theser movies TRY unlike those monstrosities in the Matrix series.  Those last two were truly awful from every conceivable aspect.  These last two alien movies at least had thought put into them even if they weren't quite as griping or entertaining as the first couple were. The attempt to flesh out the universe was ok so the heart was in the right place.

[Andy Dufresne 12,126]

12 minutes ago, KarmaPolice said:

Well, I've gotten about 1hr into Alien Covenant, and I am deciding if I have the motivation to finish it tonight.   Mostly I was just bored (brutally dull opening scene set the tone), then I was just grumpy about how bad the little white alien babies were looking.   Just don't understand how and why some of these series stray so far from what the first movies were - ESPECIALLY when it's the same person who was involved in the first one. 

The 1 hour is sunk cost. Don't make it two.

[BroncoFreak_2K3 2,591]

The Beguiled (1971)

Film Classic. Clint Eastwood pre-Dirty Harry.

Jo Ann Harris-what a little sexpot. I can definitely see why Clint kept her around for a few years after that film.

8/10

Edited October 14, 2017 by BroncoFreak_2K3

[need2know 6,335]

Finally watched magnificent 7.  I liked it.  More than I thought I would would

[saintfool 2,759]

On 10/12/2017 at 6:36 PM, Ilov80s said:

Went with Adam's Rib (49)- Hepburn/Tracy's signature film. Written by the husband wife duo of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, the story follows a married couple of lawyers working opposite ends of a court case about a woman that shot her cheating husband. It's a comedy but it is also a serious study of feminism and the state of women and marriage in America. It's interesting to see how far we have come in some ways and how little in others. I recommend it- Hepburn and Tracy are as likable as they come even when they are petty and argumentative. Judy Holiday is fantastically cast as the vengeful but sympathetic wife. The film really hinges on having sympathy for her and she was the perfect woman for the film. 

she is great.

[On The Rocks 299]

Bleed for This

Didn't love it, but I liked it enough to say I didn't think it was a waste of time. It was missing something, I don't know...a little more background on him personally, and maybe a little more background on what it took for him to get his comeback fight.  But overall, it was pretty good. I think Miles Teller is one of the best young actors in the business. In a small roll, Ted "Put the dog in the basket" Levine was really great at as Lou Duva. 

[saintfool 2,759]

Caught "the Florida Project" over the weekend. I liked it even if it isn't asking to be liked. Willem Dafoe is the only "star" in it and he's a secondary character. It's very much slice of life, vignettes and such. People living on the fringes of a very marginal socio economic existence in the orbit of Orlando and Disney. It felt pretty authentic to me. Kid actors were funny and disarming. 

[saintfool 2,759]

Just now, saintfool said:

Caught "the Florida Project" over the weekend. I liked it even if it isn't asking to be liked. Willem Dafoe is the only "star" in it and he's a secondary character. It's very much slice of life, vignettes and such. People living on the fringes of a very marginal socio economic existence in the orbit of Orlando and Disney. It felt pretty authentic to me. Kid actors were funny and disarming. 

 

[shadrap 1,793]

this a little out there but what's the deal with Casey Affleck thinking he is a tough guy?  I'm not a huge fan but saw "Out of the furnace" last night and he participates in back alley bare knuckle fights & of course he is all tatted up.  He doesn't look tough & I doubt he is.  Like in "Gone Baby Gone" when he threatens to take apart some mobster limb by limb.  I'm thinking at the time he must have some little guy complex.  I mean WTF? 

[Homer J Simpson 8,446]

29 minutes ago, irishidiot said:

this a little out there but what's the deal with Casey Affleck thinking he is a tough guy?  I'm not a huge fan but saw "Out of the furnace" last night and he participates in back alley bare knuckle fights & of course he is all tatted up.  He doesn't look tough & I doubt he is.  Like in "Gone Baby Gone" when he threatens to take apart some mobster limb by limb.  I'm thinking at the time he must have some little guy complex.  I mean WTF? 

You know those movies aren't really about him, right?

[IC FBGCav 5,718]

9 minutes ago, Homer J Simpson said:

You know those movies aren't really about him, right?

[belljr 11,053]

3 hours ago, On The Rocks said:

Bleed for This

Didn't love it, but I liked it enough to say I didn't think it was a waste of time. It was missing something, I don't know...a little more background on him personally, and maybe a little more background on what it took for him to get his comeback fight.  But overall, it was pretty good. I think Miles Teller is one of the best young actors in the business. In a small roll, Ted "Put the dog in the basket" Levine was really great at as Lou Duva. 

Yeah this was pretty good. Sadly the real guy is broke from gambling

[jdoggydogg 2,035]

On 10/13/2017 at 1:10 PM, KarmaPolice said:

Well, I've gotten about 1hr into Alien Covenant, and I am deciding if I have the motivation to finish it tonight.   Mostly I was just bored (brutally dull opening scene set the tone), then I was just grumpy about how bad the little white alien babies were looking.   Just don't understand how and why some of these series stray so far from what the first movies were - ESPECIALLY when it's the same person who was involved in the first one. 

Really can't get motivated to watch this.

[jdoggydogg 2,035]

Don't Think Twice

Excellent bittersweet comedy about a struggling improv group. Lots of funny people in the cast, including Gillian Jacobs, Mike Birbiglia, Kate Micucci, Keegan-Michael Key, and Chris Gethard. Highly recommended.

Edited October 17, 2017 by jdoggydogg

[Andy Dufresne 12,126]

38 minutes ago, jdoggydogg said:

Really can't get motivated to watch this.

And you really shouldn't try.

33 minutes ago, jdoggydogg said:

Don't Think Twice

Excellent bittersweet comedy about a struggling improv group. Lots of funny people in the cast, including Gillian Jacobs, Mike Birbiglia, Kate Micucci, Keegan-Michael, and Chris Gethard. Highly recommended.

I have never heard of any of those people.

[jdoggydogg 2,035]

29 minutes ago, Andy Dufresne said:

1 hour ago, jdoggydogg said:

Don't Think Twice

Excellent bittersweet comedy about a struggling improv group. Lots of funny people in the cast, including Gillian Jacobs, Mike Birbiglia, Kate Micucci, Keegan-Michael Key, and Chris Gethard. Highly recommended.

I have never heard of any of those people.

Gillian Jacobs is the star of Netflix's Love. Birbiglia is a comic who starred in a hilarious one man show called Sleepwalk With Me. Miccuci is one half of the comedy song duo Garfunkle and Oats. Gethard is a comic and podcast host.

[El Floppo 28,609]

21 hours ago, Andy Dufresne said:

And you really shouldn't try.

I have never heard of any of those people.

same.

20 hours ago, jdoggydogg said:

Gillian Jacobs is the star of Netflix's Love. Birbiglia is a comic who starred in a hilarious one man show called Sleepwalk With Me. Miccuci is one half of the comedy song duo Garfunkle and Oats. Gethard is a comic and podcast host.

and this doesn't really help.

[jdoggydogg 2,035]

An interesting, brief analysis of David Fincher's camera techniques.

[El Floppo 28,609]

Just now, jdoggydogg said:

An interesting, brief analysis of David Fincher's camera techniques.

  deja vu

[Andy Dufresne 12,126]

Why wasn't the form of The Destructor chosen as J Edgar Hoover instead of the StayPuft Marshmallow Man? Hoover was the one thought of first.

[rockaction 25,111]

2 minutes ago, Andy Dufresne said:

Why wasn't the form of The Destructor chosen as J Edgar Hoover instead of the StayPuft Marshmallow Man? Hoover was the one thought of first.

[Yankee23Fan 9,376]

Why was Green Latern panned so much? It's not THAT bad.

[Ilov80s 30,228]

I really want to see The Snowman. The hype on this film is unreal. Everything about it seems so ridiculously dumb.

[Kal El 3,874]

Inlaws rented the Lego Batman Movie. It's solidly funny, even for a kids movie.

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

20 minutes ago, Ilov80s said:

I really want to see The Snowman. The hype on this film is unreal. Everything about it seems so ridiculously dumb.

I think it looks damn creepy.  I have read one Nesbo book and liked it. I am hoping for something on the lines of Seven, but who knows. 

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

Holy ####- I just saw the ratings on The Snowman.  I guess I will probably be renting that one. 

[Ilov80s 30,228]

2 minutes ago, KarmaPolice said:

I think it looks damn creepy.  I have read one Nesbo book and liked it. I am hoping for something on the lines of Seven, but who knows. 

I wouldn't hold out too much hope. It's supposed to awful to a level rarely seen.

[Ilov80s 30,228]

I mean the lead characters name is Harry Hole 

[badmojo1006 6,164]

On 9/25/2017 at 10:08 AM, jdoggydogg said:

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+.

See where you are coming, I enjoyed it more. Julianne Moore was fantastic and that opening chase scene was one for the ages.

But what is with the John Denver revival? Kings man and Logan Lucky both played the same songs

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

1 minute ago, Ilov80s said:

I wouldn't hold out too much hope. It's supposed to awful to a level rarely seen.

All I needed to see was that it was rated lower than Madea's Boo 2. 

[Ilov80s 30,228]

1 minute ago, KarmaPolice said:

All I needed to see was that it was rated lower than Madea's Boo 2. 

The director said they didn't have time to film the whole script- 10-15% of it didn't get filmed so as reviewers have pointed out, the movie doesn't make sense.

[Homer J Simpson 8,446]

4 minutes ago, Ilov80s said:

I wouldn't hold out too much hope. It's supposed to awful to a level rarely seen.

At first I was looking forward to it because I dig serial killer movies, now I'm excited to see it just for the trainwreck potential. 

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

Just now, Ilov80s said:

The director said they didn't have time to film the whole script- 10-15% of it didn't get filmed so as reviewers have pointed out, the movie doesn't make sense.

Oof. 

[Homer J Simpson 8,446]

1 minute ago, Ilov80s said:

The director said they didn't have time to film the whole script- 10-15% of it didn't get filmed so as reviewers have pointed out, the movie doesn't make sense.

I read that too. It seems, though, that you should really go out of your way to make time for that sort of thing...you know, filming all the necessary scenes. But what do I know, I'm not in the movie business.

[KarmaPolice 17,263]

1 minute ago, Homer J Simpson said:

At first I was looking forward to it because I dig serial killer movies, now I'm excited to see it just for the trainwreck potential. 

Given the choice, I'd probably still watch it over Justice League. 

[Ilov80s 30,228]

Also apparently they redubbed all of Val Kilmer's scenes- it's not his voice so you never see his character move his mouth. It's always a shot of the back of his head when he's talking to people.

[Homer J Simpson 8,446]

1 minute ago, KarmaPolice said:

Given the choice, I'd probably still watch it over Justice League. 

I'd watch a dog lick its butthole for two hours before I watch another superhero movie.

[Homer J Simpson 8,446]

2 minutes ago, Ilov80s said:

Also apparently they redubbed all of Val Kilmer's scenes- it's not his voice so you never see his character move his mouth. It's always a shot of the back of his head when he's talking to people.

  No freakin' way.

OMG I can't wait to see this flustercuck.

Edited October 22, 2017 by Homer J Simpson

[Ilov80s 30,228]

Also Chloe Sevigny apparently has a big reveal early in the movie and then inexplicably doesn't appear again- no explanation what happened to her.