Rate the last movie that you saw for the first time.

[Droford]

Moviepass #68 Incredibles 2 7/10 I liked it a lot but it was like, it took 14 years for this (and they had to remind you of that at the beginning!)

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Incredibles 2-8/10

Loved it. Really fun. The set pieces are great.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Jurassic World 2 7/10

[Droford]

Moviepass #69 Tag 8.5/10 funniest movie I've seen in a while

[Seanny One Ball]

Jake Johnson is the man, I love that guy.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Adventures in Babysitting-8/10
Ridiculously over the top but fun 80s movie with hilarious characters and whacky situational comedy. Also, Elisabeth Shue was a fox.

[Helmsphere]

Josie and The Pussycats: 5.5/10

Girlfriend is a big fan of this flim, and when I told her I've never seen it, She made me watch it, had some funny bits at the beginning but went downhill quick. Looking back it's weird that Rosario Dawson had the biggest career of the three considering she was the least known at the time.

[Droford]

Jake Johnson is the man, I love that guy.

I only see nick from New Girl though..

[Lock Jaw]

Adventures in Babysitting-8/10
Ridiculously over the top but fun 80s movie with hilarious characters and whacky situational comedy. Also, Elisabeth Shue was a fox.

Been meaning to watch this since I was a kid. We had the VHS somehow, and my dad would always recommend it to us kids, but we would always pick something else.... but I always thought eventually we would watch it.... and then we never did..... VHS probably still sitting never watched at my parent's house.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Currently on Netflix. Highly advised

[Seanny One Ball]

Elizabeth Shue is still a fox. Even in Battle Of The Sexes.

[Ezra]

Truth!

[Fignuts]

Hereditary

9/10

Jesus fuck, that ones gonna stay with me after a while.

That scene where peter wakes up and you can vaguely see his mother on the ceiling was creepier and unsettling than just about anything ever. The fact that you can barely make her out was what made it so effective. Gonna be seeing shit in the shadows for a week.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Ocean's 8-7/10

Good cast that has great chemistry together. I'm forever in love with Anne Hathaway. The plot was good enough and the heist itself was good and fun to watch. Subplot and payoff were a little meh but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

[GD]

Ocean's 8 - 6/10

A lot of fun.

[slik]

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - I guess 6/7 out of 10. Dinos do Dino things.

[ClockShot]

Ocean's 8 - 3.5/5

I liked it. The cast worked out great. Surprise cameos were awesome. Just needed a little more work on a few things.

I'm down for another if it happens.

[Seanny One Ball]

"Suburbicon" - 3/4

This was a lot more enjoyable than reviews would admit. I think people have a problem with the unnecessary racial sub-plot but I get it man. It's a film about white entitlement, guilt, shame and the bad decisions that go along with it.
I enjoyed Julianne Moore and I thought the kid was pretty good too but Matt Damon really should play more neurotic heel characters. He played a dark hearted, amoral, fidgety snake in the grass as well if not better than he did in The Talented Mr Ripley. A few good bad-guy roles could see him land a proper Oscar someday.

[Seanny One Ball]

Downsizing - 1/4

You know you're in real trouble when a film goes to "comedy Asian accent" territory but keeps everyone in a straight face just long enough to legitimise it for morons.

This film lived up to the very bad hype. Avoid because it eats up over two hours with pseudo politics and a horrendous waste of Kirsten Wiig and the comedy her bald presence guarantees.

This was a real eye opener. Thank God Nebraska, Sideways, The Descendants and About Schmidt are all masterpieces because this one reminds us that even the masters have their great failures.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom-6/10

It's enjoyable for what it is, but the set pieces feel old and far too familiar. The cloning plot is back and they double down on it.

The ending leaves it open to really expand the universe, in a way they really haven't to this point. But to echo Dr Malcolm, just because they can, doesn't mean they should.

[PapaGeorgio]

Ben Hur (1959) 5/10 Visually it was amazing. No CGI Greenscreen bullshit back then and looked amazing in scenes. Was very slow paces, not much going on in scenes. Heston had no range. The infamous race was impressive as fuck. Happy I watched it, but never want to see it again.

[Ezra]

Blocker - Surprisingly a funny movie even though some bits are heavily far fetched. I enjoyed cena and his muscular but. Pamela Adon's daughter is a stone cold fox. Would do. 6.4/10

[Tom Guycott]

Adventures in Babysitting-8/10
Ridiculously over the top but fun 80s movie with hilarious characters and whacky situational comedy. Also, Elisabeth Shue was a fox.

Been meaning to watch this since I was a kid. We had the VHS somehow, and my dad would always recommend it to us kids, but we would always pick something else.... but I always thought eventually we would watch it.... and then we never did..... VHS probably still sitting never watched at my parent's house.

"TAKE IT BACK, BRAD! TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THOR!!!"

That hipster Vincent D'onofrio was in the MCU before the MCU was a thing.

[slik]

Won't You Be My Neighbor - 8.5 / 10

Really good documentary about Mr. Rogers and pretty uplifting. Lots of Daniel Tiger appearances is a plus!

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Been meaning to catch it but it's not playing anywhere close to me. Might cry

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Annihilation-8/10

From the same you who made Ex Machina. Thought this was a step down, but still very good and very compelling. The cast is great, and Portman as the lead was stellar. Loved the tone and the pacing. The ending was both wondrous and unnerving. Highly recommend.

[Blue Demon]

Deadpool 2 - 4/5. Not as good as the first, but fun none the less. Some of the cameos were great too.

[slik]

The Endless -- 8.5 / 10

Good film. It's about two brothers who return to the Doomsday Cult they were raised in...only to discover the cult might have been right the entire time.

[Seanny One Ball]

Southland Tales - 3.5/4

One of the sporadic offerings from the director of Donnie Darko, and a better film in my opinion. This is a film for a contemplative mood, a film to make you wonder about genre and style. The director uses actors known for playing outlandish characters or for giving over the top performances in lowest common denominator comedies and other genre films and he interweaves musical performances and choreography to give the film a sort of musical American-Manga feel.

This is deceptive and appears incredibly low brow at first glance. A bit shiny and plastic, like the box is worth more than the toy until you open it up and feel the weight and see the quality.. The actors and the style would be hugely off putting to many critics/students/connoisseurs of film and it possibly put people in a state of unease which I think has coloured the reviews with accusations of tackiness, poor direction and a confusing plot.
I feel that way about Donnie Darko and conversely I enjoyed Southland Tales a great deal and feel it is a far more worthy and sincere film than the disingenuous and pretentious, Donnie Darko.

I see similarities with Japanese cinema and comics in this flick. I think it may be a bit of an homage.

[Seanny One Ball]

I wonder if I should include plot spoilers in my reviews. I say a lot without really describing the story at all in basically every review I do.

[Frank Drebin]

Why do you think Donnie Darko was pretentious and disingenuous?

[Seanny One Ball]

It's one of those films that has everything going for it but the story. It's the Emperor's New Clothes to sell a story with so little to it off the back of others desire to feel smart or cool.

I could be wrong, I find myself occasionally rewatching a once hated film and finding more merit in it the second time around. I was an alcoholic for a long time so I essentially have to re-evaluate my tastes a lot these days. I gave away my copy of Darko but I'll rewatch it the next time it's on TV.

[Seanny One Ball]

I felt the same about Neon Demon but I have rewatched it and it's not that bad. Maybe 1.5/4 and it is beautifully shot and directed but with a flimsy story. I would love to see a Blu Ray of it.

[Seanny One Ball]

Boyhood - 3/4

Watching this years after the hype had died down gave me a chance to see this for what it was - a brilliantly achieved experiment in film making with some excellent observations and insights into human interactions that Richard Linklater has made his signature. The time spent, the dedication to the project and overcoming or avoiding the obstacles that a production period of 15 years must have presented is an achievement so singularly impressive and unlikely to be repeated in fiction that it has to be respected and admired. The only comparable thing I can think of is the far longer running "7 and Up" documentary series by Michael Apted now running into it's 60-something year.

With all of that said I found the plot itself to be extremely bleak in parts and far too middle of the road in others to balance the tone. Not a particularly happy film nor did I think Patricia Arquette deserved an Oscar for it. No actor in the film was particularly impressive but I did like the two children that grow up in front of you, that was beautiful and the main reason people were so overwhelmed by it.

Dazed And Confused is still his magnum opus, followed immediately by A Scanner Darkly.

[Seanny One Ball]

Natural Born Killers - 1/4

Oliver Stone is a mediocre director who has skated by with a generously high reputation built on bad films that make money. Somehow he seems to be a good screenwriter. Platoon is a great film but perhaps his direction was more a product of his involvement in the war and his brilliance as a writer than his aptitude as a director.

Now that I've said all of that, Natural Born Killers is a Badlands rip off with acid western direction and a real waste of talent in the few roles the film has.
It looks like Hunter S Thompson directed Bonnie And Clyde...but Hunter S Thompson was a loudmouth junkie loser so I'm not sure why anybody would want to see through his eyes.

As an indictment of the behaviour exhibited in the film by the protagonists it fails on every level as it makes no attempt to demonise their behaviour, simply explaining away their crimes by way of the film's title and some bad taste vignettes of their early home lives.
Everybody is a bastard but the kindly native Americans, nobody is righteously punished despite the brutal and complete annihilation of the majority of the cast.

This is a film that is feeble under even the slightest scrutiny and despite Stone's insistence on it as a morality story that doesn't glorify violence it is basically murder porn for 90's weirdo's.

I think everything has it's place and this was just bad enough that I'd say it belongs next to Maniac Cop or Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer in terms of worth. I don't resent these movies, I just have no desire to see them again now that I'm no longer bound by the youth enticing mystique of Adult rated movies.

I have to say that this was particularly bad, even in a week that included Downsizing.

[Seanny One Ball]

Martha Marcy May Marlene - 4/4

John Hawkes and Elizabeth Olsen are as talented as anybody working in acting today. I have a real tendency towards them as actors and a real and engrained distaste for films that are hopelessly grim, unsettling or depressing.
Martha Marcy May Marlene is a story about emancipation, indoctrination, abuse, escape and re-assimilation. It is dark, ugly and up close but it's an honest film with good intentions, wonderful performances and a uniquely accepting tone which might sound odd but in review it is easy to see how a more judgemental take could have spoiled the lasting impact.

This is a film that could easily be turned into a play. Each scene is made for a stage really, you are exposed to a lot of conversations, explanations and proclamations from John Hawkes.
Two great performances hold together a pretty impressive piece of work. The ending stayed with me.

[Frank Drebin]

I know who was in the car at the end.

Mary-Kate and Ashley

[Frank Drebin]

I dunno, I liked Donnie Darko alot. I see your point about it being a bit pretentious but I thought it was cool. The bunny is pretty iconic nowadays.

[Lock Jaw]

I wonder if I should include plot spoilers in my reviews. I say a lot without really describing the story at all in basically every review I do.

You could include a few plot spoiler filled comments in a spoiler tag below yur review if you wanted to.....

[Seanny One Ball]

I'll see what I think when I get another chance at it but I remember really hating it.

When I was drinking I ways convinced Casey Affleck was bullshit. I thought The Assassination Of Jesse James was the worst western I had ever seen. It wasn't until 2016 or so that I rewatched it sober and realised I had been hating the things that made it a masterpiece.

I don't hold up much hope for anything so I may be surprised. I fucking hate Jena Malone though so maybe not.

[Seanny One Ball]

You could include a few plot spoiler filled comments in a spoiler tag below yur review if you wanted to.....



I think I will if it feels necessary at the time. I am against spoiling things for others and spoiler tags can fail miserably if somebody screws up a quote so I may just give oblique references to the general plot.

[Sixx]

It's one of those films that has everything going for it but the story. It's the Emperor's New Clothes to sell a story with so little to it off the back of others desire to feel smart or cool.

I could be wrong, I find myself occasionally rewatching a once hated film and finding more merit in it the second time around. I was an alcoholic for a long time so I essentially have to re-evaluate my tastes a lot these days. I gave away my copy of Darko but I'll rewatch it the next time it's on TV.

You're an alcoholic for the rest of your life! You're sober, but you're still an alcoholic!

Don't you remember all that bullshit they say in therapy?

It's the tits.

[Droford]

Moviepass #70 Jurassic World 2 - 5/10 they couldnt be bothered to put some effort into the sequel i cant be bothered to put effort into a review

[Seanny One Ball]

That's pretty much a perfect burn for a bad film.

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm watching the Shape Of Water. The first 15 minutes are not encouraging. This is one of those films I'm liable to throw in the bin.
I know that this is an homage and good natured rib on old style horror and the steam punk fantasy but come off it. This is like modern art, the joke costs too damned much to be worth the punchline.

To use some antiquated language: So far it's about a masturbating mute with obvious and revolting mental retardation, Richard Jenkins plays a neurotic old queen and Michael Shannon hasn't turned up to save me from killing myself yet.
Octavia Spencer is still sassy and black, Wanda Sykes must have lost the coin flip.

[Seanny One Ball]

This is why I've owned a copy of Amelie for over a decade and have never even popped it in the disc drive.

[Seanny One Ball]

Michael Shannon pulled this whole film up a notch just by walking into a bathroom, giving a little pointer on piss and walking out chewing gum.

[Seanny One Ball]

A man who had his fingers bitten off and reattached would not be bending them a day or so afterwards. Not today. Not in the 60's.

Everything in this is designed to inflate and inflame my prejudices.
Stop getting whimsy wrong. It's not whimsical, it's weird.

[Seanny One Ball]

Now there's Nick Searcy playing a murderous military oaf keen for vivisection.
I feel like this is trying to be to horror as Airplane! was to comedy or Warrior was to martial arts movies. It's choc full of tropes but I don't like any of them. They just make me confused for the hype.

This is like every film Maila Nurmi ever made fun of.

Rod Serling was coining these quasi-profound truly maudlin tropes back when he was busy writing, creating and overseeing the Twilight Zone... and that was half a decade before the time in which this film is set.

[Seanny One Ball]

Michael Stuhlbarg is the best thing about this but to be fair the acting is all on point. Nobody is outright bad besides the lead and that is clearly an issue of fucking terrible writing and direction.

I am tired of pretty films that have nothing new to say. I'm appalled that this film won Best Picture. I may actually keep this as a reminder never to go full price on a film I'm unsure of ever again.

[Seanny One Ball]

I can imagine Roger Corman has a few scripts exactly like this just tucked away in six foot tall piles, yellowing and curling at the edges as the years go by.

He probably has more than one film actually made involving females that fall in love with unusual creatures.

[Seanny One Ball]

Ray Harryhausen would have done incredible things with this.

Next up Quentin Tarantino remakes the "Confessions Of..." series replacing all of the sex with foot stuff. Confessions Of A Shoe Salesman.

[Seanny One Ball]

This film just pinched an excerpt from MotherHorseEyes.

Unless MotherHorseEyes lifted it first that whole unborn, unmade dialogue looks to be a pretty obvious rip.

Maybe Lovecraft used to say that stuff first. Del Toro seems to like lifting from him.

[Seanny One Ball]

The Shape Of Water - 1.5/4

A derivative, hammy, camp and consistently predictable "tropestry" that should hang on the Wall of Shame.

This is not a good movie.
One positive is that despite the shamefully mediocre material Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Nick Searcy and especially Michael Stuhlbarg play their parts very well.
This Sally Hawkins was unknown to me before and hopefully will fizzle back into annihilation because I think she's really quite bad. She shouldn't shoulder the blame for her character being entirely unappealing but anybody who makes me wish a mute cleaning lady would die, in a film where the mute cleaning lady is supposedly the heroine, cannot be a good actress.

[Lock Jaw]

I enjoyed Shape of Water. Not an absolute masterpiece or anything, but I enjoyed watching it.

[Seanny One Ball]

How many times have you flooded your bathroom in an attempt to get laid now anyway?

So many unnecessary deaths.

[Lock Jaw]

It was a charming little tale of beastiality

[Seanny One Ball]

It was exactly that. The beast just wanted an egg. Pavlov was kinder to dogs than that naked mute simpleton was to the creature.

[Frank Drebin]

Splash Noir that movie was. It even fucking had the same ending as Splash. I didn't get why everyone loved it.

[Frank Drebin]

So many things that annoyed me about it. Generic ass Octavia Spencer playing a sassy black woman for the millionth time. Random gay side story. Really random musical number.

[Seanny One Ball]

Baby Driver is another hugely hyped film that I just couldn't get behind with the way everybody else amped up the hype. It was so mediocre. Just an obvious collection of cut and pastes that could fit into any film of the same genre and already belong to others.

[Seanny One Ball]

I was quite grossed out by it but only in the parts that were supposed to evoke the beauty of love.

It was repugnant really.

[Frank Drebin]

It was a charming little tale of beastiality

You'd fuck it if it were female and had big boobs.

[Frank Drebin]

Lock Jaw, would you fuck the sea creature from Shape of Water for $10k?

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah man, seems like it would really know what it is doing

[Frank Drebin]

Would you do it for just $5k?

[Lock Jaw]

Changed my mind on the whole thing. Don't want to have to flood my bathroom and then have to pay for repairs and have construction workers taking over a year to repair it.

[Seanny One Ball]

Ask the construction workers to convert your bathroom into a water tank.

[Seanny One Ball]

Maybe LJ hires each construction crew to finish a different part of his H.H.Holmes murder mansion. That's why it's taking so long.

[PapaGeorgio]

Citizen Kane - Not Impressed/10

[Frank Drebin]

Changed my mind on the whole thing. Don't want to have to flood my bathroom and then have to pay for repairs and have construction workers taking over a year to repair it.

How would that be different than your life right now other than a little dampness?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I liked both Baby Driver and Shape of Water. Neither of which were my favorite films of last year.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Sicario: Day of the Soldado-7/10

Nowhere near as engrossing or thrilling as the first. The main plot is a bit murky and the subplot doesn't pay off. But it's still a well shot, tense and at times violent movie carried by its performers and maybe there is more in the tank based on the ending

[PapaGeorgio]

Swing Time 3.5/10

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Hell or High Water-9/10

Excellent modern heist themed western with great character work across the board, pacing and scenery. Loved every minute of it.

[Droford]

Moviepass #71 Uncle Drew - 7.5/10 good for what it was and actually one of the funnier movies I've seen although Tiffany Haddish is reaching high level of annoyance factor

Moviepass #72 Oceans 8 - 8/10 I did really enjoy it and I'm pretty sure it was at leAst better than 12 and 13.

[slik]

Ocean's 8 -- 7.5/10

Didn't expect it to be good but I enjoyed it. Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson all really good.

[Ezra]

Rampage - 7.2/10

I love the rock so i like everything he is in so the score reflects that. Definitely good for your hollywood blockbuster over the top action movie. Movie moved at a nice pace and kept me interested throughout. Poor Jeffery Dean Morgan was more or less cowboy Negan in this. I know the man has acting chops so not real sure why he got typecasted or typecasted himself. Do kinda wish rock was opposite zoe Saldana though as i quite love her and the actress in this reminded me of her. Zoe would have just had the better ass to watch running but i digress.

If i am allowed a bitch it would have to be the end where george, the fucking monster, just randomly helps a dude out of a window like "oh crazy monster gorilla isn't gonna eat me now." Really surprised they didnt pull a claasic scene from the game and had george reach into a building and eat someone. I guess that was Ackerman's scene but it just wasn't the same.

Good little action flick and my homo enhanced feelings for dwayne remains the same.

[Frank Drebin]

Spoiler tags, fuck face.

[Frank Drebin]

Also Zoe Saldana is a weak celebrity crush. Minus even more points for that.

[Ezra]

Sorry frank about the spoiler. Fixed that for you.

[Ezra]

Also Zoe Saldana is a weak celebrity crush. Minus even more points for that.

Shes one of many.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Anne Hathaway for me. I fucking love that woman.

[Seanny One Ball]

Spoiler tags, fuck face.



Dumbledore was dead the whole time!

No hang on a minute, that's not right...

[Frank Drebin]

:eek:

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "Game Night".

This is so weird, dark and awkward I don't think they have the right balance for a comedy nor the right chemistry. It's missing a lot in the laughs department but it could have been a pretty great movie with a bit of heart in it.
It seems unnecessarily mean spirited instead of raunchy. It's missing the identifiable bad guys that made the actions of the protagonists in Horrible Bosses so redemptive and justified any schadenfreude.

Jesse Plemons is so sympathetic he just makes me think the others are jerks.

Still time for them to fix it, half an hour left...better late than never.

[Seanny One Ball]

Jesse Plemons saves the movie.

Typical. Never doubt Plemons.

[Seanny One Ball]

The ending of the film managed to tie up virtually every concern I had very well. The ending is so much stronger than the beginning and the middle is just weird but it all comes together to make a film I will have to watch again.

Either the makers of this film were given carte blanche or they sold this the hard way because on paper it cannot have been an attractive script. I would have worried big time about financing a film that does what this film does to the viewer if I was a studio head. People walk out of comedies as much as any other type of film and some people won't have the patience for this.

Exceptional use of Plemons.

[Droford]

Game night was my favorite comedy of the year so far til TAG.

[Ezra]

Super Troopers 2 - 6/10

Didn't realize there was almost 2 decades between these two flicks. That's a long fucking time. It obviously didn't capture the magic of the first one but there was plenty of funny bits but I would think 17 years later they could come up with a better premise and plot line for this movie. Honestly I thought this should have been better than what it was but I mean its a stoner comedy flick so we can't really be getting to pissy about it. I will probably do a back to back viewing some where down the road.

[slik]

The First Purge -- 6.5/10

My least favorite film in The Purge series. It didn't flow as well as the other three have. Costumes/Masks were all good, as they tend to be w/ this series. Marissa Tomei was underused imo and I wish that


The audience would have seen her in the van begging and pleading before cutting to security cam footage of her being thrown out of the van and shot

[Ezra]

Game over, man 6.3/10

From the workaholics crew this over the top comedy is what you'd expect from this group in an r rated setting. Tons of profanity, drug use and a couple of penises. This movie is basically a workaholics movie with a few tweaks to the 3 main characters but not really very much except one is gay. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination and there is actually a decent co star cast led by Neal P. McDonough who i absolutely love. He will forever be type cast as a villan but he is so deliciously evil i don't mind.

The plot is outrageous as are a few of the death scenes but the movie is meant to be absurd, over the top and funny. It hits on all those cylinders in bits and pieces throughout but in the end it really just seems netflix said "we got the money to give you to make a movie but we cant get the rights to workaholics so make us something as close as possible to that without us getting sued."

The boys took the free money.

[GD]

Love, Simon - 6/10

Ant Man and Wasp - 8/10

Quality post credit scene #1

[slik]

Ant Man And The Wasp -- 8/10

Really fun movie. Great action scenes. A lot of good characters. Cool special effects. Wasp is a badass.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Sicario: Soldado 7/10

[Destor]

Antman and The Wasp: 7/10

Really fun. For a movie about science they spent a lot of time turning it into psudomagic. Could have easily been a Doctor Strange movie. Baring that flaw the movie was great. Good characters. Well written call backs. The Wasp was fabulous though id have liked more of her.

[Lock Jaw]

Ant Man and The Wasp: 7/10

One of those Marvel movies that is just "fine" and you forget about in a few years. Bumped the score up by half a point because I had no idea Michelle Pfiefer was still a smokeshow.

[Seanny One Ball]

I thought her from Lost was a very weak part of Ant Man. I may just give this one a miss.

[ClockShot]

Sicario: Day of the Soldado - 3/5

I was hoping with Taylor Sheridan's recent track record this wouldn't fall victim to the "Sequel Curse". Unfortunately it did.

That kid broke rule #1. Double tap.

[XL]

I was like “Wait! Ant Man and The Wasp is out already!? How did that sneak past me?” Turns out it’s not out in the UK until August! Unusual, as we normally get Marvel movies early.

[Seanny One Ball]

I am still waiting for Infinity War! Some little girl ruined it for me by walking past the DVD rack and saying "dead" as she pointed at Marvel box covers though...

[Ezra]

Watched first purge tonight due to Ant Man being sold out and I had a movie pass...so hey watch something

It was ok. I get why they went where they went with it. Not sure why I was supposed to feel connected to a few characters and a lot of it came off as a big hero action movie at times which is not the formula that should be followed. Like I said, it was ok. Also, not sure why everyone had their fucking cell phone vibrate on LOUD when you know for a fact people are killing everything that moves. Maybe there wasn't a silent feature back then... I can't remember.

5.7/10 - Now there's a purge tv show. Lame.

[Droford]

Moviepass #73 Antman 2 - 5/10 So I just watched thevfirsr one today for the first time (not gonna rate it here) but it got me interested enough in the sequel to watch almost immediately after. The sequel seemed like it didn't know what it wanted to do all over the place ..there was at least some more humor..but really I just didn't like it as much as the first one by a wide margin

[GD]

Watching "Game Night".

This is so weird, dark and awkward I don't think they have the right balance for a comedy nor the right chemistry. It's missing a lot in the laughs department but it could have been a pretty great movie with a bit of heart in it.
It seems unnecessarily mean spirited instead of raunchy. It's missing the identifiable bad guys that made the actions of the protagonists in Horrible Bosses so redemptive and justified any schadenfreude.

Jesse Plemons is so sympathetic he just makes me think the others are jerks.

Still time for them to fix it, half an hour left...better late than never.

Jesse Plemons saves the movie.

Typical. Never doubt Plemons.

Meth Damon rules. Quality movie.

[Seanny One Ball]

Yeah it is so much better when you get to the numerous end twists. It had me worried though.

[Nicky Fives]

Antma & The Wasp: 8.5/10 - One of my more favourite in the Marvel franchise. Good action, good story, good humour, awesome special effects.... cannot ask for more than that....Paul Rudd looks amazing for almost 50 years old....

[Seanny One Ball]

Paul Rudd is nearly 50?!

Jesus I had never even thought about that before...

[EIWF]

Solo, a star wars story.

Oh dear.....it was bad.

2 out of 5

[Droford]

Moviepass #74 First Purge 3/10 blah blah conservatives hate minorities blah blah..whatever

Note I have basically 7 weeks to see 10 movies for 84 in a year or 7 a month. Wanted a 100 but not gonna make it

won't you be my neighbor
Skyscraper
Sorry to bother you (eventually)
Equalizer 2
Teen Titans
MI Fallout
Christopher Robin
Darkest Minda
Spy who dumped me
The Meg
Mile 22
Happytime Murders
Slenderman
Which is 13 so I should make it

[Droford]

Moviepass #75 Won't You Be My Neighbor 7.5/10 from a documentary standpoint its excellent. My GF cried her eyes out for like an hour

[Lock Jaw]

Did you "comfort her" (with yr. dong)

[Nicky Fives]

Paul Rudd is nearly 50?!

Jesus I had never even thought about that before...

Born April 6, 1969... He's been around for ages..... The wife's celebrity crush....

[Frank Drebin]

Moviepass #75 Won't You Be My Neighbor 7.5/10 from a documentary standpoint its excellent. My GF cried her eyes out for like an hour

Really want to see this as I'm a huge Mr. Rogers mark to this day. Problem is that everyone says you'll cry (why? When he dies?) so I'm putting it in the same category as Dumbo where I'm not going to a public place to watch a movie where I have a high probability of breaking down in front of a theater full of people.

[Frank Drebin]

Maybe the nicest, most honest and well meaning person ever to exist.

[Frank Drebin]

I remember this old prank show that thought it would be funny to remove the TV from his hotel room figuring he'd be upset about it and demand they find another tv. A terrible premise for a prank to begin with. Like, were you expecting that anyone, let alone Fred Rogers, would throw shot around the room because the TV was gone?? Anyway....

They have someone show him the room and he's just like "It looks fine, thank you." And they have to point out the gag - that there's no tv. He's just like "Oh, that's OK I don't watch much television anyway." So the host has to come in and be like "we thought you'd be upset."

[Seanny One Ball]

So basically they completely undermined the premise by picking a genuinely nice guy.

This makes Zach Braff's child-punching reaction to Punk'd even better.

[ClockShot]

The Incredibles 2 - 4.5/5

Brad Bird needs to cut a deal with Disney/Pixar and just keep making good stuff like this.

[Seanny One Ball]

Can I please get a few suggestions for films to watch/review?

I'm trying to get into horror but I will watch anything right now.

[Lock Jaw]

The subject of the first and only week of TPWW Movie Club: http://www.tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=77171

"Finishing the Game"

[Frank Drebin]

If you can find this low budget but really good quality movie Lunopolis I'd really like to hear your thoughts on it.

[GD]

Skyscraper - 3/10

[Droford]

Moviepass #76 Skyscraper 4.5/10

The first 30 minutes or so were solid and enjoyable and then somewhere after the first fight scene (which was great) the movie just went to shit. Not the worst I've seen lately but its on the list.

[slik]

Skyscraper - 4/10

It's big and dumb and I think kids will like it. Then those kids will rewatch it in twenty years and be like 'holy shit this has a lot of plot holes'

Neve Campbell channels her inner Sydney Prescott.

[Disturbed316]

Ant-Man and The Wasp - 8/10

A good stand alone entry. Mid credit scene had everyone gasping.

[Frank Drebin]

Please Seanny, review Lunopolis!

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Won't you be my neighbor-8/10
The feels. Mr Rogers was a remarkable man. This doc just solidified what I grew up believing.

Ant Man and the Wasp-7/10
The shrinking and growing novelty didn't have the same charm but Paul Rudd has undeniable likeability and charm and the ending was great. Mid credits scene was stellar.

[ClockShot]

I Kill Giants - 1.5/5

I expected this to be like Sucker Punch but soooo much better. Not even close.

[Seanny One Ball]

Please Seanny, review Lunopolis!


I'll try and find it this afternoon. I saw Dark City the other day and it blew my mind.

[Seanny One Ball]

I can't find it but it sounds like a movie I once watched about half of while channel surfing. It may have been on Film 4 in the U.K.

Currently watching a film called "Delirious" with Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt. This is going to receive a high rating and probably quite a long review.

[ClockShot]

Ant-Man & The Wasp - 4/5

Michelle Pfeiffer looks great, the whole cast got about an equal amount of screen time, Hannah John-Kamen is on her way. New season of Killjoys can't come fast enough.

Mr., Mrs., and Hope getting snapped while Scott's in the Quantum Realm is cool for it's own cliffhanger.

[Droford]

Moviepass #77 Unfriended 2 - 1/10
Just barely better than mother! I can't tell you enough about how stupid this movie is. So just heed my warning lol

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Sorry to Bother You-7/10

Working in a call center, I found the first 2/3 of the movie funny and relatable. Then it went into some really weird territory that threw me for a loop and even 24 hours after seeing it, I'm still not sure how to feel about the 3rd act. But it was still enjoyable and funny enough.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Hotel Artemis 7/10

[GD]

Sorry to Bother You-7/10

Working in a call center, I found the first 2/3 of the movie funny and relatable. Then it went into some really weird territory that threw me for a loop and even 24 hours after seeing it, I'm still not sure how to feel about the 3rd act. But it was still enjoyable and funny enough.

Yep.

The beginning of the third act felt like a trip without dropping acid.


Sorry to Bother You - 6/10

[Droford]

Moviepass #78 Equalizer 2 7.5/10

I give it a decent score because it wasn't bad but at the end of the day it felt unnecessary as a sequel.

[Shisen Kopf]

The new jurassic park movie 3.2/7 decent thats about it

[Seanny One Ball]

Delirious - 4/4

I can't think of a similar type of film that comes close to this overlooked, unheralded takedown of fame chasers and their neuroses. This is a stunning picture about the escalation and self immolation of the fantasists that hunt for publicity in an all-or-nothing attempt at gaining or retaining an audience, a following and acceptance. Tom DiCillo is a name I had heard perhaps but definitely had no idea about and here he has created a work of fiction so concise, so accurate that I doubt I will ever forget him. In fact I should really be looking to experience more of his product because I was enthralled by "Delirious".
Steve Buscemi plays off Michael Pitt like mustard on a hot dog and he is glorious as a cheap, unrefined yet deliciously shameless little nobody of a paparazzo against Michael Pitt's beleaguered transient actor-wannabe with charisma pouring from his aura.

Nobody wants to know Steve, nobody knows but everybody wants Michael and what the world isn't aware of is the broken promises and unimaginable torments that the truly famous can expect to face when the parasites catch their scent.

This is a film about conversations that lead to calamity and misfortune that polishes to a golden shine. Maybe perceptions are best left unexplored and perhaps apathy has had it's day.

[Seanny One Ball]

I really really loved Delirious. The chemistry between Buscemi and Pitt shows ability at it's very peak. I cannot stress that enough. This is a film for the fantasists and the dreamers as well as a film about them.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Yep.

The beginning of the third act felt like a trip without dropping acid.


Sorry to Bother You - 6/10

EXACTLY! Which is what I thought it was until it was explained.

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm about to watch I, Tonya. I don't hold out much hope for Margot Robbie, but I hear Alison Janney is superb.

[Seanny One Ball]

The facial CGI in this is absolutely appalling.

[Droford]

Moviepass #79 (not really*) MI: Fallout 8.5/10 solid movie

*Moviepass was down the whole night so I had to pay out of pocket

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Excited for Fallout. The last one was stellar.

[Droford]

RIP Moviepass

They finally ran out of money lol

Oh well

[Frank Drebin]

They got a loan! Go while you still can! For freedom!

[Damian Rey 2.0]

They didn't have but one showing off MI:Fallout. Like 40 miles away. Bastards. Such a great thing.

[Droford]

Moviepass #80 3 Identical Strangers 8/10 solid documentary

And probably my last moviepass movie since its down again tonight

[slik]

Teen Titans Go The Movies - 7.5/10

Droford, I almost saw Identical Strangers but didn't feel like to driving the the theatre it was playing at and decided I wanted something light. MP didn't work for me either so I ended up paying out of pocket...

It was surprisingly cute. Silly and harmless. Parodies the DC and Marvel flicks a lot, kids would like it.

[GD]

Mission Impossible: Fallout - 9/10

I haven't seen such a well made action film in a very long time. Highest of recommendations. If you have Dolby Cinema near you, it's definitely worth spending the extra cash.

[Seanny One Ball]

Lego Ninjago Movie - 3/4

I thought this was almost as good as Lego Batman. I love the animation, it's pretty incredible how Lego looks on screen. I watched a short documentary about their methods once and they have a huge database of animated parts which correspond to real-life Lego pieces just for the fact kids will be able to recreate these films at home. I know I'm extremely late in the game for the Lego movie phenomenon but I liked this a lot so maybe it's best for anyone not yet overexposed.

[GD]

You Were Never Really Here - 8/10

Joaquin Phoenix is visceral.

[Droford]

Moviepass #81 Blindspotting 7.5/10

Was expecting something way more serious (although it had its moments) but it had some humor.

[GD]

Hey Droford, I've been having a lot of service interruptions as far as MoviePass is concerned. Considering cancelling it for AMC's offering.

[GD]

Incredibles 2 - 8/10

The short film was absolutely adorable.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Hey Droford, I've been having a lot of service interruptions as far as MoviePass is concerned. Considering cancelling it for AMC's offering.

He and I are talking about it in his thread. I'm right there with you. The surge pricing, limiting showtimes and eliminating movies all together was the death knell.

I've read you can use the 2nd and 3rd movie options each week as an extra ticket for a guest. That's brilliant if true. I'll be getting the AMC pass next week.

[GD]

Indeed. It's a bummer that they're not allowing members to watch "Mission Impossible: Fallout". Then again, whenever such a big film opens, I don't mind spending extra for IMAX / Dolby Cinema (which are included in AMC's A-List program). MoviePass was a lot of fun while it lasted.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

It was. I'll end up getting around 22 movies or so out of it. In about 6 months. That's a huge return on investment. But the AMC pass seems like it'll be a good get. Especially with the option to use any format.

[Blue Demon]

Super Troopers 2 - 3.5/5. It was fun, but the jokes seemed a bit stale.

[Seanny One Ball]

The Psychotronic Man (1979) aka Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man

No review, just to say I bought this for the amazing name and DVD cover art. This film has lots of weird shit in it and for some reason it has an incredible theme tune.

It's about a middle aged hairdresser called Rocky who drinks hairdressers sterilising solution(or it may have been booze hidden in a hair product bottle) and goes on a bender. He then wakes up with the ability to fuck things up with his mind after some weird floaty stuff happens to his car in....a dream?
It looks like a drive-in movie and the lead actor is clearly 45 with a marvellous thick moustache.

For production trickery there is a fair amount of slowed and sped up footage, the odd cut and loop here and there but this isn't a steak, it's not even a burger or a hot dog. This movie is Vienna sausage at best and sometimes those little bastards will do in a pinch.

I basically love this film.

For an indie flick with almost entirely amateur actors filling the cast I have to give it a 2.5/4.

[Seanny One Ball]

I accidentally reviewed it

[Sixx]

Fine review as always.

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm a big Jane Levy fan so I'm watching "Don't Breathe" for the first time.
This is fucking nuts. A genuinely tense horror film that hasn't descended into cheap jumps(yet).

I wonder if this inspired A Quiet Place? Seems like a very simple premise. Surely has a niche in the genre.

[Seanny One Ball]

Stephen Lang is kind of perfect for horror.

On a side note the young guy in this is the spitting image of Logan Lerman

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh Jesus Fucking Christ

[Seanny One Ball]

This is next level shit man

[Seanny One Ball]

Don't Breathe - 4/4

Throws you every which way but loose, then when you think you finally are loose suddenly the ground opens up beneath you and you're back in the cellar.

This could have gone comically wrong in the wrong hands(I'm thinking of James Wan and Leigh Whannel here) but due to the strength of performance from Levy, Lang and Minnette and the commitment to character you never really pick holes in the plot. Or at least I didn't and that could also be due to the pace of the plot. It zips along but it's a streamlined film with no unnecessary flash, all of the substance is saved for the script, performances and the quality of the production. It reminds me of an HBO show the way it moves.

[GD]

Eight Grade - 8/10

Absolutely amazing.

[Lock Jaw]

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 7.5/10

[road doggy dogg]

Mission Impossible - Fallout: 10/10

might be my fav action movie since Mad Max or John Wick. It's up there

[Lock Jaw]

Do I need to see any of the recent movies to fully appreciate it? Don't think I've seen a Mission Impossible since 3. Even that, I'm not sure I saw.

I mean, I don't really remember any.

[road doggy dogg]

Eh. There's some story stuff that you definitely would be missing out on. But if you just wanna see a crazy action movie with some really incredible stunts, it's worth checking out for that alone.

[Frank Drebin]

Heard it's sweet but I have no idea how many of the MI movies I've seen and really don't remember anything from any of them. Like, maybe I've seen 4 of the 10 or whatever. I'll rent this at some point when I'm bored.

[slik]

I will prob see it tonight and I haven't seen a MI since the 2nd one.

[Lock Jaw]

I've heard good things about the last couple, but just never sought them out....

[Destor]

Pretty sure im going to go see pooh bear tomorrow

[Jordan]

Mission Impossible Fallout - 9/10, small non specific spoilers ahead.

Amazing movie, so so fun, highly recommended to anyone Scientologist or not. I didn't like the crazy triple turn at the end of the 2nd act, truly got lost there but that aside I fucking loved that movie. In a year I will probably rate it 8/10 but for now, 9/10.

[slik]

Mission Impossible Fallout - 8.5/10

I haven't see an MI film in years. Loads of fun, reminded me of the old James Bond films, non-stop action and set pieces. Despite not seeing a MI film in a long time I didn't have trouble following the plot. Definitely recommended to action film fans.

[Droford]

Do I need to see any of the recent movies to fully appreciate it? Don't think I've seen a Mission Impossible since 3. Even that, I'm not sure I saw.

I mean, I don't really remember any.

You at least need to see the last one (Rogue Nation) since its a direct sequel that carries over.

Also somehow I've never done this before but I could only check into to Spy Who Dumped Me at 445 but I didn't want to go home and come back so I used Regal Points to see Darkest Minds at 245 since its blocked by Moviepass for 2 weeks anyway. Double Feature!

Moviepass #82 (*)Darkest Minds 7/10 pretty violent for pg13 but the story is kinda dumb

Moviepass #83 Spy Who Dumped Me 8/10 2nd funniest movie I've seenbthus year behind TAG

* - counting it since I earned points directly because of Moviepass

[GD]

Platoon - Epic.

Such a great cast with compelling characters. I didn't even realize that Johnny Depp was in the movie.

[Seanny One Ball]

I will prob see it tonight and I haven't seen a MI since the 2nd one.



John Woo put a lot of people off M.I with that bullshit second one.

[Seanny One Ball]

Platoon - Epic.

Such a great cast with compelling characters. I didn't even realize that Johnny Depp was in the movie.



Oliver Stone's best film, the only one that can reasonably be called a masterpiece.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Mission Impossible Fallout - 8.5/10

A very good film.

Was the "White Widow" the daughter of "Max," the female arms dealer/broker who was in the first film? When you first see her in the club, she is going on about her mother "Max" to the audience.

[GD]

42 - Great.

Right in the feels

[GD]

Happy Anniversary (Netflix) - Super cute.

[GD]

Cancelled my MoviePass account. Have a week’s worth of time before it expires.

[Sixx]

Cancelled my MoviePass account. Have a week’s worth of time before it expires.

That's one shitty review.

[GD]

That's one shitty review.

Is this a "woosh" moment?

[Tom Guycott]

The Psychotronic Man (1979) aka Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man

No review, just to say I bought this for the amazing name and DVD cover art. This film has lots of weird shit in it and for some reason it has an incredible theme tune.

It's about a middle aged hairdresser called Rocky who drinks hairdressers sterilising solution(or it may have been booze hidden in a hair product bottle) and goes on a bender. He then wakes up with the ability to fuck things up with his mind after some weird floaty stuff happens to his car in....a dream?
It looks like a drive-in movie and the lead actor is clearly 45 with a marvellous thick moustache.

For production trickery there is a fair amount of slowed and sped up footage, the odd cut and loop here and there but this isn't a steak, it's not even a burger or a hot dog. This movie is Vienna sausage at best and sometimes those little bastards will do in a pinch.

I basically love this film.

For an indie flick with almost entirely amateur actors filling the cast I have to give it a 2.5/4.

Sounds like a flick that should have a silhouette of a guy and two robots in the lower right hand corner of the screen.

[road doggy dogg]

Mission Impossible Fallout - 8.5/10

A very good film.

Was the "White Widow" the daughter of "Max," the female arms dealer/broker who was in the first film? When you first see her in the club, she is going on about her mother "Max" to the audience.

yea she was

[Droford]

Moviepass #84 Teen Titans Go to the Movies 7/10 liked a lot of the inside jokes

[slik]

That's a bad review @Droford!

I saw that movie and thought it was 'cute' and did a nice job 'making fun of superhero movies'

[ClockShot]

The Equalizer 2 - 2.5/5

Not as good as first. Sequel curse, again.

[Seanny One Ball]

Sounds like a flick that should have a silhouette of a guy and two robots in the lower right hand corner of the screen.



It's perfect for the MST3K treatment only it has too many great parts that may be overlooked as novelty rather than pure class.

The tune is in my head forever

[GD]

Death of a Nation - 10/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Blockers was pretty standard comedy fare with a handful of big laughs in it.

Not impressive but a middling comedy gets my vote over any other mediocre genre film.

Not worth a review, probably 2.5/4

[GD]

Three Identical Strangers (Documentary) - Solid. Right in the feels. Still a bit shook.

[slik]

Slenderman - 2/10

About what I expected but I was bored and felt like seeing a horror film. Not the worst movie of all time but definitely terrible. Highlight was a moment that was unintentionally hilarious and left the whole theater laughing.

[Seanny One Ball]

That's a great review snippet:

"Not the worst movie of all time but definitely terrible."

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Ant Man and the Wasp 7/10

Enjoyable, standard Marvel fare.

[Seanny One Ball]

Can't stop watching the intro to The Psychotronic Man. So good. So awful. The haircuts...

[GD]

BlacKkKlansman - Excellent.

Strong performances and one of Spike Lee's finest.

[Droford]

Moviepass #85 Slenderman 6/10 the bright spot i had was the sound which was pretty creepy and there were a couple of good spots but other wise nothing great

[slik]

MEG - 6.5/10

It's big and dumb but fun. People swim away from the shark. People then get eaten by shark. Sorry for the spoiler. Chomp. Chomp.

[McLegend]

Mission Impossible- Fallout 10/10

Action movie masterpiece, and one of the best action movies of all time. Tom Cruise is the greatest.

[Seanny One Ball]

I think A Quiet Place is out on DVD today. I will buy it and review it later. I've looked forward to this one and now since I have seen Don't Breathe I am in the mood for quiet horror.

Loud horror is garbage. Screaming annoys me unless absolutely relatable. Like proximity to tiny spiders.

[slik]

A Quiet Place is good -- I look forward to your thoughts.

Have you seen any of the following out of curiosity -- SPRING, The Endless and Eyes of My Mother?

[Seanny One Ball]

Krasinski lucked out marrying Blunt. Good couple though.

[GD]

Quality film.

[Ezra]

Watched the new jurrasic world movie.

First bit was boring until Pratt showed up. After that i thought it was pretty good. Seems like i remember a lot of people saying it was shit but it wasnt bad. Definitely had some cliche bits but its a Hollywood blockbuster film so what do you expect?

6 out of 10 with 5.9 of it being all pratt.

[GD]

Sleeping with Other People - Adorable.

They try not to sexualize Annie by giving her a complex character and a range of emotions.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Mission Impossible Fallout-8/10

Might be the best one yet. Cast was great all around. Lots of twists and turns. Great set pieces, one after the other. I had grown to love the franchise and this just solidified my admiration for the films.

[Seanny One Ball]

About to start Ready Player One. Was going to get A Quiet Place but this just looks so much more gratifying.

[GD]

About to start Ready Player One. Was going to get A Quiet Place but this just looks so much more gratifying.

"Ready Player One" is a lot of fun. How's the internet and access to "video on demand" where you live?

[Seanny One Ball]

There is one moment of ugly exposition that could have been handled a lot better. Spielberg' baddies are always far too wet, also. Just sopping wet pushovers. Good references, not sure kids or most adults would know the name Buckaroo Banzai let alone the suit but it's a definitely a feast for anyone into pop culture fantasies more than real life.

[Seanny One Ball]

"Ready Player One" is a lot of fun. How's the internet and access on "video on demand" where you live?


I watch movies my way

[GD]

More power to you, mate. I have around 30 WWE VCDs back home that I am willing to part ways with for free.

[Seanny One Ball]

Are those the really low quality multiple-discs-per-film things?
I have a few of those from Vietnam and The Philippines of things like The Village or that dreadful Winona Ryder horror film and they are a curiosity if nothing else.

[Shisen Kopf]

I saw one of the purge movies. Dont know which one but it was ok. Pretty stupid but entertaining 3.5/7

[GD]

Are those the really low quality multiple-discs-per-film things?
I have a few of those from Vietnam and The Philippines of things like The Village or that dreadful Winona Ryder horror film and they are a curiosity if nothing else.

Yeah! They don't age well but I love the alternate cover art as opposed to the American home video releases. They're sitting in my old room along with my cassettes. I'll probably donate them to a library or just give them away to fans. When I was leaving for grad school, I digitized my entire (American) collection and shipped all the physical copies to a fan who really seemed like he enjoyed wrestling like I did when I was younger.

[Swiss Ultimate]

10 STARS

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[GD]

Hush - Intense! Haven't seen a good horror film in a while. Quality stuff.

I'm looking for recommendations.

[Droford]

Moviepass #86 Mile 22 - 4/10 fight scenes with camera cuts that make Kevin Dunn look conservative, a storyline that was confusing at best but stupid at its worst. Wahlberg felt over dialogued and under actioned. And why the fuck do you get Ronda Rousey to go around shooting people and not fighting ? Still not the worst movie I've seen with MP BUT its bottom 5. Plus the ending clearly set up a sequel which I can only imagine will never get made but who knows.

[slik]

Blackkklansman - 8/10

Good, both lighthearted and serious. Over two hours but doesn't feel like, never dull.

[GD]

The Spy Who Humped Me - Hot garbage

Didn't like it, doesn't work for me. Next.

[Stickman]

Suburbicon 2/10 worst movie I've seen in a long time

[Stickman]

The Hateful 8. 6/10. Probably Tarantino slowest, most uninteresting, anticlimactic movie. If it wasn't for Samual Jackson I probably wouldn't finish it.

[Seanny One Ball]

Suburbicon was decent enough, Hateful Eight was rendered bearable by Walton "Why am I not headlining blockbusters?!" Goggins.

[Blue Demon]

Mission Impossible Fallout: 4.5/5, really fun action movie.

[Seanny One Ball]

A Quiet Place is good -- I look forward to your thoughts.

Have you seen any of the following out of curiosity -- SPRING, The Endless and Eyes of My Mother?


I haven't seen any of them. Off to read up on them now.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Wind River 8/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Eyes Of My Mother sounds absolutely dreadful. This is the sort of film I actively avoid.

SPRING has Lou Pucci and that guy was wonderful in Thumbsucker, also the plot sounds a lot more entertaining.
The Endless sounds pretty great, I will definitely look for those two.

[Droford]

Suburbicon was decent enough, Hateful Eight was rendered bearable by Walton "Why am I not headlining blockbusters?!" Goggins.

He was the villain in Tomb Raider but not really the headliner

[Seanny One Ball]

So what you're saying is that your post was 100% wasted energy.

[Lazy Scout]

Star Trek Beyond - 5 out of 10. It just wasn't as good as the first two films.

[Seanny One Ball]

That's a shame you didn't like it. I got crazy vertigo watching the end sequence.

[Lazy Scout]

That's a shame you didn't like it. I got crazy vertigo watching the end sequence.
Yeah, I wish I would have liked it more, tbh. It just felt weird, like it didn't belong in the new reboot line? IDK how to describe it. The end sequence was wild though.

[slik]

Crazy Rich Asians -- 8.5/10

Really fun, loved it.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Suburbicon was decent enough, Hateful Eight was rendered bearable by Walton "Why am I not headlining blockbusters?!" Goggins.

Walton Goggins definitely does not get enough love; he was fantastic in Justified.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Equalizer 2 6.5/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

A Most Violent Year 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Eagle Vs Shark

I may have just seen the sweetest, most honestly incongruous comedy ever made. Too affected by it to review just now. I'm gonna take a nap and think about this uncontaminated fragment of the beautiful weird.
More people should make comedies based on their own personal idiosyncrasies.

[Ezra]

Walton Goggins definitely does not get enough love; he was fantastic in Justified.

Agreed. He has been terrific in everything i have ever seen him in.

[Seanny One Ball]

Eagle Vs Shark - 4/4

This film feels like it has been built after a lot of acting workshops where the same characters develop into real people over the course of the studio sessions before they're just perfect for the big screen.
People have called this another Napoleon Dynamite but there is so much more to this than a vague similarity to an admittedly brilliant film. This is a bigger film, it has a third dimension in that we get a female perspective of a pathological, absurd charlatan. A ruined man who rejects the positives that the world offers him in preference for the elaborate yet incompetent deceit he has regaled himself and his band of onlookers with.

The heroine Lily is a mouse with no pizzazz. Assuredly a shrinking violet through our first introduction, then quite obviously a fantastic example of positivity against cynicism. She commands every major plot point and yet we feel like we are on somebody else's quest for much of the film.

This film very nearly made me cry, not a rare feat generally speaking these days but for a comedy with a potty mouth, a wicked sense of humour (of abundant laugh-out-loud moments and lines so consistently funny that surely three viewings will still yield a very respectable laugh ratio) and a heart of gold it is unusual. Especially since the scene that did it was an analogous stop motion animation about apples

In summary this is a quirky, irreverent film about some incredibly idiosyncratic people with an undercurrent of deep emotional issues. None of it is cheap, at least it doesn't feel that way to me. I feel like Taika Waititi and Loren Horsley must have really loved these characters. It's warming to see a film with this much attention to character behind it.

[Lock Jaw]

I think I saw that one, but I don't really remember it at all. Did it also have the Flight of the Conchords guy?

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Agreed. He has been terrific in everything i have ever seen him in.

Venus Van Dam, anyone? :D

[Seanny One Ball]

Yes indeed. Jemaine Clement plays Jarrod the butt-hole to Loren Horsley's tougher-than-she-looks Lily.

[Seanny One Ball]

Walton Goggins, Sam Rockwell, Ben Foster. They should be in a film together.

[Lock Jaw]

Yes indeed. Jemaine Clement plays Jarrod the butt-hole to Loren Horsley's tougher-than-she-looks Lily.

Think I def saw it..... only thing I remember is them sitting on a couch or something in Eagle and shark costumes....

[Lock Jaw]

Wonder why my phone autocorrects Eagle to have a capital letter.......

[Seanny One Ball]

"Justice is waiting for you"

" '...is ...waiting ...for ...you' OK, bye Justin!" *click*

"It's justice..."