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

[Sixx]

Hell Fest - 7/10

It was a definite throwback to 80's slashers. Performances were solid from the cast, one of who was intentionally annoying beyond comprehension. Good kill scenes. I'd give it a 7/10 because it's not re-writing the genre, just throwing back to it in a efficient manner.

Like every low budget horror movie it's got Tony Todd!

[Sixx]

Disobedience - There's a certain trend that these films are following nowadays. Women being oppressed, having gay experiences, and liberating themselves at the cost of everyone around them. The patting on the back needs to be curbed just a little bit.

Read the synopsis. This movie must be boring as fuck. It surely sucks.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The House With a Clock in its Walls-7/10

Fun surface level kiddie horror type with some silly slapstick gags. The tone was kinda jumpy. It's really interesting on the surfaced but doesn't really delve into anything. Considering the target audience I understand
It was fun.

[ClockShot]

Once Upon a Time in the West - 4.5/5

[Jordan]

The House With a Clock in its Walls-7/10

Fun surface level kiddie horror type with some silly slapstick gags. The tone was kinda jumpy. It's really interesting on the surfaced but doesn't really delve into anything. Considering the target audience I understand
It was fun.

I want to see this.

[Seanny One Ball]

Just re-watched Super for the first time in about five years. That's a great, great film. I love it as much as I love any other film. It's funny, angry, brutal and about as realistic a look at the sort of loon who would pull on the cape as there ever has been.

James Gunn at his very finest, which is basically always.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I remember watching the end of Super and thinking that it was both great but also a bummer

[Seanny One Ball]

The ending is excellent. Best speech ever.

[Seanny One Ball]

I hope James Gunn can be involved in Guardians 3 again. He's simply too nice and too talented to punish for making dirty jokes years ago when guys like Polanski walk free in France.

Plus his apology was erudite, sincere and comparatively he's obviously one of the extremely unlucky ones. I was furious about the whole thing at the time because the tweets were so grim but a public dialogue about it should have come before any recrimination.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Tangled-10/10

Seen it a few times, but Disney has this dream big princess thing and this was playing in theaters this week. So I took my daughter.

Love this movie so much. It's funny, cute, romantic, great songs and characters. Feel like maybe it doesn't get enough love in Disney lore. But it's phenomenal.

EDIT: I hope one day to find a girl who looks at me the way Rapunzel looks at Eugene

[Sixx]

Tangled-10/10

Seen it a few times, but Disney has this dream big princess thing and this was playing in theaters this week. So I took my daughter.

Love this movie so much. It's funny, cute, romantic, great songs and characters. Feel like maybe it doesn't get enough love in Disney lore. But it's phenomenal.

EDIT: I hope one day to find a girl who looks at me the way Rapunzel looks at Eugene

Sir, we expect you to turn in your Man Card within 30 days of receiving this notice.

[GD]

Tangled-10/10

Seen it a few times, but Disney has this dream big princess thing and this was playing in theaters this week. So I took my daughter.

Love this movie so much. It's funny, cute, romantic, great songs and characters. Feel like maybe it doesn't get enough love in Disney lore. But it's phenomenal.

EDIT: I hope one day to find a girl who looks at me the way Rapunzel looks at Eugene

Sir, we expect you to turn in your Man Card within 30 days of receiving this notice.

Yeah, we've progressed a bit since the '80s.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Sir, we expect you to turn in your Man Card within 30 days of receiving this notice.

It takes a real man to raise a child

[Droford]

Sinemia #4 last Monday I saw hell Fest - 5/10 completely fell flat based on a pretty good premise. 1 out of like 5 kills was good and the ending I suppose was meant to be shocking but it was too obvious.

Moviepass #93 later tonight - A Star is Bo...rn 9/10 with the only nitpick being Sam Elliot is 74 and too old to be Bradley Coopers brother.

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "Casshern" tonight. I have seen the cover before and it always intrigues me, I always hold it and read the back, and I inevitably put it down again because it's like £6 even second hand. Today I thought "What the Hell?" and bought it because it was down to £0.50

Hopefully it doesn't suck ass but all I know is that it has something to do with androids.

[Seanny One Ball]

I also picked up Mississippi Grind, The Life Aquatic, Mulholland Falls, Night Of The Living Dead, The Cell, Unleashed, Reign Over Me, A History Of Violence, Youth In Revolt and Gentleman Bronco's for a grand total of £5.

I have seen all of them besides Mississippi Grind but I just can't stop myself buying them.

[Seanny One Ball]

20 minutes in and I can tell I'm watching good sci fi.

I'm a bit concerned with the subtitles. I keep having to rewind to make sure I didn't miss anything on screen. There is an awful lot going on in the film so being fluent in Japanese would be an advantage so you don't have to keep rushing through the text.

[Seanny One Ball]

Man this film is completely bonkers. I love it. It's like watching futuristic Japanese Frankenstein through a kaleidoscope.

[Cool King]

The Lego Batman Movie - 8/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Casshern was nuts. Crazy Jap steampunk sci fi with an irremediably bleak plot and atmosphere. I will write up a proper review for this because I have never seen anything like it before aesthetically. It's mad shit baby.

[slik]

Venom - 6.5/10


When Venom was onscreen I was very entertained. He was funny. I enjoyed the Venom-Tom Hardy dynamic. When Venom wasn't on screen I wasn't crazy about stuff. Not as bad as reviews would lead you to believe, it's much better than Fantastic Four/Affleck Daredevil.

[Seanny One Ball]

Good show, I can now watch it with my head held high.
Is Predator also not as bad as they say?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

No predator was fucking atrocious. It's a cluster fuck.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Nun-5/10

I've never seen the conjuring films but I don't feel that's needed after seeing this.

It was just ok. The story on its surface is more interesting than the movie itself is. I found it far more interesting when the character were investigating the situation.

The scares are your typical jump scares. The mood of the film itself wasn't tense. Gorilla Monsoon would be disappointed, as a knife wasn't needed to cut the tension.

It's a solid waste of time of nothing else.

[Seanny One Ball]

The mood of the film itself wasn't tense. Gorilla Monsoon would be disappointed, as a knife was needed to cut the tension.



Wha...?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

You never heard Gorilla Monsoon say "you can cut the tension with a knife"?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Ahh damn spelling error

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching Mississippi Grind.

Captain Marvel appears to be in assuredly safe hands.

[Seanny One Ball]

I like Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn in this. They both look like they are at ease in conversational roles and I love the feeling of inclusion that the film gives me. It feels like I'm around two new friends. I had never even heard the title before yesterday when I bought it. Maybe it didn't get a wide release here.

[Seanny One Ball]

I should also say that I have an ominous feeling about the Reynolds character's motivation from the get go. This film may be pulling the old wrong-hustler trick. It could be very clever misdirection though.

No matter what happens it has me stopping to wonder and that's often a good sign of replay value.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Purge 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Casshern - 3.5/4

Futuristic Japanese Frankenstein with an apocalyptic steam punk aesthetic, some high speed manga-style action sequences and an unforgettable combination of near-blinding imagery rushing past in every frame. It's a grim and dark account of an absurdly short sighted approach to the extension of human life which results in an unexpected and unlikely disaster, ultimately revealing a disgraceful series of covered-up corruptions in the state. There are several things that happen in this film which could have completely derailed it had they not been taken so incredibly seriously. This is as straight as it comes and I have to say I think this is where Snowpiercer went badly wrong. This has the same sort of feel as Snowpiercer, a superior visual style and the honest commitment to deadpan that a cast needs to convey the movie universe as a reality.

I was completely immersed, especially since it took me about five hours to watch. I rewatched any scene which I felt was too action packed to take in both the dialogue and the action so I put in the time for this film and I can't say I regret it at all.

It's a story of coping with death at it's heart and it deals with the fantastical aspects brilliantly as it juxtaposes the serious drama in a more romantic light compared to the plummeting tone of the main arc of the story. In fact there was a moment in this film which was a culmination of a genius technique used numerous times in the duration which involving splitting or following the imagery that you think you see along with what is actually happening. That's not a great way to say it but it's ethereal and hearteningly beautiful in a much needed moment of honest philosophical purity that completely blew me away. I think it represented two separate plains of existence and it added real gravitas to the already weighty vibe.

I'm going to get some more Japanese and South Korean films. I have been slacking off lately.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Purge: Anarchy 7/10

[ClockShot]

Venom - 2/5

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Purge: Election Year 7/10

[slik]

Spotlight - 8.5/10

Good film about sexual assault. Good acting, very well made.

[slik]

Rift (Rökkur) - 8/10

I watched on Shudder. Fantastic cinematography. The narrative won't be for everyone but I dug it.

[Jordan]

The Purge 7/10

Where/how are you watching these movies?

[GD]

Venom - Disheartening

The parts with Venom and Eddie Brock were amusing. Very underwhelming overall. Feel like Sony interfered a bit too much.

[Seanny One Ball]

Spotlight - 8.5/10

Good film about sexual assault.


o_O

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Where/how are you watching these movies?

I watched The Purge and Election Year on Netflix, and I rented Anarchy off Prime.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I just watched Clown (on Netflix. That shit was intense. 4/5.

[GD]

Rewatching "They Came Together". If you love parody films and to get drunk, you're in for a good time.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

A Star is Born-10/10

Easily my favorite movie all year. Songs, cast, story etc were all great. Might need to see it again just to go on the ride. Cooper and Gaga have mad chemistry

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Venom-5/10
It was....boring. Characters weren't interesting. The main conflict was boring. The main villain was boring. The climax was a cgi cluster fuck. It just wasn't good.

The back and forth between Hardy and the symbiote were mildly amusing. But everything is rushed into, with convenient scenarios to get Brock into Venom mode.

Even the action sets were meh. It just boring. It's not terrible. It's just terribly passable.

[Droford]

Sinemia #5 Venom 6/10 it was ok
Moviepass #94 Bad Times at the El Royale 7/10 there are some twists but I really found the ending (last part/Major twist reveal) to just not be that great. Could have also been shorter. But it kinda felt like a Tarantino movie and the acting was for the most part all positive..

No one in here with me for El Royale

[GD]

I might end up watching it soon.

[GD]

Upgrade - Modern Sci-Fi masterpiece

[Seanny One Ball]

Picked up some films I have never seen today.

The Thirteenth Floor and Shiri look interesting.

[Blue Demon]

A Simple Favor - 7.5/10. Kinda fun, but started out a bit shaky.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Sisters Brothers-7/10

Honestly not sure what to make of it. Kinda shifted gears a few times. It wasn't boring. The 4 main actors are all putting in good work and are intriguing to watch and interact. I'm just thinking the point of the movie flew over my head a bit.

EDIT changing the rating from a 6 to a 7. It's a good movie. And the cast keeps you intrigued. Just still not sure what the point of it was.

[slik]

Bad Times At The El Royale - 7/10

I wanted to like it more. It starts good -- really good -- but it goes on too long and develops an overly complicated narrative. The film run 2 hours, 20 minutes but could have trimmed 20-30 of those minutes off.

[Fignuts]

The Nun-5/10

I've never seen the conjuring films but I don't feel that's needed after seeing this.

It was just ok. The story on its surface is more interesting than the movie itself is. I found it far more interesting when the character were investigating the situation.

The scares are your typical jump scares. The mood of the film itself wasn't tense. Gorilla Monsoon would be disappointed, as a knife wasn't needed to cut the tension.

It's a solid waste of time of nothing else.

I wouldn't let The Nun put you off checking out The Conjuring. Much better movie.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I've heard the main conjuring stuff is pretty good, as is one of the Annabelle movies. Just haven't gotten around to them.

[Lock Jaw]

Pulp Fiction - 8/10

Was a'ight

[GD]

First Man - I would’ve enjoyed it more if it wasn’t for those meddling kids on their phone

[GD]

Empire Records - So fucking '90s.

Have you watched it? What's your hot take?

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Venom 6.5/10

[ClockShot]

Hotel Artemis - 3.5/5

This was neat. But I wish it could have went a little longer and had some more depth.

[GD]

The Sisters Brothers - 7/10

[GD]

The Graduate - 10/10

Not enough Simon and Garfunkel

[Droford]

Sinemia #6(and movie #100 in total since last September)Hallloween (2018)8/10 a couple of annoyances didn't detract from overall enjoyment. I didn't see the post credits part that's pissing some people off but I heard what it is and wasn't surprised.

[slik]

Halloween - 8/10

The original is still the best but this is up there w/ H20 for 2nd best. I really enjoyed it.

[Cool King]

Atomic Blonde - 8/10

[Destor]

8th Grade - 8/10

Burnham manages to have incredible insight for what growing up in 2018 is like. Its shot very well and it conveys social anxiety in a way that really resonates. The dialog is natural in the sense that its clumsy and human.

For a first time film maker its a great outing.

[Disturbed316]

American History X - 8/10
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

I watched a tremendously bad film recently. Say It Isn't So with Heather Graham and Chris Klein. A film about incest, stroke victims, black amputees and bad parenting. It's probably the worst film in Heather Graham's career. Whenever anyone asks whatever happened to her you can look at 2000-02 at a period of exhaustingly bad decision making. Six straight stinkers in a row buried her badly.
I'm quite impressed she had such a long run of crap. Most of her films are lowest common denominator fluff but "Say It Isn't So" and "Killing Me Softly" are outstandingly bad.

[Disturbed316]

Life - 8/10

That ending...

[ClockShot]

The Old Man & The Gun - 4/5

Robert Redford's last film/role. And he went out on a better note than Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Halloween-8/10
Pretty good. Loved the way they framed Michael sans the mask. Also loved the simplicity of the story and the kills. Nothing fancy or overly produced. Good old fashion knife kills.

Also, the cast as a whole did a fine job and the story is much more character driven than I expected. There's a hint of a sequel but this was so good I'm not sure how you come back and further the story.

[Droford]

Moviepass #95 Sisters Brothers 5/10

This is probably one of the most conflicted movie rating I've done out of the 101 movies I've seen. I wanted to give it a 8/10. Acting was good I liked the story and it looked great...but...it was boring and the ending was a giant letdown. So..it gets a 5

[GD]

Moviepass #95 Sisters Brothers 5/10

This is probably one of the most conflicted movie rating I've done out of the 101 movies I've seen. I wanted to give it a 8/10. Acting was good I liked the story and it looked great...but...it was boring and the ending was a giant letdown. So..it gets a 5

Strong performances and a story about greed and consequences. The ending was magnificent and beautifully shot.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I get where Droford is coming from. I was conflicted about how I felt about it as well after watching.

[Sixx]

Strong performances and a story about greed and consequences. The ending was magnificent and beautifully shot.

WHAT A GAY ASS REVIEW

[Droford]

Strong performances and a story about greed and consequences. The ending was magnificent and beautifully shot.

They set up a shootout and nothing

I get it's a source material issye but still

[GD]

They set up a shootout and nothing

I get it's a source material issye but still

The movie wasn't about a shootout. While it is a Western of sorts, it has a compelling story to say. When they go back home to their mother and the way the whole end sequence is picturised is absolutely gorgeous.

[Jordan]

The Sisters Brothers - 7/10

CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE SOME THOUGHTS

[Jordan]

NVM bro! I see you gave some thoughts in subsequent posts!

[Seanny One Ball]

Moviepass #59 Bad Samaritan 9/10 One of the 5 best movies Ive seen with MP.

Never heard of it. Why so good?

After watching it I can't see how he got to 9/10. I'll stick a review up tonight.

[Seanny One Ball]

Bad Samaritan - 2/4

A formulaic, humourless take on the "wrong one to fuck with" genre. I spent a lot of this film's duration thinking about how fantastic "Don't Breathe" was and wondering how many revenge thrillers lead by anti-heroes there were. This one is as generic as they come. Robbing the wrong guy. Why the wrong guy? He's a bad guy.
Stylistically it's derivative and appears to be more horror in tone than thriller however there are no effective scares and very little in the way of tension. I think a better effort could have been made with regards to the story structure and casting. I find it hard to sympathise with wankers and idiots and your protagonists are both. Kerry Condon is good, but Kerry Condon is always good. I find it hard to understand why this was made. This is a film without any substance or weight and it suffers from extremely bad character development, paint by numbers direction and a lack of addition to the already tired concept.

David Tennant obviously wanted to play against type and it's a pity that he looked sinister enough to be interesting and then was given nothing to do besides the usual charming psycho routine.

I suppose if you have never seen a revenge thriller with an antihero protagonist then this may entertain but amongst the other genre titles this is just a step above Death Wish 3 and a fair few down from Don't Breathe or even the new Death Wish remake.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Halloween (2018) 6.5/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Hostiles - 3/4

A powerfully storied yet slightly repetitive western with an incredible cast all working well enough to overpower the unrepentantly cliche'd delivery. Yes it's obvious in parts, even down to the blatantly copied dialogue from "Unforgiven"("I've killed just about everything that walked or crawled") but it is an offering in homage to the genre and you can tell it's all done with honest intentions.
Christian Bale plays a war weary army captain against Wes Studi's cancer beaten, battle scarred Cheyenne chief with Rosamund Pike tagging along as the damsel in distress. Support is provided by none other than Jesse Plemons, Ben Foster, Adam Beach, Stephen Lang and Rory Cochrane. It is packed with proven talent and none of the support is wasted, each plays an important part in the story so it has a very well established tone and rapport amongst the talent.

Unfortunately the story is entirely predictable. It's a tale of opposition, forced cohesion and ultimately redemption with an air of uncertainty.
You can connect the dots from the first introduction of each character but you're being given great performances across the cast so it's like having a top chef cook you a tasty burger. It's safe in practiced hands but it shouldn't knock your socks off if you have eaten out before.

[Seanny One Ball]

Pacific Rim: Uprising - 2.5/4

This is Power Rangers. This is a Power Rangers film. Cheesy, kitsch and saccharin in all of the usual places but a lot more fun than I would have thought based on reviews. John Boyega is great and Burn Gorman and Charlie Day are fun but there is far too much thoughtless robot violence with questionable logic in all fundamental aspects of the plot so you can see Del Toro was nowhere near it. Still it's worth watching if you like big outlandish action films and it's not like it detracts from the admittedly bonkers original so for what it was I enjoyed it well enough.

[GD]

Halloween - 7/10

Solid.

[Frank Drebin]

Pacific Rim: Uprising - 2.5/4

This is Power Rangers. This is a Power Rangers film. Cheesy, kitsch and saccharin in all of the usual places but a lot more fun than I would have thought based on reviews. John Boyega is great and Burn Gorman and Charlie Day are fun but there is far too much thoughtless robot violence with questionable logic in all fundamental aspects of the plot so you can see Del Toro was nowhere near it. Still it's worth watching if you like big outlandish action films and it's not like it detracts from the admittedly bonkers original so for what it was I enjoyed it well enough.

Sounds like the second film what was what I thought the first was going to be.

[Seanny One Ball]

Blue Iguana - 0/4

The only film ever to truly and completely waste Sam Rockwell and the only film I've ever seen him in where he brings nothing interesting to the table. He's trying with what he was given but man is he off key in this horrendous film.
Equally wasteful is it's misuse of the talented and hilarious Ben Schwartz as his criminal cohort.
The script is trash, the scene set ups are without care, effort or integrity and the finished product looks about as coherent as The Room. The person who made this film didn't care about what they were making. This is as bad as it gets.
There's a terrible woman in this film, absolutely awful she is. I think about 50% of that is the director's fault but if this piece of shit was released under the title "Unfunny Cunt Eats Noisily" it would be much more honest.

This is one of the worst films I have ever seen. I think it's about a heist but it's really a collection of pointless fight scenes, "comical" crime plotting and honestly at least six protracted scenes of this cow slurping down various food stuffs with the audio noticeably increased and focused so as to guarantee you will get angry with it.

This is the most idiotic film in the world and I got all the way through Heather Graham in Say It Isn't So the other week so for fuck's sake.

I have rarely been made as angry as I am now by this utter turd and I'm glad because it will be a long time before I buy an unproven quantity ever again.


If I wanted to listen to some cow masticating I'd visit my fat gran more often.

[GD]

Mid90s - 8/10

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Bad Times at the El Royale-8/10

Very fun, well acted suspense thriller. Love the way they flesh out the characters and tell each of their stories. Jeff Bridges is wonderful, John Hamm was great, Bill Pullman's kid is great, and Chris Hemsworth plays a cult leading tool.

[mitch_h]

Curse of the Demon (1957) - Pretty Good. Director Jacques Tourneur was smart and was like "Let's not actually show the Demon monster, it's 1957, it's going to look like shit". But the studio went ahead and added footage without him knowing, and it was a big rubber demon monster, whatever. Cool sequence where the monster is just a plume of smoke and his footprints just appear in the ground... looked kind of Lynchian. Kate Bush sampled this movie on "Hounds of Love" tell your friends.

Dead of Night (1945) - I liked this for the most part as well. About an architect that has to consult on some renovations and starts to realise that he has dreamt what's happening. All the guests at the house start telling stories and the movie turns into a proto Twilight Zone anthology film. Story about a dummy and at one point they get a little kid to play the dummy... kind of funny/unsettling

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[ClockShot]

Bad Times at the El Royale - 3.75/5

Very Tarantino-esque. Had that feel, plot, everything going with it. Only thing that was missing was more bullets and blood flying about.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Bad Times at the El Royale - 3.75/5

Very Tarantino-esque. Had that feel, plot, everything going with it. Only thing that was missing was more bullets and blood flying about.

Not enough F or N bombs

[Seanny One Ball]

Blue Iguana was unfavourably compared to those mid 90's Tarantino rip-offs that kept appearing but that is a false comparison. There's no similarity in structure or style.

It's just outright dreck and I'm still mad about it.

I hope you guys read this because I don't want anybody to have to go through that shit.

[Seanny One Ball]

I watched that[Ghost Stories] last night after buying it for £10. It was excellent until it lost its way and delivered a double bluff ending that made the conclusion murkier than necessary.

All in all a very strong film but far closer to the morbidly comical than the genuinely terrifying.

Paul Whitehouse and Martin Freeman were absolutely wonderful. I am delighted to see Paul Whitehouse in films now after so long on television.




After rewatching this I have to re-appraise the ending as wonderful and myself as an idiot for not paying enough attention. There's nothing murky about it. In fact I'd say this is a 3.5/4 film.

[Blue Demon]

First Man - 4/5. Good movie about Armstrong and the years leading up to the moon landing. Fairly good acting and direction.

[GD]

There Will Be Blood - 9/10

[GD]

After rewatching this I have to re-appraise the ending as wonderful and myself as an idiot for not paying enough attention. There's nothing murky about it. In fact I'd say this is a 3.5/4 film.

I enjoyed it a lot.

[Seanny One Ball]

I picked up Scott Pilgrim for £0.50 today. Prepared to give it a sober chance.

Also I FINALLY got a copy of Rent. This is a musical I have been waiting to see for about 15 years and I stumbled upon a copy today. A productive DVD hunt all in all.

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm going to love Rent, I can feel it. 7 minutes in and we're onto song two already.

[Lock Jaw]

Where is the rent? I must have the rent! Dollars, cents, and nickels, I need them all right now!

[Seanny One Ball]

Taye Diggs has a pretty good voice for an actor. I liked him in it.

[Droford]

Moviepass #96 Bohemian Rhapsody 8/10 I'm not a huge Queen fan or even really familiar with the history but it was still a really decent movie

[Disturbed316]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 6/10

Feel asleep for about 20 minutes during it, not a good sign.

[Fignuts]

Pyewacket- 7/10

Good slow burn indie horror flick

[slik]

Mid90s - 7.5/10

Mid90s was ok. The acting was good & Jonah Hill shows promise as a director - but I wish the story was stronger.

[GD]

Mid90s - 7.5/10

Mid90s was ok. The acting was good & Jonah Hill shows promise as a director - but I wish the story was stronger.

The ending felt abrupt but the relationship between the siblings did a number on my soul. It felt too real.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

In the heart of the sea 7/10

Money Monster 6.7/10

[GD]

A Star Is Born - 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "Tag".

This has some big laughs in it. I find myself laughing, contemplating the joke and laughing again a lot. Good comedy chops on everybody involved, Renner was a perfect choice for this. Kyle Chandler plays a similar role in Game Night but he's written as far less likeable.

[Seanny One Ball]

Jake Johnson throws away two of the funniest lines I've heard in years in this film. The man is just naturally gifted with comedy.

"That's what you get!"

[GD]

I skipped Tag due to the reviews. Seems like a good time on edibles.

[Seanny One Ball]

Well I thoroughly enjoyed it. The ending was quite nice, I got worried for a while.

[Fignuts]

Rec 3 - 7/10

I get why people don't like it. As a sequel to the first two, it fails completely. But as a stand alone campy gorefest, I found it delightful.

[GD]

Tag - So much fun!

[Nicky Fives]

Bohemian Rhapsody: 9/10 - Fantastic

The Nutcracker & The 4 Realms: 5/10 - The wife dragged me to this one, couldn't really get into it and not a huge fan of most of the live action Disney movies....

[ClockShot]

First Man - 4/5

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Suspiria-7/10
Weird as fuck was my initial take away. The premise is interesting enough. It was a slow burn, but the climax really let loose. I didn't know how to feel about it until everything came together at the end, but I liked it as an odd, off the wall movie.

The way it's shot seems very retro. The tone, pacing, angles and music do a nice job of setting a really unnerving vibe.

I wanna watch it after eating edibles next time. Feel like watching it high would enhance the experience.

[slik]

Have u seen the original Suspiria before?
I've gathered this one is 'very different' visually

The original is very colorful (it's from the late 70's)


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[Seanny One Ball]

The all female cast age is in effect and we're kicking off with:

Oceans 8
Suspiria

At this rate new feminism will be dead in a year.

[Seanny One Ball]

I look forward to Cool Hand Lucy, especially the egg scene.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Have u seen the original Suspiria before?
I've gathered this one is 'very different' visually

The original is very colorful (it's from the late 70's)


https://bostonhassle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/suspiria.jpg

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a7dcf69d7bdce185884a6b5/t/5b88288c562fa7bc98a0d5a6/1536847511442/Suspiria-325.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/rTHYC2k.gif

I haven't seen the original. This film went the opposite direction with the color. Gives it a really weird vibe.

[Droford]

Moviepass #97 Overlord 8.5 - absolutely insane

[Droford]

Moviepass #98 (final movie) Girl in the Spiders Web 7.5/10 was really entertaining and never really lulled but I didn't like how it ended compares to the buildup

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Outlaw King 6.5/10

Meh, it was okay.

[Droford]

Top 5 of 2018 so far

Star is Born
Tag
Quiet Place
Annihilation
Overlord

[Seanny One Ball]

If A Star Is Born is on the same level as "Tag" then your picks of the year are hastily formed.

[slik]

Overlord - 8/10

Pretty fun, genuinely tense. A good way to combine WWII and Nazis and Zombies.

[Frank Drebin]

Ww2 and Nazis come already combined.

[slik]

True

The theater started playing The Grinch and it took ten minutes for them to get the right movie going. One guy seemed 'fucking pissed' bc he stood right up and turned around and yelled 'Are you fucking kidding me' very dramatically like this was the worst moment of his life.

[Frank Drebin]

Maybe it was. Everyone has problems, slik. Just because that was the worst thing that's ever happened to him doesn't mean it doesn't matter to him, you monster.

[slik]

Zombies r monsters

[Seanny One Ball]

True

The theater started playing The Grinch and it took ten minutes for them to get the right movie going. One guy seemed 'fucking pissed' bc he stood right up and turned around and yelled 'Are you fucking kidding me' very dramatically like this was the worst moment of his life.


He sounds like a hero

[Seanny One Ball]

Greta Gerwig is incredibly beautiful. I felt the need to say that.

[Sixx]

If A Star Is Born is on the same level as "Tag" then your picks of the year are hastily formed.

Haven't seen Tag, but Jeremy Renner is in it, so thumbs up.

Even though the premise sounds stupid as fuck.

[Seanny One Ball]

Tag was great fun

[ClockShot]

Outlaw King - 3.25/5

I'll take Braveheart anytime.

[Disturbed316]

Pet Sematary - 8.5/10

Creepy as fuck

[slik]

Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 8.5/10

It turns out crime does pay...
Good -- Funny too. I bet Melissa McCarthy gets an Oscar nom.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Atonement 8/10

[GD]

Overlord - 6/10

Had a good time. Have seen better war / zombie films.

[Seanny One Ball]

Swiss Army Man - 4/4

This is a masterpiece of acting, direction, score/soundtrack, cinematography and script. Swiss Army Man is one of the best films ever made and I will love it until the day I die for taking a ridiculous premise so honestly and so fantastically at the same time. It is a feast of witty dialogue and timelessly low-brow sight gags amidst a brilliantly intelligent script. I cannot remember the last film I saw that I think is wonderful in every way, possibly it was Ideal Home or The Man Who Wasn't There but quite honestly this is better, it's funnier and more touching than countless treasured classics, both contemporary and of the past.

I'm struggling to think coherently as superlatives flood my mind in admiration for this ballsy, beautiful, peculiarity. Paul Dano has been a formidable actor since he was a kid and he has grown into a powerhouse, reliable isn't the word for him. He is consistently brilliant in everything I see him in. Daniel Radcliffe is an excellent performer and he gives probably the strangest role he will ever play real heart alongside never ending superb physical acting. He and Dano were both child actors and here they are as grown men in a film about corpse surfing that isn't even remotely tasteless or misjudged.

I loved every second of this perfect film and I encourage everybody to track it down and watch it. I am delighted to have seen something so brilliant. This is the quintessence of tightrope walking between humour and pathos and it is balanced faultlessly in a way that nobody reading the synopsis could possibly predict.

I remember hearing about this before it was made and I laughed. Then years later, today I saw it and I laughed so much more. Marvellous.

[slik]

Boy Erased - 8.5/10

Great performances from Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton and Lucas Hedges. Good film.

[GD]

Widows - 9/10

[slik]

Eighth Grade - 9/10

So awkward and 'on the nose' about the early teen years. Good film.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Allied 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Started watching Hereditary, figured it's only 8pm so I'll beat the jump scares before it's dark.

Well that was incorrect to say the least. I've just seen something that made me scream and grab my hair. I don't know what's going on... I feel uneasy and a bit sick.

[Seanny One Ball]

The young guy and Toni Collette give this thing seriously intense performances... this film is like breathing in an iron lung. You get one good inhale before you have to hold your breath for an uncomfortable period of time, heart beating like a hummingbird made of antimatter.

[Seanny One Ball]

Jesus Fucking Christ this film is completely nuts.

It's like a terrifying version of a family clear-out where everybody gets their shit off their chest and pat themselves on the backs but then mum goes last and she just destroys them all with her laundry list of umbrage.

Where the fuck is this thing going now?

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I think I need to watch this film.

[Seanny One Ball]

It's scary and that's all I can really say for sure

[Seanny One Ball]

This is a great horror film because I feel anxious, I don't know where it's going or what comes next and there is no discernible bad guy yet. It's as atmospheric as The Exorcist and that's really saying something.

[Seanny One Ball]

There have been three or four "Jesus Christ" moments in this film and I

Edit:five

...keep getting caught fully off guard

Jesus fuck... just as I wrote that something that revolted my very instincts occurred.

[Seanny One Ball]

Crazy... absolutely one of the scariest films I have ever seen.

[GD]

Absolutely loved Hereditary.

[Frank Drebin]

Really good.

Not totally sure how Mom gets possessed all of the sudden but I think that was the only issue I had coming out of it. Saw it 2 or 3 months ago so its not fresh fresh.

[Seanny One Ball]

The bit with the wall crawl/scurry made me feel primeval terror. A lot can be done in gloomy lighting.

[slik]

I really liked Hereditary

Toni Collette gave a fantastic performance. Some people expecting jump scares will hate it, it's not that type of film, at all. Production Design/Cinematography on it were fantastic. Good script and well-edited, good acting.

[Seanny One Ball]

It's not packed with pop-out scares but I jumped several times. The first major scare/shock really stays with me. I was knocked out by it and it kept me uneasy for the rest of the run time.

I watched Dunkirk last night too but I may as well not have bothered because Hereditary blows it out of the water in every way. I spent the entire time re-hashing Hereditary.

[Seanny One Ball]

The scary thing about Hereditary is the atmosphere. I think it may be better than The Exorcist in terms of tension.

A horror film about a family with issues was always going to ruin me.

[Droford]

Sinemia #7 Robin Hood -5/10 it's not as bad as all the reviews you'll read about it but it's just not good and it's"reimaging" of the story comes off stupid.

[Lock Jaw]

I feel like they JUST made a Robin Hood movie.... another one already?

[Lock Jaw]

I guess it was 8 years ago, doing some research

[GD]

Instant Family - 6/10

Exceeded all expectations.

[Droford]

I bought Tix to see Nobody's Fool but opted against seeing it
If I see Instant Family and Bumblebee I'll get a digital copy of all 3 (plus Overlord which is really only what I wanted)

[Fignuts]

Happy to see another person discovering Hereditary. Tremendous horror film.

My favorite part
When the kid wakes up and you can barely make out the dudes mom on the wall above him. The fact that they didn't outright show her and you make out her outline as your eyes adjust to the darkness is brilliant. It makes the terror build more slowly.

[Seanny One Ball]

Yeah that was just pure, unadulterated nightmare fuel.
I've been thinking about it a lot since I saw it and that was one of the moments in which I was too frozen with fear to scream.

[Seanny One Ball]

Dave, post that rep you sent me. It's an interesting take on another awesome Toni Collette film.

[GD]

Yeah that was just pure, unadulterated nightmare fuel.
I've been thinking about it a lot since I saw it and that was one of the moments in which I was too frozen with fear to scream.

I thought she was scarier in Little Miss Sunshine.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Yeah that was just pure, unadulterated nightmare fuel.
I've been thinking about it a lot since I saw it and that was one of the moments in which I was too frozen with fear to scream.

The Rotten Tomatoes consensus is almost exactly what you're describing you a t. That it's a film that stays with you long after credits stop rolling.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Widows-9/10

Viola Davis and friends plot to steal money to repay a mobster for money their dead husbands stole.

Really good. Davis has such command in her presence. The way she speaks, moves and her overall performanceis the heart of the film. Absolutely loved it.

[Droford]

Double Feature trying to use up some of my free movie tix and my Sinemia movies before end of month

Creed II - 6/10 Was thinking that they should have made a whole movie about Viktor and Ivan Drago and then done a crossover. Honestly was more interested in their story. Was ok movie but predictable.

Ralph Breaks the internet 7.5/10 aside from being a 100 minute shilll fest (especially Disney stuff) it was funny enough to be ok but the first one was a lot better.

[GD]

Widows-9/10

Viola Davis and friends plot to steal money to repay a mobster for money their dead husbands stole.

Really good. Davis has such command in her presence. The way she speaks, moves and her overall performanceis the heart of the film. Absolutely loved it.

That reveal towards the end of the film :drool:

[Damian Rey 2.0]

That reveal towards the end of the film :drool:

Dude it was so fucking good. The dog going to that door and clawing, knowing who's behind it. Viola Davis' character staring at the flask, then the door, knowing God damn well who's behind it, and then the ending with her gunning him down to save herself. What a fucking twist that was. So damn good.

[GD]

Dude it was so fucking good. The dog going to that door and clawing, knowing who's behind it. Viola Davis' character staring at the flask, then the door, knowing God damn well who's behind it, and then the ending with her gunning him down to save herself. What a fucking twist that was. So damn good.

I saw it in a packed theater and the reactions were so good. Also Daniel Kaluuya and Elizabeth Debicki stole the show.

[slik]

2018 I think might go down as one of the best years in film history. There have been so many fantastic films released during the year.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

It has been a pretty stellar year.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Just watched Hereditary. I really don't know what to make of the film. I'm kind of... I don't know what to say. My brain feels frozen; unsure what to do with myself right now.
I don't know if that is a good or bad thing.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I'm gonna have to see this film

[GD]

I'm gonna have to see this film

I'd recommend watching it without any trailers or preconceived notions.

[slik]

I agree ^^^

It won't be what you are expecting and that's a good thing.

[Seanny One Ball]

Just picked up Mandy. I waited too long for this one.

Review to follow tonight's viewing.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I was thinking of leaving Mandy until New Year's Eve; usually watch a film or two in the evening to see the new year through.

[Destor]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: 9/10

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm an hour through Mandy and I think judging by what just happened in the toilet that this thing is about to ante up.

Great stuff. Weird as shit.

[Seanny One Ball]

They reined him in for an hour and now look :lol: oh Jesus

[slik]

The Front Runner - 7/10

It was just ok. I'm not really sure who the intended audience for it is, or what it was trying to say. There was potential for a good film, but it ended up being just ok instead. Story arcs set up (daughter & mistress) that didn't get any payoff.

I think if you're going to present the idea that Gary Hart was a good guy who made a mistake...repeatedly...and often then you should probably spend more time showing Gary being a 'good guy' instead of having other characters say it.

[Triple A]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452/) - 10/10

Oh my gosh, so good. :-) Very beautiful and "haunting" and funny. Usually forget like 95% of 95% of movies I watch after a couple of months but this one will def "stick with me."

(New Coen Brothers movie. Six short segments rather than one "full" movie. It was released on Netflix.)

[Triple A]

Sorry to Bother You (2018) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5688932/) - 8/10

Enjoyable and relatable... Strange that this "type of movie" was able to be made and released since it's very explicitly anti-capitalist. Started to kinda feel rushed and "go off track" towards the end but still good.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Triple A, what was your initial thought of the twist at the end? I'll be honest, it took me out of it and I didn't really care much for the film afterwards despite liking everything to that point.

[Blue Demon]

Bohemian Rhapsody - 4/5. Good, enjoyable film. Very historically inaccurate, but I went to see a Hollywood film and not a documantatry.

[Seanny One Ball]

Mandy - 3.5/4

The words "heavy metal acid revenge thriller" may look like a late 90's attempt at optimising search results on an amateur website, but in the right hands they also form a perfect description of a film which gives back to Grindhouse more than Tarantino could ever dream of.
The plot is perfectly straightforward revenge thriller and ultimately twist-free but the act progression is expertly timed, the transitions are well presented and the climax is hands down the most enjoyable use of Nicolas Cage since Bad Lieutenant nearly a decade ago. The dialogue is sparingly given to anybody other than the chief antagonist(an obvious charicature of Charles Manson).The bad dude's motivations are clear and simple, the path Nic Cage chooses to take in response is the only way in or out of the movie and so you sit and absorb a film which follows a simple formula up to a point and which in it's last 1/3rd it rewards you by allowing Nic Cage to let loose, completely unbound by the director in a finale that can only really be described as fucking spectacular.

There is almost no exposition in the film, just about zero other than the character Carothers who pops up to explain something almost as a favour to the viewer for getting so far without asking for directions.

So overall it is excellent and if you like films that bulldoze through tropes and formulas rather than trying to avoid them, you will like Mandy.
An axe shaped like an axe is Nic Cage's ouroboros and when you see it you too will believe in infinity.

[Seanny One Ball]

documantatry.


How does a thing like this happen?

[Blue Demon]

How does a thing like this happen?

Me not totally paying attention to what I'm typing and not double checking it :p

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "Eastern Promises" and I am not sure if I can overcome the two major obstacles that present themselves immediately.

1. Naomi Watts doing a middle class English accent.
2. Naomi Watts looking dreadful for some reason.

Also the dialogue is so contrived it's very hard to get into. It seems like the sort of supposedly intelligent dialogue you find in literature everybody has heard of but nobody has actually read. The sort of idealised, forced wistfulness over arbitrary non-issues as the world moves around them. It's the sort of thing that kills on Broadway when adapted from a best selling novelist but bares no relation to the coarse hum drum of real life. Every line out of Watts mouth so far just sounds like an actress trying to fit into a pre-existing, moving landscape.
I have to say it's a stark contrast to the other side of the film where Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel feel far more at home, natural apex predators in a world of fierce creatures.

It's always a shame when an actor thinks they are better than they are and I've always thought that was Naomi Watts' biggest flaw. She isn't much of a personality and unless she has her top off there's no charisma.

[Seanny One Ball]

This is honestly like watching a good film crossover with a fucking shit one.

[Seanny One Ball]

The narration is mind blowingly bad to the extent that it drives you back out of the movie that Cassel and Mortensen keep pulling you into. Armin Mueller Stahl keeps drawing me into contemplative thoughts about the nature of an ageing career criminal only for the voice over or Naomi Watts and her dreadful mother to haul me right back to the reality of jarring and painful juxtaposition between the sublime and the dreadful.

Trying to think of a performance where she uses an accent besides generic American that doesn't suck ass. She nearly ruined every scene she was in in St Vincent.
I think I went off her when she walked out on Simon Mayo during her promo for that film Diana but I only heard the clip a year or two ago...

[Seanny One Ball]

I was about to add that there was a complete lack of face melting violence in this Cronenberg picture but then some face melting violence happened and put paid to that idea. Still, when the master finally decides to show his most popular party trick, he does not disappoint. The blood flows quickly and impactfully in a pleasingly kinetic yet realistically sloppy style. This is sort of like watching trained martial artists fight in oil. It's not the grim, graphic but unavoidably cool violence of A History Of Violence, it's actually more like how that choreography should have been done. There's no luck involved, just hard earned honest bloodshed.

I am conflicted by the brilliance of 50% of this film and the infuriatingly abject remainder.

[Frank Drebin]

Sorry to Bother You (2018) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5688932/) - 8/10

Enjoyable and relatable... Strange that this "type of movie" was able to be made and released since it's very explicitly anti-capitalist. Started to kinda feel rushed and "go off track" towards the end but still good.

Just watched this. I generally agree with Trips. Movies like this terrify me because everything is so out of control but looks so close to real life. Another example would be Brazil. Just gives me this terrible feeling that everything is fucked and there's nothing to be done. So, other than furthering my current state of existential crisis, :y:

[Seanny One Ball]

What's going on in your life that "Brazil" looks close to it?!
Do you live near a lot of steam, grime and Rube Goldbergian machinery?

[Lock Jaw]

You've obviously never been to Chicago

[Seanny One Ball]

No but I actually have purchased a coat in Canada for less than $250 so how do you like them apples?

[Lock Jaw]

So have I.

[Seanny One Ball]

Not lately

[Lock Jaw]

When did you buy yours?

[Ezra]

Tried to watch the puppet movie with Melissa McCarthy (Rosie O' Donell 2.0) and I couldn't. The start of the movie seemed like it could be decent but it went to shit pretty quick and somehow kept getting worse.

[Seanny One Ball]

When did you buy yours?



Numerous coats over the course of numerous holidays. In fact I am made of Canadian coats.

[GD]

Ralph Breaks The Internet - 8/10

[Droford]

What's going on in your life that "Brazil" looks close to it?!
Do you live near a lot of steam, grime and Rube Goldbergian machinery?

If there's one movie they should remake...ugh...if there's 2 movies they should remake the 2nd is Brazil (Logan's Run #1)

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm not a huge Gilliam fan but to remake his most appreciated work would take foolhardy lack of awareness. Only a glutton for punishment would dare.

[Lock Jaw]

Creed II - 8/10 maybe. I wasn't thinking that high to begin with, probably not even in the middle of the movie, but then it "picked up" and I actually want to see more of the Drago family's story now.....

[Seanny One Ball]

Mandy visually was similar to Only God Forgives and The Cell... I'd like to see more films committing to a colour scheme. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is a fine example of a colour scheme shifting with the mood of a film.

[slik]

Crimes of Grindelwald - 8/10

I really liked it. It wouldn't make any sense to someone who hasn't seen the first film and maybe a HP film or two. It's definitely a middle-quel, but it sets up lots of things for future films and the twists were rather unexpected. Also, possibly the most visually impressive of all Potterverse films, which is quite an accomplishment.

[GD]

Creed 2 - 7/10

[GD]

Tessa Thompson's nails were kinda distracting. Took away from the scenes...dunno.

[ClockShot]

Widows - 4.25/5

More than your average heist flick.

[Seanny One Ball]

Sicario 2 Soldado - 3/4

Everybody says it's not as good as the first film and I'd agree. It has less of a focused plot and a lack of characters to relate to, it's guilty of using action sequences too often despite them being very well done and ultimately it becomes slightly predictable. I guessed the ending a mile off but I will avoid spoiling it for those that have yet to see it. With that said the action is still hard and violent and although not as polished or as well placed and paced as the original you can tell it's written by Taylor Sheridan because the characters feel exactly the same. The only downside is the complete lack of Blunt whom you vicariously live through in the first Sicario.
Ultimately I enjoyed it a lot more than some sequels and at least the two leads stayed as committed to their parts as they were in the first film.

[Seanny One Ball]

Escape Plan 2 was actually good. The score was one long, perfect John Carpenter impression and I loved it. The plot was completely predictable, the acting more restrained than camp but they made up for it with copious one-liners that had to be written by children for a competition.
I don't know why a critic would review it so badly, it's more fun than the original and it's basically a sci-fi film that embraces cliches and macho stereotypes.
It's ham and cheese and I can always go for that.

[Seanny One Ball]

For all of it's failings as a comic adaptation and as a piece of entertainment in general, 2004's "Punisher" movie has one of the most entertainingly choreographed fight scenes in it. A fight scene with Kevin Nash.
It's not exactly The RAID 2 but it has kept me watching Punisher any time it's on TV for the last fourteen years.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Ralph Breaks the Internet-8/10

Can't say if it's better or not than that first film as they went a completely different direction. Lots of focus on one's purpose in life and wanting more and another's inability to let go and being self destructive emotionally. It's funny, the internet gags are great, that Disney princesses scenes are hilarious and the focus on the characters and not the gags made it a fun for me and my little one.

[slik]

The Possession of Hannah Grace - 5.5/10

Just a big nope. Meh.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Man Who Knew Infinity 7.5/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Light Between Oceans 8/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Girl on the Train 5/10

[Droford]

The Possession of Hannah Grace - 5.5/10

Just a big nope. Meh.

I forgot to post this but that was my same basic feeling. Ending was lame.

[Lock Jaw]

Lion 7.5/10

Poor Indian Boy grows up to become Dev Patel (at which time the movie comes to a grinding halt and becomes rapidly disjointed, but the ending was p emotional so gained an extra .5)

[GD]

Bohemian Rhapsody - 6/10

[Seanny One Ball]

Got Ant Man and The Wasp to watch. Hope it rules.

[Seanny One Ball]

It ruled in almost every way until Michelle Pfeiffer showed up. That's not a knock on her as an actor, I just hated that part of the storyline. It got weird quickly and never turned back. Just that one area of the plot reminded me of Dr Strange. I don't think it needed to go down that route, a bit mystical and ethereal for a film about a super-thief in a size-changing suit.

[GD]

I love the Ant Man movies. Michael Pena is so much fun. I hope you saw the two post credit scenes.

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh shit I forgot about them. I'll stick the DVD back in.

[GD]

Oh shit I forgot about them. I'll stick the DVD back in.

:y: Don't go too far into it.

[XL]

Got Ant Man and The Wasp to watch. Hope it rules.

Picked it up today. Can’t watch til Wednesday though.

[Seanny One Ball]

The credits scenes were pretty predictable in all honesty. Good flick though.

[Seanny One Ball]

Just received my copy of Kolchak: The Night Stalker the TV show that spiritually preceded the X Files. I mostly ordered it because of Darren McGavin but I hear it is legitimately good stuff.

Anybody seen it before? I'm hoping for a jovial monster of the week type deal with a bit of substance to it. Like a cross between The Twilight Zone and Eerie Indiana.

[GD]

The credits scenes were pretty predictable in all honesty. Good flick though.

Are you for real? You were able to predict the first credit scene?

[Seanny One Ball]

I assumed that some of them would die in the credits scene...because what else could they do with it? We know 50% of the population dies and in Infinity War you never see what happens to Ant Man and his buddies. It's easy to assume Ant Man lives because there have to be a few heroes left to fight Thanos in Avengers 4.

It wasn't hard to predict, it was the logical way to show the timeline and effect of Infinity War on the Ant Man storyline.

[XL]

Yeah, have to agree. As soon as the scene started I was like “I know what’s gonna happen here”. Still cool though.

[GD]

Ugh! I can't even with you two right now.

[slik]

Wreck It Ralph 2 - 8.5/10

Very cute.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Sausage Party 5/10 (I'm being generous)

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Don't Breathe 7/10

[slik]

Robin Hood - 6.5/10

Not sure why they tried to modernize the costumes so much, it didn't help the story and it was really distracting. Decent action scenes but middle of the road, plotwise.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Unless you have Alan Rickman chewing the scenery and practically stealing the movie, a film on Robin Hood is not worth watching.

The Robin Hood film from 6 years ago (or so) was okay, except for Russell Crowe's dodgy accent and anachronistic WW2-esque troop carriers.

[Sixx]

Why is Little John black and not huge?

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Syriana 6.5/10

[Lock Jaw]

Tonight I watched..... The Last Samurai!! After more than a decade of meaning to watch it again.

I will give it a solid 8/10

[slik]

Why is Little John black and not huge?

He is supposed to be Arabian and Islamic bc The Sheriff of Nottingham is funding the Arabs to defeat England in the Crusades.

Just like in the original story.

[Sixx]

He is supposed to be Arabian and Islamic bc The Sheriff of Nottingham is funding the Arabs to defeat England in the Crusades.

Just like in the original story.

Arabs are not black, are they?

Still, what about the "not huge" part?

[Seanny One Ball]

Moor was a term used to describe Arabs, Africans and Muslim Europeans of the time.

So yes, a Moor could be black.

[Sixx]

Wait, why are you explaining the word "moor"?

[Seanny One Ball]

It may go some way to explaining the confusion as to why a character can be black and Arabic.