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

[Blonde Moment]

How did Denis Villeneuve not get a best director nomination for “Dune”…
Getting “Dune” right should have its own award.

I think the 80's Dune ruined it for anything that came after.

[GD]

Jackass Forever - 5/10

[Bad News Gertner]

Jackass Forever 9/10

Love this franchise so much

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Dune. 9/10 although I probably would have liked it less in the theatre since I haven't read the books and wouldn't have had the benefit of pausing and rewinding.

Really inspiring visually and I appreciated the slow-moving story because it gave me a chance to just enjoy the vastness of the world.

[OssMan]

The Purge Election Year

These movies are pretty dumb but the politics are interesting. The big oversight seems to be that you should just leave the country on Purge night, ofc of course thats not possible for everyone and would highlight the classist element of the whole thing etc, but if they include the part about people visiting the country for "murder tourism" you'd think they'd address people fleeing as well

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Night House-7/10

Rebecca Hall plays widow after her husband commits suicide. Her lake house gets creepy and she starts to feel what she thinks is her husband’s spirit but soon realizes it’s something else calling to her.

[OssMan]

The First Purge

The scale of this purge is smaller so they deal with the idea of people fleeing (via the govt giving them 5000$ if they stay)... again the politics are interesting as its direct violence targeted twds lower class people. But once you get halfway through the movie its pretty much just people shooting each other

[GD]

Fresh - 5.5/10

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Exorcist-8/10

Was scared shitless of this movie growing up. I was raised very Catholic. Went to church, was baptized, got my first communion, confirmation, etc. I watched this the first time when I was 12 or so and the idea of possession and the devil was very real to me, and I’ve avoided a rewatch for years.

But the misses wanted to watch it so we threw it on. It’s a slow burn to start, but I love the story slowly progressing and breaking down the mom’s attempts at logical, scientific and sensible reasons as to why her daughter’s going insane, only to give in to worsening desperation to seek out the church.

I also love how the movie doesn’t beat you over the head with religion. Father Damien, great name, is losing his faith to start the film and admits as much to a fellow priest. And even when he’s confronted with Regan being possessed, he still tries to be logical until it’s undeniable, and of course that’s where he finds his faith and purpose again for just a few fleeting moments.

The movie isn’t scary in a traditional sense. Non believers or non religious people, like myself these days, won’t get scared. But it’s still very disturbing, the scenes of Regan slowly losing herself are great and disturbing and the medical stuff we see her go through are scary and claustrophobic in their own right.

[Lock Jaw]

Everything Everywhere All at Once - 8.5/10

Was PrettyCool and PrettyWeird. :y:

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Adam Project: 5/10

I expected very little and my expectations were met. Had the potential for a higher grade (a respectable 6) if it laid a little bit off the schmaltz but it was heavy-handed in that department. And Ryan Reynolds's schtick outside of being Deadpool is PLAYED.

Mark Ruffalo was a delight as usual, though, and Jennifer Garner is pleasant on the eyes to this day.

[Destor]

Venom 2: 4/10


i have thoughts but im too tired. awful.

[Fignuts]

Venom 2: 4/10


i have thoughts but im too tired. awful.

Within minutes I knew how terrible the writing would be.

Transporting a super powered prisoner that they know has deadly vocal powers and they just throw her in the back of a van in handcuffs? And then are surprised when she immediately uses her powers to escape? Fucking what?

[Destor]

ive never watched a movie thats so rushed where im thankful for it. nothing is built in a meaningful way in this entire film. no arc climaxes in a way that resonates. and im glad. because if this ran any longer than 90min id fucking kill myself.


oh and the cgi budget was so cheap the cw shows could mock it

[Destor]

the biggest laugh of the film was when i saw tom hardy had a writing credit

[Fignuts]

I still enjoy the personality of the symbiote and its interactions with eddie.

I hope that transfers over to the mcu version.

[Destor]

i hope there isnt an mcu version and the rumor suggests it wont. seems like after the recent spidey film theyre happy with bringing garfield back for amazing 3 and having eddie cross over with Garfield being eddies universes spider-man

[Fignuts]

i hope there isnt an mcu version and the rumor suggests it wont. seems like after the recent spidey film theyre happy with bringing garfield back for amazing 3 and having eddie cross over with Garfield being eddies universes spider-man

Theres a piece of the symbiote left over in holland's world when Venom is teleported home.

[Destor]

that can easily not connect back to its own cannon. that symbiot no longer knows who peter parker is. alls it has to do is find another host (mcu eddie for example) and move forward with a separate cannon


or just not get mentioned again.

[Destor]

its a post credit scene in a movie no one saw after all

[Fignuts]

It was the post credit scene in No Way Home.

I don't care if it has its own canon. I just like the way the symbiote has its own voice.

[Destor]

thats right the tied no way home and venom 2s post credit together

[Destor]

it still would have to be its own seperate entity at this point

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Watched all the conjuring movies. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are great in all of them. The first one is god damn stellar. Wasn’t expecting an exorcism. The third act where the possession stuff really kicks in is great. Second one felt like the stakes were significantly lower. The third one gets closer to a return to form, IMO. Stakes felt higher, the movie itself was scarier, and I enjoyed the story more than the second one.

I read a sequel may be in the works. Feel like it’s been diminishing returns since the first one but I kinda want to see these two in more adventures.

[ron the dial]

Pathetic Wilson

[ron the dial]

finishing returns

[Damian Rey 2.0]

God dammit. That’s what I get trying to type while being high as a kite.

[ron the dial]

he's Pathetic Wilson from now on which is a shame because i quite like him

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Typos are forever the gift that keeps on giving.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I like Patrick Wilson as well. But it’s true, pathetic Wilson is great.

[OssMan]

Just saw that nicolas cage movie thats all about nicolas cage... The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent or something... kinda absurd but pretty brilliant... funny... good

[Seanny One Ball]

Figured it would be

[OssMan]

"everything everywhere all at once" was really heavy and there was a little too much going on... was cool though... kinda like the matrix X kirby X that shitty ass movie "Jumper". A lot of "statements" about "life" though... too much at times... felt dumb watching it

[Destor]

Encanto - 7/10


reallly difficult to land on a rating for this. most of what i enjoyed was the animation. its outstanding. tons of character in every frame. its great. as good as it gets really.

the songs are mixed. some are good others weaker. none will stay with you a lifetime though.

then there's the messaging. awful. no idea what the writier had against exceptionalism but as far as morals go i cant think of a worse thing to celebrate than complacency.

archetypes are formed over millenia because theyve seperated the wheat from the chaff. this urge to throw away the evolution of human wisdom wont lead us anywhere good.

Film shouldve been a 9 but the messaging is so bad i wanted to give it a 6.

[Sepholio]

Destor reviewing Encanto seems like such a weird moment in time for me for some reason. Not the content of the review, it's a pretty damn fair assessment. Just that this review even exists. Bizarre.

[Lock Jaw]

I found myself more interested in the message/story of her sisters than Mirabel.....


I liked the songs.

[Lock Jaw]

Destor reviewing Encanto seems like such a weird moment in time for me for some reason. Not the content of the review, it's a pretty damn fair assessment. Just that this review even exists. Bizarre.

Dunno, I'm surprised it took him that long to watch a musical.

[Sepholio]

Yeah that actually makes sense now, I stopped equating animated films like this to musicals once Disney and the copycats quit making their old style of animated films every year. Basically when all animated films were musicals.

[Destor]

Destor reviewing Encanto seems like such a weird moment in time for me for some reason. Not the content of the review, it's a pretty damn fair assessment. Just that this review even exists. Bizarre.
ill basically watch any musical.
I found myself more interested in the message/story of her sisters than Mirabel.....


I liked the songs.the characters were all great. the songs arent bad but compare them to lion king for example or even more recently moana and its doubtful these will be stuck in your head in 10 years.

Dunno, I'm surprised it took him that long to watch a musical.
i was unaware it was a musical until yesterday so really my turn around was pretty fast within context

[Sepholio]

Yeah Destor knows whats up with the Disney animated films of the 90s and earlier. Hakuna Matata up in here.

[Destor]

Yeah that actually makes sense now, I stopped equating animated films like this to musicals once Disney and the copycats quit making their old style of animated films every year. Basically when all animated films were musicals.disney has the most consistent catalog of musicals of all time. shame they went out of style for so long but frozen brought the genre back a bit...even if theyre not hand animated anymore...


i don't dislike digital i just dislike digital having 99% of the market share

[Destor]

Yeah Destor knows whats up with the Disney animated films of the 90s and earlier. Hakuna Matata up in here.
there's easily 4 songs from that 1 film that can just randomly infect my brain for a day. same for a ton of songs from that era...if thats the gold standard encanto can only be "pretty good"

[Sepholio]

disney has the most consistent catalog of musicals of all time. shame they went out of style for so long but frozen brought the genre back a bit...even if theyre not hand animated anymore...


i don't dislike digital i just dislike digital having 99% of the market share

Same. There are some fine cg movies but I prefer the hand drawn style still. One of the reasons I watch anime is because I love the animation style.

Side note: Out of all the animated movie songs ever, there has always been one that stuck in my head more than any other, and it's surprisingly not Disney. This conversation has got it in my head on repeat now.

Soooommmmmeeeewwwwhhhhheeerrrreeee outtttt tthhhheeerrrrreeeee. Fievel Mousekewitz is my dawg.

[Sepholio]

Don Bluth had a stretch there for awhile where he was making some high level animated movies that rivaled Disney imo.

[Destor]

I dont say this lightly: An American Tail is a masterpiece

[Sepholio]

He KILLED it in the 80's. Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven.

[Sepholio]

I dont say this lightly: An American Tail is a masterpiece

100% agree.

[Sepholio]

I'm gonna watch these movies with my kids tomorrow. I feel like a failure for forgetting to expose them to these classics.

[Lock Jaw]

I generally prefer the songs in Encanto to the ones in Moana..... but Moana does have the best and most memorable song out of the two movies...

[Destor]

I'm gonna watch these movies with my kids tomorrow. I feel like a failure for forgetting to expose them to these classics.curious to hear how it resonates

I generally prefer the songs in Encanto to the ones in Moana..... but Moana does have the best and most memorable song out of the two movies...
i lot of the merit i give music in general is a songs ability to live rent free in my mind. maybe it spontaneously bursts into my mind demanding i bask in it or perhaps it fully encapsulates a specific instance. you see a thing and the song is the perfect expression for the infinity you find ineffable.

i can def tap my toes to encanto but it doesnt have what it takes to take up permanent residency in the canon of my mind.

which isnt to say its bad. in the slightest. it just isnt great. it isnt EXCEPTIONAL. the irony of that is pretty rich tbh.

[Lock Jaw]

Never seen Hamilton but that seems like the Lin-Manuel Miranda way.... catchy songs that I can tap my toes to but ultimately fade from my mind....

[Destor]

Hamilton def lives rent free in my mind personally. its on D+.

[Destor]

https://youtu.be/pEqnXNsAFL8

[Lock Jaw]

Would be interested in a thread where Destor gives his top ten or FAVE FIVE songs from musicals....

[Lock Jaw]

I know Frank Drebin would be very interested in it too

[Destor]

i cant rank order my babies :(


(but just list the sound track from A Goofy Movie and call it a day)

[XL]

Let me tell you from the perspective of the father of a 3.5 year old; those songs do get into your subconscious after multiple watch throughs. Infectious. I’ll often find myself singing “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” at work (she’s singing it right now actually :lol:).

They’re all pretty much “ear worms” for me. Every song. I think it’s been said but the collection of songs is arguably the best of any Disney movie (any movie full stop perhaps). Moana has some great songs (also written by Lin Manuel) but I don’t think the whole set is as strong but it’s not far off.

How many times have you seen Moana, Destor? Or was it an instant thing where on one watch those songs were just there?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Watched 7 Psychopaths last night. 7.5/10. Cool idea. Very quirky. And Colin Farrell tends to shine in more offbeat roles. Sam Rockwell and Chris Walken together were an added chef's kiss, plus Woody was on good form as the baddy.

I can provide better reviews if I'm actually taking notes because right now I'm just pulling from memory. The only thing holding this movie back from a higher rating is there's a certain tone that I wouldn't necessarily call timeless.

[Destor]

Let me tell you from the perspective of the father of a 3.5 year old; those songs do get into your subconscious after multiple watch throughs. Infectious. I’ll often find myself singing “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” at work (she’s singing it right now actually :lol:).

They’re all pretty much “ear worms” for me. Every song. I think it’s been said but the collection of songs is arguably the best of any Disney movie (any movie full stop perhaps). Moana has some great songs (also written by Lin Manuel) but I don’t think the whole set is as strong but it’s not far off.

How many times have you seen Moana, Destor? Or was it an instant thing where on one watch those songs were just there?ive only seen moana once.

[drave]

Encanto felt very similar to Moana.




Moana's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better, and I'm not a fan of musicals AT ALL.

[weather vane]

Not the first time but

A League of their Own is off the charts.

[M-A-G]

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness: 3 and 1/4 stars out of 4

It's dumb. It's fan-servicey. It deals with a subject in which I'm not interested. And I'm sure Sam Raimi directed every action sequence on a random narcotic he pulled out of a bingo tumbler for each day of filming.

That said, the heart of this film, like most Marvel films, is with the characters. Their wants. Their goals. Their feelings. Yes, they're dealing with something completely ridiculous and it's not appealing to me but I'm taking this ride with characters I get and that I like. What they do makes sense and it's relatable. It's just being done against a backdrop of craziness and imaginative effects.

Like Spider-Man: No Way Home, don't take any of my Negative Nancy-ness to heart. It's a roller coaster that virtually Marvel fanboy and fangirl is going to be giddy about, especially in the second act. Saying anything more will almost dip into spoiler territory so I'll just offer my positive recommendation. Mid-credit and post-credit scenes do exist but the latter is kind of a dumb let down that only calls back to something earlier in the film.

[GD]

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness - 6.5/10

This one was profoundly stupid and very entertaining.

It’d help if you’ve seen WandaVision and What If?

[OssMan]

A Serious Man... very very good... coen brothers a paragon of jewish excellence... didnt realize this was an allusion to the book of job till my friend mentioned it... "slow burn" type of film... lots of stuff "unresolved"... really good... thanks...

[Seanny One Ball]

I reviewed that in this thread. I loved it, didn’t even think about the Job comparison.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Don’t Breathe-7/10
Don’t Breathe 2-6/10

First one is a very tense, claustrophobic home invasion movie that gets wavier as it goes, especially the twist in the third act. There’s no real good guys in this. Just shades of gray characters doing bad things with at least decent or understandable intentions.

Second one is still a home invasion movie, but it’s significantly more violent and faster paced but lacking in the tension of the first. But still enjoyable.

The Nightingale-8/10

An enslaved Irish woman employs the help an indigenous black man to track down the british military officer and his cronies who took the life of her husband and newborn. The actor who played Billy was stellar. The whole movie was, really, although it got a bit long but had a satisfying ending.

The Rental-8/10

Dave Franco directed horror about 2 brothers and their significant others take a vacation at a beach side rental home to unwind. They find out they’re being recorded with hidden cameras, which caught one brother cheating with his brother’s girl, leading to all hell breaking loose. What I liked about this one was mostly the third act where the violence kicks in, because it’s not a happy ending and the question “how do they beat the bad guy” is answered definitively; they don’t.

Calibre-8/10

2 childhood buddies venture into the countryside of Ireland to go hunting and up killing a father and son. One on accident and the other out of defense, and attempt to cover it up. Loved the build up to when their awful deed is finally discovered. A good jocote with lots of tension.

[Lock Jaw]

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness - 7.5/10. Another perfectly entertaining, perfectly forgettable movie from the Marvel/Disney factory complex.

[Lock Jaw]

Everything Everywhere All At Once a much better Multiverse of Madness movie :y:

[OssMan]

Bitches be up in the multiverse these days...

[Destor]

Doctor Strange 2: 8/10


Ill save my full thoughts for the spoiler thread but i really enjoyed it. Sam Rami with big evil dead energy here

[Seanny One Ball]

Moonfall - 2/4

Mental. Roland Emmerich is just taking the piss now.

[ClockShot]

The Northman 4/5?

My first trip back to a movie theater in 2 years. And I don't get a complete movie. The wind was whipping outside and made the power flicker. Projector in my theater went out and I guess got fucked up. So they moved me across the way to another empty theater. I think they put me ahead a 5-10 minutes.

Regardless, great flick.

[OssMan]

The Northman

violent as hell... good though... didnt need to be able to follow the details of the plot too closely to know what was up. Good twist or two, nice scenery etc, seems insane that ppl used to pillage all the time and take them as slaves

Can't Hardly Wait

There were like 3 smash mouth songs in this movie and they used the same song for when the ppl kiss that they used in The Office UK... some cheap laffs, 90s stuff is funny to me tho

[OssMan]

Drowning Mona

really fucking funny...

[drave]

Drowning Moana


fuckinger funnier

[Lock Jaw]

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers - 7.5/10

One of those fun "spot the cameo/reference" movies with a decent enough story.

"lol" @ Ugly Sonic having such a big role

[Seanny One Ball]

I knew you’d watch that.

[Lock Jaw]

The Matrix: Resurrections - 5/10. Easily the worst of the sequels. Just no real story or point to it..... but hey they did a "meta" thing where they acknowledged that it was a pointless sequel so maybe it is just brilliantly self aware.

[OssMan]

Night Moves

ended up on my "list" somehow... prolly some rando on twitter recommended it... decent Moralsfilm... filmed up there in them oregon lakes that i was hanging out on back in The Oregon Trail... that "Peter Sarsgaard" guy was in it, looked really familiar but I think I only knew him from Garden State (2004)... played this while grinding my characters job levels up in ff5

[ClockShot]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 4.5/5

Woooohoooo! This was a fun ride!

[Crippla]

Drowning Mona

really fucking funny...

Lol I completely forgot this movie until I randomly watched that a couple months ago for the first time since I was like 13. Same with The Big Lebowski....good shit
.

[Destor]

Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers - 6/10


i enjoyed this a whole lot. is it a member berries movie? ya. but it really has its finger on pulse on what animation nerds of that era will respond to.

[Seanny One Ball]

The Matrix: Resurrections - 5/10. Easily the worst of the sequels. Just no real story or point to it..... but hey they did a "meta" thing where they acknowledged that it was a pointless sequel so maybe it is just brilliantly self aware.



Looks like the Wachowski sisters did manage to pull the wool over at least one of your eyes.
Self awareness is worth nothing when used to acknowledge stunning mediocrity.

I suppose “The Matrix: Resurrections” is to “The Matrix” as The Wachowski sisters are to the former Wachowski brothers - a fucking terrible remake. We know it cost a lot but we ain’t happy about how it was spent.

[Lock Jaw]

I was being v sarcastic when saying that acknowledging that it was a pointless sequel was brilliant....

[Seanny One Ball]

You’re fucking bad at sarcasm bro.

This happened recently with you and somebody else.

Get with it man.

[Seanny One Ball]

Sarcasm would be 10/10 bro.

Bro.

[Destor]

i caught what lock jaw was selling

[Seanny One Ball]

I’ll punch you right in your fuckin eye bitch!

[Seanny One Ball]

I just became unemployed Destor, don’t hunt me down and mangle me like some poor mailman or whoever that guy was what spine you broke…

[Crippla]

I just became unemployed Destor, don’t hunt me down and mangle me like some poor mailman or whoever that guy was what spine you broke…

Shit man what happened?

[Crippla]

Hope everything turns out well for you

[Destor]

I just became unemployed Destor, don’t hunt me down and mangle me like some poor mailman or whoever that guy was what spine you broke…hey you can punch me thats fair game. just leave my fucking dog out of it.

[Seanny One Ball]

I love dogs.

Watching the new Gervais special.

He rips into women straight away.

Gravy.

[Seanny One Ball]

Dead baby joke, now back to slagging off trannies.

This is good.

This is real good.

[Seanny One Ball]

Now onto saying he’d rather watch Louis CK masturbate than try to watch Nanette.

Gervais just swinging for the fences.

[OssMan]

The Swimmer (1968)

This is the fucking stupidest movie ever... Some guy decides he wants to "swim home" by going in various ppl's backyard pools, except he's like some sex pest trying to rape the women. This thing sucks

[Seanny One Ball]

“Stranger By The Lake” is a pretty phenomenal film about murder, swimming and gay sex.

Not a big fan of the ass munching but the rest was on point.

[OssMan]

Little Children

another good Moralskönflikt from the time period where you could write characters who don't have cell phones...

[Seanny One Ball]

That’s a great film. Jackie Earl Haley should probably have won an Oscar for that.

[OssMan]

Yeah he was really good... didn't have a lot of screen time though...

[Destor]

Blow Out - 8/10

You can definitely see how the Kennedy assassination was living in the minds of people at the time; roughly 10 years later. Travolta is excellent here. DePalmas writing is very strong. it ranks high ion both their bodies of work.

Licorice Pizza - 8/10

Certainly PTA's most grounded piece. Cinematography is very strong. Its almost like Anderson is allergic to close ups and i really love that. he has the camera take a voyeurs position being just far enough away to allow the audience feel like a spectator into private conversations. several long drawn out ones. the themeing is very strong and uses this story of youth to explore the bartering nature of sexual selection. not his best work by any stretch but a very good film and the male lead will likely have a very leggy future.

[OssMan]

Los Enchiladas!

This is the movie Mitch Hedberg wrote... spent a lot of time trying to find it before realizing it was just on YouTube. Funny... a couple of his jokes off his cd's are in it but there's a lot more Hedberg-style insight into random stuff... funny... good... kinda like "Waiting" but less happens, but funnier... kinda explores the monotony of working in a restaurant and how you start to perceive the idiosyncracies of different ppl from being around them a lot... chef character was really funny

[OssMan]

chumscrubber, 9/10, i liked this movie a lot, but i dont know.

^this is my post from july 2007. i watched this movie a bunch that summer because it was on IFC a lot. I remember not really "getting it" but still liking it. I watched this movie again a couple weeks ago and realized it doesnt make a lot of sense, even though I "got it" now, and it kinda fucking sucks. I've sworn off the 10 point rating scale but I'll make an exception here to update this score to a 4 out of 10. Theres a bunch of memorable moments and good songs and carrie ann moss is maybe the hottest woman of all time in this movie, but nothing really holds it together

[Sepholio]

Moonfall. I dunno, 4/10 maybe? It's not terrible but it ain't good outside of eye candy. Special effects are amazing which is the point here, but theres too much going on and too many people who just don't seem important enough to there. Plot points that just get abandoned or never explained in the first place. Was clearly set up for a sequel but there is literally negative chance that happens with the way this bombed at the box office after the kind of money they spent on it.

[Seanny One Ball]

It absolutely is terrible, but it’s a great movie to talk over.

I think Roland Emmerich is just showing us his clout now.
To be fair he’s not wrong to do it. Joe Eszterhas did it all through the 90’s without once having to touch the product or create anything remotely watchable. He just wrote outlines and sold them for millions.

There are cinema geniuses, and then there are Hollywood geniuses.
I guarantee Roland Emmerich lets the studio do the actual work. Much like Michael Bay.
Build a name then exploit it.

[OssMan]

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I didn't like this movie but I appreciate that it took some risks, I just didn't like the risks. By rule I dislike any movie that has alternate reality stuff going on where I can't tell what's real and that bothered me about this, as I didn't feel like thinking about it. This movie made me feel guilty for liking movies which was an interesting risk to take but it just annoyed me. A lot of it was uncomfortable and makes you confront aging and your family and that isn't bad, I just didn't enjoy it. It got too like "bogged down" in itself and started to feel insane

[Destor]

I loved "Im Thinking of Ending Things." liked it better than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. book is good too. wildly different 3rd act though.

[OssMan]

Freaky Friday

so stupid... the early 2000's Avril Lavigne poser punk "aesthetic" was truly the worst shit ever... plus this movie is racist against asians

[Seanny One Ball]

So it’s the Lohan/Curtis version?

What the hell man, you always go classic…

[OssMan]

I did that with Fever Pitch and paid the fucking price.

[Seanny One Ball]

Hahaha fair play man, fair fucking play.

[Lock Jaw]

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - 5/10

First 1.5 hours of this just under 2.5 hours long movie is pretty naff and feels like nothing happens..... then it gets alright once the "endgame" is revealed.... was better than the second one I guess where nothing happened the entire movie and was just a "set up sequels/franchise" material...... this one at least had a story that eventually started and ended. "Weird" at the main braud of the franchise being written out to just a cameo... rumours that it is because she "spoke out" against JK Rowling.....

[Seanny One Ball]

Maybe she distanced herself from it, not the other way around.
I bet she still got paid.

[OssMan]

Almost Famous

pretty good

[Destor]

Mean Streets (1973) - 7/10

[Destor]

i had wrote thing but lost it. everyone is a bit green but still a good film. the themes of sin and adolescence come to a fine boil.

[OssMan]

Pieces of April

good, kinda slow. another movie that couldnt really work after like 2003 because cell phones would have made the plot pointless...

[OssMan]

Dan in Real Life

Good... sweet. Didn't know this was the movie that "put it on my tab" line that I always used to say comes from

[Destor]

Her - 9/10


There are atleas 5 levels of analysis just after 1 watch so i wont get into the plot. there's too much to comment on and process. What i will praise is Phoenix's performance. the bulk of this film is him in close up and he carries the film effortlessly. He's definitely a generational talent that probably will never get the credit he deserves no matter how much credit he gets.

[ClockShot]

Operation Mincemeat - 3/5

Just your standard World War 2 true story.

[ClockShot]

Double World - 2.5/5

[teamXtremist]

Dead Don't Die (2019)

Jim Jarmusch film with Bill Murray and Adam Driver and Chloe Sevigny

8/10

Very fun horror movie. Good cameos. Lots of fan service to people who like horror movies. Doesn't take itself seriously.

Can understand why many mouth breathers didn't like it.

Recommend

[Savio]

Teen Titans Go to the movies.

8.5/10

Was pleasantly surprised this movie was quite enjoyable without knowing much of the source material.

[OssMan]

Les Miserables

I got interested in this because the high school I worked at put it on and it was really good... I mean it's pretty much a masterpiece and the movie does it justice, not really a surprise. Just so much detail in every single moment. The songs are really really good... Didn't know Ali G played the Master of the House guy... funny

[Destor]

the majority was live in camera too. very little ADR

[Destor]

i think its very importantfor a musical to have as little looping as possible. the performance needs to live in the song. if youre gettin a performance om the se and trying to get the audio in the studio to match that youll always lose the soul of it. its really critical.

[OssMan]

Brigsby Bear

lol... really sweet... funny... lotta good Kyle Mooney stuff

[Seanny One Ball]

Watch “Dave Made A Maze” if you haven’t seen that one yet.

[OssMan]

The Prince of Pennsylvania

lol... early keanu reeves... nothing to special

[Sepholio]

Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe.

10/10.

I have but one bunghole to give.

And I give it to you.

[slik]

The Black Phone - 9/10

Excellent. Legit creepy.

[teamXtremist]

Unforgiven - 9/10

A little too long, and has hints of Clint’s “one take and let’s go to lunch” style which gives it a lack of polish, but it suits this movie well (as opposed to the Asians in Gran Torino or all of J Edgar). A true classic American western.

[Seanny One Ball]

Stuck on “Trevor: The Musical” just to see how bad it would be.

I’m now past the ten minute mark. A chubby effeminate lad is being told to wank over nudie mags by his sleazy little Indian mate ostensibly so that he can count his sperm for science. I see a little fat girly lad discovering he hates boobs in the next few minutes. Hopefully there’s a song about it.

Hopefully there’s one when he finds out it’s cock he loves.

I miss Guru Dave.

[Seanny One Ball]

I may start watching films I have no interest in just to see if any of them are decent but mostly just to have some shit to talk.

Bad musicals could be a fine market for me to review.
I haven’t done that for ages.

[Seanny One Ball]

Hey the same actress is playing his mother and teacher… she has an unsightly forehead wart that emanates from her hairline so I called it straight away.

If you’re going to Eddie Murphy this thing at least use a fat suit…

[Seanny One Ball]

Man the kid they used has a hilarious shape to him. He has no tits but a great fat ass and wee belly roll. He looks like a middle aged woman.
Terrible singer too…

I might have to turn this off. It’s not all rib-tickling songs about jacking off.

[Seanny One Ball]

Twenty minutes into this bitch and I have an hour and a half to go. I might have to give up on this. This is dreadful but for some reason I feel like it’s about to blow my mind so I can’t quite turn it off yet…

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh no they just did a John Hinkley reference but it went down like a lead slug in Ronald Reagan. One guy audibly laughed like a yokel but no joke was told, the character literally just shoe-horned in a random, disconnected John Hinkley reference in the middle of a scene where her gay son is dancing on his bed.

[Seanny One Ball]

This cast is full of show kids… the ones with the jazz hands and hugely emphatic facial expressions. There isn’t one normie in here. Even the gayness of the lead is up for debate. He might just be a really talented piece of shit liar, the classic show kid.

[Seanny One Ball]

Hahahahaha his name is Trevor Nelson.

[Seanny One Ball]

This is about a young tween boy who loves Diana Ross and wants to force other boys to dance for him.

It’s weird.

[Seanny One Ball]

This kid would have been found asphyxiated and stuffed somewhere cramped and dark if he went to my school in the 90’s and this shit is set a good decade before and nobody has called him a fag yet.

He keeps saying “Diana[Ross] says” as if that wouldn’t get you a smack in the mouth on the first mention.
This thing has it all wrong. The good guys are the kids that haven’t ruined his life yet.

[Seanny One Ball]

This is a musical about a delusional fat boy with a personality disorder and no real adult male role models in his life.
The dad is useless so they take him to the priest. He gonna molest that boy…

[Seanny One Ball]

The priest is giving the boy the sex talk. The priest is clearly bent too.
Asking him if he thinks about boys at night.
Yuck…

[Seanny One Ball]

The nerd girl is quite good. She’s deliberately being very nasal and it works. Sadly it does sound terrible it’s just fairly believable.

[Seanny One Ball]

Christ, forty minutes left.

[Seanny One Ball]

“Everybody at school is saying that I’m a gay.”

Bwahahaha…

Ugh this shit is abject. I think it’s really a bad message to send when the kid is so insufferable that he’d get his ass kicked if he was straight.

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh sweet somebody did just call him a faggot, then they said he didn’t deserve to live which is a bit harsh IMO.
This is a Disney joint too lol.

[Seanny One Ball]

Jesus Christ… “Endless Love” while he downs pills individually with a drink.

[Seanny One Ball]

This is getting a bit fucked up now.

If he dies I’m writing a strongly worded complaint even though I streamed it illegally. That’s how much I needed to see this.

[Seanny One Ball]

Leroy from Fame died of AIDS and he wasn’t as gay as this kid.
Christ.

They should make a musical that reminds kids not to paint a target on their entire body by being massively annoying.

[Seanny One Ball]

It’s easy to imagine the guards at some horrific international black site will foolishly use this played on a loop to break the brains of their detainees but predictably they’ll accidentally create a small army of Doomsday’s that go on to single handedly lay waste to the West overnight.

[Seanny One Ball]

I sincerely hope my neighbour can’t hear me watching this through the wall.

[Seanny One Ball]

That was two hours of my life spent judging that mediocre fat boy. There’s no way he’s good enough to do bad dancing on purpose and his motions in general seem quite jerky and odd.

I bet he’s a star by 2025

[teamXtremist]

Documentary

The Man Nobody Knew (2011)

Amazon Prime

Do not watch if American history, Vietnam, and the CIA do not interest you.

Holy crap did I find this enlightening and powerful!
I had no clue all this went on with William Colby. I just heard of his name and thats mostly it.
I learned a tremendous amount. And the personal story is tremendous. This was a strange complex man.


There is absolutely nothing spectacular about this doc, except that it is super informative. Mind blown for me.

1. I wish Colby's son, the person who made this doc, would have put more names under the people who were in the film giving stories concerning his dad William Colby. (I guess I am supposed to know all the people's faces and I dont.)

2. I wish the film did not have such graphic violence and dead bodies during the Vietnam part. (ex. pulling bodies out of underground hiding spots and executions)

3. And I wish somebody would have mentioned this before as I was totally captivated; I was stunned by all of the details brought forth.
I also feel like I totally missed a whole segment of history even though I have watched a number of Vietnam and CIA documentaries.

Wow... I looked up the ratings it got by the supposed experts and it was highly rated. Then how audiences rated and it fell flat on its face.

And by God Im fkn gonna watch this again and keep track of who is who and look shit up.
Or I am gonna have to watch it with my father and have him give me lectures.
Too good for me not to put up with my father. Then Ill watch it again and look shit up.
3 viewings might do it.

[Lock Jaw]

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - 8/10 was good.

[drave]

Lock Jaw with the palette cleanser we all needed after SOB's posts.



Thanks, Lock Jaw.


Regards,


#1 Lock Dawg

[Seanny One Ball]

Watch “Trevor: The Musical” and tell me how wrong I am otherwise STFU n00b

[drave]

No. Your description of it was enough.

[Seanny One Ball]

Homophobe!

[Seanny One Ball]

“Homo…phobe home…”

Then he touches your cock with his and eats all of your Reece’s Pieces.

[Crippla]

Watch “Trevor: The Musical” and tell me how wrong I am otherwise STFU n00b

I do not have the willingness or the patience to read your play-by-play so I will take your word for it and never watch "Trevor: The Musical"

[Destor]

Alien - 8/10


Difficult to judge a horror film thats so iconic since a lot of whats so good transcends its viewing. judging it by its period its easy to see why fox picked it up though. in a post star wars era "jaws in space" is an easy sell. and it lives up to that standard pretty easily. while most of the great reveals were doa for me i can easily see what made the film work so well.

[Fignuts]

It has such a unique feel and atmosphere compared to other offerings at the time.

[Destor]

its a shame there was no mystery in it for me because its REALLY clear thats where the magic is

[Fignuts]

My father told me there were people running out of the theater at the chest burst scene.

[Destor]

there's absolutely nothing to prepare you for it. you might assume there's more to the situation than you know but as theyre relaxing over dinner there's no way you can anticipate gis fucking chest explodes. its completely out of left field.

[Destor]

another example where it subverts the audience really well is in the exscape shuttle. as rippley is comforting the cat she undresses. so when she sees the xenomorph sleeping it makes you the viewer feel more vulnerable in a way that basically becomes a horror staple for the next 10 years.

[teamXtremist]

The Black Phone was entertaining, pretty tense. I enjoyed this movie. It was solid. Brought the viewer to the heyday of serial killers (late 70's). The look and feel was a transport. It is a take on a story that was touched upon on Twilight Zone and modern podcasts like The No-Sleep Podcast. I'd give it an 8/10.

[Seanny One Ball]

I tend to compare Alien to Halloween but Jaws is a good one too. Dan O’Bannon was an interesting chap. I don’t think Ridley Scott thought much of the screenplay though. I seem to remember him slagging it off in a documentary.

[teamXtremist]

The mask was really creepy, and i had to look up the brother because he looked so familiar. Ziggy from the Wire looks so different now Lol

[OssMan]

Riding In Cars With Boys

Been interested in this movie since 2001 and finally got off my ass and watchedt it... no reason not to in the year 2022 when even though streaming services dont have shit anymore, "123movies" has everything

Love Drew Barrymore so obv i had to watch it... a decent/touching story, "common tale but true" kinda deal... thanks

[Lock Jaw]

The Lost City - 7/10

Was good to kill time on an airplane to watch a movie where I didn't really have to focus or think.

[drave]

I tend to compare Alien to Halloween but Jaws is a good one too. Dan O’Bannon was an interesting chap. I don’t think Ridley Scott thought much of the screenplay though. I seem to remember him slagging it off in a documentary.




Fun fact (in the vein of mysterious monsters). The killer in Halloween is credited as "The Shape" and not Michael Myers.


Learned this when researching collectibles.

[Frank Drebin]

The Lost City - 7/10

Was good to kill time on an airplane to watch a movie where I didn't really have to focus or think.

This is the last movie Lock Jaw is going to see before he gets kidnapped by drug lords and skinned alive.

[Lock Jaw]

The skin will be sent to Frank Drebin for ransom, but instead he will tailor a suit out of it.

[Blonde Moment]

Fun fact (in the vein of mysterious monsters). The killer in Halloween is credited as "The Shape" and not Michael Myers.


Learned this when researching collectibles.

Yeah, in the original he was never supposed to be her brother which is why the latest sequels take place after part I and not II

[Destor]

The continuity of Halloween is complete shit. The only film that should be taken seriously is the original.

[Seanny One Ball]

They had me going after that first Danny Mcbride film.

[teamXtremist]

Jurassic world. 7/10

The way you felt about the last two is how you'll feel about this one. Silly plot with nothing new or spectacular with the special effects but fun popcorn movie any way.

[drave]

The continuity of Halloween is complete shit. The only film that should be taken seriously is the original.




This is why I searched out the memorabilia from the 1st film. Has a signed/certified pic of "The Shape" to go with his Kane Hodder Jason mask :D

[Seanny One Ball]

“Life Of Crime 1984-2020” is one of the bleakest, most predictable yet still utterly compelling documentaries I have seen in a while.
Heroin addicts fascinate me. All addictions are fairly interesting to a degree, but only intravenous drug addiction holds real voyeur appeal.

I think it’s the weight fluctuations and the seemingly structural facial fluctuations, they are like masters of disguise who forget to change outfit in private so you still know it’s them.

[Destor]

Big Trouble in Little China - 4/10


I was expecting a film that was bad in a good way and instead just got a bad movie. Its narrative is barely coherent. No characters arc is particularly meaningful or satisfying. The action isnt shot well. There's never any tension in any scene for any reason. Its just bad.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe -- 5.5/10. Mostly the same premise as 1996’s Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, but no stolen TV, and instead we get the played-out trope of the duo trying to “score” ... again. I won't spoil details but they end up being hunted down. There’s “smart” versions of them which were good for a few chuckles, but that was it. Subpar as far as I’m concerned. Wasn’t worth 26 years or even the what was going to be $4.99 for one month subscription to Paramount+, but quickly turned into a 7-day period I had free before billing started that I ended up just hitting the Cancel button as soon as the film ended.

[Seanny One Ball]

I liked the bit where they find out they have white privelege.

[Seanny One Ball]

Ossman have you ever seen the documentary “Grey Gardens”?

I have seen it every year since I first saw it.
It deeply worries and yet somehow totally reassures me. Give it a go if you have never had one.

[Seanny One Ball]

I’m mostly saying that because I just watched it again and want somebody else to acknowledge it as a masterpiece of reality.

[Destor]

Whiplash- 9/10


I never imaged you could get so much tension out of the setting. Absolutely phenomenal. The writting in outstanding. The performances are all so strong. Jk Simmons, Melisa Benoits, Paul Reiser and Miles Teller all give memorable performances. Score is great (and it would have to be.) Cinematography carries its weight and then some. Really exceptional film. I dont have a bad word to say about it.

[Seanny One Ball]

It’s a film with so little plot that you can honestly say it’s pure performance that won it the acclaim.
J.K. Simmons earned his Oscar. It has not done anything for his career though.

[Seanny One Ball]

I wax convinced Miles Teller would become a huge star after Whiplash and War Dogs.
I am still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.

[Destor]

He just had the supporting role in the biggest film of the year

[M-A-G]

Thor: Love and Thunder - 3 stars out of 4

Really wanted to give this half a star. I'm not a fan of Taika Waititi's comedic take on Thor and I was upset with so little Sif and how they kind of did her dirty. Consequently I have to put up with this boring version of Valkyrie. And boy, is it even stupider than Multiverse of Madness, especially with the climax.

However, it's just gorgeous to look at and well put together. Gorr is a great antagonist. His motivations are clear and understandable and Bale injects him with the right amount of creepy and heart, and when you see how one particular character carries themselves you kind of find yourself going, "Wait, for whom am I supposed to be pulling here?" The action rocks along with the soundtrack and ultimately it's pulled together by the relationship between Thor and Jane.

There are a few moments that get ruined by some ridiculous aspects especially with two particular additions to the crew and YOU'LL KNOW what I'm talking about when you see it. Overall, it pained me in certain ways but it made up for it in others. A mid-credits scene sets up an arrival and calls back to a previous set piece. The post-credits scene is merely a nice follow-through for one of the characters. Saying anything more would be spoiling things. Bottom line, I think you'll have fun with it.

[OssMan]

Ossman have you ever seen the documentary “Grey Gardens”?

I have seen it every year since I first saw it.
It deeply worries and yet somehow totally reassures me. Give it a go if you have never had one.
Na will check it out...
Whiplash- 9/10


I never imaged you could get so much tension out of the setting. Absolutely phenomenal. The writting in outstanding. The performances are all so strong. Jk Simmons, Melisa Benoits, Paul Reiser and Miles Teller all give memorable performances. Score is great (and it would have to be.) Cinematography carries its weight and then some. Really exceptional film. I dont have a bad word to say about it.
I fucking hated this movie so much

[Destor]

I really cant imagine why. I read your thoughts on it and they werent very telling.

[Seanny One Ball]

Miles Telling

[Seanny One Ball]

He just had the supporting role in the biggest film of the year


That’s the first time he has had a big role in years.
What happened for the last five years?

[Crippla]

JK Simmons is an amazing actor imo...he would be the reason I would go see that movie along with Destor's extremely glowing review.

[Destor]

Teller made the mistake of following up whiplash by taking on reed richards in fox's failed fantastic four reboot. Derailed his career big time. Had it been the hit his agent surely sold it as to him...well those years are gone. Building a reputation is tough work.

[Destor]

JK Simmons is an amazing actor imo...he would be the reason I would go see that movie along with Destor's extremely glowing review.
Everyone holds their weight but its a 2 person film. Jk simmons best performance? Probably. Maybe at the least.

[Seanny One Ball]

Found “Ducktales: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp” online so now watching it for nostalgia and also to see what I actually remember.

So far so good.

Dijon is on the way.

[Seanny One Ball]

Have not seen this for 30 years. I feel like Dijon influenced me heavily as an impressionable child. He’s funny as fuck.

[Destor]

Thor 4 - 7/10


Fun but it betrays its own tension in the 3rd act

[M-A-G]

I'm really considering deducting a 1/4 star from my original rating for Thor: Love and Thunder. I'm sorry, but the Sif thing and what they do with her here just REALLY annoys me. Her inclusion in this film was the only thing I gave a shit about and looked forward to and once again anything interesting that could be done with a Thor-Sif-Jane dynamic gets tossed aside for the sake of this boring ass version of Valkyrie who, in all honesty, goes nowhere in this movie. That was one hell of a run-on sentence.

Seriously, though, she comes across as just a third wheel for the majority of her time. They've blown TWO chances now to explore this three-way relationship with a character that Thor that has actual history and it would've made a lot more sense here considering the theme of love that's presented here.

[Destor]

Thors love interests have been abandoned completely. Missing the chance to focus on Enchantress/Thor/Loki/Sif was a big point for me around thor 2 but at this point in the film canon thor + jane is the only story to tell. The sif boat sailed ages ago. And its unfortunate.


This version of valkyrie is ok. She was great in thor 3 but here she's only present because its expected not because they had a story for her. Its whatever. Id have prefered her choosing to sit on the sidelines to focus on protecting her people. It would have felt more honest. But whatever.

[Destor]

Foxcatcher- 7/10

There are inaccuracies but over all a pretty good telling of what happened. The wrestling is very authentic. As a film though this is an actors movie and the 3 leads really are pretty great. Mark Ruffalo, Steve Carrell and Channing Tatum. There's a lot of depth to their performances especially in the unspoken moments. If you enjoy watching actors act its a good watch. Might not be for everyone as the drama is understated. I think it works to the benefit of the film though allowing the performances to be more honest instead of melodramatic. Good film.

[Seanny One Ball]

It doesn’t invent anything objectionable in the context of the true account.
Mark Schultz just has sellers remorse.

[Seanny One Ball]

There are a couple of great documentaries that go with it. Du Pont was mad connected.

[drave]

The Orange Years (Nickelodeon documentary on Hulu).


Really hit with the nostalgia on practically everything. There were core memories unlocked when I saw/heard certain songs as an adult. Like "Pinwheel" which were animated shorts. I recall the song nearly perfect, but good lord those cartoons look like minor nightmare fuel.


Good watch, good fun and enjoyed it. Crazy how some of the cartoons a lot of us know and enjoy came to be.

[Seanny One Ball]

Did it touch on Dan Schneider at all?

Tweenstein

[drave]

Nope. But when you find it from searching your usenets, don't let me know.

[Seanny One Ball]

I already know…

[drave]

You have the Collector's Edition yeah?




Man, what a cigarette you are.

[drave]

And now that last sentence reminds me of "Ashtray" from "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice In the Hood".


Great movie.

[Seanny One Ball]

None of what you just said makes any sense whatsoever as a response to what I said.
Hopefully that’s not you paying for cheap doctors again because if it is I’ve got dollars to doughnuts your ass is so full of cancer it actually connects to your brain stem.

You’re usually a lot smarter than this.

Like that time you nearly burned your house down, that had real comic build up.

[drave]

I know man. I told you my brain has been short-circuiting lately, and I'm serious.




My ass is fine, it's my throat sphincter failing me that will be my undoing.

[Destor]

It doesn’t invent anything objectionable in the context of the true account.
Mark Schultz just has sellers remorse.at the olympic trials mark won in the most dominant win of his career. The Olympics he deliberately jobbed to deprive Dupont the win. In the film mark loses day 1 of the trials and overcomes to win in the 2nd and 3rd matches. In the Olympics he just loses. Pretty large departure and not nearly as interesting.

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh that, I thought you were on about the gay stuff.
He definitely had a taste.

[Frank Drebin]

Destor really knocking himself down a few pegs. Now he badmouths Big Trouble in Little China.

[Seanny One Ball]

I know man. I told you my brain has been short-circuiting lately, and I'm serious.





Well guilted.
I hope you’re mostly just making me feel bad here, if not then start drinking heavily to cover your ass. You don’t want people knowing your actions are beyond your control.

[Destor]

Oh that, I thought you were on about the gay stuff.
He definitely had a taste.honestly i dont think they hit the gay stuff hard enough. In the film its understanded. Almost implied with a wink.

Destor really knocking himself down a few pegs. Now he badmouths Big Trouble in Little China.honestly sell me on the film. Ive heard for forever its at the top of his work and i just dont see it. I went in expecting to love it

[Frank Drebin]

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[Destor]

Funny enough that video pprompted me to watch it

[Lock Jaw]

It would have been better if they were singing

[Destor]

Well that goes without saying

[Destor]

Kurt Russell was an elvis impersonator oncs upon a time. Great voice on that guy.

[Lock Jaw]

Speaking of Elvis, I want to see that movie with Tom Hanks.....

[Lock Jaw]

On the subject of Big Trouble in Little China, I watched it for the first time a few years back and thought "that was it?"

[Destor]

The evlis films trailer was good. Hopefully the film can match

[Lock Jaw]

Would have been better if Tom Hanks was playing Elvis, not his manager

[Blonde Moment]

Morbius 6/10
I was entertained. Could have been worse

[poopfromweiner dude]

I saw Sonic 2 recently

pretty good

[poopfromweiner dude]

seeing Elvis tomorrow btw @me for a review if you're a slut

[XL]

Thor: Love & Thunder

Somewhere between 4/10 and 7/10.

[rez]

The Black Phone was entertaining, pretty tense. I enjoyed this movie. It was solid. Brought the viewer to the heyday of serial killers (late 70's). The look and feel was a transport. It is a take on a story that was touched upon on Twilight Zone and modern podcasts like The No-Sleep Podcast. I'd give it an 8/10.

I saw it was announced it's going video on demand Friday. I'll probably check it out this weekend!

[M-A-G]

Thors love interests have been abandoned completely. Missing the chance to focus on Enchantress/Thor/Loki/Sif was a big point for me around thor 2 but at this point in the film canon thor + jane is the only story to tell. The sif boat sailed ages ago. And its unfortunate.


This version of valkyrie is ok. She was great in thor 3 but here she's only present because its expected not because they had a story for her. Its whatever. Id have prefered her choosing to sit on the sidelines to focus on protecting her people. It would have felt more honest. But whatever.

Ugh, I know I'm coming across as beating a dead horse here but, I'm sorry, I like the Sif character so much to the point where this really bothers me. I actually went back and watched the two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in which she appears because she gets way better treatment there. Jaimie Alexander just plays it so straight and so serious which consequently makes things funny as hell when she has to interact with non-Asgardians and the brief hints of romance with Thor lay the groundwork for something to be done in a film like Love and Thunder. I don't know if they just don't have confidence in Alexander or there was some mandate from the top that Valkyrie had to be a major part of this but it really doesn't matter because I'm a sad panda either way. Now to go watch the first Thor movie again.

[XL]

I wouldn’t even say Valkyrie is a “major part” of this movie. She’s there, sure. Her character has 0 going on. We don’t see how she’s getting on as King. She has no real love interest. She doesn’t grow. She’s literally just along for the ride.

[M-A-G]

See, that's the other side of the coin. If she (Valkyrie) is going to have to absolutely be in there, make it worth a damn. With Sif in the mix you get to explore questions like does Jane feel even more inadequate having to compete with a fucking goddess? What does Sif think of Thor feeling such attachment to a mortal? What did she think of Jane at all in the first place? Has her opinion of Jane changed now that she's able to wield the hammer? Does Thor feel pulled in two different directions? What was his relationship with Sif like before? There's a lot to do there but nope, we got to have bare ass humor and screaming goats.

[XL]

The movie did everybody dirty from a character POV. Really disappointing stuff.

[OssMan]

Burn After Reading

funny... related to the people goofing around at work whilst dealing with powerful washington dc people

[Lock Jaw]

The Bob's Burgers Movie - 8/10

Pretty good extended episode

[poopfromweiner dude]

seeing Elvis tomorrow btw @me for a review if you're a slut

no sluts no reviews sorry that's the rules

[Fignuts]

Thor: Love and Thunder 6/10

Don't feel like getting into it now. I will tomorrow.

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching “The Black Phone” which was recommended to me via Slik.
I was already debating it because the reviews have been very good but it hadn’t become available to me yet.

I’m twenty minutes in and it already has me sold. It is unusually well acted for a genre film and the set pieces are building it up as more of a psychological horror. The child snatching aspect is chillingly presented. This film could genuinely upset me but I feel like it is moving like a real film should. Whoever put this together made the effort for this to stand out.

[Seanny One Ball]

The Black Phone - 3.5/4

I was thoroughly impressed with the acting, the story and the decision to include some levity in the form of fairly brutal yet fantastic adolescent violence. I enjoyed it immensely. I was worried that the ending was going to take away some of the opportunity for the lead actor to “have his moment” but all fears were unfounded and oh boy was that ending satisfying.
Before I watched it I knew it had four things going for it:

Ethan Hawke
Jeremy Davies
James Ransone
Blumhouse

Never doubt the credentials.

[Seanny One Ball]

I rated it slightly higher for pure surprise at how suitable parts of it were for daytime viewing. This is a psychological horror if you are a grown up, there is no visual scare to be found besides the child snatching and occasional mild fright.

[Destor]

Red Army - 9/10


Really insightful documentary that uses Soviet hockey to illuminate the political structure of the time and to pull back the curtain on the types of men who are now leaders in the Russian government.

[Lock Jaw]

Thor: Love and Thunder - 6/10

Kinda boring.

[rez]

The Black Phone - 3.5/4

I was thoroughly impressed with the acting, the story and the decision to include some levity in the form of fairly brutal yet fantastic adolescent violence. I enjoyed it immensely. I was worried that the ending was going to take away some of the opportunity for the lead actor to “have his moment” but all fears were unfounded and oh boy was that ending satisfying.
Before I watched it I knew it had four things going for it:

Ethan Hawke
Jeremy Davies
James Ransone
Blumhouse

Never doubt the credentials.

Damn, son. That sounds like a professional movie review. I am waiting on a friend to get back to watch it. I watched Jurassic World: Dominion in the meantime.

[Destor]

Spiderhead- 6/10

This is a really good script betrayed by having an ending tacked on. And its a real shame. In the 1hr 40min run time if you cut the the 20 min that takes place after the climax youd have something here. It has a great premise, Miles Teller and Chris Hemsworth both give strong performances, the writting is clever and well foreshadowed and it explores both the human condition and society in interesting ways. It has really everything youd want from a good sci-fi story. Its forced ending really betrays the films tone in a way the can only hurt it. I cant tell if they wrote themselves into a corner or this ending was forced on them.

I would give the 1st 1hr 20 min an 8 and the last 20min a 6. <strike>I split the difference.</strike>

the story feels like it should have had a much darker ending. Likely the source material, being a short story after all, ended in a bleak way. Thats an assumption on my part but im willing to bet im right. The films ending is out of an 80s summer comedy and completely works at odds with the rest of the film. On some level they knew this because they set the last 20 min to an 80s sound track. It doesnt justify this shift however.

[Destor]

Thinking on this i just cant imagine the ending wasmt passed down on them from the studio. It flies in the face of the film. So out of place...