dbunting Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Couldn't sleep Tuesday so I went to a matinee, for the free popcorn day, and saw Rambo. Don't judge me. It wasn't horrible. Some of it didn't make sense of course, but it is not horrible. Had a little something that wasn't expected Spoiler The "daughter" actually dying. Normally that character lives so this was a little surprise. and the movie isn't too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Just started The Godfather of Harlem ... Holy cow it's well done... if it keeps up it'll make my top 10 easily... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ashes Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Ist ep of Carnival Row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Saw Joker tonight. Loved it. Probably the best comic movie I’ve seen since Logan. Not going to even try to compare who was better between Phoenix and Ledger, but I’ll just say this performance is right there with Ledger’s. And Phoenix’s is more disturbing. It’s every bit as inspired by Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy as it appeared in the trailers. Especially the former. Very unsettling movie, overall. Shame on the parents that brought the little kids in our theater. Surprised the critics aren’t higher on it tbh. Other than accusing it of being somewhat derivative, I see very little wrong with this movie. It’s certainly a slow burn, but I don’t think many will be bored with it. Phoenix really carries it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Nictarion said: Saw Joker tonight. Loved it. Probably the best comic movie I’ve seen since Logan. Not going to even try to compare who was better between Phoenix and Ledger, but I’ll just say this performance is right there with Ledger’s. And Phoenix’s is more disturbing. It’s every bit as inspired by Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy as it appeared in the trailers. Especially the former. Very unsettling movie, overall. Shame on the parents that brought the little kids in our theater. Surprised the critics aren’t higher on it tbh. Other than accusing it of being somewhat derivative, I see very little wrong with this movie. It’s certainly a slow burn, but I don’t think many will be bored with it. Phoenix really carries it well. Yeah, I saw this and loved it as well. Extremely gritty, perhaps to a fault. I found it very depressing as well, although I was engrossed and entertained. Also, I saw a cop car patrol the theater lot. So, perhaps they were worried about out of control Juggalo mobs. I guess this begs the question, does this really tie in to the DC Universe at all? Are we going to see a Joker 2 or this Joker in other movies? Kind of a shame if not, but then it might also cheapen it. This was definitely better than any DC universe movie since the Nolan days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 The Nolan movies weren't part of a 'DC Universe'. That's why they weren't pieces of garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 31 minutes ago, Martell Spy said: Yeah, I saw this and loved it as well. Extremely gritty, perhaps to a fault. I found it very depressing as well, although I was engrossed and entertained. Also, I saw a cop car patrol the theater lot. So, perhaps they were worried about out of control Juggalo mobs. I guess this begs the question, does this really tie in to the DC Universe at all? Are we going to see a Joker 2 or this Joker in other movies? Kind of a shame if not, but then it might also cheapen it. This was definitely better than any DC universe movie since the Nolan days. We had a guy get escorted out of the theater by the police about halfway through the movie. It was pretty weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 21 minutes ago, Nictarion said: We had a guy get escorted out of the theater by the police about halfway through the movie. It was pretty weird... Was he acting nuts? Give the deets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jace, Basilissa said: Was he acting nuts? Give the deets! He wasn’t doing anything, that’s what was so weird. If it was towards the beginning of the movie I would have suspected he got caught sneaking in or something, but it was like halfway through. My fiancé already had me on edge worrying about a Dark Knight Rises type situation, so it was pretty unnerving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Nictarion said: He wasn’t doing anything, that’s what was so weird. If it was towards the beginning of the movie I would have suspected he got caught sneaking in or something, but it was like halfway through. My fiancé already had me on edge worrying about a Dark Knight Rises type situation, so it was pretty unnerving. Maybe he just had a really weird laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nictarion said: He wasn’t doing anything, that’s what was so weird. If it was towards the beginning of the movie I would have suspected he got caught sneaking in or something, but it was like halfway through. My fiancé already had me on edge worrying about a Dark Knight Rises type situation, so it was pretty unnerving. Hhhmmmmm. Maybe he made a facebook post or something. Curious... very curious. Maybe he just double parked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Just now, Martell Spy said: Maybe he just had a really weird laugh. Phoenix did an amazing job with that painful, uncontrollable laugh. It was so uncomfortable to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Just now, Jace, Basilissa said: Hhhmmmmm. Maybe he made a facebook post or something. Curious... very curious. Maybe he just double parked. That’s kind of what I was thinking. They were selected seats, so if he bought his ticket ahead of time he would have been easy to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Joker was great and managed to balance art house with entertainment instead of disappearing up its own arse. I was concerned the positive reviews were going to mean the film was too arty and that the negative ones would be more accurate. Thankfully the positive reviews matched my experience. Then i made the mistake of watching "the tall grass" on Netflix after the cinema. I enjoyed the short story it was based on but this was awful. Far more syfy channel trash and also took the Hobbit and fantastic beasts approach of stretching a story far beyond its natural run-time. This should have only been 30 minutes long and all the extra 70 minutes achieved was to make you realise how silly it all is. It's like the drug fueled Stephen king of the late 80s-90s adapted/directed the adaption of his sober work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Rewatched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. I never tire of this movie, it's every bit as enjoyable today as when it was released over a decade ago, a true classic imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, DireWolfSpirit said: Rewatched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. I never tire of this movie, it's every bit as enjoyable today as when it was released over a decade ago, a true classic imo. Absolute classic. Was showing someone who hadn't watch Killing Eve, the first ever episode, and I had forgotten just how brilliant that first episode really is. The writing is really tight and clever, the script and performances just explode on the screen and its hard to take your eyes off of it. Its sad that I felt kinda bored by the end of the second season, but its hard to keep up that level of quality, especially when you change the production team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I watched the first episodes of Peaky Blinders s5 and Raising Dion. Peaky Blinders is much of the same (slo-mo group walk down that Birmingham alley set to modern music), but still enjoyable. It will be interesting to see how they handle the stock market crash. Raising Dion's 1st episode was good. The basic story of gifted child coming to terms with superpowers has been done many times before, but it's interesting to see it more or less from the pov of a single mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 3 hours ago, DireWolfSpirit said: Rewatched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. I never tire of this movie, it's every bit as enjoyable today as when it was released over a decade ago, a true classic imo. I watched it like 2 weeks ago and was thinking how odd it is, in a genius way. I wish there were more movies like it. That cast too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Have watched the British and Spanish parts of Criminal, planning to move onto the French one tonight. I must say I'm glad they are only 40 minutes long. Otherwise they would drag, I think. The episodes feel a little bit like a play. Because the props are minimal and the set is the same, it makes it feel like a lesson or an exercise, playing out the same scenario over and over with variations. I quite like it, it's intense. And watching with subtitles makes me focus more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Ramsay B. said: I watched it like 2 weeks ago and was thinking how odd it is, in a genius way. I wish there were more movies like it. That cast too. Believe it or not, the 160 minute release is still a scaled back version. Apparently Roger Deakins himself laments over the amount of footage that was cut and wishes the full version could someday be released. I would sit through every minute. https://collider.com/assassination-of-jesse-james-extended-cut-criterion-roger-deakins/#andrew-dominik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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