Macdoc wrote:You miss this ??

Finished the complete Harry Potter cycle. Enjoyed the kids growing up aspect.

Well done for typing a single line on topic? Just to satisfy my own curiosity...why would anyone bother to watch these films repeatedly? They’re not bad films, but surely there’d have to be something more than them not being bad to warrant repeated viewings. I know you’ve watched them before, because you wouldn’t quit with the leering over Emma Watson for ages, and IIRC went all gross over a picture of her in her underwear. Evidently you’ve seen the kids growing up aspect a time or two already.

Anything on topic to add? ....didn't think so ....nother wanna be mod littering a thread and adding nothing...how ironic. .

I’ll tell you what’s ironic - you of all people whining about someone littering a thread. You’ve yet to identify one wanna be mod, let alone “nother” one.

I enjoyed the aspect of the kids growing up over the years of the Harry Potter production and will do the same watching the longer GoT series. The same sentiment applies to The Americans as the younger actors grow up during the series run.
Few movie series offer that transition tho certainly some actors do ...Natalie Portman and Leonardo DiCaprio to name a couple that come to mind.

Oh, do you like Natalie Portman? I’m glad you mentioned that, I hadn’t at all picked that up from you previously.

Unfortunately some of the aging actors are offering a rather unpleasant transition to geriatic mass of wrinkles....Stallone notably.

Well, at least you’re focused on the really important stuff.

Offering cameos of previous stars in a series ala Star Trek movies maybe works tho seems more transparently a marketing ploy than adding to the story arc...Princess Leia maybe an exception and possibly a somewhat unwilling Harrison Ford.

Princess Leia, you say? Can you still bear to look at her?

Fallible wrote:Jennifer, if you haven’t yet watched The Curse of La Llorona, I wouldn’t bother. I mean it’s not bad bad, it’s just nothing very special. You’ll probably love it now, you ungrateful little shit.

I only know of that legend from an episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural, so I assumed you were bagging on that. And I was prepared to defend it with someone's very life. How dare you. You will NEVER speak poorly of Shane Madej.

Animavore wrote:The Terminator was WAY ahead of its time. Just watching it now. I don't even think they meant to nail the present future.

Oh, is that the one where the robot man goes back in time to kill the lady? Yeah, it's pretty well done. That Andy Schwänzennegger is good in it.

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Right, so, I tried to watch John Wick: Chapter 3 and was totally bored after about 10 minutes. The only thing I seem to remember are a lot of fighting and action scenes, which got really boring very quickly. Had I paid attention, there was probably some story to string it all along. Also, if I had paid to see this in a cinema, I might have had a better chance of following what was happening. Alas, it was on the in-flight entertainment system, and I was not invested in the whole thing.

So, moving on to...

Shazam!



This was suitably silly, surprisingly entertaining, and a lot of fun. Well produced, good comedic delivery, and pretty darned good performances all round. With the current saturation of superheroes and superhero films, it's all too easy to find them boring with their drawn-out fighting action scenes — oh, "yay", another invincible character who saves the universe. However, Shazam! takes you back to that moment of discovering those extra powers, reminiscent of the original Superman film (1978).

There's a bus scene (intentionally trope-y, I'm sure) that's finished with an unexpected dog. It's silly things like that which make this a fun watch, if you're into that sort of thing, of course. The finale was a bit too positive and message-driven, I felt. I would have preferred a slight peppering of the cynicism and edginess from the beginning of the film, but I guess we'll have to live with the happy conclusion.

Overall, the ending seemed to tail off. By this time, I was enjoying the cheese platter at the end of a three course meal, and my mind was starting to dwindle in terms of cognitive ability.

6.8/10

Spinozasgalt wrote:

Fallible wrote:Jennifer, if you haven’t yet watched The Curse of La Llorona, I wouldn’t bother. I mean it’s not bad bad, it’s just nothing very special. You’ll probably love it now, you ungrateful little shit.

I only know of that legend from an episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural, so I assumed you were bagging on that. And I was prepared to defend it with someone's very life. How dare you. You will NEVER speak poorly of Shane Madej.

I don’t know who that is, but I’m sure he’s very nice if you like him. Anyway, it’s the latest film in the “Conjuring” universe, apparently, although the husband and wife aren’t even in it. They’re one of the best bits, FFS.

I think the only connection is the priest, father perez...mayhap they're trying to establish more main characters in the franchise beyond thingy and mrs thingy...

la llorona was somewhat similar to mama, only not so good...interesting fact, the director also directed the 'bury a friend' video, if anyones an eilish fan....

Ohhh, so it's another Annabelle. Part of the extended universe. I don't like that. Needs Vera Farmiga. All movies need Vera Farmiga.

Hold up though, you two haven't watched Buzzfeed Unsolved!?! It's a Youtube series and it's glorious! It's one of those ghosthunter type things, but one of the guys believes and the other doesn't and the guy who doesn't is just a total arsehole to the ghosts the whole time. Here's a little example.

In the Shadow of the Moon



It's got that Boyd Holbrook in it — not to be confused with Dacre Montgomery, which is wot I did. The gore is good and it all starts off well. There's some sci-fi stuff and, like, the relationship with the daughter and things. I had it on in the background while I was playing Minecraft, so wasn't really paying attention. In the end, there was some resolution that didn't really make sense and I was left a bit confused and mildly disappointed. Good performance by Boyd Holbrook (not to be confused with Dacre Montgomery).

5/10

Spinozasgalt wrote:Ohhh, so it's another Annabelle. Part of the extended universe. I don't like that. Needs Vera Farmiga. All movies need Vera Farmiga.

Hold up though, you two haven't watched Buzzfeed Unsolved!?! It's a Youtube series and it's glorious! It's one of those ghosthunter type things, but one of the guys believes and the other doesn't and the guy who doesn't is just a total arsehole to the ghosts the whole time. Here's a little example.

Ooh, thank you!

LucidFlight wrote:In the Shadow of the Moon



It's got that Boyd Holbrook in it — not to be confused with Dacre Montgomery, which is wot I did. The gore is good and it all starts off well. There's some sci-fi stuff and, like, the relationship with the daughter and things. I had it on in the background while I was playing Minecraft, so wasn't really paying attention. In the end, there was some resolution that didn't really make sense and I was left a bit confused and mildly disappointed. Good performance by Boyd Holbrook (not to be confused with Dacre Montgomery).

5/10

We watched that yesterday as well. I liked it, but it had something about it that jarred a bit; I think it was slightly clunky, either in the acting or directing department, and I think they could have spent more time exploring the backgrounds of the people she killed - that felt inadequate.

It can be hard to think for yourself when it comes to a movie which already has so many opinions, from gushing reviewers and disgusted detractors, but with Joker I find myself cutting some sort of middle ground. I was neither repulsed by it or found it particularly noteworthy.

It's just a rather well made movie with great performances and cinematography sadly let down by a desire to be noticed kind of like the protagonist himself. And I think the biggest flaw of the movie isn't that it's a sad reflection of society, like the NYTs stated, but rather indicative of a Hollywood so out of ideas that if it's not a remake it's a rag-tag and disjointed rip-off homage to better movies from a better time minus the self-awareness.

I enjoyed Joker. I think it delivered on the praise it had received and it's laughable that this is considered a "controversial" film. I mean seriously, that the word controversial is attached to this movie says more about society in 2019 than anything in film.

I liked the dark, gritty, realistic take on the comic book origin story (much welcomed compared to The Kitchen) while also maintaining ties to the larger DC/Batman universe. I think it would have been pretty cool if this had been the movie to kick off the DC movie universe a la Iron Man/MCU.

Fallible wrote:

LucidFlight wrote:In the Shadow of the Moon



It's got that Boyd Holbrook in it — not to be confused with Dacre Montgomery, which is wot I did. The gore is good and it all starts off well. There's some sci-fi stuff and, like, the relationship with the daughter and things. I had it on in the background while I was playing Minecraft, so wasn't really paying attention. In the end, there was some resolution that didn't really make sense and I was left a bit confused and mildly disappointed. Good performance by Boyd Holbrook (not to be confused with Dacre Montgomery).

5/10

We watched that yesterday as well. I liked it, but it had something about it that jarred a bit; I think it was slightly clunky, either in the acting or directing department, and I think they could have spent more time exploring the backgrounds of the people she killed - that felt inadequate.

it reminded me of films like looper. & predestination....only not as good, I think for the same reason - it was more proud of finding itself a twist rather than think about developing the plot...

Yarp.

"I enjoyed Joker. I think it delivered on the praise it had received and it's laughable that this is considered a "controversial" film. I mean seriously, that the word controversial is attached to this movie says more about society in 2019 than anything in film."

Well said, man. That's about the best review I've read to be honest. I might quote this elsewhere..?

Animavore wrote:It can be hard to think for yourself when it comes to a movie which already has so many opinions, from gushing reviewers and disgusted detractors, but with Joker I find myself cutting some sort of middle ground. I was neither repulsed by it or found it particularly noteworthy.

It's just a rather well made movie with great performances and cinematography sadly let down by a desire to be noticed kind of like the protagonist himself. And I think the biggest flaw of the movie isn't that it's a sad reflection of society, like the NYTs stated, but rather indicative of a Hollywood so out of ideas that if it's not a remake it's a rag-tag and disjointed rip-off homage to better movies from a better time minus the self-awareness.

This is a very good take. Especially the last sentence.

UncertainSloth wrote:

Fallible wrote:

We watched that yesterday as well. I liked it, but it had something about it that jarred a bit; I think it was slightly clunky, either in the acting or directing department, and I think they could have spent more time exploring the backgrounds of the people she killed - that felt inadequate.

it reminded me of films like looper. & predestination....only not as good, I think for the same reason - it was more proud of finding itself a twist rather than think about developing the plot...

In my Minecraft-induced haze, I thought for a moment that it was the white supremacists who had invented time travel and, in an ironic twist, planned to save the world by killing those people — and they used a non-white person to do it. Oddly, I only noticed the person's non-whiteness at the end of the story, when the plot twist was revealed. Thanks, film!

Fallible wrote:

Spinozasgalt wrote:Ohhh, so it's another Annabelle. Part of the extended universe. I don't like that. Needs Vera Farmiga. All movies need Vera Farmiga.

Hold up though, you two haven't watched Buzzfeed Unsolved!?! It's a Youtube series and it's glorious! It's one of those ghosthunter type things, but one of the guys believes and the other doesn't and the guy who doesn't is just a total arsehole to the ghosts the whole time. Here's a little example.

Ooh, thank you!

Ok, that’s funny. You are forgiven 37% of past sins.

37% down leaves just 79% to go.

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