Frownland

City of Lost Children seems to take itself a little too seriously and Delicatessan has funnier characters. I also saw Delicatessan first so you know that goes.

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LoathsomePete

OK, I saw The City of Lost Children first, so maybe it's just because of that. Kind of like how I admit that Spirited Away is Miyazaki's best movie, but I still enjoy Princess Mononoke more because I saw it first.

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MicShazam

I don't really like City of Lost Children. The villains are downright annoying. Amelia and Delicatessen are both pretty good. I watched Micmacs in the movie theater years ago. It was good too, but not really a classic like their older movies. Their movies have that trademark quirk that you either like or loathe.

Chula Vista

1982s The Thing

Still holds up and the non-CGI effects are as mind blowing as the first time I saw the movie (on acid - wasn't sure how much of what I was seeing was real and how much was hallucination). Was a second trip to see it straight and realize the acid had nothing to do with it).

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MicShazam

Personally, I don't think all of the creature effects hold up, but since the movie really relies on everything else than that, I still think it's incredible. I ****ing love that movie.

Chula Vista

The movie holds up. The effects don't. But they are still mind blowing in the sense it was 35 years ago. The FX people didn't have computers and had to rely on stuff like Karo syrup, mayonaise, and red dye for the gore.

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The Batlord

I actually really love that old school wet, gory, monster effect ****. It looks so bad in some ways but it has this uncanny valley quality that makes it creepy anyway.

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MicShazam

It does have some sort of impact that CGI just doesn't. Much as I think the monster effects in The Thing look kind of silly, they also stir my guts in an uncomforable way that no CGI monster movie has managed to yet.

MicShazam

So... I just came back home from watching Blade Runner 2049 and much to my surprise and disappointment, I almost ****ing hated it. Charmless, dull, bloated, misguided and an expansion on the original story that I don't have any need for. I really, really, thought that I would at least like it - but I had already given up on it barely half way through. I've got a feeling not many will agree with me on this, but I found it almost entirely unappealing. Biggest movie disappointment of recent memory for me.

Yac

I finally got to see the Wonder Woman, and here's some thoughts:
1. Gal Gadot is stunning
2. This is imo the best DC superhero movie, even better than Nolans batman vs joker, though I don't know if they can be directly compared to be honest.
3. Gal Gadot is gorgeous.
4. The movie - characters, pacing, the way it's filmed, seems like DC finally considered learning a trick or two from Marvel.
5. Gal Gadot is also a decent actress.

I liked it a lot. And it wasn't as silly as most summer blockbuster movies tend to be, basically the only 2 things I have a small problem are:
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Other than that though? As far as superhero movies go, I'll give this one a 9/10.