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The Master's one of the best movies of all time, much less PTA's best film. And Inherent Vice is extremely overrated. Don't forget to put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Is the secret forum on page 2103 of this thread?

Watched Megan Leavey last night mainly because I've had a huge crush on Kate Mara ever since Shooter.

Much better than I thought it would be. Chick was pretty bad ass and spent years trying to get her Marine buddy back.

'Rex is my partner, I love him': Injured Marine's battle to be reunited with the dog she served with in Iraq | Daily Mail Online

The Last Jedi.

There was a span of about 40 minutes that was pretty good, tight & kept you fixated.

Overall, it was ok.

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45 Years

An absolute tour de force of acting, pacing, and inward-looking cinematography (meaning that it matches the character's emotions beautifully). The plot unfolded in a slow burning way and ended on a note that initially left me wanting more. However, after thinking on it for a bit, I realize that it's actually an incredibly realistic approach to the tale of a relationship dying at an old age and the disillusionment that comes with that. Recommended to those who enjoy films propelled by stellar performances. 8/10

Since I've had a bit of time this weekend (keep in mind I don't watch a lot of TV or movies):

Wonder Woman - Fairly decent for a super hero movie. Gal Gadot... nffff. 7/10

Lego Batman Movie - Fast paced and a little hard to watch with the stop-motion (maybe I was just light headed from fever *shrug*). Snappy quips a plenty and a bit predictable. 6/10

Hidden Figures - For a feel good movie based on true events, it was really well done. The constant references to Redstone made it a little special for me too, since I did my AIT there, and I'm sure the main characters stories are much worse than they made them out to be, but bravo for shedding some light on those incredible minds. 9/10

Goodfellas

Watched X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse again today. I'm surprised at how weak I found both of them to be. Poorly choreographed and cut action, not much of an eye for cinema in general, actually. These movies have no visual flair whatsoever. First Class was the same deal.

On top of that, no characters feel all that interesting and the plots are just kind of muddled and sketchy. These movies don't even really work as just simple action movies. Much less as stories with characters and themes worth investing any feelings or thoughts in.

Most surprising to me was how ugly everything looks in Days of Future Past. It's such a bland and garish movie. It somehow manages to have both dulled, unexciting colors and a bad habit of showing non-complimentary colors side by side constantly. It looks revolting. Apocalypse fares better in comparison, but none of these X-Men movies can be accused of having a sense of visual style.

Only decent X-Men movie ever made: The first one from 2000.

One of the only decent super hero movies, really, but that's an entirely different can of worms.