I thought Green Room was a borefest. Seemingly no plot. Patrick Stewart's character was supposed to be intimidating and scary and ended up being a total idiot, who employed idiots to do his deeds. Well we only have a few hours so grab a knife and go get shot. Ok we need to do this now heres a baseball bat go get killed. What a boring load of ****. This movie sucked on a very high level. Absolute dog crap, avoid at all cost. 1/5 stars. I will never trust IMDB again.

Bummer that you feel that way. What made me love it was the atmosphere, acting, and heavy doses of reflexive, dark humour.

I watched Time Lapse recently. The acting was hammy as **** and the ending was stupid (felt like they had to rush writing or shooting it or something like that), but apart from that it was really interesting. These three friends find a camera that takes a picture one day into the future and it starts to **** with everything. Really interesting exploration of the bootstrap paradox (paradox of time travel that occurs when an object or piece of information sent back in time becomes trapped within an infinite cause-effect loop in which the item no longer has a discernible point of origin, and is said to be “uncaused” or “self-created”).

I also thought this was better than expected. I'm also a little bummed they didn't continue the story with new characters, but considering the vibe is so much different, I think that's ok. Actually, the vibe and style of comedy was the most disappointing part - it was very modern and fitting with the styles of the comedians, but it was more a surreal satire while the originals were grounded in realism (with extraordinary things happening around them, of course) and the characters just happened to have great comedic timing. THAT is what made the original such a classic.

I haven't seen this yet, but interesting story - I went to middle school/high school with the guy who plays Nesbit (who is also Dwight in the Walking Dead). He was an interesting guy. One night he was hanging out with my brother and got hammered. That night, he busted into my room crying about how worthless he is and how he wanted to be more like my brother and me. People, man.

Watched Hardcore Henry yesterday.
The whole first-person gimmick wasn't as annoying as I expected it to be, but I wouldn't say it made the film particularly outstanding either. Overall it was partly enjoyable, partly a little boring. Also the main villain kinda sucked.
I did enjoy seeing the authentic russian locations and some of the russian banter was pretty hilarious.

The fact that you were expecting it to be annoying rather than amusing shows you to be a fag or something less homophobic but still insulting to your sexuality. Hardcore Henry 4 lyfe.

I expected all the action to be really blurry, but it actually mostly worked pretty well.

Her cameo was quite distracting. :thumb:

Less than two weeks till she empties balls as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.

I'm really praying that turns out great. David Ayer's 3 for 5 in my opinion so I'm reluctantly hoping it's gonna be the tits.

Back to The Big Short. Bourdain's fish analogy was so freaking spot on for what happened to cause the crash.

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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

Not really the last film I saw, but one of the more memorable ones I've watched recently. Very nice horror drama where visual delight is greatly enriched with music. Also, the actress is excellent, very expressive in a minimalist way. Would've been great in silent films.

Saw Jaws last night for the millionth time. Hasn't missed a beat since it was first released over 40 years ago.

Last night I watched JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959) on VHS :)

Star Trek Into Darkness. I'm not sure whether I think it's great or just good.

Hey! Nice to see you around!

Meh. Boring villain, boring story, but the cast was great as always.

Don't listen to him. You will miss out on a cool villian if you skip that one.


I agree. A bunch of cool moments here and there but it's not very well tied together.

I loved the Warcraft movie for what it was. Why do you think it was a bad movie besides what the stupid critiques said about it?

If you want a continue story, you have to look to one of the GhostBusters video games that came out. They did a really good job continuing the story. I'm so glad they didn't tarnish it by doing that on the big screen. I like the update, modern style and everything else about it. The classic is still the classic and doesn't need to have it be told the same way with being grounded in realism.



If you want blurry action just go watch a Bourne movie.

I did last night and it was typical Bourne fare. If you liked any of the Bourne movies, you'll love this latest entry.

I like that Bourne movies are known for car chase scenes and the blurry action BS. I ended up going to it late and had to sit like in the second row from the front so it was a bit rough.

I never said I saw ther movie. I just have a serious desire for a video game movie that the critics love to come out. Some of them have a belief video game movies that are good are impossible to make. And when a good one comes, I want to watch those critics suck it like a pacifier.

But even from the trailer, I could tell Jones didn't try as hard as he did with Source Code.

3rd attempt to watch Straight Outta Compton last night. Fell asleep again. One of these days I'll finish it...

I don't believe that at all. Jones is an avid Warcraft fan. He wouldn't and DIDN'T half ass it whether you thought so just from a trailer or not. Watch the movie then come back to me with your own opinion and not one from a critic about how he didn't try.

To be fair, you can try really really really really hard and still making a heaping turd of a film.

This isn't facetious, give me a solid example.

Maybe his fanhood is what got in the way. One of the leading criticisms is that it didn't explain things that non-fans wouldn't get if they never played the game, meaning the movie was pretty much "for the fans." A mistake on Jones' part. I know jack-crap about Warcraft edcept there's a character named Rexxar. So it's possible I'd be confused by the movie.

Basically why I haven't seen it yet, myself. It looks cartoony and not worth my time. I'll wait until I can find it for free online somewhere.

No you wouldn't be confused by the movie. There is enough of them explaining **** over and over again as to NOT confuse people. The whole "for the fans" bit only comes from the fans knowing more details about certain scenes because they know the lore. They couldn't fit every single detail from the lore into the movie. It would have been a five hour long movie.

Well, if a story is told correctly, you don't have to explain it over and over.

Ja...that's usually more on the viewer than the film itself.

I know that but it's strange for them to get that critic when it wasn't confusing at all.

Depends on the viewer. You get hardcore Warcraft fans in a room to watch Warcraft, it's not confusing. Get people that don't know the game, and it is confusing. However, if a story is told right, both parties can appreciate it.

The movie was made for people who are heavily into the lore, and that's not something I'm interested to research before seeing a movie.

But it isn't though, the people that are heavily into the lore will have fun with the easter eggs. It's fine don't watch it but it isn't as bad as you think it is or confusing for the non player.

Are you a non-player?

:wave:

I've been watching a lot of newer films, from the past few years, that I've missed.

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The Invitation (2015)

Very engaging yet simple thriller/drama, with slow burning tension. A dinner party, but something is off. You're not quite sure if you're seeing the setting through the eyes of paranoid protagonist; at least the film was having that effect on me - questioning the perspective. Reminds me of another film I saw several months ago, in atmosphere and setting, Coherence.

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Upstream Color (2013)

This was enthralling and hypnotizing. I was actually quite surprised how into it I was and how easily the film just flowed. I was surprised because I struggled with Primer even after rewatch. I don't know what is it about that film. It has all the ingredients for me to like it. It's a time travel mind****, I should eat it up. It's not the plot and time travel mechanics, it's the way it is presented. The film just strikes me as so dry, and...the best word I can come up with is - undramatic. Upstream Color is the opposite. It seems I enjoyed it for all the reasons I didn't Primer. Great film

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Under the Skin (2013)

Another great film. Very slow and all the more effective for it. Tells a pretty straightforward poignant story. The story is very familiar to sci-fi fans, but it's a such a great story that it should be told over and over.

Upstream Color and Under The Skin are two of my favorite movies ever.

They're really great. There seem to be in recent years a lot of films where sci-fi (or horror to a lesser extent) is merely just a backdrop for proper drama, or if it's more overt it's in the service of drama. I've seen people call it lo-fi sci-fi and such. I like.

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I'm surprised this isn't a genre of music yet.

the soundtrack alone to Under the Skin if perfect....the film itself is beyond words

by chance have you read the book the film is based on?

also in case you have not heard of it please add The Congress to your list....you'll love it :)

I went to see The Killing Joke in theaters. At the time, I loved everything about it but when I got home. I had some real issues with it. IDK, I will definitely still get it on Blu-Ray when it is released but yeah. If anyone wants me to share what they did to it in animated form I will do a spoiler post about it.