[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo

I wonder: am I the only one who, except for Zero Esc here, was pretty much unaware there were more than, say, 2 or 3 Godzilla movies and remakes? I mean, Godzilla's Godzilla, right? He's a big monster, attacks the city, gets defeated, or, whoops, he's a big monster, protects the city.

Not saying I'm not interested or complaining, to be clear, I'm just honestly surprised how many of these were made and how much of a difference there seems to be between them.
Counting the American films, there are 30 Godzilla movies. Toho is coming out with a new Japanese one next year, and I hope annually after that for some time. As anyone's probably guessed, I've seen them all.

First movie, destructive force representing nuclear destruction. Next few movies, he's a villain, fighting either another monster, or fighting a good monster. Then in the fifth movie, Mothra guilt trips him into defending the Earth, and for the next ten or so movies he's a hero, except when he gets mind-controlled by aliens. Then we cut to the 80s, where they reboot the series aside from the first movie, and Godzilla's either villain or anti-hero for the 90s and the early 2000s. Sometimes he's teaming up with the military, sometimes he's fighting a worse monster, sometimes fighting a hero monster, once he was a vessel for the souls of those who died in the Pacific during World War II who were angry about being forgotten, another time he was the best super-weapon we had against Matrix aliens ... it's a weird as hell franchise, with multiple series and continuities within it.

Just wait until you find out about the Heisei Gamera films...
Yeah, those are a quality whiplash.

60s Gamera: "Haha, look at these shitty Godzilla knock-offs for 5-year-olds, this is hilarious."

90s Gamera: ... *tears in eyes* "Godzilla films will never be this amazing, will they?"

I'm debating if I want to use those to end my kaiju kick. It's always that Gamera trilogy that does it--I watch those three movies in a row and then don't really feel like watching Godzilla movies for a while. Maybe if I only watch one Gamera movie, I can keep it going.

I gotta watch the other five G-films I haven't seen, as well as straight up buy the original "Gojira" on DVD.
Gojira is on streaming services, I believe, but I hear you. It feels weird not to have it and it's hard to go back to King of the Monsters after watching the real thing. Which five movies?
 
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Gojira is on streaming services, I believe, but I hear you. It feels weird not to have it and it's hard to go back to King of the Monsters after watching the real thing. Which five movies?
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero, Son of Godzilla, Destroy all Monsters, Return of Godzilla, and Biollante. The last one I can't believe I haven't seen after all this time, still have her figurine from when I was a kid.

And then there's the countless spin-offs and off-spins I gotta see, Frankenstein being at the top one: Ridiculousness, Two: The fact that we could've had Godzilla vs. FREAKING FRANKENSTEIN! AND the wolf-man, and the devil! That last one e-SPECI-ally should've happened.
 
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero, Son of Godzilla, Destroy all Monsters, Return of Godzilla, and Biollante. The last one I can't believe I haven't seen after all this time, still have her figurine from when I was a kid.

And then there's the countless spin-offs and off-spins I gotta see, Frankenstein being at the top one: Ridiculousness, Two: The fact that we could've had Godzilla vs. FREAKING FRANKENSTEIN! AND the wolf-man, and the devil! That last one e-SPECI-ally should've happened.
Destroy All Monsters (awful dub version) is on Hulu free, no subscription needed. The others though ... Monster Zero and Biollante are on DVD, sure, but Return and Son have both been out of print and are a pain in the ass to track down.

I would never have even seen Son if not for a friend taping it off the Disney Channel years and years ago. That's probably one of the most obscure titles in the series for some reason.
 
The Guest
Watched it on Netflix, and I really enjoyed it. It's such a campy fun ride. I think the negative reviews on Rotten/IMDB missed the point of the film. The characters are practically winking at the screen. I guess viewers thought it would be a serious/Fatal Attractions sort of thriller, and were taken aback by the dark-humor. The score was pretty great as well. The director was the fella that made You're Next.
 
I dunno, it's like they really wanted it to be this parody of summer camp/romantic comedy movies, but then they throw all these insane plotlines in and everyone overacts on purpose because it's funny I guess and the whole thing kind of just turns into a mess. I've seen worse, but for a comedy I didn't find myself laughing very often.
 
I dunno, it's like they really wanted it to be this parody of summer camp/romantic comedy movies, but then they throw all these insane plotlines in and everyone overacts on purpose because it's funny I guess and the whole thing kind of just turns into a mess. I've seen worse, but for a comedy I didn't find myself laughing very often.
It's OK. many people live happy productive lives without a soul :p
 
Inside Out

Pretty good, pretty good. The voice acting was great, and the visuals were wonderfully imaginative. Pete Docter is basically Pixar's ideal director.

The scene with the Headquarters console blacking out brought back some uncomfortable memories though.
 
Inside Out

Pretty good, pretty good. The voice acting was great, and the visuals were wonderfully imaginative. Pete Docter is basically Pixar's ideal director.

The scene with the Headquarters console blacking out brought back some uncomfortable memories though.
I get the feeling that movie is like having kids. You just don't understand it until you've been there.
Never been depressed before? I mean really depressed? Then it's a cartoon about a Wizard of Oz-like journey.
But been depressed? Miss your childhood? Loaded with personal demons? ... you might want to bring a friend. A good one.

--Patrick
 
Mission Impossible 3789237802312

IT was a solid movie. 7.5/10. Nice effects, lots of action, OK storyline... paled in comparison to Mad Max though.

Still liked seeing the old crew though... fuck, everyone getting old man.

Cruise is in solid shape for a 50+ year old.
 
Godzilla vs Mothra (1964): Was having a rough day, so popped this in way too late last night. It's my favorite Godzilla movie thanks to solid pacing, enjoyable human characters (which is so much more important to a good kaiju film than people give credit for), and a lot of emotion wrapped up in the monsters. This was my first time getting to watch the Japanese version, and it improves the pacing by not having a scene where the American Navy shows up to attack Godzilla. Otherwise I've thought the dub was fine, but I'll probably stick with the Japanese version in future viewings.

My wife planned only to watch a little of it, but ended up getting sucked in and caring about the characters, and actually enjoyed a Godzilla movie besides the 2014 one. That was a surprise.
 
Alright, saw The Gift. What a monstrous, hideous, grotesque movie. I was literally getting nauseated by the end of it.

It was also very well made but it definitely made me INCREDIBLY uncomfortable.

ALSO, I saw Southpaw, the world's most cliched sports movie ever made. Seriously. It's a trope factory of epic proportions. Jake Gyllenhal was really good in it. So was the little girl that played his daughter.
 
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Dave

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Talk about uncomfortable movies? I saw Leon - The Professional for the first time tonight. Holy shit. Discomfort followed by more discomfort followed by even more discomfort.
 
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