Watched Deadpool again. Still great.
I didn't realize the guy Wade calls Liefeld in Weasel's bar is actually Rob Liefeld.
I didn't realize the guy Wade calls Liefeld in Weasel's bar is actually Rob Liefeld.
[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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I forget, does it show him having feet?[DOUBLEPOST=1464532620,1464532372][/DOUBLEPOST]
Well, good to know you didn't get tornado'd, at least
Dark City: It's so rare I get to be awed by a movie. And for all the CGI disaster porn I've seen of buildings getting played with and destroyed like in Age of Ultron or Day After Tomorrow, the first major tuning scene was far more engrossing because of the story (and maybe because practical effects, even though those in Dark City don't look as real). We watched the director's cut; not sure how much difference that makes, but the way the whole thing is presented is fantastic. Really a great movie.
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Gods of Egypt deserved better, it was a mildly amusing adventure / The Mummy-esque script and some terrible performances wrapped around some cool Alex Proyas crazy, huge-budget visuals. But it's going to be remembered at best as a John Carter flop and at worst, a lightning rod of whitewashing made even worse by the actors barely trying. They slightly had the right idea by making thousands of copies of Chadwick Boseman's Thoth, but should have gone farther and had him play every character.
It makes ALL the difference.
The director's cut adds in a couple (obviously re-shot/spliced-in) scenes which caulk a couple of cracks in the plot, but the single most important thing it does is remove the FUCKING* narration that otherwise completely and utterly ruins the movie before the first 30 seconds are over.
That movie is what 50's pulp Sci-fi would be if you rendered it into celluloid, and it is indeed glorious.
--Patrick
*I don't swear often. This deserves it.
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Went and saw X-Men: Apocalypse tonight. Really, it wasn't THAT bad. I mean, yeah, Apocalypse was eyerollworthy, but really, he is in all incarnations. Apocalypse is always written like a 4 year old who is constantly trying to trump somebody in a make-believe-superpower competition. So yeah, he ends up being deus ex machina on legs. Sophie Turner ALMOST succeeds in subverting her native accent, and pleasantly surprising is how few lines Olivia Munn gets. Lots of self-referential humor, which was funny. So, yeah, it was no Civil War, but it was still fairly decent. Definitely better than Last Stand to say nothing of BvS.
to say nothing of BvS.
X-Men: Apocalypse
Yeah, it wasn't that bad. Some people were saying it was X3 bad, which it definitely wasn't. Did it have problems? Definitely. Personally, I'd put it about on par with Days of Future Past. It's sniffing the ass of many other better superhero flicks, but there's enough to like.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Just finished watching this for the first time and BY GOD, I regret not seeing it sooner. Loved every frigging minute of it. In fact, skimming his IMDB page, I realized I haven't actually seen a lot of Shane Black's work outside of Iron Man 3. Including the Lethal Weapon movies. Saw bits of them on TV while channel surfing when I was younger, but never sat down and watched them. I think I'll change that.
I also discovered he has a new movie that just came out: The Nice Guys. Having watched the trailer just now, I'm convinced it's at least as good as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. In fact, I'm hearing some good things about the movie. I might go see it tomorrow night.
Yeah, it wasn't that bad. Some people were saying it was X3 bad, which it definitely wasn't. Did it have problems? Definitely. Personally, I'd put it about on par with Days of Future Past. It's sniffing the ass of many other better superhero flicks, but there's enough to like.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Just finished watching this for the first time and BY GOD, I regret not seeing it sooner. Loved every frigging minute of it. In fact, skimming his IMDB page, I realized I haven't actually seen a lot of Shane Black's work outside of Iron Man 3. Including the Lethal Weapon movies. Saw bits of them on TV while channel surfing when I was younger, but never sat down and watched them. I think I'll change that.
I also discovered he has a new movie that just came out: The Nice Guys. Having watched the trailer just now, I'm convinced it's at least as good as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. In fact, I'm hearing some good things about the movie. I might go see it tomorrow night.
The Nice Guys has drawn lots of positive comparisons to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, so I am excited to see it.
I don't understand the hate that X-Men Apocalypse has been recieving. Was it a great movie? No way. Did I enjoy it? You betcha! It had some pacing issues and felt cluttered at times, but it was enjoyable.
Also, you can tell that they salvaged what remained of the original Magneto movie script and folded it into this one. Which means I REALLY wish that he had gotten his own movie. The Magneto-centric stuff was GREAT.
Also, I did get a huge nerd boner when
Also, you can tell that they salvaged what remained of the original Magneto movie script and folded it into this one. Which means I REALLY wish that he had gotten his own movie. The Magneto-centric stuff was GREAT.
Also, I did get a huge nerd boner when
Jean Grey went full on Phoenix
Neighbors 2 i'm not going to weigh in on if this is "the most feminist comedy ever", but it really was one of the best comedy sequels I've seen in a long time. And fucking hilarious.
For a quick moment you made me wonder how they could've possibly made a decent sequel without John Belushi.
--Patrick
The Nice Guys
Hell of a lot of fun. Great acting, good little mystery, fantastic directing, and some really funny moments.
Basically, if you liked Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, you should go see this.
Hell of a lot of fun. Great acting, good little mystery, fantastic directing, and some really funny moments.
Basically, if you liked Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, you should go see this.
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Ant-Man
Well this was surprisingly good. I totally interpreted the trailers wrong. Did not expect Michael Douglas to be Hank, and I didn't expect a medias res story where Hank had already been Ant-Man in the past. That was a good surprise. I liked Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, too. There were some plot holes but overall it was a good time.
Well this was surprisingly good. I totally interpreted the trailers wrong. Did not expect Michael Douglas to be Hank, and I didn't expect a medias res story where Hank had already been Ant-Man in the past. That was a good surprise. I liked Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, too. There were some plot holes but overall it was a good time.
Dave
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Just finished watching Warcraft. Wow. I play the fucking game and thought it was bad. Choppy editing and all over the place. And if you DON'T play the game, you will have no clue about what's going on.
And don't get me started on the forced Orc/Human love affair.
Man was this thing by the numbers and cliche as fuck.
And don't get me started on the forced Orc/Human love affair.
Man was this thing by the numbers and cliche as fuck.
Maybe they'll jump straight to Pandarians.
I was holding out hope that Zowie Bowie could make the first good video game movie.
Mortal Kombat says hi.
Street Fighter wants to know what you're talking about.
Resident Evil 1 was alright as a movie. It had some dumb parts, but it's a solid b-horror movie... and considering it's based on b-horror movies, that's just fine. They've also done at least one good CGI movie for the game, Resident Evil: Damnation. Again, cheesy but fun.Final Fantasy wants to....
Resident Evil wants to...
Lara Craft wants to...
Need For Speed wants to....
Yeah, never mind
The Professor Layton animated movie was pretty good too.
GasBandit
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*cough*laserhallway*cough*
The Laser Hallway was dumb enough that they made fun of it in RE4. It's still fun though.
GasBandit
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Batman would have thrown a bucket of silver paint that coated the glass surfaces, reflecting the lasers back at their source.
Or, you know, not taken 9 years to hack the door.
Batman would have just blew open the door with an explosive. Probably the second he got in there.
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Thought about that. It's a sealed room. He'd disable the lasers, but be jelly from the concussion with an explosive powerful enough to blow the door.
Maybe just thermite then?
GasBandit
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Duhhh, SHAPED charges, fade. Don't you know anything?
You can just stand right up next to it and it will only boom the door!