[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Sounds like Final Fantasy alright.
What's this group chat you speak of?
....Wha!? Just his address?! I had to give you nudes of my sister, $1.000 in unmarked bills, my left kidney and the promise of the soul of my first born! What's he have that I do'nt have, huh?
(besides a left kidney these days, of course)
Wait, how come I never knew about this?
GasBandit
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Do me a favor and try joining via the link I put in the post above yours. I wanna see if it works.
Ok, I'll try it out.
GasBandit
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Fun fact: We also have a subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/halforums
It is almost completely inactive.
It is almost completely inactive.
Oh yeah, now I remember. I was in it, and I left because goddamn it was blowing up my phone.
GasBandit
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Under the "three dots" menu in the top right, then "people and options," you can turn off notifications for just that group chat.
That's what I did.
GasBandit
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Not me, though. Every time somebody speaks in that chat, my phone plays the "Level up" chant from Skyrim.
HAH. HOOH. HWAH.
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Train to Busan
Korean zombie movie, set on a train. Pretty good. It's got some decent action, and the setting allows for some nicely imaginative situations. The characters are a bit one dimensional, but that's not a huge deal for a zombie apocalypse flick.
Also when I went to bed yesterday the film's Wikipedia article didn't have a plot summary yet. I was looking forward to writing it. And now I find someone's beaten me to the punch. And it's not all that well written.
Time to start editing!
Korean zombie movie, set on a train. Pretty good. It's got some decent action, and the setting allows for some nicely imaginative situations. The characters are a bit one dimensional, but that's not a huge deal for a zombie apocalypse flick.
Also when I went to bed yesterday the film's Wikipedia article didn't have a plot summary yet. I was looking forward to writing it. And now I find someone's beaten me to the punch. And it's not all that well written.
Time to start editing!
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Thats a matter of opinion.
The Return of Godzilla: I watched this on a ... not so legit copy last year, promising I'd buy the official release if there ever was one. Well, that happened on Tuesday, so I bought it and tonight watched it with my wife.
She didn't really care for this one. It takes itself a little too seriously for her and the characters don't really have personalities aside from the Prime Minister, who she liked and I'm glad, because he's my favorite character and has the best human scenes. Usually the politicians are the throwaway bits of these movies, but he kind of stole the show with his tired resolve toward the American and Soviet representatives, as if refusing nuclear weapons being used on Japan wasn't just about the physical damage to the country and its people, but about the soul of Japan if they consented to it.
I still think it's a good one, but I agree with her that it's not really a fun one. But holy shit, that end credits song. The whole movie takes itself seriously, and then they blow that to tell in the end credits.
She didn't really care for this one. It takes itself a little too seriously for her and the characters don't really have personalities aside from the Prime Minister, who she liked and I'm glad, because he's my favorite character and has the best human scenes. Usually the politicians are the throwaway bits of these movies, but he kind of stole the show with his tired resolve toward the American and Soviet representatives, as if refusing nuclear weapons being used on Japan wasn't just about the physical damage to the country and its people, but about the soul of Japan if they consented to it.
I still think it's a good one, but I agree with her that it's not really a fun one. But holy shit, that end credits song. The whole movie takes itself seriously, and then they blow that to tell in the end credits.
Laserblast (MST3K version)
Ugh. A decent idea with effects that were passable for the time absolutely wrecked by poor direction, awful editing, a padded run time, and overall just lackluster quality. The plot is that an alien of some kind, with an arm-mounted laser cannon, is on the run from 2 giant turtle-like stop motion aliens. He attempts to ambush them but gets gunned down and vaporized. However, the control gem and weapon are left behind when the aliens (police? Bounty hunters? hard to say) take off when a Cessna buzzes the scene. They are soon found by Billy, a young man with a really shitty life, a hideous unreliable van, and everyone in his bullshit desert town seems to give him a hard time: his mom just up and leaves for vacation without telling him; the local hick jerkwad cops hassle hip; an unlikely meathead and toady nerd duo bully him; his girlfriend's senile grandfather chases him off their property instead of letting her know he's there. Naturally, this is exact the sort of person who should have access to a means of violent and unstoppable payback, and soon enough, Billy finds this super advanced weapon while wandering in the desert (the one place no one seems out to give him a hard time). A lousy birthday pool party, some tanning, and an attempted rape of his girlfriend (by the aforementioned bullies) later, and Billy's vendetta begins.
I guess what bothers me so much is that, in competent hands, this could have been pretty decent. In a lot of ways its thematically similar to Chronicle, and if remade today, could be almost as good. But pointless scenes drag on, the visuals are uninspiring (there's only so much beige southwestern scrub you can see before you've seen enough of it), and scenes don't so much transition as collide together in an awkward pileup. The acting isn't that great either.
Ugh. A decent idea with effects that were passable for the time absolutely wrecked by poor direction, awful editing, a padded run time, and overall just lackluster quality. The plot is that an alien of some kind, with an arm-mounted laser cannon, is on the run from 2 giant turtle-like stop motion aliens. He attempts to ambush them but gets gunned down and vaporized. However, the control gem and weapon are left behind when the aliens (police? Bounty hunters? hard to say) take off when a Cessna buzzes the scene. They are soon found by Billy, a young man with a really shitty life, a hideous unreliable van, and everyone in his bullshit desert town seems to give him a hard time: his mom just up and leaves for vacation without telling him; the local hick jerkwad cops hassle hip; an unlikely meathead and toady nerd duo bully him; his girlfriend's senile grandfather chases him off their property instead of letting her know he's there. Naturally, this is exact the sort of person who should have access to a means of violent and unstoppable payback, and soon enough, Billy finds this super advanced weapon while wandering in the desert (the one place no one seems out to give him a hard time). A lousy birthday pool party, some tanning, and an attempted rape of his girlfriend (by the aforementioned bullies) later, and Billy's vendetta begins.
I guess what bothers me so much is that, in competent hands, this could have been pretty decent. In a lot of ways its thematically similar to Chronicle, and if remade today, could be almost as good. But pointless scenes drag on, the visuals are uninspiring (there's only so much beige southwestern scrub you can see before you've seen enough of it), and scenes don't so much transition as collide together in an awkward pileup. The acting isn't that great either.
But at least now you're ready for some football!
Wasn't this what Cowboys vs. Aliens* was supposed to be?
--Patrick
*No, I haven't seen it yet.
Only the "guy has alien gun arm" part. Nothing else is alike.
Me either until I watched it.
re: Most Likely To Die , The script had been sitting around collecting dust since the 1990's Scream slasher boom, but the director did "Last Shift", also on Netflix and somewhat acclaimed. It was just released direct to Netflix, video on demand.
I saw Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, which had a lot of really good gags and hilarious side characters, but was a little bit dragged by boring and barebones plot crap.
I saw Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, which had a lot of really good gags and hilarious side characters, but was a little bit dragged by boring and barebones plot crap.
The Magnificant Seven was a solid movie. Nothing mind blowing, but I think that's to be expected considering how often we've seen the plot. The cast is great and I liked how they diversified them without ignoring the setting. Not saying much, but the best Western I've seen in theaters.
I hope we get a directors cut. Overall it's worth seeing.
the very last scene was terrible and clearly thrown in at the last minute. What's sad is that it could have worked if they bothered to go out and shoot something. Instead we get a terrible looking cgi shot of the valley and the graves that looks like it was made on and quickly rendered with a gateway PC from the early 00s.
I hope we get a directors cut. Overall it's worth seeing.
oh! I actually finally watched Ghostbusters (2016). It was fine. There were a couple sequences that made me laugh so hard I got stomach cramps. When I recovered, I sure to open a can of fresh Pringles potato crisps to eat just like my favorite character Holtzmann on the screen.
anyways now i guess i should read back through and find all the spoiler discussion i skipped through
anyways now i guess i should read back through and find all the spoiler discussion i skipped through
Don't forget to order a pizza from Papa Johns. Then you can have more stomach cramps!
I watched Zootopia now that it's on Netflix, and really enjoyed it. Definitely a repeated-viewing Disney movie.
Ooh, thanks for the heads up. I think I'll rewatch it too.
Only those two things, far as I can tell, both problematic for their own reason. Pringles is worse because they interrupt a scene to point out Holtzman is eating Pringles and she says she can't stop, they're so good. Papa Johns is just there and they're eating it while having a conversation, and is only a problem because they're in friggin Manhattan. If they were visitors, I'd understand, but if you live there you're likely in walking distance of a dozen better-tasting, less-expensive local pizza places.