[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Godfather I and II are among my favorites, but I think that James Caan's acting was a bit cheesy. I also thought the fight b/t him and his bro-in-law was poorly done. It takes me out of the movie a bit when he's around.
I think you misunderstood what happened in the movie, but that's okay, it's not for everyone. At some point I'll watch it a 10th time.
My definition of a perfect movie would be one in which you couldn't remove any part of it without lessening or damaging it in some way. So off the top of my head, Jaws and Casablanca.
Interstellar
Pros :
- Beautiful cinematic quality.
- Starts off real good.
- All-star cast is awesome in what they do. Nolan attracts the best talent. Seriously.
- Alight Alright Alright guy, is getting better every movie I see him in.
- Young Murphy was great.
- Space shit is FUN AS FUCK TO WATCH. I loved it.
- Hans Zimmer is a fucking genius. He's the best.... and the sound track in here gave me shivers up my spine TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
- Robots were cool. ALL HAIR TARS.
- You know the part where you become a parent and things that relate between parents in children make you seriously afraid to watch them and cry for no fucking reason? Yep, happened to me. My buddy was crying at another part of the movie. Awkward. The line where Cooper says, "Now we're just here to be memories for our kids". SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITT
Cons :
- The fuck was that ending.
- THE FUCK
- I'd rather see Bryan Cranston die 10% into the Godzilla movie again.
- Disappointed on how things came together. It kind of "collapsed into itself like a black hole."
- Thinking about the movie makes my head hurt.
- I hate time warp shit, though I'm fascinated on how the fact relativity works.
Pros :
- Beautiful cinematic quality.
- Starts off real good.
- All-star cast is awesome in what they do. Nolan attracts the best talent. Seriously.
- Alight Alright Alright guy, is getting better every movie I see him in.
- Young Murphy was great.
- Space shit is FUN AS FUCK TO WATCH. I loved it.
- Hans Zimmer is a fucking genius. He's the best.... and the sound track in here gave me shivers up my spine TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
- Robots were cool. ALL HAIR TARS.
- You know the part where you become a parent and things that relate between parents in children make you seriously afraid to watch them and cry for no fucking reason? Yep, happened to me. My buddy was crying at another part of the movie. Awkward. The line where Cooper says, "Now we're just here to be memories for our kids". SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITT
Cons :
- The fuck was that ending.
- THE FUCK
- I'd rather see Bryan Cranston die 10% into the Godzilla movie again.
- Disappointed on how things came together. It kind of "collapsed into itself like a black hole."
- Thinking about the movie makes my head hurt.
- I hate time warp shit, though I'm fascinated on how the fact relativity works.
Yeah, watched Interstellar yesterday. The ending's pretty WTF and contrived, but otherwise I quite liked it. Great acting, interesting story, and despite its 3 hour run-time the movie never felt too long.
Stellar film.
EDIT: Also, I didn't pay much attention to the pre-release marketing, so I didn't know who's in the film. So it was fun to have the movie constantly throw big stars at me throughout.
"Hey, here's some Michael Caine! And now some Casey Affleck and Jessica Chastain! Now have some Topher Grace! And then enjoy some Matt Damon! And for the final flourish, Ellen Burstyn!"
Stellar film.
EDIT: Also, I didn't pay much attention to the pre-release marketing, so I didn't know who's in the film. So it was fun to have the movie constantly throw big stars at me throughout.
"Hey, here's some Michael Caine! And now some Casey Affleck and Jessica Chastain! Now have some Topher Grace! And then enjoy some Matt Damon! And for the final flourish, Ellen Burstyn!"
fade
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Big Hero 6
I really, really liked this movie. And you all know that's a rare thing for me to say. It was beautiful, first of all. I mean I literally gasped at the scene where
It was exciting, too. I really wanted to see what happened next.
Also this movie had something rare: realism. I don't mean as in "this could really happen", but as in, the kid was a genius but made mistakes. Physics and especially momentum were properly honored. The friggin car's windshield cracked when it went in the water! There was no arbitrary Hero's Journey rejection of duty. With the exception of wanting to
, Hiro was already motivated and prepared to do the right thing. Which I found refreshing. Same with the other 5. They were who they were, and while there was a little Saturday morning pigeonholing, they felt like humans.
I had chills for Baymax's inaugural flight. Best flight scene in a movie ever, and that's something I've given a great deal of thought to. No one ever makes flight amazing, and BH6 did.
All in all, very good. I highly recommend this movie.
I really, really liked this movie. And you all know that's a rare thing for me to say. It was beautiful, first of all. I mean I literally gasped at the scene where
Callaghan is on the microbot stilts and Baymax stops with his fist inches away from his face. Was that gorgeous or what?
Also this movie had something rare: realism. I don't mean as in "this could really happen", but as in, the kid was a genius but made mistakes. Physics and especially momentum were properly honored. The friggin car's windshield cracked when it went in the water! There was no arbitrary Hero's Journey rejection of duty. With the exception of wanting to
kill Callaghan for revenge
I had chills for Baymax's inaugural flight. Best flight scene in a movie ever, and that's something I've given a great deal of thought to. No one ever makes flight amazing, and BH6 did.
All in all, very good. I highly recommend this movie.
Cajungal
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I liked that the protagonist was a lazy gifted kid--and that they had several examples in this film of what success really looks like.
Maannnn I'm gonna have to shell out more dough for this movie over the holiday. I've just gotta see it again soon.
The scene where Hio got to see his brother's many many failures before success is something that ALL kids need to see. Early. Because the fear of looking like a failure or less smart is what deters kids who are identified as gifted early on.
Maannnn I'm gonna have to shell out more dough for this movie over the holiday. I've just gotta see it again soon.
My only beef with the flying scene - gorgeous as it was - was it lasted a little too long for my liking. The story had been going at such a good pace up until then and I felt the flying scene just lasted too long in comparison. Which is weird, because flying scenes are usually my favourite in many movies (Avatar, How to Train Your Dragon). I remember leaning over and whispering to my girlfriend, "Okay guys, this is great and pretty and all, but you have a story to get back to, remember?"[DOUBLEPOST=1416805110,1416804983][/DOUBLEPOST]The only other VERY minor beef was I saw the villain reveal coming a mile away. Though both my niece and girlfriend assumed it was the other one. It was obviously they were trying too hard to make it look like it was him instead of the real villain. That said, I did like the villains motivations.
fade
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Well it had to be
Callaghan or Tadashi. I also thought it was going to be Tadashi. But yeah, Krei was clearly a red herring.
Which brings up another point.
Callaghan was a good choice in the vein of the realism I mentioned above. He had a good, solid reason for doing what he did. Given the ending, it was worth it from his point of view. I sort of wish his face would've shown it in the back of the police car.
Wife and I are making a point to see Interstellar this weekend. I remembered that I wasn't going to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but the good word of mouth on Halforums convinced me and it ended up being my favorite movie that summer.
So with that being said, without spoiling anything, can anyone recommend a good point for a bathroom break? Like, if I see ___, it's okay to miss the next two or three minutes.
So with that being said, without spoiling anything, can anyone recommend a good point for a bathroom break? Like, if I see ___, it's okay to miss the next two or three minutes.
Download the runpee app.
runpee.com
runpee.com
Vulture has a pretty good spoiler-lite breakdown of your bathroom opportunities.
Thank you; that's helpful.
I can hold it through the movie; but I don't want to. And even if I don't have to go, my wife will appreciate knowing it's a point she can run and take a break.
I would personally choose option number 3 as the best choice in this list. Plus it's nicely positioned in the middle of the movie.
That's the love speech right. Yeah, that's the low point for me.
http://runpee.com/
...no idea how good they are about avoiding spoilers, though.
EDIT: Oh, I'm not the only one that's heard about this service.
--Patrick
Big Hero 6 was a lot of fun, and I think fade really summed it up better than I can.
Definitely saw
Definitely saw
the villain coming a mile away, and I agree that Tadashi would have been a great reveal, though in the end it wouldn't have made too much sense without kind of running a similarity to Incredibles (being jealous of another's gift and wanting to do something about it, etc)
Interstellar
Went by myself. Great visuals, fascinating concepts that, while nothing new, I'd like to see more of in science fiction movies and maybe this one bringing them into the public consciousness will do that. The background of near-future was a cool setting. Honestly, I was on-board with the movie, engrossed all the way ... until you-kn0w-when. The ending was full of really smart stuff used for really stupid stuff.
Went by myself. Great visuals, fascinating concepts that, while nothing new, I'd like to see more of in science fiction movies and maybe this one bringing them into the public consciousness will do that. The background of near-future was a cool setting. Honestly, I was on-board with the movie, engrossed all the way ... until you-kn0w-when. The ending was full of really smart stuff used for really stupid stuff.
The depiction of a tesseract was well-executed.
Ignoring what would actually happen to a spaceship going into a black hole, the logical issues present are annoying. I don't care for time loops, the amount of influence Cooper exerted over the watch would be finite, and they turn the complex physics and study of earlier in the movie into "if we can just get the Black Hole Data McGuffin, that fixes everything."
BUT even ignoring that crap ... so they ditch the whole idea of even using another planet and just make colonies inside the solar system, meaning the only reason the anomaly was placed was to get them to the necessary black hole that would let him survive through it to use the tesseract. Meaning the whole interstellar aspect is just dropped, as if the solar system would survive forever too.
BUT BUT even ignoring that, did no one think to maybe go tell Anne Hathaway's character that she was wasting her time and she could just go back and be with people again? No? Just ... wait and wait, hell, even Cooper waits, and then go find her. -_-
Ignoring what would actually happen to a spaceship going into a black hole, the logical issues present are annoying. I don't care for time loops, the amount of influence Cooper exerted over the watch would be finite, and they turn the complex physics and study of earlier in the movie into "if we can just get the Black Hole Data McGuffin, that fixes everything."
BUT even ignoring that crap ... so they ditch the whole idea of even using another planet and just make colonies inside the solar system, meaning the only reason the anomaly was placed was to get them to the necessary black hole that would let him survive through it to use the tesseract. Meaning the whole interstellar aspect is just dropped, as if the solar system would survive forever too.
BUT BUT even ignoring that, did no one think to maybe go tell Anne Hathaway's character that she was wasting her time and she could just go back and be with people again? No? Just ... wait and wait, hell, even Cooper waits, and then go find her. -_-
Oh, wanted to add that I loved TARS and CASE. Brilliant machine design, but also fun and likeable characters.
I may see this again with my wife and see how I feel about the last part now that I know it, and in light of a couple reviews I read that put it in a different perspective. But first we gotta see Mockingjay.
I may see this again with my wife and see how I feel about the last part now that I know it, and in light of a couple reviews I read that put it in a different perspective. But first we gotta see Mockingjay.
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The ending to Interstellar just clicked into place (mostly).
I now love this movie and must see it again.
I now love this movie and must see it again.
Scrooged: Great special effects, pretty good jokes, and the Christmas cheesyness that's just fun to see.
Rapture-palooza: Funny flick, definitely has "indie" written all over it but its worth watching.
Rapture-palooza: Funny flick, definitely has "indie" written all over it but its worth watching.
Mockingjay, Part 1: I'm impressed with some of what this fixed from the book, like making it not just a collection of events, but instead a story that flowed from scene to scene, particularly the climax. On the other hand, this is an uneven movie because of the weaknesses in the book. Stretches of the movie have to work hard to find the next scene to happen. Abrupt is the best way to put the end--I mean, they try to close it out so it still feels like you saw a whole story, but it even feels like it should keep going. Nothing to be done about that--just the kind of dumb shit that happens when you split a book like this. That said, what's good is really good; strong imagery, excellent performance by Jennifer Lawrence, Donald Sutherland tears it up as usual. Seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman again is a reminder of how great he was.
Batman Returns: This was not as good as I remember. It's been 5 or 6 years, probably. I feel like my brain didn't accept a lot of the one-liners, because they were new to me despite the many times I've watched this. I hate to say this, but getting closer to the end my wife and I were kind of riffing it.
Looking forward to seeing Interstellar again.
Batman Returns: This was not as good as I remember. It's been 5 or 6 years, probably. I feel like my brain didn't accept a lot of the one-liners, because they were new to me despite the many times I've watched this. I hate to say this, but getting closer to the end my wife and I were kind of riffing it.
Looking forward to seeing Interstellar again.
I watched the first one for the first time last month and it was much, much better than I expected. Not a good Batman, but on its own as a movie, I was surprised how well it worked. Even just on an aesthetic level, the movie's full of gorgeous shots and the score still kicks ass.
But there's a lot of nonsense too. The animated series is far more coherent in motive, character, and logic.
The correct way to watch this is to watch every part with Jaime Foxx in it, and then skip the rest.The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Batman Forever is the best Batman movie made to date, with Batman: The Movie (1966) as a close second, and not one word of this sentence is trolling or otherwise not 100% my actual opinion.
I wouldn't by any means call Batman Forever the best. So far as a quality movie goes, The Dark Knight is still the best of Bat-film. But then, Ledger carries that film on his back like Atlas (and would have, with or without his death). But Batman Forever still remains my personal favourite. It's the right amount of silliness and seriousness that I feel more superhero movies need to have. The concept of superheroes is inherently silly and I wish Hollywood would remember that more. At least Marvel does, for the most part.
Also, I can't help but have a soft side for Batman Returns. It's a convoluted mess, I'll grant you, but even to this day, I could probably quote most of Penguins introductory soliloquy. The one that starts here:
Meanwhile, in other movies...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Bought this the other day and watched it with the girlfriend. I would still argue this is just as good as RISE, if not better.
Also, I can't help but have a soft side for Batman Returns. It's a convoluted mess, I'll grant you, but even to this day, I could probably quote most of Penguins introductory soliloquy. The one that starts here:
Meanwhile, in other movies...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Bought this the other day and watched it with the girlfriend. I would still argue this is just as good as RISE, if not better.