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[HRK69]

Not as mediocre as Silence

 

[Trunx81]

Finally watched "Your name" (2016) yesterday

Still emotionally effected by it Such a sweet movie. Had to even read some fan fiction afterwards to get more conclusion.

 

[DKehoe]

I saw The End the other day. Apparently this started out as a documentary about an oligarch and then transformed into a musical. So I was curious to see how the musical element played into things, particularly since the actors involved aren't from that world. I think it worked because the film is about people denying what their reality is and trying to build another, and musicals are the ultimate fantasy genre where the rules of reality don't have to apply.

 

[Andyliini]

Taken (2008)

This film changed Liam Needon's career, for better or for worse. After this he was more or less typecast as an action-thriller hero, while also being a common man. And boy does this film rock. I have seen it only once before, but it hooked my like I hadn't. Good and suspenseful story, great action and doesn't overstay it's welcome either. In other words, great.

 

[DKehoe]

I watched Death of a Unicorn. It's not really one to go out of your way for. The CGI isn't great, which is perhaps understandable since it has a fairly modest budget, but it doesn't help when the centrepiece of the film relies on it. Both Rudd and Ortega are fine I guess? Will Poulter is the highlight as a dipshit bro.



Edit: Also, at the same time my screening was stating there was a Minecraft screening starting in the screen next to it. It was fucking packed.

 

[John Marston]

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it but fun enough with a few good deaths. 6/10.

Gave that one an A+

 

[clarky]

Gave that one an A+

Movie was fine, it just didn't really grab me. Kinda reminded me of Final Destination.

 

[bitbydeath]

Rewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.

 

[mansoor1980]

Rewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.

excellent choice

 

[kruis]

Rewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.

If it's that good, I'll put it on my watch list.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Rewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.

I remember the huge marketing for this movie when it came out. I was a teenager and always wanted to watch that. I'll add it to my watchlist

 

[bitbydeath]

I remember the huge marketing for this movie when it came out. I was a teenager and always wanted to watch that. I'll add it to my watchlist

If it's that good, I'll put it on my watch list.

Best way to describe it is The Hangover meets Quentin Tarantino.

 

[clarky]

Best way to describe it is The Hangover meets Quentin Tarantino.

Aye seconded. Good movie.

 

[HRK69]

Gladiator II (2024) ⭐ 6.5 | Action, Adventure, Drama

2h 28m | R

www.imdb.com

Watched the original with my dad, so it only felt right to watch the sequel with him too.

I’d been putting this one off, I usually give sequels a fair shot, but something about this one just didn’t sit right with me from the start. And after watching it… yeah, I hated it from beginning to end

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Gladiator II (2024) ⭐ 6.5 | Action, Adventure, Drama

2h 28m | R

www.imdb.com

Watched the original with my dad, so it only felt right to watch the sequel with him too.

I’d been putting this one off, I usually give sequels a fair shot, but something about this one just didn’t sit right with me from the start. And after watching it… yeah, I hated it from beginning to end

l'll probably enjoy it

 

[HRK69]

l'll probably enjoy it

Someone needs to start a 'What's your most controversial movie opinion?' thread

I’m surprised no one’s made one yet

 

[jshackles]

Follow it up with Darabont’s The Mist (black and white version preferably) if you haven’t seen that one.

Watched this last night! The black and white definitely added to the movies atmosphere and made the mist a lot spookier.

 

[Andyliini]

A Working Man

Stathan and Ayer combine their forces once again in an action thriller where Statham plays a retired special forces soldier turned into a commoner. Last year's Beekeeper was better than this one. There were a few different plotlines being followed, but they were out of balance, and others than the main plot were forgotten to the background for a long periods of time. Some scenes were fun, like the swimming pool interrogation scene, but for the most part it was a dull and unsurprising action film.

 

[The Eraser]

What Paul Verhoeven movies do I need to see besides his 87-97 stuff?

The 4th Man and Flesh + Blood are bretty gud.

 

[Great Auk]

Beastmaster 1 and 2
Deathstalker 1-3
Sword and the Sorceror.
All this last mon through wednesday.

Beastmaster, great film. And the redhead is smoking hot.

I just watched Krull for the first time a couple months ago, I liked it! I love that weird 80s stuff.

Next up for me in the fantasy movie line up (that I've never seen before) is Dragonslayer.

 

[INC]

The crow (remake)

Really don't know where to start with this, it feels like it missed the mark on everything, the tone is all over the place.

Their "love" had 0 impact, so everything tied to that just falls completely flat I.e. the entire point of the plot

I know there's a comic, but was the demon dude in that? Because that felt completely out of place, like it was 2 separate movies

Their deaths didn't even warrant the coming back, in the origin crow shellys death was horrific and brutal, and their loved felt more real (even tho its barely shown), so him coming back for revenge was completely warranted and deserving

Most of the film Eric is a bumbling mess, until the last 10mins!
And the ending was funking awful

3/10

 

[EerieArcade]

I watched Guyver: Dark Hero. Guilty pleasure.

 

[Karak]

Beastmaster, great film. And the redhead is smoking hot.

I just watched Krull for the first time a couple months ago, I liked it! I love that weird 80s stuff.

Next up for me in the fantasy movie line up (that I've never seen before) is Dragonslayer.

Tanya Roberts ya. Passed away recently and was in that 70's show as the hot mom in one of the side families.

 

[EviLore]

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Sequel to a memorably gritty action heist flick about blurred lines between cops and robbers.

This one is…decidedly not as good. Hard to maintain suspension of disbelief. Why does anyone trust Nick? Without any incredible, deal-sealing loyalty test at all. Why do they even want him around? They find a use for him later, but only afterwards. So many plot contrivances. Nice Cube is not very convincing in his role, either, and has a few fumbled line reads with semi technical jargon that come off as ridiculous.

Long, slow middle act of getting to know the (largely uninteresting) thieves with a pretty good eventual heist payoff, but not a strong recommend.

 

[JaxarGT]

Finally watched Beetlejuice 2 with the wife. As a massive fan of the original, I was mostly disappointed with this one. It was a step backwards in nearly every way.

Highlight was the small cameo from Danny Divito.

 

[bender]

Kwaidan - EviLore recommended me this movie after I gushed about Hara Kiri. It's really great going into movies you know nothing about and here is my experience: Hey, it's a ghost story, I love ghost stories. Hey, it's presented largely like a stage play just like some of my favorite movies. It's actually ghost stories in the form of vignettes, I love vignettes! So, uh, why I don't I like this movie more?

The Black Hair is enjoyable. Predictable though I was expecting something as our protagonist was making his way through the yard full of hung laundry. The story is a bit abrupt and I don't think it really sticks the landing. Modern movies have probably killed any type of shock value the ending may have held in the 60s. The color red is seared into my mind and now I'm on the hunt for it like I was in Schlindler's list. Wonderful cinematography but it's outclassed by the sound design. The music does such a great job of building tension throughout, but it just can't stick the landing.

The Woman of the Snow is my favorite vignette, easily. The cinematography and set design go up a notch or twelve and hey, there's that color red again. It's still predictable up until the slight zigzag at the end. And can I be an asshole for a second? Sure, I can. The woman in the snow told him not to tell another living soul. I guess it depends on your views on the metaphysical, but unknowingly tell the woman in the snow in my book, doesn't mean you broke your promise.

Hoichi the Earless is where the movie starts to lose me. The juxtaposition of the paintings intercut with the stage play versions of armed combat in ship to ship battle is a very nice touch, but goes on a little too long which I'd say is a problem with this vignette as a whole. And again this feels predictable.

In a Cup of Tea - The most interesting story conceptually also happens to come with being the least interesting visually save for the tea cup mirrors. I'm also exhausted from the previous vignette but this one is a brief jaunt.

In all, it feels like it's lesser than the sum of its' parts but certainly worth watching and maybe a better watch if you view it in two sessions taking via the intermission as your stopping point for the first viewing. Expectations can be a horrible thing and mine were through the roof with Hara Kiri, but that's an all-timer. I know I'll go back to that one and I'm not so sure if I'll rematch this. I'm not saying you owe me $10.41 EviLore , but Switch 2 games are expensive bub.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

★★☆☆☆ / One does not simply care about meg 2: the trench