Which Films have you seen lately? 19 - Get Your Film's Name Outta Your Mouth

[MaryKB]

Also, I thought Fury Road was the best Mad Max movie.

The other ones aren't even remotely watchable.

 

[The_J]

I'd agree that #4 is more or less a separate movie.
#2+3 are better in the world building aspect, which #4 mostly lacks.
They are all great though .

 

[EgonSpengler]

Fury Road does feel more like a "reboot" than a true sequel. I thought the world-building in that one was great.

The other ones aren't even remotely watchable.

Okay, it's a little early to be hittin' the booze. She's a rocker! She's a roller! She's an out-of-control-er! Cruising at the speed of fright! You should see the damage, bronze! Metal damage! Brain damage! The Toecutter knows who she is! Step right up and watch The Kid lay down a rubber road straight to freeeeeedom!!!

Top 5 chase scene all-time, maybe. Top 10, fer sher.

 

[MaryKB]

Okay, it's a little early to be hittin' the booze. She's a rocker! She's a roller! She's an out-of-control-er! Cruising at the speed of fright! You should see the damage, bronze! Metal damage! Brain damage! The Toecutter knows who she is! Step right up and watch The Kid lay down a rubber road straight to freeeeeedom!!!

Top 5 chase scene all-time, maybe. Top 10, fer sher.

I have absolutely no idea what this means.

I never understood chase scenes and what makes them appealing. They make no sense and don't further the story. And they're super boring.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I have absolutely no idea what this means.

It's a quote from the first movie.

I never understood chase scenes and what makes them appealing. They make no sense and don't further the story. And they're super boring.

Mostly it's the visceral thrill, like any physical action sequence in a film, whether it's a fistfight or a dance, or even a sex scene. A chase scene offers a chance to put the character(s) in physical danger without violence, and perform different kinds of stunts than shooting, explosions and martial arts. Whether any action scene makes sense, develops the characters, and furthers the story is up to the filmmaker, of course. Some action scenes do both and some do neither. The non-verbal parts of a movie can be just as important as the dialogue, but some directors don't understand how to film action scenes. And I suppose some actors may not know how to perform them - physical movement and learning choreography is a separate skill from emotional expression and delivering dialogue. And if you like thinking about how the filmmakers, actors, stunt people, and SFX team put an action scene together, there's an excitement in looking at it from that angle - like watching a dance scene and knowing that the performers were really doing that.

 

[Synobun]

Battle. 7.5/10. A Norwegian modern dancer comes to realize she enjoys hip-hop freestyle more. I enjoy movies like these, and this was done pretty well. What goes against it most is a very unlikable protagonist and slightly too much focus on her flaws instead of the dancing.

Battle: Freestyle. 4/10. This is the sequel to the movie above, and it suffers from the exact same problem. No, really, the exact same. The protagonist reverted to her characterization from the beginning of the first movie. All that growth? Gone. The sequel repeated the same arc.

It was agitating enough to drop the score by over three points. The dancing was a tertiary component of this film.

 

[Grendeldef]

The other ones aren't even remotely watchable.

Clearly I'm not the only heretic in the thread

Mostly it's the visceral thrill, like any physical action sequence in a film, whether it's a fistfight or a dance, or even a sex scene. A chase scene offers a chance to put the character(s) in physical danger without violence, and perform different kinds of stunts than shooting, explosions and martial arts. Whether any action scene makes sense, develops the characters, and furthers the story is up to the filmmaker, of course. Some action scenes do both and some do neither. The non-verbal parts of a movie can be just as important as the dialogue, but some directors don't understand how to film action scenes. And I suppose some actors may not know how to perform them - physical movement and learning choreography is a separate skill from emotional expression and delivering dialogue. And if you like thinking about how the filmmakers, actors, stunt people, and SFX team put an action scene together, there's an excitement in looking at it from that angle - like watching a dance scene and knowing that the performers were really doing that.

I'd like to like this more than once but the site disagrees with me.


Interstellar https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/ - the first Nolan film I actually like but I haven't seen Memento yet.
The ending is a bit soapy but I'll survive and generally it became better towards the end.

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Damon's appearance

was not a turning point but a Spinal Tap -moment. Caine has been great since turning 70 but better late than never and I even liked McConaughey. TARS & the other droids were absolutely brilliant and not surprisingly I now want one but I'm not willing to dive into a black hole to get it yet. Maybe in a month or so when Premier League season is over.
The length doesn't bother me as I welcome these format breakers and I'm happy that there'are still few others than Tarantino given the opportunity to pass 2hrs mark. It just takes a bit of planning to do these.

 

[lymond]

Whoa! MM 1 & 2 are absolute classics of cinema. I never even bothered to watch #3. Fury Road surprised the heck outtta me. It was far better than I expected going into it.

Interstellar was superb imo. (You might want to spoiler that one part as he was uncredited and it was a bit shocking)

 

[Takhisis]

Decent films watched
Straight Outta Compton (2015).

 

[Takhisis]

The other ones aren't even remotely watchable.

Oi! Don't take out your anti-husband rage on an innocent pair of brilliant films!

 

[The_J]

Not as good as 1 & 2 but far superior to 3.

Whoa! MM 1 & 2 are absolute classics of cinema. I never even bothered to watch #3. Fury Road surprised the heck outtta me. It was far better than I expected going into it.

#2+3 are basically the same movie. Same style, somewhat different story. I don't know how you can find one good and the other one not...?

 

[João III]

RRR: A fictional story set in the 1920s about two Indian revolutionaries and their fight against the British Raj.

The latest Bollywood blockbuster does not disappoint

 

[Grendeldef]

As I said I've only seen Thunderdome once and barely remember any details about it but the one underlying is the general mood - it's too positive with kids running around it's a post apocalyptic family drama. TT is not a good choice either - I'd rather take someone like Thomas Tuchel who practically looks like a skull on a stick in tracksuit even broad daylight. TT looked like a Warrior Princess and out of place there. The movie needed more Ozark and less hope as Max isn't a philantropist but a survivor.
I clearly need to rewatch it or even better, full trilogy with one go.

#2+3 are basically the same movie. Same style, somewhat different story. I don't know how you can find one good and the other one not...?

1 & 2 are great, even the non-Aussie versions while 3 is only ok. 4 is (very) good.

 

[Takhisis]

I clearly need to rewatch it or even better, full trilogy with one go.

This is highly recommended; I managed to watch the first two back-to-back when they were on about a month ago.

 

[Kyriakos]

I am watching Tekkonkinreet.

It will probably be very bad - for some reason, kids can climb buildings like spiderman and jump like grasshoppers.
The mosque seems to be a copy of one in Kairo - I had once 3d-modelled it.

 

[MaryKB]

Oi! Don't take out your anti-husband rage on an innocent pair of brilliant films!

Pft ... brilliant films? They're unwatchable!

Mostly it's the visceral thrill, like any physical action sequence in a film, whether it's a fistfight or a dance, or even a sex scene. A chase scene offers a chance to put the character(s) in physical danger without violence, and perform different kinds of stunts than shooting, explosions and martial arts. Whether any action scene makes sense, develops the characters, and furthers the story is up to the filmmaker, of course. Some action scenes do both and some do neither. The non-verbal parts of a movie can be just as important as the dialogue, but some directors don't understand how to film action scenes. And I suppose some actors may not know how to perform them - physical movement and learning choreography is a separate skill from emotional expression and delivering dialogue. And if you like thinking about how the filmmakers, actors, stunt people, and SFX team put an action scene together, there's an excitement in looking at it from that angle - like watching a dance scene and knowing that the performers were really doing that.

I still don't get it lol. I just know typically when a chase scene starts in a movie that I'm about to be bored out of my mind for the next 10-15 minutes.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I still don't get it lol. I just know typically when a chase scene starts in a movie that I'm about to be bored out of my mind for the next 10-15 minutes.

Yeah, physical action scenes - chase scenes, dance scenes, fight scenes, sex scenes - are 99% about the 'gut' reaction. You could learn enough about how they're filmed to "appreciate" them more, I suppose, but that's not the same as enjoying them. I mean, I think ballet dancers are amazing athletes and they do some incredible gymnastics, but that's about as far as my appreciation of ballet goes. I like other types of dance, but for some reason ballet just puts me to sleep.

 

[Synobun]

Just Mercy. 8/10. This movie isn't exactly amazing, despite the high rating, but it was well acted and it presented important concepts in a non-agitating manner. I don't think Michael B. Jordan is a great fit for non-action drama, but he did alright.

 

[MaryKB]

Yeah, physical action scenes - chase scenes, dance scenes, fight scenes, sex scenes - are 99% about the 'gut' reaction. You could learn enough about how they're filmed to "appreciate" them more, I suppose, but that's not the same as enjoying them. I mean, I think ballet dancers are amazing athletes and they do some incredible gymnastics, but that's about as far as my appreciation of ballet goes. I like other types of dance, but for some reason ballet just puts me to sleep.

What???

Ballet is a beautiful and artistic way to tell a story. How can you not like it? It's not like chase scenes which add nothing but are purely gratuitous sleep-inducers.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Ballet is a beautiful and artistic way to tell a story.

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