Which movies have you watched? IE': NO CAPES!

[Arakhor]

Well, to quote someone not a million miles away, your opinion is objectively wrong and you should feel bad.

 

[Takhisis]

Raiders of the Lost Ark still holds up today.

I decided to watch it because of this post and I have decided that it does not hold up and is, in fact, a very boring film.

How the hell are you not infracted for flaming?

 

[Synobun]

How the hell are you not infracted for flaming?

I'm not made of gelatin, so putting a flame in my face just gets me a little red and well done instead of melted into a puddle.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Meh. It's not a bad action movie. Ironically, it's probably better if you haven't seen the first two films. It's extremely derivative, an eye-rolling, not-quite-remake of the original, a la Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It's got some good superhero fights and chase sequences, but it doesn't add much to the story, it just sort of re-starts it. I mean, the villain is literally an amalgam of the machines from the first two movies. *shrug* If you're a fan of the first two movies, the tv series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is a worthy sequel, provided can find it. Linda Hamilton has said she'd be content to never play Sarah Connor again. I'm with her.

 

[Takhisis]

Definitely material for rainy summer afternoons on the telly then.

 

[Ajidica]

Watched Early Man, the Aardman claymation film about cave-men fighting to defend their valley through the game of football. Plot was not particularly good, but there were lots of great visual gags, claymation out outstanding as usual, and plenty of good voice actors.

 

[cardgame]

Freaks (2018) absolutely freaking awesome

 

[Arakhor]

I enjoyed watching Booksmart last night, about two friends who decide to party for the first time on the night before graduation.

 

[Gorbles]

Finally watched John Wick 2. Maaaaaaaaaaaaan.

Parabellum next, when I get a chance!

 

[EgonSpengler]

Unstoppable (2010)

one of Tony Scott's best, based on an actual runaway train incident that happened in Ohio in 2001. Cinematic flourishes abound, of course, such as the clever bending of sound that almost gives the train a malevolent agency. The photography is very Tony Scott. You'll recognize the color palette and camera lenses from his other, late-career films, such as Man on Fire. Denzel Washington and Chris Pine are a fine duo, each of their characters has his baggage. For a movie that's literally on rails, Scott takes the time to set up the tension. The threat of the runaway train is presented well, with enough jargon and not too much exposition. The army of firefighters we see assembling to fight one mother of a chemical fire is enough to underline what can't be allowed to happen, as "Triple-7" roars towards the 15mph Stanton Curve at 70mph. Rosario Dawson's line, that you might remember from the trailer - "We're talking about a missile the size of the Chrysler building" - is the only time we're really clubbed over the head. Outstanding stunt work and practical effects. One of my favorite monster movies.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Finally watched John Wick 2. Maaaaaaaaaaaaan.

Parabellum next, when I get a chance!

I finally saw the very first John Wick and I enjoyed it immensely. I totally see why the movie got so much hype. The plot started to fall apart by the end but I really didn't care - all I cared about was John getting vengeance. You do not mess with someone's doggo.

 

[MaryKB]

I mostly liked the first one, it was really intense. But I couldn't help feel he's a little overrated, because he would've died several times had Willem Dafoe not saved his life repeatedly. I thought the second one was absolutely terrible, and I let Mr KB go see the third with his friends and I have no interest whatsoever in seeing it.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is getting a lot of praise for its fight & action scenes. The director, Cathy Yan, doesn't have any background in action movies, but the stunt coordinator, Jonathan Eusebio, was the fight choreographer for The Avengers, John Wick and John Wick 2, and the stunt coordinator for Black Panther and Deadpool 2.

 

[Takhisis]

Soapdish (1991).

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Last night I watched Groundhog Day.

 

[abradley]

There must have been zillions of treads about this manga to film adaption, in case there wasn't here's;

Want to be a Manga artist?
Based on a true story.

 

[civvver]

My wife wanted to go see Like a Boss last Friday. It should've been called Like a Bore. Not funny, falls flat.

 

[MaryKB]

My wife wanted to go see Like a Boss last Friday. It should've been called Like a Bore. Not funny, falls flat.

That's too bad, the trailers I saw for it looked really funny.

 

[Sommerswerd]

Unstoppable (2010)

one of Tony Scott's best, based on an actual runaway train incident that happened in Ohio in 2001. Cinematic flourishes abound, of course, such as the clever bending of sound that almost gives the train a malevolent agency. The photography is very Tony Scott. You'll recognize the color palette and camera lenses from his other, late-career films, such as Man on Fire. Denzel Washington and Chris Pine are a fine duo, each of their characters has his baggage. For a movie that's literally on rails, Scott takes the time to set up the tension. The threat of the runaway train is presented well, with enough jargon and not too much exposition. The army of firefighters we see assembling to fight one mother of a chemical fire is enough to underline what can't be allowed to happen, as "Triple-7" roars towards the 15mph Stanton Curve at 70mph. Rosario Dawson's line, that you might remember from the trailer - "We're talking about a missile the size of the Chrysler building" - is the only time we're really clubbed over the head. Outstanding stunt work and practical effects. One of my favorite monster movies.

No way... I didn't know that it was based on a true story That movie was awesome, I saw it last summer at a barbershop. Great fast pace with plenty of tension.

Soapdish (1991).

I need more to go on than this Tak. Don't be a lazybones

 

[EgonSpengler]

No way... I didn't know that it was based on a true story That movie was awesome, I saw it last summer at a barbershop. Great fast pace with plenty of tension.

Yeah, the actual runaway train wasn't going as fast as "Triple 7" did in the movie, and there was no Stanton Curve. But the real train did get about halfway from Toledo to Columbus with nobody aboard, taking a couple-dozen cars of freight with it, including a couple of tankers of molten phenol, and it did blow through a portable derailer, and some cops did try to stop it by shooting at the fuel cutoff switch as it flew by. The real train - CSX 8888 - even had a supervillain nickname: "Crazy Eights."