Movies you've just watched

[boagman]

I heard. I still don't know how Idris Elba would do James Bond.

By being Idris Elba.

As much as I like him, that's not good enough.

Plus, he's only, what, 4 years younger than Craig is? A bit late to the party, methinks, for that particular role.

[Skykid]

The Maze Runner 2: Maze Runnering

Better than the first.

No mazes, lots of running, exactly the same predictable cliche dialogue as the original but less irritating clunky acting (on account of most of the original cast having been killed off). Still got the English kid picking up on the horrible performance angle unfortunately, stands out like a sore thumb, doesn't understand naturalism and seems like he's in a school play.

Otherwise genuinely pacey, some intrigue in there, good developments and some dynamic sequences. Quite enjoyed the zombie shit, pretty fucked up, and there were some nicely done moments of tension. Nothing to set the world on fire, but could have been worse. Was way better than Hunger Games 3: Part 1: The Money Theft.

Whilst I liked it I found it strange that they still haven't explained the maze thing. They explained the kids, but they don't explain why they would build these mazes to put them in.

It's utterly idiotic, makes no sense whatsoever. Amazing the guy wrote an entire book and got a movie done where the pretext for the whole first chapter is utterly pointless and one big plot hole. There's loads of stuff wrong with the first movie, and plenty wrong with the second. Ultimately it's just another movie serialisation made to squeeze three times as much money from a paying audience, it just happens to be mildly entertaining and not entirely unwatchable.

[GaijinPunch]

As much as I like him, that's not good enough.

Matt King would be a close 2nd.

[xxx1993]

I heard. I still don't know how Idris Elba would do James Bond.

By being Idris Elba.

Hmm...

[boagman]

As much as I like him, that's not good enough.

Matt King would be a close 2nd.

Interesting! You've actually cited someone that I am *completely* unfamiliar with. In fact, the only thing that I may have seen him in (briefly) would be his episode of Doctor Who, and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen that one all the way through. I'm curious about him now, though.

I would, however, bring up his age though, just like with Idris. Matt King is 47 now, just like Craig is. Seems a bit late to be hopping on the train. Then again...how old was Brosnan when he donned the cap?

You know what? I'm going to walk back the age thing a bit...Brosnan was 42 when he became Bond, according to online sources.

[Xyga]

Ant Man

Well, forgettable, still better than Thor 2 or Avengers AoU.
I mean at least it was midlly entertaining.

[Skykid]

Ant Man

Well, forgettable, still better than Thor 2 or Avengers AoU.
I mean at least it was midlly entertaining.

Completely agree.

I think the mundanity is starting to set in with the Marvel formula, which is a shame, cos that opening Marvel logo is so damn good it's usually better than the entire following movie.

[neorichieb1971]

Antman to me could have been something extraordinary. It has all the right ingredients to make it a fantastic story and visual masterpiece. I came away feeling bitterly disappointed. But yeah, it was still better than Thor 2 and AoU. I am of the belief that Marvel fans are easily pleased.

[JBC]

Spectre was pretty good. I quite enjoyed it.

SPOILERS

Do demolition crews usually set up giant nets to catch falling debris? At first I was kinda thrown by the climax but then I realized that's probably the explanation.

I feel like people are going to complain about that & the big explosion at the villain's secret lair. I assume that explosion was caused by Bond shooting what appears to be a gas main a minute or so earlier.

Both moments could have probably been made more clear, but I don't think it hurts the movie too much. Def the most Bondy Craig Bond yet.

[GaijinPunch]

Matt King would be a close 2nd.

Interesting! You've actually cited someone that I am *completely* unfamiliar with. In fact, the only thing that I may have seen him in (briefly) would be his episode of Doctor Who, and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen that one all the way through. I'm curious about him now, though.

Then get the fuck off this board and go watch Peep Show in it's entirety! For realz!

[Lord Satori]

I saw a rendition of Death of a Salesman in English class this week. The particular version I saw was pretty cool, it was done so you could see that it was originally a play. The backgrounds were walls, there were gaps in the buildings, etc. It didn't detract from the story at all, which was amazing and well performed. I don't have any particular glaring flaws to pick out because I've never read the play or seen any other versions of it so I have nothing to compare to.

[emphatic]

Fantastic Four (2015). 2/5

Not so fantastic.

[Skykid]

As much as I like him, that's not good enough.

Matt King would be a close 2nd.

I think he should be a female who recognises his gender as male, a trans, heteronormative otherkin feminist/fascist who dispatches villains by forcing them into suicide to escape his/her/their lecturing on social justice.

[kaicooper]

Last Year at Marienbad 1961
5/5

never saw somthing like that
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now gonna watch STALKER 1979
my first time

[lilmanjs]

Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
This is one of the few movies that never gets old. I have seen it more than likely about 15 times and I still laugh my ass off. One of the best comedy films, if not the best ever made. TCM showed the general release version and even my dad stopped what he was doing to come and watch. Too many great moments like the flying stuff and The sun that drives off at insane speeds to get to his mama.

[Vexorg]

Die Another Day: **1/2

Another semi-random pick out of the James Bond box set. The main thing that stands out on this one is just how corny some of the CG effects look for a big-budget film from 2002. Mostly OK as an action film, but there were parts that felt like they interrupted the film for a car commercial. And according to the Wikipedia article, it offended basically everyone for one reason or another...

[copy-paster]

Short Circuit (1986)

Pretty good, lots of original ideas, and some of cheesy dialogue and acting makes even more 80-ish. Hard to tell for being a movie for kids, despite some sexual reference and profanities are here. Though you can see how the 'puppetting' works on some Number 5's scenes.

Haven't watched the sequel, hope this will much better.

[GaijinPunch]

Haven't watched the sequel, hope this will much better.

The sequel made it into the subject matter of Aziz Ansari's new show, Master of None, on Netflix (which is fucking hilarious, btw). The Indian guy in Short Circuit 2 is not Indian.

[Obiwanshinobi]

The Indian guy in Short Circuit 2 is not Indian.

Nor is Peter Sellers in The Party, which I suppose makes the movie politically incorrect.

I'm about to watch Bleak Moments by Mike Leigh and, having read a bit on his filmography, just found out Katrin Cartlidge of Career Girls is no more. And she was only 41. I saw her only in two feature films (by the way, since when Career Girls is "comedy"?) and it "always" seemed to me I've known her forever if you now what I mean. Simply, I can't think of any more adequate thread to post it (hardly news anymore).

[Opus131]

I like the original better, but the sequel is still decent enough. I showed both films to my sister's kid and they loved every second of it. That's a good endorsement as far as i'm concerned.

[neorichieb1971]

Just seen a trailer for London has Fallen, a sequel to Olympus has fallen. Perfect timing for a terrorist movie. I don't think it will do that well in the UK due to the fact that its Americans saving the day.

I suppose its the nearest to Team America live action we are going to get.

[Mischief Maker]

Well at least watching Short Circuit 2 you'll see why Chappie was an overrated piece of derivative garbage.

I heard an interview John Fogerty where they asked him about the phenomenon of one-hit-wonders. He responded that usually it's a bunch of guys who were working for 15 years to produce that one perfect song and succeed- then are expected to produce songs of a similar quality on a yearly basis.

[BrianC]

The Indian guy in Short Circuit 2 is not Indian.

He's also in Short Circuit 1. Funny how the actress who played Stephanie in the first movie also played a creepy lady (Ms. Yang) on Psych.

[Immryr]

just realised Netflix has a bunch of shaw brothers films on it. watched the five deadly venoms and the 36th chamber so far. I'd seen both of them before, but they're still great stuff.

[options]

just realised Netflix has a bunch of shaw brothers films on it. watched the five deadly venoms and the 36th chamber so far. I'd seen both of them before, but they're still great stuff.

if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend Five Element Ninjas, which it seems Netflix recently got. great stuff.

[Skykid]

Spectre

Some things better than Skyfall, some things equal. All in all about the same, and really very average overall. A lot of people were leaving the theatre before the credits in this one.

I really liked the train fight, that was great - A little throwback to From Russia With Love, but the end of that scene really hit home just how terribad the dialogue is these days: or in this case almost non-existent.

Isn't Bond meant to be the staple of one-liners? Where the fuck are they then? It boggles my mind in 2015 that Hollywood can't pull together decent enough scriptwriters to stay true to the character and provide him a little personality, because poor old Daniel Craig is absolutely leaden for the most part. Certainly not bringing the panache to the table as some of his forebears.

The ridiculousness is of course still in effect too. It's not much of a spoiler to say Bond is still way past espionage and firmly in the superhero phase, levelling buildings and inexplicably throttling pilots of airborne vehicles, while walking away from massive disaster areas he's created without consequence.

There were definitely some decent elements to this Bond, given, but Cristoph Waltz fell completely flat for the first time. Miscast and performing a full on Cristoph Waltz routine, I felt as though he detracted heavily from proceedings, and I disliked the hamfistedness of trying to tie all the previous Craig movies in a bow while simultaneously resurrecting past enemies who also have intricate relationship details of a soap opera theme. It really did too much, all the while masking a considerably thin plot, and not very well.

All in all, worth a watch once and only once. It doesn't matter if they do make Bond a black transsexual otherkin now, because frankly the whole thing seems to have really run its course.

[BryanM]

Talking about things that've run their course, how about that Nightmare on Elm Street reremake?

It's like a complete surrender that they don't have an idea or anything to say right off the back.

That's my annual "why can't they make stuff heavily inspired by stuff instead of committing necrophilia once again" post itt.

[Xyga]

Noticed the vibrator hand scene for the first time today in INNERSPACE.

[GaijinPunch]

Best place to put this:
Nolan's Memento to get a remake

Skykid... you have the floor.

[Skykid]

Best place to put this:
Nolan's Memento to get a remake

Skykid... you have the floor.

WHAT THE FUCK?!!