Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[doozy122]

Watched the most recent fantastic four movie..

I wonder where ya boy would have went if not for the 'one year later'.. Not the fantastic four movi I want to see, but could have been an interesting sci fi movie

Doctor Doom in that movie was awesome.

 

[lawdog1]

So I liked 22 Jump Street when I first saw it, but am finding it doesn't have much re-watch value for me. Been on HBO a bunch lately and I'll turn it on, watch about 5 minutes and be ready to move on.

 

[T0INE]

So I liked 22 Jump Street when I first saw it, but am finding it doesn't have much re-watch value for me. Been on HBO a bunch lately and I'll turn it on, watch about 5 minutes and be ready to move on.

All of this.

I tried to rewatch it again and just couldn't.

 

[nazdrowie]

something must be wrong with me if i thought Pixels wasn't as bad as critics made it seem 

i have a huge weakness for Michelle Mognoyhine though 

 

[lawdog1]

For those of you who have Encore and have never seen J-Lo's boobs, Money Train is on in 5 minutes.

 

[Hahahaha]

She has no ****, why would we want to see them?


22 Jump Street was horrible. A huge disappointment. 21 is great though.

 

[calibeebee]

The Visit by M. Night Shamalan..........jesus take the wheel. I honestly can't say I've seen a worse movie before. They need to make a documentary about this man and how he made the movies Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. Somebody has to have an explanation as to how he could create such masterpieces and never make another watchable movie again. There HAS to be some inside secret story like dude was murdered by the hollywood mafia and they've been pretending he's still alive in some huge conspiracy/coverup.

There are absolutely no similarities between his older movies and what he's put out in the last 10+ years. Cinematography, art direction, the laugh out loud terrible acting performances, the completely idiotic stories that he's choosing to make films out of. How do you just forget how to direct? I.......just......I don't understand

 

[a-friend]

The Devil was ok. The movie in the elevator.

But that Lady in the Water, Signs, the other one with Bryce Dallas Howard where it's that Amish community that won't go over the wall or whatever.

Lady in the Water is the worst though G.

 

[lawdog1]

I thought both Signs and the Village were ok. Just felt like he was trying too hard for the twist ending, but otherwise fine. After that, not so much.

And M. Night does that the George Lucas-like ability to make even good actors act like robots.

 

[Master Zik]

I feel like RT is most reliable for movies that came out when the site existed.

Did the site exist when Last Action Hero, Hook, and Space Jam came out? I don't think so. When it comes to ratings in that situation it's ppl rating off nostaligia and a bunch of millennials that don't know any better. Either that or the ppl that know these movies are great or classics (can't believe the score for Home Alone) aren't on the site giving it the deserved rating.

So yeah, any 80s and 90s movies I hold in high regard won't change cuz RT wasn't around to rate it appropriately at the time and now they just getting stupid with it.

@ taking up for The Butterfly Effect though. That movie was straight trash. Talking about this was the movie that showed us Kutcher could play a serious role That movie and the performances was worse than Jim Carrey's 23.

That's inaccurate. Take a look at the majority of the reviews from those films look at the date of publication. Most were at the time of release.

So RT has existed since the 80s this whole time? or as it originally in some paper?

 

[a-friend]

I thought both Signs and the Village were ok. Just felt like he was trying too hard for the twist ending, but otherwise fine. After that, not so much.

And M. Night does that the George Lucas-like ability to make even good actors act like robots.

Signs lost me with the scene with Juaqein had the baseball bat and his dad was like "swing for the fences" reminiscing on some little league times or something.

Plus, wasn't the key to killing them like water or something lame. It was awful by the time it ended. It's like the writer turned it over to his gradeschool daughter to finish the 3rd act

 

[calibeebee]

I thought both Signs and the Village were ok. Just felt like he was trying too hard for the twist ending, but otherwise fine. After that, not so much.

And M. Night does that the George Lucas-like ability to make even good actors act like robots.

I agree. Signs and the Village were still decent flicks. They still LOOKED like professional quality films. The acting was good, the cinematography was on point. Lighting, shot technique, all that jazz was great. But like you said the scripts were pretty bad. Not the directors fault. 99% of his films after that just look so bad. Like the diffference between Mortal Kombat (the movie) 1 and 2 bad.

 

[leavemeglazzies]

I don't really care about ratings for movies nearly as much as I do for video games. Movies are more art than craft. And craft is more suitable for ratings than art. However, if I did care about ratings, I'd say that my personal ratings wouldn't be that far off from the ones those supposedly underrated movies received on RT.

 The one I'm mostly upset about is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas only getting 49%.

 

[shogun]

Looking at another website's comments about tv shows makes me appreciate how non-douchey discussions are on here. Some dummy was commenting how Americans are stupid and our shows need to be dumbed down. He was basing it on how people should have a general knowledge about wormholes and tethering even if they don't have any physics knowledge. I wish I could go to whatever trash country he's from and Sparta kick his teeth in.

 

[sea manup]

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[big j 33]

Tremendous.

Does anyone else prefer Skyfall to Casino Royale? I might say that Royale is the better movie, but I think I like Skyfall more. It might have to do with Mendes direction or Roger Deakins cinematography... even though there's some plot issues and weak points compared to Royale.

 

[shogun]

Skyfall just didn't seem as fun of a watch to me as Casino Royale. Plus bardem's villian was weird and meh at the same time.

 

[youngdoc]

Tremendous.



Does anyone else prefer Skyfall to Casino Royale? I might say that Royale is the better movie, but I think I like Skyfall more. It might have to do with Mendes direction or Roger Deakins cinematography... even though there's some plot issues and weak points compared to Royale.

Casino Royale is my favorite Craig Bond. Probably 2nd favorite of my generation behind Goldeneye. Never got into watching all of the older ones.

Unrelated I'm surprised at the 22 hate in here. While clearly suffering from sequel syndrome, I still found it enjoyable

 

[big j 33]

I think it did a good enough job of addressing the sequel problem by making fun of sequels in addition to the usual college tropes.

The 1st one is just funnier to me, that's why I'm more likely to rewatch that the 22.. but 22 is still really good. It did all the same things that made the 1st one so great and tried to cover new material despite being a sequel.

 
something must be wrong with me if i thought Pixels wasn't as bad as critics made it seem 

i have a huge weakness for Michelle Mognoyhine though 

This post prompted me to watch it today.. and you're right.. it wasn't that  bad. It certainly wasn't good, and Michelle Monaghan is awesome.. but I much prefer it to a number of Sandler's latest movies. The premise wasn't that stupid once you started watching it and I didn't find myself hating it throughout like with Jack and Hill or Grown Ups 2 or some of his other stuff.

Also watched Terminator Genisys today and... yeah... I wasn't paying much attention, on my computer during most of it, but even if I gave it my full attention, it didn't make a lick of sense. In general, I always get a little confused with time travel movies. I'm a smart guy, I can follow the basic premise of it.. but my mind always starts going off track and thinking about paradoxes and plot holes and all that. But with this one? Yikes.

Even if I bought into all the time travel stuff they gave you, it still wasn't good. The action was ehh, the characters were flat, the plot didn't make sense or push forward. So it's a confusing time travel movie... and then  it's a bad movie on top of that. I've forgiven some general time travel plot holes/paradoxes because I liked the movie and who cares. Like Looper.. I didn't think about it any deeper than they showed because the movie was still good, so the rest didn't matter as much. But yeah, this one stunk.

 

[IATT]

Skyfall just didn't seem as fun of a watch to me as Casino Royale. Plus bardem's villian was weird and meh at the same time.

You didnt like bardem's take?


Casino royale was a great reintroduction to the franchise.. But I probably would choose to rewatch skyfall if given the choice between the two

Wasn't a big fan of brosnan's bond films, so loved casino royale for how different is was from those.. The middle one was meh

 

[lawdog1]

I'm pretty sure I'll watch Pixels on cable one day and will chuckle a few times.

 

[big j 33]

I see the criticisms of Skyfall and Silva.. the 3rd act is kind of ehh. If you buy into it, it's awesome. Having James Bond basically pull a Home Alone in the 3rd act can be a lot of fun and different.. or it's hokey and boring. Same with him getting caught intentionally and his motivations, I personally liked it and bought into it.. but I wouldn't argue if someone else didn't. 

 

[shogun]

bardem's villain was ok. I know the Bond villains are supposed to be eccentric and sometimes have a physical issue but the bleached hair with the face deformities was aight. The most entertsining thing was how it seemed he was sweet on Bond. Still hate him for shooting the fine woman from the yacht.

 

[Master Zik]

Trevor Noah got balls. That Whitney too soon joke

He's doing great so far to open. He's emoting and showing his personality more than any of the stand-up I've seen him in which did catch me off guard a bit in a good way. Before I was expecting more dry humor and sarcasm just by listening to his voice but he's going in so far.

I do wonder who were all of the ppl Comedy Central went to first that turned the job down

 

[big j 33]

I totally forgot about the new Daily Show premiere, but caught some of it and he wasn't bad.

I know Schumer was offered it and said no. I also read that Amy Poehler and Chris Rock were offered it and also said no.

I think the biggest thing that probably turned away a lot of people.. besides having to fill Stewart's huge shoes, is that's all  you're doing for the foreseeable future. You don't get a break to shoot a movie or do a pilot if you feel like it. You are  the host. Stewart was able to take a break and film his movie because he was the boss and earned taking that kind of hiatus. It's basically the kind of role for a guy like Noah, a relative unknown who can make the show his own and gain fame and popularity.. but for current comics who either have the freedom to do their own thing (a tv series, movie roles, standup, etc.) it's committing yourself to one thing and one thing only. 

And  it's also not something like The Tonight Show or The Late Show. Not to say TDS hasn't been far more influential the past decade than those two shows, but committing to an iconic network show vs taking a chance on replacing Jon Stewart is a much different scenario.