OT: Movies
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Had a good run of getting out to see first run movies recently. Saw Dunkirk yesterday. I had been anticipating this film almost as much as the start of college football season. Saw it in Imax (which I highly recommend). It was GREAT! There is about 30 seconds of calm at the beginning, and from then on your heart is in your throat for the next hour and a half. Fantastic cast. Fantastic music. Fantastic cinematography. I can't recommend it highly enough.
The only other film I've seen in the last several weeks that I can recommend is The Big Sick. Really enjoyed it. The writing and the acting really bring you in with the characters. And funny. Laughed out loud half a dozen times.
Baby Driver was promising for the first 15 minutes, and then just got stupid.
Battle For the Planet of the Apes wasn't awful, but didn't nearly live up to the expectations I had after reading the reviews. I expected excellence, and it was just okay.
Wonder Woman was a steaming pile of trash. I looked forward to seeing that film for months and months. Such a disappointment.
Saw the trailer for the new Blade Runner. I have high hopes for that one. Also, Last Jedi, which, based on the trailer, looks like it can't miss.
Baby Driver was okay. Excited to see Dunkirk in IMAX, wish I had IMAX 70mm by my house
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On The Big Sick. Definitely worth your time.
Saw it on Sunday and thought it was pretty good. Resetting it so Peter Parker was in high school works because a) the high-school specific stuff was not annoying b) it reconnects with how improbable of a super-hero Spiderman originally was (gangly kid etc.). They also take steps to connect it to the rests of the Marvel franchise that I thought worked very well. Michael Keaton was also pretty good though at one point, for some reason, I expected him to launch into Beetlejuice. Go see it; and there is an easter egg at the end of the trailers (in case you care).
But watch out for that MJ. I'm pretty sure she's an undercover agent sent to spy on Spiderman or something...
Can't wait to see Dunkirk. I, like yourself, have been waitiing on it for a while. Christopher Nolan and Tom Hardy are two of my favorites in Hollywood, they are unstoppable when they team up.
I also really liked The Big Sick. Kumail Nanjiani is funny in his stand up and in Silicon Valley, probably the best Rom-Com since Crazy, Stupid, Love. Nanjiani was great for his first major role (he was really good, period, but it's impressive that this was his first major movie role).
I loved Wonder Woman. I think it's the best superhero movie since The Dark Knight. Most critics would disagree with your opinion (not that movie critics are valuable humans, but it's a thing). I have a major crush on Gal Gadot, she's truly a badass, and the movie was DC at it's best again. Superhero movies are supposed to capture true good vs. true evil (DC does this really well) and I think The Dark Knight with Ledger's performance is the only superhero movie that has done this better than Wonder Woman.
Tom Hardy killed it in The Revenant.
It was funny that Leo got the Oscar for the movie when Hardy clearly outperformed him, but hey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Oscar doesn't always go the best performance, sadly. Hardy killed it. But what doesn't he?
Hardy in The Drop...one of my favorite movies, he's a beast.
Taboo. Really good.
Everyone knows that was a lifetime acheivement award which he 100% deserved.
Has many scenes, but only about 4 or 5 lines of dialogue. And the bottom of his face is covered throughout the film with the mask a fighter pilot wears. He literally acts with just his eyes and eyebrows. And he's GREAT! So, so awesome. Mark Rylance is tremendous, also. Just an absolute home run.
I read the reviews of Wonder Woman, and get that I'm the outlier. And my daughters both loved it (ages 17 and 19). I couldn't wait for it to end. Whaddya gonna do?
Truly one of the best expressionist actors working in Hollywood today.
Truly one of the best expressionist actors working in Hollywood today.
Truly one of the best expressionist actors working in Hollywood today.
Truly one of the best expressionist actors working in Hollywood today.
what did he do?
Sometimes you DO get what you expect! Sigh...
My GF requested that we see The Beguiled last Friday. The cinematography and costumes were incredible. Acting was good. Just left a bit to be desired in terms of its abrupt ending. I'll have to go watch the Clint Eastwood version to compare.
That describes Marvel's movies to me. When DC gets it right they knock it out of the park. Batman V. Superman is bad, and my hopes for Justice League aren't high, but Wonder Woman was phenomenal and the best Superhero movie since Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Agreed about the avalanche of superhero flicks. The movies have never been worse in my lifetime. I admire the technical wizardry, but it seems that is 80% of what we get. Cartoons, superheroes, CGI robots, yuck. It all seems to be dumbed down to the least common denominator audience. Some of this great (all the Toy Story movies, Iron Man stand out), but it's just too much. More story, more acting, more excellent writing needed.
Saw and enjoyed The Big Sick. NPR's Fresh Air did an interview with the screenwriters; be advised that some spoilers appear therein.
I want to see Dunkirk and Battle for the Planet of the Apes. The fact that you said Wonder Woman is a "steaming pile of trash" is mind-boggling to me. You're clearly trolling.
Honest to god hated it. Here's how much I hated it. There is an insanely beautiful woman on the screen in just about every scene, in a really awesome bustier-type costume. And, I'd rather have a colonoscopy than watch that movie again.
on the female empowerment perspective. I think that was the movie's only saving grace. But I thought the dialogue was dull and unimaginative. I could list every scene that I thought was really stupid and why, but it would be full of spoilers. If the movie provided any way for a viewer to understand where the hell the Irishman (who is, surprise, a sloppy drunk), the Persian guy, and the large Native American came from, and what they have to do with the story, I missed it. Several have mentioned the Dark Knight in this topic. I LOVE The Dark Knight. That's one of those movies that if I trip over it while scrolling through the guide, I'm stuck watching until the end. Wonder Woman is to The Dark Knight as Blue Chips is to Hoosiers.
Wonder Woman was the best movie of the year.
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Question for movie fans here: Going to see Dunkirk this week and can't decide if I'm going to go to Alamo Drafthouse or a regular theater. Both are IMAX. Never been to a theater that serves food/drinks before, is it too much of a distraction for a movie like this or would it work out ok?
Drafthouse/Cinebarre type places are definitely worth it. It's not distracting at all. It's also been my experience that you get fewer of the idiots on phone or talking to the screen or teens talking amongst each other at places like that making the experience just as good if not better than other theater experiences.
you drink beer and eat a decent burger while watching a movie ...... in the theater.
Totally worth it.
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I'm loathe to discuss movies, as (especially on a board like this) people tend to hold stupidly aggressive opinions for bad reasons, but I enjoyed Spidey and Wonder Woman. Haven't seen the blockbusters listed in the OP. The last truly excellent movie I saw was Arrival.
Hell or High Water was a good flick. The Nice Guys is another somewhat recent (2016) movie that got good reviews but flew under the radar a little.
I felt The Nice Guys was 'the' forgotten movie of 2016. It was excellent, IMO. Very funny, great stuff from Crowe and Gosling.
I stumbled on the Nice Guys and loved the movie's humor!
Attack the Block is spectacular