pretre Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 15 minutes ago, Romans832 said: You think they stole from all 7 books? I had hoped very small sampling for future story lines I haven't seen it yet but heard it was post the book series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 23 minutes ago, pretre said: I haven't seen it yet but heard it was post the book series. Oh? Friend said he saw at least 3 book themes in it... Go figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Romans832 said: Oh? Friend said he saw at least 3 book themes in it... Go figure Well, if he saw it, he probably knows better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, pretre said: Well, if he saw it, he probably knows better. I'm supposed to find that out tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 It Follows: Scariest horror movie I've seen in a while. Persistence Hunting is creepy as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 In Search of Spock: 9/10. Sam Nimoy does a documentary on his father. I really like it. It is great to paint with on the background and it is on Netflix. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 8 hours ago, Raindog said: In Search of Spock: 9/10. Sam Nimoy does a documentary on his father. I really like it. It is great to paint with on the background and it is on Netflix. Way cool, I was wondering how that turned out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Dark tower 2.5 / 5 Chosen prepubescent saves the multiverse with the power of his shining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 V/H/S: Viral: I mistakenly put this on thinking it was one of the earlier ones. This volume is just garbage. Editing that is both objectively bad and doesn't make sense within the Found Footage conceit of the film, really obnoxious artificially-induced "glitches" beyond anything I've ever seen on YouTube, aggressively unlikable characters, just generally awful. Give it a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Kung-Fu Hustle. What a weird movie. It turns common kung-fu movies themes and slides them sideways across the screen. I laughed. I scratched by head. It has sub-titles. 7/10. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psilence Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Aliens covenant: 7/10 As a long time fan of the franchise I was excited to finally watch this one. It was competent as far as acting and special effects. It was also nice that it followed Prometheus and wrapped up some plot questions. The action starts pretty early though so it was hard to connect to characters before they started having issues with staying alive :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 43 minutes ago, Psilence said: Aliens covenant: 7/10 As a long time fan of the franchise I was excited to finally watch this one. It was competent as far as acting and special effects. It was also nice that it followed Prometheus and wrapped up some plot questions. The action starts pretty early though so it was hard to connect to characters before they started having issues with staying alive :) Spot on, love aliens and Prometheus? See it... don't know who Sigourney Weaver is or what an awesome movie alien is? See alien! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Romans, I haven't read the books. From a detached standpoint, it is a bad remake of The Never Ending Story mashed up with Monsters Inc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 XX and Holidays: A couple of horror anthology films. As with most anthologies, there's some significant variation in quality, and some of the segments (perhaps most notably the third story in XX) would really benefit from getting a full-length movie all to themselves, but both had some very good entries, and none of them were actually bad. I was particularly fond of the Christmas one in Holidays because it has Seth Green in it, and I haven't seen him in anything in ages, but Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and the first story in XX were all standouts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Emoji Movie - 0 Like that chris rock movie where he is a virus, except they're in a phone, and it's worse. Glad I was able to get the youngin to see Dark Tower in theater instead of this piece of crap. I would've hated paying for it. He was happier with Dark Tower, too. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Black Rock: "Trapped on an island with killers" horror flick. For some reason, it got bad reviews, but I found it really well done. It does start slow and kind of rocky, but by the end, it gets seriously intense. Dartmoor Killing: Kind of the opposite. Starts out really nicely, but kind of falls apart at the end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Hitman's bodyguard. 10 outta 10 amazing! You know where the movie is going the whole time but the journey is so well done Samuel L Jackson and Ryan Reynolds totally pull it off. Also Jackson writes and sings his own song for the soundtrack! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 "What happened to Monday" Very good dystopian future sci-fi Netflix original. Noomi Rapace (the girl with the dragon tattoo series (not the [big bad swear word]ty American "this time with more explosions" version with the heiress of not one, but two American football franchises)) plays 7 identical sisters living in a world that allows only one child per family. If you want to watch a dystopian future movie with a cast that doesn't resemble the Disney Channel's dumping grounds, then I'd suggest this one. Two severed thumbs up. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Deep Blue Sea: Rewatched it on a whim since it was on Netflix. Pretty cheesy, but worth it for LL Cool J, and the scene where Sam Jackson gets chomped. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 After DBS ended, it started auto-playing the trailer for Little Evil. I hadn't really been interested by the description, but in the trailer, I saw that it stars Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly, so I gave it a try. Basically a comedy-horror remake of The Omen in a lot of ways. There were a few parts that edged into the kind of social awkwardness that I have trouble with, but it was good over all. The Step-fathers' Support Group he goes to has some absolutely great bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 10 hours ago, WestRider said: Deep Blue Sea: Rewatched it on a whim since it was on Netflix. Pretty cheesy, but worth it for LL Cool J, and the scene where Sam Jackson gets chomped. A classic. One of those movies I can watch an infinite number of times. Makes for a good drinking game too. Take a drink every time Tom Jane slips and falls over. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 The Descent: OK, first off, I suffer from claustrophobia and acrophobia, and read Lovecraft's The Lurking Fear when I was way too young to deal with it. As such, this film is pretty much tailor-made to scare the $#!^ out of me, and I'm really glad that my apartment is on the top floor of my building. Even leaving those factors aside, tho, this was a damn good flick, that does a great job of gradually building up the tension level. Also, it had a really great poster, which I put up in the random photo thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica: A really interesting watch with the benefit of 25 years of hindsight. It's kind of funny at points, when they're talking about recording techniques that were revolutionary then, but are standard, or even obsolete now. I felt like I could also see some of the tension within the band that eventually led to Jason leaving a couple of decades later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Monsters: I have no idea what this movie was supposed to be about. I think there was something metaphorical about immigration, and the script/director seemed to be under the misapprehension that the two leads had any chemistry whatsoever, and that the various problems in their way were just kind of acts of the universe, or bad luck. Basically all their problems were the male lead's fault , as he questioned and argued with everyone they needed to trust, and then got hammered when they could have been perfectly safe, resulting in them getting robbed. The overall vibe was sort of like one of those student films where it's trying way too hard to be deep and meaningful, but ends up just being confusing and stupid. When you finally do get to see the creatures, tho, they're pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 13 hours ago, WestRider said: Monsters: I have no idea what this movie was supposed to be about. I think there was something metaphorical about immigration, and the script/director seemed to be under the misapprehension that the two leads had any chemistry whatsoever, and that the various problems in their way were just kind of acts of the universe, or bad luck. Basically all their problems were the male lead's fault , as he questioned and argued with everyone they needed to trust, and then got hammered when they could have been perfectly safe, resulting in them getting robbed. The overall vibe was sort of like one of those student films where it's trying way too hard to be deep and meaningful, but ends up just being confusing and stupid. When you finally do get to see the creatures, tho, they're pretty cool. I see what you are saying but I love that movie. Great atmosphere and I love when "the big bad" mostly exists in the background. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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