tombking Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 movies movies. Mad Max, 9/10: went opening weekend and scored lots of cool points with the kid by taking him along. this is a big screen movie, much of the story telling is in the background and visuals. haven't seen such a great action film in a long time. And one of the kids friends was over and he wanted to watch a horror film he brought. Thir13en Ghosts: 5/10 : A remake of the William Castle classic 13 Ghosts. It was okay. Pretty CGI puzzle house but otherwise kinda meh. Tony Shalhoub was probably what saved the film from being worse. I will have to rent the original for the next time this kid visits as it is a much better film. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 So on the 9 hour flight back from Paris, I watched FOUR movies! Divergent; 8/10. Great concept, liked the character development. Imitation Game; 10/10. Astonishing story about a great man doing amazing work, and being destroyed because of who he was... Divergent: insurgence; 6/10. Not as good as the first,with some leaps that were just too big. I've not read the books, but seeing as parts 3 a and b are incoming I hope this recovers like the Mockingjay movies did. Theory of Everything; 11/10. What if Turing had lived and had worked with Hawking? What could those two have achieved together! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombking Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Cannibal Girls: 5/10 : But wonderfully campy and fun. Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin are a young couple in love looking to spend the weekend in a small town that turns out to be full of cannibals. Ivan Reitman's first feature film. Not good but enjoyable and fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Ant-Man! 8/10 - perfect date movie. My wife really enjoyed it, several theatre-wide LoL moments. Clapping at the end of the movie. What more could you ask for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplepeopleeater Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Joe - 8/10 - didn't know what to expect, still not sure what I watched, but enjoyed it . Pompeii - 1/10 - pure sh*t! Raid 2 11/10 - not as good as the first, but oh the stabby stabbiness of stabs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Alright. I'll jump on this topic. Why not? I have recently watched a ton of movies, so, bear with me. CHAPPiE - 8/10. I loved the character development and the depth. And the name of the movie is badass. :) Big Hero 6 - 10/10. I honestly could watch this movie forever. It was amazing. Howl's Moving Castle at OMSI's Empirical Theatre - 7/10. Beautiful art, great storytelling, and interesting story. The movie was slow and dragged at points, but I liked it. Expendables 3 - 5/10. Rhonda Rousey is pretty much the only reason why I watched this. I love my 1980's action heroes, but 1 was enough. The Imitation Game - 6/10. The story of Alan Turing. Kiera Knightly finally did a movie where she didn't have her mouth open all the time. Movie was well done, but it dragged at points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 AntMan - 5/10 This has probably been my least favorite MCU film to date. It's not horrid, but it just ain't that great. I liked what they did with the Pym's, especially Wasp, but I'm probably just looking for nice things to say. Visually stunning, like you'd expect it to be. Not worth the ticket price, but a fun rainy day super hero flick. It's not Catwoman, thank the Watcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashneeb Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 4/10 Pixels - Nostalgia aside, it was a very "meh" movie. Had a couple funny bits, but for the most part as one review said "Even Peter Dinklage in a mullet can't save this movie." 6/10 Ant Man - To be honest, it didn't feel as mailed in as Avengers 2, although there wasn't enough oomph. It's sad when a secondary character telling stories is the most compelling part of the entire film. I liked their action sequences, but I found myself looking more forward to what happens after the post-credit sequence than most of the movie. Entirely too predictable, but I find most Marvel movies are going that way. You can't seem to foreshadow at all without hitting someone over the head with that foreshadowing hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yeah, the Foreshadowing in Antman was waaaay to slap in the face instead of subtle clues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indytims Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Ant-Man - 7/10 - Not the best Marvel movie, but certainly not the worst. This one felt far more 'family friendly' than the norm, and for my wife and I there were plenty of laughs, which to me was a good thing. The FX were what we pretty much expect from Marvel and other big houses now, and the action scenes I thought were really well-done. We both especially loved the fight scene with a certain Avenger, and the finale of course was fun. I did think the -start- of the movie, the first 30 min or so, was rather slow, but often 'origin movies' are like that, I suppose. The two (yes two) credit-scenes were interesting enough, and Stan's cameo was part of the laughs. The hinted (mildly) at Spidey and overall we both felt it was a pretty solid effort, though not Marvel's best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andozane Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 The two (yes two) credit-scenes were interesting enough, and Stan's cameo was part of the laughs. The hinted (mildly) at Spidey and overall we both felt it was a pretty solid effort, though not Marvel's best. Interestingly that scene where they "hinted" at spidey was done before the Sony/Marvel deal got inked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Ex Machina - 4.5/5 I meets AI in an exploration of the human condition and the existential crisis of "Do I exist?" draped in the coverings of the Turing test breaching the Singularity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Halo Nightfall and Avatar the Last Airbender. I'll do them together. Bad movies with good actors, good effects, and good sets. I think the writers just screwed up on both of them, because the movies both flow just fine, they just are bad stories, and both from other media with rich stories. Both the halo games and the avatar tv series were very good in story, so these films were especially disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashneeb Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - 7.5/10: A good, solid 3 star outing. Fun movie, good humor, liked how they handled the action which could have bogged down the story. I really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 I watched Open Range again. It is one of my favorite Westerns. Kevin Costner is solid. Annette Bennington is sublime. There is great dialog and one great gunfight. 9.5/10 Or 8/10 if you not like Westerns. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 How to Train A Dragon 2 3/5 - Fun graphics, feel good story about acceptance. Several scenes I wasn't expecting. Exploring the "villains" motives in a kids movie is pretty 'deep,' too. I wouldn't not watch it again. Fun Pokedragon movie for kids over 8. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Avatar the Last Airbender. Voldemort What do you expect from M Night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Fiddler on the Roof - 8/10 - I'm speechless, the movie starts out one way and ends completely different. I'm left utterly speechless asking questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 What do you expect from M Night? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 After Attack of the ClownsClones, I pretty much gave up on Star Wars. Never did get around to watching Revenge of the Sith until just now, when I was kind of bored and it randomly popped into my mind. Good lord that's a ^#%$ing terrible movie. I started it on a whim, but kept watching out of some sort of horrified, train-wreck fascination. McGregor and Portman each managed to salvage a few bits, McDiarmid had a couple of good moments, and Christopher Lee had enough experience dealing with terrible scripts from his time working for Hammer that he was able to turn in a pretty good performance despite possibly the worst character name in Star Wars history. That's about all I can grant it. The really weird part was the music. In and of itself, it still had all the power of the original score, but it felt so mismatched with the garbage on the screen that it just didn't work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WestRider Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Jurassic World: Can't call it a great movie, but it was a fun one. Awesome dinosaurs. It had the same flaw Godzilla did, of prioritizing human-interest bits above monster-interest, but to a lesser extent. Actually, I can sum up pretty much all my problems with it in two words: white dudes. Not because of anything specific to race or gender, it just happened that basically all the characters that annoyed the heck out of me, whether for being gratuitously stupid (like the kids) or arrogant jerks (like Hoskins) were white dudes. I also have no idea how Masrani hired Dearing to run the place. It seems like he would have picked an operations manager who shared his more laid-back style. Maybe there were just a couple of other levels of management in-between, making the decision, since his company was much more than just the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 . Actually, I can sum up pretty much all my problems with it in two words: white dudes. Not because of anything specific to race or gender, it just happened that basically all the characters that annoyed the heck out of me, whether for being gratuitously stupid (like the kids) or arrogant jerks (like Hoskins) were white dudes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 The dude in the pic should have long black hair and a bass, so it's Peter Steele ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 The dude in the pic should have long black hair and a bass, so it's Peter Steele ;) That would be "Kill all the white people". :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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