Romans832 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Suicide Squad - 4.5/5 - Wife & I liked it, thought it was well done. Though I totally see what Bro G's going saying... Maybe they did that to get you to love them more... despite the point is to love how evil they are... Star Trek Beyond - 4.5/5 - We enjoyed the movie. A great "Star Trek" movie. Loved the cameo as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Byzantium -- 8/10 On Netflix now, different take on a vampire flick, this is one the wife actually enjoyed. That was an interesting find, the most human on any vampire flick I have ever seen. I enjoyed it 8/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Forgot to post a few of my recent watches. What We Do in the Shadows. Vampire Mockumentary. Follows a group of vamps sharing a house in Wellington NZ over the course of a few months. Hit or miss, but the hits are great. Zoombies. Zombie virus that somehow can infect any animal except humans breaks out in a wildlife refuge. Terrible production values, mediocre acting, and plot holes all over the place. But if you can overlook that, it's actually surprisingly fun. Watched it one evening when it was too hot for me to pay attention to anything even remotely serious and it was perfect for that. Dead Snow. Great concept, but I couldn't stand most of the characters, and my least favorite of them ended up being the last one left alive. Sharknado: Makes Snakes on a Plane look like Oscar-worthy. Just terrible all around, including reinforcing a bunch of misinformation about sharks and shark attacks. The Taking of Deborah Logan: Much better and creepier than I expected. Really glad I didn't watch this while I was taking care of my grandmother while she was going downhill with Alzheimer's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Just watched Harbinger Down. Really quite good for something that was made on a $384,000 budget from a Kickstarter. It helped that Lance Henrickson apparently agreed to work for peanuts and the producers were also the special effects studio, and worked for free on the effects. Speaking of which, those are in many ways the real draw here. All practical effects, CGI was only used for compositing and removing wires/rods from the puppets. Think of it as a fan film tribute to stuff like The Thing and the first Alien flick, and it'll probably be pretty enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Checked out Hardcore Henry on Redbox. Simply superb. It's less storytelling and more moving art. It's all shot first person, the plot is both simple and engaging, haven't hated a badguy so much since Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2. Once you wrap your head around what you're about to experience it's quite the ride. Almost non-stop action but the breaks are subtle and well done. 5/5 I don't toss around 5 star reviews willy-nilly. I really thought it was fantastic fun and the wife did too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 The new Bourne Movie. It is what you would expect. Solid, but not ground breaking. 7.8 out of 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplepeopleeater Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Dead Snow. Great concept, but I couldn't stand most of the characters, and my least favorite of them ended up being the last one left alive. I so enjoyed this movie. If you haven't seen this one, check it out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Bigglesworth Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Checked out Hardcore Henry on Redbox. Simply superb. It's less storytelling and more moving art. It's all shot first person, the plot is both simple and engaging, haven't hated a badguy so much since Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2. Once you wrap your head around what you're about to experience it's quite the ride. Almost non-stop action but the breaks are subtle and well done. 5/5 I don't toss around 5 star reviews willy-nilly. I really thought it was fantastic fun and the wife did too. I don't know how to rate. Jimmy was amazing. Loved his character. Perfect adaptation of what a first person action game feels like, all they way down to the plot and plot twists. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Was impossible to peel my eyes away. Great sound track and sound effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Haunter: Pretty run of the mill haunted house flick, except that the main character is one of the ghosts. That's not a surprise twist, or anything, the first sequence is the day she realizes she's dead. Not gonna be a classic of the genre or anything, but it was a solid watch, and an interesting PoV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 The Amityville Horror: It's really weird watching Ryan Reynolds pretend to not be Deadpool. Also, I can't help but think that Deadpool would have handled the situation far better. I mean, for him, disturbing imagery and strange voices in his head telling him to kill people is basically just Tuesday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Have you seen Voices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Have you seen Voices? Hadn't even heard of it. Based on a quick google search, I think I need to hunt it up. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hadn't even heard of it. Based on a quick google search, I think I need to hunt it up. Thanks! It's on Hulu streaming. Not sure if on the 'flix. I hadn't heard of it either, friend had me watch it a couple months back. It's an odd little treasure, to be sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 District 9 - 7.5/10 Alien ship "lands" in Africa, makes no contact. Humans crack open the ship and find a bunch of dying Syrians looking for aid. I mean, bug like insects looking for aid. Highlarity ensues as Humans keep being. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this one. I was really enjoying it, but the end was bothersome. I wish they would've kept the mockumentary going the entire time, without showing "non-camera footage" of events. Although, then it's akin to Blairwitch or 4th Kind. It wasn't the scripting or plot that I disliked, it was how they chose to unveil it. I could see watching it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Amadeus - 10 / 10 Never seen before. This is what a movie should be. James Cameron, suck a playwrights dick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Kubo and the Two Strings: 9.5 out of 10. The best movie I have seen since Mad Max Fury Road. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Zombeavers. One of the few cases I've seen where people attempting to make a B-movie actually get it right. It's cheap, dumb, and crude, but still a lot of fun if you just want a bad horror flick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkieft Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Zombeavers. One of the few cases I've seen where people attempting to make a B-movie actually get it right. It's cheap, dumb, and crude, but still a lot of fun if you just want a bad horror flick. Tru dat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombking Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 Edge Of Tomorrow : 7/10 : Better than expected as Tom Cruise usually makes me go meh. I stumbled on All You Need Is Kill at the library and read through that in a day so I had the source material fresh in mind when watching it. They did a very good job of adapting the story to a western audience though I was a bit disappointed with the hollywood it all works out happy ending compared to the melancholy the war goes on but we know we can win of the book. Also I was disappointed he didn't take up using the axe like in the book as the reason the Full Metal Bitch uses it is because it won't run out of ammo like the standard close combat equipment and our hero realizes that it is a very effective solution to that problem. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 CA - Civil War - 7/10 - watched it again at home now that I have the blu-ray. It pains me to only give it a 7, because I truly do like the movie. The main reason for the seven is because of the plot holes. Now typically for these types of movies, I can just go with it. But this time there were some blatant glaring ones that I could not get past. 1) - why is there a video camera at the exact spot where Winter Solider kills the Starks? That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Especially for a "no witnesses" kind of mission.2) - The whole "Avengers bad because people died" was just lame. They stopped two world ending events that were basically started because the US didn't leave the cube at the bottom of the ocean.3) - How does Zemo find out about the Stark mission? He says it was from the decrypted Hydra secrets...but yet he has to go through this whole elaborate plan to get Bucky to find the installation? Was it for the tape? So they kept the tape at the installation but not the red book?Just too many holes and not enough links. The actors, the action, the jokes, and the storytelling...I all loved. I just wished they had filled some of those gaps a bit better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 CA - Civil War With as often as the comics were retconned, I try to be forgiving of plot holes and stuff in the films, too. And then there is Catwoman. That was just....bad. Death of Superman Lives! - 4/5 Documentary exposing the sad, pathetic lives of Hollywood elite. It's a shame the movie was never made, sooo many neat concepts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach_5 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Watched Dredd again recently, still awesome, it has all the action. Also noticed Lena Headley plays drug queen "Mama". Love it even more now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadow 3 / 10 I don't see ever watching it again. It was bad, even for a kids movie. Some of the nostalgic stuff was cool. Bebop and Rocksteady were well enough done, so was Krang and the Technodrome. Boss battle was anticlimactic. Casey Jones should've stayed in Star City. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Ghostbusters 3/5 Much better than I was expecting it to be. Cute, true to form, good cameos. Biggest complaint would be Helmsworth, but I have to remind myself it's a kids show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Ghostbusters 3/5Biggest complaint would be Helmsworth. What? I thought Kevin was hilarious. Could have easily been awful, but because of how clear it was that everyone genuinely liked him, and how much fun Hemsworth was having, I felt he totally worked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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