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Post by AQUA JAR!™ on Aug 9, 2020 18:25:19 GMT 1
SPIDER-MAN (2002) rivals Superman the Movie (1978) as one of the best origin films
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Post by AQUA JAR!™ on Aug 9, 2020 18:26:16 GMT 1
SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) one of the All Time Greats
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 10, 2020 5:05:11 GMT 1
The rhythm section Who framed Roger rabbit James and the giant peach
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 10, 2020 22:57:06 GMT 1
Cloverfield (2008). {Spoiler}Shake shake shake, shake shake shake (shake your movie, shake your movie). If you’re unaware that this movie involves a monster attacking NY, lots of screaming, running, explosions and everything being shot on hand-held camera…then clearly you missed the trailers/marketing for this film. If shaky-cam documentary-style movies aren’t your cup of tea, steer clear. However, if you’re interested in seeing a different sort of monster movie (ie. it attempts to make something as unbelievable as monsters into something tangible and real), then this one might be for you. It was pretty much what I was expecting: a monster movie done as if it were ‘reality’. I thought the trailers did a good job of setting the mood/giving a feeling of eeriness, because you knew nothing about what was attacking the city. The human characters, which others seem to perceive as the ‘weakest’ part of the movie, were actually what I thought held it all together. Some may have been bored by the movies beginning, as we get to know ‘main dude’, Rob (whose going-away party is what brings everyone together) and Beth (their ‘love story’ is really what the film’s about at its heart), then Jason (Rob’s brother), Lily (Jason’s fiancé), Hud (who serves as the cameraman for the majority of the film), and Marlena (Lily’s friend who Hud has a thing for). These are the characters we follow throughout, so if you find them unengaging/annoying, then the film is not going to be very ‘fun’ for you (then again...given what happens to most of them, you might actually derive some morbid amusement from their fates). I myself was invested in following them on their fight to stay alive and I feel they’ve been judged too harshly by audiences, as I thought they came off as very ‘human’. Like all humans, they were not without their flaws. Yes, they make questionable choices/decisions, but given the nature of what's going on around them, one can understand how lapses in judgement might occur. Rob is probably one of the main ones people had issues with. Some might’ve lost patience with his devotion to Beth, but that’s why the beginning of the film needed that set-up of their relationship. It’s crucial to where the story goes (regarding the remarks like “She SO wasn’t worth it!”...have you seen Odette Yustman Annable? Pretty worth it, in my opinion). I also liked the fact that the ‘hero’ of the story was not your typical hero. Rob falls down when trying to save someone from a parasite, he doesn’t manage to kick a door open on his first go (it takes several) and he focuses solely on who he cares most about...but that’s ‘real’. Anyway, he doesn’t insist others follow him on his quest to save Beth (far from it. He actually gives everyone the chance to go to safety, but they make the choice to follow him. That’s important to remember, those of you who blame him for what happens). Hud's the stand-out, though. At first he's a reluctant cameraman, but actually gets really into ‘documenting’ (one might say ‘too much’, since he rarely lets go of the camera/seems devoted to filming everything no matter how life-and-death the situation might get). Whilst his remarks/comments about certain things (such as flaming homeless guys) might be a little ill-timed, they kept me amused throughout. I'm unsure how much of all the actors’ dialogue was improvised, but considering how natural it sounded, it seemed like quite a bit of it may not have been in the script. The only thing that might’ve made it sound a bit more ‘realistic’ would've been some harsher cursing than what they used. In amongst all the action, there are moments where things 'slow down' a bit to catch one’s breath (both for the audience and the characters themselves). The little ‘human’ moments aren’t forgotten, as characters bond, comfort each other and break devastating news to relatives. While some might think there are 'contrivances' to get characters from Point A to Point B and so on, I never felt that was the case. For anyone expecting answers to all their questions...there aren’t many. The monster's origins are speculated upon by Hud, but most is left unexplained (though pay particular attention to the top of the screen in the very last scene for a possible clue). Questions such as "What made that girl explode?", "What kind of video camera has everlasting battery, a flashlight on it and NIGHT VISION?", "How does somebody manage to run around, seemingly fine, after having a rebar through their torso?" are pretty pointless (though with that last one, my answer would be ‘adrenaline’). If you don't need everything spelled out and actually enjoy having some things left open to debate/your own interpretation, then you should be content. As for the complaints about the ending, we are informed right from the start that the video was retrieved from a site "formerly known as Central Park" (which suggests that Central Park no longer exists). Taking this into consideration, and given where the last survivors end up...how’d you think this would end? I think if anything kind of ‘hurt’ the movie, it was the fact that it gave away what the monster looked like fairly early on. I'm sure all those who were worried about being ‘robbed’ of getting a good long look at the monster were probably rethinking that with the close-up of it towards the end. I myself could’ve done without so many shots of it. Although the animators did an admirable job (at the time), no matter how good the CGI was, it was never going to look fully convincing. I feel this film achieved what it set out to do, giving us a unique monster movie that we hadn’t really seen before. The film's 'look'/lighting/atmosphere also deserves props. If nothing else, stick around for the ‘Roar! (Cloverfield Overture)’ that plays once the end credits roll. It’s a perfect piece of score that compliments the movie/feels like it would’ve played throughout the film if this were a ‘typical’ sort of monster movie.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 13, 2020 22:34:53 GMT 1
Skyscraper (2018).
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 14, 2020 0:20:30 GMT 1
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 14, 2020 3:31:18 GMT 1
Female Agents (2008).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 15, 2020 13:12:25 GMT 1
Ocean's 8 (2018).
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Post by detour on Aug 16, 2020 17:33:32 GMT 1
Crap Fun stuff, would make a great double bill with BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Crapfest extraordinaire Great stuff, highly recommended. Fun times with the Boys
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 17, 2020 12:31:21 GMT 1
Leave No Trace (2018).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 18, 2020 22:55:52 GMT 1
Mary Shelley (2017).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 20, 2020 23:00:25 GMT 1
The Matrix Reloaded (2003). This^ is what happens when Neo lights his farts on fire.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 21, 2020 9:35:35 GMT 1
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 22, 2020 9:14:35 GMT 1
The Matrix Revolutions (2003).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 24, 2020 15:07:15 GMT 1
Jurassic World (2015).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 25, 2020 0:29:51 GMT 1
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 26, 2020 0:57:12 GMT 1
Jurassic Park (1993).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 28, 2020 23:31:28 GMT 1
Die Hard 4.0 (2007).
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Post by Grandmaster on Aug 29, 2020 15:04:42 GMT 1
Tenet
Awesome. It was worth the wait. The reason why was not.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 30, 2020 2:20:19 GMT 1
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Post by AQUA JAR!™ on Aug 30, 2020 18:00:35 GMT 1
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 31, 2020 4:22:41 GMT 1
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 31, 2020 5:05:28 GMT 1
Free Fire (2016). I just realised that I posted these last two movies I watched in the wrong order. I know what you're going to say, AQUA JAR!™ ... STOOPID!
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 1, 2020 15:03:18 GMT 1
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013).
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 1, 2020 22:45:17 GMT 1
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Sept 4, 2020 3:27:16 GMT 1
Blow Out (1981). As I mentioned before in this thread, I’m just a sucker for Brian De Palma’s bizarre blend of obvious Hitchcock references, obsessively-reused filmmaking gimmicks, and hysterical melodramatics. He’s at his best when shooting long wordless sequences that show off his directorial skill—and what skill it is! Here, the prostitute’s murder at the train station and John Lithgow’s subsequent stalking of Nancy Allen are some of the finest sequences De Palma ever did, and several other shots are brilliantly composed and surprising. Unfortunately, we also have to watch all the scenes between those tour-de-force sequences. And those scenes involve dialogue. De Palma’s usually good with good actresses—Margot Kidder, Geneviève Bujold, Sissy Spacek, and Angie Dickinson—but for some reason he’s awful with weak actresses and most actors. Here, Nancy Allen gives a bad performance, much worse than she gave in Dressed to Kill, and John Travolta isn’t much better. Instead of disguising it by, say, giving them less dialogue, though, De Palma gives them loads of dialogue and films that dialogue in bland medium shots. Those dialogue scenes are worse than bad, they’re boring. They reiterate the simplistic plot over and over again and add no exposition that we haven’t already seen (e.g., we see Lithgow cut Travolta’s phone wire. Then Allen and Travolta have a conversation about the phone not working). Speaking of plot, De Palma loses it somewhere around Lithgow’s first murder. All the political material of the first act doesn’t come back and, as it turns out, doesn’t matter. Yes, it’s the McGuffin for the conspiracy, but a thriller director shouldn’t waste this much time on his McGuffin. We don’t care what the meaning behind the tune in The Lady Vanishes is, so Hitchcock doesn’t dwell on it. In this movie, by contrast, we spend about an hour on the finer details of a “tune” about which De Palma turns out not to care. Howard Hawks once famously said a good movie is three good scenes and no bad ones. Blow Out has multiple brilliant scenes—but also, unfortunately, an equal amount of rubbish ones. Watch Dressed to Kill, Phantom of the Paradise, or even Body Double instead.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 4, 2020 23:32:46 GMT 1
Clue (1985).
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 5, 2020 1:35:03 GMT 1
Clue (1985).
LOL!
Great Movie!
Tim Curry was Hilarious in it!
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 5, 2020 1:35:24 GMT 1
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 5, 2020 2:13:09 GMT 1
Clue (1985). LOL! Great Movie! Tim Curry was Hilarious in it! I just bought it on Blu-ray. The last time I would've watched the movie was when I recorded it off the TV using a blank VHS tape (which was quite a long while ago). I think I may have also missed the beginning of it when it was on TV. I'd forgotten a lot of it and was surprised to find that the beginning/'set-up' part of the movie wasn't actually that funny, really. I found that things only really started to get amusing once people started dying. I thought all the cast were pretty great in their roles. It's one of my favourite movies starring Tim Curry.
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