Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

[DocIllinois]

Not 2017, but I just saw Hidden Figures. It is a great movie. My wife is a female engineer, and while not black, watching it with her and knowning the obstacles she had to overcome, often was very powerful. That these women could be so powerful, in a time when the world was stacked against them is an amazing thing. Everyone should watch this, or should be watched in school along with Remember the Titans IMO.

Hidden Figures was on our short list. Will watch it tonight.

Also not 2017 but we saw Manchester by the Sea yesterday. A great study on grief and carrying permanent wounds, but still somehow very watchable and great all the way around.

 

[RackMaster]

I miss the Golden Days of Merchant Ivory, Miramax among a very few production companies. This may be a throwback to literate filmmaking

That better win Best Picture!

 

[AWP]

Yesterday I saw It Comes at Night and while I'm not a fan of the apocalypse horror genre, I liked the movie. You could see the end coming from a mile away, but they movie kept up enough suspense the obvious was always in doubt. No "twists", no major mind-game dream sequences, just a straight-forward story. If you're looking for happy moments, this isn't your film.

It Comes at Night (2017) - IMDb

 

[Deleted member 2517]

Yesterday I saw It Comes at Night and while I'm not a fan of the apocalypse horror genre, I liked the movie. You could see the end coming from a mile away, but they movie kept up enough suspense the obvious was always in doubt. No "twists", no major mind-game dream sequences, just a straight-forward story. If you're looking for happy moments, this isn't your film.

It Comes at Night (2017) - IMDb

So I definitely have had to mull this movie over and despite my initial dislike after seeing it, I have to say it has grown on me. Much the same way "The Witch" did last summer. It goes beyond traditional physical horror and goes for a more subtle, slow burning eeriness and dread. A24 has been putting out some great films and is probably the finest studio to emerge the last few years.

 

[Topkick]

Yesterday I saw It Comes at Night and while I'm not a fan of the apocalypse horror genre, I liked the movie. You could see the end coming from a mile away, but they movie kept up enough suspense the obvious was always in doubt. No "twists", no major mind-game dream sequences, just a straight-forward story. If you're looking for happy moments, this isn't your film.

It Comes at Night (2017) - IMDb

I don't have much interest in the apocalyptic stuff either but was looking for something to go see. I read the reviews, which are generally very good, so I took a shot. I thought the acting was very good, but just didn't care for the long and drawn out conclusion of which I had mostly already concluded I give it 3/5.

 

[TLDR20]

I got "War on Everyone" from Refboc the other day, might just be the worst movie I've ever seen. Terrible story, acting, the gambit of awful.

 

[Red Flag 1]

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[Gunz]

Boobs. What's not to like?

 

[CQB]

Churchill was ok. Brian Cox as Churchill chewed the scenery a bit, but it was a portrayal of a man who once had it, but was slowly fading away.
(If anyone saw The Queen on Netflix, John Lithgow as Churchill was pretty good).

 

[R.Caerbannog]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was pretty awesome. I enjoyed the heck out of it.

 

[Blizzard]

OK, I don't know if this was just some inside joke that I didn't get or what but, against my better judgement, we watched "Get Out" last night. We did so in large part due to some of the positive feedback here. HOLY HELL...that was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. LOL.

We also watched "Hell or High Water". It was a little slow at times but overall a pretty good movie. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't already seen it.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

OK, I don't know if this was just some inside joke that I didn't get or what but, against my better judgement, we watched "Get Out" last night. We did so in large part due to some of the positive feedback here. HOLY HELL...that was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. LOL.

No inside joke, in fact you are the first person I've come across who has said that they did not enjoy it. What specifically didn't you like?

 

[TLDR20]

No inside joke, in fact you are the first person I've come across who has said that they did not enjoy it. What specifically didn't you like?

Agreed. It has a 99% on rotten tomatoes and an 88% audience score.

 

[Gunz]

OK, I don't know if this was just some inside joke that I didn't get or what but, against my better judgement, we watched "Get Out" last night. We did so in large part due to some of the positive feedback here. HOLY HELL...that was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. LOL.

We also watched "Hell or High Water". It was a little slow at times but overall a pretty good movie. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't already seen it.

Get Out is aimed at hypocritical white liberals who claim to be so "hip" when it comes to racial relations. (Seriously, I've met more bigots in the Northern cities than I ever met in the rural South, and I've lived both places. Plus comedy, plus horror. An interesting blend to say the least.

Hell or High Water is fucking awesome.

 

[racing_kitty]

Not to mention Key and Peele's humor is a kind that people either get it or it sails right past them, never to be understood. It makes sense that Jordan Peele's style of humor would be imported to the movie that he produced. (Full disclosure: I have yet to have seen the movie, mainly because I'm still burned out on all the hype when they were filming it here.)

 

[Topkick]

I finally watched Pirates of the Caribbean. I don't approve of what Depp said nor do I really care because most entertainers are just trying to pander to the audience. Johnny Depp is Jack Sparrow and the movie was decent. I mostly enjoyed the CGI of the Spanish dudes.

 

[Blizzard]

No inside joke, in fact you are the first person I've come across who has said that they did not enjoy it. What specifically didn't you like?

Where do I start, brother. The ridiculously predicable plot? Who couldn't see what was going on from almost the very beginning; car accident forward. Or perhaps the terrible writing which couldn't quite figure out what kind of movie it wanted to be - was it horror? Not even close; nothing scary about it. Was it suspenseful/thriller? Definitely not thrilling...not in the least. Was it funny? Nope, just stupid..."I'm the T - S- motherfucking A"...really?! The acting was pretty poor all around. So, really, it was everything. It was just a terrible movie.

 

[AWP]

Fast the Furious 8. Always an awesome and entertaining train wreck. Pictured below, Vin Diesel's acting coach.

 

[DocIllinois]

Fast the Furious 8. Always an awesome and entertaining train wreck. Pictured below, Vin Diesel's acting coach.

F&F 8 has passed $1Billion gross worldwide.

Hollywierd knows it's a train wreck and the acting is horrific - their market continues to demand it.

Kudos to them.

 

[Marauder06]

Watched Wonder Woman last weekend. I thought it was a great movie and I'm going to take my daughters to see it when they get back from their grandparents'. I'm also enjoying the social justice meltdown over the actress who plays Wonder Woman.