Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

[amlove21]

yet all I see is this stuff..

“Blade Runner 2049” Update: $31 Mil Weekend Disappoints After Huge Build Up

I'll watch it tomorrow, but I keep my expectations low on movies these days.

I was PUMPED to see BR2049, I still am. There are some movies that are great that the movie going public just misses- Fight Club didn't kill in theaters either.

I am still gonna see it, despite it's 165 minute run time (another reason it probably hasn't done well).

 

[SaintKP]

I enjoyed it, the 165 run time does take it's toll at points however but the eye candy of the movie alone makes up for it. Highly reccomend catching it in IMAX if you can.

Part of how I decide if a movie is good to me, is whether it keeps me invested in the story and whether or not my butt starts to be sore (ie the movie can't even keep me entertained or focused on it).

To give an idea, Suicide Squad made me well aware of how long the movie had been going on and the fact that it wasn't even near being over at the midway point. On the other hand The Hateful Eight kept me enthralled and entertained for the entirety of its 189 minute runtime. BR2049 lies a little shy of where I would rate H8.

 

[TLDR20]

Kong Skull Island....


Terrible. Only redeeming quality is John C Reilly.

 

[Florida173]

Movie studios are fishing. Adding teasers for possible franchises. Like marvel and DC

Skull island feeds into the Godzilla follow on.

The mummy feeds into the other horror franchises like werewolves and vampires.

I'm sure there's more.. But they all somewhat flopped.

 

[Serenity]

@Serenity, congrats for staying with it. After some time, you may find the 'experience' provided a glimpse into the less interesting aspects of military life, like manning an Observation Post in enemy territory, not knowing if or when, for days on end.

I think that's why this film is great, there are messages in it that everyone can relate to and draw parallels with in their own life. I especially enjoyed the passage spoken by the stalker at the start of part 2:

"Let everything that's been planned come true. Let them believe. And let them have a laugh at their passions. Because what they call passion actually is not some emotional energy, but just the friction between their souls and the outside world. And most important, let them believe in themselves. Let them be helpless like children, because weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it's tender and pliant. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win."

Also, I found the Zone's strange sense of peace appeal to the introvert in me -- minus the dead people and general creepiness of course.

Russians are good at translating this on film. There is a series by I think Sokurov, a disciple of Tarkovsky, about Russian troops on the Turkmenistan border. It is drab, depicts outpost life very well and in detail.

I have had a couple of peeks at Sokurov. I think he might be too drab for me, but you've got me onto this Russian film thing. The next time I'm in the mood for cinematic contemplation, it might be Tarkovsky's Solaris. I'm curious as to why it would be considered a great sci-fi film.

And although those experiences may be less interesting, they remain formative. I got to learn a lot about insect life, for one thing. Unsurprisingly, "let the ants try" is one of my favorite Pohl's stories.

My 'research' is broad and fickle. Coincidentally, I was researching flies and ants the other day.

Thanks again for all the weird and wonderful influences you've shared.

 

[Florida173]

Just finished Blade Runner 2049. Can do nothing but parrot everyone else. Incredible visuals.

 

[Viper1]

Just finished Blade Runner 2049. Can do nothing but parrot everyone else. Incredible visuals.

Yes, saw it tonight. Incredible.

 

[digrar]

I watched blade runner yesterday, a midday showing, just me and one other dude, who left at about the 120 minute mark...
I liked it, despite the sore cocyx.

 

[AWP]

I liked it, despite the sore cocyx.

Some days the jokes write themselves...

 

[KiloPapa]

Blade Runner... Damn.

 

[Red Flag 1]

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[Topkick]

Has anyone watched American Made yet? Thoughts?

 

[Kaldak]

Has anyone watched American Made yet? Thoughts?

Not worth seeing in a theater. It was fairly average. A more boring version of Blow.

They did do a good job of making you think Cruise is as tall as all the other actors.

 

[digrar]

I liked American Made and I too thought they did a pretty good job of making Cruise look as tall as the other actors.

 

[TLDR20]

Baby Driver is just very fun. Reminds me of Lucky Number Slevin, in that it is silly, but also pretty damn interesting.

 

[Il Duce]

I liked American Made and I too thought they did a pretty good job of making Cruise look as tall as the other actors.

Special effects and CGI these days really are amazing...

 

[Kakashi66223]

Daughter and I watched the MLP movie opening night, as a late b-day present for her. It could have been better. Felt like this one movie was for the male pony crowd as the movie seemed to follow Michael Bay'ish transformers with Disney-esque songs meets My Little Pony characters. If your kids like MLP, they'll like it; although YMMV.

 

[digrar]

Special effects and CGI these days really are amazing...

They're still a ways off from making him look like Jack Reacher though.

 

[ShadowSpear]

The Foreigner was a pretty good movie. One of Jackie Chan’s ‘Rumble in the Bronx’ type of acting as opposed to the Rush Hour silliness.

 

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