Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

[Cookie_]

Netflix produces some great films:

Uncut Gems (joint w/A24)
Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Beasts of no Nations
Marriage Story
Da Five Blood
The Irishman
The Power of the Dog
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Etc.)

The problem is the make too many, so good ones get overshadowed.
Same with shows; Netflix has some great limited series, but few multi-season shows worth a damn. Only two I've ever finished were Bojack and Dark.

 

[Devildoc]

I love me some Keri Russell (The Americans is one of the best series ever) and the first 2 seasons of The Diplomat were great, but even she couldn't save the last season and keep me from not liking her character. To me, it seems clear they don't know what to do with the series anymore. Again, a perfect example of a program with great promise that just fizzled out and can't deliver.

Starting to sound like a 'you' thing and less a 'Netflix' thing....

 

[Blizzard]

Starting to sound like a 'you' thing and less a 'Netflix' thing....

It may be, but I said what I said.

 

[SpongeBob*24]

The Rip with Ben Damon and Matt Affleck. A group of cops hit a house and find beaucoup ducats inside. The rest is an "are they dirty or not" heist plot we've probably seen before.

Anyway, casting was alright, story wasn't bad, twists were small but entertaining. One aside that explains some of the movie was an interview with Matt Damon. In it he explained that Netflix wanted to things: a major set piece action sequence in the first 5 minutes and reiterating the plot 3+ times because of phones. It seems people spend so much time on their phones while "watching" movies that Netflix wanted to emphasize the plot over and over so the viewers will catch at least one of the iterations. It is noticeable in the movie and I can tell Damon was irritated to pissed with the requirement.

6-6.5-ish out of 10 Wilburs.

Great cop movie with EPIC plot twist. I really enjoyed the chemistry of THE TNT TEAM and I definitely didn't cry at the end!!!!

4 out of 6 run flats....

 

[amlove21]

Great cop movie with EPIC plot twist. I really enjoyed the chemistry of THE TNT TEAM and I definitely didn't cry at the end!!!!

4 out of 6 run flats....

I was wondering if anyone saw that. I thought it was a “just turn your brain off and watch cop movie”, looks like it. And that’s in no way a bad thing

 

[Blizzard]

Saw "Mercy" last night. I like Chris Pratt, but...meh. Minority Report did it better.

 

[Florida173]

Saw "Mercy" last night. I like Chris Pratt, but...meh. Minority Report did it better.

It gives me the COVID era vibes for effort.. like the Ice-T War of the Worlds movie that for whatever reason was only just released.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Accountant 2, of course SGT Jenkins is Chucki Sullivan's brother. Brotherly angst, a bunch of white dudes who are assassins. Crazy long guns with suppressors. Honky Tonk in LA? Why not. Chucki Not having game with women, but line dancing? Oh, neurodivergent children being sent to the X-Men house to become ultra internet users instead of becoming trans and furries is a nice touch.

I'm sure some of the green tags have the killing skills that they show in the movies and stuff...but I feel like you could put those skills to use, like maybe become an accountant.

4 of 5 Stanley Travel Cups.

 

[RackMaster]

This looks like a good watch.

 

[Devildoc]

This looks like a good watch.

I'm in.

 

[AWP]

This looks like a good watch.

I think I saw this movie back in the 80's. I still don't have time to bleed.

 

[Cookie_]

Man, I was hoping this would be like an updated Battle: Los Angeles. A dumb-fun sci-fi movie that winds up being surprisingly accurate in the equipment and tactics. The fact that they didn't immediately put a Carl-G into that robot was disappointing.

Then the trailer has to go and do this:


I get that maybe it's a training scene, but even the guard and reserves don't have M4s with carrying handles. And good lord man, are you even using your sights?

Also:


IDK if this is some super-duper Ranger shit, but I never had a BFA when I was deployed.

This movie is gonna be a "beers and jeers" watch for sure.

 

[Florida173]

Man, I was hoping this would be like an updated Battle: Los Angeles. A dumb-fun sci-fi movie that winds up being surprisingly accurate in the equipment and tactics. The fact that they didn't immediately put a Carl-G into that robot was disappointing.

Then the trailer has to go and do this:
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I get that maybe it's a training scene, but even the guard and reserves don't have M4s with carrying handles. And good lord man, are you even using your sights?

Also:
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IDK if this is some super-duper Ranger shit, but I never had a BFA when I was deployed.

This movie is gonna be a "beers and jeers" watch for sure.

You're not wrong, but it is still just a trailer. totally possible things will get fixed in post.. hopefully things get fixed in post

 

[SpongeBob*24]

The Wrecking Crew.

Very good. I'd watch any movie with these 2 as brothers. Chemistry was good....Fight scenes gooder...

 

[SpongeBob*24]

Playdate was great!!

Kevin is funny and Big Al is just awesome.

4.5 out of 5 Grey Honda odyssey.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Rest in Peace Augustus McCrae.

 

[AWP]

The Wrecking Crew.

Very good. I'd watch any movie with these 2 as brothers. Chemistry was good....Fight scenes gooder...

Very entertaining. 2nd most believable Hollywood SEAL after Steven Segal's cook.

3 out of 5 beer out of nowhere.

 

[AWP]

Margin Call from way back in 2011, re-released yesterday on Netflix. Ensemble cast movie following a fictionalized financial firm at the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis. Kind of tense, well done, 6-8 people so no one disappears in the background. 70-80% of the movie is in a boardroom or company offices, but the story is engaging.

4 out of 5 spreadsheets you explain to me in English.

 

[RackMaster]

About Fucking Time!!

 

[RackMaster]

And one for the weather geeks.