At the Movies!

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Could care less, Fox always had the intention of selling away their entertainment asset and it was always gonna be some bigwig conglomerate that was gonna purchase it. Quite frankly, the news only really affects Hollywood and with the treatment of movie theatre chains, which is much more alarming.

Oh sure, because it's not like competition makes content producers strive to do better or anything....

The U.S entertaiment industry needs strong anti-thrust laws, because otherwise we are going to reach a point in which Disney and Warner are going to be the only names in town.

EDIT: Also, saying "I could care less" implies that you still care, even if just a little. The correct form is "I COULDN'T care less".

[Hexadecimal*]

No one in my friend group has seen Simon Birch and I'm wondering if it would be too cruel to show it to them.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

So yesterday I saw the Justice League movie.

I thought it was... ok. Sure, it was entertaining, so there's that. Some characters were place correctly for the most part, especially Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Other characters like Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, Lois Lane, Hyppolyta, and the Amazon warriors? Not really. Both Wonder Woman and Aquaman felt like pieces of cardboard. And Cyborg felt underdevolep. Hopefully they will fix this with the upcoming solo films of the League menbers. To give characters the devlopment they didn't have in this film.

The cinematography was decent at best, nothing too new when it comes to the DCCU.

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Oh yeah, I'm gonna watch Wonder Woman tonight.

[Arjahn]

Ey just saw Star Wars 8, which is a series number only terrible slasher flicks and pornos get too. After not liking 7 all that much and hating rogue one more than maybe any movie I've ever seen.

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Hot damn I fucking loved this flick.
(gonna spoil everything below go watch it it's good m8)

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There were a few plot holes (Laura Dern you dumb purple haired bitch tell your crew what you're doing jesus), the comedy wasn't very good and the asian girl who can't act could've just not been there and nothing would've really changed.

But hot damn if this isn't the most fun I've had in a movie theater in ages.

I feel like an idiot for typing this out that oooh the lightsabers wer reall gud u guys but the action in this movie holy shit. It's beautiful. This is the best looking movie I've maybe ever seen, the cinematography in some shots is fucking iconic.

The movie also didn't just do what I thought it was going to do and that was impressive as shit. The rebels escaping with the whole "oooh they'll never see us" didn't all get blown to bits, Leia didn't die just because Carrie Fisher did, Mark Hamil wasn't just evil and bitter, Kylo didn't just turn good all of a sudden. With a worse script, this movie would've blown chunks and been just another "oooh it's gotta be dark and they gotta loose because thats what happened in empire"

It played with expectations masterfully, the entire scene in the chamber with Snoke was actually tense because I dunno what the fuck's going on in this movie. There's no way they're actually going to kill the big baddie here and they can't really escape so I don't--- oh hey look at that he's dead.

That whole scene's probably been criticized but I felt like it was jussst clever enough to not be cheesy. I was engaged with the scene because all of the actors brought their A game, so I didn't get taken out of it by that. It's just like when they kill the Witch King in Return of the King; if you look at it out of context yeah it's kinda silly that this big baddy can be killed by a grammar loophole, but in the heat of it I'll be damned if that wasn't badass.

The battles just felt so alive. At least when a handful of characters were fighting eachother, not so much the space stuff. There was this emotion and intensity behind them that just felt so raw and powerful, something that was pretty absent in The Force Awakens outside of the ending.

It's far from perfect, but good god was it a fantastic movie. We need more of this stuff in Star Wars, weird twists and turns that play with our expectations, rather than Rogue One crap where we know the outcome before buying a ticket.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Oh yeah, I'm gonna watch Wonder Woman tonight.

That didn't end up happening. My friend who was going to give me his DVD copy of the film coulnd't delivery it because yesterday was his sister's birthday and thus he forgot about the DVD. Maybe next time.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

So I just finished watching John Carpenter's Escape from New York.

First of all, I should state that calling this film a action film akin to comtenporary examples of the genre (e.g Terminator, Rambo, Predator, etc) would be disservice to first time watchers, since the action in this film is rather minimal, instead focusing on building up the feeling of a race against time.

Lead actor Kurt Russel did an excellent job as Snake Plissken, who much like a real snake watches and strikes when he is ready; with speed and impact. Russell is able to say a lot with little dialogue, through his body language and facial expressions.
The supporting cast did a really good job as well, including Adrienne Barbeau and Harry Dean Stanton as Maggie and Brian, who have some nice chenistry on-set, and Issac Hayes as The Duke.

[Hexadecimal*]

So... Umm... Yeah...

Can I even say anything about this when the poster says it all?

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

^
Everyday we stray further away from God's light.

[Psychospacecow]

Have we seen footage of this film so far? It could be a character render of a younger version of him for flashbacks or such if not. Give him a bit more motivation than being sick of his neighbors playing loud music and being happy.

[Hexadecimal*]

Have we seen footage of this film so far? It could be a character render of a younger version of him for flashbacks or such if not. Give him a bit more motivation than being sick of his neighbors playing loud music and being happy.

I checked and there is none. Still, I REALLY don't like picturing how the style is going to be just going by this promo image.

Besides... Do we really need another stab at a Grinch movie?

[Psychospacecow]

Have we seen footage of this film so far? It could be a character render of a younger version of him for flashbacks or such if not. Give him a bit more motivation than being sick of his neighbors playing loud music and being happy.

I checked and there is none. Still, I REALLY don't like picturing how the style is going to be just going by this promo image.

Besides... Do we really need another stab at a Grinch movie?

Looks pretty typical to me. I find the best approach with these things is to go "meh" or optimistic and move on because I remember the ones I really dislike.

And yes we did.

If for no other reason than to make that ^ less relevant.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

I watched Moana yesterday.

While is true that I found the pacing to be weird and the ending was quite lackluster, it was still a fun ride overall. The strongest point of this movie being the characters, specially the eponymous Moana.

Oh yeah, and make sure to stay for the credits.

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Speaking of 3d Disney movies, has anyone seen Fozen and tangled? Are they any good?

[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

I watched Moana yesterday.

While is true that I found the pacing to be weird and the ending was quite lackluster, it was still a fun ride overall.  The strongest point of this movie being the characters, specially the eponymous Moana.

Oh yeah, and make sure to saty for the credits.

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Speaking of 3d Disney movies, has anyone seen Fozen and tangled? Are they any good?

Frozen and Tangled are a hoot. Would recommend.

[Hexadecimal*]

Frozen is, in my opinion, one of the the worst movies Disney has ever made but I LOVE Tangled.

[Psychospacecow]

Tangled is pretty legit. The best character is the princess which is kinda rare by Disney standards.

I haven't seen Frozen. Its pretty well received, and the hype that exists as a result means its got a lot of negative press from people being tired of hearing about it. If you've got access to it and want to take the time, I'd watch it. This from someone who hasn't seen it.