The Movie Review Thread

[CrazyLazyDude]

Justice League - not amazing by any standard but a fun watch with some good laughs. Barry (Flash) was really funny. After two movies, I've decided that I like Affleck as Bruce Wayne but not as Batman.

The Last Jedi - flawed for sure, but still an enjoyable Star Wars movie. Definitely had some surprises and I'm very curious to see how they wrap things up in episode IX. Looking forward to seeing it again, but as of now Rogue One is still my favorite Star Wars movie.

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales - only halfway through (will finish tonight), but pretty bored. That franchise needs to die.

[EdwardTheGreat]

The Last Jedi - Looking forward to seeing it again, but as of now Rogue One is still my favorite Star Wars movie.

I agree on Rogue One, I thought is was fantastic and it got me really excited for Last Jedi...which totally let me down. LJ felt like one of the new Marvel movies...just random overdone action sequences with nothing behind it to care about.

I saw New Hope in the theatre with my dad when I was a wee lad, and have seen every SW movie since. LJ has turned me off to the point where I will see the next one for free at home.

[sy2502]

Blade Runner 2046

Talk about a movie that didn't need a sequel... Sure it looks great, and the main theme of the movie could have been very interesting, but it turned out to be so boring! And the protagonist is some kind of Terminator style android that gets shot, stabbed, dropped, blown up... and doesn't die. It's hard to care about him after you figure out nothing is going to kill him. (sorry was that a spoiler?)
Most of the movie just went into my ears and eyes and right out the other side, even as I write this I can barely remember what's in it, and I only saw it a couple of days ago.
Skip it... and if you really liked the original Blade Runner, DEFINITELY skip it.

[thebigzakbowski]

saw justice league. pretty mindless entertainment but not worth all the bashing it takes online. Two post credit scenes. disappointed aquaman didn't stab anyone with his trident and yell "fork you!" other than that, not a bad way to kill some time

[whatevergirl]

Contagion - I’ve seen this before but recently watched it again. Really good acting and plot but a bit unnerving, with this crazy flu season we have right now!

The Condemned - got 45 minutes in and it’s just not my type of movie. It’s basically like the show Survivor, but prisoners have to kill other prisoners to survive on a remote island. The last person standing gets a huge cash pay off and it’s being streamed on the internet. It’s one of those movies that has so much potential but it just tries to shock too much with violence and people blowing up. But if you’re into that...it’s the movie for you

[weiss1967]

two fairly recent Russian space movies:

Salyut 7, will be hard to watch for you folks, there is no English dubbing, just subtitles. I waited for this one to be released, but it wasn't up to my high hopes. Continuous gravitation towards drama, objectionable exaggeration blew the whole thing. It was supposed to be based on real Salyut 7 blackout and repair, which was nonetheless dramatic effort that, IMO, did not need hollywood-style improvisations (bullsнiт basically).

Another Russian space movie is the Age of Pioneers. It is based on true events during Leonov's space walk. Same thing, Hollywood cliché now and then, but great acting nonetheless. Good nachos'n'beer night type of movie.

[Brackneyc]

saw justice league. pretty mindless entertainment but not worth all the bashing it takes online. Two post credit scenes. disappointed aquaman didn't stab anyone with his trident and yell "fork you!" other than that, not a bad way to kill some time

Too many folks forget that a movie can just be entertaining.

[Bando]

The Condemned - got 45 minutes in and it’s just not my type of movie. It’s basically like the show Survivor, but prisoners have to kill other prisoners to survive on a remote island. The last person standing gets a huge cash pay off and it’s being streamed on the internet. It’s one of those movies that has so much potential but it just tries to shock too much with violence and people blowing up. But if you’re into that...it’s the movie for you

Just watched the trailer - right up my alley!

[whatevergirl]

Just watched the trailer - right up my alley!

lolz!

It honestly wasn't horrible, in terms of like the idea/plot and all that, but one fighting scene after the next...it just became kind of boring. Violence doesn't bother me, look at Game of Thrones for example, but it's done as part of a plot...not the whole plot.

[whatevergirl]

Watched Geostorm and it was so bad, I couldn't finish it. Boring, too much lengthy dialogue, trying to be funny but it was meant to be a serious movie, I think? Way too much time in the space ship. Weird drama between the brothers who are the main characters, but you don't care because it has nothing to do with the main plot. Even the special effects were over the top stupid looking. Ugh, I wanted this to be like Day After Tomorrow, but it failed.

Critics got this one right, they gave it 13%. I hate when a movie has good actors and potential, but they put you to sleep with the script.

[GuyJin]

Watched Geostorm and it was so bad, I couldn't finish it. Boring, too much lengthy dialogue, trying to be funny but it was meant to be a serious movie, I think? Way too much time in the space ship. Weird drama between the brothers who are the main characters, but you don't care because it has nothing to do with the main plot. Even the special effects were over the top stupid looking. Ugh, I wanted this to be like Day After Tomorrow, but it failed.

Critics got this one right, they gave it 13%. I hate when a movie has good actors and potential, but they put you to sleep with the script.

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The critics were being generous!

If there is one movie that actually makes Plan Nine From Outer Space look good, Geostorm is it! Poor special effects, dumb script, unlikable characters...I was rootin' for the storm.

[Mark1T]

I tried to watch Girl on a Train (no relation to my thread, lol), but after about 25 minutes, I stopped. Maybe it's me - I love Emily Blunt, but when it was obvious she was screwed up and a drunk in the movie, for some reason it made me uncomfortable. No thanks. Should I have given it a chance?

Watched Sicario a few weeks ago and Emily Blunt was terrific in that. Great acting and even though it was extremely violent, it felt real. I want to see the sequel coming up, even though Emily will not be in this one.

Watched Wind River last week. Excellent acting. Good one. Even though the characters were not fully developed, and it seemed as though some parts were missing, I liked it.

Watched Roman J. Israel because I like Denzel. Good acting and original story line. Character disappointed me, but people make mistakes and he owned up to it.

Justice League was entertaining, although for those kinds of movies the plot takes a secondary position

I watched about 15 minutes of Bright and had to turn it off. I like Will Smith, but... Hasn't this been done before??

I watched the latest Tarzan movie and kind of uggghed through it. I mean it was ok, but when actors do all this hugging, it's one thing that makes me roll my eyes. Shake my hand, don't hug me unless you are female, k?

Watched the latest Kingsman and it was pretty good. Had a plot even.

Suicide Squad was pretty good.

Watched London Has Fallen. Good, but for me, seeing London destroyed like that (I know a movie, but still) was a little, no a lot of excess.

Watched Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Pretty good.

Watched Black Mass today. The only movie I have seen with Johnny Depp. Good movie based on real events. I followed the real life story of James "Whitey" Bulger because he was a gangster in the 70s, 80s and 90s and only recently caught in 2011 after on the loose for 11 to 12 years. Interesting because of all that plus that he was an informant for the FBI. But, the FBI agent that he was in contact with protected him so that he could continue his murders and racketeering around Boston. In the end the FBI agent refused to testify against Bulger and was sentenced to 40 years. Bulger when he was caught, had about $850,000 in cash in his apartment and was sentenced to life+ for murders and racketeering. Interesting because it was real.

[whatevergirl]

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The critics were being generous!

If there is one movie that actually makes Plan Nine From Outer Space look good, Geostorm is it! Poor special effects, dumb script, unlikable characters...I was rootin' for the storm.

Couldn't agree more.

I tried to watch Girl on a Train (no relation to my thread, lol), but after about 25 minutes, I stopped. Maybe it's me - I love Emily Blunt, but when it was obvious she was screwed up and a drunk in the movie, for some reason it made me uncomfortable. No thanks. Should I have given it a chance?

I didn't like Girl on a Train, either. I didn't hate it, but don't quite get what all the hype was about. Friends of mine read the book and thought the book was way better. That's often the case with books that turn into movies. The transfer sometimes isn't there. I thought it was predictable, and not very suspenseful. I just had a different thing in mind, and from all the hype, it didn't deliver for me, either.

[debandmikeb]

We watched "The Mummy" with Tom Cruise last night. Well, we watched some of it anyway. Plot is confusing, even though it's really from the 30's. Many scenes that were logicly wrong. Long scenes of Cruise running and running and running. SFX was ok but nothing special. No idea who or what Russell Crowe's character was. IMDB's reviews were mixed.....Deb's and mine were not.

Mike

[Corbi]

Just saw Winchester which is supposedly "inspired" by Sara Winchester and the reasons behind the non stop building of her house in San Jose California. Short movie at only 99 minutes but it was decent enough, wife jumped and screamed a few times. I don't recall seeing any ghosts when we toured the house a few years ago though?

[Mark1T]

Cool, Corbi.

Watched The Infiltrator this past weekend. Based on true story. Very good movie with Bryan Cranston.

[Corbi]

Going to see Black Panther after work tomorrow, will give a mini spoiler free review afterwards.

[poundXpound]

Going to see Black Panther after work tomorrow, will give a mini spoiler free review afterwards.

2D or 3D? Going to see it Sunday morning.

[Corbi]

2D or 3D? Going to see it Sunday morning.

2D and honestly I think it may have been better in 3D since there is a large amount of spears being used.
Overall it was a good movie but in my opinion not a great one. The storyline was very good but something was missing, maybe the Black Panther needed more time being his costumed character? I was hoping to be blown away like I was the 1st time I saw the original Ironman or even back to the early 80's and Raiders of the Lost Ark? I certainly enjoyed it a lot more than The Last Jedi which I felt sucked.

[debandmikeb]

We watched Wonder Woman tonight. It was quite long at 146ish minutes and that had originally turned me off. As it turned out, after a kinda slow start, it turned out to be pretty good. A lot of action, once it started and some funny tounge-in-cheek humor. SFX and coreography (sp?) were very nicely done. Nice final confrontation but real surprise bad guy. Get through the first slow part and you'll probably enjoy it.
Mike

[sy2502]

Get Out

Psychological thriller. White girl takes black boyfriend to meet her parents, things turn creepy.

I like psychological thrillers, they are so much harder to pull off than mountains of gore. This one is very entertaining, the creepy aspect is very well done (there's a scene with a black housemaid smiling/crying that is absolutely priceless). If you are into the genre you should enjoy this one.

[whatevergirl]

"Freir Fall" (Free Fall) - it's a German film, similar to "Brokeback Mountain". It's about two police officers in training, the one guy is gay, the other is heterosexual with a gf and baby on the way. They both strike up a sexual relationship, but it sort of points to if someone falls in love with someone from the same sex, does that mean he/she is gay? The main character wrestles with this and the film goes on as to how it affects his view of himself. It received 94% from rotten tomatoes, I wouldn't give it that high, because it was super slow. I really liked Brokeback Mountain, and this film didn't drive that strong of a point home as that movie did, but it was pretty good.

It does manage to bring home the sad reality that there are still so many who are homophobic, even in other countries.

[whatevergirl]

Get Out

Psychological thriller. White girl takes black boyfriend to meet her parents, things turn creepy.

I like psychological thrillers, they are so much harder to pull off than mountains of gore. This one is very entertaining, the creepy aspect is very well done (there's a scene with a black housemaid smiling/crying that is absolutely priceless). If you are into the genre you should enjoy this one.

I watched this a few months ago, it was pretty good. Creepy, and somewhat realistic if you let yourself suspend disbelief. Definitely different.

[Corbi]

"Freir Fall" (Free Fall) - it's a German film, similar to "Brokeback Mountain". It's about two police officers in training, the one guy is gay, the other is heterosexual with a gf and baby on the way. They both strike up a sexual relationship, but it sort of points to if someone falls in love with someone from the same sex, does that mean he/she is gay? The main character wrestles with this and the film goes on as to how it affects his view of himself. It received 94% from rotten tomatoes, I wouldn't give it that high, because it was super slow. I really liked Brokeback Mountain, and this film didn't drive that strong of a point home as that movie did, but it was pretty good.

It does manage to bring home the sad reality that there are still so many who are homophobic, even in other countries.

Nope!
Not homophobic one bit but I don't see the point of shoving that $hit in everyone's face?

[OldFartTom]

Nope!
Not homophobic one bit but I don't see the point of shoving that $hit in everyone's face?

Easy solution... just don't go to see it (my approach).
But surely this is a scenario that's been worked to death already in last few years. I was reading film and play reviews in a paper (yes paper not smartphone, must be old) the other day which described the same scenario as a play, but set in 1960s UK. Another production on the same premise and the reviewer even called it another brokeback mountain. Why can't they just stop making the same old... please make them stop.

[redmelly]

Watching End of Watch right now and it is so good. One of those movies you don't want to end. Just thought I'd step in to recommend it.

[whatevergirl]

Nope!
Not homophobic one bit but I don't see the point of shoving that $hit in everyone's face?

I think what makes it different is the idea that a heterosexual person in this case, a guy, could fall in love with someone of the same sex and not necessarily be gay. Like maybe you can fall in love with someone and it doesn’t need a label. That’s my take on it.

[Brackneyc]

Saw the movie called “Chuck.”

The movie is about the guy that Rocky was supposed to be based on.

I really liked it. Always down for a good 70s based movie, especially the soundtrack.

I’m no critic on the level of knowing if the acting is good. I watch movies to enjoy them. This was one that I did enjoy.

Saw Spider-Man Homecoming. Keaton made it tolerable.

[sy2502]

"Murder on the Orient Express" (2017)

Directed and acted by Kenneth Branagh with a star studded cast, well acted, looks beautiful.

But...

But the Sidney Lumiere version was pretty near perfect, so this is just another pointless remake. The cast of Lumiere's version was a thing to behold. Let's face it, Daisy Ridley vs Vanessa Redgrave? Josh Gad vs Anthony Perkins? Leslie Odom vs Sean Connery? Penelope Cruz vs Ingrid Bergman (who won an Oscar for that performance when the Oscars still meant something)? Sorry, completely different caliber.
The only actors that have any business being there are Kenneth Branagh as Poirot, who aside from the dumbest mustache ever seen in a movie does a good job at a more human and relatable Poirot, Judi Dench who would make a memorable performance out of a turd, and Michelle Pfeiffer, who's no Lauren Bacall but can still come out of this movie with her head held high.
If you didn't see the Lumiere version, you may even like it, just know it's been done, and better, before.

[Bando]

Always down for a good 70s based movie, especially the soundtrack.

Have you seen Heroes with Henry Winkler, Harrison Ford and Sally Field? Underrated movie that hardly anyone has seen, but it's in my top five if not favorite movie of all time.