|
Movies
Jun 28, 2017 22:30:34 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Jun 28, 2017 22:30:34 GMT -5
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 6, 2017 16:39:05 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Jul 6, 2017 16:39:05 GMT -5
This could be cool:
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 7, 2017 20:12:07 GMT -5
Post by Char-Vell on Jul 7, 2017 20:12:07 GMT -5
Quick thoughts:
Alien Covenant: The crew member characters were more suited for camp Crystal lake than space travel. I preferred it when the Aliens and Space Jockeys were a mystery.
I give it 2 out of 10 awkwardly tight Fassenbender jumpsuits.
Wonder Woman:
This movie was badass.
I give 500 bootleg Captain Kirks.
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 8, 2017 7:14:35 GMT -5
Post by Char-Vell on Jul 8, 2017 7:14:35 GMT -5
Quick thoughts: Alien Covenant: The crew member characters were more suited for camp Crystal lake than space travel. I preferred it when the Aliens and Space Jockeys were a mystery. I give it 2 out of 10 awkwardly tight Fassenbender jumpsuits. I thought I had given up on being let-down when a big budget film failed to live up to its promise, but Alien Covenant turned out to be a sore disappointment. Prometheus had problems, too, but at least it was trying something new, rather being just another typical Alien sequel, and it really had some very effective sequences - strewth, that scene of Shaw cutting the creature out of her belly still gives me the willies. Shaw started off a bit bland, but by the end she turned out to be a worthy main character, and her relationship with David (or his head, at least) had great potential, as did their visit to the engineers home world, and how it would all lead back to the original Alien film. Why would they just chuck that all away? Especially when you watch what took its place. ...... I think Ridley Scott has seized full control of the property, and that hadn't worked out as well as we'd hoped. Perhaps he's to old. For the record, I also enjoyed Prometheus. Covenant lost all the yardage Prometheus gained.
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 18, 2017 11:54:36 GMT -5
Post by almuric on Jul 18, 2017 11:54:36 GMT -5
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008) - This is my year for great and terrible Arthurian movies. This is the latter. It's from The Asylum, so I'm really not surprised. What was surprising was the two references made to "the Hyborian Age". Yeah. Normally I'm happy to hear REH referenced in the media, but . . . This Merlin is a useless drip and is saved twice by a deus ex machina from Excalibur. The armor and weapons are a hodgepodge and both the Saxon and British armies are made up of old guys and out of shape extras. Oh, and the dialogue mixes "thou" and "you". Basically, it's everything Arthur and Merlin avoided being.
This video review sums it up pretty well:
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 19, 2017 9:12:04 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Jul 19, 2017 9:12:04 GMT -5
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 19, 2017 18:27:52 GMT -5
Post by almuric on Jul 19, 2017 18:27:52 GMT -5
On one hand: Ice Age epic with megafauna and cavemen.
On the other hand: Sony and lingering memories of 10,000 BC.
Judge for yourself.
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 28, 2017 15:32:12 GMT -5
Post by andys on Jul 28, 2017 15:32:12 GMT -5
Just watched Kong: Skull Island, which was an enjoyable giant monster movie. First thing that really stood out to me is that this movie's Kong takes after the original in that although he has the features of an ape, he stands upright like a man, which I like much better than Peter Jackson's "very large gorilla" take. The original Kong and this one are more like some odd creature that doesn't quite fit. The cast were all likable, although there were maybe a few too many characters. John C. Reilly is the show-stealer because he's funny, although I was a bit disappointed that his character ends up being a big exposition-giver. Seems like movies today always have this sort of character thrown in - the person who has explain everything to the heroes instead of letting them (and the audience) discover it for themselves. Tom Hiddleston was pretty good in the hero role. If they ever decide to do a real Solomon Kane movie, maybe they should consider him
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 28, 2017 16:49:59 GMT -5
Post by themirrorthief on Jul 28, 2017 16:49:59 GMT -5
Dunkirk rules
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 28, 2017 20:51:45 GMT -5
Post by Char-Vell on Jul 28, 2017 20:51:45 GMT -5
Agreed. I also really enjoyed Valerian. Apparently no one else did.
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 28, 2017 23:23:30 GMT -5
Post by themirrorthief on Jul 28, 2017 23:23:30 GMT -5
Yes I want to see that too, I almost went tonight but I arrived a few minutes to late for the early showing which I usually choose
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 29, 2017 0:29:33 GMT -5
Post by KiramidHead on Jul 29, 2017 0:29:33 GMT -5
This has been a very good movie month for me so far. I highly enjoyed Spider-Man, Apes, and Dunkirk. Hopefully the trend keeps up when I go see Atomic Blonde tomorrow.
|
|
|
Movies
Jul 29, 2017 12:24:25 GMT -5
Post by almuric on Jul 29, 2017 12:24:25 GMT -5
|
|
|
Movies
Aug 3, 2017 12:26:18 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Aug 3, 2017 12:26:18 GMT -5
Looks like it could be good:
|
|
|
Movies
Aug 4, 2017 23:05:15 GMT -5
Post by lordyam on Aug 4, 2017 23:05:15 GMT -5
I liked Valerian too. Shame it isn't doing that well at the box office
|
|