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What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?
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Both movies still hold up. The second movie... I didn't remember just how violent it is. There is some cringe-inducing stuff in there.
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Helicopter blades as weapon was cool tho
I just rewatched 28 Weeks Later last week. It has lots of great moments and a bunch of dumb stuff too. It's all over the place. Really good overall but lacks the novelty and magic of the first one
Was it the first fast zombies movie?
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YES. It was entertaining.
BUT...
I didn't know Chris Pine was in it, let alone the actual star of the film. He has far more lines than Wonder Woman. It's literally an origins story film that emphasizes the world's events at the time over the purported main character.
The stranger in a strange land aspect works, but the fawning media of showing Wonder Woman as some sort of allegory for women's empowerment fails to address the fact that for almost all of all three acts, she is being bossed around by EVERYONE. First her mother. Then Chris Pine. Then Ares to a degree.
The "big fight then finishing move" formula in all superhero movies except Watchmen is fucking TIIIIIIRED. Christ almighty.
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Black Barney wrote: Yeah the wife's death is no picnic
Helicopter blades as weapon was cool tho
I just rewatched 28 Weeks Later last week. It has lots of great moments and a bunch of dumb stuff too. It's all over the place. Really good overall but lacks the novelty and magic of the first one
Was it the first fast zombies movie?
28 days later was prior to that, as was the Crazies, and I think the Grindhouse one was before it too.
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This film has a fantastic ssubject matter, but is kind of a mess execution-wise. Notably it spends more time chasing the cars of the people that give movie ratings than actually covering those ratings. So a lot of very interesting stuff is only covered lighty:
- Non-rated films not being economically viable
- Women enjoying sex being seen as worse than men doing so
- Lack of accountability
- Myth of "average family"
Ultimately, it was fun, but not great.
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It's definitely worth watching to see just how few people (and their particular sex-vs-violence hangups) shape every single movie of any significant size made.
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Beauty and the Beast sort of lays in a sentimental place for me as the Disney classic was the last movie I recall seeing in the theater just my mom and I. This live action film takes mostly from that and songs from what I assume was a Broadway version I've never seen. Anyway, I'm not sure it's essential viewing, but Luke Evans straight up killed his role as Gaston. I put this performance up there with Daniel Day Lewis' Bill the Butcher and Ben Foster's Charlie Prince as my favorite villain performances in recent cinema. I would watch again for Gaston's screen time. Ewan McGregor also lit up the screen as the candelabra-man. I had no idea who it was until the end credits. Great job.
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Mr. White wrote: Ben Foster's Charlie Prince
I'm a huge Ben Foster fan but I do not like him in that role/character at all. Thought it was the weakest part of the film. Interesting that you mentioned that though, maybe I need to rewatch it.
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Anyway, I just realized Gangs of New York and 3:10 to Yuma are 15 and 10yrs old respectively...maybe they aren't _recent_ cinema.... :/
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But he did get a MTV Movie and TV Award nomnation for best duo with Josh Gad so I must be way off!
I think those are still recent cinema, White. Heck, I still consider Gladiator to be recent cinema. When my buddy talks about it, he puts it under "classic films" which is nuts to me.
Anyway, on Ben Foster, nothing comes close to his performance in Hell or High Water. That was insane. Hard to believe it was that guy from 30 Days of Night. Who was he in Prometheus? I don't remember him at all. And was he really the built dude in X-Men III who grows wings? It doesn't even look like him.
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Gregarius wrote: I saw The Big Sick last night. It's really good. This is a romantic comedy where you don't want to simultaneously roll your eyes back into your head and stick your finger down your throat. It wasn't *quite* as funny as I was hoping it would be, but it's just an all-around good movie, with plenty of ups and downs. No cliches. There are times when you think it might get too sappy, but then it pulls back to reality.
I don't normally get interested in seeing Romantic Comedies but this one I am curious about. Kumail Nanjiani's first stand up record (Beta Male) was incredible. I highly recommend it.
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Oh yeah, that was inteersting. I guess I feel a bit dissapointed in that it kind of focuses on the panel not lliving up to its own standards when I think the problem comes from having any standards at all. That is, it's bad that they have a lot of hang-ups about sex and it explains a lot but what is really worrysome is how it is enforced and knowing it happens, not so much that they are hypocrites.Not Sure wrote: I saw that a few years ago, and it definitely stuck with me. There was certainly some amateur sleuthing that didn't really need to make the final cut. the things it dug up, like this "random" panel having two neighbors on it was certainly some bullshit.
It's definitely worth watching to see just how few people (and their particular sex-vs-violence hangups) shape every single movie of any significant size made.
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