What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?

Deadpool 2 was the best Marvel film I’ve seen since Logan. No, it’s not as good as Logan, but it’s far more enjoyable than Avengers.

Deadpool 2 for me was a big miss for the first half... Some funny parts here and there, but too derivative (of itself) and almost dreary. I never really came around to liking the kid, but I thought that storyline, and the one involving the big event near the beginning, bogged it all down quite a bit. But... the second half did win me over. Some very fun stuff there, especially the whole X-Force thing.

Grudunza wrote: Deadpool 2 for me was a big miss for the first half... Some funny parts here and there, but too derivative (of itself) and almost dreary. I never really came around to liking the kid, but I thought that storyline, and the one involving the big event near the beginning, bogged it all down quite a bit. But... the second half did win me over. Some very fun stuff there, especially the whole X-Force thing.

This is exactly my opinion too. I enjoyed the first Deadpool, but number 2, definitive in its name, was exhausting to watch. I remember one scene where Reynolds hammered one crude joke over and over and over and over again and yet again until it just wasn't funny to watch. I've had enough of Ryan Reynolds. However, I did like Domino.

stoic wrote:

Grudunza wrote: Deadpool 2 for me was a big miss for the first half... Some funny parts here and there, but too derivative (of itself) and almost dreary. I never really came around to liking the kid, but I thought that storyline, and the one involving the big event near the beginning, bogged it all down quite a bit. But... the second half did win me over. Some very fun stuff there, especially the whole X-Force thing.

This is exactly my opinion too. I enjoyed the first Deadpool, but number 2, definitive in its name, was exhausting to watch. I remember one scene where Reynolds hammered one crude joke over and over and over and over again and yet again until it just wasn't funny to watch. I've had enough of Ryan Reynolds. However, I did like Domino.

Exactly my impression as well last night. The first half of the film I was thinking it was going to be 2nd-installment-itis for the whole film. But then he started assembling X-Force and the new characters breathed life into the plot. Domino was a really refreshing addition.

Negasonic and her girlfriend seemed like an afterthought. I kept expecting them to participate in the film, but they kind of just followed along and watched. There's a part of me wondering if they weren't on set the same days as the rest of the cast and were cut in afterwards for continuity with the first film.



I'll just mention this -- the previews before my showing of Deadpool were really, really violent. And not super-hero bullshit violence. I'm talking really nasty reality violence with big guns more or less in the starring role. Even the Mission Impossible preview was pretty damn ugly. At home I can self-censor this stuff, in the movie theater I'm stuck with it. In these previews it's divorced from its setting, and the editors are selecting the most violent parts of the film to include in the promotion. So the result is just a 15 minute assault on the senses with no grounding. Apparently this sells films?

I appreciate I'm seeing an R-rated film, but I'll tell you what -- when I was a kid movies got an R rating because there was a half naked woman in a hot tub. Now the violence is the porn. It's the selling point, and everyone is climbing the stairs on content. Can't be good for you.

I think next time I'm going to wait in the hall until that shit has passed.

Sagrilarus wrote:

stoic wrote:

Grudunza wrote: Deadpool 2 for me was a big miss for the first half... Some funny parts here and there, but too derivative (of itself) and almost dreary. I never really came around to liking the kid, but I thought that storyline, and the one involving the big event near the beginning, bogged it all down quite a bit. But... the second half did win me over. Some very fun stuff there, especially the whole X-Force thing.

This is exactly my opinion too. I enjoyed the first Deadpool, but number 2, definitive in its name, was exhausting to watch. I remember one scene where Reynolds hammered one crude joke over and over and over and over again and yet again until it just wasn't funny to watch. I've had enough of Ryan Reynolds. However, I did like Domino.

Exactly my impression as well last night. The first half of the film I was thinking it was going to be 2nd-installment-itis for the whole film. But then he started assembling X-Force and the new characters breathed life into the plot. Domino was a really refreshing addition.

Negasonic and her girlfriend seemed like an afterthought. I kept expecting them to participate in the film, but they kind of just followed along and watched. There's a part of me wondering if they weren't on set the same days as the rest of the cast and were cut in afterwards for continuity with the first film.



I'll just mention this -- the previews before my showing of Deadpool were really, really violent. And not super-hero bullshit violence. I'm talking really nasty reality violence with big guns more or less in the starring role. Even the Mission Impossible preview was pretty damn ugly. At home I can self-censor this stuff, in the movie theater I'm stuck with it. In these previews it's divorced from its setting, and the editors are selecting the most violent parts of the film to include in the promotion. So the result is just a 15 minute assault on the senses with no grounding. Apparently this sells films?

I appreciate I'm seeing an R-rated film, but I'll tell you what -- when I was a kid movies got an R rating because there was a half naked woman in a hot tub. Now the violence is the porn. It's the selling point, and everyone is climbing the stairs on content. Can't be good for you.

I think next time I'm going to wait in the hall until that shit has passed.

I don't know about you, but, the previews before my Deadpool 2 movie were actually pornographic when they showed nasty, ugly and extremely graphic sexual clips from the upcoming muppets movie--this has actually destroyed my childhood memories of the Muppet Show and I feel violated--I believe that I'm suffering from PTSD now.

If you guys go see a R-rated movie, you're going to be open season to a very niche type of red-band trailer that can only be shown to R-rated audiences. That is a very rare opportunity for studios to hook that type of fan so they will REALLY let you have it. If you're not the type that sees R-rated movies just because you really like R-rated stuff, then be sure to skip the previews because it can get ROUGH. I saw this Green Inferno trailer once before a R-rated trailer and I had trouble sleeping for two straight nights.

It's not so much a "that shit sells" as it is "this is what lights this specific type of audience up"

Black Barney wrote: If you guys go see a R-rated movie, you're going to be open season to a very niche type of red-band trailer that can only be shown to R-rated audiences. That is a very rare opportunity for studios to hook that type of fan so they will REALLY let you have it. If you're not the type that sees R-rated movies just because you really like R-rated stuff, then be sure to skip the previews because it can get ROUGH. I saw this Green Inferno trailer once before a R-rated trailer and I had trouble sleeping for two straight nights.

It's not so much a "that shit sells" as it is "this is what lights this specific type of audience up"

The Muppet thing was XXX-rated.

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That puppet movie looks like one of the worst films ever created. Ugh.

i think the success of Sausage Party and Ted is what is getting us movies like this. It's not going to be the last one.

Black Barney wrote: i think the success of Sausage Party and Ted is what is getting us movies like this. It's not going to be the last one.

And the musical Avenue Q.

I think the idea of an R-rated puppets-in-the-real-world movie, somewhat like Roger Rabbit, has a lot of potential. Unfortunately, this film seems to believe that in a raunchy comedy, raunch equals comedy. National Lampoon and even the Farrelly Brothers knew you had to have some actual jokes in there.

Finally saw Thor Ragnarok.

Most enjoyable marvel movie yet made. I'd say best, yet Logan is hard to beat.

Ragnarok is definitely worthy of a Blu-ray purchase.

I liked Thor: Ragnarok, but it was kind of a mess. Light-hearted humor mixed with too many deaths, and maybe one or two excess plot points.

I agree that Logan was the best, but I don't know if I ever want to see it a second time. So violent and sad.

I had difficulties with the Gamemaster as a portrayed, knowing he and his brother, The Collector, are much more powerful entities. Seeing him as a planetary aristocrat was a bit yawn inducing, that loved games in a microcosm instead of a macrocosm was a bit tough to swallow.

But Jeff goldblum was fine enough I suppose for what they gave him in the script.

Tap dancing around world war hulk after expulsion from the avengers was a let down, albeit understandable since that story arc would have taken up far too long to resolve.

Cate Blanchett. Rawr.

I agree that the mortal violence was misplaced in what essentially was a comedy. I did my best to overlook that.

Despite it's faults, and there are plenty to be critical of, it was a fine ride.

Tomb Raider - You can safely skip the first 40 minutes of this 2 hour movie. After that there's lots of running, climbing, and jumping as there should be. Is it a spoiler to say they go into a tomb and solve some puzzles? The acting was decent even if the story was kind of average. I can see sequels being better now that the origin story is out of the way.

The Iron Giant is playing on the big screen this weekend, I have no idea why.

Im taking Emily 100%. Can’t wait.