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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 23, 2020 8:37:39 GMT
New Fist Of Fury.
Awful sequel, Jackie Chan looks uncomfortable throughout & while the fights are decently shot the ending is abrupt & appalling.
Won't be adding this to my JC collection.
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Castellan
There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Oct 23, 2020 11:44:41 GMT
/nerd alert Hey, nerd alerts are what we do around here! I get that a mad computer is far from new in Star Trek, but we have an unfathomable, super advanced probe of unknown origin rolling right up to Earth's doorstep, easily disabling every ship it encounters, and threatening the imminent doom of mankind unless it gets an answer from exactly the right source. That to me is just a little too specific for something you did only three movies ago. Even TMP is too close to "The Changeling" but that's another kettle of marine life. Yeah, I guess there's a lot of ocean to vaporize, but the probe showed no signs of ever stopping until it got a response. I don't get the sense that it was punishment for not being answered, more like a phone continually ringing...so on that we agree, I just think it's a bit of a design flaw. I remember the Indian captain's message about emergency backups, but with regard to the above point about just continuing on vaporizing, it doesn't seem like it's that discriminating. If it can power down the warp core or whatever, why not drain the batteries too? Just to be nice? If it wanted to be nice and it can pick and choose, why not knock the weapons systems offline and leave everything else alone? Fair point that the BOP probably wouldn't know what to look for when it comes to whales. Although, when they were identifying the whalesong early on, Spock pulls up information on humpbacks from the ship's computer, so maybe it does have more info than we'd think? Granted, it's not like Wikipedia pages come with gene samples or anything. Yeah, Sulu's chopper theft is apparently something scripted but abandoned because George Takei had run a marathon and couldn't do the stunt. Still a bit of a hole there for sure. Many improbable things have to happen. The easiest explanation for the money thing is that they demonetized sometime between TOS and TNG, which is fine. TNG and onward having characters that don't understand it makes sense 80+ years later. But the movie era, even if they demonetized, the characters are old enough to have used money previously. I wonder if Enterprise ever made reference to money? Yeah tuigirl said the novel referenced that they'd clone the whales. Fair enough, but a single line in the movie to explain that would've cost nothing. "Cover it with a line," as Terrence Dicks used to say. And uh... I must've overlooked the Klingon ambassador being there at the end. My bad. While I love III, why doesn’t Sarek pull some diplomatic weight and get a mission launched to Genesis to recover Spock’s body: he has video proof as well as physical evidence that his son transferred his essence to McCoy. And we’d probably still have the original Enterprise by the end of it.
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Chancellery Guard
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Post by melkur on Oct 23, 2020 16:58:57 GMT
Borat 2 - You know, that wasn't actually as bad as I was expecting...
Mission Impossible: Fallout - Was it a plot-significant moustache?... I'm not going to say that it's my favourite of the franchise, but I'm glad that I've (finally) seen it.
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Post by polly on Oct 23, 2020 18:08:03 GMT
While I love III, why doesn’t Sarek pull some diplomatic weight and get a mission launched to Genesis to recover Spock’s body: he has video proof as well as physical evidence that his son transferred his essence to McCoy. And we’d probably still have the original Enterprise by the end of it. That's a good point. If I had to guess, I'd say he tried, Starfleet stonewalled him, and he then turned to Kirk. It would make some sense about how Vulcan stuck their necks out for the Enterprise crew on the issue, they weren't getting what they needed through official channels. Though it begs another question - the Grissom was already at Genesis on a survey mission. Starfleet can't pick up the phone and say, "Hey, Captain Spock might be down there. Go and get him, please." By that time, Kruge would probably have blown them up already, which would have prompted another Fed ship to come check...
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Post by grinch on Oct 23, 2020 20:27:56 GMT
The Flintstones (1994)
John Goodman makes for a great Fred Flintstones and the look of the film the style of the original cartoon perfectly.
But I definitely enjoyed it far more when I was younger. And it really doesn’t hold up well.
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Post by timegirl on Oct 24, 2020 3:15:52 GMT
Misery
Brilliant horror suspense movie. Kathy Bates and James Caan are amazing in this! Annie is such a terrifying villain because of how real she feels and how she alternates between being sweet and cutesy and threatening and sadistic! James Caan is so believable in his desperation and pain.
Side note: Bates and Caan really didn’t get along during filming due to their different approaches to acting. Caan liked to do things in the moment and Bates liked to rehearse scenes before hand. Bates told Ryner about her frustration and he told her to use this in her performance.
Side note: I think DW should do a satirical story inspired by Misery where the Doctor gets rescued and then held captive by a loony fan of theirs.
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Post by Digi on Oct 24, 2020 4:25:56 GMT
Spooktober: Day 1-20 {Spoiler}Spooktober - Day 1: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Spooktober - Day 2: Dawn of the Dead (1978) Dracula (1931, English version)
Spooktober - Day 3: Dracula (1931, Spanish version) The Thing (1982)
Spooktober - Day 4: The Man Who Laughs (1928) Frankenstein (1931)
Spooktober - Day 5: Day of the Dead (1985) The Mummy (1932) The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Spooktober - Day 6: The Invisible Man (1933) The Witch (2015)
Spooktober - Day 7: The Black Cat (1934) Land of the Dead (2005) Wolf Creek (2005)
Spooktober - Day 8: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Ghostbusters (1984) -- my 300th movie of the year!
Spooktober - Day 9: Dracula's Daughter (1936) Happy Death Day 2U (2019) The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Spooktober - Day 10: Son of Frankenstein (1939) Scream (1996) The Conjuring (2013)
Spooktober - Day 11: The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Diary of the Dead (2007)
Spooktober - Day 12: The Invisible Woman (1940) Ghostbusters II (1989) Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Spooktober - Day 13: The Mummy's Hand (1940) Friday the 13th (1980) Sinister (2012)
Spooktober - Day 14: The Wolf Man (1941) Let the Right One In (2008)
Spooktober - Day 15: The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) Survival of the Dead (2009)
Spooktober - Day 16: The Mummy's Tomb (1942) The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Spooktober - Day 17: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Spooktober - Day 18: Son of Dracula (1943) The Birds (1963)
Spooktober - Day 19: The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) Suspiria (1977)
Spooktober - Day 20: The Mummy's Ghost (1944) Underworld (2003) Midsommar (2019) The Babadook (2014)
Spooktober - Day 21: The House of Frankenstein (1944) Hereditary (2018) Spooktober - Day 22: The Mummy's Curse (1944) Evil Dead 2 (1987) Spooktober - Day 23: House of Dracula (1945) The Grudge (2020) Separately from the spooky stuff, I also put on today: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - A little bit more charming, and also a bit less funny than the first David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet - Just a phenomenal piece of work that I would encourage absolutely everyone to see. Beautiful, tragic, awe-inspiring, frightening, hopeful. A fabulous watch, which I will probably throw on again sometime in the near future.
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Post by polly on Oct 24, 2020 6:10:23 GMT
Tonight we saw this year's Halloween special for The Last Drive In. The movies aren't announced beforehand so our double feature came as a surprise:
Haunt - Decent modern horror flick about an "extreme" haunted house that kills people for real. From the directors of A Quiet Place. Worth a rental, if that was still a thing.
Hack-O-Lantern - An absolutely terrible direct-to-video 80s flick about a cult of murderous devil worshipers led by a portly and extremely camp grandpa. It was directed by a recently-emigrated Indian chap who at the time had very little command of English and no real familiarity with Halloween. There's bad acting, lots of boobs, a random dream sequence/musical number, and for some reason a standup comedy routine on the street outside the town Halloween party.
Only watch it if you find bad movies funny, or with a fun host like Joe Bob.
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 24, 2020 8:32:40 GMT
The Grudge (2020) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, anyone with insomnia like myself watch this film & you'll be asleep in 10 minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2020 8:39:12 GMT
Misery Brilliant horror suspense movie. Kathy Bates and James Caan are amazing in this! Annie is such a terrifying villain because of how real she feels and how she alternates between being sweet and cutesy and threatening and sadistic! James Caan is so believable in his desperation and pain. Side note: Bates and Caan really didn’t get along during filming due to their different approaches to acting. Caan liked to do things in the moment and Bates liked to rehearse scenes before hand. Bates told Ryner about her frustration and he told her to use this in her performance. Side note: I think DW should do a satirical story inspired by Misery where the Doctor gets rescued and then held captive by a loony fan of theirs. Its right what they say. You should never meet your heroes. You'll only be disappointed.
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Post by Digi on Oct 24, 2020 12:44:33 GMT
The Grudge (2020) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, anyone with insomnia like myself watch this film & you'll be asleep in 10 minutes. Ha, right? I had this on last night too. The scares are well constructed, but like...there's no development on any of the characters, and the nonlinear structure robs of it any building tension, so I found myself just not caring at all. It's only a 90 minute movie and I found myself checking the timestamp several times throughout because like is this damn thing not over yet?
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Post by relativetime on Oct 24, 2020 17:55:52 GMT
Frankenstein last night, followed by The Bride of Frankenstein during lunch today.
One of my favorite professors in college showed us Frankenstein to connect it to a Criminology theory, but each time I watch it I just find myself loving it a bit more. The monster is such a tragic character - always found that scene between him and the little girl to be so utterly sad even as it is terrifying. He’s more lonely, abused, and misunderstood than he is a monster.
I absolutely love how The Bride of Frankenstein builds upon those themes. Those scenes with the blind old man really pulled at my heartstrings. It’s a really good sequel too! I think the only issue I had was with how the story ended - a little contrived I thought, but nothing that ruined the story. And one of the actresses who played a maid was a bit TOO over the top. I was really blown away by the effects on this one. I have no idea how they made Pretorius’s experiments look so clean! Even today I think you’d have to be very skilled to make it look that seamless!
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Post by muckypup on Oct 24, 2020 18:10:55 GMT
well continuing my 80's rewatch of the lesser known disney clasic films....
dragonslayer.......awful acting especially by the lead actor, paper thin plot, poorly edited but the most amazing pre cgi dragon.......
(dragon and caves still reminds me of the sleeping dragon under the castle in Disneyland paris.......)
not anywhere as good as i had remembered it was 4/10 for the film but still dragon is great
watcher in the woods next........
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Chancellery Guard
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Post by melkur on Oct 25, 2020 1:15:38 GMT
After work this evening I've watched 'Paper Towns'. I've seen better YA films based on books, I've seen worse... That was fine enough, I guess?
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Post by Digi on Oct 25, 2020 4:32:50 GMT
Spooktober: Day 1-20 {Spoiler}Spooktober - Day 1: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Spooktober - Day 2: Dawn of the Dead (1978) Dracula (1931, English version)
Spooktober - Day 3: Dracula (1931, Spanish version) The Thing (1982)
Spooktober - Day 4: The Man Who Laughs (1928) Frankenstein (1931)
Spooktober - Day 5: Day of the Dead (1985) The Mummy (1932) The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Spooktober - Day 6: The Invisible Man (1933) The Witch (2015)
Spooktober - Day 7: The Black Cat (1934) Land of the Dead (2005) Wolf Creek (2005)
Spooktober - Day 8: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Ghostbusters (1984) -- my 300th movie of the year!
Spooktober - Day 9: Dracula's Daughter (1936) Happy Death Day 2U (2019) The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Spooktober - Day 10: Son of Frankenstein (1939) Scream (1996) The Conjuring (2013)
Spooktober - Day 11: The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Diary of the Dead (2007)
Spooktober - Day 12: The Invisible Woman (1940) Ghostbusters II (1989) Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Spooktober - Day 13: The Mummy's Hand (1940) Friday the 13th (1980) Sinister (2012)
Spooktober - Day 14: The Wolf Man (1941) Let the Right One In (2008)
Spooktober - Day 15: The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) Survival of the Dead (2009)
Spooktober - Day 16: The Mummy's Tomb (1942) The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Spooktober - Day 17: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Spooktober - Day 18: Son of Dracula (1943) The Birds (1963)
Spooktober - Day 19: The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) Suspiria (1977)
Spooktober - Day 20: The Mummy's Ghost (1944) Underworld (2003) Midsommar (2019) The Babadook (2014)
Spooktober - Day 21: The House of Frankenstein (1944) Hereditary (2018) Spooktober - Day 22: The Mummy's Curse (1944) Evil Dead 2 (1987) Spooktober - Day 23: House of Dracula (1945) The Grudge (2020) Spooktober - Day 24: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Carrie (1976)
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 25, 2020 5:42:26 GMT
The Grudge (2020) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, anyone with insomnia like myself watch this film & you'll be asleep in 10 minutes. Yup.. Agreed.
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Post by polly on Oct 25, 2020 6:28:59 GMT
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - A fine fairy tale adventure, in vivid old-school Technicolor. It's a very lean and fast-paced movie. I don't think there's a single extraneous scene anywhere to be found. And, it's got those lovely Ray Harryhausen effects. Classic stuff. Check it out if you like your buckles swashed. SKELETON FIGHT!
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 25, 2020 8:33:42 GMT
Candyman, say his name 5 times in a mirror..........(ponders)....No No No.
A great horror movie this but you could play a drinking game every time lights up a cigarette.
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Post by mark687 on Oct 25, 2020 12:15:35 GMT
Round up of recent watches
Abduction (2019)
(Odd mix of Taken and the Crow. While each searching for a missing artifact, a Secret Service and a Tong Assassin have their Families "killed" and brought to limbo by demons who demand its return, because the Artifact is a key to hell.)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
(True Story of an Esquire bio piece of the well known US children's TV Star Fred "Mr" Rogers [Tom Hanks] by cynical journalist Lloyd Vougal [Matthew Rhys of the recent Perry Mason Series]
Kristen Stewart double
Seberg
(True life story of how Actress Jean Serberg's minor involvement in the Civil Rights Movement led to the exposure of overzealous/illegal FBI investigative technique)
Underwater (2020)
(Think The Abyss meets Alien 3)
Regards
mark687
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Oct 25, 2020 12:53:52 GMT
Personal Shopper. Very atmospheric supernatural drama.
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