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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2024 22:18:18 GMT
Boogie Nights is a masterpiece, is this the Twilight Zone? There's a reason Paul Thomas Anderson has become such a beloved director.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jul 23, 2024 22:56:42 GMT
Boogie Nights is a masterpiece, is this the Twilight Zone? There's a reason Paul Thomas Anderson has become such a beloved director. Just to be clear, I did enjoy it a lot. I just meant cluster-bomb in the sense that it's firing in so many directions structurally and tonally, not in a bad way. It's kind of hard to describe exactly how the film executes itself. I guess broadly, it's a black comedy.
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Post by melkur on Jul 24, 2024 2:35:13 GMT
As of Friday, I have now seen as many films on the big-screen this year as there are original-generation Pokemon... Christ. (For comparison's sake? This time last year, to the day, I'd 'only' just hit 100)
I need to get out more...
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jul 24, 2024 15:36:28 GMT
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind The start was good, and the end was good. But maaaaan did this drag in the middle. Don't think it's one I'll go back to.
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 25, 2024 13:04:36 GMT
Close Encounters of the 3rd KindThe start was good, and the end was good. But maaaaan did this drag in the middle. Don't think it's one I'll go back to. Ooh, I've been meaning to rewatch that one soon -- I remember really liking it as a kid, but the fact that I don't remember many details about the plot... is probably telling. mostly I just remember the final sequence, after the alien ship descends over the mountain. I absolutely adored the bit with the helicopter and the flashing lights.
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 25, 2024 19:52:38 GMT
Today I went to see the original English (non-dubbed) version of the new "Deadpool and Wolverine" movie.
Well, it was loud, there were gallons of blood and gore, it was FUN, it did not take itself seriously at all, popcorn action comedy at it's best.
It was NOT a movie you watch for the story, since it was basically just a meta joke making fun of Disney, 20th Century Fox, Marvel and presenting Deadpool as the latest Disney princess.
There were about a million cameos of previous Marvel actors, especially the ones from very old and forgotten or very badly received and forgotten movies.
My favorite surprise hit must have been {Spoiler} Chris Evans . That was awesome.
Anyways, at a guess, NOBODY who goes to see this movie will do it for the plot. Everyone will do it for the fan service. And it is pretty much JUST fan service. And eye-candy. Seriously, SOOOOO much Hugh Jackman eye-candy. They just ripped his shirt off for the single purpose of providing minutes of eye candy and even lamp-shaded this with a stadium floodlight.
I admit, I did not go see this movie for Deadpool. I find Deadpool annoying at best.
I went in for the Hugh Jackman eye-candy and I was not disappointed.
(and Deadpool might be right, Hugh Jackman will be doing this until he is 90 years old)
So if you want to see the latest Disney princess (Deadpool) and some awesome pure unfiltered Hugh Jackman eye-candy, this is the movie for you.
There will also be laughs and lots of mindless violence as a bonus.
And do yourself a favor and stay for the after credit scene. Seriously.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 25, 2024 20:19:33 GMT
Today I went to see the original English (non-dubbed) version of the new "Deadpool and Wolverine" movie.
Well, it was loud, there were gallons of blood and gore, it was FUN, it did not take itself seriously at all, popcorn action comedy at it's best.
It was NOT a movie you watch for the story, since it was basically just a meta joke making fun of Disney, 20th Century Fox, Marvel and presenting Deadpool as the latest Disney princess.
There were about a million cameos of previous Marvel actors, especially the ones from very old and forgotten or very badly received and forgotten movies.
My favorite surprise hit must have been *******. That was awesome.
Anyways, at a guess, NOBODY who goes to see this movie will do it for the plot. Everyone will do it for the fan service. And it is pretty much JUST fan service. And eye-candy. Seriously, SOOOOO much Hugh Jackman eye-candy. They just ripped his shirt off for the single purpose of providing minutes of eye candy and even lamp-shaded this with a stadium floodlight.
I admit, I did not go see this movie for Deadpool. I find Deadpool annoying at best.
I went in for the Hugh Jackman eye-candy and I was not disappointed.
(and Deadpool might be right, Hugh Jackman will be doing this until he is 90 years old)
So if you want to see the latest Disney princess (Deadpool) and some awesome pure unfiltered Hugh Jackman eye-candy, this is the movie for you.
There will also be laughs and lots of mindless violence as a bonus.
And do yourself a favor and stay for the after credit scene. Seriously.
Sorry- Edited to protect the Spoiler..
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 25, 2024 20:33:20 GMT
Today I went to see the original English (non-dubbed) version of the new "Deadpool and Wolverine" movie.
Well, it was loud, there were gallons of blood and gore, it was FUN, it did not take itself seriously at all, popcorn action comedy at it's best.
It was NOT a movie you watch for the story, since it was basically just a meta joke making fun of Disney, 20th Century Fox, Marvel and presenting Deadpool as the latest Disney princess.
There were about a million cameos of previous Marvel actors, especially the ones from very old and forgotten or very badly received and forgotten movies.
My favorite surprise hit must have been *******. That was awesome.
Anyways, at a guess, NOBODY who goes to see this movie will do it for the plot. Everyone will do it for the fan service. And it is pretty much JUST fan service. And eye-candy. Seriously, SOOOOO much Hugh Jackman eye-candy. They just ripped his shirt off for the single purpose of providing minutes of eye candy and even lamp-shaded this with a stadium floodlight.
I admit, I did not go see this movie for Deadpool. I find Deadpool annoying at best.
I went in for the Hugh Jackman eye-candy and I was not disappointed.
(and Deadpool might be right, Hugh Jackman will be doing this until he is 90 years old)
So if you want to see the latest Disney princess (Deadpool) and some awesome pure unfiltered Hugh Jackman eye-candy, this is the movie for you.
There will also be laughs and lots of mindless violence as a bonus.
And do yourself a favor and stay for the after credit scene. Seriously.
Sorry- Edited to protect the Spoiler..
Not really that much of a spoiler because basically the whole Marvel (and previously not Marvel cÃnematic but still Marvel comic) Universe is in it and doing a cameo.
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Post by timleschild on Jul 25, 2024 22:06:55 GMT
sounds like cinema is officially dead
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Post by mark687 on Jul 25, 2024 22:13:25 GMT
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jul 25, 2024 23:25:50 GMT
Close Encounters of the 3rd KindThe start was good, and the end was good. But maaaaan did this drag in the middle. Don't think it's one I'll go back to. Ooh, I've been meaning to rewatch that one soon -- I remember really liking it as a kid, but the fact that I don't remember many details about the plot... is probably telling. Mostly I just remember the final sequence, after the alien ship descends over the mountain. I absolutely adored the bit with the helicopter and the flashing lights. That's definitely the high-light... pun not intended. (But I guess I didn't edit it out.) The middle is basically the dad just becoming hyper-fixated on this image of a mountain, and gradually alienating his family with his outlandish behaviour. I don't know if there's some intended irony to it all, but if there is it's buried deep beneath the whimsy. Some of it stressed me out actually. Weirdly I was way more relaxed watching Boogie Nights. 😅 An American Werewolf in LondonNow this was very charming. Ending was a bit abrupt, but even that had a strange appeal.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 25, 2024 23:47:38 GMT
An American Werewolf in LondonNow this was very charming. Ending was a bit abrupt, but even that had a strange appeal. Still the best werewolf transformation sequence ever! Up there with the 1st "Howling" movie IMHO. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/ZBDvOFPmQgNwxFXLpuoD.gif)
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Post by timleschild on Jul 26, 2024 8:49:17 GMT
I meant movies like Deadpool, & even Inside Out 2 is a sequel. Cinema is now just franchises, reboots & sequels. I know they have always played their part & are a valid form of film but now there are so few mid-budget movies getting a chance at the cinema because the studios just churn out extensions of existing IP to the detriment of other types of films. Indiana Jones & the dial of Destiny somehow cost between $295–387 million! How many smaller budget films could have been made, which would probably have made modest profit not been a flop. Hollywoods answer, just make more sequels etc. PS - i didn't know this was the day Inside Out 2 reached $1.4 Billion in sales and that's without adding all the Asian Countries market. But that is one movie! Not enough to sustain an industry or give alternate voices a chance to get seen on the big screen.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2024 9:40:11 GMT
Disney Pixar films and Marvel films are one thing. "Cinema" is much, much larger than films that cost hundreds of millions made by a titan.
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Post by timleschild on Jul 26, 2024 11:43:11 GMT
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Post by bethhigdon on Jul 26, 2024 16:23:00 GMT
Tonight's Disney stream is Hercules
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 26, 2024 18:25:53 GMT
I meant movies like Deadpool, & even Inside Out 2 is a sequel. Cinema is now just franchises, reboots & sequels. I know they have always played their part & are a valid form of film but now there are so few mid-budget movies getting a chance at the cinema because the studios just churn out extensions of existing IP to the detriment of other types of films. Indiana Jones & the dial of Destiny somehow cost between $295–387 million! How many smaller budget films could have been made, which would probably have made modest profit not been a flop. Hollywoods answer, just make more sequels etc. PS - i didn't know this was the day Inside Out 2 reached $1.4 Billion in sales and that's without adding all the Asian Countries market. But that is one movie! Not enough to sustain an industry or give alternate voices a chance to get seen on the big screen. I appreciate the explanation.
I do get your point, concerning the deep and meaningful small independent movies. I like those, too.
The Wolverine/ Deadpool movie was pure fan-service, you cannot even call it a sequel to anything, since it did not really have a plot besides "Wolverine RARRR and things go boom".
It was the equivalent to a fun and amusing circus performance. It is nice, I enjoy it, but it is neither deep nor truly memorable.
However, movies like this (and performances like this, as the mentioned circus) have always been part of human entertainment. There are tons of slapstick black and white silent movies.
I bet even Ramses the Great 4000 years ago laughed about some silly old clowns that he had hired for an evening entertainment. Ordering a whole army of war chariots into a tsunami is not everything life is about, after all. (this is a biblical reference, by the way)
I do not think this is the end of cinema or the end of quality entertainment or the arts.
However, I am aware that we need some balance between the silly and the deep and meaningful. I am hopeful the pendulum will swing back.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jul 27, 2024 22:45:42 GMT
I don't know enough about the history of cinema to say I can fully back this statement, but don't they say Superheroes are just the modern western? In that they're morality tales wrapped up in a hero archetype. Some are good, some are great, and some are mediocre. The market is just saturated with them because that's what people go to see. Speaking of which: Deadpool & WolverineI think I got my hopes up a little too high regarding the quantity of cameos. Not to say it was disappointing (it defintely was not), but the focus stays on the leads even when things get nuts. Lots of laughs and crazy violent action, all set to an ecclectic soundtrack. And yes, it's so awesome, and surprisingly heartfelt to see Hugh in full-regalia. Only one person who I really wanted to show up didn't: Nicolas Cage as Ghost rider. I mean it's not like he wouldn't do it. And getting Danny Devito to play the short Wolverine would have been next to godhood.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 27, 2024 23:21:46 GMT
I don't know enough about the history to say I can fully back this statement, but don't they say Superheroes are just the modern western? In that they're morality tales wrapped up in an hero archetype. Some are good, some are great, and some are mediocre. The market is just saturated with them because that's what people go to see. Speaking of which: Deadpool & WolverineI think I got my hopes up a little too high regarding the quantity of cameos. Not to say it was disappointing (it defintely was not), but the focus stays on the leads even when things get nuts. Lots of laughs and grazy violent action, all set to an ecclectic soundtrack. And yes, it's so awesome, and surprisingly heartfelt to see Hugh in full-regalia. Only one person who I really wanted to show up didn't: Nicolas Cage as Ghost rider. I mean it's not like he wouldn't do it. And getting Danny Devito to play the short Wolverine would have been next to godhood.
That is true- regarding Westerns.. Varying degrees of success.. All morality tales in the superhero movies, I don't personally believe in the notion of "superhero fatigue" that's just lazy talk for "it was a bad movie".. I saw Catwoman in the cinemas.. I have been a huge comic books reader/movie/tv show watcher since the early 80's - a long as they are intelligently written they will succeed.
I was named after a very famous old 1950's Western movie too ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/mW7FMmAyG_vqxkNOJyyh.gif)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2024 23:52:08 GMT
I don't know enough about the history to say I can fully back this statement, but don't they say Superheroes are just the modern western? In that they're morality tales wrapped up in an hero archetype. Some are good, some are great, and some are mediocre. The market is just saturated with them because that's what people go to see. Speaking of which: Deadpool & WolverineI think I got my hopes up a little too high regarding the quantity of cameos. Not to say it was disappointing (it defintely was not), but the focus stays on the leads even when things get nuts. Lots of laughs and grazy violent action, all set to an ecclectic soundtrack. And yes, it's so awesome, and surprisingly heartfelt to see Hugh in full-regalia. Only one person who I really wanted to show up didn't: Nicolas Cage as Ghost rider. I mean it's not like he wouldn't do it. And getting Danny Devito to play the short Wolverine would have been next to godhood.
That is true- regarding Westerns.. Varying degrees of success.. All morality tales in the superhero movies, I don't personally believe in the notion of "superhero fatigue" that's just lazy talk for "it was a bad movie".. I saw Catwoman in the cinemas.. I have been a huge comic books reader/movie/tv show watcher since the early 80's - a long as they are intelligently written they will succeed.
I was named after a very famous old 1950's Western movie too ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/mW7FMmAyG_vqxkNOJyyh.gif) Fatigue is 100% a thing, you LITERALLY talked about Westerns. Check out how many were made in the 50s and 60s...then check the 70s and 80s. A fraction of a percentage. Ditto slashers, teen sex-comedies and essentially any movement that becomes big. It can only go down after a point. Because studios make too much, too fast and sicken the audience. We've seen more Superhero flops in the last 3 years than the last decade. Regardless of quality - Thor 2 made cash and is considered maybe the most boring Marvel. Endgame was an apt title - Superhero films hit a peak with it and that can only fall from there overall. Anyone really think a Sam Wilson led Captain America film is going to be as big as Steve Rodgers? When Marvel have conditioned the audience that Sam is a TV character by sticking him in a Disney series.
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