Movies you've been watching...

[Spaced Out Ace]

No one, but it feels gross in a goddam james bond movie, which is historically a series for escapism, to even include details about sexual assault. If they hadn't included that crap it would have been far less weird. I like the entries where James Bond is more ruthless, like Licence to Kill. But Skyfall like, doesn't have him be morally ambiguous except in those couple of misfire scenes. The rest of it he's supposed to be hero spy man like normal. It's badly written. Plenty of people like it, I'm not one of them. It's about on the level of View to a Kill for me. Still watchable, but near the bottom of my list. Certainly way better than Spectre.

My opinion is that he's always been a borderline creep with a charming quality who stops awaful people. He also kind of gives his boss shit, sort of like Stone Cold Steve Austin (though the latter was a lot more antagonistic on screen, because wrestling).

Just to be clear: I like him better that way rather than a straight and narrow "hero."

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

She had an incredible run in the 2000s of being by far the best part of pretty weak movies. Dark Shadows, 300 2, Sin City 2, etc. She just oozed sexuality and charisma. My favorite example of how big of a presence she was on screen is in Kingdom of Heaven, where the scenes with her and Orlando Bloom are just embarrassing with how much he gets acted off the screen.

She has two big presences. I think that is part of her appeal.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

One of these days I'll get around to watching the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven, as far as I know that's really the only way to watch it. I straight up FORGOT they made a Sin City 2, but not surprised she ended up in it given her look.

How? Even just by the poster alone. How? I could go blind and still remember it.

 

[MFB]

How? Even just by the poster alone. How? I could go blind and still remember it.

It's real easy to avoid things when you don't have cable, nor do I see ads due to Adblockers, so I unless it's something that A LOT of people were talking about (spoiler: they didn't) or I saw the trailer and put a reminder for it? In one ear and out the other basically.

I thought Sin City was cool, never read the comic or anything but didn't feel it needed a sequel; especially one that brought back characters who could only exist in flashbacks like Bruce Willis.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

It's real easy to avoid things when you don't have cable, nor do I see ads due to Adblockers, so I unless it's something that A LOT of people were talking about (spoiler: they didn't) or I saw the trailer and put a reminder for it? In one ear and out the other basically.

I thought Sin City was cool, never read the comic or anything but didn't feel it needed a sequel; especially one that brought back characters who could only exist in flashbacks like Bruce Willis.

I believe there are 6 graphic novels, though if it didn't do well, I'm sure they wouldn't have done a sequel.

 

[zappatton2]

Finally watched The VelociPastor. 11 out of 10. Cinematic tour de force. No notes.

 

[BlackMastodon]

I don't get the hype between Eva Green as Vespa, she looked ...not great for whatever reason in that movie; if you want to see her at maximum boner inducing, I'd say it's the 300 sequel. Bond women have been downhill since Famke Jensen (and yes, I know she's a villain), Olga whatshersomething COULD'VE been good in Quantum of Solace but they made her look like a victim of Goldfinger with all that bronzer. I think Gemma Arterton was also in that one, so she was also outgunned there too.

Seeing Femke Jensen crushing Bond with her thighs in Goldeneye awakened something in me as a child.

 

[BlackMastodon]

Off the Bond topic here, but why the fuck is Zack Snyder seemingly incapable of releasing the right movie the first time? I saw recently that his Not Star Wars movies both have director's cuts on Netflix now and I just don't get it. I get that studios have a lot of sway in how a movie looks as a final product but I would think Netflix would give him the creative freedom to do his thing. Just make the movie good the first time, Zack!

Also, full disclosure: I have no intention of watching either Rebel Moon unless my partner wants to throw one on to fall asleep to.

Edit: also, Famke Jansen.* sorry, queen.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Off the Bond topic here, but why the fuck is Zack Snyder seemingly incapable of releasing the right movie the first time? I saw recently that his Not Star Wars movies both have director's cuts on Netflix now and I just don't get it. I get that studios have a lot of sway in how a movie looks as a final product but I would think Netflix would give him the creative freedom to do his thing. Just make the movie good the first time, Zack!

Also, full disclosure: I have no intention of watching either Rebel Moon unless my partner wants to throw one on to fall asleep to.

Edit: also, Famke Jansen.* sorry, queen.

Janssen*.

 

[BlackMastodon]

Janssen*.

The irony that I would make fewer typos if I posted from a keyboard instead of from my phone which uses autocorrect.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Phantasm
The Stepfather
Doppelganger

 

[Seabeast2000]

More deep diving into whatever you call low-awareness cinema these days. Just stuff you'd catch on HBO back in the Day that you'd never hear of otherwise, but lots more of it now with just a handful of streaming services.
Anyway.....I watch a lot of this stuff (no commercial breaks are my honeypot)and sometimes make it all the way through w/o ghosting it. Some are pretty good efforts that I do appreciate.
1. A "technology in the house goes horribly wrong" movie that was so rote I forgot the name. Some lady works at a robotics firm in the UK and gets one of the helper droids for home for free, bad things ensue. Dumb. Not even good dumb either. Lots of these plots lately, there was one where they BnB'd at an ultra smart home, and uh oh. You'll never guess. I think Demon Seed did this back in the 70s, someone should tell the industry.
2. The Merciful- nothing I expected but I really liked the characters, humor and situational wisdom. The whole movie was def a budget labor of love and it showed. I think the same guy w/d/s. Not gonna look it up.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Love Lies Bleeding- It's sleazy, violent and beautifully shot. The use of blue and red lighting in particular reminds me of Nicolas Winding Refn's movies. There are some really great tracking shots. Clint Mansell did the score and it's his typical lowkey synth style for the most part.

 

[BlackMastodon]

Watched American Fiction yesterday and really liked it. It's not subtle, it's very self-aware, and it doesn't pull any punches on making fun of (leftist) white America's obsession with wanting to feel guilty about being white. Great writing and performances, it seems to have a lot of fun with the meta commentary too.

 

[jco5055]

Past week have watched Eastern Promises and The Wailing, both solid flicks imo...I did think the voice over in EP was a little weird, almost gave me like live action children's/disney vibes...and the Wailing was a little hard to follow at times.

 

[ArtDecade]

Side Out

 

[SalsaWood]

Watched A Quiet Place 2. Already completely forgot it. Aliens or something, whatever, monsters? Shit on it, I don't care.

Twister remake. Extremely corny and contrived, but somehow not completely terrible. The whole hometown pride for Oklahoma, in this movie, just made me feel like everyone from Oklahoma loves cheese more than the entire state of Wisconsin. Overall it makes the original look like the Shawshank Redemption, but at least it's not a total bore or full of dumbass plot points.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Watched American Fiction yesterday and really liked it. It's not subtle, it's very self-aware, and it doesn't pull any punches on making fun of (leftist) white America's obsession with wanting to feel guilty about being white. Great writing and performances, it seems to have a lot of fun with the meta commentary too.

People who feel guilty or project themselves onto others while applying this mask or put on of not being that -- whatever ism or phobia that is -- are definitely in need of self reflection.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Watched A Quiet Place 2. Already completely forgot it. Aliens or something, whatever, monsters? Shit on it, I don't care.

I joke with my girlfriend we could do a double feature of this film as well as the first. She just looks at me. Lol