What movies are you watching?

[SunKing]

Hell or High Water. Really holds up four years later.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[LoathedVermin72]

Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

[dimejinky99]

Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

Do you wear glasses? I’ve always wondered.

[LoathedVermin72]

Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

Do you wear glasses? I’ve always wondered.

When I drive or watch movies, yes.

[dimejinky99]

Cool.

It’s like the audio quality thing. There’s a limit to how much depth you can see or hear I reckon.
Retina burning definition and technology sorta scares me

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Cool.

It’s like the audio quality thing. There’s a limit to how much depth you can see or hear I reckon.
Retina burning definition and technology sorta scares me

We're all gonna die by nanobots anyway, dime. Just enjoy your retinas being burned.

[epilogue]

Cool.

It’s like the audio quality thing. There’s a limit to how much depth you can see or hear I reckon.
Retina burning definition and technology sorta scares me

We're all gonna die by nanobots anyway, dime. Just enjoy your retinas being burned.

xenobots, Ruddo. XENOBOTS!

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Strat]

Parasite, Motherless Brooklyn, Terminator Dark Fate, and Pain and Glory all just popped up for digital purchase, which means they can be rented in another 2-3 weeks. Looking forward to getting caught up on this year's movies.

Yea i almost went nuts last night and bought a couple.

January 28th will be a fun night of movies!

[Jorge]

Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

Part of this movie takes place in Cartagena so I want to watch it, but I have heard nothing but horrible things about it (aside from this post, which tracks!)

[BurtReynolds]

Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

Gonna try to watch it sometime this week

Trag no!

[bune]

6 Underground is a masterpiece. No joke at all.

I was watching this and that first car chase had me thinking "man, I wish LV were here so I could see the look of joy on his face." The only part that I didn't like was how goofy Ryan played his role only to have him disarm someone at a pro level and have #7 say "we're going to have to talk about this" and they never do but he goes back to being goofy #1. that was literally the only part of the movie I had an issue with because it stopped being a ridiculous movie and took itself seriously for a few seconds so it took you out of what was going on.

also: have you watched The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? That's the other movie I watched with WWLVD in my mind because it's so...improper...for what a film should be and do throughout.

[LoathedVermin72]

6 Underground is a masterpiece. No joke at all.

I was watching this and that first car chase had me thinking "man, I wish LV were here so I could see the look of joy on his face." The only part that I didn't like was how goofy Ryan played his role only to have him disarm someone at a pro level and have #7 say "we're going to have to talk about this" and they never do but he goes back to being goofy #1. that was literally the only part of the movie I had an issue with because it stopped being a ridiculous movie and took itself seriously for a few seconds so it took you out of what was going on.

also: have you watched The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? That's the other movie I watched with WWLVD in my mind because it's so...improper...for what a film should be and do throughout.

I dunno, I don’t think it’s a ridiculous movie; it often takes itself plenty seriously. There’s real emotion and growth at play in the characters and their relationships - that’s one of the reasons I love it. It’s the first movie I’ve ever liked Reynolds in because Bay used his smartass humor as a means of developing the character since he’s a detached guy with a fear of intimacy who’s using it a shield.

Have not seen Quixote yet. Gilliam can go either way for me, but Pryce and Driver sure sweeten the deal.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Yeah this movie didn't get ruined by Reynolds being Reynolds, it was enhanced by it. LV, the scene I mentioned earlier, where #4 was making his way down from the penthouse in Hong Kong, I went and watched that again. It was really good.

[LoathedVermin72]

That whole Hong Kong scene is unbelievable. As is the Florence scene. And the climax on the boat. All legitimately some of the best action ever filmed. Bay is an absolute madman.

[bune]

6 Underground is a masterpiece. No joke at all.

I was watching this and that first car chase had me thinking "man, I wish LV were here so I could see the look of joy on his face." The only part that I didn't like was how goofy Ryan played his role only to have him disarm someone at a pro level and have #7 say "we're going to have to talk about this" and they never do but he goes back to being goofy #1. that was literally the only part of the movie I had an issue with because it stopped being a ridiculous movie and took itself seriously for a few seconds so it took you out of what was going on.

also: have you watched The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? That's the other movie I watched with WWLVD in my mind because it's so...improper...for what a film should be and do throughout.

I dunno, I don’t think it’s a ridiculous movie; it often takes itself plenty seriously. There’s real emotion and growth at play in the characters and their relationships - that’s one of the reasons I love it. It’s the first movie I’ve ever liked Reynolds in because Bay used his smartass humor as a means of developing the character since he’s a detached guy with a fear of intimacy who’s using it a shield.

Have not seen Quixote yet. Gilliam can go either way for me, but Pryce and Driver sure sweeten the deal.

I think we are using different meanings of ridiculous because I loved the movie for all the reasons you stated. I'm more referring to the use of explosives in all of the barrels and souvenir stands and the over the top violence and gore (the grenade through the jaw for example) that made the movie amazing, I couldn't stop marveling at it.

and yeah, that's a great read on the way Bay used Reynolds.

A year prior to the release Ryan Reynolds posted a video on Instagram of himself talking about how quiet Michael Bay's movies are, while in the background a car explodes. This scene is in the movie and you can actually see Reynolds in the background filming the video for this post.

I need to watch it again to see this.

[epilogue]

Really enjoyed Dolemite is My Name.