What movies are you watching?

[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.

[Ello Sailor]

2 was alright i guess, i barely remember anything from it

Ego was a boring antagonist but there was plenty of good stuff in there. I especially liked the introduction of Mantis. Great character. Also, Yondu vs. the mutineers was awesome.

[VinylGuy]

oh yeah Mantis is awesome.

[Ello Sailor]

Gunn has a real gift for finding beauty in the silly and bizarre.

Totally. Parts of 2 and 3 reminded me a lot of The Fifth Element in that way. I fucking love that movie.

[spike]

Gunn has a real gift for finding beauty in the silly and bizarre.

Totally. Parts of 2 and 3 reminded me a lot of The Fifth Element in that way. I fucking love that movie.

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[dimejinky99]

fifth element is a fuckin fantastic movie. everything about it.

[wease]

yeah, 1 and 3 are really fucking good

2 was alright i guess, i barely remember anything from it

?? Fucking Kurt Russell, man!

[VinylGuy]

yeah, 1 and 3 are really fucking good

2 was alright i guess, i barely remember anything from it

?? Fucking Kurt Russell, man!

yeah, of course i remember him he was glorious as always

but the movie itself was meh

[Jorge]

Each of those movies is better than the previous one. Volume 2 is probably the prettiest Marvel movie, and resonates emotionally with its themes of parenthood.

Lindsay Ellis made a very good video about the movie's emotional throughline

[BurtReynolds]

I haven't seen the third. I'm definitely in the minority, but they feel too calculated to me. Almost too polished or something. The soundtrack stuff annoys me.

Love The Suicide Squad though. That one is off the rails.

[Ello Sailor]

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Solid movie. It peaked right at the beginning with the beach assault though. Street Shark dude was great. Idris was just okay. I think I prefer him in more serious roles. Margot Robbie was perfect as Harley Quinn and was the focal point of the film's most impressive shots. (Is Birds of Prey any good?)

Watchmen: Chapter I (2024)

I dunno, guys. Obviously the Reznor + Ross score slaps, but this just felt unnecessary to me. Maybe subsequent chapters will change that, but as a standalone it's a bit of a nothingburger. The 2009 film is better in every way.

[Ello Sailor]

Daniela Melchior was in nearly all of the movies I watched this week. So hot right now!

[epilogue]

Gonna go check out Blink Twice today.

[VinylGuy]

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Solid movie. It peaked right at the beginning with the beach assault though. Street Shark dude was great. Idris was just okay. I think I prefer him in more serious roles. Margot Robbie was perfect as Harley Quinn and was the focal point of the film's most impressive shots. (Is Birds of Prey any good?)

Watchmen: Chapter I (2024)

I dunno, guys. Obviously the Reznor + Ross score slaps, but this just felt unnecessary to me. Maybe subsequent chapters will change that, but as a standalone it's a bit of a nothingburger. The 2009 film is better in every way.

Birds of prey is fun yeah

[VinylGuy]

Daniela Melchior was in nearly all of the movies I watched this week. So hot right now!

Looove her

[epilogue]

Gonna go check out Blink Twice today.

LOVED this

[Ello Sailor]

The Iron Claw

Jesus, that was brutal. The second half is one big gut punch. Efron is the real deal? Weird. Anyway, I haven't been that bummed since Million Dollar Baby. Good movie, but God damn.

[BootsToAsses]

Plan on watching the Three Colors trilogy (Krzysztof Kieślowski) this weekend, while giving my wife some much needed time to sleep in. All three are great films, but Blue is probably my favorite. I love Juliette Binoche.

I watched this a few months back and found to to be fairly enjoyable, but a real bummer.

It has the all time WORST Ric Flair impersonation I have ever seen. As a wrestling fan it was tough to watch. I'm fairly certain literally anybody else would have been better.

[BurtReynolds]

I assume you quoted the wrong person, but yeah that flair impersonation was bad, and was a big missed opportunity for the movie. Good movie though.

[bart]

wait which one was ric flair in?? Blue????