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Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 22, 2019 3:51 pm
by bune
watched Hotel Artemis on the train. It was good/almost great until the assassin storyline started up in earnest. Jodie Foster was brilliant, Bautista was funny, and Goldblum was wasted. Some of the casting was bad as Jenny Slate and her voice are suited for lighter movies and Zach Quinto was an embarrassment to his father and the film. Kenneth Choi was another bad pick but I blame that on the character and the writer who wrote it.
The basic plot of the film is like a more general thug John Wick and instead of an actual hotel it's a hospital. I liked the way the film brings you into that world and the near-future of the it at the same time. Less liked was the E-plot of the water and the riots and the backstory of the nurse character. A few parts of the film were just 'there' and no amount of explanation helped. I mean you're in the middle of the biggest riot ever and somehow a car gets transported to an empty parking garage (A) and then you drive it out of the parking garage with no problem (B). WTF?
I would have liked a better director with the script to have given some input instead of this writer/director effort.
EDIT: an actual piece of IMDB trivia that is funny?
The Russian word that appears at least twice (supposedly the manufacturer of a piece of electric equipment) is 'Covfefe' in Cyrillic letters.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 29, 2019 8:31 am
by BurtReynolds
In the Mouth of Madness
Never seen it before. Sam O'Neill is so awesome. Is he still around?
Apocalypse Now
Such a gorgeous movie. Still one of the best.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 29, 2019 8:45 am
by Rangi Guy
BurtReynolds wrote:In the Mouth of Madness
Never seen it before. Sam O'Neill is so awesome. Is he still around?
Apocalypse Now
Such a gorgeous movie. Still one of the best.
Of course Sam Neill is still around. Fuckin' Kiwi hero that lad
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 29, 2019 8:46 am
by Jorge
Still hooning about
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 29, 2019 8:52 am
by BurtReynolds
I don't know where the O came from.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 29, 2019 8:57 am
by Rangi Guy
theplatypus wrote:Still hooning about
I was going to post a couple of articles from our local news for you this week. Both had in the headlines about people hooning around
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 29, 2019 4:15 pm
by bune
Rangi Guy wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:In the Mouth of Madness
Never seen it before. Sam O'Neill is so awesome. Is he still around?
Apocalypse Now
Such a gorgeous movie. Still one of the best.
Of course Sam Neill is still around. Fuckin' Kiwi hero that lad
too right. brilliant turn in
Hunt for the Wilderpeople and the little cameo in Hulk 3.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 30, 2019 10:29 pm
by Mickey
True Lies (1994)
Speed (1994)
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 30, 2019 10:31 pm
by epilogue
Mickey wrote:True Lies (1994)
Speed (1994)
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 30, 2019 10:33 pm
by Mickey
durdencommatyler wrote:Mickey wrote:True Lies (1994)
Speed (1994)
Absolutely absurd movies, so I had a great time.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 30, 2019 10:39 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 30, 2019 10:56 pm
by epilogue
Mickey wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Mickey wrote:True Lies (1994)
Speed (1994)
Absolutely absurd movies, so I had a great time.
Oh yeah. Both are bananas and both are hilarious.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sat August 31, 2019 12:55 am
by Strat
durdencommatyler wrote:Mickey wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Mickey wrote:True Lies (1994)
Speed (1994)
Absolutely absurd movies, so I had a great time.
Oh yeah. Both are bananas and both are hilarious.
A couple personal favorites of mine! no doubt.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sat August 31, 2019 1:59 am
by Mickey
tragabigzanda wrote:Mickey wrote:True Lies (1994)
Speed (1994)
Both of these movies have pivotal scenes revolving around an unfinished bridge construction.
The epitome of early 90s infrastructure dreams
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sat August 31, 2019 2:03 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun September 01, 2019 3:38 am
by Mickey
I loved Speed but there's no way that bus makes that jump, as I'm sure your wife would agree.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun September 01, 2019 3:38 am
by Mickey
Also:
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
True Grit (2010)
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun September 01, 2019 12:01 pm
by epilogue
Gleaming the Cube is a cinematic masterpiece.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun September 01, 2019 4:07 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Mon September 02, 2019 2:00 am
by VinylGuy
Ma.
That was fun. So cool to see Juliette Lewis.