[tiam]

worry, on 05 February 2015 - 08:32 PM, said:

Pulp Fiction rules, Shawshank drools. The less said about Gump the better.

Well well well what the shuddering fuck has gone on in this thread?

In other news, saw Kingsman with Colin Firth and Sam Jackson in it. The best film ive seen in a while and I normally hate that 'street kid rubbing up the poshos the wrong way' stuff makes me cringe. It wasnt overplayed that much though and was enjoyoyable with Jacksons villain being brilliant.

[worry]

Did I go overboard on the hyperbole? I have pretty much no issues with Shawshank. It's perfectly palatable, and if it was a TV movie it'd be one of the better ones in history. But it wasn't the best theatrical release of the month it came out, let alone the year.

[Illuyankas]

worry, on 07 February 2015 - 12:55 AM, said:

Did I go overboard on the hyperbole? I have pretty much no issues with Shawshank. It's perfectly palatable, and if it was a TV movie it'd be one of the better ones in history. But it wasn't the best theatrical release of the month it came out, let alone the year.

Looks like acute Aptendicitis. I'm afraid there is no cure, but we do have the box set of the Transformers quadrilogy to help you adjust to living with this condition.

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 07 February 2015 - 12:55 AM, said:

Did I go overboard on the hyperbole? I have pretty much no issues with Shawshank. It's perfectly palatable, and if it was a TV movie it'd be one of the better ones in history. But it wasn't the best theatrical release of the month it came out, let alone the year.

Some days you smoke the bad crack Worry...sokay, we are here to talk you down.

SHAWSHANK IS THE BEST

[Tsundoku]

worry, on 07 February 2015 - 12:55 AM, said:

Did I go overboard on the hyperbole?

I thought the point of hyperbole was to go overboard. The concept of hyperbolic hyperbole is ...

[worry]

Obvious Child: stars Jenny Slate and that guy who played mini-Jim during that last season of The Office. Very funny, sweet indie romcom that's totally devoid of indie quirk so it shouldn't get on your nerves.

[amphibian]

I saw Jupiter Ascending.

It's not Chronicles of Riddick-level good and will never be a Fifth Element-level all time classic, but it is a decent movie. Not particularly good, yet not worthy of bombing atrociously. The Wachowskis have definitively lost their "first Matrix/Bound" touch for concise storytelling.

Cajun King, on 07 February 2015 - 12:56 AM, said:

Chance, on 06 February 2015 - 11:56 PM, said:

Saw Jupier Ascendent expecting a bad SF movie with some cool action scenes...not that in a sane universe everyone who was part of the film creation team should be shot except for the people doing the 3d enviroments (which where admittedly awesome).

It is however well to know that I'm unlikely to watch a movie that bad in a year or two.

I'm Not clear on if your saying you like JA or hated it in this post.

There are a few things that contribute mightily to extremely dour reviews of Jupiter Ascending:

1) Every preview for every movie before this looked awful. A stinker of a trailer or two can be overlooked. A solid run of unappetizing trailers doesn't lead in well to what is going to be my second point.

2a) This is a complicated space opera movie. It's supposed to be grandiose, full of larger than life characters, have lots of jumps between places and much scene chewing by the actors. The audiences and dumber critics can deal with this if it's in an easy to understand and/or well executed shape like Star Wars, Hunger Games or something like the Pixar movies.

2b) It doesn't execute the complicated part of the space opera superbly (splitting the villains into three was philosophically interesting, but emotionally blaaah), the directors cluttered the middle of the movie up with action sequences that are unnecessarily long and the actors don't ham it up enough when it's time to go full HAM.

2c) With the tri-partite villain structure, the action sequences that go on a bit too long and the lack of easy-to-glom-onto performances, it's hard to expect an audience/dumber critics to invest themselves in what's going on.

All in all, this was actually a decent movie and the action sequences are fun (enough to justify IMAX ticket prices).

Tatum's personal shield doohickey is overpowered, but the anti-gravity speedskating thing is wonderful - especially when capoiera gets involved. The set design and the overall artistry was very high level. Tatum was pretty good, but they didn't have to give him the elf ears (he never used them) to differentiate him. He's already distinct enough with the boots, the physical presence and his story centrality. Kunis was solid as the Russian emigrant turned space princess. Redmayne, Booth and Middleton are solid in their roles with Redmayne getting the majority of the publicity because of The Theory of Everything.

Thematically, it was kind of cool how the Wachowskis gave Jupiter three threats of "going along with a not obviously evil system because it's easy; being convinced the evil thing isn't that evil because it saves the 'right' people; having to cave into the evil thing because your loved ones are threatened". She has to deal with them all in order to be at peace/work for a better world, which I like.

I kind of wish they'd streamlined things a bit (keeping the space visits to just Jupiter the planet and the glorious wedding scene) and put in more spots for Kunis and Tatum to ham it up with the other characters/display their humor. The 5th Element did that wonderfully and Chronicles of Riddick found enough spots to do that too. I also think there might have been more Redmayne and Middleton scenes, which I would have appreciated.

This post has been edited by amphibian: 10 February 2015 - 08:39 PM

[Spoilsport Stonny]

Saw SPONGEBOB 3D with the kids. It was awesome of course, but the best part was a delightful performance from the one and only Matt Berry as a time traveling observational dolphin that gets wrapped up in all the misadventures. Oh what joy that was to hear that hammy accent!

[worry]

Haha awesome. One of the best voices in the biz.

[Nicodimas]

Watch me: /yum
http://trailers.appl...al/crimsonpeak/

That Scenery!!!!

Daniel Danger better make a poster on it.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Saw Kingsman. It was a very fun ride. Basically an over-the-top James Bond film that doesn't take itself seriously and hits every single note perfectly.

[HoosierDaddy]

Coherence - A lovely sci-fi film. It does a fantastic job of building a story, and I imagine it could have even been a better film with help. 8.5/10

The Signal - Weirds you out predictably, but it's the way in which it does it that makes this a good film. 7.5/10

Carriers (2009) - Loved this film. Didn't think I would but I did. Plague ridden America with some protagonists in a car: and go. 8.5/10.

[Gnaw]

HoosierDaddy, on 15 February 2015 - 01:45 AM, said:

Carriers (2009) - Loved this film. Didn't think I would but I did. Plague ridden America with some protagonists in a car: and go. 8.5/10.

Very good movie. I've got that one squirreled away on the hard drive for future re-viewing.

[worry]

Is that the one with Chris Pine?

[HoosierDaddy]

worry, on 15 February 2015 - 02:10 AM, said:

Is that the one with Chris Pine?

Yessir.

[worry]

Ah, I caught that a few years back on one of those free HBO weekends or something. I wouldn't rate it quite as high, but it was indeed a pleasant surprise. Cool premise taken to a logical conclusion.

[HoosierDaddy]

worry, on 15 February 2015 - 02:20 AM, said:

Ah, I caught that a few years back on one of those free HBO weekends or something. I wouldn't rate it quite as high, but it was indeed a pleasant surprise. Cool premise taken to a logical conclusion.

Understandable. Whenever I see a film that I have no stake in (for free) or expectations I usually rate them higher. It's surely biased, but I can't help it. I love unknown movies.

[worry]

Oh most definitely. Especially in horror when it's so easy to do the expected. I like the genre so much that I'm hypercritical of it, so even if I gave Carriers say a 6.5/10 that's actually not bad at all in my reckoning.

[Brujah]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 15 February 2015 - 01:20 AM, said:

Saw Kingsman. It was a very fun ride. Basically an over-the-top James Bond film that doesn't take itself seriously and hits every single note perfectly.

Saw it last night. It's fun and entertaining, and although it has plenty of action, it has one heck of a specific kick ass action sequence. (The church scene)

And Samuel L Jackson's part is quite good.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Saw grand Budapest hotel. I really enjoyed it, probably my favorite Wes Anderson movie. Although, I haven't seen any of the others for quite a while.