01-06-2022, 12:38 AM | #13561 |
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Don't Look Up - 5.5/10
Took forever to "get going" and then it had some interesting ideas/concepts but just did not go about it the best way..... would love to see someone else take the basic ideas and make a good movie out of it. |
01-07-2022, 06:11 PM | #13562 |
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The Holiday - 5.5/10
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01-09-2022, 02:58 AM | #13563 |
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Hold the Dark-6/10
A moody, brooding mystery with a good cast but seemingly slow plodding pace and not a whole helluva lot going in that holds interest in between the long drawn out scenes. But it’s well acted and interesting enough. Wind River is a better “mystery in the snow” movie. |
01-10-2022, 04:29 AM | #13564 |
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Encanto - 3 and 1/4 stars out of 4
I know there's more praise being heaped upon it but maybe the long stretch of Disney and Pixar movies without musical numbers in the story spoiled me. I'm not a fan of this type of music but I'll credit the songs for actually being helpful in moving the story along. These kinds of movies are more about a catharsis and it hits the right notes in getting its message across. I don't know if it's something I'd watch again but it works. |
01-12-2022, 10:43 AM | #13565 |
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It was Moana, with a few cultural elements changed.
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01-12-2022, 10:59 AM | #13566 |
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Never saw Moana but really enjoyed Encanto....
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01-12-2022, 11:22 AM | #13567 |
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Both great films. Not a Disney fan really, but Moana is easily my favorite Disney movie and I can sit through it without being annoyed.
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01-12-2022, 12:12 PM | #13568 |
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01-13-2022, 04:55 AM | #13569 |
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Loved Moana. Enjoyed Coco far more than Encanto.
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01-13-2022, 09:29 AM | #13570 |
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Yeah, Coco is great....
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01-13-2022, 09:52 AM | #13571 |
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Damn ninjas cutting onions at the end of the movie.
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01-13-2022, 03:05 PM | #13572 |
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Wasteland-7/10
Spanish film on Netflix. More tense than scary. A child and his mother fend off a enigmatic twig being who feeds on fear. The child’s performance was particular strong. Enjoyed it greatly. Very contained and claustrophobic. Enjoyed it. |
01-14-2022, 07:56 PM | #13573 |
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Eternals 6.5/10
Entertaining enough, but also bland. The wokery was tedious, as was the appearance of Harry Styles. I think it would have been better to have had an Eternals series before a major film, if only for character development; there are so many of them and for the most part, few barely rise above being 2D. |
01-14-2022, 08:32 PM | #13574 |
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Had a good friend who found eternally to be a slog. Said way too many characters and shit going on. And he said the same; should’ve been and likely could’ve been a really good Disney+ series
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01-14-2022, 08:42 PM | #13575 |
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I rewatched it for a second time (first time I have willingly watched a solo Marvel movie for a second time in a long time) and still really enjoyed it
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01-15-2022, 03:52 AM | #13576 |
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Let Him Go-8/10
Kevin Costner and Diane Lane trying to save their grandson from god stepdad’s red neck family, mid 1960s backdrop with classic cars everywhere and set in Montana. What’s not yo love. |
01-15-2022, 12:50 PM | #13577 |
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Sardar Udham - 9/10
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01-17-2022, 11:16 AM | #13578 |
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The Purge
not sure if horror. The class politics were good. Obv obviously "all crimes are legal" has all types of issues plotwise but w/e ever. Was hoping it would take place a little more outside the house. I'm interested in watching more of them |
01-17-2022, 11:18 AM | #13579 |
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01-17-2022, 11:22 AM | #13580 |
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Cut out Jonah Hill for one..... also to get to the "point" quicker... feel like the entire first half of the movie dragged badly and then when they got to the interesting bits they had to rush through it....
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01-17-2022, 12:18 PM | #13581 |
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And therein is the problem with science overall innit?
No one wants to listen because it's dreadfully boring. Until it's not. |
01-17-2022, 07:07 PM | #13582 |
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Avenged-7/10
Dumb, gloriously violent revenge movie about a deaf girl who gets brutally raped and murdered by a bunch of red necks before being possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered Native American chief, who just so happens to thirst for revenge against the family of rapists, who’s great granddad happened to murder in cold blood after betraying a peace treaty. It’s complete b movie schlock but it’s funny and brisk in pace. |
01-28-2022, 05:08 PM | #13583 |
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SCREAM (2022) - The best since the original. Well-written and smart. 8/10
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01-28-2022, 10:44 PM | #13584 |
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Licorice Pizza was so God damb good, so ****ing funny, so good... my normie @$$ friends were like "I didn't understand a single thing that happened"
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01-28-2022, 10:50 PM | #13585 |
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Only streams are video recordings so far. You watch at theatre?
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01-28-2022, 11:07 PM | #13586 |
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I liked it but also kinda felt "disappointed" by it after it was over... love Paul Thomas Anderson so always look fwd to his movies and want them to be "amazing"...
Feel like I've felt the same about his last 4 movies I guess... Like "7/10 or 8/10" instead of 10/10 |
01-28-2022, 11:11 PM | #13587 |
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Remembering a bunch of parts that I liked now that I think of it though...
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01-29-2022, 01:26 AM | #13588 |
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01-29-2022, 01:50 AM | #13589 |
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Canada stinks.
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01-29-2022, 02:54 AM | #13590 |
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01-29-2022, 04:00 AM | #13591 |
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Peanut Butter Falcon - 7.7/10
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01-29-2022, 10:21 PM | #13592 |
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Tick, Tick...BOOM! - 8/10
Garfield is a force of nature. incredible performance. LMM as a director has more legs than i thought. i do find it very funny that TTB! is substantially better than Rent (which i hate.) Good film. well acted is an understatement. songs are strong. the ones sung live in camera are particularly strong. Last edited by Destor; 01-30-2022 at 10:01 AM. |
01-30-2022, 02:07 AM | #13593 |
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Licorice Pizza (2021) - 7/10 or 8/10 maybe - Really liked a lot of it but idk
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) - 8/10 - Joel Coen Macbeth movie... very cool, def worth watching About Endlessness (2019) - 8/10 - Love the director. Basically a bunch of strange skits. Good... The Battle of Algiers (1966) - 7/10 JFK (1991) - 9/10 - Sweet + 100% convincing that the US govt killed JFK JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021) - 8/10 - Good... but feel like if you weren't "already into" this it might be confusing and boring Total Recall (1990) - 7/10 - Cool... Gattaca (1997) - 7/10 - Cool... Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - 8/10 - Surprisingly sweet as hell movie, cool concept Old (2021) - 4/10 - Good concept and would have maybe been good as like a half hour Twilight Zone episode... but mad drawn out and boring and horrible acting... The Many Saints of Newark (2021) - 6/10 - Not very good... The Insider (1999) - 6/10 Interstellar (2014) - 5/10 - Boring idk Alien (1979) - 7/10 Crank: High Voltage (2009) - 5/10 - Not as good as the first one |
01-30-2022, 03:08 AM | #13594 |
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Malignant-7/10
Went from seeming revenge film from psychotic sibling to bat shit crazy in the final act. I guessed it, kinda. But it’s not what I was expecting. Not really a horror, more of a gory action thriller. Really liked the score. |
01-30-2022, 04:04 AM | #13595 | |
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01-30-2022, 04:05 AM | #13596 | |
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I hate Rent. It's a terrible story with lazy, unlikable characters. I have never understood it's popularity. |
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01-30-2022, 10:02 AM | #13597 |
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i agree with all that and on top of it the music is bad too. it has nothing going for it
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01-30-2022, 09:57 PM | #13598 |
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I remember enjoying the first ten minutes or so of Rent and then quickly realising that the characters are all lazy layabout scum that need turfed our on the streets like the garbage they are.
Anybody that ever said Trainspotting glamourised heroin use and AIDS clearly never saw Rent. But that first song is pretty decent. |
01-31-2022, 07:52 PM | #13599 |
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Sinister - 2 and 1/2 stars out of 4.
This one has been on my radar for a long time; I just never got around to trying to watch it. Not sure if it was worth the long ass wait. It's probably the weakest of the Blumhouse lot, at least the weakest out of what I've seen. Ethan Hawke carries things well enough and even though this whole set up is ripe with cliche it's not particularly boring or offensive. Bughuul could have been scarier. Actually, he should have been scarier because the fake outs and jump scares are kind of annoying. |
02-02-2022, 02:08 AM | #13600 |
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Spider-Man No Way Home-10/10
Perfect for what it is and delivered exactly everything I think a Spider-Man fan could’ve ever wanted. And I LOVE that there were consequences. Permanent consequences. My one gripe with marvel movies outside of the last two Avengers movies is they didn’t have anything seemingly permanent. At least not that I could remember that was on the scale of this one. I wonder if they keep Spider-Man going under the joint studio efforts. It’s certainly worked out for everyone and college student Peter could be fun. I’m also glad Andrew Garfield got his redemption. I liked him as Spider-Man and him and Emma Stone had great chemistry smothered in a really bad sequel. I’ve read he’s a huge Spider-Man fan so I’m happy he got to have one more good around in the biggest way possible. Same for Toby. |