Rate the last movie you saw

[Bill Walton.]

Get out
8/10

Wasn't as scary as I would have liked, but a fun film

 

[Rich]

Dude, you have over 20k posts.

How is this the first time you've been offended?


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Ok so I won't veer this thread totally off-topic, but I guess I should have said it's the first time I think I've been offended reading something as a white person. Generally this shit doesn't phase, but this dude said stuff in his article that got under my skin. Some highlights,

"Get Out confirms that liberal white people really are the terrors blacks have long known they were ,"

"Now there’s a joke worthy of a skit from Key and Peele: the notion that white people sincerely have a handle on the racism of other white people. Since probably Election Day 2016, we’ve all known better."

"Take the frequent minority complaint that with their tans and butt implants, white people are trying to be Latino or black. "

If anyone thinks I'm taking this article out of context, read it yourself.

https://theringer.com/the-scariest-part-of-get-out-is-real-life-24a2a9267233#.x9244ltyg

So, yea, just imagine a white author penning the phrase "Now there's a joke worthy of a skit from [insert white comedy here, Seinfeld, perhaps]: the notion that black people sincerely have a handle on [literally insert anything here at all] of other black people. We all know better."

That's probably the last time I'm visiting the Ringer. Now, I need to go see the movie, because I do like Jordan Peele quite a bit.

 

[Bill Walton.]

Ok so I won't veer this thread totally off-topic, but I guess I should have said it's the first time I think I've been offended reading something as a white person. Generally this shit doesn't phase, but this dude said stuff in his article that got under my skin. Some highlights,

"Get Out confirms that liberal white people really are the terrors blacks have long known they were ,"

"Now there’s a joke worthy of a skit from Key and Peele: the notion that white people sincerely have a handle on the racism of other white people. Since probably Election Day 2016, we’ve all known better."

"Take the frequent minority complaint that with their tans and butt implants, white people are trying to be Latino or black. "

If anyone thinks I'm taking this article out of context, read it yourself.

https://theringer.com/the-scariest-part-of-get-out-is-real-life-24a2a9267233#.x9244ltyg

So, yea, just imagine a white author penning the phrase "Now there's a joke worthy of a skit from [insert white comedy here, Seinfeld, perhaps]: the notion that black people sincerely have a handle on [literally insert anything here at all] of other black people. We all know better."

That's probably the last time I'm visiting the Ringer. Now, I need to go see the movie, because I do like Jordan Peele quite a bit.

The movie was really funny and I thought the plot was really smart. It's not as scary as other movies but defiantly something easy to enjoy

 

[The Oi]

Remake of "It" coming in the fall.

Rewatched IT this Halloween after having never watched it in full. I actually didn't think it was dark enough. I'm hoping the new one is much darker. Horror movies never have any balls anymore. Some truly awful things happened in the book that I think would be really effective on the screen.

The movie didn't address exactly how abusive Bev's dad and husband were, which I think could have made the movie better.

There were some hate crimes committed that built some mystery in the town as to what kind of evil presence was building. Henry Bowers didn't like his baby brother much...or his neighbor's dog.

The ending in the plant isn't particularly strong, but it wasn't strong in the book either. IT is most frightening when it's a clown or some kind of humanoid manifestation of fear... giant spider? Not so much.

Did a great job with the childhood dork group friendships trope, Goonies/Stand By Me/Sandlot/Stranger Things style, which I think was the strongest part of the movie.

This movie could do a great job if it went full out dark and maybe grabbed a couple of those scenes I mentioned that weren't covered in the original. There were many that could be iconic that were not used in the original.

The "I worry about you Bev" from her seemingly genuinely concerned dad was bizarre if you'd read the book. He was a lot more than just uh...concerned with Bev. If they'd focus a bit on Bev's abuse at the hands of her dad, spend some more time developing Henry Bowers and still develop the friendships as well as they did in the original all while having a fresh take on Pennywise's personality...they might not screw this up.

Oh...and don't go too crazy with the CGI. The original did fine with limited effects. They kind of sucked in the plant, but the plant scene sucks in general. I wish the ending could be changed completely honestly.

Hopeful for this movie, but Stephen King movies are usually a miss so we shall see.

 

[Hurl Bruce]

I read a while ago that IT would be broken up into two books...one with them as kids and the other as adults.

The Stand was, IMO, his best book and probably his worst movie. Still waiting for that one to be made for the big screen.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Remake of "It" coming in the fall.

Rewatched IT this Halloween after having never watched it in full. I actually didn't think it was dark enough. I'm hoping the new one is much darker. Horror movies never have any balls anymore. Some truly awful things happened in the book that I think would be really effective on the screen.

The movie didn't address exactly how abusive Bev's dad and husband were, which I think could have made the movie better.

There were some hate crimes committed that built some mystery in the town as to what kind of evil presence was building. Henry Bowers didn't like his baby brother much...or his neighbor's dog.

The ending in the plant isn't particularly strong, but it wasn't strong in the book either. IT is most frightening when it's a clown or some kind of humanoid manifestation of fear... giant spider? Not so much.

Did a great job with the childhood dork group friendships trope, Goonies/Stand By Me/Sandlot/Stranger Things style, which I think was the strongest part of the movie.

This movie could do a great job if it went full out dark and maybe grabbed a couple of those scenes I mentioned that weren't covered in the original. There were many that could be iconic that were not used in the original.

The "I worry about you Bev" from her seemingly genuinely concerned dad was bizarre if you'd read the book. He was a lot more than just uh...concerned with Bev. If they'd focus a bit on Bev's abuse at the hands of her dad, spend some more time developing Henry Bowers and still develop the friendships as well as they did in the original all while having a fresh take on Pennywise's personality...they might not screw this up.

Oh...and don't go too crazy with the CGI. The original did fine with limited effects. They kind of sucked in the plant, but the plant scene sucks in general. I wish the ending could be changed completely honestly.

Hopeful for this movie, but Stephen King movies are usually a miss so we shall see.

The problem with the original IT is that it aired on network television, so there was only so much they could do and get away with. And back then, what network shows could get away with was significantly less than now. It sounds like the remake will be truer to the source material and R-rated, and IT was an incredibly dark and violent book so you basically need that rating to do it justice.

The Stand is another mini-series that suffered due to the network treatment. I enjoyed it when I was younger, and I thought Flagg was perfectly cast for the time (although McConaughey may be the one better choice), but it couldn't do the book justice on network television.

 

[Bill Walton.]

Never really watched IT in full but my god that ending scene was horrible..

The remake will be awful. Don't kid yourself

 

[David.]

Anyone see Manchester or the movie about the black dude that beat drugs?

Look particularly interesting.

Hell or high water is a little overrated.

 

[Nicky]

I read a while ago that IT would be broken up into two books...one with them as kids and the other as adults.

The Stand was, IMO, his best book and probably his worst movie. Still waiting for that one to be made for the big screen.

I just watched The Stand for the first time. Overall, I didn't care for it. "M O O N spells 5/10". It took too many different turns.

I've been wanting to see IT for a good while and I can't find it without having to purchase or renting it. I hate clowns, but I want to see the original before the remake comes out.

 

[Hurl Bruce]

I just watched The Stand for the first time. Overall, I didn't care for it. "M O O N spells 5/10". It took too many different turns.

I've been wanting to see IT for a good while and I can't find it without having to purchase or renting it. I hate clowns, but I want to see the original before the remake comes out.

You're being generous giving The Stand 5/10. It was horrible. The book was way too long and the character development too intricate for that to do well.

I also thought IT sucked pretty bad, but not as bad as The Stand.

 

[The Oi]

Never really watched IT in full but my god that ending scene was horrible..

The remake will be awful. Don't kid yourself

Ending scene is awful in the book too. Having IT manifest itself as a spider is fucking stupid and not scary. The pubescent super friends also gang bang Bev to recharge themselves to fight spider- IT...

And no I'm not joking.

 

[Hurl Bruce]

I know it's not a movie, but I figured this was the closest thing.

I went and saw The Lion King play today. It was pretty awesome. The way they make the animals come to life on stage is pretty remarkable.

There was a matinee today and the tickets for that are pretty steep. I was checking stubhub just to see what they were going for and prices weren't falling. It was an hour before it started, and I said fuck it and drove down with my daughter. I found a parking spot, opened my stubhub app and found tickets that were almost $200 on hour before were $55. Front row in the mezzanine, right in the middle. Had to be the best seats in the house, IMO.

 

[Kbiz]

Anyone see Manchester or the movie about the black dude that beat drugs?

Look particularly interesting.

Hell or high water is a little overrated.

Saw Manchester By The Sea this weekend. Great acting but incredibly depressing.

 

[MGMT]

Jesus Christ Get Out is easily one of the most awful movies I have ever seen in a theater. What was suspenseful about it? It was fucking insufferable between how vanilla the dialogue was, the piss-poor acting of Allison Williams' boyfriend.

As far as the plot, I get the jealousy of superior physicality exhibited through some African-American makes -- I just thought the message presentation was stupid. Also, the means of injecting humor was dumb too.

Weak ass shit. I can't remember the last time I left a theater so mad. I'm mad that I'm that mad about a movie in general.

 

[Nicky]

Jesus Christ Get Out is easily one of the most awful movies I have ever seen in a theater. What was suspenseful about it? It was fucking insufferable between how vanilla the dialogue was, the piss-poor acting of Allison Williams' boyfriend.

As far as the plot, I get the jealousy of superior physicality exhibited through some African-American makes -- I just thought the message presentation was stupid. Also, the means of injecting humor was dumb too.

Weak ass shit. I can't remember the last time I left a theater so mad. I'm mad that I'm that mad about a movie in general.

Sounds like on some level, the movie struck a nerve. I do believe this was Jordan Peele's point.