Rate the last movie you saw

[DJTJ]

I keep hearing this. Sounds like it's better than expected

Yeah. It had a surprisingly high rating for a comedy, so I figured I’d check it out. Was really solid. Had an actual plot.

 

[ACisKING]

I liked annihilation

Man I've been waiting for that movie. Unfortunately, while I also have movie pass, there is no theater around me that shows Annihilation in the evenings. Most don't show it at all and the few that do show it in the afternoons. I might have to go the Netflix route some of you suggested.

 

[ACisKING]

There's no way that Black Panther is a best picture-worthy movie. And I've already watched it twice - enjoyed it that much. But best picture for a movie which has 80 percent of its action sequences shot with lazy cross-cutting and over-the-top CGI? C'mon now.

I watch every comic book movie that comes out religiously, but the only comic book movie that deserved to be nominated for best picture was Dark Knight. Though that was on a whole different level as a movie. Hell the American Film Institute has hinted that it is likely to make the AFI's 25th anniversary list of the 100 greatest movies of all time.

 

[col63onel]

There's no way that Black Panther is a best picture-worthy movie. And I've already watched it twice - enjoyed it that much. But best picture for a movie which has 80 percent of its action sequences shot with lazy cross-cutting and over-the-top CGI? C'mon now.

I watch every comic book movie that comes out religiously, but the only comic book movie that deserved to be nominated for best picture was Dark Knight. Though that was on a whole different level as a movie. Hell the American Film Institute has hinted that it is likely to make the AFI's 25th anniversary list of the 100 greatest movies of all time.

I agree Dark Knight was Best Picture worthy. If it came out today, it would be nominated, IMO.

 

[Lyst]

Anyone else hyped for this new horror flick Hereditary? I know we have some horror fans in the building. (Is Jigo alive by the way?) Looks amazing and all of the buzz is positive. Haven't seen a trailer as eerie as this in forever.

That little girl alone gave me the heebie jeebies.

Like a young Poltergeist midget lady.

 

[gourimoko]

There's no way that Black Panther is a best picture-worthy movie. And I've already watched it twice - enjoyed it that much. But best picture for a movie which has 80 percent of its action sequences shot with lazy cross-cutting and over-the-top CGI? C'mon now.

The last action sequence was the only one I would call a failure. The South Korean scenes were pretty great. Besides, what makes Black Panther a great film is not it's action sequences; and I wouldn't call this movie an action film, FWIW.

With that being said, I .. would be shocked if Black Panther wasn't nominated. To me, it was a superior movie to Lady Bird, Get Out, and The Phantom Thread... I have yet to see Shape of Water, but from what I've been told by those who have seen it, it wasn't spectacular. Black Panther was spectacular. It's also a cultural phenomena, and not simply because it has Black actors but because it embraces some pretty powerful messaging.

The nearest comparison to Black Panther, in this same regard (re: messaging, genre-bending) would be Get Out (again, Blackness notwithstanding). And Black Panther was, IMHO, the better film in almost every respect. So if Get Out is "Best Picture worthy," then how is Black Panther somehow not?

 

[gourimoko]

Anyone else hyped for this new horror flick Hereditary? I know we have some horror fans in the building. (Is Jigo alive by the way?) Looks amazing and all of the buzz is positive. Haven't seen a trailer as eerie as this in forever.

Very excited to see it actually...

AVclub:
I don’t scare easily. As much as I love horror movies, and have since I was young, they don’t usually shake me in any real, lasting way: “It’s only a movie” is always there for me like a security blanket, smothering any genuine panic. So it’s a special kind of awful, a rare treat of sorts, when something comes along that actually gets past my defenses, that does more than make me jolt upright in my seat occasionally or instill with me a vague, temporary unease. That happened last night, in a crowded Park City theater, during the second public screening of Ari Aster’s blood-curdling Hereditary (Grade: A-), most of which I spent in a state of deep distress, palms soaked, breath shallow. This isn’t a scary movie. It’s pure emotional terrorism, gripping you with real horror, the unspeakable kind, and then imbuing the supernatural stuff with those feelings. It didn’t play me like a fiddle. It slammed on my insides like a grand piano.

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Yeah, count me the fuck in!

 

[Jack Brickman]

... Brawl in Cell block 99.

Vince Vaughn.

Watch it .

I liked the film, but Vince Vaughn was just all wrong for the lead. He was supposed to be this amazing fighter, but the dude just looks like Vince Vaughn always does...pudgy and just a tad bit out of shape. Nothing wrong with that, but he's just not an intimidating guy in the slightest.

 

[kosis]

I liked the film, but Vince Vaughn was just all wrong for the lead. He was supposed to be this amazing fighter, but the dude just looks like Vince Vaughn always does...pudgy and just a tad bit out of shape. Nothing wrong with that, but he's just not an intimidating guy in the slightest.

Damnit, you just gave me flashbacks to True Detective, season 2. Holy hell was he terrible in that.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Damnit, you just gave me flashbacks to True Detective, season 2. Holy hell was he terrible in that.

Never watched that because I heard it was so bad.

 

[kosis]

Never watched that because I heard it was so bad.

Lucky. He was just Vince Vaughn in a costume with dialogue that could never be conveyed correctly.

 

[Tlyons]

 

[David.]

I liked the film, but Vince Vaughn was just all wrong for the lead. He was supposed to be this amazing fighter, but the dude just looks like Vince Vaughn always does...pudgy and just a tad bit out of shape. Nothing wrong with that, but he's just not an intimidating guy in the slightest.

Accent was hilarious.

And when they said something like "what's all that muscle for" I literally didnt know if that was a joke. I thought they were making fun of him.

 

[inliner311]

I think it's only on Netflix abroad, right? (BTW is there a 4k release?)

I remember reading about why they went this route, and it was planned prior to release. They largely felt the film wouldn't appeal to larger audiences abroad in that Portman's character is so unlikable, by design.

One of the producers wanted to greatly alter the film, rewriting and reshooting Portman's character to be far more sympathetic; but Alex Garland was very much opposed to the idea and ultimately won out. As a consequence, the film lost it's financial backing for a worldwide theatrical release.

Personally, I wonder if that was really the best idea ... As it stands these days though, the Asian market dominates much of these kinds of decisions, and I think the logic was that it would be difficult for this movie to really do well over there.

I liked annihilation. I read and heard on podcasts that the ending is alot different than the book. Basically the changes made it impossible to continue the trilogy. This might be why they choose to just give up on world-wide release and sell it to Netflix.

I really liked the movie and by the end I would have been interested in further movies. I do agree it's a hard sell but the studio basically just gave up on it. They did very little publicity and letting it be release in late February was a death sentence.

In the end the studio might have just wanted to just dump the movie so it can retry the trilogy down the road. It can build an audience for a new movie now with alot of people seeing this version on Netflix. If 4-5 years from now an annihilation remake comes out and it's built as a trilogy, I would definitely be in to see it.

 

[David.]

I liked the film, but Vince Vaughn was just all wrong for the lead. He was supposed to be this amazing fighter, but the dude just looks like Vince Vaughn always does...pudgy and just a tad bit out of shape. Nothing wrong with that, but he's just not an intimidating guy in the slightest.

The thing is he is 6'5. Like he would be intimidating even to me. But they didn't seem to use his height at all. They inexplicably cast every other actor tall too.