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The Movie Thread

Impossible to not leave something out but here goes :

Big Fish
No Country For Old Men
Foxcatcher
This is Spinal Tap
Sideways
Apocolypto
Chariots of Fire......along with a few dozen that don't come to mind right now.
 
rossihunter2 said:
ive never been a big spiderman fan but homecoming was a phenomenal film that is both cineliterate and fun and avoided so many of the cliches of the MCU since its conception
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"Hi, I'm Captain America. Your body is changing, believe me, I know how that feels"
 
Ludy51 said:
"Hi, I'm Captain America. Your body is changing, believe me, I know how that feels"
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please tell me you stayed for the post-credits... might be the best mcu credits scenes yet and another great ferris bueller reference with the 4th wall break
 
rossihunter2 said:
please tell me you stayed for the post-credits... might be the best mcu credits scenes yet and another great ferris bueller reference with the 4th wall break
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I stayed for the first one, unfortunately the rest of my family wasn't patient enough for the second, ironically enough.
 
redrum52 said:
There were 2? What was the second one?
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it was a captain america psa type thing like in the movie but with a 4th wall break and everything lol - there's a british well respected reviewer called mark kermode who is normally incredibly apathetic about post-credits scenes but even he admitted that it was worth staying for
 
Alien: Covenant- I had super high expectations for this movie, so it isn't surprising that it didn't meet them. Not saying it was bad, i really like it, just wasn't as good as i was hoping for.

Lost City of Z- I love movies like this: Adventure, exploring etc. Leaves you wanting more but still a good watch.

The Circle- Wasn't bad, but nothing special imo
 
SepticeyePoe said:
I finally got to see Wonder Woman. It was also pretty good.
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i still need to see it - like every time i see a justice league trailer in theatres while im watching some other new release it just makes me think how much i wanted to see wonder woman because i definitely will not be seeing justice league
 
rossihunter2 said:
i still need to see it - like every time i see a justice league trailer in theatres while im watching some other new release it just makes me think how much i wanted to see wonder woman because i definitely will not be seeing justice league
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Why are you not going to see Justice League?
 
SepticeyePoe said:
Why are you not going to see Justice League?
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because it doesnt seem interesting to me - unlike marvel, DC have not earned the benefit of the doubt so Im not going to assume its watchable and the trailers make me want to see it less and less - and as long as zach snyder is at the helm, the DC movies will struggle to tell any sort of coherent story with any stakes because he doesnt know how to make engaging plots or characters - his idea of a good film is a spectacular image next to another spectacular image without any substance or weight to each moment - there's never any stakes or depth to a snyder movie even the good ones like watchmen and 300 are pretty superficial - and despite the marvel universe lacking enough stakes in my opinion they do mostly make you forget about the lack of stakes because their characters are so engaging and because they often still tell a compelling/interesting story not purely visually
 
rossihunter2 said:
because it doesnt seem interesting to me - unlike marvel, DC have not earned the benefit of the doubt so Im not going to assume its watchable and the trailers make me want to see it less and less - and as long as zach snyder is at the helm, the DC movies will struggle to tell any sort of coherent story with any stakes because he doesnt know how to make engaging plots or characters - his idea of a good film is a spectacular image next to another spectacular image without any substance or weight to each moment - there's never any stakes or depth to a snyder movie even the good ones like watchmen and 300 are pretty superficial - and despite the marvel universe lacking enough stakes in my opinion they do mostly make you forget about the lack of stakes because their characters are so engaging and because they often still tell a compelling/interesting story not purely visually
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That's true, I've kind of avoided the DC movies for that reason.
 
rossihunter2 said:
because it doesnt seem interesting to me - unlike marvel, DC have not earned the benefit of the doubt so Im not going to assume its watchable and the trailers make me want to see it less and less - and as long as zach snyder is at the helm, the DC movies will struggle to tell any sort of coherent story with any stakes because he doesnt know how to make engaging plots or characters - his idea of a good film is a spectacular image next to another spectacular image without any substance or weight to each moment - there's never any stakes or depth to a snyder movie even the good ones like watchmen and 300 are pretty superficial - and despite the marvel universe lacking enough stakes in my opinion they do mostly make you forget about the lack of stakes because their characters are so engaging and because they often still tell a compelling/interesting story not purely visually
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If there is any consolation, Joss Whedon(the guy who directed both Avengers movies) is the one who took over for Snyder after he left because of his daughter's tragic suicide. He does get to do reshoots, and might do some reshoots to add some more character driven scenes.

But who the fuck am I kidding? Any project with Snyder attached to direct is going to end in disaster. Which is a damn shame. I have agreed with almost 100% of his castings so far(except for Ezra Miller as the Flash. I think that's going to bomb hard). He's casted a ton of really talented actors. Yet, his direction fucks some of that up too(Eisenberg's Lex Luthor for example. He's way too damn talented to be this bad if not for some bad direction).
 
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