Movies! The movie thread

tranquility · 07-25-2022, 07:40 PM

Ok, apologies in advance for David Cronenberg fans, but man....I tried to watch Crimes of the Future but it's the same artsy, weird, grotesque stuff he's been doing all his career, I don't get it and why he seems to have lots of fans liking that stuff. I think maybe The Fly was the only thing I saw of his that I liked. Throw David Lynch w him as well, just too weird and nonsensical for me. I couldn't last 15 mins.

Fishee · 07-25-2022, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

I started binge watching all of the Star Trek movies.

Started with the Directors Cut of The Motion Picture, now up to Generations. Going to continue it to the Picard-era films, then the Kelvin-era new ones.

My top three:

ST2 Wrath of Khan
Generations
First Contact

Of the new gen, they're not quite the same deal, still great imo.
Chris Pine does a good Kirk.

Fishee · 07-25-2022, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by tranquility

Ok, apologies in advance for David Cronenberg fans, but man....I tried to watch Crimes of the Future but it's the same artsy, weird, grotesque stuff he's been doing all his career, I don't get it and why he seems to have lots of fans liking that stuff. I think maybe The Fly was the only thing I saw of his that I liked. Throw David Lynch w him as well, just too weird and nonsensical for me. I couldn't last 15 mins.

Agree.
Cronenberg's less odd films are quite good.
Big fan of History of Violence and Eastern Promises.
Especially Eastern Promises.

tranquility · 07-25-2022, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishee

Agree.
Cronenberg's less odd films are quite good.
Big fan of History of Violence and Eastern Promises.
Especially Eastern Promises.

He was involved in those 2? Ok, I take it back, 3 movies I liked of his, esp those 2, really, really good.

sharkymcpeterson · 07-26-2022, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

I started binge watching all of the Star Trek movies.

Started with the Directors Cut of The Motion Picture, now up to Generations. Going to continue it to the Picard-era films, then the Kelvin-era new ones.

Always loved wrath of khan. All the old Star Trek movies were good though. Search for Spock was also top notch.

Captain Blood · 07-26-2022, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by sharkymcpeterson

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

I started binge watching all of the Star Trek movies.

Started with the Directors Cut of The Motion Picture, now up to Generations. Going to continue it to the Picard-era films, then the Kelvin-era new ones.

Always loved wrath of khan. All the old Star Trek movies were good though. Search for Spock was also top notch.

The one outlier was Star Trek five. The previews made it look like the greatest movie of all time. Actually watching it was so disappointing.

Donut Lord · 07-26-2022, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishee

My top three:

ST2 Wrath of Khan
Generations
First Contact

Of the new gen, they're not quite the same deal, still great imo.
Chris Pine does a good Kirk.

Mine Top 3: Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home, First Contact

Captain Blood · 07-26-2022, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishee

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

I started binge watching all of the Star Trek movies.

Started with the Directors Cut of The Motion Picture, now up to Generations. Going to continue it to the Picard-era films, then the Kelvin-era new ones.

My top three:

ST2 Wrath of Khan
Generations
First Contact

Of the new gen, they're not quite the same deal, still great imo.
Chris Pine does a good Kirk.

I'll go with wrath of Khan, search for Spock, Star Trek IV, then the first one with Chris Pine.

Donut Lord · 07-26-2022, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Blood

I'll go with wrath of Khan, search for Spock, Star Trek IV, then the first one with Chris Pine.

The first one with Chris Pine, Star Trek 2009, is surprising just how good that came out.

It was made at the time of an industry writers strike. They had to film the films how they were written, no writer edits etc.

BMW F22 · 07-27-2022, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishee

Watched this last night, worth a watch, entertaining but no award winner.
Sort of like Drive + Bourne.

This movie tried too hard to be Bourne and Jack Ryan. The drone footages, acting, dialogue, etc. were all cringeworthy at times. The little girl was a food actress though. I don’t see Ryan Gosling as an action movie star. I don’t know, the whole thing was meh for me.

Fishee · 07-27-2022, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BMW F22

This movie tried too hard to be Bourne and Jack Ryan. The drone footages, acting, dialogue, etc. were all cringeworthy at times. The little girl was a food actress though. I don’t see Ryan Gosling as an action movie star. I don’t know, the whole thing was meh for me.

Definitely schlocky.
Gotta be in the mood for schlock.

Fishee · 07-27-2022, 09:03 AM

Feeling an urge to watch HEAT.
Such a rich film, Mann's finest.

Donut Lord · 07-27-2022, 01:06 PM

Watched Worth and Hustle on Netflix.

Worth was good. Hustle was meh.

infinitekidM2C · 07-27-2022, 01:12 PM

Anyone seen "Nope"?

Fishee · 07-27-2022, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by infinitekidM2C

Anyone seen "Nope"?

Nope.

Will wait for streaming, the trailer seemed a bit lame.

Alfisti · 07-27-2022, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

Watched Worth and Hustle on Netflix.

Worth was good. Hustle was meh.

Hustle was absolutely terrible, just terrible. I couldn't sit through it. It was a shitty version of Rocky with a basketball.

Esteban · 07-27-2022, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by infinitekidM2C

Anyone seen "Nope"?

Someone posted a couple pages back (post #3838) who saw it.

Said "It was good but I expected better!"

Will watch it sometime. In no rush.

sharkymcpeterson · 07-27-2022, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

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Originally Posted by Fishee

My top three:

ST2 Wrath of Khan
Generations
First Contact

Of the new gen, they're not quite the same deal, still great imo.
Chris Pine does a good Kirk.

Mine Top 3: Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home, First Contact

Wrath of Kahn is an all time classic imo. What a great movie.

Donut Lord · 07-27-2022, 11:29 PM

Watching GoldenEye on Amazon Prime. Best Brosnan Bond film. Also has the N64 game nostalgia holding it higher too.

Esteban · 07-28-2022, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

Watching GoldenEye on Amazon Prime. Best Brosnan Bond film. Also has the N64 game nostalgia holding it higher too.

My son loved that game.

sharkymcpeterson · 07-28-2022, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

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Originally Posted by Donut Lord

Watching GoldenEye on Amazon Prime. Best Brosnan Bond film. Also has the N64 game nostalgia holding it higher too.

My son loved that game.

That game was ahead of its time. I play Warzone now which I find to be an amazing game. But in some ways that bond game was better. Crazy how good that game was/is.

Esteban · 07-28-2022, 03:43 PM

BLONDE official trailer. Starring Ana de Armas.

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