Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[stuntman mike]

mission impossible: fallout
not sure how an action movie can get any better. i give tom cruise an 8/8 in this movie. dude is a juggernaut on screen.

 

[|A-Man|]

Ok so I foolishly decided to watch TDKR. It is shockingly worse than I remember.

So much and sighing. Bruce Wayne getting pick pocketed and robbed. Bruce Wayne wasting away in his house letting his parents legacy go broke. Son getting tricked at every turn until he's broke.

That struggle fight with Bane. Fight choreography so poor. Hardy saved it with Bane dialog.

Spent all the company's money creating clean energy and just hid it cuz he was scared of it being used the wrong way? Bruh what? Tony Stark is disgusted.

Just letting anybody know hey I figured out ya secret identity.

Its just something off about the pacing. Nolan was just plain jerking around with his little go to things he likes to do.

Not even touching the bomb, Talia reveal, Bane going ghost once Tali a takes over, healing from a broken back in 3 months and a couple weeks, etc.

Such a let down.

 

[big j 33]

mission impossible: fallout
not sure how an action movie can get any better. i give tom cruise an 8/8 in this movie. dude is a juggernaut on screen.

I'm mad at myself I didn't see this a 2nd time in theaters... this was one of the best action movies I've EVER seen. I still might try to make it but it's not playing in any Dolby or high end screenings.

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

I wanted to love The Pacific but it wasn't as good as BoB. I also found I didn't develop the investment in the characters in Pacific that I had with BoB with the exception of John Seda's Basilone. His story/history was really really sad. Also liked the job Seda did. He was kinda unknown at the time & I thought he was going to be big. Also really liked Rami Malek & thought at the time he stood out.

I don't ordinarily complain about battle scenes because I like action especially in BoB but The Pacific battles scenes lasted soo long. Some of them were like 10--12 mins long. I guess it was to illustrate how grueling they were.

Sidebar about the flick - I know historically, the Peleliu Battle was only supposed to last days but stretched to bloody months. Whats crazy is historians said the battle didn't even take place because the island wasn't pivotal at all to win the war of the Pacific. It apparently came down to 2 admirals. One that argued the battle wasn't needed & the other who said it was. I think this was the battle scene that was like 15 mins long.

All in all I found The Pacific to be satisfactory where as I found BoB to be stellar. I'd give it like a 6/8 on the NT movie thread scale. I did appreciate the attempt to make a well crafted mini series like BoB was, I just think they fell kinda short.

What did you think? I've found most people with opinions about both feel the same way.

I loved it.

Not as much as BoB, though.

I would say Pacific 6.5/8, BoB 8/8

The scene in The Pacific with the Japanese woman and her baby


Can't wait for Masters of the Air miniseries.

 

[|A-Man|]

New Jack City. When Nino pins everything on Kareem during the trial

Classic moment.

 

[Master Zik]

Swiped: Dating in the Digital Age

 

[macbk]

Gets more amazing after every viewing.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I enjoyed The Dark Knight Rises. I thought it was a good end (though not perfect) to his Batman trilogy. The first half was stellar but the back half was too conventional & meh. For me I always judge flicks on their “rewatchability” & I find this movie very rewatchable but not like the previous 2. When looking at the 3 movies as a whole, it remains the bench mark in which comic movies should be judged. The movies are light years ahead of any comic movies done so far even when looking at each movie separately.

 

[Ingenious Bastard]

I'm so hungry for a new Batman movie. It sucks DC can't get their sh t together

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[big j 33]

I didn't know anything about A Simple Favor until a few days ago... but between the strong reviews, Anna Kendrick, and Paul Feig, I might need to check it out.

 

[JustBlaze.]

Wrong thread.

 

[|A-Man|]

I tend to stay away from movies with Blake Lively in them.

So I dunno about A Simple Favor.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Seent Predator tonight. Lort, I haven’t seen a movie with such bad acting in a long time & it was a jumbled mess. Shane Black is washed. Nice Guys was aiight so I was hoping Black would bounce back from IM3 with this big budget affair.

The only redeeming quality about this flick was that I got to hang out with my son, that he enjoyed it & thought it was funny, & the food we got from the theater was really good.

I’m not even grading this flick...

 

[calibeebee]

Damn I wanted Predator to be good so badly

 

[CP1708]

Why?

OG Predator still holds today. There is no bettering that.

Just like Die Hard is never going to be topped, it still plays today.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Damn I wanted Predator to be good so badly

Only predator movie worth watching is the 1st one.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I don’t understand how these washed directors keep gettting jobs, black, whedon, singer, zack snyder, bay... They keep putting out these monumentally terrible movies & keep gettting projects. It’s like in nfl & the nba where these retread coaches keep getting hired & getting the same results while minotrity directors can’t get projects green lighted & what not.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Just watched Hereditary

Waste of 2 hours

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

I don’t understand how these washed directors keep gettting jobs, black, whedon, singer, zack snyder, bay... They keep putting out these monumentally terrible movies & keep gettting projects. It’s like in nfl & the nba where these retread coaches keep getting hired & getting the same results while minotrity directors can’t get projects green lighted & what not.

Hopefully it's true that Peele will be directing the Candy-Man reboot.

 

[calibeebee]

Only predator movie worth watching is the 1st one.

I disagree. The Danny Glover one was REAL good in my opinion. I watch it every time it’s on for real

 

[getback]

I disagree. The Danny Glover one was REAL good in my opinion. I watch it every time it’s on for real

Sh*t was on tonight.

Both of them actually back-to-back on one of the movie channels.

 

[getback]

Just watched Hereditary

Waste of 2 hours

I thought it started out good, but the whole "twist" with Paimon left me pretty disappointed.

 

[|A-Man|]

I don’t understand how these washed directors keep gettting jobs, black, whedon, singer, zack snyder, bay... They keep putting out these monumentally terrible movies & keep gettting projects. It’s like in nfl & the nba where these retread coaches keep getting hired & getting the same results while minotrity directors can’t get projects green lighted & what not.

It's an either or situation; either the **** movie they made grossed a lot of money pretty much guaranteeing their next movie or in between all of their trash they managed to make a good movie that garnered acclaim.

Couple that with being in the box long enough to develop and maintain relationships so you have connections just in case things get rough and these dudes stay employed.

Black made IM3 and that made a billi. Off that alone he probably had the green light to probably 2 or 3 movies however he wanted. Then he made a good movie in the Nice Guys. No surprise he was given Predator no questions asked even though he already has the in.

Snyder is a whole other matter. The only reason he isn't terrorizing us currently with more trash movies is cuz of a personal loss and DC using that as his exit as the guy creatively in charge. He has a signature style and his movies have mostly always done good at the box office. After his passion project I'm sure he'll be back getting any other movie he wants.

Whedon is different. As a director, I don't think he belongs with the rest. As a creative talent, he definitely doesn't belong. Looking at how many movies he's actually directed he simply doesn't have the same pedigree as the rest. Hard to call him washed based off it as well. Like he's a few notches behind Black since he's mainly a writer.

Bay is the highest grossing director of all time (or like top 3, I forget). He will never not have a directing gig as long as he wants.

I've just grown to accept the masses have **** taste.