What movies have you seen recently?

[daflyboys]

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A Cure for Wellness. Dane DeHaan continues to find himself in these eerie, haunting type roles as he certainly has the presentation and look for them. This one was pretty well constructed and the sets and locations fit very well for the story. But the intriguing one in this is Mia Goth as Hannah. I mean if the name fits, wear it! She definitely was cast well for her part. But the most interesting side of this is that she's practically a doppelganger for Shelley Duvall from The Shining. It could be more of her mannerisms as well, but certain angles reminded me so much of her.





Overall it was a good watch. Very suspenseful. I would have liked a different ending, but I'll take this for what it was worth.

[FinsUp75]

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I received an extra digital HD redemption code when I purchased The LEGO Batman Movie. If anyone is interested for personal use, PM me.

Edit: Code claimed!

[Blzer]

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The Fabulous Baker Boys

Good character-driven story, which of course thins the plot quite a bit, but still sturdy nonetheless. Never really elevated past a certain beat and kind of went on a downturn by the end, but I think it matched the tone of the film given how they played their music. Although the film won't be extremely memorable in my eyes, there were definitely some memorable quotes.

The whole time I was watching, I was impressed they found somebody who looked like they could actually be Jeff Bridges' brother. Little did I realize... he is! I had to look it up. I hadn't seen anything with Beau in it before.

[daflyboys]

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The Fabulous Baker Boys

I hadn't seen anything with Beau in it before.

I had to look up where I had seen him along the way since that movie. I was reminded he was Cushman's dad in Jerry MacGuire and also was in a few eps. of My Name is Earl.

I did come across this recently.... he was in a trippy movie called Village of the Giants. I came across this as he was featured with one of the babes (the blonde in front) dancing in this wild scene. Know who she is without looking it up? She was in a very memorable scene of a very famous movie (hint: prison movie from 1967):

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Answer:

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Joy Harmon from Cool Hand Luke:

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[Majingir]

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I know comments/rankings might be abit diff than some people like, but it's first time I've seen Star Wars in probably a decade+, so thought I'd just post comments and stuff in here.

Movie Rankings:
3,6,7,2,5,4,1

Character wise, I'd put Rey>Amidala>Leia. Hamill as Luke more than Christensen as Anakin. Prequel Obi Wan over original. Prequel Yoda over original. I actually liked Han Solo more in 7 over 4-6. And ones like Jar Jar and C-3PO were annoying.

As for just my general thoughts on each movie...

Spoiler

1-Obviously as people say the 1st movie is skippable. Though Qui Gon Jin is one of my fave characters from the series. Darth Maul one of my fave villains. At least it does lay the groundwork for the 2nd and 3rd movies.

2-Best parts are all the seeds planted for Anakin turning evil. His rant against Obi Wan, killing that entire village for them kidnapping(and leaving for dead) his mom among other things. Overall I like the storytelling alot from this one.

3-IMO it's the best movie of the series. You get Anakin-Amidala relationship going even deeper, Palpatine really getting a hold of Anakin, the huge amount of tension between Anakin and the council, everything all just leading to the eventual turn. Anakin killing all those kids, letting Windu die, everyone eventually finding out Anakin has turned, the fight with Obi Wan and Vader, and then the ending with Luke/Leia being born, them covering up the fact that they were born, Darth Vader costume saving his life, and Death Star being built

4-As the original intro to this series I find it alright. Though it's one of those movies which is better AFTER you know so much more about the characters and Star Wars in general because you can somewhat fill in the gaps yourself.

5-Unlike the 4th, I find this movie to be not as good once you know about all the characters for obvious reasons. Doesn't mean it's bad, but obviously the biggest moment in the movie was the battle near the end. Unfortunately, majority of people who are fans probably already knew the truth before ever seeing this movie or even the series itself because of how iconic that misquoted line is.

6-Like I mentioned, 6 is my 2nd fave of the series. Everything just came together perfectly in it and didn't need to waste time introducing the story since it continued right where 5 left off. This one gets enhanced by the prequels since the emperors character is detailed so much more in the prequels, you really get a full sense of his connection with Vader. Battle on Endor, the ewoks, and the final battle were all done so well. And obviously the final part with Vader which again seems like an even bigger moment because of how much history is covered with the prequels,and helps with the final scene addition which was altered because of the prequels.

7-Didn't think it'd be as good with not as much of a connection to any of the previous movies had with each other, but this one was still real good. Obviously helps with it being in HD and with CGI and all that. Overall it really was one of the best of the series. Recency bias maybe putting it over 6, but in general I'd just put it 3rd. I liked the main cast with Rey and Finn mostly. And like I mentioned, I actually thought this was Han Solos best movie. And of course all the tie-ins with history like Lukes apprentice/Han-Leias son turning to the dark side and worshiping Vader(I wonder if he realizes Vader somewhat redeemed himself at the end,though I don't find the actor playing him to be so great).

Will be interesting to see where they go with the 8th movie this year. I know Carrie Fisher filmed all her scenes for the movie, but beyond this, they'll obviously need to do something to write her off(assuming her character wasn't already planned to be killed off). Rey and Finns backstories if it happens in this movie will be interesting to see too.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Wow, I'm considering putting you on ignore for that Star Wars take. Revenge of the Sith is the best movie? Followed by Jedi? Praise for the edited scenes? Oh dude lol.

Seriously though, what order did you watch them in? 1-7 or the order they came out in? About Empire, I think a lot of people see it as a kid so they don't know the twist before they see it. Attack of the Clones is probably the worst one so to see you put that over Empire and A New Hope is just... new to me. Natalie Portman hates her own performance in the prequels so you may be the only person on Earth to like her over Leia lol. I think my order is 5, 7, 4, 6, R1, 3, 1, 2. I alternate whether 1 or 2 is the worst depending on which one I've seen most recently.

I'm excited for 8, but really curious how this Han Solo movie is gonna turn out.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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We went through the Star Wars movies (4-6 then 1-3) about 2 or 3 months ago.

Prequel reviews:

Spoiler

The Phantom Menace - I probably hadn't seen this movie since it was released on home video initially. My problems with this are mostly attributable to its execution and its over-reliance on CGI over practical effects (which continues into Episode II). I liked the casting and the basis of the characters this movie laid out. Yes, some of the dialogue is cheesy and Jar Jar is a bumbling mess, but I wouldn't call this an outright terrible film. It is fun and paces itself adequately.


Attack of the Clones - Now this. This is a terrible film. At its best times it feels like a glued-together Shakespearean dialogue love story stuck between a ridiculously conflated political 'thriller.' There's all these supposed twists and discoveries, but nothing comes to fruition. There's so much in the shadows or 'behind the shroud of the Dark Side' that what little you actually see seems pointless.

Whatever good basis Episode I provided for its characters Episode II does away in the very beginning. I hate advancing 10 years. You leave off with a young kid who is hopeful, smart, and likable, but you get ****ing Hayden Christensen, his chester-molester creeper gaze, arrogant whiny diatribes, and his woefully Shakespearean lines on sand. Of the 20 "building relationship" scenes with Anakin and Padme only one feels close to any type of organic, relationship building. They should have went straight to Anakin wanting to rescue his mother from the very beginning. That was good. Everything around it was bad.

Meanwhile Jesus Kenobi is out on some bumbling secret spy mission that is suppose to be the literal progression of a two hour movie. The plot advances at such a slow pace you have to remind yourself why Kenobi is doing this and perhaps it would have been helpful if he reminded himself, too. The man has no stealth or sense of creep. Strolling through the worst defended secret bases with robes billowing and that Jesus smirk of his.

Kenobi is really a small sample of how lame the Jedi are in this movie as a whole. I really dislike the Jedi as super powered super heroes that this movie showcases visually. On the other hand they are oblivious to everything including their own padawan's thoughts and feelings. Anakin bitches about Kenobi any chance he gets, disrespects every authority figure he's standing beside, and has the arrogance of a silver spoon, but yet his "true feelings" are somehow masked from these great Jedi around. The closest Kenobi gets to any type of clarity is admitting he's failed teaching him. No. ****ing. ****.

Natalie Portman looks beautiful throughout this movie so I'll give her sudden jumps to decisions a pass. Her dialogue is just as lame as Anakin's. I would say to watch their scenes muted, but their chemistry and body language is so awkward and creepy it actually makes no sense why these two want to be together apart from Anakin's 10 years of pining. Her best scene is telling Anakin to stop looking at me like I'm ****ing centerfold in the Sears catalog you ****ing creep.

And oh look. Yet another woefully underdeveloped Sith Vice President. At least he gets to fight another day and possibly some character development that is more than two sentences.

I'm not sure how anybody could put Rey over Leia at this point in time much less Amidala over Leia?

One of the few things the prequels got right was Obi-Wan's casting.

I've never understood why Darth Maul gets props as a popular villain. The dude literally did one thing and he died 30 seconds later.

[LowerWolf]

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Phantom Menace
At least tolerable for me. More Maul and less Jar-Jar would have been nice. They wasted so much potential with Darth Maul.

Attack of the Clones
Awful. Easily my least favorite of all of them.

Revenge of the Sith
The best of the prequels, though that's not saying much.

New Hope
A classic. I was a Luke guy as a kid, not sure what I was thinking now. Han rules this.

Empire Strikes Back
Still my favorite. I doubt that ever changes. I recreated the Luke-Vader light saber battle so many times as a kid. Snowspeeder > X-Wing.

Return of the Jedi
A notch or so behind Empire for me. Depending on my mood, it's either slightly behind or ahead of ANH.

Force Awakens
Yeah, it's basically a remake of ANH but I still loved it. Rey and Finn are already two of my favorite SW characters. But can we please move on from giant planet-destroying bases?

[Majingir]

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Wow, I'm considering putting you on ignore for that Star Wars take. Revenge of the Sith is the best movie? Followed by Jedi? Praise for the edited scenes? Oh dude lol.

Seriously though, what order did you watch them in? 1-7 or the order they came out in? About Empire, I think a lot of people see it as a kid so they don't know the twist before they see it. Attack of the Clones is probably the worst one so to see you put that over Empire and A New Hope is just... new to me. Natalie Portman hates her own performance in the prequels so you may be the only person on Earth to like her over Leia lol. I think my order is 5, 7, 4, 6, R1, 3, 1, 2. I alternate whether 1 or 2 is the worst depending on which one I've seen most recently.

I'm excited for 8, but really curious how this Han Solo movie is gonna turn out.

I watched it 1-7. Not really a Star Wars fan as a kid or anything so maybe that has something to do with it too, basically already knowing the storyline/characters before even watching.

I just liked the story telling in certain movies. Like Attack of the Clones, how much it starts planting the seeds for Anakin turning with his mom dying, him killing that village, bashing Obi Wan and all that.

Everyone has their own taste/preference. Sure, mine obviously isn't anywhere close to the majority, but it's my opinion for myself. Not saying everyone should have same or similar order as me. Look on bright side, at least I said 1 was the worst, and Jar-Jar was annoying.

[DieHardYankee26]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

We went through the Star Wars movies (4-6 then 1-3) about 2 or 3 months ago.

Prequel reviews:

Spoiler

The Phantom Menace - I probably hadn't seen this movie since it was released on home video initially. My problems with this are mostly attributable to its execution and its over-reliance on CGI over practical effects (which continues into Episode II). I liked the casting and the basis of the characters this movie laid out. Yes, some of the dialogue is cheesy and Jar Jar is a bumbling mess, but I wouldn't call this an outright terrible film. It is fun and paces itself adequately.


Attack of the Clones - Now this. This is a terrible film. At its best times it feels like a glued-together Shakespearean dialogue love story stuck between a ridiculously conflated political 'thriller.' There's all these supposed twists and discoveries, but nothing comes to fruition. There's so much in the shadows or 'behind the shroud of the Dark Side' that what little you actually see seems pointless.

Whatever good basis Episode I provided for its characters Episode II does away in the very beginning. I hate advancing 10 years. You leave off with a young kid who is hopeful, smart, and likable, but you get ****ing Hayden Christensen, his chester-molester creeper gaze, arrogant whiny diatribes, and his woefully Shakespearean lines on sand. Of the 20 "building relationship" scenes with Anakin and Padme only one feels close to any type of organic, relationship building. They should have went straight to Anakin wanting to rescue his mother from the very beginning. That was good. Everything around it was bad.

Meanwhile Jesus Kenobi is out on some bumbling secret spy mission that is suppose to be the literal progression of a two hour movie. The plot advances at such a slow pace you have to remind yourself why Kenobi is doing this and perhaps it would have been helpful if he reminded himself, too. The man has no stealth or sense of creep. Strolling through the worst defended secret bases with robes billowing and that Jesus smirk of his.

Kenobi is really a small sample of how lame the Jedi are in this movie as a whole. I really dislike the Jedi as super powered super heroes that this movie showcases visually. On the other hand they are oblivious to everything including their own padawan's thoughts and feelings. Anakin bitches about Kenobi any chance he gets, disrespects every authority figure he's standing beside, and has the arrogance of a silver spoon, but yet his "true feelings" are somehow masked from these great Jedi around. The closest Kenobi gets to any type of clarity is admitting he's failed teaching him. No. ****ing. ****.

Natalie Portman looks beautiful throughout this movie so I'll give her sudden jumps to decisions a pass. Her dialogue is just as lame as Anakin's. I would say to watch their scenes muted, but their chemistry and body language is so awkward and creepy it actually makes no sense why these two want to be together apart from Anakin's 10 years of pining. Her best scene is telling Anakin to stop looking at me like I'm ****ing centerfold in the Sears catalog you ****ing creep.

And oh look. Yet another woefully underdeveloped Sith Vice President. At least he gets to fight another day and possibly some character development that is more than two sentences.

I'm not sure how anybody could put Rey over Leia at this point in time much less Amidala over Leia?

One of the few things the prequels got right was Obi-Wan's casting.

I've never understood why Darth Maul gets props as a popular villain. The dude literally did one thing and he died 30 seconds later.

The Darth Maul thing is peak Star Wars. We idolize Boba Fett because of the way Vader talked to him ONCE lol. As a kid, I loved Darth Maul for his look and lightsaber. In general though, anything that seems out of the ordinary from the prequels is lauded as revolutionary. The thing that makes the originals (to me, and like most sci-fi) stand out is the lack of exposition and sense of wonder everything comes with. It's a whole universe and everything in it is new. That feeling is taken away when you start giving superfluous exposition into intergalactic trade and just generally adding in plot that didn't make sense. Long story short, we love Darth Maul because he could've been a character in the originals, someone who you could wonder about instead of being told everything. Also, he's badass.

I watched it 1-7. Not really a Star Wars fan as a kid or anything so maybe that has something to do with it too, basically already knowing the storyline/characters before even watching.

I just liked the story telling in certain movies. Like Attack of the Clones, how much it starts planting the seeds for Anakin turning with his mom dying, him killing that village, bashing Obi Wan and all that.

Everyone has their own taste/preference. Sure, mine obviously isn't anywhere close to the majority, but it's my opinion for myself. Not saying everyone should have same or similar order as me. Look on bright side, at least I said 1 was the worst, and Jar-Jar was annoying.

I feel you on the fan thing, I didn't want to seem like I was being too serious or harsh. It's always fun I think for Star Wars fans to see new opinions. There's a ton of history and things get jumbled in ways that it's hard for a fan to separate so its a good perspective. It's weird though because of the way the series is set up. I think it's important for the series to establish that Vader is the man, everything flows from there. I always wonder with people who start with the prequels how they end up feeling (it never surprises me when they don't get attached) only because I don't think I ever could've taken Anakin seriously, he's so whiny and immature. It basically invalidates Vader's awesomeness lol, it just becomes too hard to believe that the dude who can't deal with the universal presence and coarseness of sand would turn into the Space Sauron.

[DJ]

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Here's my ranking:

Empire Strikes Back
Rogue One
A New Hope
Return of the Jedi
Force Awakens
Revenge of the Sith
Phantom Menace
Clone Wars

[DieHardYankee26]

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Not sure if you hate Attack of the Clones so much you're intentionally calling it The Clone Wars or if you hate Attack of the Clones so much that you rank The Clone Wars movie ahead of it and leave it off the list, but I don't see a problem either way lol.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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The Darth Maul thing is peak Star Wars. We idolize Boba Fett because of the way Vader talked to him ONCE lol. As a kid, I loved Darth Maul for his look and lightsaber. In general though, anything that seems out of the ordinary from the prequels is lauded as revolutionary. The thing that makes the originals (to me, and like most sci-fi) stand out is the lack of exposition and sense of wonder everything comes with. It's a whole universe and everything in it is new. That feeling is taken away when you start giving superfluous exposition into intergalactic trade and just generally adding in plot that didn't make sense. Long story short, we love Darth Maul because he could've been a character in the originals, someone who you could wonder about instead of being told everything. Also, he's badass.

Darth Maul looked awesome. His character design was great, but he had no development and didn't do much of anything in the movie. I know what is "job" was, but I've never understood his purpose and felt he was pushed into the open too soon. It would have been amazing if he was used in all 3 prequels - or at least two of them. Develop him. Make him an actual badass rather than just looking like one. Force Anakin to kill him in order to take his place as the Emperor's right hand. That would have been more compelling than the **** we actually got.

I get it, though. Lucas was doing a new Sith #2 in each of the prequels until lil Annie somehow turns into BAMF Darth Vader because Mommy issues and blue-balling for ten years.

Fett, though. I can understand the fandom. He ****ing captured Han Solo by leveraging his BFF against him. That's a BAMF move right there.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Darth Maul looked awesome. His character design was great, but he had no development and didn't do much of anything in the movie. I know what is "job" was, but I've never understood his purpose and felt he was pushed into the open too soon. It would have been amazing if he was used in all 3 prequels - or at least two of them. Develop him. Make him an actual badass rather than just looking like one. Force Anakin to kill him in order to take his place as the Emperor's right hand. That would have been more compelling than the **** we actually got.

I get it, though. Lucas was doing a new Sith #2 in each of the prequels until lil Annie somehow turns into BAMF Darth Vader because Mommy issues and blue-balling for ten years.

Fett, though. I can understand the fandom. He ****ing captured Han Solo by leveraging his BFF against him. That's a BAMF move right there.

Yeah you really can't question too deeply anything in the prequels without coming to the realization that they should've never existed in the form that they did. There are just some really inexplicable things happening. I need to read the Making Of trilogy for the original movies. I can never give Lucas the **** a lot of people do, but it is pretty apparent the difference between him being the final word and being the guy with the ideas trying to get stuff in.

[Majingir]

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Lion

What a tremendous story and the manner in which it was portrayed was so well done.

Didn't see the whole movie, but saw some scenes of it(mostly with him as a little kid) and read up about the whole movie. Sad parts of it obviously mostly just revolving around him as a little kid getting separated from his family and having no idea what do to.

Those types of movies are always sad to me(the ones with kids getting separated from/losing one or both parents). Probably more cause you can feel for them if you were in their shoes, compared to other types of movies where even if it's sad moments, you can't really picture yourself losing your best friend in an alien invasion attack or something random like that.