What movies have you seen recently?

[DieHardYankee26]

What movies have you seen recently?

Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition (4 [hours]/5)

You think you have a good understanding of how time works, and then you sit down for a 4 hour movie. It’s how I imagine Goku felt in the hyperbolic time chamber. I just finished the book the other day, and consider myself an expert on the first hour of this movie because I used to use it as a sedative on Christmas Eve, but this is my first time seeing the entire thing. There were a lot more changes from the book than I expected but I liked them because I didn’t love the book. They spend half the book calling Aragorn “Strider” and I’m like just call him Aragorn, what are we doing here? I also was waiting in the book for “YOU SHALL NOT PASS” and it doesn’t happen, he just keeps saying “You cannot pass”. Boromir is also kinda an ******* in the book, and he’s played like a much better dude in the movie. The end is also different, which I feel like Peter Jackson spoiled some of the Two Towers book for me so thanks for that.

Good movie, with a solid ending. The ending was a big part of why I wanted to watch because the end of the book is not super satisfying, and the end of Dune was less than satisfying to me, so I wanted to see how they pulled this off and the answer was just change it so Denis has no excuse. I think what I knew from the movies definitely affected my reading experience so I’m kinda curious like how people who went back and read the Harry Potter books felt after watching the movies first. A movie adaptation better than the book, I never thought I’d see the day.

[LambertandHam]

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Midnight Run down. Still as fun as I remember. De Niro is great, Grodin plays off him well. Yaphet Kotto and Denis Farina have their moments, but John Ashton's character stole the show for me whenever he was on screen.


Always liked that the movie could flip from

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talking about Jack's love of chickens to something serious like letting go of his ex wife.

[KSUowls]

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Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition (4 [hours]/5)

You think you have a good understanding of how time works, and then you sit down for a 4 hour movie. It’s how I imagine Goku felt in the hyperbolic time chamber. I just finished the book the other day, and consider myself an expert on the first hour of this movie because I used to use it as a sedative on Christmas Eve, but this is my first time seeing the entire thing. There were a lot more changes from the book than I expected but I liked them because I didn’t love the book. They spend half the book calling Aragorn “Strider” and I’m like just call him Aragorn, what are we doing here? I also was waiting in the book for “YOU SHALL NOT PASS” and it doesn’t happen, he just keeps saying “You cannot pass”. Boromir is also kinda an ******* in the book, and he’s played like a much better dude in the movie. The end is also different, which I feel like Peter Jackson spoiled some of the Two Towers book for me so thanks for that.

Good movie, with a solid ending. The ending was a big part of why I wanted to watch because the end of the book is not super satisfying, and the end of Dune was less than satisfying to me, so I wanted to see how they pulled this off and the answer was just change it so Denis has no excuse. I think what I knew from the movies definitely affected my reading experience so I’m kinda curious like how people who went back and read the Harry Potter books felt after watching the movies first. A movie adaptation better than the book, I never thought I’d see the day.

Oh man. Guessing this will be the first time watching Two Towers? Enjoy man. Those movies have literally gotten better every single time that I have watched them, and Two Towers was always my favorite. Also, not a huge fan of the Fellowship of the Ring book. I've tried to read it a dozen times, but when you think about the pacing vs the first movie it is just shocking how little happens in the book for such a long time. It was interesting to see some of the additional characters that were left out of the movie though. It added a bit to the world building of Middle Earth.

It's been years since I have read Harry Potter, but I read all of them both before and after the movies. I enjoyed the first 2 movies, but none of the movies hold a candle to the books. Not that Harry Potter is some literary masterpiece, but it's definitely one of those occasions where you notice a lot of things omitted in a movie or changed altogether to make it easier to fit the story inside of a 2.5 hour box.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Candyman(2021) was actually pretty good.

[dubcity]

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Tales From The Hood ***
Leprechaun 3 *
Leprechaun in the Hood ***

Leprechaun in the Hood is way more funny and entertaining than it has any right to be as a direct to video release. Also cracks me up seeing everyone in Lugz gear. The good old days lol.

[Blzer]

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I haven't seen those movies, but I've seen the Double Toasted reviews on them and they are hilarious as ****.


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[dubcity]

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I haven't seen those movies, but I've seen the Double Toasted reviews on them and they are hilarious as ****.


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Will have to check those out.

I honestly wouldn't put Tales From The Hood in the bad movies category with the others. It actually holds up well for a 25 year old movie, and has some interesting ideas. The way it mixes social commentary with horror, wish fulfillment and comedy is pretty unique. The ending is straight up goofy as hell, but it never reaches the level of dumb that the Leprechaun movies do.

[DieHardYankee26]

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The Two Towers Extended Edition (5/5)

Epic both in runtime and in quality. A much less exhausting watch than Fellowship despite being longer. I actually liked the book, but mixing up the storylines is definitely the best way to tell this story and it kinda makes me wonder if a fan has recut the book in the way of the movie. Aragorn is the man, and going between Helm's Deep and the Ents wrecking Isengard is just awesome. I wish I had seen this before Game of Thrones because I remember the comparisons then but didn't know what they were talking about. A 4 hour movie that I know I will watch again is quite a feat. The best compliment I can give this movie is I never wanted to call Saruman Count Dooku...but on the other side of that coin, I was waiting for Elrond to put on sunglasses and say "MISTER ANDERSON" and the head elf that comes to help at Helm's Deep definitely looks like Lucious Malfoy. I couldn't believe that wasn't him but it's also been a while since I've seen the HP movies. Also found out that the Aragorn Arwen stuff is apparently in the appendix for Return of the King so I guess I'll have to make sure I read all the way through it. No Shelob or Gandalf scaring Saruman into staying in his tower so maybe those are in Return of the King.

Injustice (1.5/5)

On the movie itself: People seem to really hate the animation style, I don't like it, for lack of a better term it feels very static, like they didn't have the budget to move everything at once, but I don't hate it. I also was not a fan of Britta as Harley Quinn, just didn't sound right to me.

On the Injustice storyline:

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Evil Superman is easy, it's so easy that it's boring. Not only that, but if I wanted it I'd watch Invincible or The Boys because those are more compelling versions of it to me. Superman losing Lois and throwing a tantrum is not Superman, that's that loser Batman. I didn't understand why I hated this story so much until I saw a comment someone made saying "everything DC does is to cater to Batman fans". I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Thank the comic gods that when I was a little kid I had the Superman that I had and not one that would've made me even more depressed. Even as a cynic myself, I'm so over these cynical takes on everything. I'm not even watching it, but maybe Ted Lasso can bring happiness back. This stuff sucks. **** all of the following: Batman, Zack Snyder, Man of Steel, Injustice, and Christopher Nolan for picking Zack Snyder over Matt Reeves to make Man of Steel. /rant

Se7en (4.5/5)

Not much to say, incredible movie. WHAT'S IN THE ****ING BOX?!? Brad Pitt is great in this. And Kevin Spacey's bag being deceptive, creepy characters is unsurprising looking back. Bro is undefeated in his scumbag...bag. I'm about to get on a Fincher run starting with...Aliens 3? I guess it's about time I watched this again anyway.

[LambertandHam]

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Fincher is an interesting director. His remake of "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" is solid with Craig and Mara, kinda prefer the original.

[DieHardYankee26]

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I’ll watch both then. I’ve seen and liked Aliens 3, Fight Club, and The Social Network but never looked into him. It’s wild that he went from directing music videos to his first feature being a new entry in such a huge franchise, but it was also the beginning of the end so I’m sure there’s a story there.

[Armor and Sword]

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I’ll watch both then. I’ve seen and liked Aliens 3, Fight Club, and The Social Network but never looked into him. It’s wild that he went from directing music videos to his first feature being a new entry in such a huge franchise, but it was also the beginning of the end so I’m sure there’s a story there.

Love Alien 3……especially the Director’s cut.


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[KSUowls]

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Tales From The Hood ***
Leprechaun 3 *
Leprechaun in the Hood ***

Leprechaun in the Hood is way more funny and entertaining than it has any right to be as a direct to video release. Also cracks me up seeing everyone in Lugz gear. The good old days lol.

Just to play it safe with any TOS

A friend with **** is a friend indeed.

The Two Towers Extended Edition (5/5)

Epic both in runtime and in quality. A much less exhausting watch than Fellowship despite being longer. I actually liked the book, but mixing up the storylines is definitely the best way to tell this story and it kinda makes me wonder if a fan has recut the book in the way of the movie. Aragorn is the man, and going between Helm's Deep and the Ents wrecking Isengard is just awesome. I wish I had seen this before Game of Thrones because I remember the comparisons then but didn't know what they were talking about. A 4 hour movie that I know I will watch again is quite a feat. The best compliment I can give this movie is I never wanted to call Saruman Count Dooku...but on the other side of that coin, I was waiting for Elrond to put on sunglasses and say "MISTER ANDERSON" and the head elf that comes to help at Helm's Deep definitely looks like Lucious Malfoy. I couldn't believe that wasn't him but it's also been a while since I've seen the HP movies. Also found out that the Aragorn Arwen stuff is apparently in the appendix for Return of the King so I guess I'll have to make sure I read all the way through it. No Shelob or Gandalf scaring Saruman into staying in his tower so maybe those are in Return of the King.

It was less than a year ago when I rewatched this entire trilogy, and your posts are making me want to sink another 12 hours into it soon.

The battle at Helms Deep is truly one of the most epic moments in movie history. Well, it's not really a moment is it? The whole sequence lasts like 40 minutes.

[Armor and Sword]

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Just to play it safe with any TOS

A friend with **** is a friend indeed.






It was less than a year ago when I rewatched this entire trilogy, and your posts are making me want to sink another 12 hours into it soon.

The battle at Helms Deep is truly one of the most epic moments in movie history. Well, it's not really a moment is it? The whole sequence lasts like 40 minutes.

The Two Towers Extended Edition is my fav in the trilogy.

Finally Got the 4K Extended Versions.


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[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Watched a couple of "horror" movies over the weekend.

The Descent - The second half of that movie was pretty nuts. Some pretty gruesome stuff in there. First half had more jump scares. Second half was more of an action thriller. Overall, I think it was a pretty good horror movie. Not one I'll feel the need to come back to or watch the sequel or anything, but fairly entertaining.

Midsommar - The cinematography and use of music and sound were beautiful, but the movie wasn't actually good IMO. It obviously borrowed a lot from The Wicker Man and the characters weren't really believable to me despite some great acting performances.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Prisoners (5/5)

So Wolverine and the OG War Machine, who is married to Amanda Waller, are friends, and one of each of their kids go missing. Wolverine thinks The Riddler kidnapped them. When they call the police, Mysterio (whose name is Loki) is assigned to the case. At one point Wolverine is talking to the Riddler and actually says "come on man, no more riddles". But

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Wolverine was wrong! It wasn't the Riddler, it was the Polka Dot Man!

SIKE, it wasn't him either! Great performances from Jake Gyllenhall and Hugh Jackman, Paul Dano is elite at getting his *** beat on camera, he should be great in The Batman. Jake's obsession with the case reminded me of when Prez wanted to help Dookie after he left his grade and the principal told him "These aren't your kids". Love the ending. In Denis I trust. Dune is the worst movie of his I've seen and I still liked it a lot.

Fincher Chronicles

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Zodiac (3.5/5)

Iron Man is a newspaper writer who is working with a detective (the Incredible Hulk) and a comic sketch artist (Mysterio) to track down the Zodiac Killer. The thing about this movie is I've known about it forever but for some reason I thought the Zodiac Killer killed people based on their zodiac signs, so I kinda thought Zodiac was more like Se7en. A well made movie for sure, but about an hour and 40 minutes in I was kinda bored. We know they never caught the guy, so the mystery isn't that mysterious. It's also not particularly thrilling. I wouldn't watch this again.

Alien 3 (3/5)

I've said my piece about Aliens, it's a fine movie, but I don't want action in my Alien. I'm not a horror fan, but I love sci-fi, so Alien is the one horror franchise that I really love. This movie taking it back to its roots I appreciate. When the xenomorph bursts out of the bull when they're eulogizing Newt, just greatness, this is the way. And Sigourney Weaver carries this franchise on her back, she is just the best. Tywin Lannister and Charles Dutton are great, the movie goes down a notch with the way they did Tywin. The problem with this movie to me, is it's 30 minutes longer than the original and I don't feel like I get much more out of it than the original. I do love the 1st person chase scenes though. Also, not getting the chestburster when Ripley sacrifices herself in the Assembly Cut threw me off.

The Game (3/5)
Todd Phillips should've copied this instead of Taxi Driver because this is a better Joker origin story than Joker. If my brother put me through so much **** that I tried to off myself the same way my dad did as a birthday present, I would've blown the brains out of every single person at that party. Right around the time they said the lawyer is in on it I just kinda rolled my eyes because it was turning into too much "ah-ha, everyone is in on it" but I didn't think it would end the way it did. Absolute garbage, then he thanks his brother. I'm telling you, they would've put me away for life after this dumb ****. At the very least, we would've thrown hands. It's not a bad movie, I just hate it lol. That being said, I will not forget it, and will probably end up watching it again just to see how people react to it. It's definitely a ride, and for me one of those movies I'd probably like more if I knew where it was going.

Fight Club (4/5)

It's so wild watching this as an adult, I feel like I watched this like 4 times a year every year from the start of middle school to the end of high school, but haven't seen it since. Most of the stuff I remember vividly has to do with Brad Pitt: him ****ing around with nunchucks, pulling into the hallway and doing that weird 2 step when the police come to Marla's apartment, "we don't need Him" and the chemical burn. Then there's Ed Norton beating the **** out of himself in his boss's office. And one of my favorite movie conversations of all time: "Have we ever had sex?" "What kind of a stupid question is that?" "Is it a stupid question because the answer is yes or because the answer is no?" Classic. Those two and Helena Bonham Carter are just awesome in this. Had a friend in high school who watched it one time and started a fight club lol. Told him watch it again and think if he should be following the lead of a guy so delusional that that he complained about how consumerism had made him a zombie only to start a cult of dudes doting on every word he said. What a time. Still a great movie, and it's always fun to see what people get out of it. Kinda like American History X in that way I guess, Ed Norton has a way with these things. Marla is the real MVP.

Panic Room (3/5)
3 burglars break into the house of Clarice and her daughter, a young Princess Di who I didn't know had been acting this long, and force them to spend almost the entire movie in their you guessed it, panic room. It's at this point that I'm just like I don't know about this Fincher guy. On one hand, there are things about the movie that are great, he makes the house feel big and shows it off in unique ways with the camera going through floors, vents, and having a lot of stuff play out on cameras and intercoms. That stuff I like, and the banter between the burglars is funny. The problem is I again just don't really care about the premise of the movie, I see it like a super serious 2 hour version of when the dudes break into the 3 Ninjas house (I've never seen Home Alone but I imagine it's similar to that too). If you would've told me that Clarice's ex husband was her dad I would've believed it, dude looked old as hell. Bumpy Johnson/Lt. Kavanagh/Forrest Whitaker was dumb as hell at the end, bro should've been outta there. If these are the scripts this dude chooses he's probably just not for me, going to keep going anyway.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2.5/5)
This is a decent movie, but it's also a very long one. I just didn't enjoy watching it very much. My biggest problem with the movie is this: he was born as a baby with the features of an old man (arthritis, cataracts, etc.). Why did he then age back into a baby? Shouldn't he have just been a young looking old man? Seeing a kid with dementia was heartbreaking, but it didn't make sense, even in a movie with a premise that is inherently fantastical.

The Social Network (5/5)
I first saw this movie on a field trip in 12th grade for my computer networking class and there are a number of quotes from it that I use regularly, I just love it. "You have part of my attention, the minimum amount." "The shoe is on the other..." "Foot?" "Table, which has turned." "He's 25 minutes late." "He founded Napster at 19." "He's not a God." "Then what is he?" "He's 25 minutes late." Jesse Eisenberg doing a robot impression despite the fact that we now know Zuckerberg to be more of an alien doesn't bother me, nor does the fact that they set everything up to be about getting one girl when Zuck has had the same girlfriend since his sophomore year of college. There's a thing when you're playing a game that's been remade and you realize how it really was instead of how you remember it, this movie does that for me with Pirates of Silicon Valley, which I still love. I kinda wish that story could get a Sorkin rewrite. Just a great movie, Sorkin put his foot in this script. Great Lex Luthor origin story.

Eternals (3/5)

It's a Marvel movie with an extra 30 minutes tacked on. They basically turned what could've been the best Marvel limited series into another mediocre Marvel movie. It's basically The Old Guard mixed with Invincible with some Venom sprinkles for the deviants. I will say the movie is as beautiful as it is long, which is to say it looks amazing, I can't think of another Marvel movie that would compete. The look of the celestials is awesome, the deviants are not a high point in the movie and honestly could've been taken out altogether and probably should have but they look good for what they are, all of the powers look cool...Remember when Justice League came out and we all said they should've done solo movies first? This is basically Marvel doing the same thing except there's no way they could've gotten off solo movies for these no name characters. There are 10 Eternals, enough said. Another thing I liked (minus the Hiroshima foolery) is the way they weaved the stories into actual history like the way they explain the Icarus story. The normal Marvel humor had like a 20% hit rate for me, just wasn't feeling it. Jon Snow and Robb Stark both proclaiming their love for Sersi has to be one of the oddest mixes of storytelling and casting ever in movie history. The CG in the first post credits scene is also a mess which felt weird after the movie as a whole looked so good.

Me watching the trailer: Is Marvel going to do Superman better than DC?

Me watching the movie:

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FOR THE LOVE OF CLARK KENT MORE EVIL SUPERMAN?!? WHY GOD WHY?!? The Tinkerbell crap where Sprite wants to be a human I thought was trash. Ikaris actually flying into the sun, like come on dude?

And the second post credits scene:

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BLADE!!!!!!