Wolverine's hair is on point in the 2nd one.
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Wolverine's hair is on point in the 2nd one.
Watched this Saturday night at a party while playing Cards Against Humanity. It's a good party movie to not really pay attention to, bro. Dude, weed LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
I think you could edit a good movie out of first class, but it really struck me as a ton of fluff with 30 minutes of a movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
If you choose to watch the first solo wolverine movie, at least watch the version without the special effects added in.
I forgot Kevin Bacon was even in First Class.
Season 2 of BoJack Horseman is great! I went through it really fast, I wish there was more. Show runners must have a series rolodex, cameos all over the place.
Meant to post this earlier, but I saw a documentary over the weekend called Tim's Vermeer. Basically, a wealthy inventor tries to reproduce a Vermeer painting without having any formal training in art. Good stuff. Highly recommended for you artsy folks out there.
I apologize in advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=wR8COL2GGTw
lol that Wolverine movie was something else.
It starts out good, then really tanks.
I watched the world's end. That was a pretty rad power Rangers movie.
WTF?! I didn't know this existed. It's so weird. Like Boston Common or Seinfeild cover of the movie. I'm only a couple minutes in but The Dante guy & Lasagna girl nail it, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
So weird! The writing is almost there, but the shoehorned sitcom jokes constantly take you out of "character". Plus I actually like Jim Brewer and Randall was always my favorite character, but what horrible casting! Randall is smug & obnoxious. Brewer is just obnoxious. Last, why add 'Todd'? He does nothing?
Edit: the only good (not ironic) joke is the end.
The bits of the movie soundtrack in there seem to help it a lot. The sitcom joke setups are pretty brutal.
I was a huge fan of the animated series. I like this because it's jarring. But damn, if only when Sopranos came about, if HBO would have set up a two-three season 8-12 episode run of a Smith ran Clerks... I'd trade that for Jersey Girl & Daredevil. :(
I like Jersey Girl. :(
I sat through Wet Hot American Summer: The series. I can't say that I found it overly funny or entertaining, but I can say I'm happy all the people in it were able to get a paycheck.
I reaaaallly like it
There's some funny shit in there. I'm not a big fan of the movie too.
I'm a huge fan of the movie and surprised how much this is rocking it, for my tastes at least. Netflix arrested development it is not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
Xmen First Class was surprisingly good.
Wild Tales - Pretty entertaining Argentinian movie. It's more like a handful of short films in one about people being pushed too far and snapping.
For TV shows:
Unreal - I'm looking forward to the finale. I would never watch one of those bachelor shows but a drama/comedy set on one of those works surprisingly well.
Complications - Lots of intense moments. Hopefully it won't get cancelled.
Zoo - The premise is unrealistic and stupid. And the acting is mediocre. But I'm still watching it so it manages to be interesting enough.
Cordon - I finished season 1. It's certainly worth checking out if you like virus outbreak themed stuff.
Just caught the new Mission Impossible. Not too bad, entertaining movie. I guess my only problem was things didn't seem impossible enough, if there can be such a thing.
Mission: Probable
I mean they even joke about it at one point. "Of course he can do that, that's nothing"
Still a solid movie though.
Ex Machina - great movie. I loved it.
With this and Humans I wonder if cyborgs are going to become the new zombies in pop culture.
I'm OK with that. I imagine the Quarantines are too.
I don't think many people saw Ex Machina.
That's too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
The dance scene puts that movie over the top, it's amazing.
Seems like it had a lot in common with "Splice".
Ex Machina is a much better movie, though.
Noted, but similar.
I called it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Holliday
The new Mission Impossible. Was good stuff. Some pretty thrilling chase scenes and a cool opera scene. I'm ok with them making more.
Just finished the first season of Humans. Highly recommended, felt like an anime for some strange reason.
Random Netflix originals whenever free time surfaced the past few months.
Unbreakable- reasonably scratched the 30 Rock itch, was only put off by the lawyers routine and Kimmy's total inability to pull off Liz Lemon mannerisms.
Daredevil- excellent. Kingpin was fantastic and Murdock was decent as well. The part where Leiland suddenly grows a spine felt totally out of place and fight scenes/double crosses started to wear thin. Otherwise they handled this very well.
Bojack Horseman- only a few episodes in, some witty dialogue but seems like it could get stagnant quick.
Bones Brigade - A doc from a few years ago about Powell-Peralta's original Bones Brigade crew. Really good stuff. Rodney Mullen is a strange, beautiful genius.
Bojack Horseman (Season 2) - I liked the first season a lot but felt it was a little too uneven to be considered great. Season 2 has a couple of rough spots, but is otherwise way more consistent and seriously fucking pitch black at times. Escape from L.A. in particular is one of the grimmest, most painful half hours of television I've ever watched. Utterly brilliant.
This show looks fantastic. Make that shit so, son.
Yeah, this could be interesting. I loled during one preview when he's curled up and says in a whimpering voice, "Spoon me!" Who'da thought Captain Picard had so much range? Those Strongbow commercials were apparently no fluke!
The Wolverine was pretty good, but First Class is still my favourite.
Cabin in the Woods.
This is brilliant. I understand what you guys were freaking out about now.
That fucking joker Anthony was trying to say it was shit, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
I love First Class.
I thought it was shit.
C-. It's not any better or worse than X-Men 3, they're both shades of 'doesn't quite work'. Same with Future Past.
Hell, the entire Fox X-Men franchise is like a solid C.
Your mom is shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
None of the films can hold a candle to Pryde of the X-men.
WatQuote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I stand by it. Come at me bro.
Redub Wolverine and it's all I'll ever want out of the franchise. Konami's X-Men didn't just appear out of thin air.Quote:
Originally Posted by BerringerX
Those movies are all laughably bad.
Absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
The Nightcrawler action scenes and that Quicksilver thing were good. And First Class Fassbender/McAvoy were fun. Oh and I think Jackman does Wolverine pretty well despite everything they attempt to do with him.
But everything else about all of those movies is underwhelming.
I stand by my review that the only good parts were Xavier, Fassbender, and Bacon, and scenes not involving them were generally awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
I think DOFP was significantly better than first class.
2 was pretty good.
Agreed, 2 was a fun movie. 3 was shit. First Class I liked, mostly because of McAvoy and Fassbender. haven't seen DOFP.
X-men is the Farscape of super hero movies.
That makes Fantastic Four the Galactica 80s.
I like all the Xmen movies except maybe 3, that was turdy.
Wow, so Days of Future Past was solid. I'm bummed I don't have any more movies to watch.
Gradually watching Wrestlemania III on VHS after finding it in the back of an ancient video store. Amazing! Grown men wrestle midgets in this shit, it is wild.
overgrown men, if i recall. King Kong Bundy yes?
And Hillbilly Jim, yeah!
Jesse Ventura and Gorilla Monsoon are doing a lot of the color commentary, it's awesome.
My childhood interest in any of this stuff died out around Wrestlemania VIII, it's cool checking back and seeing the weirdo kabuki antics playing out.
First episode of Wayward Pines.
Seems incredibly derivative, but the cast is fucking solid. I'm sticking with it for a few more episodes.
That's the show that looks like a Twin Peaks rip?
Yep
i started watching Tokyo Ghoul so good. on ep 12 of season 1 right now. not to often do you see a main character get fucked up teh way he is
Edge of Tomorrow, it is like a sci-if movie version of Dark Souls, and it is damn awesome. Emily Blunt also looks hot as hell.
Yep, agreed on both accounts, though I hadn't considered the first. Very smart movie (except for that boner of an ending), creative, emotionally engaging. I'm surprised it didn't get a better response on TNL. My guess is that seemingly generic sci-fi of Cruz's Oblivion and the similarity to the Elysium's exo-armor made everyone assume it would be mediocre.
We've talked about it here (fantastic with a horrible ending), but a lot of people skipped it. The marketing was weird.
Tom Cruise gets a lot of hate but most of his movies are solid. Oblivion was ok for a little while. Until the whole clone garbage began.
If you haven't watched Jack Reacher, do so.
I liked oblivion.
He's in a lot of good movies but I never feel they're good because of him. He could be replaced by someone else in pretty much every one.Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilMog
Disagree. He's particularly apt at selling unbelievable shots in a relatable way, not everyone can pull that off --or they would. He has a high level of Movie Star Charisma, it's a lot more subtle in action than you'd figure.
Have you seen EoT yet? It is a lot better than Oblivion (which was decent)Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Do stick with it. The Twin Peaks-esqueness of it gets thrown out a few episodes in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
Yep.
Watch Moon instead of Oblivion.
Watch both, because they're both good.
I read the books, damn near completely different.Quote:
Originally Posted by BerringerX
Pacific Rim on Bluray, looks ridicilous. Just as fun the 3rd time around.
I thought Wet, Hot American Summer was supposed to be funny.
I laughed a couple of times here and there, but overall it was really stupid =[ Why is there a series based on this now, and is it better than the movie?
If you don't like the movie, you definitely won't like the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
Michael Showalter being so fat actually made the first episode funnier.
I thought the series was funnier than the movie but I found the movie funny as well.
I thought them to be about the same amount of funniness, which wasn't much.
The series is a little funnier tbh.
I love most of the people involved in this. I'm kind of shocked at how blah the movie was for me.
Right? I tried watching it a while ago and was just like... that's it?
The series went a little too stupid for me.
Ya, Archer just turned into a can of peaches, I'm out.
Mixed vegetables... did you not see the movie?
I did, but don't care enough to get the details correct.
The Came Together is another David Wain/Michael Showalter movie that is like 100x funnier.
Thanks to daveisok for the recommendation.
Took advantage of having to sit on a couch for 2 hours by watching Seeking a Friend for the End of The World.
I dug it, pretty dark!
That one is still on my list.
It's a romantic comedy in the fact that there are a few funny parts, and the guy is chasing an old flame. That's it, not typical.
We watched that movie too. It was good. That ending though. Damn.
Yeah, it was one of those things that I thought they wouldn't do, but they went ahead and did it.Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilMog
The Man From UNCLE - Sure is a Guy Ritchie movie. I enjoyed it but it's pretty generic all over.
Mystery Team - That's an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back.
Tron - The sound mixing got butchered something fierce (couldn't find a volume that wouldn't destroy my ears from sound effects at the same time that I could hear the dialogue), and it really struck me how sterile everything was. It almost feels like they were going out of their way to avoid any possible sexualization, except for a really weird moment early on where Jeff Bridges gets really sweaty from playing a video game and walks around buff and shirtless from all that programming.
Tron Legacy - Still feels very slick and I think they did a much better job explaining (and not explaining) things than the original. Bridges is so much more fun in this one.
Up - Damn good movie. Can't believe I hadn't seen this before.
Local Hero - featuring Impossibly Young Peter Capaldi and Wedge from the Star Wars movies. Quirky, doesn't quite mesh as a movie, but interesting to see.
Mystery Team is such a fucking waste, goes to show not every sketch group should make a movie.
I've been watching The Rockford Files while I rehabilitate. While many shows today share a similar blueprint, they just dont make shows like this anymore. Scenes are allowed to breathe (maybe sometimes too much), the car chases are believable and discernable (to the point of boring, perhaps), and the fights are terribly choreographed, but again believable. Most people can only take a couple of punches before they go down. What I like best, aside from the cars, is watching the hub caps break continuity. Cars lose em, regain em, lose em again and may be get one or two back before the chase ends. I also like seeing background characters or special guests that eventually go on to bigger and better gigs.
A lot of these shows dont hold up, for me this one does.
I actually really liked it. I'm a little surprised at the so so reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
I have a funny feeling the movie would have been more like the series had it not been a studio release. The Wet Hot American Summer series surprised me! It kept my spirits up during a sick day.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb