The "I'm watching/just watched *movie title* thread....

[Dr. MD MD]

She was just on The Orville. Still trying to unsee her role from Monster.

We know that you'd secretly like her to manhandle you. 

[21st Century Man]

She was just on The Orville. Still trying to unsee her role from Monster.

I'm glad I missed Monster.

[Dr. MD MD]

I'm glad I missed Monster.

I thought it was a decent movie. It has to be over a decade now since I saw it so perhaps my memory is a little fuzzy on it.

[GravitySucks]

I'm glad I missed Monster.

I forget how much weight she said she had to gain to play that role. Something like 30 pounds.



http://ew.com/tv/the-orville-charlize-theron-photos/3

[TigerLily]

Just saw It.  Excellent horror movie.  Along with the first Conjuring flick, it is among the best horror films of this century and one of the best King adaptations maybe only surpassed by The Shining.  A great coming of age tale. It surpasses the tv version though Tim Curry did an excellent job in that adaptation. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

I do indeed agree.  It had the feel of Stand By Me but with many real spine tingly chills.  I actually had a nightmare that night after seeing it. Although I guess that could have been the Kung Pao chicken I ate for dinner

[Swishypants]

I thought it was a decent movie. It has to be over a decade now since I saw it so perhaps my memory is a little fuzzy on it.

Drinking cum in alleyways will do that to your memory faggot.

[TigerLily]

I saw "Blade Runner 2049" last week, along with the original, kicking off the package.  I'm glad I got to see the original once again. I wish I could say the same about 2049.  You're right, 21st, Gosling is just not leading man material in my book.  I assume Gosling meets today's criteria with his effeminate and non-threatening appearance.  He looks flat and seems to be sleepwalking through most of the movie, even as a replicant.  For that matter, most of the cast seems to be posing as actors, either over-acting, acting awkwardly, or, damn, I don't know what they're trying to do.  The one that really takes the cake is Jared Leto.  Gads, does he suck.  What a pretentious blowhard.  Pitiful.

The movie drags along until Harrison Ford finally appears.  Ford really shows his age, whether purposeful or not, but he puts the rest of the cast to shame.  At least the guy has some cojones or can act like he does, without coming across as a laughable phony.  The one seemingly decent actress is Ana de Armas.  Ironically, she plays the hologram "love interest" of Gosling.  The hologram acted more human and was easier to empathise with than the rest of characters. 

Sorry, I'd never classify "2049" anywhere near the original.  By today's laughable standards, it's passable, with some interesting scenes, but it's somewhat of a slow-motion mess, overall.  No one approached Rutger Hauer's performance, hell, no one even approached William Sanderson's qualities.  The best part for me?  Gosling dies shortly before the end of the movie, before the first pile of dirt is mercifully thrown on this disappointing miscarriage.

The pace was so ... slow. Dirgelike. Very atmospheric to the point of downright somber. The acting was somnolent. No spoilers but at the end, I didn't really care what happened to the characters. Sort of "so what". Very disappointing. Especially since Ridley Scott didn't direct but was involved I thought he would be able to capture the magic from the original

[Rix Gins]

I watched Alien Arrival (2016) on Netflix.  It's about a warrior, ex-convict, mechanic dude who is stranded on a far away moon.  Beautifully filmed.  Strange to say, but it felt like I was watching a science fiction novel.

[TigerLily]

I think I forgot to put it here but months ago I watched Atomic Blonde the story was a little  convoluted but it was fun. Charlize Theron played a surprisingly good action star. There was a 7 minute fight scene that was a good a fight scene I have every seen that seems to have been done on a one shot

I really enjoyed that movie. Charlize was great in it. A serious kickass grrrl. I guess not that surprising after Mad Max. But she must have had to train for weeks just for that one fight scene. No CGI or fancy editing and no stand in.  Great fun

I was surprised to see her in The Orville a couple of weeks ago. Kind of seemed like slumming but I guess sometimes girls just wanna have fun

[Dr. MD MD]

Drinking cum in alleyways will do that to your memory faggot.

Talking to yourself again? Time to up the meds and maybe consider electroshock. 

Stupid faggot!  :

[Swishypants]

Talking to yourself again? Time to up the meds and maybe consider electroshock. 

Stupid faggot!  :

[TigerLily]

Talking to yourself again? Time to up the meds and maybe consider electroshock. 

Stupid faggot!  :

Dude. He has a serious crush on you

[Dr. MD MD]

Dude. He has a serious crush on you

I know! I'm starting to think maybe it's Jackstar trying to get me to ask mv to bring back the ignore feature. 

[Swishypants]

[TigerLily]

I know! I'm starting to think maybe it's Jackstar trying to get me to ask mv to bring back the ignore feature. 

Why? Do you have some kind of special voodoo over mv (praised be his name)? Turbo mode perhaps?

[Swishypants]

[Dr. MD MD]

Why? Do you have some kind of special voodoo over mv (praised be his name)? Turbo mode perhaps?

No, no voodoo but Jack probably feels that the more people who bug him about it the more likely it will happen. I think I've been granted turbo mode a couple of times now but I've never been informed as to the extra features.

[Jackstar]

I'm starting to think maybe it's Jackstar

I'm in your headJust scroll past it.

[Jackstar]

Jack probably feels

Not so far.

[ItsOver]

The pace was so ... slow. Dirgelike. Very atmospheric to the point of downright somber. The acting was somnolent. No spoilers but at the end, I didn't really care what happened to the characters. Sort of "so what". Very disappointing. Especially since Ridley Scott didn't direct but was involved I thought he would be able to capture the magic from the original

Same sentiments here, TL, for 2049.  Rutger Hauer was a total bad-ass in Blade Runner but his classic "Time to die" scene can move a person to tears.  You don't need three hours to make an impact you can make in a minute.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."



In the documentary Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner, Hauer, director Ridley Scott, and screenwriter David Peoples stated that Hauer wrote the "Tears in Rain" speech. There were earlier versions of the speech in Peoples's draft screenplays; one included the sentence "I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C-beams glitter in the dark, near the Tannhäuser Gate" In his autobiography, Hauer said he merely cut the original scripted speech by several lines, adding only "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain", although the original script, displayed during the documentary, before Hauer's rewrite, does not mention "Tannhäuser Gate":

I have known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I've been Offworld and back...frontiers! I've stood on the back deck of a blinker bound for the Plutition Camps with sweat in my eyes watching the stars fight on the shoulder of Orion. I've felt wind in my hair, riding test boats off the black galaxies and seen an attack fleet burn like a match and disappear. I've seen it...felt it!

Hauer described this as "opera talk" and "hi-tech speech" with no bearing on the rest of the film, so he "put a knife in it" the night before filming, without Scott's knowledge. In an interview with Dan Jolin, Hauer said that these final lines showed that Batty wanted to "make his mark on existence ... the replicant in the final scene, by dying, shows Deckard what a real man is made of."

When Hauer performed the scene, the film crew applauded and some even cried.

[Zetaspeak]

I really enjoyed that movie. Charlize was great in it. A serious kickass grrrl. I guess not that surprising after Mad Max. But she must have had to train for weeks just for that one fight scene. No CGI or fancy editing and no stand in.  Great fun

I was surprised to see her in The Orville a couple of weeks ago. Kind of seemed like slumming but I guess sometimes girls just wanna have fun

Yeah that fight scene was one of the scenes you think "Wow that's next level stuff"

Charlize seems like a cool chick, willing to do some goofy fun TV stuff. I still remember her role on Arrested Development which I thought was great.

Over the weekend Orphan (09) was on TV, watched it once before on DVD. It's kind of a goofy thriller but has a favorite actress of mine (Vera Farmigia ) in it so i watch it. Creepy adopted kid causing trouble, not bad for a Halloween month viewing 

[ItsOver]

"The Elephant Man," on TCM, with Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt, as Merrick.  A brilliant, well-executed film, in black and white, unusual for the eighties.  Sad, soulful, but inspiring to watch, as the unfortunate character wrestles with his heart-breaking condition and the surrounding high-society of the day eventually rallies for him.  Anne Bancroft is wonderful, as the caring, Mrs. Kendal, who sees the true beauty of the man's soul, beyond the mask of a hideously deformed creature.  This is how a movie is done.

[Dr. MD MD]

"The Elephant Man," on TCM, with Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt, as Merrick.  A brilliant, well-executed film, in black and white, unusual for the eighties.  Sad, soulful, but inspiring to watch, as the unfortunate character wrestles with his heart-breaking condition and the surrounding high-society of the day eventually rallies for him.  Anne Bancroft is wonderful, as the caring, Mrs. Kendal, who sees the true beauty of the man's soul, beyond the mask of a hideously deformed creature.  This is how a movie is done.

Yeah, someone should just keep throwing money at Lynch to keep making movies. His movies almost always follow that same formula: disturbing yet compelling. Of course, he is getting up there in age now so I'm not sure how many movies might be left for him.

[Dr. MD MD]

[21st Century Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWzg9ClKa8g

[21st Century Man]

Marky Mark regrets making Boogie Nights and goes to bed at 7:30 PM so he can get up early and pray every day.

I'd rather he regret making the Transformers and Ted movies. 

Yeah, I know he doesn't like Boogie Nights now because it glorifies porn.  I understand and I'm glad that he has matured into an incredibly decent person but porn has become part of our culture, for better or worse and movies should deal realistically with that fact.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-cupich-wahlberg-1022-chicago-inc-20171020-story.html

[albrecht]

Marky Mark regrets making Boogie Nights and goes to bed at 7:30 PM so he can get up early and pray every day.

I'd rather he regret making the Transformers and Ted movies. 

Yeah, I know he doesn't like Boogie Nights now because it glorifies porn.  I understand and I'm glad that he has matured into an incredibly decent person but porn has become part of our culture, for better or worse and movies should deal realistically with that fact.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-cupich-wahlberg-1022-chicago-inc-20171020-story.html

I haven't seen it since it came out but I got the impression at the end that it showed the bad effects of the porn industry and lifestyle (prison, strung out, can't get it up, killings, disease, domestic violence, addiction, etc.)

[Swishypants]

"The Seven Samurai" & "Lawrence of Arabia" are the only two movies ever made. Everything else is erstaz.

[Dr. MD MD]

Everything else is erstaz.

So is your entire persona.  :

[Taaroa]

Just watched Thor: Ragnarok. It's basically another fairly forgettable superhero film with poor quality cgi and all the other things you find in the rest of the Marvel movies. Only see it if you enjoy those sorts of films and want more of the same, but don't go into it without having seen them as you probably won't know what's going on.

Has a lot of lowest-common-denominator humour and it's absolutely filled with characters with Kiwi accents and using their slang, so I guess you can tell the film was directed by a New Zealander.  :

They make a joke throughout the movie about calling Thor 'lord of thunder', and at the films climax he's asked what he's god of, and do you know what song they play? No, not God of Thunder by Kiss - that'd make too much sense thematically and lyrically. They play the bloody Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin set to slow motion fighting against cgi monsters.