Amentep Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/93291-movies-youve-seen-or-would-like-to-see-recently/page-38 Previously on the Obsidian Movie Thread, Bartimaeus expressed concern that he couldn't get into Japanese film, KaineParker enjoyed Stalker but was going to need to take time to think about it, and algroth enjoyed Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Return with us now to chronicle these thrilling days of our movie watching! 21 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
SonicMage117 Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 https://youtu.be/hOwIQNA9A8I Really looking forward to both of these. Braven is like a male Tomb Raider it seems. Jason Momoa is a cool dude . Just what do you think you're doing?! You dare to come between me and my prey? Is it a habit of yours to scurry about, getting in the way and causing bother? What are you still bothering me for? I'm a Knight. I'm not interested in your childish games. I need my rest. Begone! Lest I draw my nail...
algroth Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 To add a bit more on Three Billboards, I thoroughly agree with Kermode's review about it: My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Agiel Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Idea for a Star Wars movie so Disney has their screwball comedy segment covered: A group of Rebel Scum misfits who crew a commandeered AT-ST learn of a cache of Kyber Crystals or some such worth hundreds of millions of credits in a bank miles behind Imperial lines and go AWOL to seize it. At the climax of the film they confront the crew of an AT-AT guarding the bank and convince them to blow open the vault in exchange for an equal share of the loot. Edited January 19, 2018 by Agiel 1 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
LadyCrimson Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (anime, Netflix) ...well, the monsters were nicely animated. The movie was filled with way too many of these long, talky, techno-babble scenes complete with "look at our complex computer screen info simulations" that went over why Godzilla was nigh invulnerable and the "plan" to find its weakness. Over and over. The main character is largely unsympathetic (English speaking version). The ending was also weak since it's basically one of those "coming next, part 2!" moments. But the monsters were nicely animated. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Gfted1 Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Idea for a Star Wars movie so Disney has their screwball comedy segment covered: A group of Rebel Scum misfits who crew a commandeered AT-ST learn of a cache of Kyber Crystals or some such worth hundreds of millions of credits in a bank miles behind Imperial lines and go AWOL to seize it. At the climax of the film they confront the crew of an AT-AT guarding the bank and convince them to blow open the vault in exchange for an equal share of the loot. Kelly's Heroes Excellent movie btw. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Raithe Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Heh. Liam Neeson on why he can never watch the 50 Shades of Grey movies - "I used to know Dakota's mum, so years ago, I used to swing Dakota around when she was a child and give her piggy back rides. So, yeah, those are movies I'm never going to be able to sit down and see." 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Caught Bright with some friends tonight. It's a fun enough movie, Will Smith pretty much plays aging, cynical Will Smith. But it really did feel like a very high budget pilot episode for some potential tv show. Or maybe that's just my Alien Nation nostalgia kicking in. 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
injurai Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Any significant none-Marvel movies coming out this year?
algroth Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Any significant none-Marvel movies coming out this year? Annihilation comes to mind as an early one, as well as Ready Player One later on. Also Scorsese's The Irishman. Isle of Dogs is another big one as well as Early Man for more animated films I'm looking forward to. A Neil Armstrong biopic by Damien Chazelle too... And if we're lucky we'll also see both Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and Malick's Radegund this year too. And even so I reckon I'm missing a few major players as well. Also not that I care much for the franchise in general but there's a stand-alone Bumblebee movie coming out this year which could prove interesting, not only because it's *not* being directed by Michael Bay this time around but also because the director in charge of it is actually rather cool, being Travis Knight, the guy behind Kubo and the Two Strings. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
injurai Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 Yeah, I have Annihilation on my radar, as with Isle of Dogs. I think that is about it. But I am interested in Gilliams next movie as well.
algroth Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Well, Gilliam's film has a lot more history to it than the usual film of his too - it's been a pet project of his for a couple of decades now, and he's met so many obstacles to actually make it along the way that there's even a whole documentary dedicated on one of these failed attempts, being Lost in La Mancha. It's great, worth seeing. I'm definitely looking forward to it, as it's likely to be something special even within his rather unique oeuvre. Edited January 21, 2018 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Blarghagh Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 As a dinosaur nut, another Jurassic Park sequel. Not as a movie nut though - these movies are awful. They have dinosaurs though. My ticket is guaranteed. Moar dinosawr blockbustrz plz!
Bartimaeus Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Unfortunately, that's gonna be a no for me. The last one was absolutely dreadful, and Hollywood has really managed to do what should theoretically be impossible: make dinosaurs completely and utterly passe and boring. Bah, humbug. I watched Kiki's Delivery Service. I like good coming-of-age stories, and this one was fairly nice. It went a little too far on the anime "inexplicably weird timing with dialogue and way, way too long fits of laughter" scale for me, but it was more fun than Only Yesterday was...but less thought-provoking. Edited January 22, 2018 by Bartimaeus Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
injurai Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Kiki was the first Ghibli film I ever saw! It's been probably 15 years or more since I last saw it. 2
LadyCrimson Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 In A Valley of Violence (2016, Ethan Hawke, John Travolta) omg ... such a B Western movie, but totally absurd/hilarious in some spots. All the cliches - stranger with unknown past rolls into town, just wants to be left alone, but they won't leave him alone, so yknow what happens after. And the cutest dog evah! One of the better more recent Travolta roles, as well. One forgets how well he can do absurd humor but given the role, he'll find it. Anyway ... don't get me wrong, it's not some great film. But it was entertaining if you like Westerns with absurdist flair. Not quite satire, not quite serious, sometimes quite bloody. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Blarghagh Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 The Hollywood Reporter claims that JOHN CENA TU-TU-DUM-TUUU is in talks to take up the title role in a film adaptation of DUKE NUKEM from Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes.I do not know how to feel about this.
Hurlshort Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 John Cena did some pretty bad movies for WWE, but he does seem to do well in comedies. Probably will have more to do with the screenplay and director than anything else. He fits the mold.
Malcador Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 The Hollywood Reporter claims that JOHN CENA TU-TU-DUM-TUUU is in talks to take up the title role in a film adaptation of DUKE NUKEM from Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes. I do not know how to feel about this. Well, maybe the theme song will be good. Or they'll make a dubstep remix of it. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Hurlshort Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Looks like it is the same group that handled the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies. I guess that fits, at least the Pig Cops will look good. It really would work best as an absurd comedy.
algroth Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 One of the weirdest bits of news regarding the Oscars announcement is that Kobe Bryant is now an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, thanks to his short film Dear Basketball. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
LadyCrimson Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 I don't think I'll ever watch another dinosaur/Jurassic movie. I mean I wasn't even all that enraptured of the first one, but that original t-rex water glass moment will always be the pinnacle for me, seen in a big theater with floor and seat shaking bass. But it's gotten to the point these days where I'm pretty sick of any animated/CGI dinosaurs/dragons/enemies in film/games. They all have exactly the same hind quarters/butt/tail and movesets as the t-rex or raptors in Jurassic and it's visually dull now. At least in a game you get to sword-stomp them. Yes, I know, how else would you draw them, but you know what I mean. ;p “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
LadyCrimson Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) No spoilers, it's just the open credit music/art sequence. The more I think about this movie, the better I like it. Not as some classic, but ... I'm still chuckling over certain bits this morning. Plus theme/credits is a lot of fun. Oh and if you haven't seen it, don't watch the trailer. It shows half the movie in there. Edited January 23, 2018 by LadyCrimson “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
kellyon Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 The Danish Girl 8/10 Wonderful movie. Alicia Vikander was the star in it for me, she made me really feel for her all the way through and brought me to tears at the end.
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