Topic: The Movie Thread

@RogerRoger I liked it, too. Definitely the best video game movie adaptation I've ever seen.

It always baffles me when I see a movie, enjoy it, and then notice that it's getting panned by most people. And then something like Bridesmaids gets universal acclaim...

I saw Crazy Rich Asians today. It was boring with a few amusing moments. It failed as a comedy and flat characters (especially the main couple worst of all) with a story that doesn't make itself very interesting ensure it's not a good romance either. I can't believe they're thinking of making a sequel, it's not deserving of one in the slightest. I would rate 4/10 according to the Pushsquare rating system.

Searching is a pretty good mystery and family drama with an interesting presentation style. It's admittedly a bit gimmicky, but the acting is pretty solid, and the film kept my attention from beginning to end.

MiB 2 is the only one I haven't seen yet. I've heard nothing but bad things, but still wanna check it out due to the K forgetting his time at the agency plot.

I loved MiB 3, the ending makes me cry and it's my favorite entry in the series. I'm a little sad that as far as we know, the new MiB movie is a reboot rather than taking place in the same continuity.

@AdamantiumClaws Just know that you'll never get the time back!

Shame it's a reboot when there's no need. If there's a series that could absorb all of the changes any new creative team could throw at it and still remain canon it's MIB!

So.... Just read that Denis Villeneuve is making a Dune movie... I was not aware of this. I mean, what a truly great choice of director.

I do hold a certain affection for Lynch's film, but DV is such a great pick!

@beemo I really enjoyed Tag too.

Did a lot of watching over the weekend.

Moviewise:

Skyscraper - OK, it's exactly what you think it is.

Arrival - finally sat down to watch it properly. Lovely film - though reading a little about the book afterwards, I do wish I'd read it first.

Patient Zero - Trash! Utter, complete, waste of time trash. This really is an awful film. How they managed to get Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer and Matt Smith in for it I'll never know. Perhaps for Smith he's trying out his terrible American accent in something he knows won't be seen far & wide. But, yeah - one to avoid if you value your time.

@RogerRoger the only movie i watched over the weekend was Avengers: Infinity War, i watched it with my dad, like we have with all the Marvel movies for the past 10 years and he enjoyed it although because he hadn't seen one in a while he forgot who most of the people were at the start

Oh - I forgot! Also watch Jurassic World:Fallen Kingdom, which I suppose shows just how forgettable that was. Didn't think I'd be in a position to say that there was a Jurassic Park film less engaging and significantly more by the numbers than Jurassic World, but there you go...

@RogerRoger maybe our dads are just going senile?

@RogerRoger erm... possibly, somewhere, maybe.... I certainly wouldn't pay to watch it myself.

Still haven't seen Solo - I'm pretty sure I wouldn't hate it given the conversations I've had about it.

@RogerRoger Just needed to edit that response to make actual sense...

I’m anxious to see Solo again. I watched it in the theatre and I believe I posted my comments here. But I found that I actually enjoyed Infinity War much more than I expected to on the small screen for the second viewing. I wonder if Solo will be actually better seeing it from the couch.

@Th3solution @RogerRoger Well, I thoroughly enjoyed Solo! Wish I'd managed to catch it on the big screen.

I'm aware that the film did badly and there were many reports of behind the scenes issues - but it is actually great slice of Star Wars - far more so than TLJ could ever hope to be.

The films holds to a pretty blistering pace and the not insignificant runtime does seem to fly by.

I had reservations about Alden Ehrenreich given some of the reporting on the film, but he's actually pretty charming in the role; some parts of the intended comedic scripting fall a little bit flat, but generally the script and performances range from solid to great. Phoebe Waller-Bridge was great as expected (if you've seen any of Fleabag) and even perennially badly miscast/not very good Emilia Clarke puts in a decent turn.

There's a great amount of fan-service here too, some subtle, some not so subtle (and one that is probably the most specific expanded universe reference that most people won't get I've seen in a film in a while) but all handled very well.

Congrats to Ron Howard really. Great fun.

EDIT: I forgot to mention Paul Bettany. What a fantastic villain he makes!

@Kidfried I really enjoyed DBC. Certainly a moving and well crafted piece of film.

I personally don't have an issue with the artistic license - the contrived parts around the truth of the story make for a better film, while still highlighting an historical issue most people watching may well have been ignorant of.

I was certainly left curious enough to look in to the film and the reality after watching it.

Why don't you think you'd like Solo?

@RogerRoger it's a pretty good film. It's a genuine shame it did so badly for whatever knock on effect that had on Disney's plans.

The reference I mentioned was so very unexpected. I properly laughed. You'll get it, probably some others here might too, but I can't imagine even many Star Wars fans would unless they've been gaming for a while.

Hey did you hear the latest rumour, Henry Cavill is OUT as Superman in the DCEU movies and the entire thing might be cancelled after Wonder Woman 1984

https://screenrant.com/dceu-reboot-movies-warner-bros/

@Kidfried @FullbringIchigo NOOO! I like the DC movie universe. It has so much promise most of the movies are pretty good. Suicide Squad in particular. I hope they don’t. It’s because of this, copy My marvel, and stuff like a random Joker movie they have issues. If they just did their own thing it’s be great.

@FullbringIchigo I really, really detest WB sometimes.

They're so utterly reactionary when it comes to the DC movie slate.

Cavill is easily their best deployable asset. Wonder Woman was great, and Gadot is great, and I'm sure the sequel will be great - but there's very little to say when you start off a cinematic universe in a very particular style but bottle the follow through (as if MoS didn't actually make money) and insist on what you believe to be the best chance at quick cash.
Just make a Superman film. The brief glimps of a heroic, iconic Superman in JL is the best part of the whole thing - yet still they won't make a proper sequel. Urgh.

@Jaz007 @KALofKRYPTON yeah i think he was a great Superman and WB really have messed up the DCEU, they needed to take time to build up the characters and world before jumping into the team up but they just tried to catch up to The Avengers because they saw it make a boat load of cash, the thing is The MCU EARNED that film because all the main characters had already had themselves established by then

@Kidfried yeah they should have concentrated on making good films instead of just looking at Marvels money train and trying to chase it