NOW CLOSED ; List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

[DigDog]

Passengers is the same story as every "we're on a spaceship" film ever.

 

[DigDog]

you know, you've all got that *one* friend who watches soap operas or some awful show like Gerardo or Oprah.

i've not missed a single episode of Lucifer. damn. it's bad, but i can't stop watching.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

i've not missed a single episode of Lucifer. damn. it's bad, but i can't stop watching.

I'm on board with the 2nd of those 3 statements.

 

[Charmonium]

you know, you've all got that *one* friend who watches soap operas or some awful show like Gerardo or Oprah.

i've not missed a single episode of Lucifer. damn. it's bad, but i can't stop watching.

I hear you. It's not even like a train wreck where you can't stop looking. It just calls to your to your inner douche.

 

[DigDog]

because when i watch, i cannot help but think "ok, i would have shot this scene, or written this dialogue, this other much better way", but then again, i like how they are moving the story along really quickly, yet unashamedly remain formulaic at the same time (i.e. the other characters get to learn he's an actual demon, but the co-lead DOESNT because it's part of the formula). it's like someone said to the writers "it's doesn't have to make sense".

 

[thestrangebrew1]

The 100 - 8/10

I don't know why I'm into this show. The acting was really terrible at first, but for some reason, either the acting got better or all the twists and whodunnit in this first season really got me into this show. There are so many wtf just happened moments in this first season I can't stop watching. I'm about 3/4 finished with the first season and already downloaded season 2 to watch next.

 

[zinfamous]

The OA - 3/10

Glad I only watched 2 1/2 episodes and skipped to the end.



lol, agreed.

Man, that gif is perfect. I don't know what to call this concept--something like a total disappointment that manages to trigger even your last remaining shred of tolerance for hokey bullshit. I don't know, that is barely formed, but I think anyone that went along with that show pleasantly accepting things as they were up until this scene, "get it." It's its own form of nauseating, vomitous response to high-school special quality entertainment, something unique than can only be called "The OA response."

This gif might be the most horrifying series of images constructed on the internet. ....and I'm including jihadist beheadings.

 

[rh71]

The 100 - 8/10

I don't know why I'm into this show. The acting was really terrible at first, but for some reason, either the acting got better or all the twists and whodunnit in this first season really got me into this show. There are so many wtf just happened moments in this first season I can't stop watching. I'm about 3/4 finished with the first season and already downloaded season 2 to watch next.

Good show and character development, but I feel like they ran out of story lines with season 3 (you probably can see why given its plot/setting). I'll still watch the new season but it may have jumped the shark at that point.

 

[DigDog]

The Girl With All The Gifts - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4547056/reference

zombie film.

in the fut... actually, no.
spoiler for those who want to watch this film, although i would recommend you don't.

Spoiler

SO, a young girl is being held in a military base. strapped to a chair, they take her to class every day, with other kids. It looks like a 3rd rate scifi/horror film, until there is the reveal: she's a zombie-like-thing.

there will be neither scifi nor horror here.

in the future, a fungus or spore has zombiefied humanity, and most have died. the rest are hidden away, but a very small number of kids are born both zombie and person. there is an older woman who cares for the young girl (who is the lead character .. jesus this film was so boring i can barely write this post), and she represents GOOD. then there's a army guy who represents EVIL.
then the zombies break in because plot, and everyone is miserable, but the young girl proves that being GOOD is better than being EVIL, even if being evil actually makes sense when everything wants to kill you?

then basically everyone loses except hope, and a lesson learned.

as said, it's not a horror or scifi film, it's a film about .. idk, how the kids are the future and a mom will always love her children n all that.

film made with little money, and obviously by people who wanted really hard to do something meaningful, but sadly, does not manage to get there. visually, i think even with more money they would have made a boring film, and the main theme being "it's good that people are good" you're looking at what the BBC considers "family drama", just a step over a british soap opera.

i would NOT recommend this film. it's totally uninspired, lacks ANY classical filmmaking talent, and the plot and theme are trite and boring. 5/10

 

[AznAnarchy99]

xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

8/10 as a dumb, corny, blow them up, action movie.

If you watched the previous movies there are some nice throw backs.

 

[ImpulsE69]

The 100 - 8/10

I don't know why I'm into this show. The acting was really terrible at first, but for some reason, either the acting got better or all the twists and whodunnit in this first season really got me into this show. There are so many wtf just happened moments in this first season I can't stop watching. I'm about 3/4 finished with the first season and already downloaded season 2 to watch next.

I really enjoy this show too. Season 4 starts soon. Season 2 is pretty good and ends on a crazy note. Season 3 probably not as good, but picks up at the end. No idea where 4 will go...

 

[ImpulsE69]

The Accountant 2/10

I can't believe how wretchedly bad this movie was. I'm dumbfounded. It was enjoyable, even made sense, for maybe the first 45 minutes, which made the complete disintegration of the plot, logic and everything resembling common sense even worse. This might even have been a decent movie.

We both really enjoyed it. Might be because we have an autistic niece so we identified a bit more with it. I agree it's a bit over the top, but most of these type of movies are anyway. I honestly don't get all the hate for it here other than people may not understand how autistic people really are. I mean, the movie is basically 'non-supernatural' X-men meets John Wick with a somewhat mentally handicap anti-hero. It's not exactly realisitc, but when you consider that's what it is supposed to be, it makes a bit more sense. It wasn't supposed to be true to life.

 

[DigDog]

no, the hate for the film has nothing to do with that. the accountant has a very long premise that practically does not impact the film at all. it also has a ridiculous character motivation, and frankly the whole superhero thing was badly done as well.

1) he's autistic. pardon my poor knowledge of the subject matter but he has *some sort* of mental issue.

2) this makes him good with books, and we are led to believe, with superhuman feats.

3) he books (that's a verb) for bad people. then he decides that no, this particular set of bad people aren't my kind so i will kill them.

4) proceeds to do things which have no relevance to the fact that he's autistic.

it looked like it was gonna be a serious film, instead we got Disabled Superman (tm).

 

[MongGrel]

meh.. 6.5/10 for me

don't understand the ending where she smiles?

I'd agree on Hush, I think 6.5 might be giving it credit to be honest.

Most of it was completely full of holes and made little real sense.

Have started watching Victoria, the wife loves these period piece shows and I'll give it a 8/10 myself so far.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5137338/?ref_=nv_sr_1

If you like The Crown, or Downton Abbey it would be worth watching, I like Jenna Coleman anyway and she is getting better at a very young age.

I liked War Dogs also, just watched that recently and was better then I expected, 7.7/10 for me.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005151/?ref_=nv_sr_3

 

[Charmonium]

I enjoyed The Accountant for what it was. I thought the autism angle played into the development of his abilities w/o which he never would have been involved with the people he ended up doing work for. I also kind of liked the idea that for years he could work for drug lords and have a perfectly good relationship with them but

Spoiler

do one job for a legit corporation and you end up with a target on your back.

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It was a perfect part for Afleck who, in my opinion, can't act for shit. So it was perfectly cast. It was like the persona they had him play in Batman v. Superman. They played to his strengths. LOL.

I didn't like the twist at the end. I thought that was kind of sappy and pushing it but no more than anything else in the movie so I let that slide.

If you adjust the curve for what the movie was, it wasn't bad overall.

 

[ImpulsE69]

no, the hate for the film has nothing to do with that. the accountant has a very long premise that practically does not impact the film at all. it also has a ridiculous character motivation, and frankly the whole superhero thing was badly done as well.

1) he's autistic. pardon my poor knowledge of the subject matter but he has *some sort* of mental issue.

2) this makes him good with books, and we are led to believe, with superhuman feats.

3) he books (that's a verb) for bad people. then he decides that no, this particular set of bad people aren't my kind so i will kill them.

4) proceeds to do things which have no relevance to the fact that he's autistic.

it looked like it was gonna be a serious film, instead we got Disabled Superman (tm).

I'll just tag all this in case.

Spoiler

There was a pretty clear motivation, but he was always on the run (not going to give spoilers as to why, but it's the xmen reference having to do with the shadow group that basically funded and helped him). That new client wanted to kill him and went after someone he liked. Same motivation as 99% other movies of the sort. Nothing he did was superhuman, he was highly trained. Now...THAT part (the history) is the part I had the most issue with in the whole story but they never really explain who/why his dad was like that. Nothing he did (other than the actual accounting job) had anything to do with him being autistic except the part where he talks about having to complete something he starts. This is normal autistic behavior. They are sometimes over the top OCD.

Just explaining some of your complaints. I don't expect you to change your mind.

I agree with the ending part, I saw it coming a mile away, but...eh.. it was pretty typical.

 

[DigDog]

it's "explained" in the first few seconds of the film. his dad says something along the lines of "life will be hard for him, so i will train him extra hard so he can survive". but, you see, THIS is the foundation of the character. the fact that he was "weird" had nothing to do with it, yet the angle of the film is about that. and yet-more-again, it's however focused on how this (his autism) makes him into what he is, which is the superhero side, instead of what could potentially have been a drama. because nowadays it seems if you can't assault a fortress on your own, you just aren't badass enough.
it's not like you have to convince me; i also watched the film. i know what the film WANTS me to think, i just dont agree with the film.

 

[SAWYER]

Mozart in the Jungle season 3
6/10

 

[DigDog]

meanwhile, i watched Maigret's Dead Man - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5017060/reference

megaproduction from ITV (a channel similar to BBC here in the UK).

None other than Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean, but also mostly Not The Nine O'Clock News, his most important work in the UK; and also Blackadder, more famous overseas) plays the title character. Very expensive sets (well, except for one horrible scene with a painted backdrop, obvious AF), very somber casting, all your typical "we are british" that you can expect, and obviously a focus on acting.

Aaand it's not good. I mean, it's allright, but Atkinson doesn't convey the charm of Maigret, rather, he plays him straight up like a policeman, and quite gloomy to boot.The story insofar is quite pedestrian, and i was frankly uninterested for most of the show. If you are into ... whatever that show is called .. Downton Abbey, maybe you will like this "period piece".

The shows are an hour 1/2 long, so at least they will keep you occupied for a while, but i was thinking that they ought to "leave the french to the french". And Atkinson is badly miscast ... if you only know him as Mr Bean, then know that he is a fine actor with many roles outside of comedy, but he just doesn't work here. What next, The Rock playing Poirot? Beyonce playing Mrs Marple? No, i know what: Fabio playing Clouseau.

6.5/10 - a decent pastime, but nothing more.

 

[sdifox]

meanwhile, i watched Maigret's Dead Man - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5017060/reference

megaproduction from ITV (a channel similar to BBC here in the UK).

None other than Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean, but also mostly Not The Nine O'Clock News, his most important work in the UK; and also Blackadder, more famous overseas) plays the title character. Very expensive sets (well, except for one horrible scene with a painted backdrop, obvious AF), very somber casting, all your typical "we are british" that you can expect, and obviously a focus on acting.

Aaand it's not good. I mean, it's allright, but Atkinson doesn't convey the charm of Maigret, rather, he plays him straight up like a policeman, and quite gloomy to boot.The story insofar is quite pedestrian, and i was frankly uninterested for most of the show. If you are into ... whatever that show is called .. Downton Abbey, maybe you will like this "period piece".

The shows are an hour 1/2 long, so at least they will keep you occupied for a while, but i was thinking that they ought to "leave the french to the french". And Atkinson is badly miscast ... if you only know him as Mr Bean, then know that he is a fine actor with many roles outside of comedy, but he just doesn't work here. What next, The Rock playing Poirot? Beyonce playing Mrs Marple? No, i know what: Fabio playing Clouseau.

6.5/10 - a decent pastime, but nothing more.

Fabio would be hilarious as Clouseau

Steve Martin was horribad as Clouseau.

 

[purbeast0]

The Last Samurai - 9/10 - I had seen this but not in probably a decade so I snagged it on Amazon a while ago for $5. I really liked this movie. I love the setting, the music, the battles, the characters, everything about it. The movie flew by too it did not feel like it was 2.5 hours long. I only deducted 1 point just because Tom Cruise learned the Samurai way a bit too quick IMO, although he was there for a while and was a soldier already, but still a bit hard to believe. But it's a movie so it's okay.

 

[DigDog]

i will admit that i have watched the film 3 + 1 times. 3 times i sat down to watch it, the last time i put it on just to watch "just one scene" and wind up watching the whole thing.
tom cruise is PERFECT in that role.

i forgive him, what you said, him learning swordfighting in 1 year, because his character has essentially been fighting all his life, and we are told this specifically in the scene where the spirit of the tiger possesses him (the first skirmish in the woods when his troops get routed by the samurai), he is a superb warrior, which is why he is kept alive by Katsumoto. besides, he was cavalry, so he already knew how to swordfight. Imho, him learning japanese in 1 year is waaay more of a stretch.

i'm uncertain whether to rate it 8 or 9, leaning toward 8.5/10

 

[purbeast0]

Yeah when I say he learned the "Samurai way" I was kind of referring to everything he learned. You are right though the Japanese aspect of it is hard to believe, although I think that if you do actually live somewhere where you HAVE to speak the language, you will learn it a lot faster than you would if you were just learning it on the side.

 

[Charmonium]

I liked the original(?) Maigret with Michael Gambon. I thought he was well suited to the role and did an excellent job. You can probably still find the series on dvd.

 

[zerocool84]

Split 7/10

Its a M Night Shyamalan movie and not bad. Not great but not bad. I was expecting an OMG twist in the end like Sixth Sense or Unbreakable. It's a decent twist right at the very end though. Not so much a twist though in the traditional M Night Shyamalan sense. One of the twists it's talked about earlier in the film so when it happens it has a lessened effect.