Tigeraholic1 Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Happy Gilmore 2 Not very good IMHO. I laughed a few times and the cameos were decent. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted July 31 Posted July 31 17 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Happy Gilmore 2 Not very good IMHO. I laughed a few times and the cameos were decent. Watching it was rougher than watching me try to hit a 3 wood. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 15 Posted August 15 I finally got around to going to the theater and watching Marvel’s new film The Fantastic Four: First Steps. It didn’t really move me to any significant degree. I was a latecomer to the Iron Man films and only watched them because of my son - who is 50 years younger than me - but I felt in those films the characters were developed superbly and they were people I could care about. I didn’t have to do any homework or be a part of any subculture to get what was going on all the way through Endgame even if many characters already existed in comic books With the new F-4 I couldn’t care less about anybody. I think it was just assumed you were a nerd plugged into layers of subtext from previous film and comic book iterations so they didn’t have to bother. It struck me as lazy. I liked the retro 50s – 60s sci-fi view of the future, but got used to it in about five minutes. I’ve enjoyed all sorts of these types of movies, but they’re starting to get boring. It’s all empty hopeless posturing. And just in the larger, sociopolitical, cultural context, I think, relying on superheroes to save you from the hard work of creating a just and livable society is objectively reactionary, and it keeps people in a state of dependence and childlike fascination with the powerful. I make an exception for Deadpool because Deadpool isn’t full of itself and imagining that it’s transmitting an elevated message. It’s dumb fun often very clever and I’m totally cool with that. 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted August 22 Posted August 22 12 hours ago, romad1 said: Superhero stuff is really played out. At the end of the day...the revelation in the superman movie that Lex Luthor was a mega criminal was depressing because (XXXXX edited XXXXX) Superman or the Marvel heroes are not coming through that door. To me the fixation of the US viewing public on superhero movies is another bad reflection on the way this society views itself - which is basically as impotent bystanders constantly waiting to be rescued by someone or something else. In a way I find them to be very 'un-American' narratives. 1 1 Quote
chasfh Posted September 18 Posted September 18 On 8/22/2025 at 2:51 PM, gehringer_2 said: To me the fixation of the US viewing public on superhero movies is another bad reflection on the way this society views itself - which is basically as impotent bystanders constantly waiting to be rescued by someone or something else. In a way I find them to be very 'un-American' narratives. It’s that, but also, superhero movies do way better international numbers than taut political thrillers, historical dramas, or black comedies. Quote
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted September 24 Posted September 24 22 hours ago, IdahoBert said: DC’s new Superman is now on HBO Max I watched it last night instead of baseball. It was fine. Maybe I'm just burned out on superhero movies, or I wasn't in the right mood, but it never really grabbed me. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 26 Posted September 26 From the World of John Wick: Ballerina was just released by STARZ, I wasn’t motivated to see it at the theater, but it’s worth watching. It’s as good as something derivative by the people who made the original John Wick can be, but it’s sort of repetitious. And it’s not lacking because “a girl“ is the lead, not at all. It’s just so obviously derivative that it can’t have as much punch as the original source material. But if you have STARZ, it’s worth two hours. Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 26 Posted September 26 On 9/24/2025 at 1:05 PM, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: I watched it last night instead of baseball. It was fine. Maybe I'm just burned out on superhero movies, or I wasn't in the right mood, but it never really grabbed me. I saw it at the theater when it came out and it was OK but now that it’s on HBO Max, I can’t say I’m motivated to watch it a second time which was not the case with James Gunn’s original Guardians. Quote
oblong Posted October 16 Posted October 16 I have this list of “classic” movies I have yet to watch. It’s a huge range of obvious misses, especially for someone my age. Like Terminator and T2, both knocked off 2 years ago. This is the time of year I usually get thru them as I burn vacacuon time. This last week I had a Brian DePalma inspiration and went with Blow Out and Dressed to Kill. Fantastic movies. Especially blow out. Why that isn’t more popular I don’t understand. Tarantino said that’s what made him want Travolta for Pulp Fiction. Totally see it. Quote
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Watched "Weapons" on HBO last weekend. Liked it, but didn't love it. A couple of plot holes were simply too large to suspend disbelief for. Still, was a worthy watch. Quote
ewsieg Posted October 29 Posted October 29 1 hour ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: Watched "Weapons" on HBO last weekend. Liked it, but didn't love it. A couple of plot holes were simply too large to suspend disbelief for. Still, was a worthy watch. Same here, the way they went through it from each persons POV helped hide some of the plot holes, but dude, the teacher obviously has been through the ringer for a month yet the other kid apparently made it through without his parents even having to talk with the cops/school during that same time frame....gtfo. Quote
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted October 29 Posted October 29 7 minutes ago, ewsieg said: Same here, the way they went through it from each persons POV helped hide some of the plot holes, but dude, the teacher obviously has been through the ringer for a month yet the other kid apparently made it through without his parents even having to talk with the cops/school during that same time frame....gtfo. I liked the POV changes. I thought that worked quite well. I won't get into too much else, since I don't want to post spoilers for people. But yes, what you mentioned was a big one. Quote
chasfh Posted October 29 Posted October 29 5 hours ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: Watched "Weapons" on HBO last weekend. Liked it, but didn't love it. A couple of plot holes were simply too large to suspend disbelief for. Still, was a worthy watch. Isn't large plot holes one must suspend belief basically built right into the horror genre formula? Quote
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted October 29 Posted October 29 5 minutes ago, chasfh said: Isn't large plot holes one must suspend belief basically built right into the horror genre formula? Absolutely! Which is why I'm pretty forgiving for these kinds of movies. However to me there's a difference in suspending disbelief in something unnatural/supernatural (be it aliens, voodoo, or a super killer) vs things like police behavior or using tech. It also depends on the reality that is put forth in the movie. If you are largely showing the police as competent, yet stumped, you can't have one of the big reveals be that they completely overlooked obvious clues. If they were being shown as bumbling idiots, then that's a different story. Quote
chasfh Posted October 29 Posted October 29 2 hours ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: Absolutely! Which is why I'm pretty forgiving for these kinds of movies. However to me there's a difference in suspending disbelief in something unnatural/supernatural (be it aliens, voodoo, or a super killer) vs things like police behavior or using tech. It also depends on the reality that is put forth in the movie. If you are largely showing the police as competent, yet stumped, you can't have one of the big reveals be that they completely overlooked obvious clues. If they were being shown as bumbling idiots, then that's a different story. See, I kind of believe that there's an explicit acknowledgement among movie producers that because people expect to suspend belief about the existence of paranormal nonsense, the filmmakers have much more leeway to fudge or even completely disregard key details about the real world parts they depict in ways they could never get away with in a real movie, and that goes double for what happens in police investigations, court proceedings, business offices, college campuses, you name it. In fact, I firmly believe that a high percentage of the most avid consumers of horror movies actually believes paranormal definitely exists, which means they almost certainly don't have much of a clue how police stuff etc. actually works, so the filmmakers can depict it in practically any way they want and not have to worry about getting called on the carpet by Internet scolds for it. And even if they are, well, all they have to do is reply hey, it's a movie about aliens/voodoo/super killers/etc., lighten up, d*ck. Put the scolds on the defensive, make them the wet blankets. Filmmakers would totally get support from all the non-scold fans on it. Quote
romad1 Posted October 29 Posted October 29 On 10/24/2025 at 8:04 AM, chasfh said: Looking forward to the movie Nuremberg. Same. The "never let it happen again" mantra needs to be drilled into the heads of the public. 1 1 1 Quote
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