Topic: Movie thread.

@Sunsy
I guess it depends on your taste and whether the character the Funko is based on is some kind of wide-eyed caricature Funkos always tend to look like. I could see a character from Trolls or Smurfs being a good Funko toy, with their cutesy look, but Funkos of more badass characters just feel weird to me, especially horror movie Funkos like Jason Voorhees. I guess it's supposed to be "creepy cute?" I don't know.

It's no bother to me what people like, but I'm passionate enough about the craft of filmmaking that I would always become vocally annoyed when Hollywood cashes in on merchandises like this.

@Maxenmus Yeah, that is exactly how I feel about Funko Pops. The cute look work more for cute characters, when done to a character not known for being cute, it feels off or odd.

I see what you mean. They're really popular so they're making a movie to cash in on it. I could see a Funko Pop movie being a crossover. I don't mind crossovers, but they have to work to be entertaining IMO.

Hopefully that instead of going the usual Hollywood route these days of "Hey, remember these guys? Huh? Nostalgia!" since Ready Player One.

Apparently Disney+ removed Cameron's Avatar from its service without letting its consumers know.
We all know why they did it: because of the re-release of the movie in theatres soon.
I don't like it one bit.

@Mioaionios
To be fair, that's not exactly a movie I'm personally looking forward to rewatching that much. If I just want to reexperience the awesome visuals on my 4K TV... I'll just look the clips up on YouTube or something.

@Maxenmus
Fair enough. I love Avatar and can't wait for the sequel.

Fair enough. I did see those two films, and I do agree that they don't rely on the aforementioned older style of humor. I wouldn't say I enjoyed them though, certainly not more than Pixar films.

I don't know. Something about those films just didn't hook me, probably because I was pretty old and pretty cynical about life by the time I've seen those films. Watching Panda doing goofy martial arts is kinda amusing, I guess? I can't remember much about the plot of both films, unfortunately. Something something, revenge something. I did remember liking Tigress' role in Panda, but that was unfortunately undercut by all the goofy humor, burying the tension. It's a kids movie so it can't be too depressing, I guess. Also doesn't help that I just don't generally enjoy most comedies unless it's meta comedy/satire.

It's not like I hate all Dreamworks animation though. There's the aforementioned Prince of Egypt that I pretty much liked more than any Pixar flick, period (except maybe Toy Story 2 & 3). That predated Shrek and newer Dreamworks animations that relied on the "pop culture reference comedy" we talked about too, so I don't know what went wrong that led Dreamworks from that masterpiece to The Boss Baby (distributed by Fox, yes, but produced by Dreamworks Animation). It's also not that I only like Pixar animation either, since I love The Iron Giant, though that's by Warner Brothers.

@Rambler haha nothing — you mentioned some monitored terms and your post needed approval

I agree with Ant, Twin Peaks is terrible and should be monitored to make sure no one recommends watching it!

It's meant to be a trippy show but you see only the backwards jazz little guy once or twice and the rest of it is filled with bad acting.

My ★★★ review of Braid on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/397Zed

Braid, like many movies, opens with a flash forward. In this case, the flash forward is of three women burying someone. I'm conflicted on this storytelling method. In one way, it's excitement, ”ooo I wonder who they're burying and how they'll get into this situation." It's almost like a trailer for the movie that's part of the movie itself. Even though you've already started the movie, the scene is saying hey, stick around because it's gonna get good. But in another way, a flash forward is spoilers that robs the plot of suspense. Now (in this case), the audience knows someone is getting murdered. I tend to perceive the flash forward as spoilers. Flash forwards feel lazy, like the filmmakers don't trust their story well enough to engage the audience or lay out a logical path. Sometimes I wonder if these are the result of test viewings. I have no idea how other people perceive flash forwards though. What are your thoughts?

@Link-Hero I see where you're coming from. My mom has a Fraiser pop of Martin and Eddie and it just looks a bit off to me. Mom thinks it's cute and she likes the show. Still mixed on it since I just feel it works with some characters and some don't.

I think See How They Run and Avatar dos are the only films I'm going to see in theatres this year. I don't want to watch Superhero films right now.

I re-watched the trailer and now I'm hyped again. Just a few more weeks.

Movie Goers When Shane Black ruined Iron Man lore in Iron Man 3: "Comic book fans are so whiny. Not everything needs to be faithful."

Movie Goers When Shane Black ruined Predator lore in The Predator: "How is this even a Predator movie? It's ridiculous and goofy, totally unlike the other Predator films."

Yeah, welcome to the club. Now you know how we feel.

Prey (Hulu) - I'll admit I've never delved too deeply into the "Predator" universe (I know I've seen the original at least once, as well as AVP, the latter of which isn't canon as far as I'm aware), but I thought this was a very good time in a brutal, gory action film kinda way. Many great combat scenes.

Ghost in the Shell ARISE 1 & 2 (Blu-Ray) - A pair of hour long OVAs in the GitS universe (billed as sort of a prequel to the other adaptations, though I'm not exactly sure if it fits into any of their continuities). Anyhow they're pretty good stuff if you like sci-fi action anime with more mature tone & themes.

Watched a few of the special features & found it amusing when they interviewed a fan during a segment filmed at an anime convention in 2013, and they were glad that the Major "wasn't denigrated like Samus in Other M", lol.

@RR529
I think that seems to be the consensus among Predator fans too. I've seen one notable YouTuber (Full Fat Videos) ranking it above AvP, but just below Predator 2. That's not a bad ranking, especially when you consider that he openly admits he had a soft spot for Predator 2 despite its flaws (aka he's biased about Predator 2).

@Rambler Ooh, NIN are in it? I'm may have to find it on Youtube.

When I tried Twins Peaks and I watched the first season I was told the first season is a bit iffy but the second season is good, so I watch the second season and it's bit better then there's a big dip so I asked a hardcore fan and he's summary was basically the same so this major show which everyone was obsessed with has maybe half a decent season?

My major disappointment was it was more odd than trippy, I want more backwards jazz! Although it's probably my own fault as I was expecting something like Battlestar Galactica or The Sopranos of classic top tier binging but rather a curiosity.

I heard they are making a new "Ferris Bueller thing" and I got an idea.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off but set in a nursing home, hear me out. My idea can reuse the script from the first movie just change the location and antagonist, and reason for why Ferris Bueller wants out.

I'm only sharing this because I cried laughing when I thought of it. It's a dumb idea but hey at least it might never happen.

The Bob's Burgers Movie (Hulu) - pretty much feels like a long, better animated, episode of the TV series. As someone who finds the show amusing from time to time it elicited a few chuckles, so whether or not you'll get on with it depends on how you feel about the show.

Heavy Metal (Tubi) - Early 80's animated film featuring an anthology of sci-fi & fantasy stories loosely connected by a "narrative" surrounding the source of evil in the universe (a glowing green orb). The overall story is a wash, but it's an interesting curio filled with copious amounts of nudity & gore, and animation that while rough in spots looks like they were having fun experimenting around with it.

I feel like I'm the only person on the planet who likes Iron Man 3.

Not really, as there have been tons of people and YouTube videos that defended the film too. I feel like it's a more unpopular opinion to dislike the film, but I guess popularity's kinda subjective to begin with.

Anyway, my post wasn't really so much about Iron Man 3, and more about getting annoyed over your favorite franchises becoming distorted into something entirely different from what the franchises were like (Predator becoming more goofy and PG-13, Spider-Man Noir going from a cool noir detective to... Nicolas Cage). On that note, I feel like I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like Into the Spider-Verse. That, I can say with certainty, is an unpopular opinion.

I don't really mind Iron Man 3 much anymore nowadays, even with its Mandarin twist. It's passable, just like most MCU films for me.