Topic: Movie thread.

@Sunsy
WUT?
Kung Fu Panda 4 ?!

@Kermit1 @Anti-Matter Yup, earlier in the day, DreamWorks revealed it via their Instagram account.

@Kermit1 Me too, actually, I saw the first three within the past year or so, and I have Po on Brawlhalla, so actually really happy for this one.

@Sunsy well here are some of the dark ones though all but one have lighter moments in them.

• Something Wicked This Way Comes: this is the darkest Disney film.
• Return To OZ: I love this film but it is pretty dark for a kids film... That scene with the heads...
• Ruby Bridges: This film is the most underrated Disney film ever and it's dark in subject matter and themes and there is some stuff in this movie that I'm shocked to see Disney say yes to.
• Dick Tracy: The film looks 100/10... But is very gruesome in some scenes.
• 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: I love this film and it handles the amazing (so many words to describe) Captain Nemo sooo well (in my opinion).
• Temple Of Doom: Disney owns it.

Almost forgot Straight Story: A legit journey 10/10 film.

@Kermit1 Temple of Doom is racist rubbish

Watched a couple of older films recently.

The Florida Project follows a single mother and her daughter living hand-to-mouth in a motel in the shadow of Disney World. It's quite an extraordinary film, a bit like Ken Loach or maybe Andrea Arnold, with astonishing performances from the non-actor cast, especially the children (with Willem DaFoe bringing his grace and levity as one of the few pros).
It's at once a freewheeling, sunny picture, yet also depressing and upsetting as you know that this endless summer for the kids is set in a world of discrimination, abuse, and destruction. The ending is incredible.
Brilliant cast and wonderful cinematography and lighting.

The Warrior is Asif Kapadia's first film, and I've been meaning to watch it since it came out. Utterly beautiful metaphysical revenge and redemption tale set in Rajasthan. Some of its plotting and shots are indicative of a first-timer, but it's wonderfully done. There is a sequence near the start that is one of the best things I've ever seen, and I'm glad it still held up from the time I saw that bit on a review show 20 years ago.

Heard about it elsewhere, and I'm super interested in seeing how they will revive this series in theaters.

@Rambler
Unpopular opinion: Temple of Doom is my favorite Indiana installment. And I have no regrets or guilty pleasure about it. lol I didn't even realize it's racist. Also, I liked Willie because she felt like a real person instead of one of those perfect, badass, ideal women Hollywood loves to put in their movies. She grew on me despite her flaws (or rather, because of her flaws).

The other Indiana films just bored me, probably because I outgrew adventure action scenes by that point in my life. I was literally waiting for Indiana's fighting with the bad guys to be over.

@Rambler Temple of Doom is a film I don't care for. I see your point though.

On the subject of unpopular films that you like, what are everyone's favorites?

I have a few myself, such as the aforementioned Temple of Doom and also Speed Racer. For the latter, I liked it long before it became redeemed by time when people started to defend it. I guess it's because I went in as an anime fan and got exactly the kind of whacky over-the-top hyperbole you would come to expect in a shounen anime (like Gurren Lagann). This was unpopular at the time because it got released at a time when Casino Royale and Batman Begins were popular, two gritty reboots of cheesy, over-the-top franchises. Then The Avengers came out and people apparently loved bright and colorful cheese again.

I also really liked Alien 3: Assembly Cut for its nihilistic atmosphere and its religious themes, portraying the Xenomorph as this satanic creature acting as a last temptation for these hard-boiled criminals. I liked it even more when I discovered the original cancelled scripts and how unique their plotlines felt, especially the one with the wooden planet with monks (and how Ripley goes through a fascinating purgatory kind of journey after the loss of Newt and Hicks, wondering if she's being punished by all this suffering). I never thought much about the death of those two btw since I never felt attached to them.

@Kermit1
"Return To OZ: I love this film but it is pretty dark for a kids film... That scene with the heads..."

Did you mean Queen Momby ?

And don't forget this also.

@Anti-Matter
I liked the darkness of the film (especially the asylum part) since it felt like a breath of fresh air in terms of fairy tale films (remember when fairy tales used to be grimdark stories meant to scare children?), but from what little I could remember, I was mostly just confused by what the plot was. Not exactly the most memorable plot except the asylum part of the film.

@Anti-Matter yep, that one. Gives me goosebumps every time I see it.

@Maxenmus
Return to the Oz was the only one "dark" Disney movie that I have watched until finished multiple times.
The multiple heads of Queen Momby was both unique and creepy at the same time but still tolerable enough for me.

But again, I never like dark theme by general since I have strong dislike with adult taste.

I for one welcome a darker Disney movie every once in a while.
It's important for children to learn that life isn't always sunshine and rainbows.
A recent example that surprised me was Bridge to Terabithia.

Woohoo...!
I found Yokai Watch 3 Movie from YouTube.
Enjoy while it still available.

@Mioaionios
I know life is not always rainbow and sunshine, but I personally always hate the darker side.
I would rather have rainbow, unicorn, girlie girlie things, sunshine, etc all the time.
Don't ruin my life with darker side.

@Anti-Matter
I mean, that's understandable. Escapism has its uses. I'm something of an escapist myself.

@Sunsy
I wonder if Dreamworks is still willing to make more movies and port their movies into video games on modern consoles by OG Games as publisher. Imagine if Kungfu Panda 4 will have video games on Switch and PS5.
There will be another How to Train Your Dragon game on PS5 and I really hope OG Games will add more cartoon franchises games on PS5.

@Anti-Matter I 100% think that will happen.

If there's money to be made, franchise games will happen always. lol