Topic: Movie thread.

Had the main TV all to myself all day, so I watched a lot of movies.

Blade Runner 2049 (Netflix) - Excellent. Now, it could definitely be a slow burn AND it was long (just under 3 hours), but I'd be lying if I said my eyes weren't glued to the screen from beginning to end. Fantastic world building, an interesting narrative surrounding a gripping mystery, they didn't seem to try to sterilize the content (like the original, it's still R rated), and they managed to call back to the original film without being suffocated by nostalgia. Harrison Ford doesn't even show up until the film's final hour.

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Lupin the 3rd: the Castle of Cagliostro (Blu-Ray) - This is often lauded as the seminal piece of Lupin the 3rd media, and after finally getting around to it I can safely say all the praise is justified. In spite of being over 4 decades old it's an absolutely gorgeously animated film, and while the core narrative isn't too deep or original (it see's Lupin thrust into the position of a knight in shining armour rescuing a young damsel in distress from a menacing Count in a picturesque small European nation), it's a breezy feel good movie that just brings a smile to your face. It's also the most tame (dare I say family friendly) piece of Lupin media I've ever watched, making it a great introduction point to the franchise. A bit of warning though, in addition to the original Japanese, this release has 3 different English dubs (1992, 2000, & 2000 Family Friendly). The 1992 dub changes some of the character names due to legal issues of the time (Lupin is called "the Wolf"), the 2000 dub uses the correct names but includes tons of added profanity that wasn't present in the original script, and then you have the "Family Friendly" 2000 dub which is based on that dub but removes/alters most of the profanity, making it the most correct dub of the three. I'm absolutely glad I looked that up beforehand, otherwise I would have never guessed the "Family Friendly" labelled option was the most faithful.

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Uncharted (Netflix) - I'll admit first thing that I don't know much of anything about Uncharted as a game series (I played part of the first game as a rental over a decade ago), but taking the movie as it's own thing I liked it. It's not high art, but I thought it was genuinely fun. I enjoyed the banter between the leads, and I was entertained by the many larger than life set pieces (many of which I understand are ripped straight out of the games). Dare I say I might like it more than the first Sonic movie (haven't seen the second), & would watch a sequel. I will agree that Tom Holland looked a little too "babyface" for the role, but it wasn't a big deal.

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watching the last few minutes of Subspecies IV on Tubi. Heard theres supposed to be a Subspecies V thats a prequel

@Sunsy The movie wasn't bad at all. I actually quite enjoyed it too.

I’ve been reading some of the extracts from the late great Alan Rickman’s diary. Sadly it is nearly all Harry Potter centric. It was funny he felt nothing after reading the Harry Potter books for the first time and seemed to be in two minds with carrying on the role of Snape on with every film.

I was hoping to see more of his inner thoughts on other films particularly Truly Maddly Deeply which is such an incredibly over looked film.

It does feel abit gross though, there’s comments like he thinks Daniel Radcliffe is not meant to be an actor (but would do well as a producer/director) which makes me think digging up a dead man’s personal diary and thoughts to sell isn’t cool.

Gotta be homest with you, these comments really annoyed me. I don't know if I'm allowed to post screenshots of comments or not, but I guess there's no harm in posting these.

Also this is related to Movies in a way so I should be alright.


Like come on, I've never seen someone so distasteful towards opinions like this before.

@HotGoomba
And that's why I blocked that user steventonysmith for keep talking crap all the time.
I have no time to deal with nonsense like that.

I'm all for debate and argument but that's ridiculous. No need to get that personal, especially if you get offended over someone's profile picture choice.

Is this the movie thread or the drama thread?

@HotGoomba Yeah, I saw the first Minions spin-off movie awhile back, and I enjoyed this one a lot more. I was surprised how good The Rise of Gru was. One I'm hoping to get on DVD, though I may go for a set of Despicable Me movies too since I lost the first two while moving years ago. I can't find them in my home anywhere.

I've never watched a Jurassic Park film all the way through but I think any film could be improved by adding a teenage girl gymnastic kicking a velociraptor out the window.

Well, it kind of helps if velociraptors fit the movie, @Dogorilla .... But, of all the complaints to raise against any film, that scene isn't one

@HotGoomba I went to the comments section for some context to those comments. That is exactly why I don't bother with Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes scores. Just because a critic liked or hated a movie, doesn't mean it's a "fact" that that movie is "bad" or "good."

Most people who enjoy a movie will most likely call it good. Opinions are different from person to person. I loved Smurfs: The Lost Village, and that sits at a 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sometimes being into something helps, being a fan of the Smurfs, there was a lot to like about the movie understanding the series.

Same with games, some of my favorite games aren't anywhere near a 100 on Metacritic, yet, I still think they're great games to play, and have fun playing them.

I don't want to come off as rude or mean, because I'm not, this person seems to treat critics' opinions as if they were fact. I know you joked around about people who liked Cars 2 awhile back, there's a big difference between having some fun, and just being plain disrespectful over liking a movie.

FWIW, the only Jurassic Park I remember is the original, I don't even think I've seen any more beyond that. Again, always been more of an animation kind of guy.

After watching it I tend to agree with @steventonysmith as the scene isn’t played for tension and release or cheesy fun plus with the way it’s filmed with a fixed angle it takes out the kinetic energy from a spinny jumpy girl kicking a dinosaur. She also kills the dinosaur which goes against how the Jurassic Park films work, they are not about the hu-mans fighting the dinosaurs but surviving the dinosaurs.

I give it one Oscar out of five.

All this JP talk reminds me of an article I read a few years ago that was ranking all the franchise's kids by how useful/resourceful they were, then it completely snubs the kid from JPIII (in spite of the fact that he managed to survive alone for weeks), based on the fact that it was the "worst" film.

I think they gave all the top spots to the girls (with raptor kicking girl being #1, Lex being #2 because of getting the park systems back online, & the Fallen Kingdom girl at #3 because she ensured the franchise's future by releasing the dinos at the end, plus it was cool that she was a clone as well, which again is sort of ignoring what they were supposed to be ranking them on in the first place), while they put all the boys at the bottom.

Fair enough when it comes to Jurassic World's boys & the younger brother from the first film as they didn't really do much, but JPIII kid should have easily been ranked over Fallen Kingdom girl for a top 3 spot.

@Rambler I think you described Denis Villeneuve in general for me, he’s really great but there’s something missing. I’m still befuddled about Sicario, people were talking about like it’s the bees knees whilst I just thought it was alright and Dune was really good but the ending was an ad break but then didn’t came back on air.

Arrival was cool though, it’s like Contact without the silly ending of an random alien declaring he’s your papa like The Empire Strikes Back.

Just got back from watching the Avatar theatrical re-release in 3D!

I've always thought the movie was just okay, however finally seeing it in 3D blew me away. Many scenes are absolutely magical (it really gets going during their first excursion into the jungle), and the big final climactic battle is just so much more engaging in 3D. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say this tops Top Gun: Maverick as the most exhilarating big screen theatrical experience I've had this year.

They also added on a scene from the sequel during the credits (a character I'm assuming is one of Jake & Neytiri's kids swimming with a whale like creature after removing a harpoon from one of it's fins), which was breathtaking.

This is amazing. To promote the movie Smile they sent actors from the film to be in the crowd of baseball games to just wear a sinister smile the entire time.

@jump That would have creeped the living #### out of me, no kidding, that so creative, I wish more films marketing department try’d to be more unique. Just marketing in general.

@jump That's actually some of the best creative marketing I've seen in a good while.