@JadeKitsune I did the same with Trolls World Tour due to digital rental being the only option at the time, and I own the movie on DVD/Blu-Ray. Still thankful two local theaters did show the movie as part of a family friendly event this past summer, I did get to see it in theaters, albeit two years later.
I have yet to see Scoob, funnily enough, one of the two theaters I went to also showed it as part of their summer event. Though I didn't go to that showing. Still cool they did two pandemic era movies so people got a chance to see them on the big screen as it was originally intended.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
Still hope for the day that Pixar will put Soul, Luca and Turning Red in theaters. Especially Turning Red.
See, until the pandemic began, I used to brag that I've seen every Pixar movie in theaters since "Toy Story" in 1995. Heck, I can name all the years and which movie(s) came out in those years by heart.
Luckily I saw "Onward" as my last movie in 2020 before our theater shut down.
Also tonight, I did a double feature on Netflix; I saw "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" and "The Bad Guys".
I’ve just rewatched The Godfather for the first time in years since it’s up on All4 at the moment. It’s bloody good innit, like not just good but really bloody good.
It’s just immaculate and so well crafted with nothing out of place the score, the acting, writing, it’s themes, it’s blending of pulp and realism, the methodical slow pace to build it’s tragedy and successes without numbing you to them.
The movie has been discussed to death but I’ve never seen anyone talk about the family itself. It at times feels like a home movie where something happens the family gets together, the way they talk to each other and they make sure the cooking is done to the recipe etc.
The way it blends artsy drama and pulp genre is so good like the baptism happening at the same time as the hits take place.
It does exactly what I love about movies where something as simple as a door closing is a giant OMMFG moment, no need for CGI armies, cheap pops from a cameo, talking animals or exposition dumps just a door closing!
That restaurant scene with police captain, bloody hell that was tense and hypnotising.
Considering the film is older than my parents it’s amazing how much you still see it’s influence. I’m not talking cheesy pop-culture references or it’s added to the lexicon but it’s actual fingerprints in the craft of of movies and shows today. It’s to the point it wouldn’t look out of place being released now partly because it’s a period piece but also because it’s the type of landmark filming making people still use today to figure out to make movies and shows.
Ninja Turtles looks pretty bad. The turtles designs look to skinny, the voice acting was terrible, and most of the jokes made the turtles seem like absolute wimps. I will be surprised if this movie is met with positive reception.
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Saw In the Mouth of Madness at the local cinema the other week, awesome Lovecraft inspired horror film by the great John Carpenter. It was fun to see it in a theatre setting as many people there had never seen it before. Surprisingly funny for an otherwise spooky movie.
@blindsquarel Funny you say that, I have pretty much the opposite opinion of you.
The Turtles are teenagers, and probably young teenagers here, they're not gonna look like hulking beasts. Also most other TMNT installments have them skinner as well. TMNT 2012 (which is amazing, fight me.), Rise if the TMNT (also amazing, fight me. also not counting raph.) Saying they're "too skinny" is just a weird complain to me.
The voice acting I think is pretty good, I like how the Turtles are voiced by actual teenagers for once, especially one of the kids who voiced Gumball from the Amazing World of Gumball.
The jokes aren't hilarious, but this is the first snippet of the movie we're seeing. I don't think it's too far to judge the humor with the first trailer.
Also the art style is amazing, no doubt.
@Colonel_Mustache Glad this trailer is interesting non-TMNT fans. I'm a TMNT far and I thought it looked great to be honest, but I don't speak for all turtle fans of course.
@Kermit1 Actually, as much as I like the first Turtles movie, the second one isn't too bad either, the animated 2007 movie is not amazing but good, and the Rise of the TMNT movie from last year is pretty sweet.
@Colonel_Mustache Definitely. If you're into the horror/science fiction genres at all, he's absolutely worth checking out. Halloween, Christine, The Thing, They Live, Escape from New York, can't really go wrong with any of them.
Ghibli Fest is back again this year, and unlike last year (where I only saw "Ponyo"), I'm gonna see all of the anime movies in theaters! (All in English, of course)
It's always odd when people complain about these multi-generational kid $$$ franchises appealing to the TRUE fan or not. Like what is a true fan of adolescent mutated martial artist pantestudines? Is it someone who liked those 90s movies because well there was a cartoon from the 80s before that and even then it was based on a black and white indie comic which was tonally very different (pretty much a Daredevil homage/parody) which I can’t imagine the twelve year olds who will make up the audience for this movie or the twelves year olds at the time for all the other movies and shows would care about.
Maybe it’s less ownership by the true fan if the concept and characters can’t survive an adaptation for them as those people are only after chasing nostalgia highs like a heroin addict slapping their arm in a dark alley for their adaptation of choice rather than being a true fan. Batman is always my go to example for this as every generation it goes through a very different take on him Adam West’s deadpan, Tim Burton’s spooky and kooky, Nolan’s grounded crime thriller, Frank Miller’s noir grit , Scott Snyder’s symbolic run, Denny O' Neil taking it seriously before that was cool etc with each generation adding ideas and polishing the concept to add to it without eliminating the original so It becomes greater than the sum of it’s parts such as they added Robin to appeal to kids to read the comic which made no sense so the kids read it reasoned in their own heads that it must because Batman sees himself in Robin so they grew up and wrote that into the comic and so on adding in these layers.
Seth Rogen seems adept at geek culture properties so I’m not sure why people are worried his name is attached. His company has churned out loyal and loving adaptations of Invincible, Preacher and The Boys with Preacher specifically being impressive with how they handle the material considering it is the sort of thing that would have been unthinkable to be adapted when originally released and his company did a good job capturing the feels of Pam & Tommy and The Disaster Artist.
The story in this one doesn't make much sense, even by franchise standards. IIRC, the villain is former French Foreign Legion, & after his group is betrayed by the "multinational military force" they were apart of during the Gulf War (for reasons that are never explained), he decides the best course of action to get revenge on the world is to destroy Shinjuku.
That said, the setup leads up into what is probably the most unique of these City Hunter specials so far. It's essentially "Speed" with a bullet train, where if the train drops below a certain speed (or makes so many trips around it's route) it'll set off a series of explosives that'll destroy the city. This leads into a scenario in which Ryo (& Umibozu) just can't waltz into an enemy HQ & gun everyone down (which is how these things usually end). Instead everyone has something important to contribute, with Saeko playing negotiator with the villain, Kaori finds herself in the conductor's seat of the train, & Ryo/Umibozu using their unique talents to find a way to safely stop the train.
In terms of aesthetic this is the darkest one yet as well. Of course it's still full of the series' classic gags (especially in the first half) which you'll either be tired of or looking forward to in a comfort food kinda way at this point, but the bright 80's neon & early 90's pastel color pallets of the past give way to something more grounded, earthy, and maybe even a tad gritty. Heck, even the deaths (& there are deaths) seem to hit harder here (it features the first bloody head shot that I can seem to recall from the franchise for example. While there have been head shots in the past, as well as bloody wounds, this is the first time the two have come together). When Ryo does finally get his one on one with the bad guy he has a much more equal fight on his hands than he typically does and even gets a bit beat up during the ordeal.
I don't think the vibe is my personal preference for the property, but there's no doubt it's used to good effect here, and it looks really good too (you can definitely tell it's a special, with an animation quality that goes above & beyond what you'd see in a typical episode).
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