Topic: Movie thread.

@Colonel_Mustache that Wonka trailer is lookin' a little weird

@Owl1 Haven't seen it but what do you expect? I mean the source material was weird and the name is literally really vulgar.

@TeaCatherine idk

@Colonel_Mustache hopefully soon... Maybe if we are lucky both the Wonka and Henry Sugar trailer will be posted on the same day.

And then people start complaining about George Lucas again. And want Disney back at the helm.
It will be a story that never ends.

Also, glad that Dune: Part Two will be fully in 1.90:1 (and 1.43:1 in select IMAX cinemas). And the cinematographer Greg Frasier spoke his wishes of having Dune: Part One be released with the IMAX aspect ratio (a 16:9 crop, showing more than 1.90:1 but less than 1.43:1) alongside Part Two.
I do hope they release a fullscreen DVD for old times sake which presents the IMAX scenes in fully uncropped 4:3 but with non-anamorphic letterboxed CinemaScope scenes in Part One.

The "IMAX" scenes in Dune are actually shot in 4:3 but cropped to 1.43:1 in even the largest IMAX screens.

Ah happy May The Fourth, the day where we come together to complain about how horrible Star Wars fans and movies are.

@jump May the 5th be with you!

@Owl1 That's the revenge of the fifth.

@jump Oh, I thought it was Return of the 7th

@Owl1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

@jump

Fans (even government officials, such as Boris Johnson[16]) have celebrated Star Wars in a variety of ways in social media and on television.

I watched all the Rocky films, I haven't seen the Creed films yet but I got 1 and 2 on DVD, I will watch them soon.

(so there isn't any confusion, I rank films very generously)

Rocky: 9/10

Rocky II: 8/10

Rocky III: 7/10

Rocky IV: 7/10

Rocky V: 5/10

Rocky Balboa: 7/10

Ordered some movies and they instead sent me none of my movies, but had Jumanji + Jumanji 2 steelbook. Contacted them and they said they'd send out my movies but I can keep the Jumanji Collection. That's cool.

So I watched Jumanji today and am halfway into the second. Decent movies. I saw the original years ago but it holds up. 7/10 movies, worth a watch.

Was waiting for the individual Indiana Jones (non collector edition) 4k blu ray to release this June, cause I didn't want to buy the 4-pack and then have the 5th separate once it releases, but then I realized the 4-pack has a special features disc with 7 hours of content. So I ordered it. Only $52 for all 4 films on 4k blu ray + special features. Not bad. Went ahead and ordered Rocky 1-4 and preordered the Superman I-V 4k blu ray set also.

And a ton of others. Both 4k and blu-ray, since there's a lot of good movies not on 4k blu ray yet.

Like The Rock, with Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage. I love this movie to death. Not sure why, I just do. Also got Con-Air, a 90's classic, as well as The Fugative, US Marshals, Total Recall (original on 4k, remake on blu ray), Minority Report, Spiderman Into the Spiderverse, Justice League (original + Snyder Cut), Deja Vu, Enemy of the State, Magnificent Seven, Taking of Pelham 123, Inside Man, Law Abiding Citizen, Good Will Hunting, There Will Be Blood, Gangs of New York, No Country For Old Men, Children of Men, etc etc. So many more. These were just from the past week.

There's so many great movies you can get brand new for like $8-10 on blu-ray that aren't on 4k yet. It's nuts.

@MsJubilee
I just watched The Northman too. Pretty much agree. It was OK. Not great, not a disaster. 6 sounds right.

Earlier today i saw Guardians of the Galaxy 3 at the downtown theater. Sequel's not bad but its not that great like the first movie.

Rocket's entire experiment lab origin flashbacks were pretty dark and had that creepy Toy Story vibe to it

I just watched one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time.

Ad Astra

Oh my gosh- this movie is phenomenal. I can't believe how much I enjoyed it. What an incredible experience that was. Idk why, but this movie resonated with me in a way most movies don't.

And it was on sale on Amazon, 4k Blu-Ray for like $7.99! I was not expecting a great film, just a decent one-time watch. But this is going in my faves of all time list. I really, really loved this movie.

@XandertheWise
I heard mixed feedback. That it's decent but not great.

Yeah Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 is really fun but bloody hell it’s so bloated. New characters from the comics are great to see but aren’t needed, my main problem with Marvels movies of constant jokes undercutting the movie itself is on a rampage here, a barrage of licensed music which adds nothing now, scenes could be edited out with nothing lost etc. The theme work of self hatred and resolve is well done. I’m curious as to the average Marvel fans reaction to the ending will be as they have not shut up predicting the tropey cliche stuff for months now so I want to see if they like it or get their knickers in a twist about heroic sacrifices.

I also saw over the weekend;

Redline, jebus it’s probably the most gorgeous looking anime movie I’ve ever seen. It feels like they have bred a clone army of Jack Kirbys who were forced fed steroids and caffeine pills to create a state of hopped up roid rageness so they could animate their take on what would the illegitimate love child of Wacky Races and Speed Racer be. I suppose there are characters, story and other stuff in it too but none of that really matters compared to how cool everything looks.

The Fury, one of the films that influenced Strangers Things about psychic somethingsorrathers with a few of shots which were straight up lifts they stole but I was more curious of this as it’s a Brian De Palma film. To be honest I’ve never got the love for Brian De Palma, yeah The Untouchables and Carrie are amazeballs must see films and Scarface is alright too but he’s on a ridiculously high pedestal so I was hoping this would sway me to becoming a fan of him. The first half has a few good scenes, maybe sluggish however god damn the third act is just fudging brilliant.

Annette, loved it! Leos Carax who made the mad Holy Motors sells out to Hollywood to make a rock opera without selling out on his weird style. It feels as if it’s a musical parody where it goes in so hard being musical-ish its bad but it’s actually a great winky homage deconstruction, kinda like what (but tonally different) Hot Fuzz does for cop movies. They got the LEGENDS Sparks to do the music and it’s brilliant especially the opening. I loved (well hated) Adam Driver’s (that topless guy from Star Wars) character of part Bill Bailey’s musical antics and one of those sweary cynical comedians. I regret not seeing it in the cinema which is normally my highest praise.

Another banger with Dune

Now I can't wait for part 2. Unbelievably good.

Also watched Stelaris. What a stinker. Interesting concept but man, the first hour nearly put me to sleep, kept having to FF so I wouldn't be bored to tears.

@jump De Palma is in that golden circle of Speilberg and Lucas (and Coppola), so of course he has a little light shown his way.

Rampage on Hulu tonight. Color me surprised, I had no idea they made a movie adapation of the classic Midway game series. Honestly, I had a good time watching it. Ended up being a lot better than I was anticipating it to be. I thought it was cool they made the movie take place in Chicago, cool little nod to the city that headquartered Midway.

Now, I'm in the mood to pop in my GameCube copy of Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and play some Rampage World Tour.

I know it's almost a week late, I have to agree. I remember Mortal Kombat was one of my favorite adaptations. Actually watched it recently with a friend too, we were also on a Mortal Kombat kick, and watched it, in addition to playing Mortal Kombat XL and the GOG version of MK3 online together. Though we synced the movie and watched over voice chat.

@Sunsy Yeah that why Warner Brothers bought the Midway IPs when Midway went bankrupt. Not to make games but so they can use the plots and IPs for movies. I miss Rampage and loved the last one Maxium Destruction, I wish they would bring a new game out but while WB owns the IP they won't happen.

That's cool that you guys synced the movie. I recent played 11 and finished the story mode on that and loved it which put me in a MK mood lol. I wish I had a way to play the original 3 MK games but until I get my Analog Super NT I can't. Right after Tekken, MK is my favorite fighting game series.