Topic: Movie thread.

Renewed my Shudder subscription for this month of October. catching up on alot of stuff to binge through this month.

Such as Eli Roth's Horror of History, Cursed Films, whatever movie or movies is on Joe Bob Briggs' Jamboree from last month, Season 1 of Creepshow show and whatever else is going on Shudder for this month

@jigsaw2023 sir, you can promote sites on here.

Oh my god I love nope. It was so well done! And unique! The Jean jacket looked so beautiful

@jump I came on this thread to ask for suggestions for that too. Every October I try and add many scary films to my watch list to try and get through. Although, it normally seems to coincide with really good tv series dvd releases for me! Today has Cobra Kai Season 5 and The Good Doctor Season 6 released, so that will probably take up most of October. Will fit in what I can though!

I haven't commented here in ages, and so as not to post a gazillion movies, I'll just list what I watched this past weekend.

The Batman (Amazon Prime) - I'll give it credit in that, it not being beholden to a shared universe, it was able to be more of it's own thing (& that's something I definitely appreciate), but man was this bloated. Don't get me wrong it's definitely not a bad movie and the mix of "Saw" & the Zodiac Killer they had going on for the Riddler was interesting, but it just had way too many players. Maybe they could have chopped out 30 minutes or so if they hadn't included Penguin (who was little more than an underling of Falcone in this anyway).

Blade Runner 2049 (4K UHD BD) - This is my second time watching this (first time was on Netflix last year I think), and it was still very good. Rewatched the original BR recently as well, and while I enjoyed it, the sequel definitely has a more focused narrative that still managed to hold my attention even though the mystery wasn't new to me anymore.

Violent Night (Amazon Prime) - The discussion of whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie is old hat at this point, but what if Christmas was a Die Hard movie? That's the question this aims to answer, and it's honestly pretty fun.

@Mana_Knight I gave up on the first day. The night before 1st Oct I had a late night out so I slept late on the 1st and had too much to do during the day so I didn’t get a chance to watch a movie. Tbh I knew it was gonna happen which is why I’ve never tried the horror movie October challenge, hey-ho maybe next year.

@Rambler lets hope there’s gonna be 20 director’s cut versions released and each one will get it closer to making 2049 a continuation of theme and story to the first.

@jump Shame. Lol. Well, I sort of managed briefly having watched episodes of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel on both OCT days, but that is more fantasy than horror. Also, I am a bit lost by the story and have given up on it now, even though I only have 2 episodes to go! Never mind. Will still try and get a few in this October all the same.

Watched Sisu last night. Although it's one of those movies where too many of the action highpoints are spoiled in the trailer, I was still thoroughly entertained. At first blush I thought this was going to be a eastern European John Wick or something. But it's just a tale of one tough dude, minus all the gun kata you'd find in John Wick.

Double kudos are due. First, for having a protagonist that only speaks two lines of dialogue. Second, for having a satisfying end for the antagonist. Well done.

8/10

I've begun my annual October, 31 horror movie marathon. Watched The Changeling (1980) with George C. Scott, last night. One of those movies I've known about for a while, just hadn't gotten around to watching yet. It was really good! I love me a good haunted house story and this one does not disappoint. Fantastic atmosphere and cinematography. Although, be warned it does deal with some heavy themes of grief and loss.

My favorite parts in "The Cat in the Hat":

1. Cat saying "Honey, it was ruined when she bought it" and doing the sassy finger-snapping.
2. Cat revealing his vehicle, the "Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger", or S.L.O.W. for short. He says it's better than the last one, the "Super Hydraulic Instantaneous Transporter".

The recent Haunted Mansion movie on Disney+ was entertaining. It's a bit slow for the first 15 minutes, but good after that, I thought.

Recently picked up Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken on Blu-Ray/DVD. First time seeing it since I saw it in the theater, and still loved the movie. Even put the ticket stub in the case. Which leads me to ask, does anyone actually keep their ticket stubs?

Me, I like keeping them as a reminder that I saw this movie in a theater, and put it in the DVD case. Anyone else like keeping them?

I have watched Paw Patrol the Mighty Movie two times from my local cinema XXI.
It was really pleasant to watch kids movie from Nickelodeon.
There were some scenes made me nervous to watch such an environmental damage and more peril situation happened as I have never expected something drama like that from the series which have lesser peril situation.
The inclusion of Kim Kardashian in the movie was really a joke. One minute appeared and she still kept her persona as social media queen. 😆
Overall, I gave the score 8/10.

@Sunsy Eh, not me. My mom does, I don't see the appeal. It's just proof so if you have to go to the bathroom during the credits of "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and the usher won't let you back in your seat because you wanted to catch the trademark "post credit scene". (Which in "Homecoming's" case was a lighthearted jab by Captain America about the scenes)

Of course, since I followed the rule of "never drinking anything until the movie starts, unless it's a Marvel movie in which case don't drink anything throughout the entire run" I haven't had that issue.

Into the trash my stubs go when I get home. Except for the Ghibli Fest 2023 ones, I hold onto them so I can get a discount at Hot Topic, but once I make that purchase I throw the stubs out afterward until the next one.

Besides, if I preorder tickets, I don't ALWAYS get the stub. The guy who I get a ticket from sometimes just tells me what screen to go to. Plus I am keeping a list of movies I've seen in theaters this year on a spreadsheet (I'm gonna go for my goal, which is 52, meaning one movie per week).

Finally got around to watching The Batman (hey I guess it’s also technically a Halloween film) and it might be my new favorite movie. Genuinely have no problems with it and was a blast to watch.

Yo...!
I watched Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie just now for the third time after last week as the first time, last Thursday as the second time.
The movie was still great to watch even I have watched it multiple times.
Well, I try to watch as many as possible before it get changed by another movies.
I still give the score 8/10.

Just got back from seeing The Creator.

It doesn't break any narrative ground for this type of film, but if you like future tech sci-fi it's a very good film. It looks fantastic, both in terms of the quality of the effects (may be the best looking CGI I've seen in a film this year) as well as in design (the tech reminded me a lot of 80's anime sci-fi like Akira, Venus Wars, Bubblegum Crisis & the like), which really immerses you into the world. The action is exciting when it occurs, and everyone seems to put in a good performance.

Might be a bit of recency bias, but I'd say it's one of my favorite films of the year (behind Oppenheimer & Mario, though it's definitely a "better" film than the latter), so it's a bit disappointing to see it hasn't been doing too well at the box office. On the plus side, I was the only person in the entire theatre, which was pretty cool.

@RR529
Oppenheimer and The Mario movie, can’t have one without the other.

watching John Carpenter's Memoirs of an Invisible Man on Tubi right now tonight. an odd sci fi comedy from John Carpenter but its still a classic i guess.

then watching Oculus later tonight

Saw Rally Road Racers the other day, Peacock was giving it. Watched it based on a recommendation from a friend who actually saw it in theaters. Honestly, I liked it. Thought it was a pretty good animated movie. Good story about a rookie racer making a bet with a pro racer in order to save his home village. I enjoyed it.

Obviously, it's from a lesser known studio, but was pleasantly surprised by it. Never understood why a good chunk of animation fans only stick to Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, etc, because sometimes lesser known studios do make some pretty good movies. This is coming from a guy who enjoys Disney and DreamWorks stuff.

@HenryKibble Alrighty. For me, it's just a fun reminder of "yeah I experienced this movie in a theater." In Trolls World Tour case, having a ticket from a special showing of a movie that didn't really get a theatrical release (I'm hanging on to that one forever, lol).

Apologies for late reply, had a rather busy week.