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I would've thought that Dune would've been discussed a bit more on this board, what with it being an adaptation of a highly influential and popular sci-fi novel, but it appears not to be the case.
The bulk of people in the thread are mostly interested in family entertainment so a lack of lightsabers and CGI talking animals in the film means itβs not resonating with folk on here. Whilst Dune is a very serious film to be taken very seriously, I know this as when I keep pronouncing it on purpose as Done and talk about how it rips off Star Wars and Tremors people get very angry at me.
Watched The Casagrandes Movie on Netflix tonight. Never watched the show, but I do remember seeing clips of it, and decided to give the movie a chance. To my surprise, I really enjoyed this one.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
My Inside Out voice cast for my emotions would be;
Brian Blessed as Excited Anger
Patrick Stewart as Intellectually Annoyed Anger
Nicolas Cage as Cartoony Anger
Joe Pesci as Sweary Anger
(young) Al Pacino as Quiet Anger
Michael Shannon as Raging Anger
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Cinema) - Maybe it's just because I wasn't expecting much from it, but I actually enjoyed this a bit. It does seem a tad bit moodier than previous outings, but it's still very much comedy first, horror second. Now, a lot of the comedy comes in the form of standard "sitcom family" jokes amongst the core cast/family & nostalgic call backs to the classic films (& it appears they've decided that the mini Stay Puft marshmallow men from the last one are a permanent fixture, taking on the role similar to Despicable Me's minions, goofing around the lab(s)), so the quality in that department is up for debate, but my theatre seemed to be into it. Without getting into spoilers, the thing that seemed most out of place to me was the subplot involving a friendly ghost who just acted like a regular person.
the Departed (Blu-Ray) - a young cop with a troubled past becomes a police informant embedding himself amongst the Boston Mob (with the boss being Jack Nicholson), but things aren't as easy as first seemed because an all star cop amongst the force is himself a mole in service of the Mob, and both are soon in a race to find out who the other rat is. Picked this up thrifting, and it ended up being a pretty fantastic movie. Really gripping.
Otaku no Video (Blu-Ray) - Really interesting insight into Otaku culture of the 80's & 90's. It follows a young college student who falls in with a crowd of otaku & you can see how becoming a shut in affects his personal life & relationships (of course, being an anime film targeted directly at the otaku audience, things end up much happier for him, as he gets the last laugh against society). Still, it seems like there is some truth to it's depiction of otaku culture of the era, given that it's very loosely based on how Studio Gainax (it's animation studio) was founded. Also had fake live action "interviews" with former/closeted Otaku which made me a bit self conscious about my anime figure collection, lol.
Summer School Teachers (Tubi) - 70's B-comedy that follows a trio of aspiring Midwestern teachers who head out to California for a shot at education careers out on the coast, but these free spirited young women are going to have to win over their conservative/old timey colleagues in order to make it. Pretty poorly made & had a few tonal inconsistencies (the science teacher's storyline felt more serious & drama-ish compared to the comedic tones of the other two stories), but it had a charm to it & had a few laughs.
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yeah the whole thing with Pheobe and her weird non gay friendship with Melody the matchstick ghost girl was getting boring when I watched the movie at the theater. I was expecting them to kiss or something
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Cinema) - Maybe it's just because I wasn't expecting much from it, but I actually enjoyed this a bit. It does seem a tad bit moodier than previous outings, but it's still very much comedy first, horror second. Now, a lot of the comedy comes in the form of standard "sitcom family" jokes amongst the core cast/family & nostalgic call backs to the classic films (& it appears they've decided that the mini Stay Puft marshmallow men from the last one are a permanent fixture, taking on the role similar to Despicable Me's minions, goofing around the lab(s)), so the quality in that department is up for debate, but my theatre seemed to be into it. Without getting into spoilers, the thing that seemed most out of place to me was the subplot involving a friendly ghost who just acted like a regular person. the Departed (Blu-Ray) - a young cop with a troubled past becomes a police informant embedding himself amongst the Boston Mob (with the boss being Jack Nicholson), but things aren't as easy as first seemed because an all star cop amongst the force is himself a mole in service of the Mob, and both are soon in a race to find out who the other rat is. Picked this up thrifting, and it ended up being a pretty fantastic movie. Really gripping.
Otaku no Video (Blu-Ray) - Really interesting insight into Otaku culture of the 80's & 90's. It follows a young college student who falls in with a crowd of otaku & you can see how becoming a shut in affects his personal life & relationships (of course, being an anime film targeted directly at the otaku audience, things end up much happier for him, as he gets the last laugh against society). Still, it seems like there is some truth to it's depiction of otaku culture of the era, given that it's very loosely based on how Studio Gainax (it's animation studio) was founded. Also had fake live action "interviews" with former/closeted Otaku which made me a bit self conscious about my anime figure collection, lol.
Summer School Teachers (Tubi) - 70's B-comedy that follows a trio of aspiring Midwestern teachers who head out to California for a shot at education careers out on the coast, but these free spirited young women are going to have to win over their conservative/old timey colleagues in order to make it. Pretty poorly made & had a few tonal inconsistencies (the science teacher's storyline felt more serious & drama-ish compared to the comedic tones of the other two stories), but it had a charm to it & had a few laughs.
I watched the Double Dragon movie last night, yes I have a bad habit of watching terrible 90s vhs tapes I find at thrift stores. I knew it was bad, but dare I say it's even worse than the Van Damme Street Fighter movie. I was surprised to see that Paul Dini, of Batman the Animated Series fame had a writing credit. I guess this was before he hit his stride as a writer, haha. There was an unintentionally funny scene that was trying to make Abobo a sympathetic villain, that reminded me of some of the stuff he did with Batman's villains in the animated series.
Saw Dune: Part Two in my local cinema in the UK with nine friends on launch day but it wasnβt enough. Flew back home recently and tomorrow my family (and me lmao) are off to watch Dune again in our local IMAX theatre. Havenβt seen many movies in IMAX so Iβm super excited to rediscover the feeling!
Godzilla X Kong: the New Empire 3D (Cinema) - Plot is about as dumb as a box of rocks, but man if this isn't the most fun I've had at the theatre this year. It's more Kong centric, but Godzilla definitely steals the show whenever he does show up on screen. The spectacle really shines in 3D too (whether it be Big G splattering bug guts everywhere, or all the dizzying twirling Hollow Earth shots & anti-grav shenanigans).
The Favourite (Blu-Ray) - Picked this up thrifting, and while it does have it's merits, I just don't think it's my kinda thing. That's okay though, it's good to take a step out of your comfort zone every once in awhile, even if it doesn't always pay off.
Summer Job (Tubi) - this 80's comedy doesn't have much in the way of a plot, just a bunch of college kids partying, pranking one another, & looking for romance while working a summer job at a beach resort, with a lot of screentime dedicated to beautiful beach bods, sunsets, and pristine waters (even with the effect a bit muted as it seems to be taken from a tape master, the definite SD resolution doesn't do it much favors). Still, it's fun if you're in the right mood.
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just found out a few minutes ago while browsing Netflix that they added the classic 1984 movie Iceman which I watched all the time on HBO back in the day when the Iceman movie would come on during the weekends in 1985.
Last two months, Netflix has had the old Its Alive movie. now they're doing another hidden 1980s movie addition this month with Nightmare on Elm Street 3, 4 and 5, Iceman, Firstborn( that Peter Weller bad guy movie), some old early 1980s romance comedy movie with Carol Burnett.
sadly Netflix doesnt have the Unrated version of Nightmare on Elm Street 5. But the old Iceman movie. Jeez its been a long long time since I saw it when it was on HBO back in the day in 1985
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