Topic: Movie thread.

I watched Leroy & Stitch from Dailymotion to cleanse my brain from watching terrible live action of Lilo & Stitch 2025.
Even watching Lilo & Stitch 2025 from recap spoiler video on YouTube just for curiosity, it still terrible to watch.

So some reason I was in a martial art mood so I decided to watch one of the greatest martial arts movie as well as the granddaddy of them all Enter the Dragon.

One of my favorite movies of all time and it still holds up well. Its easy to see the influence it had on future martial arts movies and other forms of media. From Mortal Kombat, to Double Dragon, to Bloodsport to so much more.

I don't I need to tell anyone the plot. Its pretty basic but done so well. Basically a monk named Lee is invited to a tournament held every 3 years by and ex monk of his order who is now into trafficking of all sorts, drugs, women you name it. He is asked by the British government to go in and find some information on what Han is up to cause all they have is suspicion of his activity. On top of that Lee is also seeking out the man who killed his sister who is on the island. Lee agrees and while on this island meets two other martial artists who are there for their own reasons. So the movies has a James Bond meets Mortal Kombat feel to it. The fighting scenes are nicely choreographed and hold up even to this day. Its sad that this was Bruce Lee's only international movie but it is a gem.

Highly recommend if you never seen it, or if its been awhile. Definitely a piece of media history.

Saw Lilo & Stitch at my local theater today. I'm not big on the Disney live action remakes. I've seen a few, otherwise I don't go out of my way to see them. More of an animation guy. A friend and I went this morning, we both thought the movie was good. Pleasantly surprised by this one.

Yeah, stuff changed from the original, seen it a few times in the past, otherwise I liked it. Though I did get the ending spoiled thanks to a YouTube video's thumbnail (and people wonder why I do not like Movie Review YouTubers).

Spoiler stuff:
The ending was different, Nani leaves for college and Lilo lives with the neighbor. However, Nani can see Lilo whenever she wants using the portal gun (I'm totally calling it a portal gun and you cannot stop me, lol), they can still see each other. Also Jumba is a villain this time. It was really fun seeing Lilo and Stitch having fun together. Loved the heart this movie had.

Need to plan a night to watch the original, it's been years since I've watched it.

So far it seems like @Zuljaras and I liked the movie, while @Anti-Matter didn't. Right now, the next theater movie I'm planning to see is Smurfs, because I love the Smurfs. Did get a taste of big screen Smurfs thanks to the previews.

@CaleBoi25 Nice, surprisingly I don't think I ever watched the second Paddington. I remember watching the first one thanksgiving, and remember liking it too.

@Sunsy I haven’t seen it or the OG but I am not too concerned by spoilers so I read your thoughts and YES CALL IS A PORTAL GUN. Of course I support that, I mean, just look at my PFP

@CaleBoi25 I approve of the icon. Yeah, there was a portal gun in Lilo & Stitch, and Stitch even uses it on Jumba. He fires a portal below Jumba, and above him, and he just fell through it like the game, over and over. XD I told my friend, I have the sudden urge to play Portal after the movie. Gotta install it sometime.

@Sunsy
I'm a little bit nervous with new Smurfs movie with Rihanna as Smurfette.
The movie will bring new Rihanna songs and I hope the song choice are not cringey songs.
The movie is good or bad for me is depend on my whole reactions during the movie.
If I smiled / giggled / laughed like Aladdin 2019 live action movie, Beauty and the Beast 2017 Disney, WICKED, Paw Patrol movie, the movie is great.
If I sobbed either in sad or happy like The Princess and the Frog / Up (Disney Pixar) / Big Hero 6, Aladdin 2019 live action movie, the movie is great.
If I WOW like Cinderella 2015 / Aladdin 2019, the movie is great.
If I shocked & jaw dropped like Transformers One / Big Hero 6, the movie is great.
But, if felt cringey / no reaction / irritated / insulted, the movie is bad.
I have never do this but if I left from the cinema before even the movie finished, the movie is rubbish and I felt really offended.

@Anti-Matter I'm not too worried about it. There is a new song out called "Friend of Mine," however I don't know if it will be sung in the movie, nor if it's a promotional song. Think M2M's "Don't Say You Love Me," it was a song used to promote Pokemon: The First Movie, however, it was only featured during the end credits of the movie. That's what I mean by promotional, it's not sung, but it's used to promote the movie.

As someone whose favorite smurf is Smurfette, I think Smurfette will be fine. Will admit, going to miss Smurfette from Smurfs: The Lost Village, that movie gave her character more lore and I loved it.

I recently watched Mission Impossible the Final Reckoning in Imax and it was pretty good for the most part. The first act is not great though, and the pacing is whack for the most part. But when it is good, it is REAL good. Probably one of the best third acts I have ever seen in any movie period. Don't want to say anymore because spoilers, but I definitely recommend it overall. I'd probably give it a 7. As for how I would rank it against the rest of the series, I think it would go:

8. MI 2
7. MI (The first one)
6. MI 3
5. MI Ghost Protocol
4. MI The Final Reckoning
3, MI Dead Reckoning
2. MI Rogue Nation
1. MI Fallout

currently busy with watching Ghost in the Shell the Laughing Man movie or season 1 of it anyway on tubi, Denzel Washington movie Ricochet and Ninja Turtles Next Mutation

Watched Lilo & Stitch, the original one tonight. Glad I waited to watch this one after seeing the live action remake, quite a bit were similar between the two movies. Yes, they both have different elements that doesn't make the movie a shot-for-shot remake, but there are similar scenes.

I like them both. Again, I'm not usually big on Disney's live action remakes, but I feel they actually did good with this one.

I've long given up on enjoying them as movies. I go to them for the "crazy Tom stunts".

Honestly, I find the "making of the stunts" videos are way better than the actual films.

Back from KARATE KID: LEGENDS.

Loved it. Just a hugely enjoyable film. Fits well in the franchise and manages to capture the spirit wonderfully.

Just watched Captain America: Brave New World and... It was all right. I wasn't expecting anything, so I wasn't disappointed! Weirdly, this was more of a sequel to Hulk than a new Cap movie, but I guess I am fine with that. The fight scenes were genuinely awful for a good chunk of the movie, but there were some pretty OK ones that made it bearable. I overall enjoyed the characters, and the plot was interesting enough. I was glad they went down a "solve the mystery" route rather than relying on flashy battles (at least not as much) since as I said, the fight choreography was abysmal, especially the very first fight of the film. Overall I'd give it a 6/10, I think. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't an MCU fan, but also wouldn't tell people specifically to avoid it. But if you want to watch an MCU movie, go watch Thunderbolts* instead!!!

Official trailer of WICKED: FOR GOOD on this 21 November 2025.

Watched the original Trolls this morning, it's been a good while since I've watched this one too. Smiled, laughed, and even cried, especially during the True Colors scene and the ending always makes me happy to the point of tears.

Also, crazy to think, come November, this movie is going to be nine years old. Still remember the day I first saw and fell in love with this movie. Albeit it was out of theaters and on DVD when I first saw it.

Spaceballs 2 got announced.

ELIO will be aired in my country on 18 June 2025, earlier than I thought.
I hope ELIO deliver something good after I felt disappointed by two Disney live action movies: Snow White and Lilo & Stitch.
There is one upcoming movie that I really hope it will be my Movie of the Year 2025.
I hope WICKED: FOR GOOD will be my Movie of The Year 2025 after I watched the trailer last time and it looked awesome.

@Sunsy I bought Spaceballs this winter👌 when it was on sale for $5.

This will be great if we can still get another mel brooks movie. I hope spaceballs 2 is decent.

@WoomyNNYes Hope so, seeing Mel Brooks involved hopefully it's in good hands. Not a bad deal, hope you like the movie. Spaceballs is one of my favorites.

Saw Horton Hears a Who! a few days ago on YouTube, and it’s my most recently watched movie lately.

I have seen some film adaptations of Dr. Seuss’ books in the past, that being Illumination’s adaptations of The Lorax and The Grinch (albeit I didn’t finish it) and even the disastrous and hilariously strange live-action The Cat in the Hat film that did so bad that it led to future adaptations of Dr. Seuss’ books to being animated only, but I hadn’t seen Horton before. I’d only seen snippets of the film online in out of context clips but saw it was one of the better received adaptations, and YouTube made that and The Lorax, free to watch, so I saw it, and really enjoyed it!

This came out in 2008, and unlike the later animated Dr. Seuss films being mostly done by Illumination, Blue Sky did Horton, and I would say they did a far better job with this adaptation.

First off, the animation is great. It holds up pretty well and did a great job of translating Seuss’ art into 3D. This was actually the first adaptation of his books to be in 3D, and his characters look awesome animated in this style. While I think the animation in Illumination’s adaptations are good and thought those did a fine job turning the artwork and environments of the book into 3D, the designs in this film did a better job closely resembling Seuss’ art, and you can definitely still see his whimsical art style and designs even in 3D. For Illumination’s films, I thought the art style in those was more of a blend between their style and Seuss’ art, but here it better closely resembles the original. I especially liked how the Whos looked and were animated, as well as the look of Whoville. There were even some short parts of the film that were done in a different style, including a short 2D segment animated in the beginning that resembles Seuss’ original art style, and, pretty hilariously, a scene where Horton and the rest of the characters are supposed to look and be animated like ANIME CHARACTERS. The change in style, on top of the humor and the strange voice acting used in the scene just makes it perfect.

Speaking of that, the humor was way more hilarious in this one. A lot of the jokes landed far better, and I thought it really captured and fit the wit and whimsy in Dr. Seuss’ books, on top of the narration with the rhymes being way more prominent in this adaptation. There was some small slapstick added in that I thought fit in, and while the film isn’t a gigantic knee-slapper, it’s still pretty funny, and maybe the funniest adaptation of a Dr Seuss’ book I’ve seen. The final act where all of Whoville has to make a bunch of noise to capture the attention of the animals to avoid having their home speck destroyed and boiled in oil was so perfect, and the one scene in the film that I think especially captured the tone of Seuss’ books well, plus it was a way more exciting final act compared to some of the other Dr. Seuss adaptations I’ve seen before.

Oh yeah, and the voice cast is awesome too! So many of the casting choices fit the characters so perfectly, especially Jim Carrey as Horton and Steve Carell as the Mayor, the former especially, given Horton is an extremely goofy, friendly, and eccentric character in this, and his performance captured Horton’s character traits really well.

It’s just a pretty good film that, compared to the other adaptations of Seuss’ work, adapts the source material faithfully and sticks close to it, on top of being pretty hilarious. Definitely recommend it! Not sure what I’ll watch next, but I saw A Minecraft Movie is coming to Max soon, and I am absolutely gonna watch it, even if it isn’t good lol.