Topic: Movie thread.

@Anti-Matter Looking at all the reviews of the Disney movies of this decade, I’m really worried that Toy Story 5 is going to fall on its face and ruin the franchise. I have no idea what to think of Frozen 3. I keep forgetting that it’s even happening.

@StewdaMegaManNerd
Frozen 2 was mediocre.
The story was unnecessary, the songs are forgettable, I watched only one time at cinema and never watched again because it was Blah for me.
Better Disney finished Toy Story 5 with satisfying ending as the ending of Toy Story 4 was like cliffhanger that lead to another sequel.
Frozen 3, I assumed the storyline will be even mediocre and the songs will be more forgettable.
Disney on wrecked ship in this year 2020's.

@StewdaMegaManNerd Honestly I tried disregarding any critic reviews before playing X7, and I still hated it by the end. Same with some other stuff like the recent Disney movies, A Minecraft Movie, and the third season of Digimon Xros Wars

Watched Elio in the cinema today and I think it was surprisingly good. Lots of cute and heartwarming scenes. Definitely feel like I can trust Disney or Pixar again to make animations for children.

@Jhena
I was the opposite.
I thought ELIO was disappointing from the storyline structure and how did ELIO desperately wanted to be abducted by aliens without considering the consequences after being abducted and he had to lie to be accepted as the member just for running away from the Earth because he got bullied and felt lonely after lost his parents.
I thought the movie didn't explore that much the other aliens as the Communiverse members as they felt like cameo or less important characters. The movie just only too focused on ELIO and didn't give much character development for other characters like the aliens, Bryce, Melmac, the backstory of ELIO parents before the demise.
Also, the movie didn't have catchy or memorable songs like Inside Out so the songs just forgettable after watching the movie.

@Anti-Matter
I know, I read your other comment too. I think the film concentrated on the characters I cared for. It would have been cool to see more of Glordon's past life though, to better understand why he is so friendly. Showing how his parents were the only ones who cared for him and understood him might have been better to understand Elio's loneliness, but I think it worked just fine the way they did it.

Just finished A Minecraft Movie. Decided to put something on while I was drawing and gosh that was so fun but so stupid haha.

I was actually supposed to see this in theaters a few weeks after it came out, but I never did, but I still planned on watching it once it came out on streaming, kind of “for the funny” as they say, so I avoided reading much about it’s plot and reviews until I saw it myself.

This movie is not very good in terms of plot and writing, it’s sort of thin and can be at times really cliched (I could even guess what was going to happen at one point in the movie during the climax), and I do think that it takes the movie quite a while to put the characters in the Overworld and introduce more elements from the game, so the opening parts introducing the rest of the characters (sans Steve) make it feel like an entirely different movie unrelated to Minecraft. Plus, a lot of the characters are kinda underdeveloped and not super complex.

Though, it’s a stupidly fun movie that’s aware it’s stupid and doesn’t try taking itself seriously, and it makes the experience even more better. Like, a few of the characters are fully aware of how stupid some of the others act, and then really cheesy, corny, and stupid moments that are just so silly to watch. One that comes to mind for me is how Steve is introduced to the main group…the way he defeats the zombies on the tower is so stupid and over the top, and then the zombies going up in flames and disintegrating behind him when it becomes daylight, all set to the song Lil Boo Thang…the scene tries to be so cool but exaggerates it so much, and the kind of unfitting song makes it comes off as so hilariously silly, maybe a bit epic, and cheesy, I love it. Then I remember hearing a bit about the kind of unnecessary and random romance between the divorced vice principal and Villager before seeing it, and I kind of found it a bit funny how the reason they only got together and the principal choosing to take him out to dinner was only because she accidentally hit him with her car and didn’t want to get sued.

But, I think what makes the film the MOST hilarious to me is how you can clearly see the green screen with how the actors and actresses kind of pop out of the blocky backgrounds and worlds. It looks so awful but it makes the film so hilarious because of how it adds onto how the characters look really out of place for almost the whole time they’re in the Overworld, and the cheap quality of the green screen during certain scenes (one example being when Henry is trying to sneak around the mansion midway through the film) makes it look like one of those green screen meme edit videos YouTube would probably randomly recommend you. Then there’s the songs which are also intentionally stupid and so cheesy too, but I’ll say that even though they are cheesy and dumb, the lava chicken song is sung really well and a bit catchy for an extremely short song. I’ll give genuine props for the performances of the actors and actresses (especially Jack Black) that make the film more hilarious, how the Overworld looked during parts, the retro game store that briefly appears during parts of the film looked really cool, and the themes about creativity, not being stifled by others and having zero limits to what you can make, I really liked, especially since I’m a person who likes art, imagination, and creating.

I heard this is already getting a sequel, and I’m curious about what they’ll do with that one. Hoping it’s as cheesy and stupid fun as this one! Not sure what I’ll watch next, but I have been a bit into cartoons lately, also from watching a few on YouTube a few days ago. Saw that they now have The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie on streaming, and I heard good things about that, so I’ll probably check that out later today.

A Greyhound of a Girl. An irish animated film based on a book by Roddy Doyle. 5 stars for me. Beautiful story, animation, voice acting, and music. I feel this got really really overlooked at the time. Wish there was more like it.

@Pastellioli omg yes!!! i love your thoughts here! i just watched it when it finallyyy came to max the other day (i avoided seeing in theatres cause i heard some crazy stuff with the chicken jockey trend and well, time) and it was definitely a funny one. as a big minecraft fan, i loved all the references (technoblade!), and i agree with you, the cast was surprisingly really talented and the cgo wasnt near so bad as i thought. the villager date scenes were the best though, and the creator of minecraft as the waiter? perfect.
yeah they already confirmed a second one (no surprise with the money they made) and theyve already teased alex so itll probably be about her and maybe the end? im excited to see though 😝

Watched A Minecraft Movie with my wife and it was fun. It is not a movie to be taken seriously. I had to explain to her all about the crafting and the NPCs

And watching Stifler's mom was a hilarious bonus as well!!!

Momoa was so out of control that I liked him the most

@OctolingKing13 I was reminded of the movie when I saw them advertising it on Max a few days before it arrived, and its maybe one of the best stupidly unserious movies I’ve ever seen, and just so entertaining to watch. Really glad I avoided spoilers because seeing it was freaking hilarious.

And I also did like the Technoblade reference in there too. I only started watching his videos after he unfortunately passed, and the videos I watched from him were so funny, so seeing them acknowledge him with the brief scene of the pig wearing a crown really put a smile on my face.

I am wondering what direction they’ll take for the sequel. I definitely think Alex will be apart of that one, but it would be cool if they included The End and possibly the Ender Dragon. I thought it felt a bit weird the film didn’t feature The End and how the Enderman was only present in the film for a bit, given the Enderman is a big deal in Minecraft and is extremely popular, but I think they would have had too much to work with if they threw The End in there with the Nether. The End would absolutely be perfect for the sequel!

So is A Minecraft Movie the Napoleon Dynamite of game-to-film adaptations then?

Watched North By Northwest with my family recently; I forgot how good it is! If you are watching with younger kids, there are some tense scenes and a suggestive portion but it doesn't last long. I thrilling Alfred Hitchcock mystery, plus some top-notch Cary Grant acting--overall one of my favorites with him, though Charade might beat it out. Arsenic and Old Lace is another good one with him (definitely a lot less serious and kid-friendly, too).

I watched anime movie CRAYON SHIN-CHAN THE MOVIE: OUR DINOSAUR STORY yesterday at my local cinema and.... It was quite good surprisingly.

I personally not a fan of Crayon Shinchan art style as it looks awful in my opinion, but the storyline of the movie was something intriguing.
I didn't react that much during watching the whole movie, didn't feel want to giggle to see the goofiness of Shinchan doing silly things but there was one scene that made me suddenly dropped my tiny tears to see Nana as the baby Spinosaurus died after sacrificed himself to protect the other characters from the fallen building wall. That was something caught me off guard.
Also, I was surprised to see there was mild BLOOD spurt from Shinchan face after he got scratched by Nana (baby Spinosaurus) and Shinchan just wiped out tiny blood on his face just like it was never happened
The whole storyline was about Living dinosaurs back to alive in dinosaur resort from the idea of Mr Bubble with his franchise Unbelievable. But as the story progress, it revealed the living dinosaurs were actually robots made with AI technology and synthetic skins to make it realistic. As soon his secret got discovered as a LIE, Mr Bubble started to terrorize the whole Japan city by launching his Robo dinosaurs to catch Nana (real baby Spinosaurus) to make clones of Real Dinosaurs and the attempt changed into kidnapping the people's by putting inside giant gacha capsule and they were being forced to watch the performance of Mr Bubble.
This storyline was kinda interesting to realize there was a LIE from the famous things and everytime I watched movie and found something that looked too good to be true, I will suspect there will be something fishy behind.
Anyway, a decent movie in my opinion, not really WOW.
I give the score 7 from 10.
Finally, a decent movie to watch after the terrible movies Paddington at Peru, Snow White 2026, Lilo & Stitch live action and ELIO.
I think I will watch again Shinchan movie this Saturday as Anime movie mostly have very limited schedule at my local cinema XXI so I just keep my eyes on the daily schedule to make sure I can rewatch again at the nearest cinema as possible.
In this case, only one cinema XXI have schedule to play this Shinchan movie.

There's a bit at the end with gunshots in a crowd scene. They had to do extra takes, so you can see a little kid in the crowd stick his fingers in his ears before the gunshots. It's one of the great film bloopers!

Ballerina - I didn't like a lot of the John Wick movies because the action often felt repetitive. But this one has varied and interesting fight scenes. Recommended.

28 Years Later - 5-star trailer. 3-star movie. Recommended.

@MontyCircus Never noticed that before--I'll have to keep an eye out next time!!

I am so looking forward to The Naked Gun! Watched the original films lately and it is so my kind of stupid humour. So much of it is just Dad jokes and puns. Going to rent the original TV show, Police Squad, pretty soon too.

I finally watched Digimon Adventure : Last Evolution Kizuna
No review but I was so close to crying

Saw Superman, was everything I could’ve wanted.

Being in a super rural town means the theater is constantly empty but it makes for some fun pics.

Now i can only pray my goat miles is next, I’d kill for the third spiderverse film to come out.

Oh well perhaps the fantastic four film will deliver. Now here’s the thing…

@Yousef- oh my word YES, BtSV needs to deliver!