GLASSJAW Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 3 hours ago, AV's Coin said: You Movie buffs may like this... History of the lens flare nice video. liked the short clip of Texas Chainsaw Massacre - such a great closing shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 On 20/03/2017 at 11:08 AM, Hugor Hill said: Cardinal vs Bellevue I just finished watching both pilots. Here are my first impressions: 1) Bellevue is such a True Detective wannabe, with the sex and missing children and religion and everything. Cardinal went for the TD look and feel but it's not as blatant. 2) Despite being a TD wannabe, Bellevue totally misses TD season one's theme, which is, at the end of the day, friendship. Bellevue misses the mark so badly Anna Paquin's character doesn't even have a partner. 3) Without fact checking, Cardinal has a far bigger budget (or at least they didn't spend all their money to bring in a well compensated movie star like True Detective wannabe did). No question. 4) I very much dislike the actor who plays Cardinal. On top of his ordinary, nondescript look and monotonous emotional range, his damn scratchy voice sounds like he is always trying to whisper very loudly. 5) I'm not a huge fan of neither shows at this point, but the very first scene of Bellevue is just pathetic. After that, they tried to push the plot forward as fast as possible but yeah, like you said, it's all over the place. It's like they think throwing lots of story threads at the viewer as quickly as possible is a good way of telling a story. Again, a TD wannabe but done very poorly. 6) I very much dislike partnering a young attractive woman with an old man in Cardinal. It's ageism and sexism and unrealistic all rolled into one. And no, trying to dig dirt out of him is not a good excuse. For this alone I don't want to keep watching it out of general principle. 7) Bellevue has an inherit advantage that its protagonist is a likeable and attractive female (who doesn't even have a partner), so naturally we are always worried about her safety. But if you are relying on this alone to keep viewers interested, then the show has problems. 8) I think Bellevue has one thing going for it, it's Paquin's personal storyline - that the crime today has something to do with her childhood. It's... cheaply intriguing like a teen horror movie. I don't know how accurate it is to it, but Cardinal is based on a book that I haven't yet read. I'm actually inclined to seek it out after seeing though after having seen the show. I don't think the casting for Cardinal was perfect, but I don't take issue with the existence of Delorme, That's because, spoiler alert, there's absolutely no romance angle or anything there. It's just a fairly attractive women that happens to be a cop. That in itself could be argued to be a sexist hollywood trope that female leads kind of have to be attractive, but I can't say I take issue with her character, or who they chose to act for her. Looking at both shows, I see a great True Detective clone, and a bad True Detective clone. You're probably right that Cardinal had the bigger budget, but it doesn't take all the money in the world to shoot something competently and make it look good. It helps obviously, but I think the difference between the mediocre and great cinematography goes beyond that. If you keep watching beyond episode one though, It does continue to trend downwards to episode four. Particularly because the actual antagonist drags things down. But it pops back up strongly by episode 5 and ends on a high note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Dave Chappelle - Netflix Specials Of the two specials, I found the first one in LA infinitely better than the second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 13 hours ago, g_bassi13 said: I don't know how accurate it is to it, but Cardinal is based on a book that I haven't yet read. I'm actually inclined to seek it out after seeing though after having seen the show. I don't think the casting for Cardinal was perfect, but I don't take issue with the existence of Delorme, That's because, spoiler alert, there's absolutely no romance angle or anything there. It's just a fairly attractive women that happens to be a cop. That in itself could be argued to be a sexist hollywood trope that female leads kind of have to be attractive, but I can't say I take issue with her character, or who they chose to act for her. Looking at both shows, I see a great True Detective clone, and a bad True Detective clone. You're probably right that Cardinal had the bigger budget, but it doesn't take all the money in the world to shoot something competently and make it look good. It helps obviously, but I think the difference between the mediocre and great cinematography goes beyond that. If you keep watching beyond episode one though, It does continue to trend downwards to episode four. Particularly because the actual antagonist drags things down. But it pops back up strongly by episode 5 and ends on a high note. Saw Kim's Convenience's pilot too. You are right! It's got the feels! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure1994Mclean Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Logan - 8/10. Don't recall watching any X-men movie previously and was honestly a bit reluctant and ambivalent towards watching it but I'm glad I actually did. It was captivating enough from beginning to end that I don't think I looked at my watch to check the time once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babych Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 On 3/22/2017 at 8:48 PM, Monty said: Dave Chappelle - Netflix Specials Of the two specials, I found the first one in LA infinitely better than the second. Watched the first one yesterday... I thought it was pretty great. I'll most likely check out the second one today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) X men Apocalypse; 6.5/10 Spoiler It is getting harder to keep track of just what "universe" these movies come from. Not a fan of showing a different beginning for Wolverine, Storm or Nightcrawler. Took way too long to get Jean into the fight and too many single attacks against Apocalypse. Edited March 26, 2017 by gurn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Magnificent Seven: 7.5 /10 Rated that high because I flat out love westerns. Vincent Dinofrio sure plays different characters in the movies and shows he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Morning Glory - RachelMcAdamsIsAmazing/10 It's a standard Hollywood women-flick. It's fine. Not amazing. Fine. But I couldn't care less. Rachel McAdams glows every frame she is in. I think she is my favourite actress now. She can do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 http://variety.com/2017/film/news/adam-sandler-netflix-the-ridiculous-6-1202015571/ Netflix has agreed to 4 more Adam Sandler films, bringing the total to 8 original Sandler flicks. My worst fear has come true: "Netflix hates people over the age of 2." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 2 hours ago, Monty said: http://variety.com/2017/film/news/adam-sandler-netflix-the-ridiculous-6-1202015571/ Netflix has agreed to 4 more Adam Sandler films, bringing the total to 8 original Sandler flicks. My worst fear has come true: "Netflix hates people over the age of 2." I've had my share of flaming for hating Adam sandler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I just watched Adam Sandler's "The Cobbler" the other night... Dear lord/10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 5 hours ago, Hugor Hill said: Morning Glory - RachelMcAdamsIsAmazing/10 It's a standard Hollywood women-flick. It's fine. Not amazing. Fine. But I couldn't care less. Rachel McAdams glows every frame she is in. I think she is my favourite actress now. She can do anything. She is my WCF (woman crush forever) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 21 minutes ago, Hobble said: I just watched Adam Sandler.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 The Stand 3 episodes in. This has not aged well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On 19/03/2017 at 11:41 PM, GLASSJAW said: I had very literally the exact same reaction. I had no idea what to make of the movie and I had to stop it multiple times too. For some reason, that feels like a positive to me. But at the same time... I dunno if I could say I enjoyed it in the end? I enjoyed it a lot more in retrospect than while watching, I'll say that. On 20/03/2017 at 7:21 AM, Monty said: Also, after The Cabin in the Woods and now Get Out, safe to say that all horror movies should star Bradley Whitford. Gets me thinking. I'm wondering if all horror films should star at least one of the following: - Bradley Whitford - Brad Dourif - Jeffrey Combs Add Richard Jenkins to that list! He was Brad Whitford's other half of the incompetent scientist duo in Cabin, and I was just raving about his performance in Bone Tomahawk the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Passion - WhatTheF--kIsThisBull$&!#/10 @Hobble So I wanted to see a Rachel McAdams thriller. She was great, playing a rare villain. But beyond that, what absolute crap is this. It was made in 2012, yet it looks, sounds and feels like a 80's movie (Brian De Palmer). The first half was corporate thriller and backstabbing stuff. It was alright. But the 2nd half was easily one of the worst movie experience I have ever had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Logan: 8/10 a comic book movie I didnt fall asleep to, so it must have been decent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Deepwater Horizon - Kill me/10 Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone909 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 On 3/26/2017 at 8:22 PM, Monty said: The Stand 3 episodes in. This has not aged well. Is it the TV version released in the 90's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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