g_bassi13 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Was going back and watching some Don Bluth movies, as I hadn't seen them in a while. All Dogs go to Heaven - 6/10 I enjoyed this one as a kid, and watching it now, I can't say I still do all that much. Was hoping for some feel good nostalgia while watching it, but in looking up the movie online now, I did find out the 10 year old actress who played the lead, died in a double homicide before the movie even came out. So there's that. It was pretty edgy for a kids film though, so I'll give it that. Didn't feel sanitised and bland like most animated movies either (like I would watch this movie over Big Hero 6). The animation itself was pretty good too, though the styling was shortly surpassed by that string of 90's Disney movies in terms of quality. Anastasia - 8/10 I like this one a lot. More than before, for some reason. I think the troublingly inaccurate and fantasized take on history is part of the charm. It's so far out there that it brings an interesting element to the the movie. It's a rip off of the Disney formula, but it's a good one. Probably surpasses every Disney movie not named Mulan for a few years in either direction of its release. The Secret of NIMH - 8/10 This is good. Watch it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 2 hours ago, g_bassi13 said: The Secret of NIMH - 8/10 This is good. Watch it. Agreed. Watched it a little over a year ago. Probably hadn't watched it since the late 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillooet_Hillbilly Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 5 hours ago, g_bassi13 said: The Secret of NIMH - 8/10 This is good. Watch it. no way that movie was scary and almost as bad as watership down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 While the little one just came two days ago, no way am I going to stop my reviews! Atlanta - Episode 7 Very strange concept episode. Entire episode was watching a show within a show. You see "Paper Boi" being interviewed on a "Charlie Rose(ish)" tv show, though on an Atlanta television channel that is basically BET. Cut in between this interview, alongside a white woman upset over transsexual tweets he sent out about Caitlyn Jenner, are very stereotypical ads you might see if they were all made in Atlanta. This includes a cartoon cereal with a black mummy getting arrested by a cop for wanting cereal. Best thing, aside from the entire interview with Paper Boi, was the reporter interviewing a 33 year old black man who self identified as a 35 year old white man. Busted a gut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svengali Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I watched Son of Saul a few days ago and have been thinking about it a lot (some sort of inner debate on whether or not it's okay to enjoy a fictional story set in Auschwitz, and if the subject should only be in documentary form ...) Anyway, it's quite an "experience" and I use that word because the way that it's filmed and the format that it's in both have a major effect on your feelings towards everything happening. Really can't say much else without ruining it, so ... it's the one that won the 2016 Oscar for best foreign film and if any of you have had it on your radar for a while go watch it a.s.a.p. It's so worth it. Really really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 9 hours ago, Monty said: While the little one just came two days ago, no way am I going to stop my reviews! Atlanta - Episode 7 Very strange concept episode. Entire episode was watching a show within a show. You see "Paper Boi" being interviewed on a "Charlie Rose(ish)" tv show, though on an Atlanta television channel that is basically BET. Cut in between this interview, alongside a white woman upset over transsexual tweets he sent out about Caitlyn Jenner, are very stereotypical ads you might see if they were all made in Atlanta. This includes a cartoon cereal with a black mummy getting arrested by a cop for wanting cereal. Best thing, aside from the entire interview with Paper Boi, was the reporter interviewing a 33 year old black man who self identified as a 35 year old white man. Busted a gut. Congrats Monty! with all the sleep you lose you gain in movie viewing time. hope baby and wife are well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beluga Whale Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 On 10/13/2016 at 9:02 PM, Monty said: While the little one just came two days ago, no way am I going to stop my reviews! Atlanta - Episode 7 Very strange concept episode. Entire episode was watching a show within a show. You see "Paper Boi" being interviewed on a "Charlie Rose(ish)" tv show, though on an Atlanta television channel that is basically BET. Cut in between this interview, alongside a white woman upset over transsexual tweets he sent out about Caitlyn Jenner, are very stereotypical ads you might see if they were all made in Atlanta. This includes a cartoon cereal with a black mummy getting arrested by a cop for wanting cereal. Best thing, aside from the entire interview with Paper Boi, was the reporter interviewing a 33 year old black man who self identified as a 35 year old white man. Busted a gut. Congrats dude! I'm caught up with Atlanta and that last episode was easily the funniest. My God the bit with the trans-racial guy was so funny. Also that final Dodge charger commercial. Seems like this show keeps getting better and better. I really like the blend of comedy and drama so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 In Theatres: Snowden 7.5/10 (Good movie overall. Very informative but the pace is a bit slow during character development. Glad it was a more accurate depiction and they didn't hollywood it up!) Last 2 Netflix Movies: Some documentary on sugar. watched half of it thought it was really well presented cant think of the name. (still trying to find it again on netflix to finish it) (7/10) Previous one was: Jump Street 22 - I give it a: 7/10 for the entertainment factor. wasn't emazing but had some hilarious moments.) Current netflix show I'm on: America Unearthed: 8/10 thus far. (Foreignsic Geololgist travels around america and explores newly found and old ancient sites such as American Stonehendge and other cool sites. He looks into all sorts of cool things ranging from cave art, tablets, religious artifacts, too many other really cool things. he knows a bit about the alignments of the sun, stars, and moon. Overall he does a pretty good looking into things. He makes some stretches for what he feels could be the truth. But in all honesty he is the most balanced and reasonable tv host I've seen. Often its "For sure its aliens!!" He has a more scientific approach but he does sometimes make stretches and connections that may be paper thin. (Currently on ep 9 on Netflix. Legit show if you want to learn about history and explore possible ancient travelers from the pre Columbian times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 26 minutes ago, Beluga Whale said: Congrats dude! I'm caught up with Atlanta and that last episode was easily the funniest. My God the bit with the trans-racial guy was so funny. Also that final Dodge charger commercial. Seems like this show keeps getting better and better. I really like the blend of comedy and drama so far. I've been incredibly impressed with Donald Glover. Not only from Atlanta, but his solo album (only listened to one) is well produced and "rapped". But yeah, while all episodes have been great, the last episode really showed how terrific of a writer he is. All the episodes have been great with consistent writing and themes. However, the last one almost seemed like what Monty Python would be if was released 40 years later. One of the single best episodes I have seen of a comedy show. The one flaw in it is that it does not fit the narrative of the rest of the series. But that's not necessarily a problem. It really shows Glover's talent as a writer and director. All great scenes in the episode, but the trans-racial black guy was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 creep (2014): 4/10. lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Watched a 3hr bbc doc that just came out called HyperNormalisation. I've watched a previous doc by Adam Curtis so I was a little prepared for it. Very rambling, all over the map, all encompassing take on 40 years of recent history. In this case, starting with a pair of events in the mid-70s (New York banks issuing bonds to the city in exchange for more power over civic decision making and Kissinger sparring with Assad in Damascus) and follows those events spiralling out up to the current day. Heavy focus on the US, Britain, Syria and Libya, but generally just a wandering exploration of all kinds of global power structures as they change with the times. There's a techno strand running through it that rings very true of how the internet has morphed more and more into a walled garden / echo chamber / feedback loop. I don't even know how to approach rating something like this. I don't completely love it from a documentary analysis, the style/feel changes and the content is everything and the kitchen sink, and some of the narrative leaps were suspicious. But treated as a big info-dump of sorts there's endlessly interesting tidbits and stories and historical connections. Some very surprising and fun music choices too. trailer better description from the guardian the other day https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/15/hypernormalisation-adam-curtis-trump-putin-syria Quote I struggle to think a more perfect union of medium and message than HyperNormalisation, Adam Curtis’s new film for the BBC iPlayer. Though he’s spent the best part of four decades making television, Curtis’s signature blend of hypnotic archive footage, authoritative voiceover and a seemingly inexhaustible appetite for bizarre historical tangents is better suited to the web, a place just as resistant to the narrative handholding of broadcast TV as he is. Safe in the knowledge that his audience now has the ability to pause and rewind at will, Curtis crafts a mammoth labyrinth of political storytelling in the film, his follow-up to last year’s “war on terror” epic Bitter Lake. Launching on Sunday, his 165-minute opus makes a feature of its sheer unwieldiness, as Curtis veers from social history to conspiracy theory via the odd rambling bar-room anecdote, like a man who’s two-dozen browser tabs into a major Wikipedia binge. Edited October 18, 2016 by The Bookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimerez Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Watching Jessica Jones, and I'm loving it so far. Just watched the '1000 cuts' scene, and I have never cringed/been spooked that much by any single scene ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 7 hours ago, Mimerez said: Watching Jessica Jones, and I'm loving it so far. Just watched the '1000 cuts' scene, and I have never cringed/been spooked that much by any single scene ever. Was going to rewatch this again. Such a great season/series. Marvel Netflix series ranked in order: 1. Jessica Jones 2. Daredevil (close second, especially season 1) 3. Luke Cage: Awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Man there's been very little in theatres or on Bluray/Netflix lately of seemingly any quality. Where all the good movies at?! Thank Gordie for Boardwalk Empire! Started Season 4 last night and have yet to be disappointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 24 minutes ago, J.R. said: Man there's been very little in theatres or on Bluray/Netflix lately of seemingly any quality. Where all the good movies at?! Thank Gordie for Boardwalk Empire! Started Season 4 last night and have yet to be disappointed! Since the baby arrived, haven't been able to watch as much. Apparently babies don't like loud noises when they're trying to sleep. Have been trying to get around to watching the atrociously reviewed Dreamcatcher. Maybe tonight. Boardwalk is so good. Just continue to keep your expectations open (ie. not attached to screen time or where story might go). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, Monty said: Apparently babies don't like loud noises when they're trying to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 The One I Love - 7.5/10 Totally unique movie with a Twilight-Zone-worthy premise on saving a failing marriage. Has a number of holes and leaves more questions than answers, but very entertaining nonetheless. McFarland, USA - 5.5/10 Yet another clichéd sports movie with the underdogs rising to the top, etc., etc... And could there be a more clichéd casting choice for the lead? But still, better than I expected. Exploring the Latino kids' home/work life was a different slant. And seeing how the real-life story played out at the end was interesting. Decent family-friendly movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMelvin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 XMen Apocalypse... 5/10 It took forever to get to any fight scenes it was merely a origins movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimerez Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 8 hours ago, Monty said: Was going to rewatch this again. Such a great season/series. Marvel Netflix series ranked in order: 1. Jessica Jones 2. Daredevil (close second, especially season 1) 3. Luke Cage: Awful I havn't seen Luke Cage yet, but I've heard really polarizing things about it (Same with Jessica Jones). Daredevil is the king of the Netflix/Marvel crossovers though, especially now that we're promised a 'The Defenders' and a 'The Punisher' series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Mimerez said: I havn't seen Luke Cage yet, but I've heard really polarizing things about it (Same with Jessica Jones). Daredevil is the king of the Netflix/Marvel crossovers though, especially now that we're promised a 'The Defenders' and a 'The Punisher' series. Luke Cage starts off "alright". Certainly never reaches the levels of Jones or DD. But it really ends with a thud. Actually, it more screeches to a hault about halfway through. There is a defining moment when it happens, and you'll know exactly when it happens. And when it does you'll ask, "Ok, what's next for the last half?" The answer? Literally nothing worth your time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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