Topic: The Movie Thread

Just finished watching Upgrade. Thoroughly enjoyable film. Recommended!

A Blade movie might be coming to MCU's Phase 4.

Also Men in Black 4 is also slated for a 2019 with both Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson starring.

@WanderingBullet Hmmm - I'm not sure I can get on board with a kid-friendly Blade film. The first two are really great films.

I can get on board with MIB though - certainly with Tessa Thompson. Her and Hemsworth were great together in Thor, and while MIB 2 is best left unmentioned 1st and 3rd still hold up.

@KALofKRYPTON Loved the first MIB movie but the other two weren't so good. That being said, I do like Brolin's impersonation/impression of Tommy Lee Jones, though. Haha, only thing missing is Taika Waititi but the 4th instalment already has a director.

@RogerRoger Yeah, the third one was my least favourite as well.

@RogerRoger Yeah, the third one was my least favourite as well.

@RogerRoger Yeah, the third one was my least favourite as well.

@WanderingBullet Ugh. Pass. Will Smith made those movies for me.

All three were fun, although the first was certainly the best.

@Ralizah I too would love for Will Smith to reprised his role but I think he's currently working on four other movies. I hope they're good though since he hasn't been in good movie for quite some time now.

MIB 2 is pretty awful. Feels like it has an actual cast of 5 people and never really does anything other than a producer mandate of 'like the first one, but more!'.

MIB 3 on the other hand was a thoroughly nice surprise.

The Giver (TNT) - Caught this yesterday afternoon. It had an interesting premise (a story of people fighting to regain human emotion & free will, even though it may weaken the safety of their "utopian" society), but too much was left unexplained, such as there not being enough back story, and the ending didn't make much sense.there's a barrier around the city that dulls it's citizens' humanity, but for some reason it just shuts down if the main character, who is one of the few characters who is allowed his humanity, walks beyond it's border.

Ex Machina (Netflix) - Very interesting watch. A coder for the world's largest search engine company wins a chance of a lifetime to live with a week with the company's reclusive founder. When he arrives he learns that the founder is working on groundbreaking AI technology, but in a very suspenseful film, neither the founder or the AI are quite what they seem.

@RogerRoger I liked it, too. Definitely the best video game movie adaptation I've ever seen.

It always baffles me when I see a movie, enjoy it, and then notice that it's getting panned by most people. And then something like Bridesmaids gets universal acclaim...

I saw Crazy Rich Asians today. It was boring with a few amusing moments. It failed as a comedy and flat characters (especially the main couple worst of all) with a story that doesn't make itself very interesting ensure it's not a good romance either. I can't believe they're thinking of making a sequel, it's not deserving of one in the slightest. I would rate 4/10 according to the Pushsquare rating system.

Searching is a pretty good mystery and family drama with an interesting presentation style. It's admittedly a bit gimmicky, but the acting is pretty solid, and the film kept my attention from beginning to end.

MiB 2 is the only one I haven't seen yet. I've heard nothing but bad things, but still wanna check it out due to the K forgetting his time at the agency plot.

I loved MiB 3, the ending makes me cry and it's my favorite entry in the series. I'm a little sad that as far as we know, the new MiB movie is a reboot rather than taking place in the same continuity.

@AdamantiumClaws Just know that you'll never get the time back!

Shame it's a reboot when there's no need. If there's a series that could absorb all of the changes any new creative team could throw at it and still remain canon it's MIB!

So.... Just read that Denis Villeneuve is making a Dune movie... I was not aware of this. I mean, what a truly great choice of director.

I do hold a certain affection for Lynch's film, but DV is such a great pick!

@beemo I really enjoyed Tag too.

Did a lot of watching over the weekend.

Moviewise:

Skyscraper - OK, it's exactly what you think it is.

Arrival - finally sat down to watch it properly. Lovely film - though reading a little about the book afterwards, I do wish I'd read it first.

Patient Zero - Trash! Utter, complete, waste of time trash. This really is an awful film. How they managed to get Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer and Matt Smith in for it I'll never know. Perhaps for Smith he's trying out his terrible American accent in something he knows won't be seen far & wide. But, yeah - one to avoid if you value your time.

@RogerRoger the only movie i watched over the weekend was Avengers: Infinity War, i watched it with my dad, like we have with all the Marvel movies for the past 10 years and he enjoyed it although because he hadn't seen one in a while he forgot who most of the people were at the start

Oh - I forgot! Also watch Jurassic World:Fallen Kingdom, which I suppose shows just how forgettable that was. Didn't think I'd be in a position to say that there was a Jurassic Park film less engaging and significantly more by the numbers than Jurassic World, but there you go...