Topic: The Movie Thread

@Th3solution i enjoyed the film EXCEPT the mid credits scene because i really don't like it when they use that plot device in super hero movies, (trying not to spoil anything but when it was used in The Dark Knight Trilogy it ruined the whole thing for me because most of the time it's just unbelievable especially considering what the characters has done before that point ) but the post credit scene was awesome and i'm really looking forward to where they are taking that one

I’m hopefully going to see Ari Aster’s Midsommar on Sunday, so will post my spoiler-free thoughts for any concerned folks.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy oh yeah, you get plenty of fish bowl exposure! 😅

@WanderingBullet You may want to spoiler tag that — most people probably know Mysterio ends up being the bad buy but a lot of people don’t. I didn’t know he was going to be the villain until the reveal in the bar.

@FullbringIchigo Yeah, I see what your saying. When the hero becomes public enemy no. 1. It worked well in Dark Knight because Batman is a dark and mysterious character. Spidey is the “friendly neighborhood webslinger” who is a goofy teenager. So it will be interesting if they can pull it off. The post credits scene was awesome but it’s getting a little exhausting not knowing what’s real, what’s illusion anymore. That was my complaint about that

@Th3solution No problem, man.

Ha ha ha Well Mysterio's my favourite spidey villain @Th3solution

I love that classic design with the fishbowl helmet And I quite like that compared to most the other villians he ONLY has illusions and special effects... and sometimes hypnosis then any super powers

I take it Gyllenhaal plays him and the part well?

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Oh Yeah, I liked Gyllenhaal in the role. I think you’ll enjoy it.

I'll be skipping Spider-Man, I think. I'll catch it on video, or maybe see it on a slow weekend. This week, for me, is all about Midsommar. I really liked Hereditary, so I'm excited to see how this film turns out.

Today, though, is an American holiday, and there's only one film that's fit to watch on this exalted occasion: the classic 90's sci-fi/action film Independence Day.

@Ralizah Didn't realise Midsommar was from the same director as Hereditary. My interest has definetly piqued in it now.

@Ralizah @JohnnyShoulder
Midsommar looks good, every time I see the trailer though it just makes me want to watch The Wicker Man.

@KALofKRYPTON Hopefully not the Nic Cage version!

@JohnnyShoulder There is no Nic Cage version... shhhh!

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@FullbringIchigo Stop it!

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@KALofKRYPTON It definitely looks like a properly scary reworking of The Wicker Man. While I like me some moody nighttime horror, daytime horror, properly composed, can also be quite compelling. And I really dig the discordant visual elements: sunshine, happy-looking Swedish people, flowers, and folkdances combined with apparently really brutal and disturbing violence and imagery.

@FullbringIchigo I've never seen the remake. I wonder if it was before or after the scene where they film a bear-suited Nicolas Cage comedically punching a woman in the face that they realized the whole "horror" part of their "horror movie" had kind of slipped away from them.

@Ralizah honestly it's worth one watch just to see how bad it really is

@FullbringIchigo @Ralizah @KALofKRYPTON It falls into the so bad its almost good to no this is really bad category. Funny for all the wrong reasons and has to go down as one of the worst remakes ever, and that is saying something.

@Ralizah as @JohnnyShoulder says, it's a terrible film.
One of the few that I would actually write off as completely irredeemable.

@FullbringIchigo I have a special place in my heart for bad horror movies.