@colonelkilgore I think you're right about Creed 1 actually, in terms of the bottled lightning. It was just so cool to see it as it was basically Rocky 1 (and 2 to an extent) but just adapted, modernised and somewhat "urbanised". The training montage/scene scene where all the bikes follow him in Creed springs to mind as an example of this.
That bottled lightning idea probably applies to Lord of the Rings too, the Hobbit films just didn't have the same stuff going for them.
The films I've mentioned so far, I was a big fan of in my late teens and early twenties so it's nice to revisit them. I've been totally absorbed in the MCU and the Arrowverse for such a long time. Those two series have so much content that is regularly released that I really have so little time for anything else so the 2020 break in production has allowed me to go back and revisit some old stuff that I haven't seen in a while! I think that because my partner now likes Mel Gibson because of Lethal weapon, I might be able to swing a rewatch of the Mad Max series in future!
I had a nice little marathon of Ramis/Reitman/Murray/Aykroyd films a while back when we watched Stripes, Ghostbusters 1-3, Evolution, Blues Brothers 1+2 and Analyse this/that. That was a nice couple of weeks!
I watched Bloodsport on Netflix tonight and it was so good. Terrible but funny acting in places but still such a good film anyway. I dont think I realised how much of Mortal Kombat and street fighter was lifted out of this film
@ralphdibny Bloodsport is incredible. I mean, it’s kinda pants and massively stupid but it’s just plain fun. If ever a film was a successor to Enter the Dragon, it’s Bloodsport.
All this praise for movies like Dirty Harry, Bloodsport, Fistful of Dollars, Rocky... it's like my father joined the forums. If someone says The Eagles are their favorite band I'mma start getting extremely suspicious.
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@zupertramp Do The Eagles possess any memorable enough traits to be anybody’s favourite band? It’s like saying plain porridge oats are your favourite food 😉
@nessisonett a literal laugh out loud. Thanks for that.
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@nessisonett I thought all the different fighting styles going up against eachother was really interesting. I don't think it's something you'd see in real life these days because people use mixed martial arts
@zupertramp haha I'm so sorry for bringing up these films, I think I just have an old fashioned taste in movies
@ralphdibny Not a problem at all. Nostalgic in fact. Don't talk to my parents anymore so makes me think of better times. Or at least times far enough in the distant past that I can remember them positively lol.
@kyleforrester87 Planes, Trains & Automobiles never gets old. Such a fantastic comedy. Also thought Don't Breathe was a really good thriller/scary movie. And I'm kind of hard to please in that department. Curious how Fatman is. It sounds a little bizarre.
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@kyleforrester87 I need to watch planes trains and automobiles on Netflix, there's a couple of bods from my work who look like Steve Martin and John candy so it's really been reminding me of that film!
@TheIdleCritic ah yeah! I think I've seen the first one but it was a long time ago, possibly when it first came out and I didn't keep up with the series
@zupertramp I didn’t rate Dont Breathe that highly really, but I was impressed with Unhinged. It’s pretty silly but it really sucked me in lol. Fatman was ok, I quite like Mel Gibson as he’s getting older so it got extra points for that.
@Arugula lockout was a weird one as i am sure there was rumours flying about at the time of a sequel to escape from New York and escape from LA that was going to be called escape from space. Then lockout came out, I'm not sure if it was the same film but rewritten or recast or somebody just took the idea and made a film out of it
Just saw Tenet. And now there's a Nolan film I can say, without a doubt, I hate.
Action scenes - Bad. Dialogue - Indecipherable. Plot - Nonsensical. Characters - Paper Thin. Motivations - Who TF knows. It wasn't even that impressive on a technical level.
Also I guess people have gotten into trouble for saying this but John David Washington isn't that good. He's just so bland. He really seemed fine in BlacKkKlansman but his lack of charisma (or just some expression of any kind) is on full display here.
Ugh, I could have hate watched WW84 but chose this instead.
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Yeah I'm inclined to agree. I braved a visit to a cinema last August as I'm normally just such a fan of Nolan.
In fairness, it did 'hold' my interest as I think I was so focused on constantly trying to work out what was going on... pretty unsuccessfully I might add.
I agree about Washington too, he really does seem to have nothing going for him to suggest that he should be a leading actor... apart from the fact that Denzel is his father.
On another note though, I thought it was another good performance from Robert Pattinson. Both in Tenet and Good Time he has been excellent and bodes well for The Batman.
I just thought of this! What do you guys think is the possibility of some Studio Ghibli movies coming to Disney+? Currently there’s almost no anime content on there, and I think that Ghibli could be the best choice for Disney to take.
@Blooper987 of all anime Ghibli would undoubtedly be the best fit, havent heard anything about Disney even considering buying up any anime studios though. They seem to be fully focused on Marvel and Star Wars D+ shows right now.
Still once they have a steady 'stream' of them, I imagine that they would look to other areas to strengthen their overall package.
@Blooper987@colonelkilgore are there not disney releases of some of their films. I was under the impression the English dubbed versions were in cooperation with disney. Maybe i just made that up in my head.
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