Topic: The Movie Thread

@RogerRoger @TheFrenchiestFry I feel like I should probably watch Austin Powers again after this binge. The Roger Moore ones really are odd.

@RogerRoger FYEO's soundtrack is basically like if Conti took his Rocky compositions and upped the tempo significantly lol

Honestly it did produce one of the better gunbarrel tunes though

The sequels suck, but I legitimately enjoy the first Austin Powers more than any of the Bond films. It's just a perfect little comedy, with pinpoint parodies (particularly loved the films' brutal parodies of Pussy Galore and Oddjob: I almost lost it when Random Task decapitates a statue with his shoe; my palpable hatred of Goldfinger probably helps), amazing comedic timing (that's partially ruined in some respects by home releases that add unnecessary footage to the film, like the bulldozer death scene; stick to the theatrical cut, if at all possible), and a surprisingly thoughtful script. It's one of those rare movies I basically never get tired of rewatching, like Ghostbusters or Kill Bill vol. 1.

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Just watched Raya and the Last Dragon. 90% of that movie is really neat for a Disney film, with spectacular animation, great worldbuilding (I like the Xenoblade Chronicles-esque layout where different civilizations are situated at different points along a massive dragon-shaped river), and fun combat sequences. Unfortunately, the story devolves into typical feel-good Disney nonsense at the end and wastes a lot of the film's ultimate potential.

It was alright, but not as high-quality as films like Zootopia and Tangled.

Raya and the last Dragon was decent. Maybe the most beautiful cgi-animation yet. I kinda judge all these kinds of movies against Moana as I just thought that was phenomenal. Raya ain't no Moana but was still well worth my 90 minutes.

Mary and the Witch's Flower. Decent first effect from a studio comprised of some ex studio Ghibli people. Animation and soundtrack were great but the story and characters were lacking that extra Ghibli magic. Also I did not like the voice over work of Mary, found it a bit grating and her character was a bit annoying.

So Namor’s been cast in Black Panther 2. Very cool news, nice to see him finally adapted!

Hehehehehe.

I'm going to see the Demon Slayer movie in a real live theater tomorrow. First time I'll be in one in over a year!

@Ralizah I was gonna go to the cinema this week as I'v got some time off work, but then I found out you have to wear a mask when watching the movie, so that put me off. Think my last film in the cinema was Avengers Infinity War, so has been a bit longer for me lol.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy If I hadn't seen a bunch of studio Ghibli movies it might have been fine, but I have so it kinda pales in comparison to some of their better stuff.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy the Kingpin design was my biggest quibble from Into The Spiderverse. But it is what it is. Good film overall though.

@Arugula @RogerRoger Have you two body swapped or something?! 😆

Host. Super effective if not overly original horror flick. At about 55 mins probably could have done a bit more in the run time to flesh out some of the characters. But overall I found it entertaining and one of the scariest movies I've seen recently.

So, I caught up a bit with the Disney+ backlog and watched both Raya and the Last Dragon and Pixar's newest film, Luca. Raya has GREAT animation and worldbuilding, but the story is frankly pretty boring and hackneyed in terms of how it plays out. Luca was fantastic, though. I didn't think I'd care much for it when it started, since it initially feels a bit derivative of The Little Mermaid, but it turned into a beautiful little coming of age film about childhood friendship that was surprisingly affecting.

HULK FANS ARE EATING GOOD

@TheFrenchiestFry Definitely an unexpected one. I knew Blonsky was going to be in She-Hulk but an appearance in Shang-Chi I didn’t see coming.

…..is that Wong fighting him?

@nessisonett Looks an awful lot like Wong and apparently Benedict Wong did post on Instagram last year that he visited Sydney and had a picture taken with him and Simu Liu, so that would explain a lot

Just watched Cruella. Definitely not my choice but an entirely watchable movie in fact. And that's really not something I'd expected I'd say.

@zupertramp Does it attempt to redeem the woman who boils puppies alive and turns them into coats?

@nessisonett it most definitely does. and as someone who really believes dogs could be knocked down a few pegs in the eyes of western society, I'm okay with that lol.

I watched Midnight in Paris. I’ve never been a big Woody Allen fan (for multiple reasons, but I really do just dislike his style) but I actually really quite enjoyed it. It’s sentimental while kinda swinging a massive sledgehammer at the very concept of nostalgia. I like that they don’t bother explaining how any of the fantastical elements actually work, it means it doesn’t get bogged down in the details. Owen Wilson also plays the Woody Allen-alike much better than Woody Allen ever did. Surprised myself that I enjoyed it.

I also watched The Producers cause it was on BBC One. I’ve seen it before but it really is great. Well, most of it is. The first 20 minutes aren’t great but everything from them starting to put Springtime for Hitler together to the end credits is comedic gold. It’s a very very fine line to get satire that spot-on but Mel Brooks always managed it without resorting to cheap caricatures. Not many movies from back then have truly aged well, especially comedies but that definitely has.