Just finished watching Prometheus for the first time. It wasn't as scary as I thought it'd be. Granted, none of the Alien movies after the first one were scary but I had hoped this one would be. The movie had at least a very interesting plot and the characters were much more likeable compared to all the obnoxious and cheesy ones from e.g. Aliens. It also helped that there were some great actors in it, such as Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba. And some of the scenes were absolutely grotesque, it was insane. Really good stuff though.
Overall, I really enjoyed Prometheus and I'm looking forward to watching Alien: Convenant next.
@LN78 Jeeeeez, so many 1 stars is not a good sign at all. And exactly, they’re all publications which recognise decent action flicks such as Top Gun 2, the Mission Impossible movies and such.
@LN78 Blimey that is bad. Any idea what they gave the last 2 Jurassic films? I thought they were entertaining enough films and pretty sure they reviewed okay. This one it seems might be quite a mess.
I finally got around to watching The Blind Side the other night and really enjoyed it. Funnily enough had it's weakest moments with the actual football but thought it was well told overall and an interesting (real life) story.
With them announcing a Thunderbolts movie, I think I’m finally over Marvel. The direction they’ve been going in has been incredibly uninteresting since the initial buzz around WandaVision and Loki. To now do a movie which will inevitably have Florence Pugh front and centre, and lack actual Thunderbolt Ross because William Hurt died, it’s just not really the sort of thing I want to watch at all. It’s crazy to me that with all the characters at their disposal, including the X-Men, Fantastic Four and so forth, they choose to do yet another movie with D tier characters. Especially when the ones rumoured to be in it are 90% just random military types like Yelena Belova, Winter Soldier, Taskmaster, U.S.Agent and so forth. Rant over.
@nessisonett I just stopped caring about it all. I've watched a bit of Wandavison and although it was not bad or anything, I just wasn't interested enough to keep watching. I'm the same with Star Wars too.
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@nessisonett yeah, it seems like they're deliberately waiting for the dust to settle on Endgame before going full in with the characters obtained from Fox.
The Avengers vs X-Men has to be the next big event, assuming the Fantastic Four will be part of the former.
I've recently watched the mainline Avengers films (inc my second favourite Civil War) and they're really good but almost too good and too final, needed to take a slower pace.
Of the Disney shows, finished Loki the other day and this might be my favourite. I did enjoy both Wandavision and Falcon & Soldier, but Loki really did add a lot to the character and was very entertaining.
The last Marvel movie I watched was Endgame in the cinema. I enjoyed it, but kind of feel that it was a good way to finish off the franchise, Same with Star Wars RoS, haven't bothered with D+. As much I enjoy both universes, as a 40 y/o man I'm looking to experience newer more grittier worlds with real consequences which I feel is missing from Marvel/Star Wars under the Disney banner.
Finally watched Sonic 2. Was awesome. But I must say I was a bit like wtf is going on at points. Particularly a scene of a man getting tasered and then kissing a jilted bride. Not sure what that had to do with Sonic but it was still bloody good.
Given that summer is upon us, I figured it was about time to take my annual road trip with the Griswolds in National Lampoon's Vacation.
At this point it's just one of those comfort food movies for me. I've probably said all of this at some point in the past, but it rides the line between zany adventure & relatable road trip just perfectly, and reminds me of the road trips my family used to take as a kid each summer (although we never held up an amusement park, lol). It's really giving off a really classic Americana vibe at this point as well.
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@LN78 I have this mental image of the higher ups doing a mad scramble, to see what they can tack on to the existing cut. Fans will be treated to an extra scene where Peter takes May shopping. The next time I see Spider-Man will be when Insomniac release Spider-Man 2!
Just got back from seeing Jurassic World Dominion in 3D.
I know it's been getting pretty scathing reviews, but I honestly thought it was pretty entertaining & at least better than Fallen Kingdom. Sure, if you think hard enough there are some things that don't add up (I'm not sure exactly how long after it takes from the last one, but it probably doesn't make that much sense that a couple dozen dinos let loose on the west coast could become endemic the world over in a few short years), but it was a fun action movie.
3D was pretty good too. Didn't make quite as good use of it as Doctor Strange, but there were definitely some acts that made great use of it like the action scene in Malta.
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still have Shrunken Heads, Evil Toons, Amityville Horror II to watch on Tubi along with Subspecies II and Body Melt or I think maybe Body Melt is on Vudu
Joker 2 as a musical with Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn is about the worst idea I’ve heard in a looooong time. The first one was shot in such a beautiful way that it could absolutely translate to that 50s Hollywood musical charm like West Side Story. The problem is everything else.
@LN78 Not that far removed from this group of sites at times. An article for Pride Month on NLife got its comments nuked and still managed to be shut down by the end of the day with 200+ comments and about half of them being removed due to mostly being bile.
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