Topic: The Movie Thread

@JohnnyShoulder haha yeah, it's got great actors in it to be fair. But I will fully accept that you don't trust my opinion on anything after I said I liked it 😀😂

Still haven't seen Matrix 4 but I am going to keep an open mind when I eventually get to it!

Watched a couple movies yesterday.

Deadpool - Continuing my trip through all the FOX X-Men films. Oh so very raunchy, and a thoroughly good time. Actually managed to be a bit emotional at times too.

National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation - Last of the Vacation movies (before the reboot). It's pretty much more of the same at this point, but another excuse to let Chevy Chase & (especially) Randy Quaid ham it up certainly isn't unwelcome. While the film's version of Rusty is pretty middle of the road, I think it might have my favorite Audrey.

I got around to watching Prey the other night and like others have mentioned I thought it was a decent film and probably the best attempt at doing something with the 'character' since the original. I thought the title was clever and thinking how I didn't realise it was a Predator film until part way through watching the trailer, it could have been interesting if they had managed to release the film without giving away that it actually was. If they had edited the film a bit differently and tweaked a couple of scenes so that the 'bear' scene was the first time it's revealed it could have been really dramatic. I appreciate way less people would initially watch it but I would imagine the 'word of mouth' would have been pretty explosive once enough people saw it.
Anyway it was very enjoyable with only one minor quibble that only really came to me much later after watching it. (Seriously don't read unless you have watched)
Why did the predator still fire it's homing weapon when it wasn't wearing it's helmet and had no idea where it would go? I'm kind of going with the idea that in it's injured state it maybe had failed to fully realise it was no longer wearing it.
It was a clever idea to go back in time with the franchise and could they probably do something similar with other time periods/places.

Gutted about Olivia Newton-John passing away. Grease is just a real classic and I’ve got to have seen it about a hundred times by now.

@LN78 It’s schlocky for sure but there’s something comforting in its cheese.

anyone happen to know of old horror movies that basically are rotting away being extinct by Hollywood where theres no proper Shout/Collectors edition blu rays?

the only horror movies i can think of are Mirror, Mirror (1990) and The Keep

Watched Piranha (1978) this morning.

Biologically enhanced Piranhas are accidentally let loose from an abandoned military facility and threaten a big lakeside celebration as they work their way downstream.

It's definitely a bit cheesy in spots due to age, but still a pretty fun & effective disaster/horror film overall. Currently free on FreeVee.

@RogerRoger For what it is worth Rog, I agree with you in regards to Birdman. Did not see why it was so highly rated.

@LN78 Ooof, yeah I quoted the wrong person there! 😂

Just bought Don't Look Now and Beverly Hills Cop on 4K Blu Ray, 2 for 30 quid. I don't recall ever seeing the former (and if I have it would have been on a grainy VHS copy or on terrestrial TV) and the latter I've not seen in yonks.

I think both received fairly good transfers and BHC has been on my wishlist for ages now, so good to finally get it.

I watched just under an hour of Turning Red before turning it off. Not a bad movie per say, but I'm definitely not the intended audience! 😂

movies im busy with the rest of this month

Batman Gotham Knight
Glass
Pacific Rim 2
Sinister 2
Red Riding Hood - not a bad werewolf movie starring watsherface
DOA the Movie thats on Tubi
Space Mutiny on Tubi

Prey (Hulu) - I'll admit I've never delved too deeply into the "Predator" universe (I know I've seen the original at least once, as well as AVP, the latter of which isn't canon as far as I'm aware), but I thought this was a very good time in a brutal, gory action film kinda way. Many great combat scenes.

Ghost in the Shell ARISE 1 & 2 (Blu-Ray) - A pair of hour long OVAs in the GitS universe (billed as sort of a prequel to the other adaptations, though I'm not exactly sure if it fits into any of their continuities). Anyhow they're pretty good stuff if you like sci-fi action anime with more mature tone & themes.

Watched a few of the special features & found it amusing when they interviewed a fan during a segment filmed at an anime convention in 2013, and they were glad that the Major "wasn't denigrated like Samus in Other M", lol.

@JohnnyShoulder I really loved that movie. It’s nice to have a kids movie that actually gets kids. There’s no cynicism or anything, it acknowledges that kids go through a lot at that stage of their lives and we’re all a bit cringe at the same time. Definitely a much better effort than Pixar have made for a long time. Other than Inside Out, it’s probably Toy Story 3 before I can think of a Pixar movie that I thought stood alongside their classics.

@nessisonett I'd put Luca in that category as well. Beautiful little film, and you don't see a ton of films about young male friendships that don't fall back on lazy stereotypes.

@nessisonett @Ralizah I'm not the greatest fan of Pixar movies that I've seen tbh. I did prefer Luca a whole load more than Turning Red, but my faves that I think of are Onward and The Incredibles.

I've a weird history with Disney animated movies and there are large gaps where I've gone years not watching any of their movies. I don't think they are anywhere near consistent as say Studio Ghibli. Not saying SG have been flawless but more of the titles probably are more aligned to my tastes.

Then there are films like Kubo and the Two Strings, Mitchells vs The Machines which knock the spots off any thing I've seen by Disney animation wise in the same time frame.

The Bob's Burgers Movie (Hulu) - pretty much feels like a long, better animated, episode of the TV series. As someone who finds the show amusing from time to time it elicited a few chuckles, so whether or not you'll get on with it depends on how you feel about the show.

Heavy Metal (Tubi) - Early 80's animated film featuring an anthology of sci-fi & fantasy stories loosely connected by a "narrative" surrounding the source of evil in the universe (a glowing green orb). The overall story is a wash, but it's an interesting curio filled with copious amounts of nudity & gore, and animation that while rough in spots looks like they were having fun experimenting around with it.

speaking of Tubi, since November last year to this year ive watched alot of old stuff

Nightwing
The First Power
Action Jackson
Pulse 1988
Mirror, Mirror
Suspiria
Phenemona
The Beyond
Day of the Triffids
Ghosthouse
Dead Heat
Brain Scan
The Bride
Subspecies 1, 2 and 3
Electric Dreams
The Wrong Guys
Freddy's Nightmares
Evil Toons
Howling II, III, IV and V

movies that i still need to watch on Tubi
Heavy Metal, Last Unicorn, the Puppet Master Axis movies

Uncharted. Standard action adventure fare. Not sure if it would more beneficial to be have played the games or not. Some of the dialogue was a bit cringe.

@XandertheWise
Any of them that you would especially recommend? (Except for Suspiria - I watched that last week). I do have a fondness for some classic horror and though I may have seen some before, I don't remember them so happy to watch again.