Topic: The Movie Thread

@RR529 Morbius was fine. I watched it when it first came out to theaters and, while I had some issues, I thought it was pretty good. Better than aggressively generic stuff like The Avengers, at least. I do agree it should've gone harder on the horror tone than it did, though.

I think people with a hate boner for Jared Leto started dunking on it, and pretty soon that became the 'trendy' thing to do.

watching Rawhead Rex right now. Not bad for a lesser known Clive Barker movie

@LN78 Yeah that's cool. Is he also in the new film?

And I didn't at all try clicking on the arrow to see more pictures.

@LN78 That's a shame, it could have been a nice touch to have him back in it. I'm keeping an open mind that they can make a good movie to stand with the original 3 and give a fitting end. I take it that it was one of those trailers for attendees only as I've not seen anything pop up on Youtube. The dual time period idea sounds curious, we're not talking scenes with a digitally de-aged Indy, are we?

@LN78 Well Disney/Lucasfilm did a much better job of young Luke in the second season of Mandalorian that I at least know a totally watchable version can be done 🤞

@LN78 Oh yeah that too. I thought I had seen a few good examples but struggled to think of them. That suggestion makes me think there might have been a good 'young' Michael Douglas in one of the Ant Man films too.

@LN78 I remember that technique. I think one of Dynasty or Dallas (or maybe both) became synonymous for the 'Vaseline' lens to flatter their aging cast. Even harder to get away with in the 4K age.

@LN78 @RogerRoger I remember enjoying Zorro but I can't recall ever seeing the sequel. Maybe I'll have to check the streaming services.
The Rocketeer is permenantly in my Disney+ watchlist. I agree it's very Indy-esque and always enjoyable.

No kidding, I thought that looked absolutely terrible, and that whole scene almost ruined the whole season for me. It certainly put me off getting any more invested in more Star Wars TV series from that point on.

watching The Kid Who Became King movie. heard its based on a book or whatever but never read the book that and dont know much about the book anyway

@JohnnyShoulder Ah yes, thankfully @RogerRoger knew what I meant rather than what I said (typed). I forgot the second appearance (and far superior) of young Luke was in the other show. I could easily watch large chunks of a film with that standard of effect. The first one less so.

@BearsEatBeets @RogerRoger Well that was painful, as I couldn't get the spoiler tag to vanish. The Internet around work is criminally poor when using my phone, so that is maybe why.

You are right, that is much better!

@JudgeDredd One of the rare occurrences of the sequel (arguably) improving on the original film. Shame they've ground the series into dust since.

@RogerRoger I think it is more to do with the poor 4 & 5G coverage where I work rather than anything you did!

@LN78 Glad it’s not just me who couldn’t stop quoting Con Air watching Elvis!

Lupin the 3rd: Fujiko's Lie (Blu-Ray) - 3rd film in the "Koike" trilogy of Lupin films. Like the two before it, I thought it was thoroughly entertaining. Seemed to suggest a narrative connection to the last two as well, so hopefully the line continues to finish the story.

Trailer:

The Forgotten Battle (Netflix) - Dutch WWII film that centers around the battle for control of a port town near the end of the war, from three different interconnecting perspectives (a town girl who gets caught up in the resistance, a young Dutch guy who joined the Reich in the hopes of escaping his family's poverty, and a British airborne trooper who gets shot down behind enemy lines). It can be a bit brutal, but it's a good watch, showing just how harrowing the experience of war can be for all involved.

Trailer:

Just finished watching The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Great sequel! They fleshed out the LOTR universe more and focused on tons more characters, which is great. Moreover, I thought the movie was overall good until the last half hour where it became absolutely awesome. The last couple of scenes were so cool, they alone made the movie so much better.

I'm so excited to watch the last movie in the trilogy now. Might start it up as early as tomorrow!

Looks like a sequel to Constantine is in the works with Keanu Reeves returning, and the planned HBO show being scrapped.

I need to rewatch the original as each time I watched I thought the premise was really cool but they just failed to stick the landing. I think there a couple of DC animated films which I've not seen, but he was in one of the Suicide Squad animations which was decent.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, the movie’s a mess but Keanu’s decent. A sequel could be interesting especially with Keanu being in a better place career wise. I honestly think Matt Ryan’s perfect for the role though and it’s a bit of a shame that he’s not getting another shot at a show or movie.

When was the last time anyone here watched the Lord of the Rings movies especially the special extended edition DVDS?

For me its been pretty much 10 or 12 years since i last watched them