Topic: The Movie Thread

@MightyDemon82 Glad to hear studio Ghibli is back on form after the bang average cgi attempt. Doubt I get to see it at the cinema, but will hopefully get a 4k Blu Ray release here in the UK.

@JohnnyShoulder hope you enjoy it when you finally see it. Going again on Friday with my niece. Had to check it out incase it was a bit creepy for her, but she'll manage. 9 years old and she even enjoyed going to see Godzilla minus one with her dad.

Well that does indeed suck big time if true.

@JohnnyShoulder That's really disappointing news if true. Considering what you get in a lot of films it seems kind of silly as from what I remember the rat is shown to be unharmed by it in the film. It would explain why it wasn't up for pre-order on Amazon unlike Aliens, True Lies etc.

@LN78 Pretty sure it was in my VHS copy many years ago. I've not personally seen the movie on any format since. Still, it seems we've both seen a British release with it in before.

@BearsEatBeets @LN78 Have no idea, as I've not seen the film in god know how long and don't remember that scene.

I actually watched more films in 2023 than I realised.

Here are my top 10. What did everyone else think of 2023's output?

1. Godzilla minus one
2. The Boy & The Heron.
3.Oppenheimer
4. John Wick Chapter 4
5. Shin Kamen Rider
6. Spider-man: Across the spider-verse
7. American Symphony
8.The Creator
9.Puss in Boots: The last Wish
10.TMNT : Mutant Mayhem

Still plenty to watch that isn't released in the UK yet. I'm Looking forward to The Iron Claw & Poor Things in particular.

Just finished watching The Super Mario Bros. Movie. I absolutely loved it! It's quite possibly the best movie adaptation of a video game franchise ever. So many great moments and so many Nintendo characters. Not to mention the music! As a person who grew up with Nintendo, this movie just hit all the right notes for me. Such a fantastic movie, I'm so glad that I watched it. It really made me happy.

i still need to deal with my watch list on disneyplus. Them marvel movies along with Luca and Cheetah and the old 1980s Spider-Man cartoon and the 1990s Hulk cartoon and the early 2000s X Men Evolution

@MightyDemon82 I haven't seen that many 2023 films all things considered, but I can still put together a top 5 of highlights I suppose:

1) Poor Things
2) Monster
3) Infinity Pool
4) Talk to Me
5) Joy Ride

So basically... enjoy Poor Things! Let me know what you think when you've had the chance to see it. I loved Puss in Boots too, but can't include it myself as I saw it last year. Also, a shout-out to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which finished the trilogy as it lived: the only films worth anything within the MCU.

@Tjuz Another fan of Infinity Pool I see! It was a bit messes up, and all the better for it! I really liked the wierd things it did with the soundtrack too.

Just finished watching Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). I was in a mood to finally watch this movie as I finished Tomb Raider: Legend yesterday.

It was overall a decent movie, nothing special. Some of the scenes looked really cool, perhaps a bit over-the-top. As for the story, it never felt like it reached any high points and as a result, it was rather underwhelming.

I also didn't like how Lara already knew the answer to everything in the movie. There were never any moments where you as a viewer would figure things out together with her. She just knew exactly what to do in every situation and sometimes the movie didn't even explain what she did. Like in one scene, she takes a laser pointer, points it at a time rift or whatever you want to call it, then threw the ancient clock in there and it split into each of its different components and she just takes one of them and puts it into the triangle, therefore activating time control. Literally no explanation whatsoever for that scene, let's just roll with it I guess lol. So weird.

Anyway, it was overall a decent movie but I'll probably forget about it in a couple of days lol. I'm curious though to see if the sequel is any better.

I did not know that the director of Sideways and The Descendants had a film out last year called The Holdovers, staring Paul Giamatti. I will definitely be checking that out!

watching these

Blu ray/ DVD
Captain America the First Avenger
Iron Man
Incredible Hulk

DIsneyplus
-Captain Marvel
-Iron Man 2 but might watch it on Myvudi since MyVudu has the regular better bonus features behind the scenes for Iron Man 2
Cheetah
the rest of the 1995 Incredible Hulik cartoon

Netflix
L.A. Confidential
Society of the Snow which is pretty much a remake of Alive

@JohnnyShoulder Absolutely! I still haven't watched Possessor yet even though I've nearly pressed play on it a bunch of times, but when I saw Infinity Pool as a fresh release from the same director I just gave it a shot. Knew nothing about it going in but was very pleasantly surprised! Such a fun concept with a real star performance from Mia Goth, but she's really made this her niche now so not all that surprising on that front haha.

@PixelDragon Oof. I absolutely hated Hellraiser when I watched it for the first time last year, so I hope you have a better experience with it! It must be a classic for a reason.

watching L.A. Confidential on Netflix tonight right now.

then for physical DVD/blu ray Im rewatching Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Norton Incredible Hulk and Thor and Avengers before i jump into Thor Dark World and Captain America Winter Soldier which are on Disneyplus.

not sure if i want to watch Iron Man 3 since the story's not that great except for Stark creating drones and the start of Jarvis/Vision

@Tjuz Indeed, Mia Goth had a break through last couple of years! I enjoyed Possesser just as much and it had a similar pool. Definitely a chip off the same block as his father!

Watched Mission Impossible 3 and 4 the past couple of days. The third movie was terrible, I didn't like how the focus was on the love interest and not on, you know, the mission. The fourth movie rectified this and it was brilliant, I enjoyed it a lot! Hopefully the next movie won't deviate like the third one did.

@LN78 Dunkirk was awesome. Not exactly one of his most memorable films, but a very tightly-directed and accomplished production.

Tops for me will always be The Dark Knight. Every frame of that film is incredible, and it remains my favorite superhero movie to date.

But yeah, TDKR is trash lol

@LN78 I have yet to watch it, but I've heard nothing but great things. I've seen people compare it to Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which is one of my favourite films of all-time. If you've seen it, would you agree with that comparison? If not, all the more reason to check that one out!