Topic: The Movie Thread

watched Avengers Endgame for DVD yesterday.

Now im watching Spider-Man Far From Home and whatever else post Avengers Endgame

@nessisonett Saltburn has ruined Murder on the Dancefloor even more for me. Whenever I hear the song I picture that scene from the film! 😂

@JohnnyShoulder Don’t even get me started, the bloody Americans acting as if it’s some sort of new song that they’ve never heard before. It’s like when a movie comes out of a book and then it’s reprinted everywhere with a new cover tying into the movie, boils my piss.

@LN78 Oooh, I want! Currently penny-pinching to save up for a Scotland road-trip this summer, otherwise I would already have bought it. Let me know what you think when you've put it through its paces?

Went to see the Beekeeper at the theatre over the weekend.

Sweet old lady commits suicide after being scammed out of her life savings by an internet hacking group, Jason Statham plays her quiet "keeps to himself" beekeeping neighbor who is really a retired secret agent/assassin who proceeds to seek out & violently murder the group behind the hack, and then proceeds to work his way up the organization to the elites who profited from the scam (who of course hire all sorts of muscle to try & take him down). Really fun, at times brutal, stuff.

Other films I watched over the weekend:

the Cheerleaders (Tubi) - Raunchy comedy from the early 70's that focuses on a group of high school cheerleaders going about their lives. It had a couple of slightly amusing moments, but overall it was very light on the comedy & very heavy on the raunch (like a big middle finger to the Hay's Code, it seemed like whatever little narrative it had was just in service to get to the next vignett involving nudity, of which was nearly constant).

the Other Guys (Blu-Ray) - Thrifting pick up. Will Ferrell & Mark Whalburg Star as the zeroes to heroes in this wacky buddy cop comedy. Had me cracking up on numerous occasions, however I felt it ran on a bit too long for what it was (though that was partially down to me watching the extended "unrated" cut, which didn't seem to add all that much "unrated" content. No nudity or gore, for example).

Road House (Blu-Ray) - Thrifting pick up. Patrick Swayze plays the most elite bouncer in the country who's hired to turn around a failing Midwestern bar, runs afoul of the local mob boss (who has the authorities in his pocket), and proceeds to clean up the entire town with his fists. Super 80's, and super fun.

Sushi Girl (Blu-Ray) Thrifting blind buy. After a con gets out of prison, his partners in crime throw him a welcome back "party" (that he can't refuse) with an expensive exotic sushi meal (refer to the title), and the group bickers & turns against each other as they try to figure out what happened to the misplaced diamonds they stole on their last job together (with the titular "Sushi Girl" having to keep her composure as the group starts torturing each other, in very brutal fashion). A little different than what I usually watch, but worth the buy (has a huge twist that absolutely won't hit the same on future watches though).

the Wolfman (Blu-Ray) - Thrifting pick up. Made somewhat recently (has Benecio Del Toro in it), it's an 1890's England set werewolf tale. This one was a blind buy as well, but I ended up liking it well enough (some absolutely brutal kills). Watched the uncut extended edition.

@Jimmer-jammer I know! I was asleep at the wheel when they released the first batch of tickets in my city, so the earliest screening I got tickets to was March 7th... that's, like, eons away!

Just read over at CBR.com that while Disney is getting out of the business of putting out physical media, Disney movies will still release on physical through a deal with Sony. According to CBR, Sony will "manufacture, distribute, and market DVDs, Blu-rays, and other physical media of Disney-owned releases".
They had me worried there for a while.

@LN78 Yeah, it's been my impression that the Sony releases I have are generally solid releases (though they seem light on commentaries, but that may just be my sampling for all I know).

@FuriousMachine @LN78 Yep this is good news, as Sony have a good track record with 4k Blu Ray releases. Sony has apparently some of the best quality encoding software out there. So yeah, thumbs up from me.

busy with these movies this weekend

Freddy vs Jason
Doctor Strange Multiverse
The Eternals
The Marvels
Short Circuit 1 and 2 on Tubi

I'm not one who goes for steelbook editions in general, but the one for The Crow 30th Anniversary 4K sure does look good.

@Jimmer-jammer Likewise! I agree, Villeneuve's Dune is an excellent piece of cinema, and it's definitely worth going to some length to catch the sequel on the best screen possible. My screening is in the middle of the day, so I'll have to take time off work to see it
(I will try to swap it for a ticket for the following weekend once they become available, but I'll happily take time off if I need to)

@FuriousMachine @Jimmer-jammer hoping to see part 2 at the weekend. I watched part 1 yesterday and it's as excellent as I remember.
I also didn't have to keep wondering why my nephew kept getting up to go to the toilet. (Checking football scores as I later found out 🤬).

I ended up watching Puss In Boots: The Last Wish over the weekend.

I was surprised at how good it was. Like... Genuinely really good with some beautiful animation at times aping the Miles Spiderman films.

Dreamworks films are all over the place in terms in quality but it's easily one of their top films (Granted I haven't seen the Train your dragon films which are supposed to be really good too).

Doesn't top Shrek 2 or Kung-Fu Panda 2 for me but considering the first PIB film is average at best it's a dramatically improved sequel.

Finished watching Wonder Woman 1984. That was quite possibly the worst superhero movie I've ever watched. Nothing happens in the first hour and once you get to the battles, they are severely underwhelming. It's like I was watching a drama, not an action movie. What the hell were the movie makers thinking?

@HallowMoonshadow @LN78 I've not seen anything of the character other than his very first appearance in one of the Shrek movies. Would you say Puss In Boots: The Last Wish is just as enjoyable without having seen any of the preceding movies? I'm kinda interested in this now Aside from the Spider-verse movies, I haven't watched a quality animated movie in a long time

@FuriousMachine I can recommend the most recent TMNT animated movie and also the TV show Arcane. Both have similar art styles.

I have not seen the first puss n boots movie, and didn't find that I was missing anything. I didn't like The Last Wish as much as some though, as I found it swayed towards being aimed towards kids for my liking. Still good though, and knocks spots off anything Disney/Pixar I've seen of late.

@JohnnyShoulder @LN78 Never been much for the turtles, but I'll give it a look, along with the Puss. I don't necessarily mind animation aimed at the kids as long as they don't forget about us adults as well. Iron Giant is one of my favourite movies, I enjoy the hell out of most of the Pixar films, Zootopia and Wreck It Ralph were both entertaining Disney outings. Writing this, I'm realising that I need to watch more animation. Don't know why I cooled on it in the first place; I used to devour animated movies just a decade or so ago.

@LN78 Ah cool, that is really good to hear, glad you also enjoyed it! Yeah the humour also hit the right note for me.
@FuriousMachine Zootopia is my favourite Disney movie of recent times. The central story felt more grown up than most I've seen.

Cowboy Bebop the Movie (Blu-Ray) - I know Adult Swim aired this at least once back in the day, but I didn't remember much about it so it was nice to give it a go. Feels a lot more (environmentally) grounded than the TV show. Every once in a while there's a reminder that this is a sci-fi franchise (like an excellent dogfight involving Spike's Swordfish in the climax) & not even on Earth, but the Martian settlement they're in is such a convincing facsimile of contemporary (90's) New York that it really helps set the tone (the show has some of this, but it really goes above & beyond here). As for the story itself, I don't think it quite hits the highs of the series, but it's still worthwhile to go on another adventure with the gang & it has some amazing action set pieces.

Minions (Blu-Ray) - Picked this up thrifting. Pretty low brow (even by family friendly standards), but I'd be lying if I said I don't get a kick out of their antics from time to time.