Topic: The Movie Thread

the George Romero Resident Evil movie documentary isnt what i quite expected.

the beginning of the documentary started off decent, but then the middle of the movie made it look like Romero had second thoughts where he chickened out and ran off

How to Train your Dragon (2025) - not really a kids movie kinda guy but the missus does like a kids movie of a Sunday afternoon and… we both really enjoyed it! Actually considering watching the animated sequels.

@graymamba I'd put this more in the "family movie" camp than "kids". These kinds of movies makes an effort to entertain the adults as well as the kids, something Pixar has excelled at since the very beginning, while pure "kids movies" seem content talking down to the kids and ignoring the suffering adults who accompany them completely.

I enjoyed both the original animated one and the live action, the latter of which I caught on the big screen earlier this year. I haven't seen the animated sequels yet, but I seem to remember reading that they hold up quite well.

Speaking of family oriented animated fare: one I'm really looking forward to is the sequel to "Zootopia" (or "Zootropolis", depending on your region) coming out in the not too distant future. The first movie is one of my favourites of the genre in recent years, beating out many of the recent Pixar fare, IMO.

@FuriousMachine fair enough… and maybe I’m not as grizzled and cynical as I thought as, although I’d totally forgotten about it until your mention, I also really liked Zootopia 😅

@FuriousMachine @graymamba The How to Train Your Dragon trilogy is excellent. Totally agree with the ‘family’ film vs ‘kids’ film distinction, and this trilogy definitely falls into the former. They allow the characters to age and deal with some appropriately heavy themes. The second one is probably my favourite (a rarity for trilogies for me). Highly recommended!

@graymamba hehehe, we old curmudgeons must have something uplifting we can enjoy, even if we don't speak too loudly about them The sloths at the DMV in the original "Zootopia" were priceless and still makes me smile when I think about it.

@Metonymy I need to get on those sequels ASAP then, it seems. Happy to hear they are good!

@FuriousMachine @graymamba I completely agree with everything @Metonymy said. HTYD is a surprisingly good trilogy that manages to remain entertaining and actually progress it's characters across the three films. I have a fondness for the animated medium and consider the trilogy amongst my favourites.

Also yes, Zootopia is great and curious to see what they do with the sequel.

On the topic I think Big Hero 6 is possibly underappreciated and worth a watch if you've not seen it.

@BearsEatBeets 100% agree on "Big Hero 6"; delightful movie and Baymax is really fun character! I can't remember if it's an adaptation of a manga and/or anime or if it's an original movie, but no previous experience is necessary, either way (and the 6 in the title is not a sequel number, for those who are unfamiliar )

@FuriousMachine Yeah I thought it was based on a manga or something but was curious so googled it and it seems it was a Marvel comic. It seems to only have taken a few key ideas and characters from that though and is quite different.
I find myself thinking of a rewatch now. Zootopia, as well.

@BearsEatBeets yup Big Hero 6 is class!

@FuriousMachine I guess I’m a frikkin kids-fi… ahem… family-film fan after all! What a disappointment to the curmudgeon-crew I must be 😱

@BearsEatBeets Ah, that's right, I remember being surprised at the Marvel logo on that one. I'm unfamiliar with the source material, though.

@graymamba If so, then we both are, my friend. Let's keep it quiet and just grumble and shake our fists at anyone who dares insinuate such a thing

I just wanted to say that I have spent this evening watching Michael Mann’s “The Last of the Mohicans”.

Epic, picturesque, and glorious. I would go so far as to say that it is quite possibly my favourite movie of all time. Two hours long, without one single second wasted. Every moment on screen is both riveting and beautiful.

I have read James Fenimore Cooper, and honestly, the film is better than the book.

@graymamba One of my favourite animated trilogies. I'm not a fan of these live action remakes, I'm sure it's a great film but I don't see the point in them.

I ended up watching Hellraiser (1987) never watched it properly before. Great films and the effects and make still look great!

I just finished watching Good Boy and all I can say is that I was moved, disturbed and had to hug an actual dog afterwards. For some reason I thought it was a horror comedy. It's a bit of a hard watch if you are an animal lover, the acting (by the dog Indy) is fantastic but sense of fear from Indy's perspective feels a little too genuine. As a rule the supernatural doesn't phase me but seeing an animal experience it is something completely different.

He slept through it, blissfully unaware.

@GirlVersusGame I'm really looking forward to seeing this in the theatres! Premieres here on November 7th, along with Predator: Badlands, and I actually think I may prioritize "Good Boy". I'll move heaven and earth to catch them both on the big screen, of course, but just in case, you know?

@MightyDemon82 The OG "Hellraiser" is a stone cold classic and it holds up very well today, in my opinion Haven't seen the sequel in decades and have been meaning to rectify that ever since I got the box set a while back, but, you know, "so many movies, etc.."

@JohnnyShoulder @Ravix I took a gamble last night and rented "Outland". I liked it, which I didn't really expect. I find that with a lot of movies from the 80's, if you strip away any nostalgia you might have, very few of them are worth sitting through when viewed for the first time with 2020s sensibilities, but this one actually held my interest. Much of it was down to Frances Sternhagen's excellent character, who stole every scene she was in.
Still, I didn't feel that this was a movie I would rewatch and as such I don't feel a need to add it to my physical collection

@MightyDemon82 I recently showed my friend a couple of Hellraisers, I think we stopped after Bloodlines. The straight to video ones got pretty bad over time but the first two are classics and Hell on Earth (3) is good stupid fun. I always envy people who are only now discovering certain movies or franchises, especially cult classics. I showed that same friend Night of The Demons over the weekend, the sequel will probably be next. It was going to be Clownhouse but they really don't like clowns, so that's Killjoy out the window too (possibly one of the worst movies ever made)

@GirlVersusGame The best 'clown' movie imo is Stephen King's 'IT'. Have you seen that one? Terrifying for me as a child, but I only saw part of it at that age, saw the rest online as an adult.

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Only about 20 times, it's one of my favorite Stephen King movie adaptions. The 90's Stand is right up there too (even-though it's not that well liked by most) I like the obvious choices like Carrie and The Shining but movies like Sleepwalkers are a guilty pleasure. I think it's the first time I heard Enya, her song Boadicea features on the soundtrack. That's one of the best after affects of a movie, the music you discover through it's soundtrack and then pursue to find more of the same. Will you be watching any movies throughout Halloween yourself?