What was the last movie you watched?

[grilldanmo]

The Package on Netflix.

It's a Netflix original and may be the most important movie of the last two millennia.

[grilldanmo]

Originally Posted by junior94

watching The Prestige again, it still absolutely blows my mind. That you don't pick up on it the first time thru (I'd be curious to hear from anyone who did genuinely do that, and isn't just lying to seem smart), when Nolan is straight up telling you the truth rather plainly the entire time. And you still don't get it.




and I mean, Batman Begins, The Prestige and The Dark Knight, that is one of the best 3 film directorial runs of the last 20 years. Thank god for the day that Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale and Michael Caine all met.
I feel like a decent argument could even be made for a run of 4 straight when throwing Inception in there as well, but I understand that may not be as universally held high. But no reasonable person could bet against the first 3, at least.

The Prestige is a masterwork. Incredible story, great performances, gripping imagery...what more could you ask for. I'm pretty sure I never even bothered to notice that it was a Nolan film. I wish more of his movies were on this level.

[kelchlsm]

The Prestige is elite

[Ascf33]

Originally Posted by grilldanmo

The Package on Netflix.

It's a Netflix original and may be the most important movie of the last two millennia.

The tile is literally an eggplant with nothing else on it. Had no idea what the hell it was. Then the preview started.

[junior94]

It's funny, it feels like each time I rewatch The Prestige, it only gets better, meanwhile every time I rewatch The Dark Knight Rises it only gets worse


I remember first walking out of the theater pretty much singing its praises, thinking a great way to end the trilogy. And I mean, the scope is still there, the incredible filmmaking is still there, but holy moly is the script and in particular the pacing just a tornado of inconsistency. Once they get to the second half of the movie, they've thrown any care of logic out the window. What I especially noticed this last time, when they say there's only 45 minutes left before the bomb detonates on his own, it's literally pitch black outside. Then what would have to be at the very least about 4 hours worth of stuff happens in broad daylight before it gets to zero

[fridge112887]

The Prestige is definitely elite; tied with Batman Begins for my favorite Nolan film.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Funny little underrated film and Shane Black's director debut. RDJ and Val Kilmer have good chemistry and Michelle Monaghan is a celebrity crush of mine.

[Lee3691]

Incredibles 2 was better than the first

[grilldanmo]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Incredibles 2 was better than the first

I agree, and the first was pretty great. 2 was just a better story overall.

[thebridge15]

I heard brad bird in an interview say that his original idea for the story for the first incredibles related to helen being the person on assignment with bob having to deal with life at home for a bit. so he likely at least had certain story beats plotted out for a while to use in I2

[Benny003]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Incredibles 2 was better than the first

I like the first better because it's the one that builds the world it inhabits. It feels a lot more unique to me than the second one. Both are very good though.

[BotheLaneFan]

And to the surprise of no one, Happytime Murders is apparently AIDS in movie form.

[Ascf33]

Originally Posted by BotheLaneFan

And to the surprise of no one, Happytime Murders is apparently AIDS in movie form.

The Happytime Murders May Be the Worst Movie of the Year
A total disaster, with puppets.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...murders-review

[fridge112887]

Speaking of puppets, I'd really, really appreciate another Team America movie from Stone/Parker. They have so much material at their expense

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by Ascf33

The Happytime Murders May Be the Worst Movie of the Year
A total disaster, with puppets.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...murders-review

Melissa McCarthy’s Painfully Unfunny Puppet Noir Is an Utter Abominationhttps://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/th...ew-1201996832/

[Benny003]

The Road (on Netflix for not too much longer I think)

Last time I saw this was when it first came out in 2009. It really is depressing and it kind of misses the mark in a few areas. Some parts are downright terrifying as they should be. Seems like the movie should have been longer to flesh out the story, but oddly enough making it longer probably wouldn't have made it better overall. Just sort of felt like they had a lot of ideas they wanted to get across, but left most of them a little less baked than others. Almost like a more serious, but less well thought out version of The Walking Dead.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by Benny003

The Road (on Netflix for not too much longer I think)

Last time I saw this was when it first came out in 2009. It really is depressing and it kind of misses the mark in a few areas. Some parts are downright terrifying as they should be. Seems like the movie should have been longer to flesh out the story, but oddly enough making it longer probably wouldn't have made it better overall. Just sort of felt like they had a lot of ideas they wanted to get across, but left most of them a little less baked than others. Almost like a more serious, but less well thought out version of The Walking Dead.

One of my favorite books...one of my least favorite movies.

[Benny003]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

One of my favorite books...one of my least favorite movies.

That's what I recall hearing at the time that the movie really didn't live up to the book.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by Benny003

That's what I recall hearing at the time that the movie really didn't live up to the book.

I actually thought Book Of Eli captured the spirit of the book.

At least that’s what I remember thinking 8 years ago

[junior94]

OCEAN'S 8




I think I said this when the trailer came out, I had a reasonable amount of anticipation for this, just from being a big heist film fan. Unlike the trolls, I didn't care about the "all female" thing (just like I couldn't give a shit the Ghostbusters was an all female team, my problem was I didn't think ANY new Ghostbusters movie should be made, even with the old cast) but my concern was it looked like they were going to stick to the Ocean's 11 structure too much. And unfortunately that's what I got. I swear it's like there were some scenes they directly lifted, just changed character names. You got Debbie Ocean (Danny's sister) wanting to do a big job after the same exact amount of prison time (5 years), the scene where her right hand woman asks why she has to do this, and then right in the middle the same moment where the right hand woman finds out a sub-part of Debbie's plan is tied directly to her old flame and confronts her about it.


Not to mention the complete tonal shift they pull with the James Corden character.

After bothering to show him in multiple scenes once he's introduced of how serious he is about conducting his job, the insurance investigator wanting to get the necklace back, literally after one conversation with Debbie, she all but admits to him she helped steal it but here's this guy I'll give to you instead that's completely innocent but I'm framing him. and he's like... great! job done!

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[Lee3691]

Got an email from moviepass today. They want to change annual subscribers (like me) to the 3 movie plan like the monthly subscribers, but to do so, they need to get my permission to change the TOS. So I have until 8.31 to accept (automatically) or cancel, and I can get a pro-rated refund (and I can't sign up for movie pass for 9 months lol). Looks like I am going to bet about $50 back. Going to see if I can get one or 2 more in before I cancel.

[Route_2]

Hostiles - a little slow for me. nodded off a few times. lots for brooding forlorn looks from bale.

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Got an email from moviepass today. They want to change annual subscribers (like me) to the 3 movie plan like the monthly subscribers, but to do so, they need to get my permission to change the TOS. So I have until 8.31 to accept (automatically) or cancel, and I can get a pro-rated refund (and I can't sign up for movie pass for 9 months lol). Looks like I am going to bet about $50 back. Going to see if I can get one or 2 more in before I cancel.

was about to post the exact same thing

if I can't squeeze in a movie this weekend, I'll cancel

[grilldanmo]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

One of my favorite books...one of my least favorite movies.

I liked both quite a bit. The book is disturbingly good. The movie less so, but still very good to me. They actually shot some of the more gruesome scenes from the book, but cut them from the film because someone felt it was too much.

[TheLastStop123]

not really sure why everyone isn't still on moviepass to be honest, even with all the changes. you can still game the system. my gf and I bought tickets through moviepass last weekend for slender man and went and actually saw christopher robbin at a similar time. worked like a charm.

[ExistenceNow]

Heading to Zilker Park for Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow screening of Dazed and Confused.

Party at the Moontower!!

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Heading to Zilker Park for Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow screening of Dazed and Confused.

Party at the Moontower!!

I'd like to do that someday.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by TheLastStop123

not really sure why everyone isn't still on moviepass to be honest, even with all the changes. you can still game the system. my gf and I bought tickets through moviepass last weekend for slender man and went and actually saw christopher robbin at a similar time. worked like a charm.

I've thought about that, but most theaters around me have assigned seating, and I prefer some specific parts of the theater to sit in.

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Heading to Zilker Park for Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow screening of Dazed and Confused.

Party at the Moontower!!

jealous, one of my absolute favorites

[ExistenceNow]

I’m texting Casey some of the details but this is cool as hell. Lemme see if this pic will upload.

[ExistenceNow]

For those that don’t know, that’s the Moontower on the left and this is the park where they filmed the party scene.