Movies! The movie thread

[Esteban]

Watched "Prey" last night. Thought it was good and a worthy addition to the Predator series.

[M5Rick]

Watching this now, good humour from Harrison Ford.

[Murf the Surf]

We watched Babylon last night. I don't like to tell people not to watch something because different strokes for different folks. When I saw the trailer I thought it might be entertaining, it wasn't. I got the feeling they didn't know what they wanted to do with it. It almost seemed frantic at times and it goes in several different directions, frankly I wish I had saved the 3 hours to watch something else.

[Donut Lord]

I watched a Mel Gibson/Vince Vaughn B-level movie called Dragged Across Concrete.

I thought it was pretty good for what it was, but man did it have a really messed up scene in it with a new mother going to work for her first day. I thought she was just going to be a hostage, but nope......

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

We watched Babylon last night. I don't like to tell people not to watch something because different strokes for different folks. When I saw the trailer I thought it might be entertaining, it wasn't. I got the feeling they didn't know what they wanted to do with it. It almost seemed frantic at times and it goes in several different directions, frankly I wish I had saved the 3 hours to watch something else.

This one is available to me at the present time for a cheap price but after reading this I think I'll wait until it's free.

[tranquility]

So watching Dune again, and it's infuriating that they (ok the writer) couldn't come up w a better betrayal (why/how it happened), it's totally illogical and not realistic, one dude can do that much damage and no one knew until it was too late? I mean, cmon....not very believable how it went down.

[Th3DarkSide]

Originally Posted by tranquility

So watching Dune again, and it's infuriating that they (ok the writer) couldn't come up w a better betrayal (why/how it happened), it's totally illogical and not realistic, one dude can do that much damage and no one knew until it was too late? I mean, cmon....not very believable how it went down.

Gotta read the book. It’s better anyway

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by F82///M4

Gotta read the book. It’s better anyway

For sure, but I already saw the movies, so it's too late for me, not that I have time to devour novels.

[Donut Lord]

Originally Posted by tranquility

So watching Dune again, and it's infuriating that they (ok the writer) couldn't come up w a better betrayal (why/how it happened), it's totally illogical and not realistic, one dude can do that much damage and no one knew until it was too late? I mean, cmon....not very believable how it went down.

Who are you referring? The guy that hid in the wall? or the doctor who poisoned them?

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by Donut Lord

Who are you referring? The guy that hid in the wall? or the doctor who poisoned them?

Dr Yeuh (sp?), ridiculous he could singlehandedly do all that (I've only seen the films, maybe the book is more convincing).

[Donut Lord]

Originally Posted by tranquility

Dr Yeuh (sp?), ridiculous he could singlehandedly do all that (I've only seen the films, maybe the book is more convincing).

What parts exactly if you can refresh my memory?

I have only seen it fully once when it first came out. From my memory, the doctor just parallelizes the main people and turns off the defensive system while they are sleeping.

What is unbelievable is such a huge army doesn't have extensive people watching while most are sleeping, that is like army base 101. and he is already paranoid about the emperor and harkanan.

[tranquility]

***SPOILER RE DUNE***

Originally Posted by Donut Lord

What parts exactly if you can refresh my memory?

I have only seen it fully once when it first came out. From my memory, the doctor just parallelizes the main people and turns off the defensive system while they are sleeping.

What is unbelievable is such a huge army doesn't have extensive people watching while most are sleeping, that is like army base 101. and he is already paranoid about the emperor and harkanan.

Pretty much the bolded and that the Dr Yeuh guy can do it all by himself, so freaking unbelievable. The WHY he would betray Atriedes when any fool should know that his wife is pretty much already dead, and the HOW of so easily doing it.

Exactly, they *knew* it's a trap, you'd think they would be freaking on-guard but nope, everyone decided to have a slumber party! Also, this en masse sleepover happened *after* they found that holed-up Harkonnen assassin dude launching poison darts everywhere, I mean, cmon!!! LOL.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

We watched Babylon last night. I don't like to tell people not to watch something because different strokes for different folks. When I saw the trailer I thought it might be entertaining, it wasn't. I got the feeling they didn't know what they wanted to do with it. It almost seemed frantic at times and it goes in several different directions, frankly I wish I had saved the 3 hours to watch something else.

It looks like garbage, and you're right, it looks frantic. Hard pass.

I'll watch PREY because I love a Predator movie but yeah, not feeling it.

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by tranquility

***SPOILER RE DUNE***




Pretty much the bolded and that the Dr Yeuh guy can do it all by himself, so freaking unbelievable. The WHY he would betray Atriedes when any fool should know that his wife is pretty much already dead, and the HOW of so easily doing it.

Exactly, they *knew* it's a trap, you'd think they would be freaking on-guard but nope, everyone decided to have a slumber party! Also, this en masse sleepover happened *after* they found that holed-up Harkonnen assassin dude launching poison darts everywhere, I mean, cmon!!! LOL.

Dune is a pretty weak jesus story, full of poor writing... but with enough suspension of disbelief, it's a fun watch.

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by Fishee

Dune is a pretty weak jesus story, full of poor writing... but with enough suspension of disbelief, it's a fun watch.

"Weak Jesus" haha

I just had an itch to rewatch it since I think Part 2 is coming out this year....will they milk it and make a Part 3? 2 parts should be enough imo.

[Donut Lord]

Originally Posted by tranquility

"Weak Jesus" haha

I just had an itch to rewatch it since I think Part 2 is coming out this year....will they milk it and make a Part 3? 2 parts should be enough imo.

the Hobbit would like a word with you

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by Donut Lord

I watched the Resident with Hilarie Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Freaky stuff, but so many unanswered and unnecessary things in the film. Like the grandfather August. Clearly, he emotionally abuses Max (Dean Morgan), but I almost got the vibe that he inherited this creepy stalking lifestyle from August as alluded to the bizarre second meeting of Juliet (Swank) and him when she thought he gave her a gift.

True, no idea what Chris Lee was doing there, wasted his talents. It was a decent enough movie but the most scary thing was that she thought $3,600/mth was a bargain! I don't care if she makes, say, $200K as a surgeon, that is still some srs waste of $$$ and a huge %age of her salary....do ppl really live like that, spending that much $$ on rent? Or, heck, rent at all? That is just insane.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by tranquility

True, no idea what Chris Lee was doing there, wasted his talents. It was a decent enough movie but the most scary thing was that she thought $3,600/mth was a bargain! I don't care if she makes, say, $200K as a surgeon, that is still some srs waste of $$$ and a huge %age of her salary....do ppl really live like that, spending that much $$ on rent? Or, heck, rent at all? That is just insane.

2021 spending as a percentage of total spending in the States, by income quintile:



Americans spend a substantial percentage of their after-tax income on housing. That's been the case since this country's remarkable inflation from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. This phenomenon is now baked-into the system, and you have to work at it to win that part of the game. As always, my 2¢.

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by dradernh

2021 spending as a percentage of total spending in the States, by income quintile:



Americans spend a substantial percentage of their after-tax income on housing. That's been the case since this country's remarkable inflation from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. This phenomenon is now baked-into the system, and you have to work at it to win that part of the game. As always, my 2¢.

Ya, but 'housing' needs to differentiate between mortgage and renting, and I'm talking about the craziness of renting at the figure in that movie.

[TXSTYLE]

LET'S GO!!!!

[Esteban]

Watched "Nope" last night. Didn't really like it. Maybe some folks did, but I didn't.

So I'll have to say...

[TXSTYLE]

I'm always down for some Sci-fi