Movies! The movie thread

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by Esteban

And... Bill Paxton.

Game over man, game over!

[moooza]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Saw Twisters...meh. Both my wife and I thought Twister was better.

Just watched Twister (the original), pretty good stuff. Better than I remembered

[TXSTYLE]

Watched Deadpool & Wolverine. Unlike some out there, both characters are just OK for this huge Marvel fan. The movie was entertaining and had quite a few intriguing surprises! 3.5/5

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Watched Deadpool & Wolverine. Unlike some out there, both characters are just OK for this huge Marvel fan. The movie was entertaining and had quite a few intriguing surprises! 3.5/5

I'm not a huge Deadpool fan, but love what Ryan Reynolds is doing with the character. I saw it with the fam on Tuesday... we all loved it! The staged fight scenes went too long for my taste, and some characters and story arcs were not really fleshed out. Plenty of plot holes, forced scenes, hand waving, but wow... I can't believe how absolutely happy it made me! Produced with a lot love by a bunch of people that were having a great time. The visual and verbal pop cultural references were absolutely non-stop, and can be appreciated by people not deeply versed in MCU and Marvel culture. But it sure helps!

[moooza]

Just watched Axel F, the new beverly hills cops movie. Pretty boring and derivative.

Halfway through the new Bad Boys movie Ride or Die. It is idiotic. I have to finish it, but I'd rather go for a drive, or die

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by StradaRedlands

I'm not a huge Deadpool fan, but love what Ryan Reynolds is doing with the character. I saw it with the fam on Tuesday... we all loved it! The staged fight scenes went too long for my taste, and some characters and story arcs were not really fleshed out. Plenty of plot holes, forced scenes, hand waving, but wow... I can't believe how absolutely happy it made me! Produced with a lot love by a bunch of people that were having a great time. The visual and verbal pop cultural references were absolutely non-stop, and can be appreciated by people not deeply versed in MCU and Marvel culture. But it sure helps!

Sounds fun. Will watch it when it comes to me.

[TXSTYLE]

Looking forward to A QUIET PLACE Pt 1 Tonight!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Looking forward to A QUIET PLACE Pt 1 Tonight!

Liked the first two... let us know what you think of this one.

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Liked the first two... let us know what you think of this one.

OK. So it could and should have been much better IMO.
I give it a 2.5 / 5. The first 2 were much better. They're was not enough origins back story as vs it was too slow.
At least I have the Season Finale of HOTD to look forward to tonight!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

OK. So it could and should have been much better IMO.
I give it a 2.5 / 5. The first 2 were much better. They're was not enough origins back story as vs it was too slow.
At least I have the Season Finale of HOTD to look forward to tonight!

Sounds like a bit of a let down. Too bad. Will still watch it anyway when it comes to me so I at least can finish the story.

[UncleWede]

Twisters was worth the price of a senior admission. Nothing unexpected, girl meets boy.

Do people really die by being sucked up into the vortex, or just crushed by their failing houses?

[Our03z4]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Twisters was worth the price of a senior admission. Nothing unexpected, girl meets boy.

Do people really die by being sucked up into the vortex, or just crushed by their failing houses?

People do die in real life from being sucked up. Just watched a little documentary about a horrible tornado that happened in northern Ohio in the early 1900s. People literally were sucked up from a beach because they had no where to escape.

[Alfisti]

I'm an hr into Platoon. Good god i am soft. I'd have lasted 15 minutes.

[Artemis]

R.I.P. Alain Delon (1935-2024).



Purple Noon (1960):

"Le Samouraï" (1967):

"La Piscine" (1969):

[M5Rick]

One of Delon's best films.

[TXSTYLE]

Watched TWISTERS. It was OK I guess. The Country music sound track was annoying.

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

OK. So it could and should have been much better IMO.
I give it a 2.5 / 5. The first 2 were much better. They're was not enough origins back story as vs it was too slow.
At least I have the Season Finale of HOTD to look forward to tonight!

Little did he know.

[UncleWede]

I enjoyed Alien:Romulus Didn't hurt that I pre-gamed with 2 Jack/Diet, then bought a xenomorph egg cup filled with a double Maker's/diet at the theatre.

That egg made quite the rounds this weekend.

Alien was NOT anywhere near the original, but I don't think anything could be. Laser IMAX and 3-D surround sound system ups the experience, for sure!

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

I enjoyed Alien:Romulus Didn't hurt that I pre-gamed with 2 Jack/Diet, then bought a xenomorph egg cup filled with a double Maker's/diet at the theatre.

That egg made quite the rounds this weekend.

Alien was NOT anywhere near the original, but I don't think anything could be. Laser IMAX and 3-D surround sound system ups the experience, for sure!

Watched it last night. Let me preface by saying this: ALIENS is my "TOP 20 GREATEST FILMS"!
This movie by Fede Álvarez (If you don't know him, you're missing out) is a 5/5 from me. It is f****** outstanding!

[M5Rick]

Not Eastwood's best spaghetti western and it shows in the cruel wild west as Marshall Jed Cooper catches up with the gang that lynched him.

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Watched it last night. Let me preface by saying this: ALIENS is my "TOP 20 GREATEST FILMS"!
This movie by Fede Álvarez (If you don't know him, you're missing out) is a 5/5 from me. It is f****** outstanding!

Watched it on IMAX this weekend.
Agree to disagree - I thought it was another Alien franchise flaming bag of poop.
It started of SO strong, including adhering to the canonical technology and look and feel of the original Alien film.
The story was a huge fart, and frankly the entire 3rd act was a rehash of one of the worst films in the series - Resurrection.
And spoiler alert - the "Ash" android SFX were awful.

I can't figure out why this hasn't been done yet...

ALIEN: LV246

Timeline: Between the start of Aliens (e.g. director's cut when Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged) and when the space marines arrive (e.g. the period in which the colony is wiped out).

Story: The terraforming colony's last stand. Contact is lost with WY HQ. One survivor, Newt.

First act: Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged. Dad "recovers" from facehugger fun, birth of new xenomorph, get to know the main cast. We get more on Newt and her family, and what happens to her dad pre and post birth. Her mom and brother get it next lol. Xeno this time though, surprise, is a queen (you know, like how queens are born into bee colonies).

Second act: Queen xenomorph grows up, makes eggies, starts to make the environmental reactor its home, kills and captures colonists for more eggy time. Colonists get impregnated and pasted to the walls of the reactor. We actually get to see how this works in this movie. e.g. people being captured for incubation, rather than killed. More non queen xenos are "born". Some fighting happens, colonists learn about what they're dealing with. Colonists figure out how their equipment can be used to kill and track xenos. They learn all about the fun acid blood. Newt figures out how to hide, where, and when.

Third act: War. The colonists are divided, separated, and taken out group by group. The xenos learn how to navigate the reactor, in the walls, pipeways, etc. The colony is decimated, Newt survives.

Epilogue: We see WY HQ, top brass talking to Burke about contact loss with LV246, why the colony is important to WY, and him reaching out to Ripley.



My ranking for Alien films:
1. (Tie) Alien and Aliens
2. Alien 3
3+. Feh

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by Fishee

Watched it on IMAX this weekend.
Agree to disagree - I thought it was another Alien franchise flaming bag of poop.
It started of SO strong, including adhering to the canonical technology and look and feel of the original Alien film.
The story was a huge fart, and frankly the entire 3rd act was a rehash of one of the worst films in the series - Resurrection.
And spoiler alert - the "Ash" android SFX were awful.

I can't figure out why this hasn't been done yet...

ALIEN: LV246

Timeline: Between the start of Aliens (e.g. director's cut when Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged) and when the space marines arrive (e.g. the period in which the colony is wiped out).

Story: The terraforming colony's last stand. Contact is lost with WY HQ. One survivor, Newt.

First act: Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged. Dad "recovers" from facehugger fun, birth of new xenomorph, get to know the main cast. We get more on Newt and her family, and what happens to her dad pre and post birth. Her mom and brother get it next lol. Xeno this time though, surprise, is a queen (you know, like how queens are born into bee colonies).

Second act: Queen xenomorph grows up, makes eggies, starts to make the environmental reactor its home, kills and captures colonists for more eggy time. Colonists get impregnated and pasted to the walls of the reactor. We actually get to see how this works in this movie. e.g. people being captured for incubation, rather than killed. More non queen xenos are "born". Some fighting happens, colonists learn about what they're dealing with. Colonists figure out how their equipment can be used to kill and track xenos. They learn all about the fun acid blood. Newt figures out how to hide, where, and when.

Third act: War. The colonists are divided, separated, and taken out group by group. The xenos learn how to navigate the reactor, in the walls, pipeways, etc. The colony is decimated, Newt survives.

Epilogue: We see WY HQ, top brass talking to Burke about contact loss with LV246, why the colony is important to WY, and him reaching out to Ripley.



My ranking for Alien films:
1. (Tie) Alien and Aliens
2. Alien 3
3+. Feh

I hear ya. I like the Timeline points you made. I stick with my rating. It's # 3 in the franchise. But here's some really good news: Hulu is bringing a Series that is supposed to be very good and connecting more dots.