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RyRyIV · Dec 7, 2020

Over the weekend I watched both the new, live action Mulan, and Jim Carrey's How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Mulan, while not anywhere close to a perfect film, was very good with some gorgeous cinematography and interesting fight choreography. Glad they fit in orchestral versions of the original songs where they could, and didn't try to force or rely on them. Ultimately I found it to be one of the better Disney live action films. I'd rank it just under The Jungle Book, which I believe is the best live action remake Disney has come out with.

Grinch, meanwhile, needs no introduction. It's one of the most beloved Christmas movies out there, and it's yearly viewing for me. I'm astounded at how well every single piece of this film holds up even today. Plus you can tell that Jim Carrey and Taylor Momsen were having a blast in their scenes together.

JuanMena · Dec 8, 2020

Holy shit how long since I last saw something?

3 months ago

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no Tales

I swear I saw this coming... The first 4 movies were on Netflix nearly a year ago.
And I watched them all in the lapse of two days literally the 6th of January.

By the time At World's End got to the middle of the movie I noticed a tremendous sense of charm being lost.
The 4th movie got rushed (as I personally believe) and I hated the end of it, so my hopes for the 5th one weren't that high to be honest.

It seems like Dead men tell no Tales, is a preparation to release Johnny Depp as the main character.

With the first three and half of the Fourth, Depp's character, Sparrow went from totally bad ass and well developed trickster / mastermind to the likes of genies that turns situations to it's favour, into a derpy, unattended and nearly retarded clown like character.

The 5th movie cemented this further.

I feel that Dead men tell no Tales was something like: You loved Jack Sparrow? Well... he's dead now... in the brain...
Replace with basic Girl and basic Boy (which happens to be as if Jack's personalities splitted in two halves) and I totally lost my interest in the movie as soon as I watched the first 15 minutes.

The villain in this movie is nothing but a glorified CryBaby without a real purpose to kill Sparrow other than making him lose his date with his mother to take the soup after liberating the seas from meanie pirates.
Major secondary characters like Barbosa got watered down to prepare the expectator to his ultimate (unglorified) demise.
It felt as if a huge Final Boss in a game got defeated with nothing more but a bug net/fishing rod and an empty bottle.

The effects were okay... but I was hopping them to be better... given the tone of the movie I guess I was expecting a lot for it.

I would ~~watch the 6th movie~~ just out of morbidity and because I'm a self-declared masochist.

But if I learned something, is that Pirates of the Caribbean is nothing but a good trilogy with three ovas... and nothing more...

Jack's character has a great charm... that Monkey is gonna be a star someday

HOLY MOTHER FUCKING SHIT

FAST6191 · Dec 18, 2020

Go (1999).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139239/

If I am a sucker for one type of film it is con films. If there is a second thing it is a Rashomon/while this was happening/different perspectives of the same events. Sadly this was not the former but a decent stab at the latter (in this case disaffected youth in 90s Los Angeles get wrapped up with a drug dealer).
It was also about what I would expect from a 90s film that nobody likely remembers today (I can't use a phrase like peak 90s but it wants to be). Also a lesser while this was happening thing as it kind of splits focus.
Enjoyable enough I guess, though nothing I particularly suggest unless "90s films" happens to be your theme of choice and you happen to have done most of the truly good ones.

nani17 · Dec 21, 2020

Greenland thought it was terrible

Deleted member 397813 · Dec 21, 2020

The Princess Bride

quite good

nani17 · Dec 21, 2020

CPG said:
The Princess Bride

quite good

great movie

FAST6191 · Jan 10, 2021

Bad Santa (2003)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/

Eh. I am all for dark comedy/black comedy films but this one seemed to have basically two tricks. 1) Guy swears in front of kids and 2) Alcoholic mess somehow manages to not get fired and also gets laid all the time plus a sprinkling of otherwise good comedy actors almost being out of place. By no means a slog but nothing I would introduce someone to dark comedy with, any of the comedic actors with, or suggest as something on a black comedy film night.
Seems to be quite high rated in many places as well which I don't get -- normally I can do the "yeah I see what some might enjoy that much about this" but I am at a loss here.
It is also not much of a Christmas send up type film if you were hoping for that.

Deleted member 397813 · Jan 10, 2021

digimon adventure last evolution kizuna

another good movie

tonyhhhh · Jan 11, 2021

FAST6191 said:
Bad Santa (2003)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/

Eh. I am all for dark comedy/black comedy films but this one seemed to have basically two tricks. 1) Guy swears in front of kids and 2) Alcoholic mess somehow manages to not get fired and also gets laid all the time plus a sprinkling of otherwise good comedy actors almost being out of place. By no means a slog but nothing I would introduce someone to dark comedy with, any of the comedic actors with, or suggest as something on a black comedy film night.
Seems to be quite high rated in many places as well which I don't get -- normally I can do the "yeah I see what some might enjoy that much about this" but I am at a loss here.
It is also not much of a Christmas send up type film if you were hoping for that.

One of the best movies , so funny no matter how many time i watch it.

Deleted User · Jan 11, 2021

tonyhhhh said:
One of the best movies , so funny no matter how many time i watch it.

Amen. The second movie I just can't stand, though.

Deleted User · Jan 13, 2021

"El Mejor Verano de Mi Vida" (The Best Summer of My Life)

Spanish movies are among my favorite and especially if they have cast I've seen before, so it's a win-win for me. Plus, with Amazon Prime Video (using a trial) you can watch Amazon Prime Spain's catalog even if you're not in Spain, just have a Spanish address to pass it through.

Amazon Prime is definitely the best way of watching Spanish movies conveniently and legally. There are pirate websites, but they tend to have issues with hosters not being available and whatnot so that's a bummer.

UltraSUPRA · Jan 15, 2021

Run Hide Fight.

The Real Jdbye · Jan 15, 2021

Shazam https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448115/

Magic, with a superhero angle.

Surprisingly pretty great. Didn't have high expectations since I don't like much DC superhero stuff.

Megadriver94 · Jan 23, 2021

Enders game (2013)

BORTZ · Jan 23, 2021

Harry Potter and the Deathly Weapons

Daggot · Jan 23, 2021

The Dark Knight Rises

People were right Bane really did have the best scenes.

JuanMena · Jan 24, 2021

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My dumb sister got obsessed with Mandalorian because she's obsessed with GOT and she's watching it just because Pedro Pascal is playing the main role.
So being the stupid poser she's always been she started to watch the Star Wars movies while wondering if Light Saber colours means something

Fucking hate her.
Fucking hate this movie.
Game of Thrones deserved a better ending.

FAST6191 · Jan 27, 2021

Several years late to the party I decided to watch all 900 hours of The Revenant, albeit starting at 4 this morning without checking the runtime
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/

Not my favourite survival after a bear attack film (Back Country https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2944198/ for that one) or survival against the elements but I never the less enjoyed it a lot and would recommend it.
Lot of people die, sometimes out of nowhere, and those that survive are not necessarily any better off. Like that in a film. Lovely footage. Villains, if indeed there are any and it is not just about everybody surviving, being more than cardboard cutouts which is good. Actually sometimes do crap out a good film in the modern times which is a bit of a shocker.

JuanMena · Feb 3, 2021

The number 17 and pretty much the entire movie had me:

FAST6191 · Feb 5, 2021

Decided to rewatch Queen of the Damned.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238546/
Probably one of the most 90s films I ever saw, albeit released in 2002.

The idea of a goth/nu metal takeover was hilarious at the best of times, and by 2002 then side splittingly silly as a premise.
Read very little Anne Rice either (technically it is an adaptation, you might have seen interview with a vampire as that is another adaptation albeit unrelated to this).
It holds a special place for me as it was one of the films I learned video editing and DVD ripping with. I put in a bunch of deleted scenes from the DVD and all of a sudden things made a lot more sense.
This watching did not have that benefit. Seems I used to be able to overlook things more than I do today. Broadly coherent enough but lots of "eh?" moments. Don't know that I would suggest it as anything other than a "man the 90s were not all that", and if you must do Anne Rice books turned film the interview with a vampire is 1000x better than this, even if I don't suggest avoiding it.

Anyway vampire gets bored with life and comes back to be a goth/nu metal superstar [insert audible snorts]. Becomes said superstar but angers other vampires (apparently). In doing so brings back a special vampire.

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