Has anyone watched the second Kingsman movie? I'm tempted to watch it but sequels are rarely good and I don't want to taint my impression of the first movie by watching a sequel that blows lol

it looked dumb as fuck.

At the risk of alienating Americans from the USA, I was looking forward to this movie until I saw the preview.
The Kingsman movie was about an elite British secret service unit that played up on the British gentleman stereotype and was fun because of it.
Kingsman 2 looks like it's aimed at appeasing USA audiences with the new USA Kingsman characters they've added.
While I don't mind the villains being any particular nationality, the good guys in a Kingsman movie MUST be British!

ie. Would anyone accept a Chinese James Bond?

The Bourne series is a great example of what Hollywood SHOULD do if they want to do a James Bond movie with a USA actor.
ie. Keep the action but come up with a completely different scenario so that it stands on its own and doesn't look like a blatant rip-off.
FYI: The Bourne movies actually had an impact on James Bond movies, they realised that they needed to "lift their game" with regard to the action scenes.

I hate sequels that simply milk the success of the original movie and don't stand on their own, especially when they diverge from what made the original movie so good in the first place.

eg. Highlander = Frickin' awesome (if you've ever seen it in a cinema with awesome sound you'll rate it as one of the best movies ever)
Highlander 2 = Turkey of the highest order (shame on you Sean Connery for appearing in this steaming pile of shit)

It was not horrible. Was not the greatest. I would probably watch it again.

Wonder Woman...my wife likes these comic movies. This movie was weird to me as I don't favor fantasy type of movies, but the chick who played Wonder Woman was SO HOT, and I felt it followed a decent story line.

I hate all super hero movies. they are so awful.

Blankman.

Blade Runner 2049 is the best big Hollywood movie I’ve seen in a while. I saw it in theaters 3 times and bought it the day it came available on amazon. As expected, it definitely isn’t as good on a small home screen. The cinematography and visual effects are by far the high points of the movie in my opinion, so screen quality is important. The plot/concept is good too, but the comments about it being slow moving are definitely accurate. A lot of scenes are intentionally slowed down to give you time to appreciate the visuals, which I didn’t mind at all. I didn’t think the movie felt slow on the big screen, but definitely noticed it at home where the visuals didn’t pop as much.

I also thought the cast was amazingly well-selected. I never thought I would care much for Ryan Gosling, but he was great. Joi/Ana de Armas was amazing too. Pretty much everyone was a perfect fit for their character except for Robin Wright, who I thought was terrible.

Others that I've watched recently and liked a lot:

Logan - I usually don't care for the comic book movies, but this one was really good.

Incendies - French with subtitles, but worth it. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049)

Looper

I liked the new blade runner too as well as Logan.

actually I went into BR with low expectations, as I couldn't make it through the original. But for a slow paced movie it was well done.

This movie has raked in US$890 million worldwide so far.

While I agree with the comment regarding "the lesbian island" start being too long, I thought is was a decent movie, the WWI scenes in the battlefield portrayed the trench warfare perfectly (total devastation in a mud-pit) and Gail Gadot was easy to accept in the role, despite being stunning, she pulled off the action scenes well - you gotta love a beautiful woman who can kick your arse.
For years casting a woman in this role was going to be hard, Lynda Carter set the bar incredibly high (my bar especially :P )

Apart from the 1st Christian Bale Batman movie, this has been the only DC movie so far that was worth the price of the ticket.

meh. it was meh at best. ive seen worse, but ill never watch it again.

worse:
Battle of the Sexes. turned it off quickly after it was apparent it was just a lesbian movie.
Valerian. I actually watched this through, my wife laughed at me.
The Circle. Slow, boring, goes no where, predictable.
Baby driver. All vroom vroom. terrible acting. gay child molester in it.
The Big Stick. interesting to see his story, but meh. he's a terrible actor.
Wick 2. disappointing
finding beasts and how to sex them. blahhhhhhh.

borderline:
guardians 2. writers phoned this one in.
get out. it was good for what it was.


better:
flatliners.
american made.
the founder.
passengers. i liked this one actually.
accountant.
war dogs.
rouge one.

scarjo had no trouble getting a role for a Japanese chick. all it takes is a blowjob in Hollywood.

"rouge one"?
That some French "fillum"?

Seriously though, I was amazed that Rogue One ended exactly how it SHOULD have ended - never thought a Disney movie would ever do that, especially since so many kids love Star Wars.

I keep reading this criticism, and it makes me wonder if the people saying it have ever seen the original anime.
Major doesn't look especially Japanese.
Actually most of the main cast are drawn to look white.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6b733295c5.jpg

Shes still awful. And not since I still had acne.

22 jump street was just as good as 21. Both of them were my kind of silly, childish humor.

Not sure why that was the first sequel that popped into my head...

Who's seen Bright on Netflix? What did you think?

I liked it but wouldn't give it any awards. It was just entertaining enough and the humor was on point. I felt the characters were developed correctly but I could have used some more backstory on the races and their relations to each other. It was like "End of Watch" with a fantastical element.
Moreover I believe the future of entertainment is streaming services and for an A list actor (Smith) to sign onto a "big" budget film knowing it was going straight to a streaming service says a lot about the future direction of cinematic entertainment. I can understand why the "critics" disliked it. It threatens their existence.

looks like another sci fi series?

are there any good series out there that aren't for harry potter fans?

I'm sufficiently amused by Orville, but it's not hardcore sci-fi. Too many are trying too hard to astonish me and coming across unbelievable. At least in the Orville they are letting the tech exist as background to the story and not play it off as "hey look how fancy the CGI artists are" or "how imaginative our writers are" in the foreground.

yeah but the acting...I cant imagine it lasting another season. this is seth's worst project to date.

As someone who trains strongman, I thought the movie "Born Strong" was really well done. Follows four of the best known strongmen getting ready for, and competing in, the Arnold Classic. It just got released on Netflix after previously having to buy it off Amazon.

Regarding Sci-Fi series:

Love The Expanse, more realistic than Star Trek with regard to technology and the fact that people are still arseholes and need to look after their own best interests.
There's a lot of books in this series so there's plenty of material to keep going for years until the inevitable canning by the network when ratings drop.
Give it at least 3 episodes before writing it off if you don't like it initially, it's grittier than most sci-fi series.

I can take or leave The Orville, it's had a couple of comedic moments that I enjoyed but strikes me as being a blatant Start Trek rip-off that's not sure which direction to go, slapstick, serious or mildly entertaining.

Binge-watched Dark Matter over the Xmas break and loved it.
Unfortunately it got canned after the 3rd season when 5 were planned and things look like they're really about to heat up.
Fox should dump The Orville and pick up the rights to the remaining 2 seasons.

Watched The Princess Bride the other day; nice surprise.

Check out Humans. No visual candy, but the ideas are solid.

AAAAAAAAaaaaa.....! CRAP... typed out like 100 movies and then accidentally refreshed browser window.... this was in my copy buffer so it got saved. This sucks....


Netflix stuff:
Icarus - superb, one of top two I've seen last year (by the way - won Oscar in docs). You have to watch this one.
Ozark - meh, very so-so.
Humans - surprisingly good, especially considering that it was kind of low budget.
Westworld - this one is great. The music score alone is worth the gold.
Annihilation (movie) - solid, but takes time to process and appreciate it for more than visual and sound overload.
Ugly Delicious - show about food, really good stuff.
Mute - netflix original sci-fi - great visuals and acting, story and directing are terrible.
Meru - great doc about climbing and climbing Meru specifically
Valley Uprising - one of the best and most entertaining climbing docs I've ever watched
Altered Carbon - pretty, ok story (book is much better), good choice if you got nothing else to watch.
The Cloverfield Paradox - terrible sci-fi. A part of Cloverfield and Cloverfield lane series of feature length movies. Leave your knowledge of physics, logic and story telling at the door before watching.
Black Mirror - superb. nothing else to add.
What happened to Monday - interesting idea, OK premise, slightly cheesey.
Halt and catch fire - solid, takes a few episodes to understand that it is not about what is being shown, but .....(you figure it out). Totally reminded me of the earlier days of the net.
Alien Covenant - garbage, story sucks
Alien Arrival - lame
Gantz:O - this is fun...leave your judgments at the door. Japanese Sci-Fi based on comics, enough said.
Blame! - very nicely done visually, but story could use more work. Japanese style cartoon.
Losing Sight of Shore - great doc, this one was a surprise. An interesting testament to human spirit.
American Crime Story - The people v IJ Simpson - again, this one is a keeper. So well done, surprised the hell out of me. The acting, the story, the details...
Nobel - solid, good for watching after a hard day.
Ashby - pure entertainment, just a good flick
The Way back
Colin Quinn: The New York Story - this is what solid comedy is all about.
Uncanny - starts very predictable, then things change.
OtherLife - yet another take on lately popular idea of digital existence, but has some good fresh points to make
The Way back - should watch, stop bitching about your life.

One of my 'most favourite' films. Back in the day, we used to get a video from the store (remember video stores?), and my kids used to complain 'not that one again', but always sat and watched it. Now that I have been reminded, I think I will dig out the DVD ...

One of the "funnest" movies of all time, regardless of how old you are and how many times you see it.

In Australia, one of the Aussie Rules Football programs used to ask interviewed players "What's your favourite movie?" as part of the "Canned 5 questions" and The Princess Bride was surprisingly popular yet none of the players were embarrassed about admitting it on national television.

The other popular answers at the time were The Shawshank Redemption and The Big Lebowski.

On the weekend, The Butterfly Effect was on TV so I watched it again, a great non-formulaic movie that makes you think about the consequences of your actions and what if you'd done something differently.

I ain't skeered. My wife introduced me to the princess bride waaaay back when an now I quote lines occasionally when appropriate.

As you wish.

I don't think that means what you think that means.

And more.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ad2b5d07ad.jpg
(Sorry about the spelling of "phrase" - not my meme but still true nonetheless).

Wuv. Twue wuv.

He's gaining on us.

Inconceivable!

My name is Iniego Montoya. You killed my father, now prepare to die.

Why would you be embarrassed to admit that? The movie is damn funny.

finally a movie just for me:

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...dd&oe=5B7006F3

Yeah every white suburban boy is named Ryu, haha!

i love white-identifying.

It's one of those movies that appears to be a children's fairytale and, if you haven't seen it, you'd write it off as such.
After seeing so many "Big Boofy Blokes" name it as their favourite film, I watched it when it came on TV and unashamedly loved it too and tend to watch it again if it's on.

my wife's never seen "return to oz" trying to get her to watch it with me...

Ready player one was surprisingly bad. I really only went for the references and that is the only department it did not disappoint in.

I saw Tomb Raider, by myself, and was not disappointed. It's a good movie. Better than any of the Anjelina Jolie adaptations for sure. Removing the video game whatness entirely, it's still a good move. Adding it in, they did a good (great) job of keeping the mystical whatness of the game, while eliminating any mystical magickal fuckery from the universe of the movie itself. They did a great job of conveying Lara Croft as a powerful sensual woman yet did not resort to cheap tricks to overtly objectrify/sexualize her. Would watch again. And will, as soon as it comes to the second run theaters.

It would have been a good imax movie but I saw it on a normal screen. Still good.

If you are a gamer, and you have not played the Tomb Raider series, shame on you. The latest iterations are spectacular in their story lines and production values.

that's sad; the book is quite decent.

I went to see it with people who read the book and they said it was loosely based. A lot of plot points are either different or missing entirely.

Still mildly entertaining if you aren't expecting a perfect adaptation but even to me the plot seemed incomplete and rushed. Almost as if the book doesn't fit in a 2 hour movie.

no, the book could easily be split into 2 parts, maybe three.

The "Ready Player One" review is not consistent with most that I am hearing. Literally it's the only bad review among my group of friends.

It may be a good movie, it may be a bad movie. I haven't seen it yet. I think it's worth watching to find out for yourself, even if it's on redbox later down the line.

That book is fun the first time you rip through it...it does NOT hold up if you try to re-read it, nor is his second book worth reading.

I second the review of RPO only being ok. I read the book a few weeks ago which probably set me up to not enjoy the movie as much as I could have otherwise.

I liked Armada, but it wasn't nearly as good as RPO.


Nothing could be as disappointing as being a Clive Cussler fan, and then seeing Sahara...

Super troopera 2 was amazing.

That's good to hear, the previews I've seen made me not too interested in seeing it.

Same. I was expecting the usual sequels failure. But it was just like to first one with a few call backs to the original, funny jokes and Canadian accents.

Interstellar... Anyone? I've watched it more than I'd like to admit.

Rush? Bump up the sound system on the intro scene for good braaps

Series:

Westworld - since season 2 premiers this weekend.

Watched the new Wes Anderson movie Isle of Dogs last night. It was really really good. Still very weird, clever, and quirky like all Wes Anderson stuff, but dogs make it more approachable than usual. Not even in the same ballpark as Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I fell asleep during on every attempted watch.

Not going to the movies until Han Solo come out.

youd leave the house for that abortion?

Super Troopers 2 on 4/20, seemed like a no brainer, so I went to the movies for the first time in 3 years... and fell asleep halfway through. A dark room with a comfy recliner and there isn't a chance I'll make it through. The first half gets a thumbs up tho. :doh: