The Movie Thread Reloaded

[Omega]

I am one of those few who just rather dislikes the whole series, movies and books. The movies are relentlessly bleak and mean spirited with only a few rare bright points before something else rotten happens.

[Spike]

I am one of those few who just rather dislikes the whole series, movies and books. The movies are relentlessly bleak and mean spirited with only a few rare bright points before something else rotten happens.

I would definitely avoid Joe Abercrombie's stuff then....

[Ratman_tf]

Shit like this just makes me depressed.

[Omega]

On another western spree and this time came across an interesting one I'd seen partially before but never knew the name of.

Lucky Luke, 1991 Italian film based on the Belgium comic series. Made by and starring Terrence Hill from the Trinity movies. It plays much like a live action cartoon at times and certainly does not take itself very seriously. And Hill also played him in the Italian live action Lucky Luke TV series also in 91 and lasted 8 episodes. Ending apruptly after the death of Hill's adopted son it seems.

And apparently in 83 Hanna Barbera and Garmont co-produced a French/German/English Lucky Luke cartoon series of 26 episodes. And there may be a new series out.

And lastly there is another Lucky Luke live action movie from 2009. Still hunting that one down.

[Thornhammer]

Anyone else with a distinct apathy towards Captain Marvel?

There's no hate there, I just cannot find the slightest damn to give about the character.

[Omega]

Anyone else with a distinct apathy towards Captain Marvel?

There's no hate there, I just cannot find the slightest damn to give about the character.

I am still interested. Though Larson shooting her mouth off in an interview lessened that interest.

I think alot of people are misreading the trailers and that alot of the backlash is fallout from the total agendaing of the character the SJW faction at Marvel turned the character into. Combined with really bad writing even when they werent SJWing. So people were primed to look on the character negatively and unfortunately Larson has not helped matters at all.

Id say the apathy is akin to what happened to the Han Solo movie. Apathy induced by Last Jedi and the whole SJW war against the fans.

[Thornhammer]

On another western spree and this time came across an interesting one I'd seen partially before but never knew the name of.

Hey, speaking of westerns - did you check out The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

[Spike]

Id say the apathy is akin to what happened to the Han Solo movie. Apathy induced by Last Jedi and the whole SJW war against the fans.

At this point I've been enjoying close to three years of I-told-you-so shadenfreud over the decline of Star Wars. I called it when I left the Farce Awakens and haven't seen any of the new Star Wars movies after that, though, honestly, with all the youtube videos about Star Wars, I almost haven't had too.

I can even point to the exact part of the the Farce Awakens that told me what a shit show we were in for, the de-protagonizing of Finn for Rey, starting the moment she kicked his ass.  Star Wars used to have room for more than one Hero at a time, you know?

I've missed... four?... of the MCU movies, and with all the crap going on with Ms Marvel I'm tempted to sit out the second half of Infinity Wars.  I've liked Brie Larson in the past, but she seems to have forgotten that fans are the reason she has a career, as with all entertainers.   I wish I'd kept a link to an editorial piece I saw that contrasted Tom Hanks (who gracefully allows fans to take selfies with him) and Jennifer Lawrence, which made this point very well.

[Pat]

At this point I've been enjoying close to three years of I-told-you-so shadenfreud over the decline of Star Wars. I called it when I left the Farce Awakens and haven't seen any of the new Star Wars movies after that, though, honestly, with all the youtube videos about Star Wars, I almost haven't had too.

Rogue One is excellent.

[Ratman_tf]

Anyone else with a distinct apathy towards Captain Marvel?

There's no hate there, I just cannot find the slightest damn to give about the character.

Yep. I burned out on Marvel just before Infinity War. The Captain Marvel trailers are like a couple of minutes watching someone do the dishes.

[jeff37923]

Rogue One is excellent.

Rogue One is the best out of all the movies IMHO. Solo wasn't that shabby, either (best on DVD).

[Warboss Squee]

Rogue One is excellent.

It's good but I wouldn't go that far. It had some serious pacing issues and a bunch of switch off your brain moments.

That fact that it's still good in spite of that is amazing.

[Ratman_tf]

Rogue One is the best out of all the movies IMHO. Solo wasn't that shabby, either (best on DVD).

I really liked Solo, despite my criticims eariler in the thread. I'm a bit dissapointed that it didn't do well at the box office, and Disney/Lucasfilm may take the wrong lessons from that.

[Omega]

I really liked Solo, despite my criticims eariler in the thread. I'm a bit dissapointed that it didn't do well at the box office, and Disney/Lucasfilm may take the wrong lessons from that.

I believe Solo did not do well because Disney screwed royal Last Jedi and alienated fans to the point they just up and refused to watch Solo out of protest. That and solo came out too soon after Last Jedi. Not helped either by some of the SJWing going on in the background from the producers that sabotaged the movie too. There are times where it feels allmost like they wanted the movies to fail.

Unfortunately Disney likely learned not a damn thing other than maybe not try to put out the movies so close together that fallout from one diminishes the next.

[Omega]

Just watched Antman & Wasp and enjoyed it quite a bit. There were some slow moments here and there. But overall it was pretty good and had some crazy action scenes too.