The Movie Thread Reloaded

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The Creator

This one was a mixed bag; very nice cinematography and special effects among things I liked. Many scenes were well done in mood and music and so on.

But oh boy is it predictable. One of the most predictable movies I've seen. Also, it feels manipulative: the people who support the robots are also the ones that are more spiritual (many robots are wearing Buddhist garb) willing to live in harmony, and in touch with nature (somehow). In contrast USA (which still exists) is shown as stern,militaristic, and cruel. I'll let you guess who the bad guys are, because who wants to spoil that impenetrable mystery? 😄

  Shocking that hollywood would make an Anti American movie.... I have noticed they have a pretty disturbing trend to be anti human and anti American at every turn they can manage it.  I wonder where that strange sentiment originates?  Intellectual hubris?  I guess they see themselves as so far above average people (and Average people are the Humans=Americans at large= inferior brutish beings) they just have outright contempt at this point for people.  Maybe they always did, it just seems to be very naked these days.

[Trond]

The Creator

This one was a mixed bag; very nice cinematography and special effects among things I liked. Many scenes were well done in mood and music and so on.

But oh boy is it predictable. One of the most predictable movies I've seen. Also, it feels manipulative: the people who support the robots are also the ones that are more spiritual (many robots are wearing Buddhist garb) willing to live in harmony, and in touch with nature (somehow). In contrast USA (which still exists) is shown as stern,militaristic, and cruel. I'll let you guess who the bad guys are, because who wants to spoil that impenetrable mystery? 😄

  Shocking that hollywood would make an Anti American movie.... I have noticed they have a pretty disturbing trend to be anti human and anti American at every turn they can manage it.  I wonder where that strange sentiment originates?  Intellectual hubris?  I guess they see themselves as so far above average people (and Average people are the Humans=Americans at large= inferior brutish beings) they just have outright contempt at this point for people.  Maybe they always did, it just seems to be very naked these days.

My "favorite" is one many people didn't notice: The Shape of Water.
We're supposed to sympathize with a horny woman who has sex with a monster that has an intelligence apparently comparable to a chimpanzee*, and the evil guy is of course a normal family father.

*I somehow doubt that the audience would follow along if it were a horny man who is first seen masturbating in the bathtub and then humping a monster.

[Thornhammer]

New Takeshi's Castle on Amazon.

THE NOSTALGIA. Fun.

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The Creator

This one was a mixed bag; very nice cinematography and special effects among things I liked. Many scenes were well done in mood and music and so on.

But oh boy is it predictable. One of the most predictable movies I've seen. Also, it feels manipulative: the people who support the robots are also the ones that are more spiritual (many robots are wearing Buddhist garb) willing to live in harmony, and in touch with nature (somehow). In contrast USA (which still exists) is shown as stern,militaristic, and cruel. I'll let you guess who the bad guys are, because who wants to spoil that impenetrable mystery? 😄

  Shocking that hollywood would make an Anti American movie.... I have noticed they have a pretty disturbing trend to be anti human and anti American at every turn they can manage it.  I wonder where that strange sentiment originates?  Intellectual hubris?  I guess they see themselves as so far above average people (and Average people are the Humans=Americans at large= inferior brutish beings) they just have outright contempt at this point for people.  Maybe they always did, it just seems to be very naked these days.

My "favorite" is one many people didn't notice: The Shape of Water.
We're supposed to sympathize with a horny woman who has sex with a monster that has an intelligence apparently comparable to a chimpanzee*, and the evil guy is of course a normal family father.

*I somehow doubt that the audience would follow along if it were a horny man who is first seen masturbating in the bathtub and then humping a monster.

  I did not watch that movie (trailer told me exactly what you summarized there) but I think you certainly hit the nail on the head with a movie that encapsulates that line of thinking in Hollywood.  I think its just full of damaged people who produce things that are heading towards un relatable for non damaged people.   I guess the sorts of things one has to do to become a producer of material (writer/director/starring actor/etc) there leave you damaged.   I wont be sad when that insane asylum is no longer the big influence on American Culture.

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My "favorite" is one many people didn't notice: The Shape of Water.
We're supposed to sympathize with a horny woman who has sex with a monster that has an intelligence apparently comparable to a chimpanzee*, and the evil guy is of course a normal family father.

*I somehow doubt that the audience would follow along if it were a horny man who is first seen masturbating in the bathtub and then humping a monster.

That was that odd lighthouse movie and some people complained about they guy getting into a relationship with the fishgirl despite the fact he as not the one keeping her hostage.

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Found out there was a remake of the movie Time After Time as some sort of TV series.

Had a glance at it and initially it looked interesting. But it devolved pretty quick and looks like it was cancelled.

[Trond]

Saw the latest Exorcist movie. Good character development at the start, and then it goes downhill from there, with lots of little obvious references to the classic film but little to make it memorable. As a bonus you get, surprise surprise, a little lesson about racism in America. Thankfully only a minor one this time, but Hollywood seems to be unable to put black characters on the screen without telling us "oh and racism is bad!".

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YouTube has Megamind and Rango up for free currently so had a look at both.

Megamind was interesting. Goofy, but interesting. About a supervillain who kills off his rival and the aftermath.

Rango was just plain weird. Very styalized and surreal. Someone dropped alot on the CGI for this. About a chameleon who gets lost in the desert and ends up in a water starved western themed town populated by animals. Feels like a Gamma World session.

[Thornhammer]

Took daughter to see Five Nights at Freddy's. She wore a red sweater and an eyepatch and took her Foxy plush.

The movie was enjoyable. No real gore, but plenty of people get killed. The animatronics are large, weighty, and menacing. It wasn't perfect but it was fun enough and I enjoyed watching the kiddo get confused by the big reveal at the end and then figure it out. She loved it and got compliments about her outfit and her plush toy, so I consider it time and money well spent.

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YouTube has Megamind and Rango up for free currently so had a look at both.

Megamind was interesting. Goofy, but interesting. About a supervillain who kills off his rival and the aftermath.

Rango was just plain weird. Very styalized and surreal. Someone dropped alot on the CGI for this. About a chameleon who gets lost in the desert and ends up in a water starved western themed town populated by animals. Feels like a Gamma World session.

Megamind to me is one of those severely underrated movies. It's not Spartacus or Ben Hur good, but not everything should be. It is incredibly entertaining. And it has a different, while not being political, take on what it means to be a superhero. Or supervillian.

My wife doesn't care for it. While I think it was one of the better movies that year.

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Took daughter to see Five Nights at Freddy's. She wore a red sweater and an eyepatch and took her Foxy plush.

The movie was enjoyable. No real gore, but plenty of people get killed. The animatronics are large, weighty, and menacing. It wasn't perfect but it was fun enough and I enjoyed watching the kiddo get confused by the big reveal at the end and then figure it out. She loved it and got compliments about her outfit and her plush toy, so I consider it time and money well spent.

  In the spirit of this movie being mentioned Willy's Wonderland was something I watched one evening with time to kill that really surprised me as to how it entertained me.  Nick Cage seems to really try no matter what movie he is in, and this movie entertained me a whole lot more than I expected.   I do not know that it is kid friendly though.   I think the lack of explanation about Cage's character in the movie made for an interesting intellectual exercise in me cooking up a backstory for him and why he ended up there.

[Omega]

Cage has had his reputation ruined by the internet. He is a surprisingly solid actor and it shows as he just gives it his best with every movie no matter how weird.

[Omega]

For those who have not been impacted yet.

Youtube has finally gotten around to blocking adblockers. And if you do not disable them then they will block you from viewing anything.

Considering the content or length of some of the adds. This will get very interesting I bet as people fight it tooth and nail.

[Tod13]

I watched Small Soldiers (1998). It was pretty entertaining. Basically story is: through a short-cut in manufacturing, toys come alive to wage war. There's more to the story. Entertaining, and I think better than its reviews suggest.

[Thornhammer]

  In the spirit of this movie being mentioned Willy's Wonderland was something I watched one evening with time to kill that really surprised me as to how it entertained me.  Nick Cage seems to really try no matter what movie he is in, and this movie entertained me a whole lot more than I expected.   I do not know that it is kid friendly though.   I think the lack of explanation about Cage's character in the movie made for an interesting intellectual exercise in me cooking up a backstory for him and why he ended up there.

I enjoyed the hell out of Willy's Wonderland. Cage does not utter one fucking word during the entirety of the movie. Not one.

But it works. And this one will be fun to watch again with some booze.