Movies

Hitmans wife’s bodyguard

So suspend all reality and just enjoy the swearing and violence.

I find Ryan Reynolds absolutely adorable, even swearing. It’s like watching a cute fluffy kitten hiss at you! Adorbs! :lol:

My wife must be of the same opinion. For the men Selma is an unbridled cyclone of unpredictability. Adds to the randomness.

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Wizard of Oz dress found!! In case you wonder why it’s black and white with a YELLOW blouse, that’s because this was almost certainly the dress Judy Garland wore during the B&W scenes. The dress changed to the traditional blue and white, with white blouse for the scenes in color, but B&W film required different shades. Yellow films as white in B&W film and the B&W gingham would have “looked” like blue. I know it’s weird but many costumes in old B&W films are not the color you think they are.

I actually knew this, somewhat. the colorization of some movies just look weird, otherwise (especially with the colorization of BW movies).

The Terminal (Netflix streaming):

Based on a true story: An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

Rom-com, but doesn’t get sappy or over the top in the rom nor the com. Just a fish out of water, learning the ways of a different world, and adapting. Tom Hanks was wonderful as the main character (gee, no sh*). The supporting cast did excellent as just that. It’s a very enjoyable 2 hours and change. Toss it in, and start smiling.

I’m not giving Amazon my money

I’m not giving Amazon my money

I buy some things from there, kinda have to at times. And then take advantage of the FREE AMAZON PRIME offer they give me each time. But I won’t ever pay for Amazon Prime.

No Sudden Move (HBO Max):

A group of criminals is brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what’s really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways. Set in mid-50s Detroit.

Loaded cast (and hooboy, Brendan Fraser got BIG). Lots of moving parts in this caper movie. Kind of Ocean’s Eleven on steroids. Lengthy at 2.5 hours, it’s a tall order to keep everything straight (while trying to figure out what everyone’s angle is). Very detailed, intelligent, and well done. Gear up for this one, you’re going to need your thinking cap on. I loved it,.

Gunpowder Milkshake (Netflix streaming):

Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.

I’d like to rename this movie as “Quentin Tarantino presents: The Kingsman: Joan Wick Edition.”

Utterly redonkulous, and worth every second of viewing. I really can’t add any more to that.

Comet Channel is showing Maximum Overdrive…I forgot how spectacularly stupid this movie is

Oh good Lord that movie is horrible. Probably the best (“best”) example of a Stephen King book translating poorly to a movie.

Nobody:

A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.

First off, yes, most of the fun is seeing Bob Odenkirk as the bad-ass action hero. This plays out like any of the Wick franchise, or most of the Liam Neeson movies in the past decade or so. The difference being, Odenkirk’s character WANTS back into the fold, while Wick/Neeson characters are reluctant to do so. Secondly, all the characters were well-written, and as one of the extra features put it: it’s wish-fulfilling. “If that happened to me…”

Very entertaining, creative action scenes involving whatever is available to fight with, etc. Watching some of the other extra features, Odenkirk went through a TON of training, so he could do almost all the action scenes himself. He stated that he really wanted authenticity in this movie, regarding that. Given his age and previous acting background, that was impressive to me.

Definitely give this one a whirl.

Promising Young Woman (Netflix disc):

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

This is a rather dark movie. As it unfolds, it gets darker. The narrative is beyond-obvious Kill Bill style, in the way it’s told (just, uh, take away the violence that KB had). It will pit some opinions vs other opinions in certain situations, that’s for sure. That was definitely a big part of the theme of the movie. I do recommend it, the title is even a bit of a dig, concerning the message of the movie.

There is quite a bit more I’d like to say about this movie, but I cannot. It would taint the first-time viewer’s opinion going into it, and possibly give away spoilers.

Sword Of Trust (Netflix streaming):

Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia’s inheritance from her deceased grandfather, but the only item she receives is an antique sword that was believed by her grandfather to be proof that the South won the Civil War.

Stranger Than Fiction, [insert Christopher Guest movie], Letterkenny…all dry humor. And this movie is the driest of them all. Holy buckets was this hilarious, if you like that style of humor. You can tell there was a lot of ad-libbing and such, the dialogue meanders quite a bit, but man, I was in stitches. Marc Maron is Marc Maron, don’t get me wrong. Same character, different movie/show, but it works, as usual. The rest of the cast adapt to the format quite well, and it ends up in uneasy, awkward hilarity.

Highly recommend if you a fan of dry. Avoid at all costs if you are not.

The Suicide Squad (HBOMax):

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

THIS is what we waited for?! A solid “MEH” at best. The opening scene turned me off immediately. Some of the characters are “WTF were you actually thinking?” However, it then got pretty awesome, only to regress, then come back to awesomeness, then regress again. I will hide a spoiler as to the actual plot below. I get that it’s a comic book movie, but I dare say that the first one is on par with this one, all things considered. Non-spoiler alert, the first one had a better plot, and that’s saying something. As for characters, the ratio of awesome characters:sh***y characters was about the same, but this new one just has more in number.

I feel sorry for anyone who paid money to see this (this is free w/the HBOMax subscription)
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Starro is the Borg from Star Trek: The Next Generation. THAT’S THE BEST YOU CAN COME UP WITH?! A 25-year old (or so) idea???[/hide]

The original was hot garbage and I have no desire to watch this one no offense.

They had the time to make it super awesome, and to me, it appears they wasted their time. It had some great moments, don’t get me wrong. Harley Quinn was great of course, and the man-bragging between Peacemaker and Bloodsport was hilarious. Ratcatcher 2’s role was the only MEANINGFUL plus to the overall plot, though. The negatives equaled the positives, and this being a movie that tried to correct the mistakes of the first one? I consider it a massive fail in that regard.

I’m still planning on watching it. Rube is one of the very few I’ve seen not like it. (Other than people that can’t stand the comicbook things, obviously) I’ve really liked Gunn’s other stuff. Not saying Rube is wrong, I’m just giving it a shot regardless.

There are moments and aspects that are awesome. However, there are things that I absolutely hated, which tallied equally to the things I loved, and given that it’s been 5(ish?) years to make it great, and it did not do that, compounds the disappointment in it. They had time to fix everything, and nope, didn’t accomplish that.

Honestly, if one took the best of both movies, and combined them, with a decent plot (neither movie had one, I can say that w/o spoiling), we would have a genuine kick-arse winner, no questions asked.

Chernobyl 1986 (Netflix stream). Perhaps it was due to this being made into a 2-hour format instead of a series, but this one was never nearly as compelling in the moments it should have been as the HBO series. Can’t quite put my finger on it why but I found myself FF a few times to get it over with.

Having seen the HBO series, and read the book about it, that is very understandable.That is an event that needs all the details.

I’m still planning on watching it. Rube is one of the very few I’ve seen not like it. (Other than people that can’t stand the comicbook things, obviously) I’ve really liked Gunn’s other stuff. Not saying Rube is wrong, I’m just giving it a shot regardless.

I just finished it and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Some of the characters are a bit WTF as Rube said, but it’s also Suicide Squad and I expected a handful of that.

Idris Elba and John Cena were very fun, Margot Robbie is awesome as Harley Quinn as usual.

A Quiet Place Part II (Netflix disc):

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.

Deliberately slow, tense (but not INtense), movie. At some points during the movie, it’s shown from the point of the deaf daughter, which adds to the suspense. The obstacles the characters face are not over-the-top in this world, they kept it realistic within the rules that have been set, and that is MUCH appreciated. I will say, since I don’t think this is spoiler material, it could be open to a 3rd movie in the franchise, as it is an ongoing story, and the settings change with a possible life-long battle such as this.

If you liked the first one, you will definitely appreciate and enjoy the sequel. I wouldn’t mind seeing a third chapter being made.

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100% agree on the first 10-15 minutes.

Double feature tonight, on purpose (Amazon Prime):

Clockwork Orange County:

A Documentary about the rise of west coast punk rock in the 1970s featuring concert clips from Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Circle Jerks and more.

Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal:

The story of how bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus and others pioneered a new form of heavy metal in the early 1980’s.

Outlier genres, for sure. I always thought that the riffs of early thrash metal and the punk riffs were more than similar, and it was brought up in “Get Thrashed.” It was the attitude of “that’s a good sound, let’s REALLY take it to the next level. Bigger, harder, faster. Even more than that, let’s up the attitude in the lyrics.

One nitpick, is that both displayed a heavy California-based “it was US who were the scene.” Well, you might have altered the scene, and maybe some bands did create a portion of the scene, but you were not the birth of either. At least not to the degree you claim.

Great docs overall, I do recommend them.

Double feature tonight, on purpose (Amazon Prime):

Clockwork Orange County:

A Documentary about the rise of west coast punk rock in the 1970s featuring concert clips from Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Circle Jerks and more.

Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal:

The story of how bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus and others pioneered a new form of heavy metal in the early 1980’s.

Outlier genres, for sure. I always thought that the riffs of early thrash metal and the punk riffs were more than similar, and it was brought up in “Get Thrashed.” It was the attitude of “that’s a good sound, let’s REALLY take it to the next level. Bigger, harder, faster. Even more than that, let’s up the attitude in the lyrics.

One nitpick, is that both displayed a heavy California-based “it was US who were the scene.” Well, you might have altered the scene, and maybe some bands did create a portion of the scene, but you were not the birth of either. At least not to the degree you claim.

Great docs overall, I do recommend them.

Ah, the bucolic splendor of the Dead Kennedys singing “Holiday in Cambodia” :lol:

Or “Angel Of Death” by Slayer.

See?

Both movies listed are Amazon Prime:

Jolt:

A bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal.

A one-woman wrecking show, with some dark humor involved, very entertaining popcorn movie. A couple of nice twists. A combination of Crank and John Wick, with a dab of Harley Quinn.

Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm:

Borat returns from Kazakhstan to America and this time he reveals more about the American culture, the COVID-19 pandemic and the political elections.

It’s a Borat movie. Plain and simple. LOVED the first one, and this one was okay. Thankfully the character “evolved” and “grew” into more of an understanding of how it is now in the world. It relied on some old jokes, and made new ones with the evolution of the character. Not the greatest sequel, but not a waste of time, either.

Under The Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (Amazon Prime)

Shows how the classic board game has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon, and follows the colorful players who come together to compete for the coveted title of Monopoly World Champion.

The classic game that shows who a person REALLY is.

Good doc, shows the origins and how one of the first board games that most often had “house rules” made it a phenomenon. Didn’t matter the language or localities of the properties; the colors of the properties made in globally understood. The different strategies in the game, and then the tournament rules (there’s a “speed die” that is incorporated; personally not a fan of that).

90 minutes of nostalgia and education. I honestly felt it could have added a half hour for more in depth on the strategies, to explain to the average player, but that is nit-picking.

Under The Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (Amazon Prime)

Shows how the classic board game has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon, and follows the colorful players who come together to compete for the coveted title of Monopoly World Champion.

The classic game that shows who a person REALLY is.

Good doc, shows the origins and how one of the first board games that most often had “house rules” made it a phenomenon. Didn’t matter the language or localities of the properties; the colors of the properties made in globally understood. The different strategies in the game, and then the tournament rules (there’s a “speed die” that is incorporated; personally not a fan of that).

90 minutes of nostalgia and education. I honestly felt it could have added a half hour for more in depth on the strategies, to explain to the average player, but that is nit-picking.

Thanks Rube, I’ll have to check this one out. I love docs about stuff like this, the community that forms around a narrow subject. It doesn’t matter what it is, they are passionate and the people are as fascinating as the item. About 10 years ago our antique Christmas collector group was approached by a film maker. They wanted to do a doc on us and focus on our annual convention. I sat on the Board at the time and voted yes, but others were afraid we’d come off looking weird. I’m like of course we would, we ARE! But embracing that fact can be liberating. Unfortunately it was voted down.

There are a TON of those types of docs out there, just have to look for them. I thank “King Of Kong” for really putting the genre in (almost) mainstream. I have found docs on air-hockey, the “snake” arcade game, pinball, one on a guy trying to buy ALL NES (regular) cartridges ever produced (time limit was 30 days, IIRC), etc.

What these people do for their hobbies…man. Frankly, I can’t wait for the craft beer chaser documentary to come out, although I have a feeling one has already been made, I just haven’t found it yet.

There are a TON of those types of docs out there, just have to look for them. I thank “King Of Kong” for really putting the genre in (almost) mainstream. I have found docs on air-hockey, the “snake” arcade game, pinball, one on a guy trying to buy ALL NES (regular) cartridges ever produced (time limit was 30 days, IIRC), etc.

What these people do for their hobbies…man. Frankly, I can’t wait for the craft beer chaser documentary to come out, although I have a feeling one has already been made, I just haven’t found it yet.

The Perfect Bid, about the Price is Right guy was pretty good, or at least entertaining. Not quite the same thing, but pretty close.

I remember that one, and the Press Your Luck documentary. The guy BROKE THE SYSTEM.

There are a TON of those types of docs out there, just have to look for them. I thank “King Of Kong” for really putting the genre in (almost) mainstream. I have found docs on air-hockey, the “snake” arcade game, pinball, one on a guy trying to buy ALL NES (regular) cartridges ever produced (time limit was 30 days, IIRC), etc.

What these people do for their hobbies…man. Frankly, I can’t wait for the craft beer chaser documentary to come out, although I have a feeling one has already been made, I just haven’t found it yet.

The Perfect Bid, about the Price is Right guy was pretty good, or at least entertaining. Not quite the same thing, but pretty close.

I remember that one, and the Press Your Luck documentary. The guy BROKE THE SYSTEM.

And the HBO one about the McDonalds Monopoly scam… that one was crazy.

That was pure scam. And amazing to see.

Count Me In (Netflix streaming)

“ This documentary features some of rock’s greatest drummers as they come together in an inspiring rhythmic journey about the power of human connection.”.

Really interesting and fun documentary about rock drummers and their influences. I really enjoyed it. My only gripe is that Neil Peart’s name never comes up,

I’m so freaking excited for this

https://youtu.be/WgU7P6o-GkM

Count Me In (Netflix streaming)

“ This documentary features some of rock’s greatest drummers as they come together in an inspiring rhythmic journey about the power of human connection.”.

Really interesting and fun documentary about rock drummers and their influences. I really enjoyed it. My only gripe is that Neil Peart’s name never comes up,

The timing of which begs me to ask did they mention Charlie?

Yep.

Blood Red Sky (Netflix streaming):

A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.

It’s in the trailer, so not a spoiler; the simple summary is that this is Blade, the German version. On a plane. However, it is really well done, with the conscience, the drama, etc. Some nice action, not TOO over the top. A very nice left turn is thrown in there, and not one you would expect. Quite entertaining, very solid movie.

So I watched this.

The parts dubbed over in the beginning were a little dramatic and did not quite fit the desired demeanor imho (the “kid” voice was way too exited).

This movie made me want to re-watch prison break.

[hide]even without Rube’s synopsis this was immediately evident as a vampire/zombie movie.[/hide]

It got more interesting as the movie went on. I’m not the movie critic Rube is. It was an okay waste of a couple midnight hours.

Blood Red Sky (Netflix streaming):

A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.

It’s in the trailer, so not a spoiler; the simple summary is that this is Blade, the German version. On a plane. However, it is really well done, with the conscience, the drama, etc. Some nice action, not TOO over the top. A very nice left turn is thrown in there, and not one you would expect. Quite entertaining, very solid movie.

So I watched this.

The parts dubbed over in the beginning were a little dramatic and did not quite fit the desired demeanor imho (the “kid” voice was way too exited).

This movie made me want to re-watch prison break.

[hide]even without Rube’s synopsis this was immediately evident as a vampire/zombie movie.[/hide]

It got more interesting as the movie went on. I’m not the movie critic Rube is. It was an okay waste of a couple midnight hours.

I despise dubbing. It never really captures the true tone/translation of the dialogue. While I understand why people hate subtitles, I prefer that option so much more.

I feel like there is good dubbing and bad dubbing. Some of the older Jackie Chan movies have comically bad dubbing. The Netflix series Lupin is done in French but dubbed into English and the dubbing isn’t as noticeable to me.

The Vault (Netflix streaming):

Follows a genius engineering graduate who is interested in the Bank of Spain’s safe.

Calling all cliches and tropes and familiar company! It’s another re-telling of Ocean’s Eleven (and they do reference Danny Ocean directly). But, it is a fun little movie, entertaining enough to not be a waste of time. The cast, AFAIK, is a bunch of no-names outside of Famke Janssen who is simply a cameo in the grand scheme of things. Half English, half Spanish, just a warning.

Really looking forward to Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings this weekend.

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You had me excited, given the title, then read that it’s Marvel stuff. Will it be a stand-alone movie? Or do I have to know some things?

Really looking forward to Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings this weekend.

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You had me excited, given the title, then read that it’s Marvel stuff. Will it be a stand-alone movie? Or do I have to know some things?

It’s his origin story. From what I’ve seen from trailers there are minor tie-ins (Wang from Dr. Strange appears in the trailer, as does Abomination from The Hulk, those two are seen in a cage fight like a Mortal Kombat tournament or something) but I’d guess there won’t be many heavy references. Maybe a few references to the events in Infinity War/Endgame. They haven’t officially released when this movie is set in the timeline, but my guess is it will be after the events of Endgame.

I’d also assume there are a few references to Ironman (particularly Ironman 3 who had a character going as The Mandarin).

I’d imagine it will be enjoyable as a standalone film even if you’re not an MCU addict like me.

Really looking forward to Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings this weekend.

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You had me excited, given the title, then read that it’s Marvel stuff. Will it be a stand-alone movie? Or do I have to know some things?

It’s his origin story. From what I’ve seen from trailers there are minor tie-ins (Wang from Dr. Strange appears in the trailer, as does Abomination from The Hulk, those two are seen in a cage fight like a Mortal Kombat tournament or something) but I’d guess there won’t be many heavy references. Maybe a few references to the events in Infinity War/Endgame. They haven’t officially released when this movie is set in the timeline, but my guess is it will be after the events of Endgame.

I’d also assume there are a few references to Ironman (particularly Ironman 3 who had a character going as The Mandarin).

I’d imagine it will be enjoyable as a standalone film even if you’re not an MCU addict like me.

Also, something that I’d somewhat forgotten about… what was the organization that captured Tony in the original Iron Man? Again, not enough that it would ruin enjoyment of this movie as a standalone, but more of that context.

Origin movie is a plus.

The multiple posts mentioning tie-ins…ugh.

Coin flip for me.

Honestly, from what I’m seeing… you’ll be fine without knowing the rest of the series. The tie-ins are all sort of background context, and won’t be needed to enjoy this film on it’s own.