I saw it today, Fred is right, Cold Pursuit is a black comedy disguised as an action movie. it's very similar to Miami Blues, and in the same universe as Repo Man (though not nearly as good as either). worth seeing imo, and I hate all that Taken shit. it's not like that at all
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 February 2019 23:16 (five years ago) link
Liam Neeson's action star career has run the gamut from competent trash to outstanding. Taken obv made him viable as an action commodity but its the least interesting film of this era (well maybe more interesting than Taken 2&3...) The Grey and A Walk Among the Tombstones and a couple of those Collet-Serra flicks are great.
― omar little, Saturday, 16 February 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
Perhaps unfairly, i assume any movie with liam neeson isn’t worth watching
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 February 2019 02:31 (five years ago) link
gonna fight you over Darkman
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 February 2019 02:34 (five years ago) link
and Buster Scruggs I guess
The Grey is really good
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 17 February 2019 12:27 (five years ago) link
Director: Gurinder Chadha Starring: Rob Brydon, Dean-Charles Chapman, Hayley Atwell, Aaron Phagura, Kulvinder Ghir, Sally Phillips, Viveik Kalra, Nell Williams, Meera Ganatra Duration: 117 min In 1987 during the austere days of Thatcher's Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Thursday, 11 July 2019 12:23 (five years ago) link
the first movie written solely for eric alterman
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 11 July 2019 12:36 (five years ago) link
Saw the trailer for that the other day and it looked so bad I was embarrassed to be there for that two minutes.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Thursday, 11 July 2019 13:05 (five years ago) link
there's a mini-trend of movies trying to follow the commercial success of bo rhap, using some combination of 1. britain 2. minority groups 3. classic rock. rocketman and yesterday being the other prominent ones, and this one looking by far the worst.
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
to be fair, Rocketman started filming before Bohemian Rhapsody even came out, although of course its director is the guy who'd replaced Singer on BR, so maybe he had some confidence it would be a hit.
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
No intention of seeing any of them but rocket man does sound better than the other three, which I would rather be murdered badly than have to see
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
I bought a ticket for a “surprise film” knowing only that it was a preview of a “much anticipated” upcoming film. I thought it might be the qt or almodóvar but it turned out to be that Springsteen thing ☹️ I gave it 40 minutes
― 2019OK plus bennu (wins), Friday, 2 August 2019 21:53 (five years ago) link
Jesus... how are you holding up?
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 August 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
lol I mean the film is exactly what it looks like. I could have seen a preview of it for free earlier this week and couldn’t be bothered, it genuinely never occurred to me that it could be the surprise film. When the title came up several people murmured “oh no”
― 2019OK plus bennu (wins), Friday, 2 August 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
One of my funniest cinema experiences was years ago at the film festival, they always close with a mystery film (eg last year was Roma), that year it was that proclaimers musical for some reason. When the title came up two guys in front of me looked at each other and without saying a word got up and left - maybe you had to be there but it made the whole thing worthwhile for me
― 2019OK plus bennu (wins), Friday, 2 August 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link
When the title came up several people murmured “oh no”
lmfao!!
I saw the trailer for it before Yesterday (which I really liked, leagues better than Rocketman and, from what I gather, BoRap), and the Springsteen movie is like one of those shitty 95/96 Pulp Fiction ripoffs, but of a movie released 2 months prior.
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 August 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
Avoiding the hell out of that Springsteen movie, but I keep reading reviews of it for some reason. I'm weirdly fascinated by the fact that it even exists. A couple of Springsteen superfans made a movie about the true story of one of them becoming a Springsteen superfan? And people let this happen?
― Lily Dale, Monday, 19 August 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
Probably got through on the strength of the current wave of boomer rock flicks (Queen, Elton, that “what if the Beatles never happened?” one...)
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Monday, 19 August 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
(which I now see represents the bulk of the recent discussion in this thread)
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Monday, 19 August 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
I saw the title of the thread and was like, "hmm, I wonder if there's anything about that Springsteen movie." Was amused to see that this is all that's been talked about in the thread for the last month or so.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 19 August 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
The Irishman
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Friday, 27 September 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
I’ve somehow avoided hearing that much about this, and I can’t imagine myself not being curious enough to watch any new Scorsese at some point, but the “de-aging” stuff looks ridiculous.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 27 September 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
everything about it seems completely dumb and pointless to me, but its going to be playing at the arthouse down the block from me and tbh i feel like theres probably going to be a quiet night when my morbid curiosity gets the best of me and i'll take a sad walk of shame down there to check it out
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Friday, 27 September 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
you ppl who proudly watch Tarantella's offal
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 September 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
Totino is best film maker of are generatin, Scorswayze is tired hakc
― Steampunk wasn't in my vocapulary 6 days ago. (Old Lunch), Friday, 27 September 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
fucking Tom Hanks mr Rogers
― brimstead, Friday, 27 September 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Scorsese’s good imoDidn’t watch the Dylan thing but will see this at some point, if it weren’t on Netflix I’d watch it sooner
― YouGov to see it (wins), Friday, 27 September 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
you princes of Maineyou ppl who proudly watch tarantella's offal
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Friday, 27 September 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
It is with pride that I do tarantella
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Friday, 27 September 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
How was your boy genius Spielberg's intellectual property wankfest Ready Player One again?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 30 September 2019 10:36 (four years ago) link
Far fewer than 210 minutes, for starters.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Monday, 30 September 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
So are all of Tarantino’s films, except for the sole all-in-one print of Kill Bill, which Morbs didn’t fly to Austin or Paris to see in 2011.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 30 September 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
shorter than the Irishman: ready player one, all Tarantino longer than the Irishman: satantango, all lav diaz, flying from New York to Paris to watch kill bill
― YouGov to see it (wins), Monday, 30 September 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
Earlier this year I sat through 1900 (5+ hours) and didn't even stretch my legs at the intermission. But this year's crop of Oscar bait is going to have to be pretty weak to get me to see The Irishman in a theater.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 30 September 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
Turns out there were two screenings in Philly in 2013 - Morbs could have taken the Megabus for the matinée and been back in NYC for dinner.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 30 September 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
flying from New York to Paris to watch kill bill
iirc you were the ilxor who was going to fly to New York to watch Eight Hours Don't Make a Day!
Also, not quite ALL Lav Diaz.
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 30 September 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
Well I mean that wasn’t why I flew to New York. But I’d do it again even tho both flight and screening were longer than the Irishman, ready player one, and all Tarantino
― YouGov to see it (wins), Monday, 30 September 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
Jojo Rabbit
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
I support your choice.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
i enjoyed it but it took a while for me to build up some measure of trust in what it was doing/going for, and i can easily imagine it failing that test for different viewers
― weird ilx but sb (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
It's got some good people in it, but from the trailer KNIVES OUT looks totally insufferable.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 22 November 2019 04:35 (four years ago) link
looks like rian johnson is going back to incompetently imitating detective writers
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 22 November 2019 05:38 (four years ago) link
The Megyn Kelly biopic Bombshell. I suppose it seemed like a good idea to idiots in 2017.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
1917 vaguely jingoistic sam mendes helmed ww1 epic hellscape with heavy FPS visual identity=pass
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
hard pass also on Midway
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
1917 is getting the kind of rave reviews that have betrayed me w/every Sam Mendes film i've seen
― omar little, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
i kind of secretly hate every film and television show and play he's ever done
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
Otm. Incredible to me that he has done Skyfall and basically nothing else worth seeing.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
Skyfall is "impressive" but i think where he falls flat is he makes these very beautiful images which are cinematically inert, even in his two big budget action movies. Skyfall looks amazing but seems worse over time, and Spectre didn't even have the beautiful look.
― omar little, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link