Have ppl noticed the same amount of goodwill/benefit of doubt against the odds for coming 2 America?
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
if you're not excited for the croods 2 i dunno what to tell you
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
the only one of these I'm remotely interested in seeing is Wonder Woman tbh
worst is def Top Gun
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
Is The Hitman's Bodyguard that Samuel Jackson/Ryan Reynolds flick? If so, I remember it getting very good word of mouth but barely managing 45 minutes of it before turning it off
― groovypanda, Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
The ones I have least animus towards are the 9th sequels to cheap horror properties cause they’re just part of the genre and although rooted in the same kind of cynicism are less grotesque to me than the megabudget monstrosities
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
I feel like we've had the notion of Top Gun as a pop classic imposed upon us because I don't know that I've ever heard anyone talk about it in glowing terms or cite it among their faves of the era or, like, anything. It's cited ironically quite a bit and that's about it. It's just a thing whose existence people are aware of without having anyone having actual feelings about that awareness. It's the deviled ham of film.
― Drive Like a Demon From Steakhouse to Steakhouse (Old Lunch), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
I know top gun stans (my sister for one, in the 90s anyway)
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
Bill & Ted 3 is pretty much guaranteed to flop which is why I suspect it'll actually be pretty good
last saw the original about 8 years ago, idk I still think it's got some pretty funny bits. 2nd obviously isn't as good but I give 'em credit for doing something adventurous and weird. comedy in general just doesn't age well. maybe I should take this to the challop thread but I bet if you showed Airplane to a 17 year old today they'd probably say something like, "this sucks"
― frogbs, Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
i didn't see airplane! for the first time until maybe eight years ago and few things have made me laugh more but i know that's not the same thing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
I expect to like West Side Story.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, January 2, 2020 11:08 AM (thirty-three minutes ago)
same
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, January 2, 2020 11:43 AM (thirty-two seconds ago)
Brad how is it that Airplane made you laugh, I tried to watch it around age 19 and we turned it off because it was so bad, should I try again now that I'm old (30)?
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
I mean even if I should I probably won't
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
anyway voted Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard because that's a worse name than Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
I'm honestly struggling to think of a theoretical remake/sequel/adaptation I could potentially get excited about these days. A resurgence of George Miller's franchises, maybe (a third Babe would be delightful)?
― Drive Like a Demon From Steakhouse to Steakhouse (Old Lunch), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BsNxbK8.jpg
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, January 2, 2020 12:44 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
idk it's possible we have different senses of humor. the recurring "looks like i picked the wrong day to stop [x]" joke is the peak of all comedy for me
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
When I saw it I was 15 and the film itself was 20 years old, I thought it was hilarious
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
The other Komedy Klassik that left me completely utterly cold as a teenager was Animal House, what a turd
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
Oh I’m with you there
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
The guitar smashing bit made me laugh, found the rest tedious as hell
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
Now all entertainment is owned by like 3 companies maybe we could have a moratorium on all sequels/remakes/franchises every other year.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
I saw a comedy double bill of Airplane 2 the sequel/Monty Python Holy Grail in 1986. When I was laughing at stuff I kept catching this ugly glaring spectre just out of my line of sight - it wuz me!
― calzino, Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
Wouldn't have thought Airplane/Police Squad/Top Secret et al would have aged particularly badly as the comedy is daft/silly rather than timely
― groovypanda, Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
Hot Shots! > Top Gun
― Number None, Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
I have very little memory of what happens in Airplane from my attempt to watch it but I do remember when we turned it off during a flashback(?) to a dance sequence(?) in a tropical locale(?), possibly before any airplanes had taken off
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
my kids liked Airplane - they're still laughing at the "what's the vector victor"/"Roger Roger" exchanges
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
Sonic, probably. I don't care how much better they made him look, this is easy Razzie material. I'd much rather have a Mega Man movie.
Purge 5, because its politics are stupid and the movies are a damn drag
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
Mulan may be great
Keep wanting to revisit the Naked Guns and then remembering that one cast member whose presence is likely to make revisitation much less fun.
― Drive Like a Demon From Steakhouse to Steakhouse (Old Lunch), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
The Doolittle "What a Wonderful World" cover is hilarious because it understands 0% of what made the tune great
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
The last one, the only one I've seen, was good!
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
looking forward to Mulan's working in of PRC talking points about Uighurs and Hong Kong
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
not that it'll be the worst, but I have no idea why they're bothering with another Green/McBride Halloween
― Number None, Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, January 2, 2020 8:12 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I don't remember much about Animal House, but Donald Sutherland sweater scene is all-time.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
The third one was decent only because it embraced its stupidity up until the horrible ending.
The 2nd one was doodoo.
I stopped going
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
Xxxpost. To what film? Ill never tell
You mean Simpson xp? idk I can still watch lost highway (& nordberg(?) is p hilarious in the few scenes he’s in iirc)God the Halloween reboot was so forgettable, it’s smash status is almost as baffling as it to me
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
the Mulan trailer played in front of Ip Man 4 and the title card blindsided me. So at least they're not Xeroxing the original for a change, I'll give 'em that.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
Aw there's an Ip Man 4?
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
there is! (it's fine)
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
I have no clue what the Impractical Jokers movie is even gonna be but if it's like the Jackass movies in that it's just a bigger & more explicit version of the show then it'll probably be pretty funny
― frogbs, Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
Airplane! is my favorite comedy film as well
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
this is honestly too hard
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
My favorite comedy film is probably "A Hard Day's Night" but "Airplane!" is in the pantheon for me.
― Pete Swine Cave (Eliza D.), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
I voted for The Conjuring 2: The Devil made Me Do It, in anticipation of it being 100% unwatchable, but among the big-studio huge-budget contenders I expect the Dr. Doolittle movie to be the most dreadful-per-dollar-spent.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 2 January 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, January 2, 2020 1:27 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
silby! this is so goddamn early in the movie
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
It felt like years
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
― Number None, Thursday, January 2, 2020 1:32 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
bc it made a ton of money
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
too bad as it's the worst possible use of both Green and McBride's time
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
These yearly threads don’t even cover a phenomenon that is even more weird (and weirdly dispiriting) to me, which is 10-40yo films rebooted as shows as the various streaming platforms desperately pan for content: exorcist, lethal weapon, rush hour, scream, get shorty... really feels like these things are selected by dartboard
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
WONKA: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
4 hours, Zak Snyder directed
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
i'm not sure how i feel about such a smashable wonka
― cat, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
Mr. Chalamet yearns to be seen so much more than smashable; he wants to break free and see more scripts that exhibit his darker, edgier side. His next obvious move is to play The Joker.
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
plot twist: timothee chalamet IS the joker AS willy wonka IN: wb's rebooted dark universe reboot, little orphan bruce wayne and the chocolate factory 2: rebootier
― cat, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
Ok, so going from the reviews, Top Gun: Maverick might actually be good?
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 11:44 (one year ago) link
the first one wasn't good
― Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
The twist is it’s a sequel to Maverick, not Top Gun.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
they should have called it Top Gun: Iceman to go for that marvel money
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 23:20 (one year ago) link