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Eevil-Psycho Captain Spaulding
Posts : 3288 Joined : 2011-01-28 Age : 38 Location : Ravels, Belgium
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:28 am | |
| about the Last Jedi - Spoiler:
I honestly think Snoke is just Snoke, and nothing more needs to be said about it, he's obviously strong with the force, but I don't think he's going to be any of the characters people are saying he could be.. but then again, I guess a little backstory wouldn't hurt. wouldn't know how they'd do that if he's really dead though, seems kind of pointless to go back to it in the next movie
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| | | Talking Sock Big Daddy Boss
Posts : 9250 Joined : 2008-08-11 Age : 32 Location : Down Under
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:48 pm | |
| - Spoiler:
The problem is that he was intentionally designed to be a mystery. He isn't just some other new big bad, but someone that they purposely introduced to raise numerous questions about and we were left to assume they'd be answered in a following movie or two. You can't just whip up a story where some new Dark Sider nobody's ever heard of picked up the pieces of what was left of the Empire and followed in the Emperor's footsteps without elaborating on who he is. It's kind of a problem with TFA where it was more about setting the stage for this trilogy rather than being a self-contained story.
TLJ feels more like its own thing, but Snoke is still as big of a question mark as he was in the previous feature, and like I said before, they outright play the Emperor's theme for him at one point to go along with his typical Sanskrit choral music (which in itself drew parallels to the musical scoring for the scene about the tale of Darth Plagueis), so they're clearly baiting the audience for something. It doesn't necessarily mean he really is either of those two characters, but they seem to really be hammering down some sort of connection they've yet to unveil. Given how easily he went out like a chump in this despite having such a display of power just before he got sliced in half, it's probable that they really aren't finished with him yet. A number of Jedi have managed to stick around as Force ghosts, so who knows what shenanigans a Dark Side user is capable of.
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| | | Skip Australianus
Posts : 10290 Joined : 2009-07-02 Age : 31 Location : Just Under Down Under
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:03 am | |
| I largely agree with you Sora. I rather enjoyed but, but it did do some things that frustrated me upon reflection. - Spoiler:
WHY did Laura Dern not just tell everyone what her plan was from the start? It doesn't make a lot of sense for her to keep that so close to her chest, ESPECIALLY when they mutiny. Like, it was a solid plan, and would probably have worked if she didn't spook the fuck out of Po by not telling him the plan, resulting in them doing the spy nonsense that fucked them over. The timeline seems a bit weird too - I would need to rewatch it to be sure, but my friends and I were talking about how Rey seemed to have multiple days worth of training during the 10 hour chase, judging by her communications with Kylo. I'm willing to buy her hanging out and hassling Luke for ages before that, that's fine. However, when they start that force connection, that has to put a limit on her time because Kylo's scar is already fixed. The question of who/what Snoke is and what he was doing before really does need to be answered. Rey being from nobody noteworthy is fantastic, but they can't leave us hanging with Snoke. A player like that would have been up to shit before. I would have preferred it if Luke didn't die just yet. I get that he has to and he'll be back as a force ghost, but
THINGS I LIKED (and there was a lot I loved about this): - Spoiler:
- Poe Damron's sweet as fuck handbreak turn in his X-Wing. - Rose's sister's heroic moment, this movie did Rogue One better than Rogue One did in like 15 minutes. - Luke being a human being with feelings and character. - With the exception of the writing surrounding it, the infighting in the Rebels, I thought the actors sold it really well, and again it shows a level of humanity. They're in crisis and their leader is out of commission, of course things are going to get heated. - Snoke's string pulling and the way he died - always these Sith lords and their arrogance getting them killed. - I really enjoyed how that scene panned out with Rey and Kylo teaming up and then the offer, though would have been great if they explored that a little more. Kylo's out with the old had a bit of a point. - Salt flat battle was sweet - Luke's force projection was ace. - Yoda's no more jedi thing - though I didn't like when Luke was like "Totally not the last Jedi", should have stuck with it imo.
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| | | Eevil-Psycho Captain Spaulding
Posts : 3288 Joined : 2011-01-28 Age : 38 Location : Ravels, Belgium
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:31 pm | |
| just for clarification - Spoiler:
I would also love to know more about Snoke, I just don't see them doing much more with it and I don't expect awesome developments that I would like
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| | | SimianWonder Simian D. Wonder
Posts : 6439 Joined : 2008-10-12 Age : 43 Location : Old People's home
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:10 am | |
| I saw The Last Jedi at the start of the week. Honestly thought it was a bit of a mixed bag, there were bits I loved, bits I didn't, some really, really jarring plot-induced-stupidity and a couple of cool touches. I'd like to see it again, because I went in having heard it was amazing, and I was frankly a bit underwhelmed. A second viewing would likely help me judge the film in its own right rather than judging it against my perhaps unfairly inflated expectations. - Spoiler:
The opening scene was fantastic, Poe pulling the X Wing equivalent of a handbrake turn and showing exactly why he's the best at what he does, even if his decision ultimately cost lives. Ren and Rey and the entirety of the encounter with Snoke was terrific, the choreography, the pacing, the framing of the shots and the rug-pull that was Snoke's death. That whole scene felt like a huge middle finger to the trope of how trilogies need to handle the Big Bad.
Bits I didn't? Laura Dern's character was an oddity, her decision not to tell Poe about her plan and to basically treat him like dirt on her shoe ended up A) prompting Poe, Finn and Rose to embark on their own plan, and B) When option A goes south, it derails her own plan, prompting a heroic (and really cool it has to be said) sacrifice. Back to option A for now though; pretty much everything Finn did felt like he was doing it because they needed to give Finn something to do. That whole secondary plot about finding a codebreaker, the mission to the casino, Rose releasing the space-horse things, the infiltration of the Dreadnought... it all felt like padding. Padding in a 160 minute long film. The only real pay off to any of it was seeing the kid at the end force pull the broom towards him and smile at his resistance ring, indicating that the spirit of the Resistance was alive and well.
Rey seems to be a complete natural at everything she tries. I understand she's simply naturally incredibly gifted, but she was able to beat a (badly wounded) Kylo Ren at the end of Force Awakens and was portrayed here as being his literal equal. Her own force training is surely next-to-nothing compared to Ren's , so her ability to effortlessly keep pace makes her feel like a bit of a Mary Sue. I also don't think Daisy Ridley is particularly good at portraying Rey's emotion at times, making it unclear what she is thinking or feeling. I did however like the fact that her parents were basically scum, she has come from nothing, it would have felt enormously contrived if she had Skywalker or Kenobi blood in her, as many had speculated.
I've seen more than a few people moaning online that they didn't like Luke's character arc, and whilst I'll admit it wasn't how I wanted him to be, it did mean that when he did do something, it felt all the sweeter, like he had grown further still to the point where he could see past his failures and see the lesson that said failure had to teach. Watching walk out of the barrage of laser fire and wipe dust off his shoulder was badass, even if it was only a mental projection. Do I care that he died at the end? Not really. Again, the arc isn't where I'd have liked to have seen him, but it is what it is and Luke joining the Force and passing the baton on to Rey seems fitting enough. Besides, there's literally zero chance of him not coming back as a Force ghost in the next film.
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| | | SimianWonder Simian D. Wonder
Posts : 6439 Joined : 2008-10-12 Age : 43 Location : Old People's home
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Sat Jan 27, 2018 2:01 pm | |
| The Punisher
Yes, it's a TV show, not a movie but it was easily the best Netflix Marvel offering since Daredevil season one. It manages to avoid the mid-season sag of the other shows as well, and actually manages to make you root for Frank Castle despite it being made abundantly clear he's functionally completely broken as a human being. It's also more restrained with the violence than you might imagine, given that it's The Punisher's thing. Of course, when there is violence it's both very graphic and eye-poppingly brutal. Definitely not one for the kids!
It helps that it's really well written, too. The narrative is very strong throughout, unlike Iron Fist, which felt like it was being made up as it went along, The Punisher manages to juggle multiple threads with ease all whilst telling a complex and cohesive story and pulls them together for a very satisfying conclusion.
Fair to say I liked it a lot. | |
| | | SimianWonder Simian D. Wonder
Posts : 6439 Joined : 2008-10-12 Age : 43 Location : Old People's home
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:21 pm | |
| Downsizing
For once, a trailer doesn't give the whole film away. Hurray! The film sucks though. Boo!
From the trailer, this looks like a breezy comedy about what happens when you're five inches tall. In reality, it's a drama that just happens to feature a sub-story about shrinking down. There are several problems with the film. Firstly, it barely uses most of the cast. Matt Damon stars, sure, but Kristen Wiig's character, his on-screen wife, pulls a douche move and calls him when he's been shrunk down to tell him she chickened out and couldn't go through with it, despite having many, many opportunities to do so prior to it. After that, the film jumps forward a year, and they're divorced. She's in the film for twenty minutes. Neil Patrick Harris and Laura Dern? They get one scene and maybe two minutes on screen. Jason Sudeikis? Two scenes and three minutes. Then they're never seen again.
Second problem? Aside from a couple of minor visual gags, being small barely matters for the second half of the film. I can't be bothered to write any more, suffice to say the film was a waste of an intersting concept and a cast that are better than this tripe. | |
| | | Skip Australianus
Posts : 10290 Joined : 2009-07-02 Age : 31 Location : Just Under Down Under
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:37 pm | |
| That's a shame, I thought it looked alright from the trailer. Super interesting concept. | |
| | | SimianWonder Simian D. Wonder
Posts : 6439 Joined : 2008-10-12 Age : 43 Location : Old People's home
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:26 pm | |
| Yes, it was a shame. The premise is interesting but the film seem muddled in what it was trying to do within the confines of the narrative, and it has the prestige of being the worst film I've paid to see in the last 12 months.
Oh well.
*****
King Arthur Legend of the Sword
This was the infamous Guy Ritchie bomb that featured a David Beckham cameo. It's an odd beast, but I quite enjoyed it, truth be told. In some ways, its perhaps best not to think of it as a retelling of the Arthurian legend, but more as a roguish cockney heist movie with the trump card being a magical sword.
The dialogue was a mixed bag, with some nice quick interplay in some scenes and some plodding exposition in others and some of the accents were typically hilariously awful, but it definitely felt like a Guy Ritchie film and there was enough spectacle to keep it entertaining, even if Eric Bana exudes more charisma in his two minutes on screen than poor Charlie Hunnam can muster in almost two hours. | |
| | | Eevil-Psycho Captain Spaulding
Posts : 3288 Joined : 2011-01-28 Age : 38 Location : Ravels, Belgium
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:55 pm | |
| the fact that i saw that movie and can't even remember how it goes says enough. All I remember is I did enjoy it when I saw it... but my mind is like completely blank about it now. | |
| | | Dr. Chocolate Spartan
Posts : 1705 Joined : 2009-05-14 Location : Who cares?
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Mon May 14, 2018 2:21 pm | |
| Whew, the whole place has been inactive for a little over a month. Been watching MCU movies recently, and I still hate Thor the Dark World. - Eevil-Psycho wrote:
- the fact that i saw that movie and can't even remember how it goes says enough. All I remember is I did enjoy it when I saw it... but my mind is like completely blank about it now.
Downsizing or Legend of the Sword? | |
| | | Eevil-Psycho Captain Spaulding
Posts : 3288 Joined : 2011-01-28 Age : 38 Location : Ravels, Belgium
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Mon May 14, 2018 4:22 pm | |
| - Dr. Faust wrote:
- Whew, the whole place has been inactive for a little over a month.
Been watching MCU movies recently, and I still hate Thor the Dark World.
- Eevil-Psycho wrote:
- the fact that i saw that movie and can't even remember how it goes says enough. All I remember is I did enjoy it when I saw it... but my mind is like completely blank about it now.
Downsizing or Legend of the Sword? Legend of the Sword. | |
| | | Superbuu3 Raziel
Posts : 41040 Joined : 2008-07-31 Age : 2023 Location : Nosgoth
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Fri May 25, 2018 4:45 pm | |
| Loved Marvel Infinity War. Thought Balck Panther was horribly overrated it was decent and I love Michael B Jordan. About Snoke: - Spoiler:
Was I the only one wo though he wanted to be killed and was planning some weird ass shit by being a force ghost? I am not a star wars fan so maybe my theory makes sense I guess only the good guys were ghosts before. I never really understood the I'll be infinitely stronger if you strike me down or whatever kenobi said. Given they are making force users literal gods in this trilogy I assumed they would do that.
Is Deadpool 2 worth watching, I loved the first one. | |
| | | Eevil-Psycho Captain Spaulding
Posts : 3288 Joined : 2011-01-28 Age : 38 Location : Ravels, Belgium
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Mon May 28, 2018 6:59 pm | |
| Deadpool 2 was pretty fun, I really enjoyed it.Can't really pick which was is the best, so at least it's as fun as the first one. | |
| | | Dr. Chocolate Spartan
Posts : 1705 Joined : 2009-05-14 Location : Who cares?
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:21 pm | |
| Bloodsport
It's an ok tale turned film.
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| | | Dr. Chocolate Spartan
Posts : 1705 Joined : 2009-05-14 Location : Who cares?
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:55 am | |
| BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT
I still love imagining that the title references to fart as the gas in discussion.
The story is really good, the art style is fine, animation is kinda shoddy though. | |
| | | Dr. Chocolate Spartan
Posts : 1705 Joined : 2009-05-14 Location : Who cares?
| Subject: Re: Recently Watched Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:04 pm | |
| GHOSTBUSTERS: ANSWER THE CALL
That was my second viewing, my second time making the mistake of watching a movie packed to the brim with dumb characters and terrible cringeworthy humor.
How is a hotel 5 stars and packed with guests when staff in it are rude? And that is one of the smaller bad choices in a bad movie.
On the plus side, Batman V Superman is still much worse, and it makes me cry that I saw it a second time with no pause. | |
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