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has anyone watched any of these disney remakes?

I watched the Jungle Book one some Christmas a year or two ago. It was fine.

Agreed, fine.

  On 3/12/2019 at 3:43 AM, bitchroast said:

thought solo was better than the other new disney star wars movies. also felt the most contrived and most pointless. there’s something about it being a failed project, turned Ron Howard completely by the numbers and played safe disney star wars movie that actually made it feel comfortable in its own skin more do than any of the other new star wars films.

 

having said that, yes it was still trash and at this point i’m mostly entirely given up on the new films (given up but will prob still see ep9 once it’s convenient to do so at home)

I’m pretty much resigned to the fact that I’ll forever react to new Star Wars films with “well yeah that was fine but completely inessential.” And I say that as a fan of TLJ. RIP. Glad that young ladies have a role model in Rey akin to Luke or Han at least.

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shit too late...

edit: regarding jungle book...

Edited March 12, 2019 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

  On 3/11/2019 at 2:21 AM, Nebraska said:

 

have very conflicted thoughts on this as the last 30 or so minutes are really amazing, but a lot of characters were really annoying including the main character having a very unlikeable disposition. somehow, this is addressed when they do an MRI scan of his brain and find there is a certain lobe that most people have a lot of activity and he has almost nothing happening there. in other words, only a psycho would go climbing el captain with ropes and a crew, but to do it with no ropes or safety equipment is a little unbelievable

 

i think the next level will be the guy/girl who does it blindfolded while carrying 3 huge jugs of water and no shoes

 

 

I do a great impression of Alex, "for sure".. I think you mean the amygdala gland which controls fear. I wish I had less amygdala. Anyway, if he is inured to heights and knows what he's doing than he wouldn't have that fear. Disclaimer, I haven't watched the film, yet

superb monsieur dupieux (aka mr.oizo)!!! :claps:

this guy is a genius, nuff said...

 

Edited March 28, 2019 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

i must have some cosmic connection with this writer/director cause his films hit me really hard besides their really simple premises... gonna wait for someone who feels the same as me to write a review cause i really lack words to describe how effective this movie is...

 

 

 

it's from the same dude who directed/wrote this one, which from my experience with psychedelics is one of the movies who better portrays a psychedelic trip, cera really does a great job on this one...

 

Edited March 14, 2019 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

  On 3/13/2019 at 11:58 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

superb monsieur dupieux (aka mr.oizo)!!! :claps:

this guy is a genius, nuff said...

 

 

superb monsieur dupieux (aka mr.oizo)!!! :claps:

this guy is a genius, nuff said...

Dupieux *and* Poelvoorde? I'm *so* in!

re: Sebastián Silva

yes, i like his films too. interesting director. he really knows to convey the feel of the situation from the pov of the lead characters, and in general, very well. i think that's his specialty basically, there are a lot of mumbly, loosely scripted indie films dealing with the same late 20's-30's people and their problems, but he knows how to gets into the real guts of the experiences, to pinpoint small cues and details (probably in the editing) that help make it feel very real.

Edited March 14, 2019 by eugene

  On 3/14/2019 at 8:35 PM, eugene said:

re: Sebastián Silva

yes, i like his films too. interesting director. he really knows to convey the feel of the situation from the pov of the lead characters, and in general, very well. i think that's his specialty basically, there are a lot of mumbly, loosely scripted indie films dealing with the same late 20's-30's people and their problems, but he knows how to gets into the real guts of the experiences, to pinpoint small cues and details (probably in the editing) that help make it feel very real.

what u waiting for then to watch tyrel? :^)

Edited March 14, 2019 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

i did, it was good.

  On 3/14/2019 at 9:03 PM, eugene said:

i did, it was good.

u should also review what u like, seems like u only review what u don't like and therefore everyone thinks you're an hater... :^)

  On 3/9/2019 at 9:49 AM, Roo said:

The MCUs typically oscillate between 5s & 7s.

is Deadpool from MCU? i quite dig them...

the guilty - this kind of thing is becoming a genre i guess, very similar to tom hardy's locke but with higher stakes. some of the tropey scandinavian gritty crime thriller stuff seeps in and its psychological moves seem a bit mechanical, but nevertheless it's very well acted, tight and engrossing.

Mandy - i mean i could fap to the photography and music/sound but damn that was boring and annoying as fuck...

 

Upgrade - i could go without the funny jokes and smugness of the lead character but apart from that it's a pretty cool movie...

Yeah Upgrade was awesome, cool to see something like that come out of Australia. I did a little review when I finally saw it:

 

captain marvel

 

cheese larson's job in this one is to be snarky like tony stark and woke like black panther. unfortunately she can't even manage one of those. even more unfortunate is that all the humor rises from "weren't the 90s dumb as shit??" To its credit, the "villain" isn't a big dumb guy that wants to destroy the universe but rather her teacher who half way through the film she realizes is "on the wrong side of history." too bad the right side appears to be the US air force. her character arc has some interest built into the story but this brooklyn couple cum director team can't even begin to handle it correctly. everything is done in the wrong way, probably in an attempt to "subvert" the expectations of a marvel formula but... it's a formula for a reason. because it works and it's clear. final boss fight ends with cgi laser beams in a shot-for-shot remake of wonder woman. zzzzzz. I'd put this one above hulk and the first two thors but that's it.

is it just me or did brad pitt turn into robert redford a few years back?

 

i think these movies were quite ok... click on the covers...

 

piercing is a nu giallo from the director of the eyes of my mother which was really well received by most people although i didn't find it nothing special...

 

i quite liked the kind of horror in apostle... it's kind of a gory cultish period piece with some pretty cool thriller moments...

 

despite suspiria's bad critics i quite enjoyed it, well, at least until the totally absurd ridicule end sequence... maybe i'm not intelectual enough to get the symbolism or something like that...

 

Edited March 18, 2019 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

rotten tomatoes tricked me into watching bumblebee because of its such good reviews and high rating in comparison with the rest of the franchise but damn, that was ridiculously bad, the nostalgia was cringeworthy to the point where i almost felt like barfing... and honestly i cannot set my suspension of disbelief so high to the point where i can ignore the fact that the premise is in fact alien robots that transform themselves into human planes and cars, i mean, when we were kids it was the best mix cause u know, cars right? planes? pretty cool! robots? shit! cars plus robots plus planes, wow jizz....

Criterion finally announced they're putting out Bruno Dumont's first 2 films (La Vie de Jesus, L'Humanite). Been waiting years for this. 

 

*keeps fingers crossed for an eventual release of Hors Satan on Blu-Ray with English subs*

I found Lords of Chaos to be pretty compelling.

Snowpiercer was good.

Also watched They Live  and Big Trouble in Little China for the first time and really enjoyed it, then re-watched The Thing for the 20th time.

Captain Marvel was okay.... Though I have the feeling I won't see it again for a long time, Maybe if I ever do a marathon of marvel. It really  felt like a Marvel phase 1 film... maybe slightly better than Thor 1/The Hulk. Which sucks because it's more fuel for the people who wanted it to fail because of the made up "controversy" surrounding her.

The whole film felt like a tv drama, down to the cheesy skrull make up. You just know they will be giving her character an overhaul for Captain Marvel 2

Edited March 21, 2019 by Brisbot