Dread Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Journey to the West: Stephen Chow directed this fantasy Wu Xia comedy based on the mythological story of the same name. The bulk of it is pretty great, but it dives off a cliff at the end. Boring and awful in the third act. Still worth watching for the spectacle. Jaws: My kids wanted to watch it, so we did. They found it a little boring in the long talky parts but loved it overall. Best quote of the night, regarding Quint of course: Davin: Why is he always singing so much? Cade: Duh, he's drunk! Feature Films: 148 Documentaries: 23 Shorts: 20 Rewatches: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Death to Smoochy: I watched this years ago on VHS that I got from the library. At some point between then and now my brain constructed an entirely different movie. I remembered none of this, which made for an interesting viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Had a bit of a Rifftrax splurge. Super Mario Bros: Technically a rewatch. I had a lot more fun this time. Really, the highlight of the film is that Koopa is not really the bad guy. He's a bad person but his goal is to save his people who are getting chocked to death by their former ruler. He's doing everything for the right reasons, just the wrong way. Too bad the rest of the movie has nothing to be remarkable and has literally nothing to do with the source material. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: You can see hints of the great actor that Daniel Radcliffe will become. Too bad so much of it is weighed down by Chris Columbus. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Much better. One of the highlights of the series though there are tons of moments where it felt a little too rushed. Films: 69 Documentaries: 2 Direct to DVD Films: 6 Short Films: 1 Rifftrax/MST3k Assisted Films: 12 Rewatch: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Much better. One of the highlights of the series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 See, you're trying to counter me saying that with a GIF but it's a GIF of one of my favorite sequences of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 That sequence is good, but outside of the Umbridge scenes and a few other things, it falls rather flat for me. The Duchess- Revisionist bio-pic seemingly conceived by very desperate feminists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 That sequence is good, but outside of the Umbridge scenes and a few other things, it falls rather flat for me. The Duchess- Revisionist bio-pic seemingly conceived by very desperate feminists. Lets not confuse Dianaists with Feminists. That movie was made entirely because it was Princess Diana in a period setting. Or at least the imagined version of her that Daily Express readers cling to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 And Daily Mail readers. Can't forget them, no matter how hard you might want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 True, although the Mail's evil is all-pervasive, whereas the Express only really had Diana's death going for it. It's almost impressive how they managed to craft front page stories about her on a weekly basis for 10 years after she died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 They had to break up the extreme weather stories somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Similar animation quality to the specials but still pretty fun. There are some good moments that explore the pathos of being Charlie Brown and there are other moments where you know they just decided to pad out the script with segments adapted from the comic strip. Still, a fun romp. Films: 70 Documentaries: 2 Direct to DVD Films: 6 Short Films: 1 Rifftrax/MST3k Assisted Films: 12 Rewatch: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 The Grinch Who Stole Christmas: Ugh...somehow I was roped into watching a Christmas movie already. Could have been worse than this. Carrey's performance sells it. There's a little bit of Karloff in his voice, which I like. It is, however, a lot of schmaltzy bullshit. The moment with Grinch checking his calendar will always delight me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VarlV8dP6ak Feature Films: 149 Documentaries: 23 Shorts: 20 Rewatches: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 10,000 B.C.: Would be a good one for the Tirades if it was possible to get invested in. The Lost World (1960): a.k.a. The Claude Rains Paycheck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1: Thoughts in a future Hey Gurlfriend. In short, I enjoyed it. If part 2 matches up, they've turned the worst of the books into the best of the movies. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: One of the things I missed about over the air television is how you'll sometimes end up watching a movie you would have have watched just because of a lack of choice. It's not a bad movie. It's fun at times and there were a couple of gags that made me laugh. Only problem is that it smacks of the lazy CGI animation writing that plagues these kinds of movies. Still, harmless fun. Films: 72 Documentaries: 2 Direct to DVD Films: 6 Short Films: 1 Rifftrax/MST3k Assisted Films: 12 Rewatch: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Could not disagree with you more on Mockingjay, Will. By far, the worst of the movies, way too much standing around, looking sad not nearly enough exploding arrows, Aquaman guy, and Woody Harrelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 The Upper Footage: Monday's show The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: this movie was fucking delightful. A beautiful looking movie with incredible performances. Comedic and smart with a lot of schmaltz, but weighty and modern. Kind of like a postmodern Forrest Gump. I missed the opening credits so I was SHOCKED when the credits showed Ben Stiller as the director. Gorgeous looking film. So have a crush on Kristen Wiig too. Favorite non-genre movie I've seen in a long time. Feature Films: 151 Documentaries: 23 Shorts: 20 Rewatches: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Snowpiercer: Interesting movie. The premise is a tad flimsy but I really don't care. Everything else is well acted and I just love the general feel of the world. The Chipmunk Adventure: When I was a kid, whenever we went to rent movies, this is one of the two films I constantly got (The other was The Care Bears Movie 2 [shut up, I was a fucking kid]). Is it good? Not really. It's just a big screen version of the series but still, it's fun enough. Plus, evil Eurotrash endangering the lives of children. Also, the Chipettes sing a song about wanting to fuck snakes. I am not making that up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2ncbds7Qd8 Films: 74 Documentaries: 2 Direct to DVD Films: 6 Short Films: 1 Rifftrax/MST3k Assisted Films: 12 Rewatch: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Mudbloods: A documentary about the UCLA Quidditch team and their quest to go to the World Cup. It is exactly the movie you think it is based on that description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 It engenders too much pity to laugh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 To be fair, it was actually pretty good. Yeah, for the first hour or so, there was a lot of eye rolling, but it's presented as a sports movie, and the actual Quidditch scenes are surprisingly effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I mean, lord knows I have no room to talk, I spent the other day losing my shit over a grown man throwing a razor sharp boomerang at a guy. But trying to make quidditch a real world sport is just one of those things that's beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 You can make just about anything into a sport with enough effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 It was a surprisingly physical sport. Basically rugby with one hand (because the other hand, admittedly, is holding a broomstick). Full contact (one guy went to the hospital with an enormous gash on the side of his head). I have to give them credit; it should have been humiliating to watch, but they pulled a decent showing out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Hercules: Could have been a lot better than it was. No actual mythical creatures killed it for me. It cold have been the modern Conan, but PG13 was a terrible choice. I get tired of movies where giant battle scenes happen but all the gore is off-screen. Maleficent: Pretty good. A lot better than I expected. Horns: Really good movie. I went in not knowing anything about the story and was really happy I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Mockingjay, Part I: Were it not for an onslaught of horrendous trailers and had I seen the first two Hunger Games films right before it, I might have enjoyed this and I might have cared. As it stands, I'm on Team Preston for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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