Dread Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 You're Next: wild hair rewatch with the house guests last night. Still holds up. Very well-written. Lead character is amazing. Genre classic. The Quiet Ones: review forthcoming Features: 64 Shorts: 21 Documentaries: 5 Rewatches: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
teenalphabro Posted June 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Wonder Woman: I had problems with it, but I still love this movie a lot. Films Watched: 67 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donomark Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Speed: Saw it for the first time last night. I'M SORRY I WAITED SO LONG. Talk about a classic thriller. Well paced, well written characters, terrific stunt work and dialogue. 10/10 movie. The Last Witch Hunter: I knew this starred Vin Diesel, but what were Michael Caine and Elijah Wood doing here??! Perfectly decent action-fantasy film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rjoyadet Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Not long ago, the Amazing World of Gumball parodied Speed. I find the fact that 20 years later, a children's show pays homage to it is a testament to how great the movie is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dc20willsave Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Meh. Call me back when Gumball does entire episode homages to Citizen Kane and Sunset Boulevard. Tiny Toons did that shit years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slothian Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Donomark said: Speed: Saw it for the first time last night. I'M SORRY I WAITED SO LONG. Talk about a classic thriller. Well paced, well written characters, terrific stunt work and dialogue. 10/10 movie. I know, right?! Totally better than Singin' in the Rain.... Also, do you have shares in this Gumball show, Ricky? I don't think I'd have ever heard of it if you weren't bigging it up on the forums/Tirades wiki. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Master Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 4 hours ago, Donomark said: Speed: Saw it for the first time last night. I'M SORRY I WAITED SO LONG. Talk about a classic thriller. Well paced, well written characters, terrific stunt work and dialogue. 10/10 movie. It's been a few years since I last saw Speed, but it surprisingly held up. My only real complaint (as it was the first time I saw it in the theater) is that Annie should be nowhere near the final showdown. I get why she is, but she would have been whisked to a hospital like the rest of the passengers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slothian Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 1 hour ago, The Master said: It's been a few years since I last saw Speed, but it surprisingly held up. My only real complaint (as it was the first time I saw it in the theater) is that Annie should be nowhere near the final showdown. I get why she is, but she would have been whisked to a hospital like the rest of the passengers. They write their way around it though. Masterfully, I might add! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rjoyadet Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, slothian said: I know, right?! Totally better than Singin' in the Rain.... Also, do you have shares in this Gumball show, Ricky? I don't think I'd have ever heard of it if you weren't bigging it up on the forums/Tirades wiki. Nope, am just convinced that James and Damien are the true writers of it. Hey Mike, if I made a Gumball podcast. would you consider it for Earth-2.net? Edited June 14, 2017 by Rjoyadet It was worth asking the master Quote Link to post Share on other sites
You Know Who Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 6 hours ago, Donomark said: Speed: Saw it for the first time last night. I'M SORRY I WAITED SO LONG. Talk about a classic thriller. Well paced, well written characters, terrific stunt work and dialogue. 10/10 movie. I also saw it for the first time not long ago. I agree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dread Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Karate Kill: review forthcoming Features: 65 Shorts: 21 Documentaries: 5 Rewatches: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
teenalphabro Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Strange Days: This is a great cult movie that hits a bit too close in the current age in a lot of areas. Films Watched: 68 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donomark Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Strange Days is a great movie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dread Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 The Childhood of a Leader: review forthcoming Devil's Domain: review forthcoming Features: 67 Shorts: 21 Documentaries: 5 Rewatches: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slothian Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Took me a while to warm up to, and not having grown up with Chuck Barris being a household name, it didn't have quite he subversive edge I think it was going for, but ultimately I enjoyed it. Sam Rockwell remains amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
teenalphabro Posted June 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Further proof that these movies are actually secretly really good. Films Watched: 69 (nice) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donomark Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 All Eyez On Me: In a world where Straight Outta Compton sets the bar for the Hip Hop icons biopic, this just doesn't cut it. Demetrius Shipp Jr. does an admirable job and looks the most like Pac than anyone on the planet, but the narrative is pre-supposing people both know and/or care about him, so the flow and pace is WAY too fast. All of a sudden Pac is a part of Digital Underground. All of a sudden he's making movies. There's no real transition. Most of the movie is made up of big moments that are depicted with such bombast that there's hardly any room to breathe or appreciate them. At times it's cartoonishly maudlin. It's too attached to it's main character. The biggest shame is that Tupac's life was every bit as Shakespearean as the movie embellishes, but the tone is too operatic, too histrionic to be effective. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Master Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Is there a Tupac documentary out there that you can recommend? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donomark Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Tupac: Resurrection definitely does the job. I was barely in high school when it first came out, but it was so well received at the time it reignited theories that he was still alive. Documentaries relay the story more than reenactments can IMO. I'll be honest tho, most of my education of the heavy hitters of rap in the 90s, Pac, Biggie and NWA, came from VH1's Behind the Music Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dread Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 All I've heard of All Eyez On Me comes from a reviewer I have a bead on on CBC radio who said that it is completely without grit. I recall him praising SOC but also said it was VERY gritty. If SOC was "VERY gritty" and I thought it was a little sanitized (my only real complaint) then there's not a chance in hell that I'll see that Wikipedia biopic. Resurrection is great. I watched that with my dad, who is so far from the target audience and he liked it too. The Behind the Music's are good too as that is the era of the classic BTMs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donomark Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Fright Night (1985): Decent 80s teen horror film that's only flaw is the character of "Evil" Ed, who is FUCKING INSUFFERABLE. Fright Night (2011): Liked this better due to energetic performances from Colin Farrel, Anton Yelchin and David Tennant, the latter who is awesome. Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays a better version of the Ed character who you sympathize with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koete Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 YOU'RE SO COOL, BREWSTER! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Dread Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Rodrick Rules: the kids wanted me to watch this with them, so I did. I've seen another one of these (there are three). This is dumb and harmless. The kids like it. Steve Zahn is always good. Rachael Harris is delightful as the mother. I've come to the point where I have the hots for the mother character in kids movies, so that's a thing I have to reckon with. Beyond the Gates: review forthcoming Sex Boss: short film on the BtG blu ray. Not great. A few funny moments. Features: 69 Shorts: 22 Documentaries: 5 Rewatches: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donomark Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Fright Night Part II: Main character and Roddy McDowell return for a pointless rehash of this first. Fright Night 2: New Blood: A requel (?) of the remake, with a gender flipped version of the main protagonist who is 98% of why I love this movie. Jaime Murray is hot as hell, and a pretty good villain too. The last act is confusing tho. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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