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Post by frankyt on Dec 22, 2020 16:41:23 GMT -5
After hours - that's a meh for me.
Coming off the king of comedy I was excited to watch this next scorsese comedy. And he went from bobby d to... The fucking guy from American werewolf in paris. The 80s were a weird time.
Movies about one guys long ass night in new york's 'underground' (is this really underground tho? It isn't seedy or strange it's only slightly off putting if anything.). I have to admit I rarely laughed, couple spots here and there though, but the tone was so off in this movie. I wasn't sure what was deadpan and what was serious.
I'm pretty surprised to see the reviews are all pretty positive for this. I kept waiting for it to turn up or become wild somehow as his repeated attempts to normalize the night kept getting derailed time and time again, most of the time it was his own fault.
Prob go like a 5/10.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 22, 2020 16:54:09 GMT -5
frankyt, whatever happened to your Marathon Man review?
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 22, 2020 17:25:47 GMT -5
After hours - that's a meh for me. Coming off the king of comedy I was excited to watch this next scorsese comedy. And he went from bobby d to... The fucking guy from American werewolf in paris. The 80s were a weird time. Movies about one guys long ass night in new york's 'underground' (is this really underground tho? It isn't seedy or strange it's only slightly off putting if anything.). I have to admit I rarely laughed, couple spots here and there though, but the tone was so off in this movie. I wasn't sure what was deadpan and what was serious. I'm pretty surprised to see the reviews are all pretty positive for this. I kept waiting for it to turn up or become wild somehow as his repeated attempts to normalize the night kept getting derailed time and time again, most of the time it was his own fault. Prob go like a 5/10. In for next round. Well, at the very least you’re that much closer to rounding out Scorsese’s filmography.
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 22, 2020 19:20:27 GMT -5
We've got 5 reviews in, when we around 8 or so I'll throw up another round. Until then, along with franky who else is in for next round?
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 22, 2020 19:31:24 GMT -5
We've got 5 reviews in, when we around 8 or so I'll throw up another round. Until then, along with franky who else is in for next round? I'm in.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Dec 22, 2020 19:44:33 GMT -5
I will only be in if Neverending posts a four paragraph review of Zombie Ass.
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 22, 2020 20:10:22 GMT -5
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Post by Dracula on Dec 22, 2020 20:13:26 GMT -5
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Post by frankyt on Dec 22, 2020 21:10:51 GMT -5
frankyt , whatever happened to your Marathon Man review? i'm hoping to get that one done here shortly... Promise.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 22, 2020 21:32:51 GMT -5
Weathering With You
The anime film Your Name. was a revelation for me. Not only was it a gorgeously animated film, but its storytelling was surprisingly involving and moving, making it easily one of the best animated films of the past decade. It also served to introduce me to writer/director Makoto Shinkai, and again his sense of storytelling combined with his eye for beautiful visuals made a hell of an impression. So, naturally, I felt inclined to check out more of his work. Weathering With You is his follow-up to Your Name., and while this film isn't quite as polished as that one, the difference in quality really isn't that big for me, as this is yet another creative story with some well-rounded characters at its center and more breathtaking animation and visual sequences. As a storyteller, Shinkai seems to have a thing for romance stories infused with some sort of supernatural or sci-fi elements and the same holds true for this movie. He also seems to have a good grasp on writing teenage characters because much like Your Name., the characters at the center of this story feel relatable and genuinely likable rather than typical teenage character prototypes. The movie does a really solid job of building their relationship and them as individual characters while interweaving this fantastical mythology at the center of the plot. Makoto Shinkai also knows how to get you emotionally caught up in his stories without it coming across as overly manipulative. But while Weathering With You certainly has the same ability to get you caught up in its story as Your Name. did, it's missing the unexpectedly tragic element that made that film so surprising in its resonance and clever in its execution. That's not to say Weathering With You is a disappointment, cause it's not, but Your Name. is just such a high standard to top. Weathering With You is nonetheless another win for Makoto Shinkai, from its involving story to its great visuals. I can't wait to see what he's got up his sleeve next.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 22, 2020 21:33:19 GMT -5
Also, in for next round.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 22, 2020 21:33:58 GMT -5
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 22, 2020 21:35:55 GMT -5
I will only be in if Neverending posts a four paragraph review of Zombie Ass. The more I think about it the more I'm surprised by Plan 9 review prompted such a mild response for you. I expected either "Wow, a C!" or, more likely, "How dare you only give Plan 9 a C. As punishment I will not watch any of the films you recommended and rewatch Fatman instead".
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Post by 1godzillafan on Dec 22, 2020 21:39:39 GMT -5
I will only be in if Neverending posts a four paragraph review of Zombie Ass. The more I think about it the more I'm surprised by Plan 9 review prompted such a mild response for you. I expected either "Wow, a C!" or, more likely, "How dare you only give Plan 9 a C. As punishment I will not watch any of the films you recommended and rewatch Fatman instead". Plan 9 was on the same level as Joker. Seems about right.
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Post by thebtskink on Dec 23, 2020 21:17:18 GMT -5
I'll be in next round.
Watching Malibu Express tonight
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Post by thebtskink on Dec 23, 2020 22:03:34 GMT -5
Oh lord what a pick of a movie. An early Christmas present.
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 23, 2020 22:50:49 GMT -5
Cool. I'll try to get a new round up tomorrow or Friday, hopefully we can get a couple more reviews in by then.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Dec 24, 2020 5:03:02 GMT -5
I was sick last week and have been working non stop this week. Chances are I won't be able to watch anything until after Christmas.
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Post by thebtskink on Dec 24, 2020 12:13:42 GMT -5
Malibu Express (1985)Sports fans will recognize the "honey shot" a million miles away-- it's when the camera zooms in on an attractive woman in the stands between plays, giving the presumably young male audience something to ogle at. Example: Andy Sidaris--a long time director at ABC sports who helmed the first episode of Wide World of Sports--pioneered instant replay, split screens, and the honey shot. Sidaris made no apologies for being a self-described dirty old man, and eventually when he was bored of sports he moved to the wonderful world of 70s and 80s B-movie classics known affectionately by his fans as the Bullets, Bombs, and Babes films. The plot of Malibu Express is unimportant. Nominally, the film revolves around a Texan cowboy private eye Cody Abilene with terrible aim, trying to figure out who has been buying computers and illegally selling them to the Russians. Before this movie, I had no idea that was a crime. The movie supposedly takes place in Malibu, but Cody is somehow the spawn of a stockcar racing king and his racetrack features prominently in the film. Characters are seen and then unheard of for a half hour to an hour at a time. The last five minutes with the characters on Cody's houseboat serves as an exposition dump to a mystery I had forgotten was supposed to be a mystery. Friends, it doesn't matter. When the opening title cards came on--typed out by a woman on an Apple IIgs while a confusing country song played in the background--and pointed out 4 Playboy playmates and Sybil Danning, I knew I was in for a treat. After we establish Cody as a PI with a sweet 'stache, a gull wing AMC Bricklin, and an inability to hit a moving target with his .44, the first pair of boobs appear at 4:46. The pace barely abates from there. A common theme in the movie is that women somehow can't stop throwing themselves at this magnificent specimen: Cody records his thoughts into a voice recorder because he was told that's what private eyes do. My ears and the terrible ADR tell me that this was added as an afterthought to try and make the plot make sense. 11 minutes in there have been 3 pairs of boobs, with these two sets belonging to Cody's neighbors above staring directly at the camera, in the shower of his houseboat. This is clearly a softcore porn movie with barest excuse for a plot. I now begin to judge the movie on how it will keep this pace. After hooking up with Sybil Danning (4 sets!), Cody is set to investigate the Russian computer plot at the estate of Lady Chamberlain. Honestly, the acting here is the high point. An estate worker Shane is secretly an ex-con with a $30k debt problem, planning to sex up the mansion for blackmail money (6 sets, 24 minutes), but is murdered by an unknown assailant. Chamberlain's niece is apparently working with the guy selling the computers, who sends toughs after Cody to kill him on the barely plausible hunch that he is investigating them. The toughs rough Cody up and 33.5 minutes in and our 10th set later, Cody treats us to the finest ADR narration I have ever heard in a movie: Mind you, he puts up zero resistance to this woman's advances. The movie is interspersed with a weird b-plot of the Buffington family, hicks who have a feud with Cody because his stockcar mogul father beat them in a race once. They pop up randomly to challenge Cody to a race in whatever car he is in, then get way too excited that they beat him in the race. Look, none of this makes sense. As the plot gets into more shootouts in the second act, the pace of boobs slows down - it takes 17 minutes after the 10th for the 11th pair to show up at the 50th minute, but at least we're treated to a Regis and Joy Philbin cameo in the interim. Cody uses a sex-line worker the same way a person in the 50s might use an operator to call his cop friend, another excuse for the sex-line operator to show boobs, and leading to a a weird 3 minute mulitple-angle softcore scene with the cop at a potential crime scene. The movie is briefly back on pace for this 12th set at 54 minutes, before slowing down for an inexcusable 9 minutes. Though I do admire the movie's commitment to the bit of Cody being unable to shoot the intruders at this point, even at close range. Cody and his ladycop friend go back to the racetrack to develop film of Shane's murderer, and the film has a set piece involving toughs in a helicopter and Shane driving away in stockcar while his race driver June Khnockers (with an H!) tries to have sex with him while driving (17th set, 1hr 21 minutes). After hitting and exploding one of the three toughs with a live grenade, Cody is saved by June flashing one of the remaining two while he has only one bullet. Cody is able to kneecap the third, and drive to finally confront the computer sales guy and arrest him and Liza (19th, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24th sets at 1:24). After inviting the Chamberlain family to his houseboat, Cody is stopped by and finally wins a race against the Buffinton family by virtue of a hidden rocket in his latest car. Here the movie has one of its few uncomfortable moments as the Buffington's apparently bribed a Hispanic worker to get onto Cody's family racetrack and refer to him with some outdated racist jokes. The plot resolves with a five minute exposition dump at the houseboat which makes zero sense, but does offer the chance for Cody to reminisce about all the boobs he has seen from the family members present, and some which he wasn't even present for (26th, 27, 28, 29, 30th set, 1:31 minutes). If you're looking for something to crack up watching and don't mind the c-grade titillation, I'd definitely recommend this movie. It makes the experience so much more enjoyable knowing that the plot makes zero sense. I'm scoring it a 4/10. Better than the worst of the worst, excellent movie to watch when stoned.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Dec 24, 2020 13:07:09 GMT -5
That's my kind of review!
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 24, 2020 13:27:28 GMT -5
PG Cooper - 1godzillafan donny - IanTheCool thebtskink - Neverending frankyt - DoomsdayDracula - PhantomKnight New round tomorrow, if anyone else wants in speak up.
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