MOVIES 2018

[General Veers]

@LHoffman:

Finally think I have hit the wall on Marvel superhero movies. Must have happened after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (which was a truly excellent film - saw it 3 times in theaters). I just found myself not caring anymore. Tried watching Spiderman Homecoming and found out I would rather sleep or watch Laurence of Arabia. Didn’t even make it halfway through. Haven’t seen any Marvel films since then. Seeing near invincible beings try to punch each other into submission has become trite.

Very similar situation for Star Wars. When there is no end in sight and the plots are repeated and there is only endless continuity, the films are not very interesting. Honestly, the only reason I may end up going to see Solo is to confirm this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjEd3DpH_e0

I think there is a high probability their ideas are in the actual film.

I know what you mean about Marvel and Star Wars saturation, it’s very much real. At this point I’m limping to the Infinity Wars finish line (I’ve invested this much already, I guess) and seeing every SW movie out of childhood sentimentality. I shouldn’t be feeding the beast like this, but this will eventually change.

[Charles de Gaulle]

I recently watched the Mario movie from the 90s.

I am still in rehab

[aequitas-et-veritas]

@Charles:

I recently watched the Mario movie from the 90s.

I am still in rehab

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[LHoffman]

@Charles:

I recently watched the Mario movie from the 90s.

I am still in rehab

:lol: :lol: :lol:  Oh but it is such a masterwork. That is one of those movies I really enjoyed as a kid, but if I watched it now I am sure I would see all its flaws in the light of day.

[Jennifer]

@LHoffman:

@Charles:

I recently watched the Mario movie from the 90s.

I am still in rehab

:lol: :lol: :lol:  Oh but it is such a masterwork. That is one of those movies I really enjoyed as a kid, but if I watched it now I am sure I would see all its flaws in the light of day.

Thanks a lot! I just laughed so hard coffee came out my nose!  :P

[Private-Panic]

Just back from seeing A Quiet Place. What a great film. A handful of actors, virtually no dialogue, very little gore, but the whole 90 minutes is edge of your seat stuff. Wow! :-o

[Imperious Leader]

The best comedy:

Don’t be a menace while drinking your juice in the hood

Normally this would be a documentary, but it is something more…

[Imperious Leader]

Movie about Zeppelins made in 1971…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLs50oRrL7Q&t=24s

[General Veers]

I tend to agree with almost all of RLM’s commentary on Infinity Wars; it was long but they did a very capable job threading so many characters with serial comic-style mini-plots that worked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ-zAOnxikU

And they nailed the reason subverting norms worked so well for IW and failed miserably for Star Wars. The problem for SW is that Kathleen Kennedy and her cronies have done a terrible job establishing a framework for the films -we hear about drastic rewrites and reshoots far too often- while Marvel films are tightly planned and controlled -almost to a cynical level for a creative process, but hey, it works!

IW did a great job fleshing out a villain with far more depth than anything we’ve seen from these types of movies. As tired as I was of these movies I am interested in seeing the sequel, so the Disney churn continues…

[CWO Marc]

@Imperious:

Movie about Zeppelins made in 1971…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLs50oRrL7Q&t=24s

Going further back, the 1930 film Hell’s Angels (produced by Howard Hughes) has a lengthy and dramatic sequence about a Zeppelin raid on London.  Two of weirdest parts are the scene where a bombadier is lowered from the airship in a little compartment supported by a cable and the scene where the Germans obediently and patriotically jump overboard one by one on command to lighten the load of the airship.  (I wonder if that’s where the Monty Python gang got the inspiration for their Zeppelin sketch, in which Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin tosses one German officer after another overboard for daring to call his dirigible airship a “balloon”.)

[LHoffman]

@General:

I tend to agree with almost all of RLM’s commentary on Infinity Wars; it was long but they did a very capable job threading so many characters with serial comic-style mini-plots that worked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ-zAOnxikU

And they nailed the reason subverting norms worked so well for IW and failed miserably for Star Wars. The problem for SW is that Kathleen Kennedy and her cronies have done a terrible job establishing a framework for the films -we hear about drastic rewrites and reshoots far too often- while Marvel films are tightly planned and controlled -almost to a cynical level for a creative process, but hey, it works!

IW did a great job fleshing out a villain with far more depth than anything we’ve seen from these types of movies. As tired as I was of these movies I am interested in seeing the sequel, so the Disney churn continues…

I have heard it is good, but I still need to watch Thor Ragnarok first. Honestly the only reason I want to see a lot of movies nowadays is so I can watch Half in the Bag reviews with more understanding of their commentary.

[Benito Mussolini]

I’ve heard Chapaquiddick is good

[Charles de Gaulle]

The lovable David Niven, AKA “Crisp”

Some Movie Recommendations:
The First of the Few
The Guns of Navarone
The Best of Enemies
The Way Ahead
Dawn Patrol

If you like him, there are plenty more films to watch.
No matter how poorly the plot is written, this actor always managed to make me smile with his gentlemenly charm.  It is peculiar how he managed to keep his unique character intact, whether he was a burglar, suave lover, disciplined British officer, or a somewhat eccentric old man.  He was in nearly every sort of movie genre and actually fought in the Second World War personally.

Great actor.  Love the mustache.
:x
…all right you bloomin’ Scotts, “moustache.”

There happy?

[aequitas-et-veritas]

I am going to watch Solo tonight,  don’t what is going to happen.

[General Veers]

Without even getting into anything else Solo features the worst cinematography of any Star Wars film, and it’s not even close.

[Jennifer]

@General:

Without even getting into anything else Solo features the worst cinematography of any Star Wars film, and it’s not even close.

I wanted to see it.  Should I just wait until it comes out on DVD?

[aequitas-et-veritas]

@Cmdr:

@General:

Without even getting into anything else Solo features the worst cinematography of any Star Wars film, and it’s not even close.

I wanted to see it.  Should I just wait until it comes out on DVD?

Will post after i saw it tonight if it is worth it.

[aequitas-et-veritas]

I really liked it. It was a niceley done add on to Star Wars about one Character.

My Top list of SW Spin Offs is:

#1 Rougue 1
#2 Solo

Looking allready Forward to see Boba Fett!

About SW Ep 7-9 i am kinda done. 8 made 7 look better.
I will take my time when 9 comes out and it will only be to see kinda the end to figure out wich path they wanted to follow aftr all.

Solo was kinda refreshing since they didn’t messed to much around with the original story, if i recall that correctly.

That is my comment for now, since i don’t want to spoil anything.

[LHoffman]

@General:

Without even getting into anything else Solo features the worst cinematography of any Star Wars film, and it’s not even close.

Since this comment conforms with my world-view, I second it.

[Charles de Gaulle]

@aequitas:

I am going to watch Solo tonight,  don’t what is going to happen.

I was reading this thinking to myself, “What’s Solo?”

I probably would not even know what Star Wars is had it not infiltrated other markets.  My juvenile brain always summed it up as a cheesy yet brutal free-for-all in space about aliens, supernatural power, and technology.
  :|

I think I would like to keep my interpretation that way.