What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by **SamuraiMegas** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:15 am

That sums up my thoughts completely. To be honest I thought I didn't understand it cause i wasn't feeling well and somehow missed something with the constant blowing of my nose or something

Post by **Ack** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:38 am

Jmustang1968 wrote:Ack, where exactly are you accessing these movies to watch?

Funny enough, YouTube. It's proved a great resource for finding low budget schlock that only got limited home releases. Some of the movies I've watched in the last month have only gotten limited DVD releases, and some never have. Truth be told, this is likely the only way I'd get to see them.

Post by **MrPopo** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:41 am

They used to have the entirety of The Great Escape on Youtube several years ago; I'd put it on during work. Then it got taken down.

Post by **samsonlonghair** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:56 pm

I used to watch Space Cases, the Maxx, and other low-budget '90s nonsense on youtube a lot. Fun times.

Soldier Blue wrote:I had a few questions for you guys:
What do you think of the trilogy as a whole?
Is it even worth watching the last movie in the series?
Where does it stand compared to LOTR?

I'm in the minority on this one, but here's my thoughts anyway:
I like the new hobit trilogy more than last decade's LOTR trilogy. The Hobbit movies are more fun, more colorful, and less melodramatic. I thought the LOTR trilogy took itself too seriously. Fighting mountain monsters and a fire-breathing dragon makes for a more fun trilogy.

That said, the animated trilogy is still my favorite.

Post by **samsonlonghair** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:14 pm

Pardon me for double-posting. This is a separate thought from my previous post.

ZeroAX wrote:
Second time I saw it.

You know what? Other than this silly obsession to have Wolverine star in every X-Men film (my favorite one still is the one without him, first class) it was a really good super hero film. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence once again hit it out of the park, and the 70s era atmosphere is really well done (but once again, the 60s of the previous film were just more "fun").

I really don't understand the fan's obsession for the rights to return to Marvel. I found all the phase one films except Ironman, just passable, and even the avengers didn't ammount to anything great except the entire "they are all together" thing. I will say though, all the phase 2 films have been good so looking forward to Avengers 2.

I agree that First Class was my favorite X-movie. Days of Future past is also pretty good. The setup for Age of Apocalypse is great.

You and I are mostly in agreement on the X-men films. We don't really need Wolverine to be the star of every movie, but he sells the most merchandise and the most comic books, so it makes sense from a business standpoint. I found the original trilogy were pretty hit-or-miss movies in so much as all three movies had aspects I loved and aspects I hated. I thought the black leather outfits looked pretty silly, like dominatrices on a cold day. The Pheonix buildup never really paid off, like a pretty girl who flirts with you but never wants to go to bed with you. There were a slew of inconsistencies, and Days of Future Past tried to remedy most of them. I liked most of the cast. I wish Halle Berry had more screen time as Storm. Kelsey Grammer was perfectly cast as Beast. I felt that Nightcrawler was not properly characterized. There's a mountain of positive and negative aspects to the whole trilogy.

I'd rather forget that the Wolverine spin-off movies ever existed. These, to me, are proof that Wolverine does not need to be the star of the X-men films.

MrPopo wrote:Personally I think X-Men should stay its own thing separate from the main MCU. I feel like it's hard to sell the various racial themes that are explored through mutants when you have all the other super heroes running around and everyone loving them. So the MCU can stick with the "people with crazy powers are awesome" style and X-Men can stick with the "we are scared of people who are different" angle.

Now Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, they'd be good to roll into the main MCU.

Yes and Yes.
The Spider-man film franchise has shown diminishing returns for SONY. It's not entirely clear whether or not SONY will pursue the planned Sinister Six spin-off film, the rumored Venom Spin-off film, a different Spider-man 3 film, some combination of these, or none of these. One thing is clear: SONY needs spider-man. SONY has thoroughly exhausted its Underworld, Resident Evil, and Men in Black franchises. SONY needs big summer blockbuster franchise tent poles to prop up their less profitable films the rest of the year. Right now James Bond and Spider-man are the most valuable franchises SONY has in its portfolio. Sony won't let go of the spider too easily.

There was some rumor that SONY would lease out Spidey to appear in Captain America: Civil War. I read every issue of that comic series, and I can say that Spider-man is integral to the story. On the other hand, if I was a scriptwriter, I would just drop another young super hero (maybe one of the Young Avengers) in Spidey's role and keep the story more or less the same. It looks like SONY is no longer in talks to lease Spidey back out to Marvel Studios, and maybe that's for the best anyway.

Regarding Fantastic Four, I'm not hopeful about the teaser trailer we've seen so far. Why is it so hard to make a good Fantastic Four movie? I'd really like to see a Fantastic Four movie set in the '60s like X-men: First Class. The Fantastic Four could return to their Space Race roots much as First Class reacted to the Cuban Missile Crissis. If the next FF movie is as bad as Rise of the Silver Surfer, I'll join the masses clamoring for the four to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Post by **SamuraiMegas** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:04 pm

I forgot to post I watched Frank (2 times, once with my dad, he liked it). Really strange but fantastic movie. It's about a keyboard player who joins a band who's main singer never takes off a mask. I almost want to compare it to Fargo; dark and funny while not trying to be a comedy. Really recommend it- it's on Netflix. Also want to recommend Submarine once more just because.

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:08 pm

Birdman

Abslo-frickin-loved-it-tuley. Glad that I went to theatre for it as well.

Post by **Luke** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:02 am

Your most likely sitting near your computer. If not, and say you are wandering around with a mobile device, sit down.

The majority of us are around the same age group, and grew up with a cartoon that blew us away, but has also faded away as well. Luckily for all of us, and the children of the world this cartoon is coming back in a big way.

VOLTRON.

I know. Awesome right?

Even more awesome, Dreamworks is making the movie.

Moving on...

Thinking about holding a Hulk Hogan Trilogy Party (NO HOLDS BARRED, SUBURBAN COMMANDO, MR.NANNY) but can't think of clever names for foods to serve.

Post by **samsonlonghair** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:49 am

Dreamworks is producing a Voltron flick? Cool. Who's set to direct?

Post by **MrPopo** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:37 am

Luke wrote:Thinking about holding a Hulk Hogan Trilogy Party (NO HOLDS BARRED, SUBURBAN COMMANDO, MR.NANNY) but can't think of clever names for foods to serve.

Add "mania" to the end of every food item.

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