Movies

[Fillip J Phry]

Some video game movie hot takes coming your way!

Second to @ayayrawn suggestion of Mortal Kombat!

Alright, the Doom movie wasn't very good overall, but I did enjoy the first person scene at the end.

Also Super Mario Bros in that "so bad it's good" category.

I also used to love Resident Evil: Apocalypse when it came out. It's balls to the wall action, which isn't the MO of RE per say, but it translated to an entertaining movie I had fun with. Lickers and Nemesis and zombies, oh my!

Silent Hill also sucked, but the part with Pyramid Head ripping off the girl's skin was kind of rad. Was that in the first one or the second one? I can't remember, they kind of blur together.

Finally, Street Fighter with Van Damme. Used to watch that a lot as a kid, but haven't seen it as an adult, so I'm not sure how it holds up.

Ok, I'm done.

 

[yukbon]

Mortal Kombat (1995)

battleship

 

[siremobunny]

These never disappoint

 

[ayayrawn]

These never disappoint

Still a few I need to see on here, but man, what a good year for movies, despite everything.

 

[siremobunny]

Still a few I need to see on here, but man, what a good year for movies, despite everything.

True...I don't feel like its been worse than any other year per se

 

[EvanBenner]

Sonic the Hedgehog was pretty dang fun, but Detective Pikachu wins hands-down.

 

[kvetcha]

Boy, Return of the King is uneven, but when it hits...

 

[MattS]

I didn't hate Joker. I thought Joaquin was great in it but it really did feel more like a Taxi Driver remake than a superhero flick.

Don’t forget it also stole a lot from The King of Comedy. So it’s a double Scorsese “homage”

 

[siremobunny]

Boy, Return of the King is uneven, but when it hits...

...when it hits, it just keeps going twenty more times until you fall asleep?

 

[kvetcha]

Tough crowd.

Honestly, the Many Endings really didn’t bug me this time around. It’s an allowable indulgence; you make 11 hours of the grandest film epic, you get to take your time wrapping things up.

Also for some reason, the Hobbits’ inability to return to a normal life after the traumas of a broken year kinda hits home right now.

 

[ayayrawn]

Return of the King is easily the greatest blockbuster, and one of the biggest film achievements of the last 20 years, show respect!!

 

[Gavaxeman]

Tough crowd.

Honestly, the Many Endings really didn’t bug me this time around. It’s an allowable indulgence; you make 11 hours of the grandest film epic, you get to take your time wrapping things up.

Also for some reason, the Hobbits’ inability to return to a normal life after the traumas of a broken year kinda hits home right now.

The book ending is even longer , you can tell Tolkien really didn’t want to say goodbye to these characters..if anything I thought the movie ending (even with the extended cut) was too short ..it really is about how after any traumatic event (in the authors case ww1) nothing can ever really be the same again

 

[gouis]

RoTK rules.

 

[siremobunny]

For anyone who hasn't caught Nomadland yet...looks like it's now going to Hulu and theaters the same day...Feb 19th

 

[Joe Mac]

RoTK is great. I’d have loved the scourging of the shire to be in there though!

 

[kvetcha]

Hot take: WW84 was actually kinda good. Chris Pine and Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal just absolutely bathing in ham, campy f/x work straight out of the 80s, big colorful comic book story beats. Vastly preferred it to the first.

 

[Max Sterling]

I saw this trailer today and I'm not sure what to make of it...

 

[Jeff Lerner]

Watched 'Promising Young Woman' this weekend. Can't remember the last time I didn't fall asleep in the middle of a movie. Highly recommend.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

My wife and I started a rewatch/watch of the MCU films last night with Iron Man 1. We'd considered doing timeline order but she's only seen about five of them and wanted to do release order instead. I don't think it really matters one way or the other.

 

[siremobunny]

PSA: One of the best comedies (and overall films) of 2020, The Climb, is out to rent as of today. It sadly fell under the radar due to trying a theatrical release during Covid, but I promise it's good!