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RenegadeMonster said:
I watched Godzilla vs Kong last night followed by The New Mutants. Both are on HBO MAX.

I don't know if it was because I was tending to cooking dinner and a bit distracted, byt I was completely lost in Godzilla vs King. The movie seemed like all action to me and not explanation of the plot. Did I miss something crucial or is this a sequel or something?

The New Mutants was decent, nothing special. I spent most of the movie wondering why one of the actresses looks some familiar and where I knew her from. Turns out she played the lead in The Queen's Gambit that I recently watched.
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It's a 3rd sequel: Godzilla (2014) -> Kong: Skull Island (2017) -> Godzilla: KotM (2019) -> Godzilla v. Kong

Don't worry tho, even with the context of the other movies, the plot is nonsensical.
 
Yeah, the plot of Godzilla vs. Kong was awful, made worse by the fact that pretty much every human character in the movie is either unlikable or uninteresting (often both). The stuff with Godzilla and Kong (the stuff you're actually watching for) is pretty good and entertaining, but maaaan it sucks every single time a human is on the screen. I'd have much preferred a simple bare bones plot that's just an excuse for action set pieces rather than an unnecessarily convoluted plot that's just an excuse for action set pieces. And less humans.
 
Following a conversation with some friends of mine, I re-watched Apocalypse Now Redux last night.

I am more firmly convinced that the most righteous in moral character in that entire movie is Colonel Kurtz.
 
Chucktshoes said:
Following a conversation with some friends of mine, I re-watched Apocalypse Now Redux last night.

I am more firmly convinced that the most righteous in moral character in that entire movie is Colonel Kurtz.
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When Redux was first released, I caught a screening of it on an IMAX screen.

Talk about an intense experience. Felt like I couldn't form a coherent thought for like an hour afterwards.
 
Watched Cast Away for the first time. I thought it was great except the ending.

Kind of seemed like they made the choice of having Helen Hunt remarried and didn't know what to do with Tom Hanks but decided to carry the movie on for another half an hour anyway.
 
zomgbear said:
Watched Cast Away for the first time. I thought it was great except the ending.

Kind of seemed like they made the choice of having Helen Hunt remarried and didn't know what to do with Tom Hanks but decided to carry the movie on for another half an hour anyway.
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I always kinda liked the idea of him finally coming across some emotional closure in that last half hour. His physical journey had ended, sure, but what to do when the story you told yourself in order to maintain your desire to live ends up being a lie? I think it's a necessary appendix, even if Zemeckis hits it a little clangingly, as is his habit.

Great movie, though.
 
kvetcha said:
I always kinda liked the idea of him finally coming across some emotional closure in that last half hour. His physical journey had ended, sure, but what to do when the story you told yourself in order to maintain your desire to live ends up being a lie? I think it's a necessary appendix, even if Zemeckis hits it a little clangingly, as is his habit.

Great movie, though.
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I mean overall, I did like the movie too. But I almost felt the opposite about it, as in I don't feel like he got closure. I might have misinterpreted the ending but in the way that he kept her picture - it's almost like hes saying she's the one who kept him alive the 4 years and he's going to keep going and wait for her forever (thats at least what I got out of that Therapist? scene at the end). She still stringing him with hope for the future because she tells him that he's the love of her life and deep down its the same vice versa even though he rejects her. The movie did them both dirty.

I also don't understand why he kept that woman's package the entire time. Like i get that he needs it to keep going but why her package specifically?
 
I know it's been mentioned here, but if you have HBO, you owe it to yourself to watch Tina.

Notice I didn't say if you're a Tina Turner fan. I mean, of course watch it then too. I know most of her big hits from being of a certain age and her being such a star and part of the popular songbook. I'll play her now and again but I wouldn't say I'm a fan as much as I can appreciate it. Doesn't matter - it's superbly done.

HOWEVER, the doc is SO well done. Gave me even greater respect for the woman. How soberly, emphatically, and almost one degree removed from it she talks about her life is a master class in the beauty of Stoicism (I don't know if that's the right word or how she'd describe it - but she seemingly talks about her life with a certain degree of acceptance and resignation that is remarkable).

My wife (@MsLoganHenney) and I watched it and it is eerie to see a lot of the old footage (not just the days with Ike but also when she was rebuilding and then when she had her "comeback" and still lived in the shadow of the infamy of their story) or images and see her giving these superhuman performances or interviews where she is all smiles and to know the torture that bookended those moments. I walked away from it thoroughly convinced she is one of the strongest (no further qualifiers; just one of the strongest....simply the best).

Again, highly recommend!

And I'd be remiss if I didn't say: that fucking voice!!!
 
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zomgbear said:
I mean overall, I did like the movie too. But I almost felt the opposite about it, as in I don't feel like he got closure. I might have misinterpreted the ending but in the way that he kept her picture - it's almost like hes saying she's the one who kept him alive the 4 years and he's going to keep going and wait for her forever (thats at least what I got out of that Therapist? scene at the end). She still stringing him with hope for the future because she tells him that he's the love of her life and deep down its the same vice versa even though he rejects her. The movie did them both dirty.

I also don't understand why he kept that woman's package the entire time. Like i get that he needs it to keep going but why her package specifically?
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I feel like the ending showed him realizing he has possibilities in front of him once again, options. I never got the impression that Helen Hunt expected him to wait. She’d moved on. He was dead. She still loves him, and may always love him, but she can’t move back in time for him. She has a life. No matter what they may have been feeling in the moment, they ultimately knew they could simply blow things up and go back to how they were years ago.

The artist’s package, with its angel wings, is a particularly Zemeckis-y symbol of hope. I think it’s about that deep.

I will say you are not alone in your complaints about the ending. I remember disliking it as well, but for whatever reason it all really clicked for me when I watched it again recently.

As an aside, did you know there was a full year break in shooting between halves of the movie, during which time Hanks actually grew the beard and lost 50 pounds?
 
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