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kvetcha
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Melt Face Molly Drop
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Midnight Run on Netflix. Under the radar DeNiro + Grodin.
JohnnyCashFan
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We enjoyed Nomadland , Sound Of Metal, and Soul.
If you have Hulu+ Summer Of Soul was just released by Questlove and is getting great reviews.
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gaporter
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Army of the Dead kinda sucked but wasn't without its moments. Honestly an entire movie from the point of view of the zombie colony would have been better. None of the human characters were well written and the only ones I found watchable were because I liked the actors playing them, not the characters themselves. And the main one I feel like I was supposed to be invested in (Bautista's daughter) I found to be really unlikable. And why did it need to be 2 and a half hours long? You could have told the movie's story with half the amount of characters in about 100 minutes and I would have enjoyed it a lot more. I feel like there was a really awesome zombie movie trapped in it, but there were too many plot details added that just served to extend the running time.
It's sooooooooo good
gaporter
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Intolerable Cruelty is a way better movie than I'd been led to believe. I've always avoided it because I'd heard bad things but I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's pretty much what you would expect from a Coen Brothers take on a romantic comedy and I think it's a nice, unique little addition to their filmography.
zomgbear
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After watching Wandavision - I realized that I'm missing quite a bit of Wanda / Vision backstory even though I've seen most of the marvel movies. So I re watched Age of Ultron - I didn't remember anything from this movie! I've only seen it once before in the theaters and I might have fallen asleep during some of it lol. Its was kinda dull & not so memorable to be honest.
But yes, this movie does give a lot of the backstory I was missing on Wanda (& vision)
But yes, this movie does give a lot of the backstory I was missing on Wanda (& vision)
Ericj32
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I definitely fell asleep during Age of Ultron as well. It felt so random and forgettable. I probably need to rewatch it now and maybe it would make more sense.
zomgbear
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I've got a promo disney+ acct and have been rewatching some stuff and there's a lot of tiny references to later movies in the earlier movies. That part of it is interesting. The ending made more sense after watching it.
unpopular opinion here i am sharing for no other reason than it's fresh in my mind and i feel like word vomiting about it into the internet void-
the movie ratatouille sucks. to this day i can't understand the seemingly majority opinion that this is one of pixar's better films, if not the best. i can get behind the message- brad bird is very good at 'you are who you choose to be' and fulfilling your dreams despite whatever obstacles present themselves. i can see why foodies and starving artists would gravitate toward it. but for me it is a slog to get through- i do not enjoy the premise at all (the marionetting reeeally stretches my suspension of disbelief, even for an animated film with no 'rules'), i am not at all into cooking or am any sort of food aficionado, and the animation style and characters themselves just don't stand out as anything remotely special and/or interesting enough to make the film as a whole stand out among the best pixar has to offer. clearly it's not a move made for me, and that's a-ok, but the mostly universal praise it seems to garner is just utterly lost on me. even googling -ratatouille not good movie- yields more results about how it's the best pixar film than it does about not being a good movie. ultimately, i guess i am the out-of-touch principal skinner here and "it's the [millions and millions of ratatouille lovers] who are wrong!".
the movie ratatouille sucks. to this day i can't understand the seemingly majority opinion that this is one of pixar's better films, if not the best. i can get behind the message- brad bird is very good at 'you are who you choose to be' and fulfilling your dreams despite whatever obstacles present themselves. i can see why foodies and starving artists would gravitate toward it. but for me it is a slog to get through- i do not enjoy the premise at all (the marionetting reeeally stretches my suspension of disbelief, even for an animated film with no 'rules'), i am not at all into cooking or am any sort of food aficionado, and the animation style and characters themselves just don't stand out as anything remotely special and/or interesting enough to make the film as a whole stand out among the best pixar has to offer. clearly it's not a move made for me, and that's a-ok, but the mostly universal praise it seems to garner is just utterly lost on me. even googling -ratatouille not good movie- yields more results about how it's the best pixar film than it does about not being a good movie. ultimately, i guess i am the out-of-touch principal skinner here and "it's the [millions and millions of ratatouille lovers] who are wrong!".
ayayrawn
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I was mid on this film when i saw it as a kid-I think it's one of the handful of Pixar films that speaks more to adults than kids, so that makes sense.
But then it was one of the first films we dissected in my high school film class when we were first learning about theme and symbols, etc, and it has EASILY rocketed in my personal Pixar top 5 since then. Sure, I wouldn't say that the characters are the most memorable, but the writing, pacing and overall loving detail throughout the whole thing make it top tier Pixar imo. One of my favorite messages too; such a warm movie.
Melt Face Molly Drop
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I will latch onto this review as my reasoning for not seeing the movie yet. It just never called to me. I've also never seen any of the Cars or Monsters, Inc franchise films. Thank you for your understanding in these trying times.
ayayrawn
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One thing that I miss about older Pixar films is how extraordinary the writing used to be.
It's usually still pretty decent (TS4 and Soul being recent, pretty good standouts), but man there was a magic formula to pretty much everything Toy Story 3 and earlier. Classes could be taught on how layered and tight the screenplays for Wall-E, Toy Story, Ratatouille and Monsters, Inc are. There's not only an emotional core to them, but they're also whip-smart and funny as fuck (especially the first couple Toy Stories and Monsters, Inc). I miss that, man. I'm glad other folks like Sony Animation Studios have been stepping up to the plate recently.
It's usually still pretty decent (TS4 and Soul being recent, pretty good standouts), but man there was a magic formula to pretty much everything Toy Story 3 and earlier. Classes could be taught on how layered and tight the screenplays for Wall-E, Toy Story, Ratatouille and Monsters, Inc are. There's not only an emotional core to them, but they're also whip-smart and funny as fuck (especially the first couple Toy Stories and Monsters, Inc). I miss that, man. I'm glad other folks like Sony Animation Studios have been stepping up to the plate recently.
Melt Face Molly Drop
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While we're on the animated train, does anyone plan to unironically stream the new Space Jam? Corny humor aside, I'll probably tune in just because it seems like it would be relatively entertaining and I'm not looking for anything to poke my brain box. Reviews are a mixed bag as expected.
ayayrawn
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I enjoy the original Space Jam, so I may stream (not pay for) it. Expect it to be about on par with the first (bad).
this made me think about pixar movies, and i don't think i've fully enjoyed one since wall-e. up and inside-out were pretty close to 'fully enjoyable' for me (admittedly i haven't seen a good chunk of the sequels or standalones from the last 4-5 years, only ts4 and finding dory). the only one i want to make a point to see yet is soul, i've gotten the sense that i'm not missing much by not seeing any of the others.
still blown away by how much spiderman: into the spiderverse surprised and impressed me. never really cared for spiderman at all, and went in to that movie not expecting much other than to hopefully enjoy it but my god that is probably one of the best new movies i've seen in recent memory. i wish i had seen it in a proper theater.
TenderLovingKiller®
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My issue is dumb and probably just my issue but why does it have to be CGI Loony Tunes? I get that CGI is the prevailing animation style currently but old school animation can still be magical, especially with these characters.
swamp
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I know Looney Tunes: Back in Action, which was live action with non-CGI animation, was a huge failure commercially. It’s been 20 years but I wonder if they’d look at that as a reason to not try a classic animation feel going forward.