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RenegadeMonster said:
I don’t know what I was expecting with that movie. But I was not expecting it to be a comedy and over the top mocking of our current political environment.

I went in watching it fir the cast. One of my coworkers said ☄️/impact movies are all the same. All you need to watch is Armageddon. Well, this movie certainly through in a new twist.
it was an alright movie. Would probably watch again.
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We watched last night and enjoyed it. I mentioned to my wife that it's interesting when these end of the world asteroid movies were coming out in the 90s, the central themes were how humanity came together to avert our impending doom. Even Independence Day and those dumb invasion movies had that scenario. Back then I could see that. Don't Look Up struck me because even though it was a farce, it's really not that far off from the reality of our fractured world thanks to social media. It was over the top and some elements were too ridiculous but there is a tinge of truth to what might happen if we faced that very scenario in real life. Especially in this dumb country with how the 2010s to present have played out.
 
mdmost said:
Watch that every year for Father's Day. The Summer of 89 might be the best one ever. Indy 3, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Abyss, Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, Dead Poets Society, When Harry Met Sally, Parenthood, Field of Dreams, Parenthood, Do The Right Thing, Rain Man.
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UHF!
 
Max Sterling said:
Spider-Man was awesome and dumb, in a great way.

The Matrix was a disappointment and weird, in a not great way.
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I don't think Ive see a bad word about the new Spiderman from anyone, not my thing (even though I enjoyed Spider Verse) but good for the film industry. Shows the studios and producers it's still out there as soon as all this shit is over.
 
Trying to cram in some films before ditching my MUBI subscription - watched the Jean-Luc Godard film, “Pierrot le Fou,” and it really wasn’t my thing (hated the dialogue and how everyone seemed to be talking past each other and also the characters were all pretty terrible), but I’m enjoying what I’ve seen so far from another French director, Guy Gilles.

Anyone have thoughts on Mubi, Guy Gilles, or other Godard films that I might enjoy more [I haven’t seen any of his others]?
 
Max Sterling said:
Spider-Man was awesome and dumb, in a great way.

The Matrix was a disappointment and weird, in a not great way.
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Allowed to like what you like of course, but since the Matrix is a direct critique of pretty much everything the new spiderman is, found this close critique of both pretty funny.


JohnnyCashFan said:
I don't think Ive see a bad word about the new Spiderman from anyone, not my thing (even though I enjoyed Spider Verse) but good for the film industry. Shows the studios and producers it's still out there as soon as all this shit is over.
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Idk if it is good for the film industry that reselling stuff from old movies is so lucrative. Glad movie theaters will survive but not glad they'll eventually only be showing the latest superhero thing.
 
ayayrawn said:
Allowed to like what you like of course, but since the Matrix is a direct critique of pretty much everything the new spiderman is, found this close critique of both pretty funny.
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lol, fair point. I watch comic book super hero movies for exactly what Spider-Man gave me. I can ignore the dumb plot holes "because comics." The nostalgia pandering was handled really well in my opinion. The stuff they added mattered to the story and it was wholesome.

The new Matrix movie didn't feel like a Matrix movie. The action sucked, the characters didn't matter, the nostalgia wasn't handled well (it was literally projected on the walls). The messaging was fine, not as heavy handed as I worried it would be (except the end scene with ultra misogynistic NPH, that felt a bit forced), but I feel like it would have worked WAY better as an Animatrix episode, or short series. Poking fun of the unoriginality of "resurrecting" a 20 year old story only carries so much weight when you're actually still doing it.
 
I’m torn. It was fun to see Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire again and see them interact with each other and Tom Holland but it also felt like the plot elements inserted to allow for it were so convoluted that it came off feeling like fan fic. When they started talking about their curiosity about the web coming out of his wrist, I half-expected them to just start undressing and comparing body parts in a gratuitously sexy, slow-motion montage but then remembered that this is a Disney Marvel/Sony movie haha. It kind of feels good to tie all of the loose ends from the different franchises together and give everyone a moderately happy ending but also feels a little cringey like this was something demanded by Disney Sony to protect their IP and renew interest in existing properties.

EDIT: I guess it’s Sony in partnership with Marvel/Disney
 
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Max Sterling said:
lol, fair point. I watch comic book super hero movies for exactly what Spider-Man gave me. I can ignore the dumb plot holes "because comics." The nostalgia pandering was handled really well in my opinion. The stuff they added mattered to the story and it was wholesome.

The new Matrix movie didn't feel like a Matrix movie. The action sucked, the characters didn't matter, the nostalgia wasn't handled well (it was literally projected on the walls). The messaging was fine, not as heavy handed as I worried it would be (except the end scene with ultra misogynistic NPH, that felt a bit forced), but I feel like it would have worked WAY better as an Animatrix episode, or short series. Poking fun of the unoriginality of "resurrecting" a 20 year old story only carries so much weight when you're actually still doing it.
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I absolutely get why people wouldn't like it, but I still thought it was alright. For the audacity alone even. Can't think of many directors who would revive their tentpole franchise to create what's basically an ANTI-nostalgia treatise, and directly opposed to what it knows it's audience wants. Matrix Resurrections is basically what the Last Jedi would be if Rian Johnson didn't feel like being nice about it lol
 
Ericj32 said:
Anyone have thoughts on Mubi, Guy Gilles, or other Godard films that I might enjoy more [I haven’t seen any of his others]?
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Just signed back up with the $1 for 3 months deal they have going—guess my earlier trial/promo doesn't preclude me from another promo. (Yay!)

No thoughts on GG or Godard, but don't overlook the Nils Frahm, Max Richter and Ryuichi Sakamoto concerts/docs (esp. Sakamoto)!

Had some minor frustrations with the streaming quality (buffering, stuttering and stream errors) in my first trial, but for $1 I'm back in for at least the new Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Air Conditioner, and Vampir (video essay/doc about Jess Franco's Count Dracula). Used my first trial to fill in a few Jodorowsky gaps, though they're no longer available.
 
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