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Hemotep said:
Watched The Grey Man last night. It has some cool and unique action sequences, particularly one with fireworks that looked great. Some cornball dialog made me cringe a few times. The cast were all decent at times and meh at times, but it was an entertaining mind-dumb action movie. Two of the better played roles were far too limited in their screen time. Since it sounds like they're turning it into a Netflix franchise, a prequel based on those characters would be more compelling to me than a sequel.
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I thought it was pretty good too - I thought Chris Evans was excellent in it
 
Hemotep said:
Watched The Grey Man last night. It has some cool and unique action sequences, particularly one with fireworks that looked great. Some cornball dialog made me cringe a few times. The cast were all decent at times and meh at times, but it was an entertaining mind-dumb action movie. Two of the better played roles were far too limited in their screen time. Since it sounds like they're turning it into a Netflix franchise, a prequel based on those characters would be more compelling to me than a sequel.
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Gavaxeman said:
I thought it was pretty good too - I thought Chris Evans was excellent in it
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I enjoyed it but just like every movie she's in, it could have used more Ana de Armas. Hopefully one of the spin off films is based on her character.
 
nolalady said:
Not sure how old your kids are but my kids highly recommend the book series too.


1980 - Labyrinth
1990 - Strictly Ballroom
2000 - Toss up between Spirited Away and The Very Long Engagement
2010 - Also a toss up between The Grand Budapest Hotel and Black Swan
2020 - I have not seen enough recent movies (except kids movies).
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oooooh this looks fun

1980: The Empire Strikes Back
1990: 7 year old Joe from 1990 - Home Alone
Boring old man Joe from 2022 - Goodfellas
2000: High Fidelity
2010: Toss up between Inception and The Fighter
2020: Can’t say. Seen very few of the big ones and of those the ones I did see i either didn’t like or felt were overrated.
 
EvanBenner said:
Understandable! I'm currently at 10% of his filmography seen. As a director who puts out ~2 movies a year, there's certainly a lot to choose from, and the quality wavers wildly. He's a workhorse, but always delivers some level of signature absurdity that's distinctly his.

I liked Ichi overall, but the standouts for me are his horror fare: Audition, Imprint (a banned episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror series), One Missed Call (a clear product of its time as an early 2000's J-horror), and his segment of the Three Extremes anthology.

13 Assassins is easily his most accessible of what I've now seen with little peeks of that signature Miike flavor that don't overwhelm.

Happiness of the Katakuris is a wild one if you're in the mood for musical absurdist comedy. Sukiyaki Western Django is also a trip.

Gozu is far more akin to Ichi—transgressive for transgressive's sake. Aside from those two, everything else has been more palatable in my opinion.
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I dropped into a binge of Miike stuff years ago. Ichi is the first I saw - I did really like it at the time but it's kinda batshit crazy lol. Its so interesting but at the same time really uncomfortable (which I think is a good descriptor for his movies). I love the soundtrack - its by Karera Musication - but its made up of people from the group Boredoms.



Audition & 13 Assassins were also great too. Some of his other stuff is too WTF for me so I kinda stopped watching.
 
Really enjoyed Nope; just a good-ass summer blockbuster.

Michael Wincott slowly and seriously reciting Flying Purple People Eater made me giggle really loud; but I was the only one in the auditorium to do so, so I felt instantly embarrassed. And then they cut to a close-up of a Scorpion King crew jacket and I had to giggle again.

I hope there's an extended cut released sometime soon; if I had any complaint, it's that it felt like there was a lot more to the characters that had to be left on the floor. The movie starts slowly enough as is, but I liked the methodical buildup, and then all hell breaking loose once Jean Jacket eats everyone at Jupiter's Claim. It may not have been the deepest movie, but it had a lot to say about spectacle and exploitation while succeeding on its own as a spectacle. Kinda reminded me of the "Just Don't Look" Simpsons Halloween episode with Paul Anka.
 
Hemotep said:
Come play a game with me.


These would probably change on any given day. 90 and 00 were fantastic movie years and there were so many I could have picked that I'd have been happy with. The others were a little more sparse, but I didn't dig too deep in my search so there are probably some bangers I forgot about.

1980 - Flash Gordon
1990 - Dances With Wolves
2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2010 - Kick-Ass
2020 - Love and Monsters
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I know for a fact I'm forgetting some, but this is what I'd say off the top of my head.

1980 - Altered States
1990 - Jacob's Ladder
2000 - The Emperor's New Groove
2010 - True Grit
2020 - Birds of Prey (haven't seen many from this year, but I will die on the hill that this movie rules)
 
gaporter said:
I know for a fact I'm forgetting some, but this is what I'd say off the top of my head.

1980 - Altered States
1990 - Jacob's Ladder
2000 - The Emperor's New Groove
2010 - True Grit
2020 - Birds of Prey (haven't seen many from this year, but I will die on the hill that this movie rules)
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Birds of Prey is fun as fuck and I will not hear any arguments to the contrary.

I've seen 4 of these 5 and enjoyed each an every one of them. 🍻
 
1980 - the shining
1990 - dances with wolves
2000 - almost famous (holy shit this year was tough to pick...)
2010 - the king's speech
2020 - uhhh, i can't find a single movie from 2020 that i watched... 😬

saw nope last night. jordan peele sure can make a movie. i was very glad i avoided as much info on it as possible before i saw it, only seeing a couple previews beforehand. really a perfect mix of fun, thrill, and horror.
 
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