Movies

[Thackeraye]

I watched it as it was intended, while drinking milkshakes at a bowling alley.

Did you drink other people’s milkshakes?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Did you drink other people’s milkshakes?

No, but he murdered a charlatan with a bowling pin after alienating his deaf adopted son.

 

[LeSamourai]

No, but he murdered a charlatan with a bowling pin after alienating his deaf adopted son.

I've abandoned my child!

 

[MattS]

There is a new Netflix Original movie called "Purple Hearts" that's out now.

I think I'm going to save this one to watch over the weekend with my family when the come to visit / have a beach weekend.

The movie is about an aspiring musician who has diabetes and can't afford her insulin. She schemes and marries a military man about to be deployed for his health insurance. Pure fraud, but then he gets injured and sent home where she has to play wife to prevent the fraud from being discovered. But then they apparently fall for eachother.

Letterboxd reviews for this one are pretty fun to scroll through. Excited to see what they’ll be for Lall Singh Chaddha (saw the trailer tonight at the theater and everyone was so confused lol)

 

[Gavaxeman]

Looking forward to watching Prey this weekend

 

[avecigrec]

Looking forward to watching Prey this weekend

Yeah, I'm kinda stoked to check it out too

 

[Mather]

Yeah, I'm kinda stoked to check it out too

My buddy doesn't know the premise and I'm trying to get him to watch it without seeing any of the descriptions but the effing Disney+ description gives it away right on the title page.

 

[MattS]

Looking forward to watching Prey this weekend

Watched it last night. Had a good time!

 

[ayayrawn]

Bullet Train is one of those movies that seems written by Reddit.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Bullet Train is one of those movies that seems written by Reddit.

The previews make it seem like a Kill Bill/John Wick/Snow Piercer mash up; which is to say that it looks like it’d be a lot of fun.

 

[kvetcha]

Prey was a rock solid execution of a clever premise, and it felt like The Godfather compared to The Grey Man, which I watched immediately beforehand. The less said about that movie, the better.

 

[gaporter]

Will add to the Prey praise. Very cool movie!

Have no interest in The Gray Man.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Prey was a rock solid execution of a clever premise, and it felt like The Godfather compared to The Grey Man, which I watched immediately beforehand. The less said about that movie, the better.

Is Predator streaming on Hulu too? I wouldn’t mind watching them back-to-back.

 

[gaporter]

Is Predator streaming on Hulu too? I wouldn’t mind watching them back-to-back.

It is indeed. I rewatched it in preparation for the new one.

 

[avecigrec]

Echo all the above praise (preyse?) for Prey. That would've been really fun to see in theater but was still immensely enjoyable on a Chromebook with headphones. Super cool!

 

[gaporter]

Echo all the above praise (preyse?) for Prey. That would've been really fun to see in theater but was still immensely enjoyable on a Chromebook with headphones. Super cool!

Yeah I have no idea why Disney didn't push for a theatrical release for this. It really felt like it was made to be seen on the big screen.

 

[avecigrec]

Yeah I have no idea why Disney didn't push for a theatrical release for this. It really felt like it was made to be seen on the big screen.

I'd even spring for IMAX in this case.

 

[Thackeraye]

Yeah I have no idea why Disney didn't push for a theatrical release for this. It really felt like it was made to be seen on the big screen.

Tempted to get a cheap(er) 1080p projector for this kind of thing. Currently renting, but once we get a house here I might consider it.

 

[kvetcha]

Will add to the Prey praise. Very cool movie!

Have no interest in The Gray Man.

My friend was like ‘I feel like we need to watch this to be able to engage in The Discourse’ and she was asleep 35 minutes in.

Yeah I have no idea why Disney didn't push for a theatrical release for this. It really felt like it was made to be seen on the big screen.

absolutely.

 

[Bennnnn]

I watched Luck, mostly out of curiosity and because of an article I read last week. Basically this film was supposed to be a big showcase for the new Animation division of Skydance, spearheaded now by John Lasseter (gross). It was/is the make or break big release for them. And honestly it's shocking that this thing even exists. Cause it is absolute garbage. The animation is horrible, the plot is so convoluted and confusing I couldn't accurately tell you how everything works together. There were so many people who defended Lasseter because they think he has a great vision for bringing stories to life in a magical way. And yeah, he did that with Pixar. But this movie proves it's not worth attempting to defend the creep because if this is the best he and this studio can do, I'm good. And I can't even believe he was able to get some Disney/Pixar alums to come to Skydance to work on future projects. Luck so clearly wants to be on the level of Pixar, and even mimics certain films in terms of the overall story it's trying to tell. But the writing is so bad it never comes together.

I love Eva Noblezada from Hadestown, who is probably the only redeeming quality about this film. But mostly I feel bad for her because she deserves better than this.