Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Go fata your own face.

Some of us don’t live our life on some comic book guy attitude . Feel
Like seeing a movie so I picked this one. More people
Like you need to be wiped off this planet.

Was hoping for a nice haiku. Anyway fixed this:


Not comic book guy
I picked a movie to watch
you leave this planet.

[ResAlien]

I find the "you guys need to stop seeing garbage films from mindless franchises" take hilariously ironic coming from someone who has such strong feelings about the Dinosaur movie franchise. The call's coming from inside the house.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

I find the "you guys need to stop seeing garbage films from mindless franchises" take hilariously ironic coming from someone who has such strong feelings about the Dinosaur movie franchise. The call's coming from inside the house.

In fairness I wish that half of them were never made. My soul has already been crushed by the atrocities that were the 'World' movies'. It happened to be a mystery movie selection and plucking positives out of it was like sifting for personal belongings after your house has been decimated by a tornado. The thrill that once existed around JP is more or less dead. We're just working with what we've got, which isn't great.

Just like the Star Wars sequels. The franchise would be better off is they never existed. Now star wars is a tired franchise that only smatters of mostly disheartened fans still engage with.

Lol I dont care much because discussing movies is just s### and giggles nonsense at the end of the day but the point of being more discerning in what you'll rent or see given how quickly they whip up these forgettable sequels and how the numbers give them incentive to not care when to stop seems like a valid one.

I still end up watching crap now and then, but I'm happy that I'm choosing to engage in less of it when the warning signs are there.

[MRCboicgy]

I saw The Naked Gun on Saturday, and highly recommend it. It's been a long time since a fun comedy was in theatre, and it holds its own.

They didn't try to copy the originals, nor did they just give in to fan service (looking at you, Happy Gilmore), but it was just funny on its own merits.

I feel like the consumers don't know how to manage their expectations anymore. I liken it to going to In N Out burger in the US. You know the fries will be subpar, but the burger will be great, the lemonade killer, and the value fantastic. Five Guys is a million times better on every account, minus the beverages, but it's also like 4x the price.

If you go in thinking everything needs to be equal or better to something, then you'll be disappointed in life. If you go in with a firm understanding of what something is, and it meets - or in the case of this new Naked Gun movie, surpasses - expectations, then you'll probably live a more joyous, less anal-retentive life.

[photon]

Fantastic 4 was mildly entertaining but overall felt pretty meh about it. I do appreciate that it's aesthetic is cool and I've always been a Silver Surfer fan but the rest of it was pretty average.

The Incredibles is still the best Fantastic Four movie