Movie Mini-Review Thread - Part II

[OrbitalDawn]

Studio Ghibli movies will stream exclusively on HBO Max

It’s the first time the Japanese films will be available to streamers.

www.theverge.com

Pretty big get for HBO.

 

[Soul Assassin]

Pretty big get for HBO.

I'm very surprised it's not Disney+.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I'm very surprised it's not Disney+.

Yeah, same. They distributed some of their previous films digitally, IIRC.

 

[cerebus]

Yeah, same. They distributed some of their previous films digitally, IIRC.

Yeah they distributed Spirited Away

 

[WaxLyrical]

Watchmen (2019)

Watchmen (2019) Season 1 show reviews & Metacritic score: The Damon Lindelof series based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel of the same name is set in an alternative 2019, where there is no Internet, Robert...

www.metacritic.com

Is the series based on the GN and subsequent movie or is this a completely different story?

 

[cerebus]

Watchmen (2019)

Watchmen (2019) Season 1 show reviews & Metacritic score: The Damon Lindelof series based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel of the same name is set in an alternative 2019, where there is no Internet, Robert...

www.metacritic.com

Is the series based on the GN and subsequent movie or is this a completely different story?

According to Lindelof, the TV series will not be a direct adaptation of the original source material, instead, being "remixed"; aiming to tell an entirely new story set in the world where the events of the original storyline took place.[3] The series will also showcase different points of view, with the only characters from the original storyline confirmed to appear in the series being Doctor Manhattan, the former Silk Spectre, and former hero Ozymandias.[4][5] The series will also focus on a detective named Angela Abar who becomes a vigilante called Sister Night.

 

[dualmeister]

Barbarella (1968) 6 / 10

Trippy
Man Jane Fonda was hot

 

[FiestaST]

Event Horizon (1997) 6.5/10

Above average sci-fi horror. Good cast.

 

[FiestaST]

Barbarella (1968) 6 / 10

Trippy
Man Jane Fonda was hot

Hmmm...I'm deciding...

 

[satanboy]

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

A pointless story probably created just to make more money. Alden Ehrenreich is probably one of the worst actors I've ever seen in a Star Wars movie. There isn't a moment in this movie that I believe him to be Han. At least there is some story after about 30 minutes of garbage. Star Wars is dead to me now. 6/10

 

[FiestaST]

In the Tall Grass (2019) 6/10

Bit of a mixed bag. Lacks flow & direction.

 

[theratman]

Hmmm...I'm deciding...

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Ha, it's pretty tame by today's standards, but its trippy and a classic, worth a watch.

 

[dualmeister]

Hmmm...I'm deciding...

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It's a classic. Do it

 

[WaxLyrical]

Barbarella (1968) 6 / 10

Trippy
Man Jane Fonda was hot

She hasnt slowed down much it seems.

 

[WaxLyrical]

The Lion King (2019) 8/10. Photorealism is truly amazing.

 

[cerebus]

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

A pointless story probably created just to make more money. Alden Ehrenreich is probably one of the worst actors I've ever seen in a Star Wars movie. There isn't a moment in this movie that I believe him to be Han. At least there is some story after about 30 minutes of garbage. Star Wars is dead to me now. 6/10

I felt the same but I couldn’t even finish it

 

[SoldierMan]

Can we just scrap the last 2 Star Wars (let's see how 9 goes) movies (main series) and start over please.
I mean come on, they treated Luke's character like utter crap, he should've been given a heroes send off like fighting Snoke or something not the weak one he got.

 

[Neoprod]

Contagion (2011) 8/10
A smart disaster movie...I like it a lot. The opening scenes where the camera lingers on the things we touch without thought is unsettling.

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 5/10
Was a big deal when it came out but it hasn't aged well. It's pretty boring despite being made in the tone of a tabloid article.

 

[WaxLyrical]

I mean come on, they treated Luke's character like utter crap, he should've been given a heroes send off like fighting Snoke or something not the weak one he got.

And then everyone would complain that it was predictable.

 

[SoldierMan]

And then everyone would complain that it was predictable.

If you really apply your mind many movies are predictable (Endgame, Infinity War, etc.). Better a somewhat predictable movie than a crap one.