What are you watching?

alldatndensum wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch


That is a messed up film.

Yes it was.  And so is the first episode of the new season of Black Mirror.....but the next two where good.

The one with Miley Cyrus?  I liked that one!  The second one was cool, but I could have done without the dudes kissing.  Sadly, I could see people becoming addicted or developing feelings for virtual characters if the role play were intense enough.  That even happened on shows like Star Trek and The Orville.  Sometimes, I feel like these sci-fi shows are showing us where we really are going as a society and it should scare us.

Yeah I thought the episode with Miley was really good, also the one where the despondent uber driver takes the guy hostage in is car so he can talk to the head of bookface.  The one with the old friends having cyber-sex was a little too icky and ending was absolutely horrible.

Rim Of The World


Netflix has some fun movies!

Hacksaw Ridge,  directed by Mel Gibson.

Hardkore wrote:

Hacksaw Ridge,  directed by Mel Gibson.

I thought this was a really good film.  I was going to skip it, but my son asked me to watch it with him.  Glad I did.

Aquaman
I hear from several people who really liked this film, but I don't get it.  Lots of stuff I didn't like with the movie.  It seemed really hokey/corny almost like large portions of the script were written by a 13 year old (I mean the scene with the octopus playing drums?  come on).  I know it doesn't help that I'm not a fan of superhero movies....
All I have to say is that the new Spiderman better be better than this or else I will be done with superhero films (well with the exception of Guardians of the Galaxy 3).

Staybrite wrote:

Aquaman
I hear from several people who really liked this film, but I don't get it.  Lots of stuff I didn't like with the movie.  It seemed really hokey/corny almost like large portions of the script were written by a 13 year old (I mean the scene with the octopus playing drums?  come on).  I know it doesn't help that I'm not a fan of superhero movies....
All I have to say is that the new Spiderman better be better than this or else I will be done with superhero films (well with the exception of Guardians of the Galaxy 3).

The market for these is really over-saturated, and that is coming from someone who likes these films.  To be honest, would we really have watched all the Marvel stuff we have had they not interconnected them?  Probably not.  It is like a 10 year action hero soap opera.  

Now that their strongest characters as far as mass appeal goes have been used up and they move on to develop lesser known characters, they are going to have to bring better stories or people won't turn out to see them.  Why?  Over-saturation is one part.  Another part is the fact that fans won't have the same connection with them.  The storylines are getting to be more and more focused on possible alternate realities and aliens.  While those can be fun, they can't become every plot device.

I would like to see a decent Fantastic Four reboot.  The last reboot just plain stunk.  The characters were so flat they could all have been played by a 5th grader's Flat Stanley project.  It was bad.

Rebooting the X-Men might be cool, but they should rethink that with the fact that the last two have been poorly received.  They should have killed that series when they killed Wolverine in Logan.


I never noticed the drumming octopus, by the way.

alldatndensum wrote:

I never noticed the drumming octopus, by the way.

It's at the start of the arena battle scene between Auqaman and his half-brother (around 1 hour into the film).  I had to back it up just to make sure I had seen it.  Totally looked like something that should have been in a Saturday morning cartoon.

I agree with you on the "over-saturation" part and being connected to a character.  I don't think I would have made it through all of those Avengers films if I wasn't a fan of Captain America.  I probably would have stopped watching after the "Winter Soldier" movie... I found it rather disappointing, not horrible...just not great.

The Zookeeper's Wife (great story based on true events)

Finally watched the first episode of Stranger Things, Season 3. Man, this show is great!

Well I can tell you now, Sunday afternoon I will be seeing the new Lion King in IMAX 3D.

topshot rhit wrote:

The Zookeeper's Wife (great story based on true events)

That was a good movie, and a great account.

Welcome to Marwen....interesting film.

Stranger Things episode 2! I love this show! That mall looks wonderful! man, it brings back memories! It was filmed in an actual dead mall in Georgia. Here is info and a video about the mall:

https://www.curbed.com/2019/7/12/20691222/stranger-things-starcourt-mall-real-mall-georgia

A Star Is Born 1976....meh, my wife liked it more than I did, but she is a Bab's fan

Toy Story 4
The Village

Stranger Things 3

Finished up Stranger Things today. What a great show! If you watch it be sure to watch after the credits on the last episode because there is more! Loved season 3!

Hardkore wrote:

Well I can tell you now, Sunday afternoon I will be seeing the new Lion King in IMAX 3D.

Well that was really good. Considering they omitted some stuff and added some, it was essentially the same. They did leave the songs/singing scenes in it. Albeit without any dancing animals tho’.

If you are a fan of Stranger Things try this:

For fun I wanted to see what happened when I called Murray Bauman's phone number.... Try it!

It's possible to call his phone number (618-625-8313).

Secret Obsession

The Lion King (2019)

It has a few changes, but it mostly feels like the cartoon!  They did a great job on this one.

Breakthrough

Delirium-2018.  Topher Grace 

A Cure For Wellness- 2016. Dane De Haan

Avengers: Endgame. Digital version.

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