That movie you just watched

[Galder]

Yeah, on the other hand I liked the Bane character, and the accent hehe.

[turboswimbz]

I so want to see mad max, I hear nothing but good things . . . sad I missed this one.

[roflmao]

Mad Max is my favorite movie of this year.

So is Shaun the Sheep.  That movie is my favorite movie of the year too. 

No joke.

[shawnji]

I just saw The Martian this weekend, and it. was. FANTASTIC.

I realize it's essentially just Apollo 13 on Mars, but it's handled so well.  It's the kind of optimistic, hopeful vision for humanity that I've been missing at the movies for years.  Seriously, I came out of the theater absolutely beaming, and that hasn't happened since... it hasn't happened in a really long time.

It's now my second favorite Ridley Scott film, just trailing Blade Runner and right above Alien.  It's certainly his best movie since Gladiator.  I really want to go see it again... which, again, is another thing I haven't done in ages.

@roflmao  Shaun the Sheep really is excellent.  I adore all the Aardman films and tv shows.

[NightWolve]

It's now my second favorite Ridley Scott film, just trailing Blade Runner and right above Alien.  It's certainly his best movie since Gladiator.  I really want to go see it again... which, again, is another thing I haven't done in ages.

That's good to hear as I had lost respect for his movie-making ability. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" absolutely sucked ballz and I never should've bothered watching it. His "Robin Hood" was far from Gladiator, and I'd rather watch the previous one with Kevin Costner.

Prometheus on the other hand was interesting certainly, and respectable, I think mostly because of Michael Fassbender's performance, but it was lacking compared to say Alien. I actually think Guy Pearce's viral speech video was better than the whole movie.

Anyway, yeah, it's good to hear if Martian is on the par with Gladiator (back when his Russell Crowe partnership was paying off). I'll check it out on video.

[EvilEvoIX]

Windy City Heat.  It's comedy perfection.  I can't get over how the star of the movie did not know it was a farce.

[MrBroadway]

Shaun of the Dead. Been about 10 years since I last watched it, for some reason I was in the mood today.

The movie is great, as most of you know. It always gets me a bit down, though.

[EvilEvoIX]

Black Mass, a big fat "MEH".  So many things were glossed over and events switched around to meet a new plot.  Depp was good and all but movie simply was not good enough.

[shawnji]

It's now my second favorite Ridley Scott film, just trailing Blade Runner and right above Alien.  It's certainly his best movie since Gladiator.  I really want to go see it again... which, again, is another thing I haven't done in ages.

That's good to hear as I had lost respect for his movie-making ability. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" absolutely sucked ballz and I never should've bothered watching it. His "Robin Hood" was far from Gladiator, and I'd rather watch the previous one with Kevin Costner.

Prometheus on the other hand was interesting certainly, and respectable, I think mostly because of Michael Fassbender's performance, but it was lacking compared to say Alien. I actually think Guy Pearce's viral speech video was better than the whole movie.

Anyway, yeah, it's good to hear if Martian is on the par with Gladiator (back when his Russell Crowe partnership was paying off). I'll check it out on video.

Oh, yeah.  I agree completely.  The Martian was an excellent return to form, and I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that he's never really tried his hand at something so uplifting and positive.  I think a change in tone was exactly the kick in the pants he needed. 

I still hope to God he's given up on that Blade Runner sequel, though...  Leave perfection alone, damn it!

[HailingTheThings]

Just watched "Trick or Treat (1986)"  Good shit, definitely worth a watch.

[NightWolve]

Ah, the De Laurentiis group, I could watch this some time!

[HailingTheThings]

^

[NightWolve]

In movie news...

http://collider.com/kurt-russell-bone-tomahawk-hateful-8-interview/
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/kurt-russell-on-the-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake-good-luck-231

Kurt Russell was asked to comment about the plans by Dwayne Johnson and others to remake a classic like Big Trouble in Little China.

I assume you’ve hear by now that Dwayne Johnson wants to remake Big Trouble in Little China and I was wondering if you had any tips for him?

RUSSELL: Yeah, I didn’t know who it was, as a matter of fact, I was just talking to someone for this and he was bringing that up, it’s funny those often get brought up. You know, I heard they were gonna remake Big Trouble in Little China, I heard they were gonna make Overboard, they were gonna remake some Disney stuff. I mean, I don’t know, I guess it’s that time now. Hey, you know, nothing sacred, why not? Go get it, good luck. I always think it’s interesting what’s gonna be done. Dwayne Johnson I don’t know what his take on it is gonna be, I don’t know what they’re gonna do.

I always look at those movies when I see a remake and it’s like, “Ok… there’s gotta be a reason” I did ne with John [Carpenter], we did the remake of The Thing. But John didn’t want to remake the original movie, he wanted to remake Who Goes There? He wanted not to remake The Thing, he wanted to do a movie of Who Goes There? Which had never been made, which was the short story. So ours is in fact quite different that the original Thing and it was a horrific monster [Laughs] and it took a long time for that movie to kind of gain it’s appreciation but through the years it’s been nice to watch that happen with that movie, it’s now considered one of the great horror movies ever made and I’m very proud to have been a part of that.

So with Big Trouble in Little China John and I, I know we did something that at that time was –The sensibility of that movie was very different, no movie had been made like that, and virtually you flip-flopped the leading man and the psychic, you flip-flopped those roles, that had never been done. And a lot of the humor and the style of that movie was brand new for that time and was very much copied after that, so in its way Big Trouble is definitely a cult film. So I don’t know what their reasons are for remaking the movie but I hope that they have the right reasons and I hope that they do it well and good luck, what can I say? I don’t know, I don’t have thoughts other than that. Hang in there, good luck, go get em’.

[MrBroadway]

Finally saw Batman Begins. It's a well put together movie with a very unscientific plot (something so bad that it's jarring, rips you straight out of suspension of disbelief) and Batman's voice is borderline comical. Also, the "theatrics in the mansion...nah, again, just unbelievable.

I can suspend some disbelief in comic book movies, but this pushes it. Par for the course for Nolan, though.

[HailingTheThings]

Probably the best movie ever made... to order.


Long story short, I felt like visiting the late 90s, so... yeah, accidentally watched this.

Was worth it for this scene:


Also, this one with Linda Cardellini (of Freaks and Geeks fame) as a sillybilly mental patient:


ENJOY! <3