That movie you just watched

[NightWolve]

Watched "Oblivion" for the 10th time or so, but now in 1080p. I love everything about this movie like Tron​: Legacy!

Newcomer Director Joseph Kosinski (who directed Tron: Legacy) knows the importance of a great soundtrack both for viewer enjoyment and to set the tone of a scene. As a typical post-apocalyptic SciFi action film, the story's been told many times and in many different ways, but with the soundtrack complementing the feeling of desolation here, Tom Cruise​'s great performance (plus Morgan Freeman​), the whole look and feel, the path to discovering the truth of what really happened to the earth, him, the woman he sees in his dreams, etc. it's great storytelling a cut above the others.

Elements of the classic twist on the hero's journey, almost Twilight Zone-level, plus another for you the viewer, and the ultimate sacrifice he must make are here and while it's been done before, as mentioned, it's interesting and unique enough to keep you in your seat enjoying the ride. "Oblivion​" should be in every SciFi-lover's library!

Obligatory trailer/eye candy to go along cause the movie's worth it:

[nectarsis]

The Martian...LOADS better than Gravity or Interstellar....decent watch.

Straight Outta Compton...being a HUGE N.W.A. fan in the 90's I enjoyed it (def not worthy of all the over the top hype it received).  Some of the casting felt a tad off, but solid effort.

[NightWolve]

Pan, another Peter Pan remake.

So I wondered about this given the bad reviews and I understand partly why... Early in the movie after pirate Captain Blackbeard captures Peter Pan from his WWII era orphanage, all of Blackbeard's pirates, slave miners, he himself, (thousands of people), break out into a...Nirvana song of all things...

Yes, Nirvana's "Smells like Teen Spirit" serves as the pirates' anthem believe it or not...  And they sing the lyrics very clearly making it the first time I ever made sense of the song... This out of place song sort of reminded me of Christian Slater saying "F--k me..." in Kevin Costner's Robinhood when he's sprung over the castle wall. It was funny but technically out of place for the time period.

Ultimately I did like the movie despite the weirdness of finding a Nirvana song in it. It's a very interesting back story exploring Peter Pan and Captain Hook starting out as friends/allies against Blackbeard, so it did do other things right and I don't think it deserved to be the major flop disaster that it was...

Hook was played by Garrett Hedlund who also played Sam Flynn in Tron Legacy. I like him but I think he had a so so performance in this, his acting was passable though a bit stiff...

Anyway, I would recommend the movie despite the negative reviews and issues. It does have some level of movie magic and is respectable.

[Medic_wheat]

Pan, another Peter Pan remake.

So I wondered about this given the bad reviews and I understand partly why... Early in the movie after pirate Captain Blackbeard captures Peter Pan from his WWII era orphanage, all of Blackbeard's pirates, slave miners, he himself, (thousands of people), break out into a...Nirvana song of all things...

Yes, Nirvana's "Smells like Teen Spirit" serves as the pirates' anthem believe it or not...  And they sing the lyrics very clearly making it the first time I ever made sense of the song... This out of place song sort of reminded me of Christian Slater saying "F--k me..." in Kevin Costner's Robinhood when he's sprung over the castle wall. It was funny but technically out of place for the time period.

Ultimately I did like the movie despite the weirdness of finding a Nirvana song in it. It's a very interesting back story exploring Peter Pan and Captain Hook starting out as friends/allies against Blackbeard, so it did do other things right and I don't think it deserved to be the major flop disaster that it was...

Hook was played by Garrett Hedlund who also played Sam Flynn in Tron Legacy. I like him but I think he had a so so performance in this, his acting was passable though a bit stiff...

Anyway, I would recommend the movie despite the negative reviews and issues. It does have some level of movie magic and is respectable.

You just made me want to watch this movie. The trailers looked fantastic and the bad reviews surprised me. Granted I avoid the theaters for now what with a new borne.


The way you described the WWII aspects makes me think of the comic "Peter Panzerfaust".


Yeah.


It's Peter Pan set in WWII with hook as a Nazi. No magic or anything. It's a Image comic. I was very much into it but didn't continue past issue 12 because I had to shift money from comics. Hoping to shift a small monthly budget back to comics soon lol.

[Medic_wheat]

I FINALY saw Star Wars Force Awakens.


Kind of.


Son woke up towards the end of the movie. Although I still had it playing I was playing with the kid o.


So that means I only got the gist of what happened a for the later half of the movie.

[esteban]

I FINALY saw Star Wars Force Awakens.


Kind of.


Son woke up towards the end of the movie. Although I still had it playing I was playing with the kid o.


So that means I only got the gist of what happened a for the later half of the movie.

Ha!

I know exactly what that is like.

Good luck trying to finish the movie properly

[EvilEvoIX]

Finally saw that Batman/Superman Movie.  Big Giant MEH!!!  Predictable, forced story, tired CGI battles, forced new character to set up new movies.  They should of just had two guys dressed as Batman & Superman asking for money as that would have been less dishonest than this obvious money grab.  Just not a good movie.

[NightWolve]

They should of just had two guys dressed as Batman & Superman asking for money as that would have been less dishonest than this obvious money grab.  Just not a good movie.

Yeah, I figured as much - Zach Snyder has just not had the same luck after 300 and Watchmen... I haven't liked any of his work after that - Man of Steel=Meh, a soulless remake not worthy of the Christopher Reeve and Richard Donner-directed original (but to be fair, the other remake sucked too, nobody has done better since), Sucker Punch (as in, YOU were the sucker if you paid good money to see that!), the sequel to 300 which was what you normally expect happens with sequels...

Looks like I'll be seeing his Dawn of the Dead pretty soon which I didn't even know he directed till I looked him up to refresh myself on his work. He did that before 300, wonder if it's good now so I'll move it up on my to-watch list.

[Punch]

I watched teh classic: the shining

It still is one of the best movies of its genre

[xelement5x]

Just watched "The Martian" the other day and it was a hell of a good movie.  Been a long time since I was able to sit down for 2 and a half hours and watch something without my wife or kid bothering me so it was fun. 

[wilykat]

Almost worse than the older Batman movie with Clooney.

[EvilEvoIX]

Just watched "The Martian" the other day and it was a hell of a good movie.  Been a long time since I was able to sit down for 2 and a half hours and watch something without my wife or kid bothering me so it was fun.

Pretty Good Comedy BTW!..

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/10/10732126/golden-globes-2016-best-comedy-musical-the-martian-nonsense

[NightWolve]

That's funny, I didn't know about that. So the lengths they sometimes have to go through to ensure a movie gets some kind of an award...

[esteban]

That's funny, I didn't about that. So the lengths they sometimes have to go through to ensure a movie gets some kind of an award...

I agree: enjoyable read.

[NightWolve]

This movie is seriously all kinds of awesome, see it, now!!!!