I think it technically is but it's hard to accept that Nick Stahl and Christian Bale are playing the same character
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Movie Time 2.0: TT mini reviews
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I always took Salvation to be a prequel to Terminator 1, before the timeline got polluted by so very many Terminators trying to kill off John COnnors ancestors.
I don't want to blow anyone's mind here, but Enter the Dragon is a very good film. Favorite part: Jim Kelly's save the cat moment is him beating the everloving shit out of a couple racist cops.
Phantoon
I cuss you bad
While it's no match for the first two, at least the ending is memorable. Nothing else from any of the other films really stands out in comparison.
Terminator 3 wasn’t as much goofy fun as 5, but it was a step in that direction.
And like Phantoon said, the ending was not forgettable at all
And like Phantoon said, the ending was not forgettable at all
I watched this yesterday based entirely on the recommendations from TT and I enjoyed it. It trod the line between self-aware and schlocky, had some surprisingly funny sight gags and lines, fun monster costuming the likes of which we really never see anymore. I chuckled throughout. Would recommend.
Disney Watch continues with Fun and fancy Free, which was... a load of nothing. Two interminably long shorts set to music.
It had Dinah Shore narrating one of them, so that’s something.
It had Dinah Shore narrating one of them, so that’s something.
If nothing else, I will hold Terminator: Dark Fate up as the superior Terminator 3 and the only version that counts because it replaced John Connor with a Latina lead as the savior (or, at least, uniter) of mankind against an even deadlier foe than Skynet, made all the leads well-defined, capable women, and had the guts to openly criticize the border concentration camps and villify ICE during the Trump administration. I'm preeeeetty sure that a large reason for it bombing comes from upholding those politics.
Also it elaborated upon the central themes of Terminator 2 regarding free will and predestination and how our impetus to destroy ourselves can only be stopped by supporting each other and giving each other hope. Plus it filled out a weird little plothole from the franchise that is kind of obvious in retrospect.
Also it elaborated upon the central themes of Terminator 2 regarding free will and predestination and how our impetus to destroy ourselves can only be stopped by supporting each other and giving each other hope. Plus it filled out a weird little plothole from the franchise that is kind of obvious in retrospect.
clarice
bebadosamba
When i was watching The Lighthouse, it was raining a lot IRL, in good old Vitória. So that was fun. But i dunno, it was an engrossing movie, but it didn't pull at my heartstrings.
Yesterday i've rewatched August Without Him. I'm not sure why i wanted to rewatch it, but yeah. What an amazing and touching movie. Oh yes, let's do the 'mini review thing' and not just say what i just watched... August Without Him is a candid documentary about Hirata Yukata, the first openly gay AIDS sufferer in Japan. In the end, it is also a documentary about documentaries.
Yesterday i've rewatched August Without Him. I'm not sure why i wanted to rewatch it, but yeah. What an amazing and touching movie. Oh yes, let's do the 'mini review thing' and not just say what i just watched... August Without Him is a candid documentary about Hirata Yukata, the first openly gay AIDS sufferer in Japan. In the end, it is also a documentary about documentaries.
you say load of nothing I say donald eats a comically thin sandwich
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Also, I genuinely liked the cartoon having a meta-commentary by puppets I only heard of before and saw in the first Muppet Movie for a hot second. But, yeah, I could pretty much take or leave the circus bear story.
I had never heard about this so I looked it up and it's a Koreeda movie! Neat! He's one of my favorite directors and I did not realize he had also made documentaries.
Now that the recency bias has faded a bit, I can agree with this. The jack and the beanstalk story with puppet commentary was pretty decent. They just out Their worst foot forward, hoping that the star power of Dinah Shore could carry them
I saw Mickey and the Beanstalk segment a lot as a kid, but it was some kind of standalone version that didn't include the commentary. I had forgotten about it for years but the sandwich scene was still lodged in my memory when I watched Fun and Fancy Free.
He's also one of my favorite directors!His documentaries are very much Koreeda works, in mood and themes. I think they're the inspiration for the documentary-like aspects of After Life, too.
Yeah him having a documentary background absolutely makes sense now that I know about it. It's definitely not the case for all of his movies, but in retrospect you can definitely see the documentary side in for example aspects of Nobody Knows as well.
After Life might be one of the more distinct examples, too. I was reading up on him and reminded that the interviews were shot by a documentary cinematographer, and while some were scripted, some were improvised and I think a few were actual people he interviewed as part of the research process.
Watched Mortal Kombat: Scorpions Revenge, the direct-to-video Mortal Kombat animated movie from last year. It... was a better produced direct to video animated adaptation of the first game than The Journey Begins, but if you wish that the 95 movie replaced all the goofiness with violence, and that Scorpion was the main character instead of Liu Kang then... well.. I guess this one is for you.
Most of the fight scenes were well choreographed, at least, but there's not a lot of other reason to watch it. Wasn't bad, but y'know... it was only okay otherwise.
Most of the fight scenes were well choreographed, at least, but there's not a lot of other reason to watch it. Wasn't bad, but y'know... it was only okay otherwise.
Even if their names weren’t in the credits, it’s easy to tell that Raising Arizona is a Coen Brothers movie; just about every one of their later films has some manner of callback to it. Nothing overt, but in terms of tone and style.
Unlike their later movies, this one actually does have a moral; Never Steal a Baby.
Can’t stress that enough. Someone asks you to steal a baby, even if it’s Frances McDormand, you tell them “No thank you”.
It’s also the kind of movie where it turns out I’ve seen lots of references and parodies of it without realizing it.
Unlike their later movies, this one actually does have a moral; Never Steal a Baby.
Can’t stress that enough. Someone asks you to steal a baby, even if it’s Frances McDormand, you tell them “No thank you”.
It’s also the kind of movie where it turns out I’ve seen lots of references and parodies of it without realizing it.
That wasn't Frances McDormand, it was her roommate Holly Hunter.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Unless Octo is referring to a personal experience wherein Frances McDormand asked him to steal a baby.
Had I watched this movie before hand, that situation would have resolved much differently
For the next three days.
Watched Skyline, as a prelude to watching the excessively goofy fun of its sequels, and because I hadn't seen the original since it came out originally. And, honestly... it held up a LOT better than I recall; the movie was made on a shoestring budget in order to establish the means to get some high quality visuals on the cheap; and in that regard it worked astoundingly well; everything had a kind of weight that CG rarely manages to convey well, and the designs on the monsters is all top-notch, even staying clearly visible in broad-daylight.
It's also pretty rare to get an alien invasion movie where the aliens win, nothing goes well for the heroes, and the entire last act is just a non-stop parade of tragedy, and yet it ends on a hopeful note. Or at least the most hopeful one possible given the circumstances.
I'd give it an 8/10, good flick.
It's also pretty rare to get an alien invasion movie where the aliens win, nothing goes well for the heroes, and the entire last act is just a non-stop parade of tragedy, and yet it ends on a hopeful note. Or at least the most hopeful one possible given the circumstances.
I'd give it an 8/10, good flick.
And followed that up by continuing my Disney Full Canon Watch with another cartoon compilation set to old dead people music; Melody Time, which also continued the grand tradition of including an unskippable disclaimer apologizing for the impending racism.
it features Roy Rogers, and the smartest horse in the world, which immediately made me think of The Flophouse, so that’s some nice memory association here. Otherwise, I hope you like cartoons about how good things were in the nineteenth century for about 80 minutes, and have no Interest in pursuing any thoughts to the contrary I guess you could do worse.
I kind of enjoyed the Pecos Bill segment until it inevitably became very racist.
Were out of the 40s soon, and I’m sure all the problematic content will disappear with it!
it features Roy Rogers, and the smartest horse in the world, which immediately made me think of The Flophouse, so that’s some nice memory association here. Otherwise, I hope you like cartoons about how good things were in the nineteenth century for about 80 minutes, and have no Interest in pursuing any thoughts to the contrary I guess you could do worse.
I kind of enjoyed the Pecos Bill segment until it inevitably became very racist.
Were out of the 40s soon, and I’m sure all the problematic content will disappear with it!
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Watched Raising Arizona again. Shit, that ending to this very silly movie always makes me cry. Also, this is the Coens at their most Riami.