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Movie Time 2.0: TT mini reviews
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I watched the Ambulance on cable last night. An ambulance kidnaps people in New York to run experiments on them. Eric Roberts plays a Marvel comic book artist who uncovers the scheme. James Earl Jones plays one of the only cops who listens to Roberts pleas for help.
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. It's definitely a fun thriller movie.
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. It's definitely a fun thriller movie.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
I knew the film had a Stan Lee cameo but I didn't know the story tied in. I just assumed it was Stan getting his face out there. My opinion is even when I don't like a Larry Cohen movie, it is making choices and has something to explore.
I'm here for your daughter, Chuck
I'm not familiar with Larry Cohen movies. I've of heard of Q and the Stuff, but I've not seen either. I'll definitely keep my eye out for more of his work. I enjoyed the Ambulance a lot.
I missed the first couple of minutes of the movie and likely the Stan Lee cameo. At one point Eric Roberts character drops by the Marvel Offices. I assume this is movie Marvel offices and not the actual Marvel offices. But the artwork on the walls was definitely 90s era Marvel. Todd McFarlane Spider-Man is in the background.
Fear Street 1978 wasn’t as fun as the first one, especially since the first movie basically explained everything that was going to happen in it in, like, two sentences. Both of which were also included in the recap at the start of the movie and there really wasn’t any real twists beyond the fact that the lady telling the story wasn’t the character you’d assume from her initials, which doesn’t even count as a twist since it’s not like that knowledge affects anything.
Apparently CPR can cure knife wounds, so that’s something.
Excellent soundtrack though. I suspect they picked the music first, and then shot a scene that would fit it.
Apparently CPR can cure knife wounds, so that’s something.
Excellent soundtrack though. I suspect they picked the music first, and then shot a scene that would fit it.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
I would appreciate the chutzpah of it if it just began in 1666 with "SAAAWM-BUDDY ONCE TOLD ME..."
Pajaro Pete
(He/Himbo)
i didn't remember that character's initials and i don't pay attention to character names, so that twist fell completely flat. like at no point in the movie did i think that cindi was the one telling the story, i was even confused as to why ziggy was telling this story about all this stuff cindi was doing that she couldn't possibly have known about.
I liked how the sisters heartwarming make-up speech at the end didn’t even pause when they were being actively stabbed to death by ghouls
Pajaro Pete
(He/Himbo)
i literally hate that i am now burdened with the knowledge that the main characters of 1994 are named Sam and Deena and that means the prominent usage of Carry On My Wayward Son was probably intentional
I JUST put that together so it is BY FAR the most subtle aspect of the series' soundtrack
Late to the party on Toy Story 4. It was...fine? I always have to not ask too many questions in this universe before it starts getting weird and existential.
And whyyyy in the heck is Disney still queer coding it’s antagonists? Stop that.
And whyyyy in the heck is Disney still queer coding it’s antagonists? Stop that.
Logan Lucky remains one of the most watchable movies of the last decade. It might not be the best movie, but I can think of few others that it is more pleasant to just throw on. Great cast, fun plot, generally breezy. Its just a good time.
Speaking of Soderbergh crime capers, I watched No Sudden Move, which rules, if you can get past the constant use of wide lenses that makes a fisheye effect on most shots. Great cast and twisty screenplay.
zonetrope
(he/him)
Not a caper, but Soderbergh's Let Them All Talk from last year (with Meryl Streep) was one of his best movies overall, I thought.
I watched Shall We Dance? last night. All Astaire/Rogers movies are the same, but this one just slightly edges out the others because a lot of the script in between the dancing is genuinely funny. I love '30s Hollywood flicks because Edward Everett Horton is in like 75% of them.
I watched Shall We Dance? last night. All Astaire/Rogers movies are the same, but this one just slightly edges out the others because a lot of the script in between the dancing is genuinely funny. I love '30s Hollywood flicks because Edward Everett Horton is in like 75% of them.
FelixSH
(He/Him)
I watched Cruella in the cinema, the first time there for...no idea, before the pandemic, I guess.
It was great. Like someone looked into my brain, and made a movie exactly for me. Great costume design, fun over-the-top...everything, great music. Took some time, to realize who her two partners would be, later on.
Damn, that was really fun.
It was great. Like someone looked into my brain, and made a movie exactly for me. Great costume design, fun over-the-top...everything, great music. Took some time, to realize who her two partners would be, later on.
Damn, that was really fun.
Yeah, a lot of films in the 80s and 90s had cartoon spinoffs that took liberties with the source material. Both Beetlejuices were jerks, but Cartoon Beetlejuice is more of a looney trickster god who enjoys pranks and wacky literal cartoon wordplay while Movie Beetlejuice is more of an asshole.
Well okay they're both assholes, but Toon BJ never tried to force an underaged teen to marry him.
He was in a long term committed relationship with a teen, however. Don’t think that’s necessarily better.
Though I also read Beetlejuice as being a lot younger in the cartoon, too.
Though I also read Beetlejuice as being a lot younger in the cartoon, too.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
America: The Motion Picture
This is one that could have been really good or really bad but is in some safe middle ground. Lord and Miller are producers and the director did 91 episodes of Archer and tonally it feels like a hybrid of their styles. But somehow it also feels like a retread of their voices? Like, it never dips below "quite competent". And it is a movie that is swinging for the fences. The best way to describe it, if you are unaware, is imagine the lovechild of Dom Torreto and Bill and Ted wrote an American history report before getting a time machine. Basically its American history where all time has collapsed in on itself (JFK, George Washington and Lincoln are all contemporaries) with a bunch of founding fathers joining together to kill werewolf Benedict Arnold (wearing a half-red/half-blue coat, which is a nice touch).
The film has a few moments of "wacky ironic" racism that I don't think works. Sam Adams is unaware of other countries and is therefore "confused" about why Thomas Edison, portrayed as an Asian American woman, has skin like that. And I know the point is that Sam is a douchey fratboy asshole but this is so not the way and isn't the time. Other than that, it is clear that the movie, despite its missteps, it specifically makes time to point out how some of the heroes have been fucked over even the ending of the movie implies good intention aren't going to make up for human weakness and that the founding of America solves very little in terms of the awful side. Geronimo and John Henry join the heroes but its clear they don't entirely trust that they are going to do right by them and by the film's end, Washington seems too overwhelmed to fix shit. But I think while it wants to use the opportunity of its ridiculous premise to broach a few ideas, its more interested in mocking ridiculous film cliches.
So it sounds like I have complaints but in the end, I personally found the film... just OK. The joke quality was roundly solid but rarely raised beyond some chuckles and amused smiles. But that's not nothing. And its got a crackerjack cast of talent: Channing Tatum, Will Forte (quasi-reprising his role as Lincoln), Andy Samberg, Jason Mantzoukas, Judy Greer, Simon Pegg, and Bobby Moynihan. Its a movie that I enjoyed watching but felt that it never quite hit the sweet spot that absurdist comedy should. If anything, I feel like despite the unique premise that I've felt this tonal approach to a weird premise in things like Danger 5 and Kung Fury (albeit with less Hitler than either) so that this didn't have the impact that it should have.
That said, despite my so-so reveal... Octo might want to try it. Feels like it certainly WANTS to be his jam.
This is one that could have been really good or really bad but is in some safe middle ground. Lord and Miller are producers and the director did 91 episodes of Archer and tonally it feels like a hybrid of their styles. But somehow it also feels like a retread of their voices? Like, it never dips below "quite competent". And it is a movie that is swinging for the fences. The best way to describe it, if you are unaware, is imagine the lovechild of Dom Torreto and Bill and Ted wrote an American history report before getting a time machine. Basically its American history where all time has collapsed in on itself (JFK, George Washington and Lincoln are all contemporaries) with a bunch of founding fathers joining together to kill werewolf Benedict Arnold (wearing a half-red/half-blue coat, which is a nice touch).
The film has a few moments of "wacky ironic" racism that I don't think works. Sam Adams is unaware of other countries and is therefore "confused" about why Thomas Edison, portrayed as an Asian American woman, has skin like that. And I know the point is that Sam is a douchey fratboy asshole but this is so not the way and isn't the time. Other than that, it is clear that the movie, despite its missteps, it specifically makes time to point out how some of the heroes have been fucked over even the ending of the movie implies good intention aren't going to make up for human weakness and that the founding of America solves very little in terms of the awful side. Geronimo and John Henry join the heroes but its clear they don't entirely trust that they are going to do right by them and by the film's end, Washington seems too overwhelmed to fix shit. But I think while it wants to use the opportunity of its ridiculous premise to broach a few ideas, its more interested in mocking ridiculous film cliches.
So it sounds like I have complaints but in the end, I personally found the film... just OK. The joke quality was roundly solid but rarely raised beyond some chuckles and amused smiles. But that's not nothing. And its got a crackerjack cast of talent: Channing Tatum, Will Forte (quasi-reprising his role as Lincoln), Andy Samberg, Jason Mantzoukas, Judy Greer, Simon Pegg, and Bobby Moynihan. Its a movie that I enjoyed watching but felt that it never quite hit the sweet spot that absurdist comedy should. If anything, I feel like despite the unique premise that I've felt this tonal approach to a weird premise in things like Danger 5 and Kung Fury (albeit with less Hitler than either) so that this didn't have the impact that it should have.
That said, despite my so-so reveal... Octo might want to try it. Feels like it certainly WANTS to be his jam.
It’s been on my Netflix queue; I just haven’t taken the time to take the plunge
Fast 9: The Furious Saga: The Book of Vroom: Family And Cars Translation has been watched.
Whatever thin veneer of plausibility remained in this series is gone now. The land is fallow of reality.
In my foolish youth, three hours ago, I thought Vin Diesel bungee jumping his car was going to be the height of lunacy and was disappointed that it was wasted so early in the film.
I was wrong to doubt Vin, and am glad I avoided every trailer for this movie.
One Hundred Thousand out of Ten
Whatever thin veneer of plausibility remained in this series is gone now. The land is fallow of reality.
In my foolish youth, three hours ago, I thought Vin Diesel bungee jumping his car was going to be the height of lunacy and was disappointed that it was wasted so early in the film.
I was wrong to doubt Vin, and am glad I avoided every trailer for this movie.
One Hundred Thousand out of Ten
I’d say that Fear Street 1666 is the best of the lot, which isn’t saying that much since they were only batting 500, but I did wind up enjoying it unreservedly; and the twists were well set up and fun to see play out. Felt a bit long, but it was basically two movies smooshed together.
Biggest complaint was when they explained what the Konami Code was, by using games that didn’t use the Konami Code as examples, and also in a context that didn’t work; it only gave you extra lives in Contra
Biggest complaint was when they explained what the Konami Code was, by using games that didn’t use the Konami Code as examples, and also in a context that didn’t work; it only gave you extra lives in Contra
Are the fear street movies scary? I am asking for a cowardly friend of mine, Bascally Radger
Pajaro Pete
(He/Himbo)
they're supposed to be horror movies, but they're not particularly scary imo. there's this weird lack of tension to them that makes them feel like perhaps they were originally written and filmed to have a PG-13/TV-14 rating, but then someone said "yo since some of this stuff involves, like, actual children dying there is no way this will get anything but an R rating" and so they went back and shot a handful of graphically violent scenes that feel really out of place from the rest of the movies
I mean, that sort of thing is done. Snakes on a Plane added a sex scene with pot smoking to guarantee their R-rating, so they could also add in Sam Jackson saying the movie's most famous line.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
"Thanks for the fuck-weed, sky serpents!"
Depends on your threshold for scary; in terms of creepiness, pretty minimal, but there are scenes that get there, especially in part 3.
In terms of violence… yeah, you’re going to watch a whole bunch of teens get absolutely chopped to pieces
In terms of violence… yeah, you’re going to watch a whole bunch of teens get absolutely chopped to pieces
So Fast 9 Fucking Ruled. All the Fast movies fucking rule. I love that stuff.
Also I absolutely Stand by this.
Also I absolutely Stand by this.