Movie thread

[Road Guy]

Happens all the time and probably to people a lot less deserving, for example the characterization of the Army Ranger Captain in Black Hawk Down was also seriously butchered by Hollywood, and they used actual names, when in the real story and the book they portrayed him as making the best decision available for his men.

 

[Flyer_PE]

The cold hard fact is that nobody is going to pay $8.00 (closer to $20 if you want popcorn and a pop) and spend 90+ minutes watching a movie that is really true to life.  Based on a  true story does not mean that what you are about to see is what actually happened.  In the case of the Sullenberger movie, US Airways flight 1549 hit a flock of geese shortly after takeoff and wound up in the Hudson river due to a really smart split-second decision by the pilot.  Pretty interesting stuff to people like me but the entire flight lasted 6 minutes.  They have to do something to make the other 84+ minutes of film interesting to watch.

 

[Supe]

The cold hard fact is that nobody is going to pay $8.00 (closer to $20 if you want popcorn and a pop) and spend 90+ minutes watching a movie that is really true to life.  Based on a  true story does not mean that what you are about to see is what actually happened.  In the case of the Sullenberger movie, US Airways flight 1549 hit a flock of geese shortly after takeoff and wound up in the Hudson river due to a really smart split-second decision by the pilot.  Pretty interesting stuff to people like me but the entire flight lasted 6 minutes.  They have to do something to make the other 84+ minutes of film interesting to watch.

They could have just kept him airborne for an hour.  Kind of like how they shift a 6 speed transmission 32 times in the Fast and Furious movies.

 

[Road Guy]

I got sucked into watching Noah last night (couldn't sleep)  all I can say is...... WOW.. I didn't know they had rock monsters to help Noah build the Ark, I must have fell asleep in that part of Sunday School..That defin would have made church more interesting as a kid..

 

[MA_PE]

I rented the female remake of Ghostbusters the other night.  I give it a meh.  Some of he flashback stuff (like the stay puff marshmallow guy) was pretty funny.  I'm on the fence whether or not it was worth the $3 rental fee.

Westworld discussions prompted me to rent the 1973 movie.  I haven't watched it yet, but I hope it lives up to my recollections of seeing many years ago.

 

[Flyer_PE]

I got sucked into watching Noah last night (couldn't sleep)  all I can say is...... WOW.. I didn't know they had rock monsters to help Noah build the Ark, I must have fell asleep in that part of Sunday School..That defin would have made church more interesting as a kid..

Of course they had rock monsters.  The movie was based on a true story and you saw them with your own eyes right there on the screen.  I can't believe they didn't cover that in Sunday school.

 

[knight1fox3]

Of course they had rock monsters.  The movie was based on a true story and you saw them with your own eyes right there on the green screen.  I can't believe they didn't cover that in Sunday school.

Fixt. :thumbs:

 

[Dleg]

We went to see "Arrival" this weekend.  A very good sci fi movie, probably a little too cerebral for most movie goers.  Excellent reveal of the alien ships and finally the aliens themselves.

The best part is that you can start off any description of the movie with "A cunning linguist...."

 

[willsee]

Saw Dr. Strange on a day off last week.  Good movie, good visual effects.  Reminded me of Inception with the buildings bending.

 

[Road Guy]

was forced to watch "central intelligence" last weekend . I give it 3 out of 5 "mehhs"

but in other news we got our Rogue One tickets for Christmas Day last night......

 

[Dleg]

Nice.  I haven't decided if we'll fight opening weekend, or wait until the crowds die down.

 

[Flyer_PE]

We're definitely waiting for the crowds to die down.  Might still spring for the theater with the recliners and reserved seating though.

 

[Road Guy]

That's what we reserved so we know which seats we have - the 11:00 show was only $38 for 5 of us...

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[Flyer_PE]

^That's a damn good price.  The last movie we did that for cost more than that for just three of us.

 

[Road Guy]

Yeah we hit the early shows cause they are so cheap before lunch

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[jeb6294]

was forced to watch "central intelligence" last weekend . I give it 3 out of 5 "mehhs"

Yeah, it wasn't great. At least I was watching it at home so it was free. The Rock and Kevin Hart together could/should have been really good, but it almost seemed like the movie was a high school AV project.

 

[Road Guy]

It was funny at first but then just turned really creepy... I think the wife just liked seeing the rock with his shirt off most of the time...

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[Dleg]

I want to see it in IMAX here, but that runs $20 a person.

Edit - Rogue One.

 

[Road Guy]

yeah we don't spend that kind of money on a movie

 

[jeb6294]

yeah we don't spend that kind of money on a movie

Especially after I read that 90% of the "Imax" theatres aren't really Imax.