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Finally saw Thor Ragnarok now that its on Netflix.  7/10, I can roll with the comedy bits they added.  Still a bit confused about the ending, though.

 
Saw a classic... Gleaming the Cube.

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Has all the standard 80's film attributes - unrealistic situations, simple plot, bad guys, good guys, and teenage relationships.  It even has Tony F'ing Hawk driving a Pizza Hut truck!

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Not great, but I liked it as I have a soft spot for cheesy 80's movies.  I give it 3.5 ollies.

 
Finally saw Thor Ragnarok now that its on Netflix.  7/10, I can roll with the comedy bits they added.  Still a bit confused about the ending, though.
you actually gave that movie a 7/10?  I mean it turned into Tron half way through the movie

 
you actually gave that movie a 7/10?  I mean it turned into Tron half way through the movie
What I saw of it wasn't terrible (I sleep through at least 1/3-2/3 of every movie I watch in the movie theater, too dark, too late, too comfy since I put a couch in there.)

 
“The Meg”...wow...just, wow.  Seemed like something that would have been on the SyFy Channel rather than in the theatre. The “science” behind it was pretty bad and the “big twist” was very predictable. 

 
Forced to watch Under the Skin this weekend...

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Sooooooo... this movie is about a voluptuous woman who goes around Scotland looking for hopeless looking men, brings them back to her place, and does something with them.  I can't explain it, but it's pretty odd.  I'll go ahead and skip the rest of the "plot" and "what it is supposed to be about" according to paid critics.  According to critics on Rotton Tomatoes, this is the best thing ever.  Real people think it's rubbage and I think their score is waaaayyyy too generous.  

This is an artsy flick that moves at a watch-the-grass-grow pace.  It's glacial and, at least in my opinion, the movie goes nowhere.  No characters are explained, reasoning for the story is absent, and everything is left open ended.  The characters are a strange woman doing strange things to strange men and a dude on a motorcycle who keeps track of her (?) for no apparent reason.  Coming from someone who enjoys The Big Lebowski and Clerks, this is a truly stupid movie.  An unfortunate and complete waste of my time.  The only positive, for me, about this movie is the fact that Scarlett Johansson gets naked more than once.  And it's not like "Ooooh!  I see side boob!"  No, this is Cinemax territory.

I feel sorry for those who believe this is a fantastic movie of "holy sh*t" proportions.  Maybe they weren't raised right or they were bullied in high school even by that one kid who ate his lunches in the bathroom stalls.  I shouldn't blame them for their opinion of the movie... but nevertheless, they're wrong.  So so wrong.  I give the movie a half star.  Just one half.  And I rounded up.

Scarlett Johansson, however, will get a few more stars than that.  For me, maybe it's just that she has lost some of that "je ne sais quoi" since Lost in Translation, or maybe it's just the movie that taints her, but I can only give her 3.5 stars in this dumpster fire.  Hulk still smash.

 
The local theater did a special showing of Beetlejuice for it's 30th anniversary. I brought my kid. 

1. Did my parents take me to this when I was nine?!

2. I feel like, even though I've watched this movie since then, that I have not watched the full thing in a really long time. It was not like "oh, I know this front and back." 

3. I've had The Banana Boat song and Shake, Senora stuck in my head for three days straight. 

 
at some point Hollywood may just be better off re releasing the old movies instead of this junk they have out right now?

can you imagine if they digitally remastered Smokey and the bandit?

 
We took a little break from movies due to our move, but my son wanted to see "smallfoot" on the basis of its Rotten Tomatoes score.  It was tolerable,  but that's as far as I'll go.

Anyone seen Venom? Seriously rotten reviews from critics,  but I was wondering what you guys thought. 

 
Saw Antman & Wasp last weekend at the "budget" cinema (didn't know they still had those). It was pretty good and had some pretty funny scenes like the first one. Also tied into the ending of the last Avengers movie too which was pretty d@mn interesting @Dexman PE PMP!

 
Took my son to see First Man this week.  Very good film,  and surprisingly touching.  Choked up a few times...

 
Watched the new Rock flick "Skyscraper" over the weekend.  Terrorists take over a high rise and a lowly security guy has to rush in and rescue his family and save the day.  It was awesome, just can't put my finger on why it felt so familiar....

 
There just isn't much out worth seeing these days, Shit I haven't even seen the new Solo movie on my VCR yet...

 
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