Movie thread

[jeb6294]

Ran across something called "The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot" on Hulu.  Worst bigfoot costume ever, but it was such a bizarre concept that I ended up watching it.  Apparently Sam Elliot must have been looking to kill some time between seasons of "The Ranch"....that, or he lost a bet.

 

[Road Guy]

that one always pops up on Amazon I think? But I have so far resisted watching it!

 

[jeb6294]

TBH, I’m not really sure what think of it. It’s definitely not the campy kind of thing like a SyFy channel movie which is what I was expecting from the title. 

 

[jeb6294]

For those who were worried, have no fear...”Birds of Prey” (new Harley Quinn movie) does a fine job of carrying on the DC Universe shit show. Only reason I even bothered watching the whole thing is cause there was nothing else on. 

 

[Road Guy]

Old School was on last night, it was good to laugh.

You need to walk away now!

 

[JayKay PE]

I started rewatching 'Yojimbo' last night (only the first 30-minutes).  I forgot how much I loved this movie.  

Going to finish it tonight and maybe watch something more modern...but I might just end up watching The Godfather.  I've always wanted to read the book it was based off of, and I might as well?

 

[jeb6294]

Watched “It, Chapter 2” last night. Wasn’t bad...wasn’t good either. It was just kind of ‘there’. I was a big time Steven King junkie, and it’s been decades since I read the book, but I think I have determined the problem with some of his books being bad movies. A lot of his books are more screw with your head kind of horror and that’s hard to translate to the big screen short of having someone narrate the whole thing.

 

[Master slacker]

Finally saw John Wick.

Wow.  I haven't seen such a good kick-ass, shoot-em-up movie in a looooooooong time.  I totally caught myself saying "whoa" and "dude" all too often.  I particularly liked the "humor" injected into a couple of scenes - 1) Wick has a dude pinned down in the Red Circle, looks up and stares at Iosef while plinking pinned guy in the head, and 2) Matrixing everyone in the Red Circle, realizing his gun's empty, reloads, and plinks bad guy in head.  Love it.  Will watch the follow-ups.  4.5 coins.

 

[Road Guy]

I honestly suggest skipping the sequels so you have the same feelings as you do right now about the movie -

 

[Master slacker]

Really?  IMDB has them all down as 7'ish / 10.  I figured if the first movie is 7/10 and the sequels are 7/10, they wouldn't fall victim to the "sucky sequel" plague.  

For realz?

 

[jeb6294]

I honestly suggest skipping the sequels so you have the same feelings as you do right now about the movie -

I wouldn't say they are bad, it's that they are pretty much more of the same.

 

[MA_PE]

Agree that 1 was the best but 2 was ok.  I haven’t seen 3 yet.

 

[Road Guy]

I guess with not much else to watch these days its worth watching, but I think for me the story was much more of a stretch 

My daughter loved them all but I fell asleep halfway through the 3rd whenever it came out..

We watched the entire hangover trilogy Saturday night as a family and it was a great 6 hours together!

 

[Master slacker]

I wouldn't say they are bad, it's that they are pretty much more of the same.

I guess with not much else to watch these days its worth watching, but I think for me the story was much more of a stretch 

All the more reason to watch the next ones.  I'm overly simple and don't always need the storylines if the guns and explosions are well done.  I do have my limits, though.  I have banned all Transformers movies from the house unless it contains Orson Welles.

 

[Supe]

I didn't think the guns/explosions from 2 and 3 stood up to 1, which is part of the problem.  Loved the first, wasn't a fan of 2/3.

 

[Road Guy]

I also came to a sad realization as we watched The hangover and Old school this past week - directed by Todd Phillips - who recently directed Joker, which probably means he wont go back to making comedy's since he seems to be on the big time movie track   I think he also directed Road Trip?

 

[wilheldp_PE]

John Wick 2 and 3 are still decent, stand-alone, dumb action flicks.  But if you're heavily invested in the story line, it gets a bit thin in both of them.  But since I just watch action flicks for their dumbness, I still enjoyed them.  I definitely don't think they were as bad as the Matrix 2 and 3.

 

[Road Guy]

Which did you all like better John Wick or Punisher?

 

[MA_PE]

Never watched punisher

 

[Road Guy]

its similar, except for getting mad that your dog got killed it was family  - I liked Punisher better personally.