• Welcome to OGBoards 10.0, keep in mind that we will be making LOTS of changes to smooth out the experience here and make it as close as possible functionally to the old software, but feel free to drop suggestions or requests in the Tech Support subforum!

Official thread about the movie you just saw

"RJ goes to the cinema" is one of my all time fav tags, thought about it the other day and made me want to come back to the Boards.
 
I <3 political scandals, specifically as they relate to branding/pr (my actual work) with re-election in mind. Its just always been one of my things.

I thought I wouldn't enjoy Chappaquiddick just because it's one of the very few* stories/subjects you could produce a feature length film on where I wouldn't learn anything by watching.

I left pretty much in awe at how they actually managed to leave things up for (healthy) interpretation while telling the story in a non-partisan way.

I haven't meant to become a stingy critic, but of the 32 films I've seen this year... it's the only one that I'd say has creeped into an 'a' rating.

An A-, but still... if only Kate Mara would stop getting killed early in my favorite political dramas that would be great.
 
Saw A Quiet Place last night. I don't normally enjoy horror flicks given their predictability and the silliness of jump scares, etc. I thought this was conceptually solid and really enjoyed the pacing. The lack of spoken dialogue certainly added to the suspense, and Krasinski and Blunt are eminently watchable people. That said, I had HUGE problems with the plot holes

1. Why the FUCK would any couple allow themselves to get pregnant in this situation? Even after the loss of a child. For me, this took away from the empathy factor in a "you get what you deserve" way. Maybe I'm just an asshole
2. Also, why bring the entire family to the pharmacy at the beginning? Why not just send dad and sick kid?
3. If they know that constant, loud noise mitigates risk, why not LIVE NEAR THE FUCKING WATERFALL?
4. Similarly, if they were able to build the underground bunker specifically for the newborn/labor, why not make the whole house soundproof? Seemed like they mapped out the whole town and could find supplies to do so. They certainly had the time. Maybe do that first before setting up fucking fireworks and a useless red light system.
4a. Conversely, why not just move to a more sound-secure area? Military base, airport - hell, even a radio station or music studio.
5. Fix the fucking nail after you catch your laundry bag on it, dumbass.
6. I find it hard to believe that a society could figure out that the creatures were highly alert to sound and NOT find a solution to combat it. That it would take interference from a deaf girl's ear piece to discover a weakness. It would take a pretty long time for those creatures to wipe civilization out one at a time. Certainly long enough to allow for experiments.
 
Saw 'Blockers' at the Grande in W-S and experienced a phenomenon.

There were 7 people in our theater. The projector started screwing up about 45 minutes in. It eventually (within a minute from the first skip) just got stuck on one frame & a loud noise coming from the speakers.

The phenomenon was that 4 of us applauded the mercy that The Grande was showing us as it broke & all 7 of us left without trying to get a voucher/etc. to come back.

That Bruce Willis disaster may have company at the bottom of my '18 list.
 
Isle of Dogs - I'm a Wes fanboy and I'm a little bit more of a fanboy today. Loved it.

Rampage - Your reaction to the sentence "In Rampage, Dwayne Johnson tries to stop a giant ape, a giant alligator and a giant wolf from destroying a major city" will be your reaction to the movie. it is what it claims to be, nothing more, nothing less, and it does that fairly well. it's a candidate for best video game movie. You can make your own simile for that if you want, the only ones I can think of are offensive.
 
I think the Angry Birds Movie is the most “critically acclaimed” film based on a video game. That was the hype when it came out.

Why is that such a tough nut to crack in a world with so many well liked video games?
 
PhDeac said:
I think the Angry Birds Movie is the most “critically acclaimed” film based on a video game. That was the hype when it came out.

Why is that such a tough nut to crack in a world with so many well liked video games?
Click to expand...
Idk, "Goldeneye" was a pretty great film.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top