What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?

I loved Baby Driver, well, primarily the first half. The second half was fine, but not exceptional. There were parts of the ending I enjoyed but not the entire sequence. Left me wanting a little bit more.

The opening and the credits scene were phenomenal though. I'm not a big Edgar Wright fan and this was by far my favorite film of his. Enjoyed how it was much more serious than his other work.

the_jake_1973 wrote: Okja. Saw it on Netflix and really enjoyed it. A story about a girl and her super-pig and her quest to get it back from the food conglomerate that designed it.

I watched this over the weekend as well. So brutal. Just by chance I happened to split it up into two viewings, an hour apiece. It was like watching two completely different movies. I actually love how Korean cinema is not afraid to mix many different moods in a single film (Bong Joo Ho's earlier movie The Host is a perfect example), but here it jarred me. I mean, the premise set out at the beginning makes it inevitable that it will go to some dark places, but even knowing that, it was painful. This is the kind of film that could scar children for life (not necessarily a bad thing, a la Bambi or Old Yeller).

So, my final assessment: very well made, beautiful effects, I'm glad I saw it; but, not sure I enjoyed it, would be difficult to recommend.

I need to rewatch The Host at some point. That was quite the experience.

Given the positive reviews, I'm surprised that nobody here is talking about the new Spider-man movie. I wasn't planning on seeing it, because I feel like no creative team has anything interesting to say about Spider-man for many years now, including in the movies. Amazing Spider-Man #200 would have been a fairly satisfying stopping point for the character, but Marvel instead doubled down with Spectacular Spider-man.

insane opening too.

I'm completely burnt out on superhero movies. I still haven't even seen Wonder Woman which sounds like it's fantastic on several levels.

I did put up a disclaimer after Logan that I don't see what superhero movies can offer me after that one. I'm going to want to feel something now when I see these things. Logan spoiled me far too much I think.

On my side, I really want to first see Baby Driver, The Big Sick and that movie about the street cats in Istanbul which is supposed to be insane.

Emily is off on vacation with her mom and the timing couldn't be better cuz I probably would have brought her to see Despicable Me 3 which i'm sure would have been even more meh than the trailer for the Emoji Movie (I NEVER want to sit through that again)

Black Barney wrote: I need to rewatch The Host at some point. That was quite the experience.

They aren't talking about the Stephanie Meyer movie.

lol, i know. I don't know how close I came to seeing that movie but I don't think I was that tempted. It looked even worse than those Divergent abortions.

Nah, Barney actually loved the Korean Host. So suprised over and over in that movie. I bet Barnes HATES it cuz it has a young Asian girl in it.

The Big Sick is really great. Very charming and at times powerful, with some real emotional depth. Kumail and his wife (as portrayed) are terrific together, and Ray Romano and Holly Hunter kill it as her parents. I loved this and I'm sure you will, too, Barney.

I had almost no interest in seeing the new Spidey flick, but I quite enjoyed it. That kid is really likable as Peter Parker, and his best friend and this snarky girl from his school are both great, too. The early scenes with Peter as an eager and impatient superhero are really fun, and I also loved a scene later on where Peter has a surprise confrontation with someone, and the ending makes for a better sequel setup than I expected. It's pretty funny throughout, with some fun details mixed in, as well as a recurring Avenger cameo that worked well (including the final stinger). I didn't like some of the high school interactions, which sometimes felt forced or unreal, and there's a big aspect of this involving his suit that made it less of a Spiderman thing and more of a... well, other superhero thing. But on the whole, it's a winner.

I second The Big Sick. Really well done.

The guy from Big Sick was on Daily Show last night and I got choked up just in him talking about the real story of him and his wife. Sounds really special. The clip looked funny too.

Gregarius wrote:

the_jake_1973 wrote: Okja. Saw it on Netflix and really enjoyed it. A story about a girl and her super-pig and her quest to get it back from the food conglomerate that designed it.

I watched this over the weekend as well. So brutal. Just by chance I happened to split it up into two viewings, an hour apiece. It was like watching two completely different movies. I actually love how Korean cinema is not afraid to mix many different moods in a single film (Bong Joo Ho's earlier movie The Host is a perfect example), but here it jarred me. I mean, the premise set out at the beginning makes it inevitable that it will go to some dark places, but even knowing that, it was painful. This is the kind of film that could scar children for life (not necessarily a bad thing, a la Bambi or Old Yeller).

So, my final assessment: very well made, beautiful effects, I'm glad I saw it; but, not sure I enjoyed it, would be difficult to recommend.

The slaughterhouse scenes and the scenes where the corporation are handling the super-pig are rough. Rougher than anything from Bambi and Old Yeller. The movie is certainly unflinching in its gaze on commercial meat production. It was a well done bit of commentary about the spin surrounding buying Okja.

Just watched Spider-Man. I thought it was pretty good, and definitely better than the last 3 films in the series. I liked the diverse cast, and Michael Keaton made a good Vulture. A much cooler Vulture than is in the comics, for sure.

I watched The Age of Shadows with my wife. It was a pre WWII Korean spy thriller with all sorts of twists and trademark gun play with lots of headshots. And two torture scenes and REVENGE. I am embarrassed to say that I had trouble telling some of the characters apart. It didn't have the British subtlety of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but we both enjoyed it. I'm glad our library had it on the recommended shelf. IT won an academy award in 2016. In every Korean or Chinese war movie I've seen, the Japanese are basically the Asian Nazis.

A nine minute history of Japan

When the wife goes to bed, I watch crap on Netflix.
I love the horror genre, warts and all. I also love any sort of cryptozoology "documentary."

Positive: The Void. Indy Canadian Horror. It's a mash-up of Carpenter's 'Apocalypse Trilogy' with surprisingly good practical effects. Very wet.
Negative: ExtraOrdinary - The Stan Romanek Documentary. Indy Documentary about a Colorado resident and his decades of alien abduction. It's a fascinating tripe & bullshit salad, and I find it genuinely curious from a sociological point of reference. I don't know if these people are deliberate charlatans, mentally unhinged, or both. Unfortunately, at the film's end - you learn that (spoiler/not spoiler) the titular man is charged with child pornography. Indirectly, my viewing of this crap has supported his legal defense.

"very wet" is a really hilarious and awesome descriptive for a horror movie. I bet if that was on the box cover or poster, it would get more viewings out of curiousity