I mean before you go see it. The trailers that I saw left so much to the imagination, and I’m not alone in this, that it leads the viewer to think that they’re somehow transported into the past, and that the beginning of the movie will explain it. And the idea when you start seeing it is that it’s humans in the future, coming across a planet that has dinosaur-like lifeforms, like the movie Planet of the Dinosaurs. Then it’s revealed that no, these aren’t future humans, these are prehistoric humans finding earth 65 million years ago, because we’re not originally from earth 
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Just watched GOTG3 and it is amazing.
Sorry about that one mate 
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I presumed it was anyways
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The Menu
Great movie. Dark humor revenge movie. But it did make me want a really really good cheeseburger.
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Scarface
Reminds of a poem by Sa’di:
گفت چشم تنگ دنیادوست را
یا قناعت پر کند یا خاک گور
“Either contentment or the dust of the grave will fill the greedy eye of the worldly-minded.”
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Great Movie. if you liked it, I’d recommend you to watch Casino with De Niro and Joe Pesci.
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It’s in my list 
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Better yet, play the game!
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My reaction to Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3:
This movie makes the Guardians series a fantastic trilogy (with a little extra viewing material between 2+3)
If you go in expecting the same frantic comedy as Volume 2, you’ll be wrong. Each movie does something different, this one is no exception.
1st was a slightly gritty, slightly campy, space-superhero-movie. 2nd was a madcap comedy with a heavy emotional core for the main character. This 3rd is a melancholic swan song for the group, clinging to comedy to not become too dark.
Bradley Cooper with the voice, Sean Gunn with the Mo-Cap and the VFX team with the CGI’s animals create a hugely moving animal performance, heightened significantly with the terrifying backdrop of animal cruelty (don’t watch this film if you’re really averse to that sort of thing)
Chukwudi Iwuji brings some serious, powerful acting chops to the role of the High Evolutionary, a man playing god with less-sentient beings. They do a lot in this film to show off his terrifying fury, his horrifyingly cruel master plan, and his surprising jealousy.
He gave me a strong air of a Shakespearean actor, in a role of madness, status, and rage. Really good stuff.
The rest of the Guardians crew have some great performances too, but the two up top are definitely stand-out. Chris Pratt does a surprising emotionally distant performance for some of the film (it makes sense in context) that we haven’t really seen from Peter Quill. Dave Bautista has less of a comedically obnoxious script, and more of a “foolishly dumb/literal/headstrong” performance, especially when it comes to his comedy.
Will Poulter as Adam has a great, small role in this, as a very-slow-on-the-uptake Space Superman. On that note, his action scenes are brutal and powerful, can’t wait to see what Gunn brings to his Superman reboot with this.
The cinematography and set design is especially cool in this film. Lots of great camera flips, action scenes where the camera is basically attached to a character being thrown across a room, and some really nice framing. It felt very new compared to previous Guardians films.
The music is used differently here. It’s used in a more atmospheric setup for scenes, rather than straight action backing-tracks or background music for a scene. It’s pretty interesting, but I enjoyed its use.
If you’re at all a fan of GOTG or curious about James Gunn’s last outing in this series, it’s wel worth a watch.
It is probably near the very top, if not the top of my Marvel movie list. It pulls out all the emotional stops, uses surprising restraint on comedy where it needs to (and sometimes doesn’t need to) and is very pleasing to watch.
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This movie took me through the emotional wringer.
From the opening shot, the opening song ‘Creep’, I had tears welling in my eyes.
Rocket’s backstory in the previous movies made him a bit of a mysterious tragic character. This movie dives deep into that backstory with his animal experiment friends. They are rendered amazingly, with great expressions, detail, and fun performances from their actors.
You can easily pick up their final fates given where Rocket ends up in the present, but it didn’t make the emotional impact any less sad.
Every time they had a flashback, tears started welling in my eyes again. Both because of my fear of what might happen, and the cruelty they keep getting heaped on them, physically, verbally and mentally given they’re locked up nearly all their life.
And then it stabs you in the gut, probably halfway through the film, with their expected deaths… Jeeeesus, I was hit with major tears, then slight joy as Rocket retaliated against the HE, but oough wow that was quite the combination of emotions.
Drax had a scary near-death moment too, and even in the end Quill did as well! I was not having a good emotional time I swear.
However in the end things actually turn out pretty alright, and I left the theatre with tears down my cheeks and a smile on my face. I did not expect that result at all and I am very pleased.
And don’t get me started on how they got Rocket in love with music in this film!! They teased it in previous entries as he started warming up to Quill’s tunes, and it came full circle here, I love it!
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@Hichkas Yea and Goodfellas and the Irishman both also with Pesci and De Niro
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Saw Guardians 3, thought it was excellent, basically agree with everything @TheChicken . I only cried like 8 times during it.
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Do you know of Marvel Legends show on D+? recapping the MCU before major films come out? It’s still a thing.
There can be a bit too many episodes sometimes (GOTG3 got six, for characters who mostly share plenty of scenes already)
However, the Peter Quill, Gamora, and Rocket episodes are the most comprehensive and it looks like the editors had the most fun with.
Figured I’d share since they’re great, they’re putting them on YT now too
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Ooh, okay, note for self, but also tip for other people: If you want to experience the special 4D Seats at a movie theatre (the ones that shake around with action movies), it seems that if you sit just 2-3 rows ahead of those seats, they’re usually strong enough to vibrate your seats by-proxy.
We saw Guardians 3 just a few rows ahead of the seats at the back – the red seats that shake – and with every action moment in the film (and even some trailers before the movie) our own seats could be felt vibrating with events on-screen. But not because of the sound! No, it was no IMAX thing, just a regular theater venue.
Honestly kinda improved the experience, without having to pay or experience the full thing…
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
It’s one wild, sexual, goofy musical movie that is “enhanced” by a sing-along, comment-slinging audience participation cult following.
It’s a movie about a mysterious doctor in drag who keeps two humans captive at his castle after their car breaks down. He then performs various sexually-charged experiments on them and his other patrons that are there… uhhh it’s a lot to explain to sum it up concisely.
Tim Curry plays this mysterious doctor, in a very revealing costume complete with fishnets and tall, high heels. He puts so much lustful energy into the role and embraces the gender-freeing persona that Dr. Frank N Furter emodies. It’s a really good performance.
Much of the ensemble also does a fantastic, weird job at being his servants of the house, but really, you’re here for Tim Curry strutting around the place.
We attended a “sing-along” version, and apparently this movie (and the musical its based on) is notorious for having a bunch of inside jokes to call-out and reference throughout the show.
Whenever Brad or Janet appear on screen you’re supposed to say “Asshole!” or “Slut!” respectively, as foreshadowing to things they do later in the film.
Whenever the Narrator appears you’re supposed to boo and make fun of his lack of visible neck in his suit, as he really drags down the movie for random appearances.
There’s also plenty of line or choreo set-ups for the truly die hard fans.
“Say something in French!” an audience member says, as Tim Curry ‘replies’ “Enchante” in the film… Or, “Show us your ears!” in a scene just before a character turns-to-profile, and strokes the side of their hair.
It’s very wild and at times I felt like I was in a room where everyone but me was on an inside joke, but there were plenty of comments and zingers to be flung throughout the film that kinda enhanced the experience and really showed how crazy of a CULT hit this production is… It’s cool and impressive how this wild thing even got made lol.
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Decided to take a gander at the Live Action Little Mermaid with my sister. While I think it’s okay to revisit old properties every so often, I’m getting a little tired of companies like Disney having the need to go back and make their classics in live action especially when it’s muddled with plenty of CGI that just isn’t good compared to the Animation Cells of old that add plenty of more charm, personality, and life to a project. I think what I’m trying to say is live action Sebastian and Flounder are the things of nightmares and make me not want to go into the ocean cause they have a more realistic look to them.
Uhh, the story is bloated. They managed to take the story of the original and make it a whole 1 Hour and 2 Minutes longer than the original. Within this extended cut you get a lot of weird and pointless scenes that could have been left on the cutting room floor. There is one scene involving Ariel in her grotto that’s especially pointless and pads out the run time. Exposition is really my biggest complaint here cause it’s just a time waster and again extends the runtime aimlessly.
Performances were fine, Prince Eric was handled better in the original. Ariel’s actor was good outside of a few choice like deliveries. I can’t blame the actors since they did their job. I do feel like character wise I prefer the originals film handling of the ending with the ship set piece revolving around a specific impaling scene. This time around the roles are reversed, but I’m a sucker for full circle moment cliches. It’s a change that will either stick with you or it won’t.
Lastly, one stupid complaint, but I hate how the hair looks underwater. It just bothers me and I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it just looks fake and I wasn’t sold in it. I’m assuming it was CGI but idk.
All and all, the Live Action Remake was okay, it has a lot of issues that mainly stem from the over use of CGI and a bloated runtime that’s just unnecessary. If you haven’t seen the original then there’s a lot to enjoy here. If you have seen it you might me more so on the fence with me about this movie.
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I turned on Into the SpiderVerse today just to watch the first 10-minutes or so, the intro and where Miles gets his powers is so fun.
Then 2 hours went by and I ended up just watching the whole thing. I love this movie 
This is probably my 4th, 5th time seeing it? Still so good 
The sequel’s trailers seem to be focusing a lot on a “you can’t save everyone you love” arc, but the first movie also had this, and showed Miles overcoming this and the expectations people have of him that he couldn’t.
He saved all of New York, and all the spider-people to go to their home universes. He did that!
Trailers are vague, it’s probably some different context required, but it’s a strange sounding re-tread given what little we know so far.
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Watched yesterday the “Across The Spiderverse” and technically this was an improvement, you could see that they went above and beyond (haha, beyond) with the animations and artstyle, but both movies are equally good in terms of plots and and all, and overall I really enjoyed it.
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Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature 2023 Hands Down No Contest!!!
Oh my gosh this movie was better than I could have dreamed. 
The animation and art goes to crazy levels of fun to showcase the different spider people of different universes.
Its a celebration of art and animation for so much of its runtime. The artists are gods. I hope they were treated well and no crunch occured.
They bring in plenty of comic-book flair that kinda trumps the original’s use of it, its so dang fun
The story is a fantastic high-stakes adventure that celebrates and takes great cues from iconic moments in the mythos of Spider-Man.
The references are plentiful, but not proudly showcased for every single Spider that appears on screen. But some do get that treatment, both from some fan-favourites over the years and wacky, obscure Spiders from the comics.
The movie also has some great surprising connections to the first film, in its story, characters, even in the score – I recognized a few tracks from it.
If they’ve got this fantastic follow-up (that actually can stand on its own well, as it recaps and grows off of the OG’s themes in conscise ways) I can’t wait to see what they’ll pull off to end this trilogy in the 3rd film – out Next March!! 10 months!! It might be the best comic book trilogy ever.
Someone please geek out about this movie with me pleeeeease I NEED to talk more about this without putting everything under a spoiler OMG
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I love when a movie uses alternate styles for their studio logos.
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Anyone seen About my Father yet? I love Sebastian Maniscalco and I love Robert DeNiro but I have this strange feeling all the really good scenes were stuffed into the trailer. A large portion of Seb’s standup routines come from growing up in his fathers home, but he can say things differently on stage than the way you put them in a family movie. I still wanna see it, but hoping someone can tell me it’s at least worth the price of admission.
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