Movies You’ve Only Just Watched

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Went out to the theaters to see Dog Man. Ticket costed 5$ because it was the last day of a ticket promo, woo!!

Well worth it, I really enjoyed it. It was lots of fun, very silly fun.
Also had a whole lot of heart, quite a few sad moments that really tugged at me heartstrings.
The voice cast does a great job, Dog Man is totally adorable, it looks like a very similar art style to Dav Pilkey’s books, and is SO full of charm.
(I’m pretty sure lore-wise, this “book” was created by the protagonists of Capt. Underpants when they were younger – so the story has a lot of silly spelling mistakes, or extremely convenient situations as only a child would think is logical.)

Just… so many quotable lines I really enjoyed, too. This one early on I remember being really fun.

“Sarah Hatoff here, reporting in front of a hospital in the rain with no umbrella because that’s how serious you know this is!!”

Before the film, there was a surprise The Bad Guys short that played!! I didn’t know that was a thing they’d made!

Kinda acts as a prologue to the sequel, as the Gang reports to their Parole officer about how Good they’ve been, while also trying to explain how disheveled they look and why they’re 10 minutes late… Also chickens yippee!!!

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Captain Ameica: Brave New World

It’s gotten mixed reviews, but I liked it. It’s no Winter Soldier, but it’s a competent enough action thriller. Entertaining. There’s a lot of quite good action set pieces, Anthony Mackie and Danny Ramirez play well off eachother, and Harrison Ford didn’t feel like he phoned it in.
Casting Shira Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph was a bit off to me. I mean, I accept that Black Widows are lethal fighters but she’s just sooooo small, it’s beyond my capacity for suspension of disbelief.

The final action sequence has CGI, but it’s not a CGI mess cluttered with cluttered with massive armies of people facing off. It’s an escalation, but doesn’t go ridiculously over the top like MCU movies normally do… which I felt was refreshing.

Didn’t really like the design of The Leader. His head was just too small.

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Yesterday I sat down to watch Sack Snyder’s Army of the dead. I enjoy the majority of Snyders work, the thing that kept me from watching it, was the run time.

So I finally got around to it. I really enjoyed it, it was a fun zombie flick with some robot zombies among the mix. Was it the Godfather? no, does it need to be measured against that film? no, for what it was, it was fun zombie film. Might be a more fun watch then his 2004 Dawn of the Dead.

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The Gorge

A pretty straightforward action/romance about two elite snipers assigned on opposite sides of a massive gorge to stand guard and keep monsters from escaping. After a few months, they break the no contact rule and start a long-distance relationship. They eventually get together in-person and afterwards they involuntary end up going into the gorge. From there it’s a fight for survival as they try to escape and learn the truth. Good chemistry from the leads and good action. Solid film all around. 7/10 :+1:

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A suspense thriller/comedy about a woman meeting the love of her life fairytale style, then her world is turned upside down as she gets unknowingly roped in a murder plot by her boyfriend and learns a shocking secret about herself. That’s all I can say without spoilers but I highly recommend this. 9/10 :+1:

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Well I just got back from watching the new Captain America: Brave New World.

It was fun. I had fun.
Was it a good movie? Uhhhm no. It was… pretty messy.

There were good ideas and details and themes in this movie, but yeah from what I’ve heard the movie was shredded in the editing room. Fully cast, filmed characters/actors not appearing at all. Character design changes in reshoots (for the worst according to fans idk)
Lingering loose ends, inconsistencies, or just strange exposition blunders permeate this film.

Gosh, yeah, I had a good time. I came for the Red Hulk fight and cool Falcon flying fights and Giancarlo Esposito, aaaand… yeah we got that. Those were in the trailers. C’mon, they knew you and I wanted that and I got it and I had fun.
(I think it’s hilarious the marketing team had such a “fuck it” energy after the first teaser, just… putting the whole “Harrison-Ford-Red-Hulk” climax teases in every trailer and poster. Like, the IMAX poster is legit just Cap vs. Looming Red Ford-Hulk. No secrecy or anything.)

Ford may have no interest or care for this movie at all given the press interviews. He’s just here for the paycheck, that’s fair. But I’d say he earned his paycheck! I liked his performance and dialogue, and he was cool!

Was it… good cinema though? Meeehhh no I don’t think so.

The beginning had some great camera angles and framing. Cool, cool. Then they didn’t really have anything eye-catching in the middle IMO.

However, I thought the Red Hulk climax was very fun in a silly “oh boy The President is a Hulk!” goofy way. The shot of Ford-Hulk standing over the President’s Seal Podium and then doing a King Kong rampage across the White House with American Flags behind him was fun to watch.
(…Probably because of IRL America being run currently by an idiotic President with many malicious Right-Hand-Men and it’s SO mind-boggling how much they’ve metaphorically destroyed in just 2 months – there’s some fun I guess in seeing “Hey, at least the MCU now has to deal with a Hulk President Rampage!” Wow!)

…anyway probably wait for streaming/yo-ho-ho-ing. Or if you can save money with gift cards or points or whatever, it’s a fun watch for pretty cheap if you have no better plans.

I’m still excited for Thunderbolts* though.
That movie at least looks very fun in a clearly “this is a big action movie with lots of action” kind of film. You aren’t here for the interesting narrative. You’re here for the stunts.

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Look how they massacred my boys!

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The face you make when you’ve just been told you’re a fuckbot.

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Just watched The Purge: Election Year. It’s considered the best of the series based on what I’ve read from fans and critics, but I think I prefer the second film better. That said, it’s still much better than the first one. And it was really satisfying to see the politicians responsible for the Purge get it in the end. Boy didn’t they really lean into the violence and the cartoon villainy with this one. Makes sense for the premise of a country that does something so ridiculous, but it was fun to see how creative they got.

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A Minecraft Movie.

Unironically not a terrible watch. A lot of in jokes and references. Doesn’t take itself too seriously and is self aware about what it is from start to end especially with Steve’s origin story.

Kinda glad it didn’t go the route of “people get sucked into game and comedy ensues”. But rather has a mcguffin that separates Earth with the Overworld.

The cast of characters is probably the worst party about the movie, but it’s just cause the writing doesn’t really challenge them to where they have meaningful growth. They kinda just end up from “life sucks, goes on magical adventure, life is great the end”

The film has issues, but it’s not terrible.

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Hey mates !!
Finally watched a good series after a long time — just finished Khakee: The Bengal Chapter, and it was intense! I watched The Bihar Chapter last year, and both are seriously gripping crime thrillers based on bold true events with action and twists.

Thought I’d share, especially for those who would like to know about real Dawood Rangan – Maelstrom and Vanya Shah type gangsters from other parts of India. These shows have that gritty underworld vibe, power struggles, and raw tension throughout.

“Khakee” refers to the khaki coloured uniform worn by Indian police, and both stories follow honest cops taking on organized crime and political pressure.

Bengal Chapter is set in West Bengal (state in eastern India), and Bihar Chapter in Bihar (state in northern India) — both with strong political backdrops and complex characters.

Streaming on Netflix with audio in English, Spanish, (and several other Indian languages) — so it’s easy to follow wherever you’re watching from.

Note: The trailers are only available in Hindi, but the full episodes have multi-language audio options.

If you liked Narcos or enjoy layered crime sagas, definitely give these a shot.

Bengal Chapter:

Bihar Chapter:

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Just watched The First Purge, and I think this one is my favorite. It’s got the best acting in the series so far, it’s got a more realistic take on what you would get from a night of legal lawlessness, and it provides a decent explanation of how something as ridiculous as the Purge could be a national event, with the corrupt government rigging things to make it look far more successful than it really is, which of course was the undertone of all the previous movies; the Purge doesn’t work, and it’s from the government and their mercs keeping their thumbs on the scale that it’s allowed to continue.

This one also has my favorite villain of the series: the psychopath called “Skeletor.” He’s like a human version of the T. Rex from Jurassic Park, starting off as the main obvious threat getting in the first kills, then coming in at the end to unintentionally save the heroes by attacking the rival threat. Despite being possibly the most unhinged and threatening named character in the series, I couldn’t help but love the scary fucker, and thought he went out in a far more dignified and fitting blaze of glory than the main villains of the previous films who all died suddenly and unceremoniously. It’s a shame his time had to end, I would have loved another prequel watching that maniac purge one more time.

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I Got home from the cinema late last night or early today from Sinners.

Ryan Googler’s new Gothic horror film Sinners is set in the 1930’s Mississippi. Two twin brothers leaves their troubles behind and relocate back to their hometown.

Sinners is a gangster film, a period piece, blaxploitationa movie full of Blues and horrific vampires.

Googler have created a riveting and sexy gangster film with Vampires. With music you can’t escape, the beat will keep you rocking a long to what unfolds in the darkness of the cinema.

The hype of this movie is certainly deserved. There was only one scene that took me out of the movie, but it still managed to land in the end.

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Autocorrect? A Googler is someone who googles (his name is Ryan Coogler, with a C). :slight_smile:

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That is likely the explanation, I did write it on my phone.

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I watch a good movie - Bullet Train Explosion. It’s a Japanese movie and has many international audio language.

Reminded me of Speed from year 1994.
Nice movie, hope there are movies like this.

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I watched The Pianist in school yesterday. Fascinating movie. Very deep.

Edit: I realized I didn’t say what the movie was about.
Basically it tells the story of a Jewish-Polish Pianist who lived and survived World War II. It’s based on the man’s autobiography, so it’s very accurate and kinda terrifying.

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Just got back from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, it’s the first time I watched it in 20 years in the cinema. It was awesome to rewatch it on the big screen and the cinema was packed.

Loved that 20 years of love for this film and it’s sea of quotable lines made the film so much more enjoyable, when you could hear dozen yell out “do it!” and “hello there” amount many iconic lines.

You can say what you will of the Prequels, it’s still in my top 3. It might be a controversial top 3.

  1. Empire Strikes Back
  2. Revenge of the Sith
  3. The Last Jedi
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You understimate my power!
Or even more fitting:
“Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?”

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The ending with Luke and Leia hits me so differently, after becoming a father.

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