Robin Wright got into sick shape for it too. That's worth something! I'm simple :(
Here's a comedy about nuns. It has John C. Reilly.
Here's a comedy about nuns. It has John C. Reilly.
Life isn't a great movie, don't know if even would call it good, but I really enjoyed it . How the hell did they managed to get Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds for such a B movie?
It's predictable, a bit silly but it's the kind of movie I've been missing.
I have to say, it look good for a movie with a 50M$ budget.
It's predictable, a bit silly but it's the kind of movie I've been missing.
I have to say, it look good for a movie with a 50M$ budget.
Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman is probably the most "heroic" superhero since Christopher Reeve's Superman. Equal parts compassion and badassery, she is the complete package.
It's not a perfect movie by any stretch, I think they failed a bit on the execution of the third act, but it's a wonderful journey into a troubled world through the eyes of a caring and optimistic hero. Gadot and Pine have great chemistry and their exchanges come out quite funny and charming.
Although the end is a bit messy, it managed to surprise me with some of the choices particularly the reveal and killing off Steve Taylor.The No Man's Land sequence is terrific, unhinged Diana is a force to be reckon.
Little girls have a superhero to look up to now and that's a great thing.
It's not a perfect movie by any stretch, I think they failed a bit on the execution of the third act, but it's a wonderful journey into a troubled world through the eyes of a caring and optimistic hero. Gadot and Pine have great chemistry and their exchanges come out quite funny and charming.
Although the end is a bit messy, it managed to surprise me with some of the choices particularly the reveal and killing off Steve Taylor.The No Man's Land sequence is terrific, unhinged Diana is a force to be reckon.
Little girls have a superhero to look up to now and that's a great thing.
Wonder Woman is really good. It's got heart, which is more than I can say for most super hero movies.
Wish they stuck to the 300 aesthetic tho. The climactic action sequence felt like BvS all over again
Wish they stuck to the 300 aesthetic tho. The climactic action sequence felt like BvS all over again
At my showing, the first three rows were literally all girls 8 to 12 years old. It was pretty inspiring to see.
Gal Gadot is too hot.
Movie was alright. 6/10 would see again
Themyscira gives me high expectations for Wakanda
Movie was alright. 6/10 would see again
Themyscira gives me high expectations for Wakanda
Wonder Woman will do 100M$ on opening weekend.
Patty Jenkins now has the biggest opening weekend for a movie directed by a woman.
Patty Jenkins now has the biggest opening weekend for a movie directed by a woman.
Definitely agree with LFMartins86. Wonder Woman was lit. I also have some issues with act 3, but overall, I thought it was well worth the ticket price. I'm just...not a fan of how fucking cheesy it got during certain lines (which all came in act 3).
Whole theater was speechless during No Man's Land (the end of it especially, damn).
Yeaaaaaa, I'm gonna need them to stop doing that shit. The action was better off when it wasn't a huge light show.
Faora is still the GOAT when it comes to throwing hands though. No laser beams, just a strong right and a command grab.
Whole theater was speechless during No Man's Land (the end of it especially, damn).
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostWonder Woman is really good. It's got heart, which is more than I can say for most super hero movies.
Wish they stuck to the 300 aesthetic tho. The climactic action sequence felt like BvS all over again
Yeaaaaaa, I'm gonna need them to stop doing that shit. The action was better off when it wasn't a huge light show.
Faora is still the GOAT when it comes to throwing hands though. No laser beams, just a strong right and a command grab.
The idea of leaving behind that aesthetic and cast for grim dark justice league is really sobering
Also saw the Blade Runner trailer again and...I have faith in DV but....yeesh. Confidence is really low about 2049 right now.
Also saw the Blade Runner trailer again and...I have faith in DV but....yeesh. Confidence is really low about 2049 right now.
There are things you can criticize about Wonder Woman; you could complain about its somewhat standard first act on the titular character's homeland of Themyscira, a vaguely "exotic" island of one-dimensional, Greek-ish women warriors who seem to do nothing but spar with each other all day, or tell prophetic, story-setting tales of a fabled Chosen One (though a certain "living storybook" sequence did impress me with its impressionistic visuals, to be fair). You could point out the sometimes uneasy contradiction of having intense, kickass superhero action set in the perpetually grey, muddy, grim no man's lands of World War I, or the rather simplistic, "good guys versus bad guys" mentality it applies to the participating armies of that war, which is especially ironic, considering the morally ambiguous, unheroic perception that particular conflict has had ever since its conclusion a century ago. And, you can gripe about the undeniably generic nature of its main villians, one of whom is basically just a red herring the film ludicrously tries to seem like a physical threat through a particularly ridiculous plot device, and the other one serving as a forgettable, completely unnecessary plot twist, as well as reaffirming a simplistic, old-school comic book morality of "defeat the big bad and the day is saved!", completely undermining the movie's previous attempt at dispelling such a mentality in a messier, morally grey real world, just so the movie can have yet another standard, overblown superhero movie climax.
All of these are valid critiques that I noticied as I watched Woman, and yet, I couldn't help keep myself from liking the film anyway, warts and all. Chief among the reasons why I enjoyed it despite of its flaws is Wonder Woman herself, aka "Diana Prince", portrayed by Israeli model-turned-actress Gal Gadot; while evidence of her previous profession does shine here through the occasional unconvincing line read, expression-wise, Gadot sells every single emotion beyond a shadow of a doubt, going from wide-eyed, genuine fish-out-water wonder at the various curiosities of the "real world", to steely determination and moral (and physical) opposition against the men who are currently ruining that world. Of course, Prince is written just as well she's performed here, with the kind of absolute agency of character and freedom of will we need to see more often from supposedly "independent" female characters in Hollywood, done in such a way that her gender, while still a factor at times, isn't her defining (or only) feature, as she isn't simply a token female character, but is a character who just so happens to be a woman as well... while also being an incredibly kickass superhero.
Part of how director Patty Jenkins achieves this three-dimensionality of character is by portraying Woman as refreshingly non-sexualized, never playing up the character's feminity unnecessarily or letting the camera leer at her too much (as hard as that is to avoid with the gorgeous Gadot wearing that iconic-but-revealing outfit), while also not overcompensating too far in the other direction by sterilizing the character either, through the budding, well-written romance she develops through Chris Pine's American spy Steve Trevor, with whom Gadot shares strong onscreen chemistry with. Despite her initial fascination and curiosity at meeting her first man from the outside world (or ever, actually), Diana doesn't have a whole lot of trust in Trevor's personal character, and absolutely no interest in him physically, at least that is, at first. However, when their first (and only) night of intimacy does finally take place, it proceeds refreshingly subtly and believable, despite one of the parties involved being a living Greek goddess, taking place the night after both of them have survived a literal trial by (gun)fire, and they realize that they share the same kind of kindred, heroic spirit that drove Diana to venture forth from Themyscira and into this dark new world in the first place.
It's the kind of rare, natural cinematic romance that never feels obligatory or forced, although the film also doesn't try too hard to focus the spotlight at Trevor, and focus on him as if we're supposed to find him as memorable as Diana is, but rather, sensibly treats him as the supporting character that he is, the kind of side love interest that would be played by yes, a woman, in a traditional, gender-reversed blockbuster. However, Trevor isn't sidelined here in some sort of obnoxious, "take that, manpig!" way, as the film simply remembers that the particular "hero" of the superhero film should usually be front-and-center, regardless of what their gender chromosomes may be. And boy oh boy, do we finally have a legitimate female hero here, more than capable of handling both herself, as well as handling her own franchise, at a time when pretty much all her male counterparts in the DC universe are currently floundering. While it's not quite as wonderful as it could've been, Wonder Woman is still a fine film overall, and a breath of fresh air in an industry that's still light on prominent superheroes of the XX chromosome persuasion; your move, Marvel.
All of these are valid critiques that I noticied as I watched Woman, and yet, I couldn't help keep myself from liking the film anyway, warts and all. Chief among the reasons why I enjoyed it despite of its flaws is Wonder Woman herself, aka "Diana Prince", portrayed by Israeli model-turned-actress Gal Gadot; while evidence of her previous profession does shine here through the occasional unconvincing line read, expression-wise, Gadot sells every single emotion beyond a shadow of a doubt, going from wide-eyed, genuine fish-out-water wonder at the various curiosities of the "real world", to steely determination and moral (and physical) opposition against the men who are currently ruining that world. Of course, Prince is written just as well she's performed here, with the kind of absolute agency of character and freedom of will we need to see more often from supposedly "independent" female characters in Hollywood, done in such a way that her gender, while still a factor at times, isn't her defining (or only) feature, as she isn't simply a token female character, but is a character who just so happens to be a woman as well... while also being an incredibly kickass superhero.
Part of how director Patty Jenkins achieves this three-dimensionality of character is by portraying Woman as refreshingly non-sexualized, never playing up the character's feminity unnecessarily or letting the camera leer at her too much (as hard as that is to avoid with the gorgeous Gadot wearing that iconic-but-revealing outfit), while also not overcompensating too far in the other direction by sterilizing the character either, through the budding, well-written romance she develops through Chris Pine's American spy Steve Trevor, with whom Gadot shares strong onscreen chemistry with. Despite her initial fascination and curiosity at meeting her first man from the outside world (or ever, actually), Diana doesn't have a whole lot of trust in Trevor's personal character, and absolutely no interest in him physically, at least that is, at first. However, when their first (and only) night of intimacy does finally take place, it proceeds refreshingly subtly and believable, despite one of the parties involved being a living Greek goddess, taking place the night after both of them have survived a literal trial by (gun)fire, and they realize that they share the same kind of kindred, heroic spirit that drove Diana to venture forth from Themyscira and into this dark new world in the first place.
It's the kind of rare, natural cinematic romance that never feels obligatory or forced, although the film also doesn't try too hard to focus the spotlight at Trevor, and focus on him as if we're supposed to find him as memorable as Diana is, but rather, sensibly treats him as the supporting character that he is, the kind of side love interest that would be played by yes, a woman, in a traditional, gender-reversed blockbuster. However, Trevor isn't sidelined here in some sort of obnoxious, "take that, manpig!" way, as the film simply remembers that the particular "hero" of the superhero film should usually be front-and-center, regardless of what their gender chromosomes may be. And boy oh boy, do we finally have a legitimate female hero here, more than capable of handling both herself, as well as handling her own franchise, at a time when pretty much all her male counterparts in the DC universe are currently floundering. While it's not quite as wonderful as it could've been, Wonder Woman is still a fine film overall, and a breath of fresh air in an industry that's still light on prominent superheroes of the XX chromosome persuasion; your move, Marvel.
By diehard Go To Postoh you doin real reviews and shit and making us look like jerks huh?I'm terrible. Sorry.
The new Mummy is apparently shit. Universal's plans for the Dark Universe are so going to back fire, movie is projected to have a 35M$ opening weekend in the US.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostThe new Mummy is apparently shit. Universal's plans for the Dark Universe are so going to back fire, movie is projected to have a 35M$ opening weekend in the US.
Surprise Surprise.
Whats the consensus on dont breathe here?
By LFMartins86 Go To PostThe new Mummy is apparently shit. Universal's plans for the Dark Universe are so going to back fire, movie is projected to have a 35M$ opening weekend in the US.I'm so sad about this. I had high hopes for it because the Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise combo hasn't disappointed yet. I guess the Alex Kurtzman curse is bigger than both.
😭 fucking Alex Kurtzman
I am distraught.
All of this is to say that not only is “The Mummy” the worst movie that Tom Cruise has ever made, it’s also obviously the worst movie that Tom Cruise has ever made — it stands out like a flat note on a grand piano. It’s not that Cruise hasn’t had misfires before (and between “Rock of Ages,” “Oblivion,” and “Jack Reacher: Never Stop Never Reaching” they’re happening at a faster rate), but “The Mummy” is the first of his films that doesn’t feel like a Tom Cruise movie. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s that it never could have been good.
Cruise plays Nick Morton, a Nathan Drake wannabe with so little personality that he makes Brendan Fraser look like Errol Flynn.
I am distraught.
By reilo Go To PostSpeaking of Cruise, what do we think of this?Missed the opportunity to have Hogan's theme song in there.
Trailer seems interesting.
By reilo Go To PostSpeaking of Cruise, what do we think of this?I think the story seems interesting and it could be fun.
We could call it the reverse of what The Mummy is.
By reilo Go To PostWonder Woman 😳It's good, isn't it?
Gal Gadot 😍
Chris Pine continues Best Chris streak
Amityville : The Awakening was shot back in 2014. It was supposed to be released in January 2015 but on September of 2014 they pulled it out of that released date. Then it was supposed to be out in April of 2016 but it was moved again, this time to January 6th 2017.
3 weeks before that release date, they moved it once again to the 30th of June.
And yesterday, Dimension once again took the movie out of his release date, 3 weeks before it was supposed to be out.
They haven't established a new release date.
By reilo Go To PostSpeaking of Cruise, what do we think of this?
I think I'm confused by the fact that we live in a world where everybody jumps down everybody else's throats for every minor social justice misstep, yet somehow abusive cult leader Tom Cruise keeps getting a pass. He's a bad shell of a human being who acts as a front for a criminal brainwashing enterprise, and people should've been boycotting his b-grade action movies for years now.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostIt's good, isn't it?Yes, especially as far as superhero movies are concerned and especially within the DCU it was wonderfully done, executed, casted, and written. It wasn't perfect by any means, it didn't really tread that much new ground but it was a great first-entry and did the character justice. Gal Gadot, dear lawd.
By livefromkyoto Go To PostI think I'm confused by the fact that we live in a world where everybody jumps down everybody else's throats for every minor social justice misstep, yet somehow abusive cult leader Tom Cruise keeps getting a pass. He's a bad shell of a human being who acts as a front for a criminal brainwashing enterprise, and people should've been boycotting his b-grade action movies for years now.I understand, but if I took that stance with every actor and musician and writer, I'd have nothing to watch, listen to or write. One of my favorite bands of all time are Led Zeppelin and boy are some of their members terrible human beings.
I don't know anything about the character but that's a great cast and Coogler is obviously on a great path.
Saw Logan for the first time. Mannnnn, this is such a good movie. Probably going to watch the Noir version of it on my second viewing.
Eldritch, have you watched The Belko Experiment? Watched it last night, it was OK but could have been better.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostEldritch, have you watched The Belko Experiment? Watched it last night, it was OK but could have been better.
Not yet. :( Didn't know it was out so soon either. Thanks for the heads-up!
Wonder Woman heading for a second weekend of 57M$ in the US. That means a drop of 47%, a smaller drop than any Marvel movie has ever got on it's second weekend.
Been re-watching the Bourne films (havent seen Legacy or the latest Bourne tho). Identity was better than I remembered, I appreciated its conspiracy thriller roots, and it's a good film, Matt Damon was good, but damn (and this is largely the same problem I have with Supremacy as well) they cut too quickly, you can barely see who's fighting who lol. Supremacy was better, they expanded the world of conspiracy a little more, and there's a brilliant performance from Damon and Brian Cox as well as Joan Allen (who I remember from FACE/OFF, lol), but it's like the cameraman had a seizure throughout the entire film hahaha, so many shaky-cam scenes in this film. Anyway both good fun, and its fun to see Damon slowly figure out who he is and what his mission is.
Bourne jumping through the window in Morocco and the subsequent fight, and the car chase at the end are still my two favorite scenes in the Bourne franchise.
And yea, shaky cam and quick cuts are a Greengrass staple.
And yea, shaky cam and quick cuts are a Greengrass staple.
By LFMartins86 Go To Post
Really don't think Flatliners needed a remake but Ellen Page is on it so I'll watch it.
By LFMartins86 Go To Post
Really don't think Flatliners needed a remake but Ellen Page is on it so I'll watch it.
It does take the twist I thought the original would do (either possession or bringing back a demon) so I'll give it a watch. Cast is a bit less likeable but hey.
Can only think of two or three though. I mean, I wouldn't criticise Spielberg for it too much because he's a 70 year old man (although the lad George Miller doing what God wishes he could). What studios need to do is make more movies with female leads, female directors etc. That's for the new generation, not those on death's door.
She coulda said "he can do better", but she didn't even know about The Color Purple, which features a black female lead facing abuse from her father made in 1985 which was nominated for too many Oscars to count including one for Whoopi for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
The Book of Henry is being destroyed by critics right now, and this dude is gonna be directing Episode IX smh.
Bourne Ultimatum was indeed the best one of the trilogy, everything had a finality to it and all wrapped up nicely. But I just watched Legacy, and it seemed pointless really. Some good action (like the shootout in the house and bike chase) and Renner is good tho. Gonna watch Jason Bourne soon, I hear its terrible lol.