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Post by osnafrank on Jan 11, 2021 20:39:49 GMT
Alita : Battle Angel
I'm not a Manga Fan but this film was awesome. Looked it up (now I know what Manga is)
I'll go crawl back into my cave now
This movie is based on a manga.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 2:46:39 GMT
EXACTLY! Far From Home sucks! BRING BACK TOBEY! And you're right, Nicholas Hammond is a better Spiderman than Tom what's-his-name. *sigh* Ok, here’s me with egg on my face. See, I went ahead and watched the rest of far From Home, and...well...it was pretty good. I mean, once Nick Fury showed up, and the action finally started, I dug it. I just didnt dig all the ‘teenagers with smartphones’ crap, as my Spidey graduated from high school in, like, 1965. But, seeing this film as less a Spidey movie, and more an MCU Avengers flick, well...ok. With that mindset, I enjoyed it.
Im still gonna order me a box set of the old Nicholas Hammond show one of these days. Seeing him pop up in Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (!?) kinda got me in the mood to revisit that ultra corny 70s webhead show. The MCU films are okay... just super pulpy and safe. They're just the films you watch when you're bored and don't expect more from tbh, I can understand not liking them but some people seem way too offended by the fact they exist than it's worth. Raimi Spidermans were way better by far, I don't think anyone is debating that. I understand the reason for keeping up old characters with the times, but I don't like pandering to any demographic really. I also watched the 1970s Spiderman as a kid as well as the mid 2000s cartoon incarnation, I don't remember either particularly well. I will say about Far From Home, Jake Gyllenhal seems like a great actor for Mysterio if the Mysterio in that movie was anything like the Mysterio from the comics, instead of whatever he was written as for the movie.
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 12, 2021 11:25:43 GMT
*sigh* Ok, here’s me with egg on my face. See, I went ahead and watched the rest of far From Home, and...well...it was pretty good. I mean, once Nick Fury showed up, and the action finally started, I dug it. I just didnt dig all the ‘teenagers with smartphones’ crap, as my Spidey graduated from high school in, like, 1965. But, seeing this film as less a Spidey movie, and more an MCU Avengers flick, well...ok. With that mindset, I enjoyed it.
Im still gonna order me a box set of the old Nicholas Hammond show one of these days. Seeing him pop up in Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (!?) kinda got me in the mood to revisit that ultra corny 70s webhead show. The MCU films are okay... just super pulpy and safe. They're just the films you watch when you're bored and don't expect more from tbh, I can understand not liking them but some people seem way too offended by the fact they exist than it's worth. Raimi Spidermans were way better by far, I don't think anyone is debating that. I understand the reason for keeping up old characters with the times, but I don't like pandering to any demographic really. I also watched the 1970s Spiderman as a kid as well as the mid 2000s cartoon incarnation, I don't remember either particularly well. I will say about Far From Home, Jake Gyllenhal seems like a great actor for Mysterio if the Mysterio in that movie was anything like the Mysterio from the comics, instead of whatever he was written as for the movie. I always preferred DC.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 14:31:56 GMT
The MCU films are okay... just super pulpy and safe. They're just the films you watch when you're bored and don't expect more from tbh, I can understand not liking them but some people seem way too offended by the fact they exist than it's worth. Raimi Spidermans were way better by far, I don't think anyone is debating that. I understand the reason for keeping up old characters with the times, but I don't like pandering to any demographic really. I also watched the 1970s Spiderman as a kid as well as the mid 2000s cartoon incarnation, I don't remember either particularly well. I will say about Far From Home, Jake Gyllenhal seems like a great actor for Mysterio if the Mysterio in that movie was anything like the Mysterio from the comics, instead of whatever he was written as for the movie. I always preferred DC.
Depends on the actual writers and less the characters featured as far as I'm concerned, considering just how complicated and ridiculous comic multiverses have become. When I read a comic book I just care to have a satisfying story contained within the pages of whatever arch it's telling, and less how it fits into some grander frame.
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 12, 2021 14:39:36 GMT
Depends on the actual writers and less the characters featured as far as I'm concerned, considering just how complicated and ridiculous comic multiverses have become. When I read a comic book I just care to have a satisfying story contained within the pages of whatever arch it's telling, and less how it fits into some grander frame. Stay away from comicbooks created in the last decade or so, they suck. Stick to stuff that written before you were born and your good.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 15:18:46 GMT
Depends on the actual writers and less the characters featured as far as I'm concerned, considering just how complicated and ridiculous comic multiverses have become. When I read a comic book I just care to have a satisfying story contained within the pages of whatever arch it's telling, and less how it fits into some grander frame. Stay away from comicbooks created in the last decade or so, they suck. Stick to stuff that written before you were born and your good. I'm reading a comic series from 2015 right now and it's pretty good. The trick is to stay away from comic books where the entire personality of the comic book is pushing some societal message without even having good characters or a good plot to make the message have any weight.
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 12, 2021 17:05:41 GMT
Stay away from comicbooks created in the last decade or so, they suck. Stick to stuff that written before you were born and your good. I'm reading a comic series from 2015 right now and it's pretty good. The trick is to stay away from comic books where the entire personality of the comic book is pushing some societal message without even having good characters or a good plot to make the message have any weight. Its the main titles at the big companies which push the political message BS.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 18:16:23 GMT
I'm reading a comic series from 2015 right now and it's pretty good. The trick is to stay away from comic books where the entire personality of the comic book is pushing some societal message without even having good characters or a good plot to make the message have any weight. Its the main titles at the big companies which push the political message BS. Diversity for diversity's sake is not good writing, you can't just promote one group while vilifying others. The best way to write diverse characters is to write them like normal people with their own flaws, strengths, goals and desires. If a character's only personality trait is that they're some minority, then that isn't good writing. That's not saying you can't explore identity differences in writing, you just have to do it well without being overly preachy. Some social groups I think have gotten worse representation in mainstream media now than they ever did in the past. Just look at any movie that tries to be super pro-feminist these days, a lot of them aren't willing to make new or interesting characters that are female, so they just leech off already existing properties, make all the female characters overpowered Mary Sues, or vilify all the male characters. Meanwhile movies in the past like the Alien franchise, Star Wars, Terminator, Kill Bill, Halloween had awesome female characters that kicked a§§ without the writers hammering a message in your face. They felt like real people, and they were all awesome. I don't think major media companies even care about the minorities they're "representing", they just care about generating press coverage and sales. I really couldn't care less if a character is of a gender, race, sexuality, religion, ethnicity that's different than mine, I just want them to be written well. The more relatable or respectable the characters are, the better readers will want to support said social groups.
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 12, 2021 18:53:40 GMT
Its the main titles at the big companies which push the political message BS. Diversity for diversity's sake is not good writing, you can't just promote one group while vilifying others. The best way to write diverse characters is to write them like normal people with their own flaws, strengths, goals and desires. If a character's only personality trait is that they're some minority, then that isn't good writing. That's not saying you can't explore identity differences in writing, you just have to do it well without being overly preachy. Some social groups I think have gotten worse representation in mainstream media now than they ever did in the past. Just look at any movie that tries to be super pro-feminist these days, a lot of them aren't willing to make new or interesting characters that are female, so they just leech off already existing properties, make all the female characters overpowered Mary Sues, or vilify all the male characters. Meanwhile movies in the past like the Alien franchise, Star Wars, Terminator, Kill Bill, Halloween had awesome female characters that kicked a§§ without the writers hammering a message in your face. They felt like real people, and they were all awesome. I don't think major media companies even care about the minorities they're "representing", they just care about generating press coverage and sales. I really couldn't care less if a character is of a gender, race, Saxuality, religion, ethnicity that's different than mine, I just want them to be written well. The more relatable or respectable the characters are, the better readers will want to support said social groups. In an ideal world this is what writers would think about when they do their job, but unfortunately I believe that that style of storytelling you are describing is simply beginning.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 19:21:09 GMT
I'm too lazy to type out reviews, here's all the movies I've watched in recent memory
Citizen Kane, The Exorcist, Donnie Darko, Soul, Metropolis
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 12, 2021 21:02:35 GMT
Stay away from comicbooks created in the last decade or so, they suck. Stick to stuff that written before you were born and your good. I'm reading a comic series from 2015 right now and it's pretty good. The trick is to stay away from comic books where the entire personality of the comic book is pushing some societal message without even having good characters or a good plot to make the message have any weight. Out of curiosity, what series is it?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 21:15:59 GMT
I'm reading a comic series from 2015 right now and it's pretty good. The trick is to stay away from comic books where the entire personality of the comic book is pushing some societal message without even having good characters or a good plot to make the message have any weight. Out of curiosity, what series is it?Harrow County. Gothic horror comic book. Best way I can describe it without going into detail: "Teenage girl living in a rural area in the early 20th century begins to suspect that not everything about the place she calls home is how it seems"
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 12, 2021 21:18:49 GMT
Out of curiosity, what series is it? Harrow County. Gothic horror comic book. Best way I can describe it without going into detail: "Teenage girl living in a rural area in the early 20th century begins to suspect that not everything about the place she calls home is how it seems" I thought it seemed familiar so I searched it, I knew I knew it from somewhere, written by the excellent Cullen Bunn.
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Post by osnafrank on Jan 17, 2021 20:01:10 GMT
Mile 22
Not a total waste of time, but it's close. Very confusing narrative at first and so much suspension of reality was asked of us.
It had some nice fight scenes and a surprising ending.
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Post by osnafrank on Jan 24, 2021 20:41:21 GMT
The Green Mile.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2021 15:57:19 GMT
Watched.....
Blithe Spirit, I really wanted to like this much more than I actually did, it's well made and the cast are good but for me the whole thing comes across a bit flat and lifeless, not as good as the original directed by David Lean.
Vampires Vs The Bronx, a horror comedy, a group of kids discover vampires have moved into the neighbourhood and are picking off the locals and taking over the Bronx. I was surprised to see this was a movie released last year, it has a dated feel to it as if it was made in the 90's, so saying its a moderately enjoyable bit of hokum, the cast ase decent and it passes the time painlessly enough
Rewatched Friday The 13th. This remake from 2009 is actually a remake of Part 2, as remakes go it's actually not too bad, this type of movie is never going to win any awards for originality or acting but this is a respectable slasher flick which knows what's expected of it and it delivers.
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Post by neesy on Jan 25, 2021 22:24:25 GMT
Watched..... Blithe Spirit, I really wanted to like this much more than I actually did, it's well made and the cast are good but for me the whole thing comes across a bit flat and lifeless, not as good as the original directed by David Lean. Vampires Vs The Bronx, a horror comedy, a group of kids discover vampires have moved into the neighbourhood and are picking off the locals and taking over the Bronx. I was surprised to see this was a movie released last year, it has a dated feel to it as if it was made in the 90's, so saying its a moderately enjoyable bit of hokum, the cast ase decent and it passes the time painlessly enough Rewatched Friday The 13th. This remake from 2009 is actually a remake of Part 2, as remakes go it's actually not too bad, this type of movie is never going to win any awards for originality or acting but this is a respectable slasher flick which knows what's expected of it and it delivers. I hardly recognized Isla Fisher
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2021 10:29:23 GMT
Watched the biopic To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters. I'll start with saying that i like the bronte sisters and Emily especially. I consider both her poetry and Wuthering Heights to be absolute Top shelf as poetry and novels go. But this movie is a bit of a misnomer. It is, i think, really more about Branwell, their brother, and his failures in all things he tried his hand at. Good acting and good settings but i would have liked more about Anne, Catherine and Emily and less of Branwell. Also i reacted strongly against a scene where Emily is walking her dog on the moor and a poem of emily is read aloud. At the same time they are playing loud music so you can only hear pieces of the poem. Dont the makers of the movie believe that the words can stand for themselves? The one they read is a masterpiece in english poetry and to drown it in dramatic music is idiotic and counterproductive.
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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 26, 2021 16:41:24 GMT
Watched the biopic To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters. I'll start with saying that i like the bronte sisters and Emily especially. I consider both her poetry and Wuthering Heights to be absolute Top shelf as poetry and novels go. But this movie is a bit of a misnomer. It is, i think, really more about Branwell, their brother, and his failures in all things he tried his hand at. Good acting and good settings but i would have liked more about Anne, Catherine and Emily and less of Branwell. Also i reacted strongly against a scene where Emily is walking her dog on the moor and a poem of emily is read aloud. At the same time they are playing loud music so you can only hear pieces of the poem. Dont the makers of the movie believe that the words can stand for themselves? The one they read is a masterpiece in english poetry and to drown it in dramatic music is idiotic and counterproductive. Its baffling that people make movies about authors, most are not the most interesting people, there are exceptions of course, but writing isn't exactly the most action packed thing one can do. Especially with the Bronte's being middle-class, they would live a pretty uneventful life, not considering their writing of course.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 20:23:40 GMT
Rewatched another couple....
Psycho 3
A decent sequel, directed by Perkins, a woman shows up at the motel who reminds Norman of his first victim...
The Cave
A team who specialise in deep Cave exploration become trapped a couple of kilometres below the surface, they soon discover they are not alone down there.
Exorcist 3
Direct sequel to the original movie, based on Blatty's novel Legion, , it ignores the events of the second movie. Creepy and atmospheric. A series of murders has the hallmarks of a serial killer who was executed years ago, detective Kinderman tries to unravel the mystery.
The Thing
Prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing, it shows what happen at the Norwegian camp before the events of Carpenter's classic.
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