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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 8:47:15 GMT -5
Godzilla Movie.com reports from a very reliable source that @mechagodzilla will be a part of the Godzilla/Kong movie in 2021. Good news and a natural progression considering the new Titan revivals occurring world wide would require humanity needing to find some way of getting into the game. Interesting ... I thought it was later, now it's scheduled in 2021. Thanks for this information! |
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Post by brutalis on Jan 8, 2020 9:14:50 GMT -5
Godzilla Movie.com reports from a very reliable source that @mechagodzilla will be a part of the Godzilla/Kong movie in 2021. Good news and a natural progression considering the new Titan revivals occurring world wide would require humanity needing to find some way of getting into the game. Interesting ... I thought it was later, now it's scheduled in 2021. Thanks for this information! The date seems to move every so often. Last I read was premiere for 11/20/20 but they are shooting some more scenes/upgrading CGI and are likely pushing it back to early 2021. Also of note: Playmate Toys now has the contract for Godzilla/Kong/Toho toys. Using the prior Baindai molds Playmate is already pushing out re-issues of the last round of singular Godzilla, Mecha Godzilla, Ghidorah, King Ceasar and such toys utilizing cheaper plastic (i.e. cruddy, colors don't match up well) for a lower price point between $15-20 where Bandai was in the $25-30 range. Should see them showing up at Wal-Mart any day now. |
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Post by brutalis on Jan 13, 2020 7:26:13 GMT -5
Recommendation time! Saw 1917 Saturday and what a stunning and emotionally driven movie this is. The visuals alone will draw you in to the point where you feel the dirt, the grime, the mud, the muck, the desperation and futility, the fear, the overwhelming futility and the pure honest bravery of 2 men trying to simply survive and save others. I am not ashamed for saying I cried many times during the movie, some tears of sadness, others of pride, joy and admiration. This movie will touch your heart and soul.
Sam Mendes MUST have read Charley's War growing up. Having just finished reading the 1st 3 books within that collection, the comic book was fresh upon my mind while watching 1917 and visually the movie has to have some inspiration from the comic. Literally, the opening of the movie with the troops on the front line in the trenches evoked so much of the comic book. It was as though the pages from Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun had come to life. Both the comic and movie truly provide an insight and intensity to the men who so bravely stood in those trenches, struggling to endure hardships beyond belief in a war that was unspeakably harsh and horrific.
Lots of awards should be coming for this movie and I look forward to the DVD so I can slowly and methodically watch this intense and heartfelt movie once more. Do your self a favor and see it up on the big screen 1st, because this is one hell of a movie with so much to see, hear and experience.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2020 8:36:04 GMT -5
I'm planning on seeing it ... in a week from today. ^^^ brutalis and I'm going with several buddies too. |
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Post by berkley on Jan 13, 2020 13:25:32 GMT -5
I don't care for Adam Sandler so I've avoided seeing Uncut Gems, but after seeing a few positive reviews I might have to give it a chance since it sounds like it might be good in spite of his presence.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 13, 2020 13:40:04 GMT -5
I don't care for Adam Sandler so I've avoided seeing Uncut Gems, but after seeing a few positive reviews I might have to give it a chance since it sounds like it might be good in spite of his presence. Sandler being himself isn't really my particular cup of humor, but him going full on DeNiro mobster as it looks in the trailer might make for a crazy movie. |
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Post by Jesse on Jan 15, 2020 17:22:30 GMT -5
Midsommar (2019)  Psychedelic and disturbing Ari Aster takes a page from Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973) with this modernization of the pagan cult folk horror genre seen through the vantage point a toxic breakup. The cinematography and special effects are used to create this incredibly eerie tone and Florence Pugh's performance really carries the emotionally troubling course of events. One of the better modern horror films I've watched.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 21, 2020 9:21:15 GMT -5
Recommendation time! Saw 1917 Saturday and what a stunning and emotionally driven movie this is. The visuals alone will draw you in to the point where you feel the dirt, the grime, the mud, the muck, the desperation and futility, the fear, the overwhelming futility and the pure honest bravery of 2 men trying to simply survive and save others. I am not ashamed for saying I cried many times during the movie, some tears of sadness, others of pride, joy and admiration. This movie will touch your heart and soul. Sam Mendes MUST have read Charley's War growing up. Having just finished reading the 1st 3 books within that collection, the comic book was fresh upon my mind while watching 1917 and visually the movie has to have some inspiration from the comic. Literally, the opening of the movie with the troops on the front line in the trenches evoked so much of the comic book. It was as though the pages from Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun had come to life. Both the comic and movie truly provide an insight and intensity to the men who so bravely stood in those trenches, struggling to endure hardships beyond belief in a war that was unspeakably harsh and horrific. Lots of awards should be coming for this movie and I look forward to the DVD so I can slowly and methodically watch this intense and heartfelt movie once more. Do your self a favor and see it up on the big screen 1st, because this is one hell of a movie with so much to see, hear and experience. Absolutely second your recommendation. Saw this at a matinee on Sunday and was enthralled. A beautifully filmed and realized work with great acting all around. There were a few times I found myself thinking "holy crap they're making dumb decisions" but then I thought these are a couple of young kids thrust into a terrifying situation, they're likely to make dumb decisions. Given his age and where he grew up it's likely that Mendes read Charley's War. The film is dedicated to his grandfather who was a runner in WWI. So a very personal take based in part on stories from his grandfather. I would highly recommend that this be seen in a theater if possible. This film has the kind of epic feel that was evoked by films like Lawrence of Arabia. It screams out to be on a big screen with a great picture and sound. |
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Post by berkley on Jan 22, 2020 0:01:05 GMT -5
I don't care for Adam Sandler so I've avoided seeing Uncut Gems, but after seeing a few positive reviews I might have to give it a chance since it sounds like it might be good in spite of his presence. Sandler being himself isn't really my particular cup of humor, but him going full on DeNiro mobster as it looks in the trailer might make for a crazy movie. Saw it tonight. It's a good movie, fast-paced, high-energy, though not quite as original or innovative as the review I read had led me to hope for.
I still don't think Sandler's a very good actor but he's more than adequate for the kind of part he has to play here - although possibly his character was meant to be a little more sympathetic than I found him. Some of the supporting cast were really good - Julia Fox as the girlfriend, Idina Menzel as the wife, and Keith Williams Richards as a low-level thug (had to look up all their names as I don't think I've ever seen any of them in anything until now. The last named, Richards, doesn't even have a wiki page, but he was great in this.) |
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Post by brutalis on Jan 27, 2020 8:08:56 GMT -5
Saturday morning was spent watching Guy Ritchies latest Brit Gangster movie: The Gentlemen starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Genry Golding and Colin Farrel. McConaughey has crafted a discreet power brokerage as the king of the Marijuana empire in London. Seeing the future of legalized Mary Jane, he wants to sell out his 10 factories for a life of gentility and enjoy his retirement. Of course there are plots and double crossings and Machiavellian intricacies (what gangster movie wouldn't have those?) galore. The joy here is watching premiere actors strutting their stuff and having a grand time. Hugh Grant I have never really cared about as an actor, but here he is a seedy tabloid newspaper grafter out to get his (un)fair share as the teller of the tale. A quite stylishly crafted story filled with little action but when it hits, it hits fast, hard,vulgarly and crudely adept. Colin Farrell steals the movie for me who is simply known as "Coach" to a group of rowdy British boys who like to indulge in fisticuffs. If you like Ritche and his early British gangster movies, then you will like this one as well.
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Post by Jesse on Feb 15, 2020 15:17:18 GMT -5
Hereditary (2018)  I felt Ari Aster's directorial debut was better paced and the story telling more straight forward than Midsommar. Toni Collette is one hell of a character actor and her mental deterioration in this movie is at times riveting. Alex Wolff as her son also gives a particularly noteworthy performance. I feel like I can't justly explain this movie to people without spoiling it but I've always been fond of movies that make me question whether the events are mental illness, or actually supernatural, or both. I'm glad I avoided spoilers for this one because I did not see the reveal coming. This modern horror classic is definitely worth a rewatch!
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Post by berkley on Feb 17, 2020 23:13:27 GMT -5
Hereditary (2018) I felt Ari Aster's directorial debut was better paced and the story telling more straight forward than Midsommar. Toni Collette is one hell of a character actor and her mental deterioration in this movie is at times riveting. Alex Wolff as her son also gives a particularly noteworthy performance. I feel like I can't justly explain this movie to people without spoiling it but I've always been fond of movies that make me question whether the events are mental illness, or actually supernatural, or both. I'm glad I avoided spoilers for this one because I did not see the reveal coming. This modern horror classic is definitely worth a rewatch! Funny, I had the opposite feeling - that Hereditary was unnecessarily convoluted, with at least one twist too many, and that Midsommar was more straightforward, though perhaps a bit longer and more drawn out than it needed to be.
I liked them both but my complaint would be that they're just a little too self-conscious and over-deliberate - well-crafted almost to a fault, in the sense that you can see where their influences came from for various elements and imagine them being put them together in an overly schematic kind of way: "Okay, we'll take this bit from Rosemary's Baby and put it next to this bit from The Exorcist, then we'll etc, etc" .
I'm exaggerating unfairly to make the point, but I did get something of that feeling when I watched each of these films. Still, putting aside these quibbles, I'd say they're required viewing for even the most casual horror fan and I'm very interested in seeing what Aster comes up with next |
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Post by Jesse on Feb 22, 2020 14:18:55 GMT -5
Us 2019  I haven't rooted for a family to survive a horror movie this much since the original Poltergeist. Lupita Nyong'o's performance is brilliant and Jordan Peele doesn't get enough credit for the groundbreaking work he's doing. Plan on rewatching this back-to-back with Get Out because it's difficult to decide which film I like better at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2020 14:40:37 GMT -5
Steven Spielberg will not be directing Indiana Jones 5, but will remain on the movie as a hands on producer. James Mangold is in talks to take over helming the film. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2020 14:57:06 GMT -5
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