Movies - General Discussion

[edindetroit]

More movies. Movie Pass has made it cheap to see new movies...

"The Greatest Showman" - 8/10. Extremely entertaining musical. VERY shallow plot that is almost annoying because of how basic it is. Simply rating it high because of the music. Hugh Jackman had an awesome 2017 when it comes to movies.

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" - 9/10. Excellent drama, acted perfectly with great performances by everyone... particularity McDormand and Rockwell. Woody Harrelson doesn't deserve an Oscar nomination for his role in this movie because he is just Woody Harrelson. I don't see a transformation when it comes to acting. I mean, he is always great... if you give an Oscar nom for this role, give it to every Woody performance.

"Lady Bird" - 10/10. Omg... it's right there with my favorite movie of 2017 with BR2049. Perfect coming of age movie where you care about every character. Saoirse Ronan is so real, which is amazing considering her Irish accent. If you like "Boyhood", like me, this is for you.

"Spider-Man: Homecoming" - 7/10. Good and entertaining comic book movie. Didn't blow me away or anything... solid in a lot of areas.

2017 is a year is so many great movies. Then again, it's easy when you pick and choose certain movies.

I wasn't expecting The Greatest Showman to be a musical. I sounded like my wife when I talk football, "UGH".

[millenwasmyfavorite]

Three Billboards was great.

Though, clearly a progressive pill for oblivious conservatives.

The theatre I went to was chalked full of 50-60 yr olds. Most clapped at end of movie.

[Cody_Russell]

Saw "Annihilation" - 9/10 ... well ... it's definitely a thinker. Sci-fi/ thriller with great acting, cinematography, and composing. Slow burn. The plot? Still processing it.
Not as perfect* as "Ex-Machina" (which was a 10/10 to me), but this was maybe close. SPOILERS ahead in white text: It depends on how you view the ending. 1st act was build up... The 2nd act was excellent. The scene when they were tied up and the bear creature came in. How the girl that died became part of the bear. Omg.. horrifying and brilliant at the same time. 3rd act? Not for everyone because it's big on Sci-Fi. Seem to be hit with themes I haven't processed yet. The alien creature that mimicked Natalie Portman. VERY bold. Again, the more I think about it, the better it gets.

Finally saw "Thor: Ragnarok" - 9/10 ... what an entertaining, funny, and just great overall joy ride. Not a surprise considering the director did "What We do in the Shadows"

[millenwasmyfavorite]

I am out of town.

Will watch on Saturday.

I haven't read your spoilers, but:

In the book, psychologist is really the antagonist. This is achieved through an incredible twist which is really established early on and core to why the book is trippy on numerous levels. I understand this isn't the case in the movie, which is really, really too bad -- but understandable in terms of time constraints.

Will write back

[WingsFan]

Three Billboards was great.

Im really looking forward watching it too.

As a big fan of the original 'Death Wish' I will watch the remake. Though the trailer looks like a terrible safe, by-the-numbers, Bruce Willis box-ticking, SJW wet-dream.

[millenwasmyfavorite]

Annihilation was good.

I probably would have liked it A LOT had I not read the book.

Far more horror than the book (The book is more "spooky").

Was a great sci fi movie, I feel like watching it again, and I think that should be something to be happy about.

[millenwasmyfavorite]

Im really looking forward watching it too.

As a big fan of the original 'Death Wish' I will watch the remake. Though the trailer looks like a terrible safe, by-the-numbers, Bruce Willis box-ticking, SJW wet-dream.

Unfortunately, Death Wish and 3 Billboards will have more in common in that vein than not.

[Cody_Russell]

Oscars ... seen a lot for 2017 thanks to MoviePass ... here is who I think will win and who I'd pick personally:

Best Picture - Will win, Three Billboards. Should win, Lady Bird.
Lead Actor - Will win, Oldman. Should win, Oldman. Day-Lewis was spectacular too.
Lead Actress - Will win, McDormand. Should win, Ronan, duh!
Supporting Actor - Will win, Rockwell. Should win, Rockwell. That long take scene.
Supporting Actress - Will win, Janney. Should win, Metcalf.
Best Director - Will win, del Toro. Should win, PTA. All of these noms are so damn great.
Animated - Will win, Coco. Should win, Coco. Is there any doubt.
Original screenplay - Will win, Get Out. Should win, Lady Bird. Shape of Water ripped off a South Park episode "Free Willyz" btw.
Cinematography - Will win, Blade Runner: 2049. Should win, Blade Runner: 2049. If Deakins doesn't win this, I quit. That'll piss me off.
Original Score - Will win, Phantom Thread. Should win, Phantom Thread. It was amazing. Love Dunkirk's too. Zimmer fan here.

Go Blade Runner: 2049, Lady Bird, and Dunkirk!

Annihilation was good.
I probably would have liked it A LOT had I not read the book.
Far more horror than the book (The book is more "spooky").
Was a great sci fi movie, I feel like watching it again, and I think that should be something to be happy about.

One horror scene in particular that was one of the best I've seen in years. The obvious one.

[millenwasmyfavorite]

Not Dunkirk's year.

It is crazy to me to look at Nolan's filmography w/ zero oscars. He his becoming the Leo Dicaprio of directors. I get that they aren't what you think of in terms of conventional Oscar winners, but obviously that barrier has been broken quite a bit lately, and he will have one of the most modern pedigrees of all current film makers when finished.

Pretty bad considering a movie like HURT LOCKER took best picture just a handful of years ago.

This year is awfully competitive.

Get out, Dunkirk, Bladerunner, 3 Billboards, Phantom Thread, I, Tonya, Lady Bird, Shape of Water.

Really just a shit ton of unanimously 85%-99% good movies.

Ya, I need to watch Annihilation again. I was pretty distracted by Real-Time book comparison that I don't think I got to take in how deeply unsettling a few of those scenes were.

[Cody_Russell]

The list of directors that have never won an Oscar is an impressive list of big names. Welles, Kubrick, Tarintino, Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Nolan. Nolan’s time will come.

Happy to see Blade Runner 2049 take home 2 + Dunkirk with 3.
Lady Bird shut out makes me sad.
Phantom Thread should have won best score.

[edindetroit]

How did Darkest Hour do? For me that was the best picture of the year.

[millenwasmyfavorite]

Ha. Greenwood doesn't need to win shit.

Already part of one of the greatest rockbands of all time.

[Cody_Russell]

How did Darkest Hour do? For me that was the best picture of the year.

Two Oscars? Pretty sure it was Best Makeup/ Hair style and Best Actor. Well deserved.
Best actor was stacked. Oldman perfected Churchill (just like Lithgow in "The Crown"). Daniel Day Lewis was also brilliant in Phantom Thread. It's too bad Franco wasn't nominated. Easily top 5.

When Oldman dropped the line "you can't reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth" , nearly shit my pants. The best.

[Topweasel]

The list of directors that have never won an Oscar is an impressive list of big names. Welles, Kubrick, Tarintino, Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Nolan. Nolan?s time will come.

Happy to see Blade Runner 2049 take home 2 + Dunkirk with 3.
Lady Bird shut out makes me sad.
Phantom Thread should have won best score.

Nolan is circling the same stupidity that Scorsese and Spielberg suffered through. I kind of get their point when it comes to actors, the ones that care tend to take money jobs for awhile or stop over analyzing scripts after winning. But the Academy won't give the award to a director or Actor/actress if they seem like an elite talent to keep them doing Award quality work.

It screws guys like Tarintino and Kubrik that don't do a whole lot of movies (Tarintino has in fact said his 10th movie will be his last for awhile). They held out on Kubrik and while heady work, his last few movies were disappointments and then he died. Tarintino has had about 3 pieces that could have won, 1 specifically that should have won. But he only makes Genre films and chances are his next and probably last movie is going be a bit too much for the Acedmy.

[Mainevent]

I fell asleep watching Justice League last night, but the first half (I think) that I saw was pretty terrible. A discombobulated mess with a terrible CGI villain. I'll try to slog through the rest tonight. They really need to take these movies out of Zack Snyder's hands.

Update: the 2nd half was just as bad. What a mess of a movie.