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Jun 13, 2015 21:51:13 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2015 21:51:13 GMT -5
Edge of Tomorrow is good enough to make you forget the slimeball Tom Cruise is in it.
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Jun 13, 2015 23:34:43 GMT -5
Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jun 13, 2015 23:34:43 GMT -5
Jurassic World pretty much delivers as a Summer popcorn movie. Plot holes, logic fails, and a weak romantic sub-plot? Check. Dinosaurs with sharp teeth running, flying, and swimming after screaming park goers and just generally breaking s#@t up? Also check. Which is the reason you bought a ticket in the first place.
And Edge of Tomorrow is indeed highly entertaining. Pretty much the perfect role for Tom Cruise, playing a character who is supposed to be a smug dick.
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Jun 14, 2015 1:02:03 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jun 14, 2015 1:02:03 GMT -5
I really like plots involving repetition, in this case living out a slice of your life in an infinite loop. There have also been several excellent TV episodes involving time loops and being stuck in them (e.g., Star Trek Next Generation, Stargate SG1), entire TV series devoted to time loops (e.g., Daybreak -- a guilty pleasure of mine), and some movies (e.g., Groundhog Day, 12:01).
There was something about Edge of Tomorrow (or Live Die Repeat) that I didn't like but I forgot what it was since it's been several months since I've seen that movie. I know, I must be getting old if I can't remember details of a movie I've seen only a few months ago.
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Jun 14, 2015 4:22:26 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Jun 14, 2015 4:22:26 GMT -5
Jurassic World pretty much delivers as a Summer popcorn movie. Plot holes, logic fails, and a weak romantic sub-plot? Check. Dinosaurs with sharp teeth running, flying, and swimming after screaming park goers and just generally breaking s#@t up? Also check. Which is the reason you bought a ticket in the first place. And Edge of Tomorrow is indeed highly entertaining. Pretty much the perfect role for Tom Cruise, playing a character who is supposed to be a smug dick. I remember way, way back when Tom Cruise was in Risky Business, playing an insecure horny teenage smug dick. I still smile thinking of the line: "Who's the u-boat commander?"
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Jun 14, 2015 10:38:49 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 10:38:49 GMT -5
It used to be that I could just dislike the acting. But this Scientology stuff is not funny anymore.
I liked the fact that he played off his usual characterizations for the first part of the movie. Basically a coward. He did a good job with that. And it has a great final scene. I just kept feeling a little scared for Emily Blunt.
That other movie he made recently wasn't bad either. I forget the name. Another high concept sci-fi thing.
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Jun 14, 2015 10:39:46 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jun 14, 2015 10:39:46 GMT -5
Oblivion?
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Jun 14, 2015 10:40:45 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 10:40:45 GMT -5
Right. It was OK.
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Jun 16, 2015 13:25:24 GMT -5
Post by vbbetterthanbb on Jun 16, 2015 13:25:24 GMT -5
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Jun 16, 2015 13:27:31 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Jun 16, 2015 13:27:31 GMT -5
I really like plots involving repetition, in this case living out a slice of your life in an infinite loop. There have also been several excellent TV episodes involving time loops and being stuck in them (e.g., Star Trek Next Generation, Stargate SG1), entire TV series devoted to time loops (e.g., Daybreak -- a guilty pleasure of mine), and some movies (e.g., Groundhog Day, 12:01). There was something about Edge of Tomorrow (or Live Die Repeat) that I didn't like but I forgot what it was since it's been several months since I've seen that movie. I know, I must be getting old if I can't remember details of a movie I've seen only a few months ago. I assume you have seen Run Lola Run. If not, you should.
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Jun 16, 2015 14:19:44 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jun 16, 2015 14:19:44 GMT -5
I really like plots involving repetition, in this case living out a slice of your life in an infinite loop. There have also been several excellent TV episodes involving time loops and being stuck in them (e.g., Star Trek Next Generation, Stargate SG1), entire TV series devoted to time loops (e.g., Daybreak -- a guilty pleasure of mine), and some movies (e.g., Groundhog Day, 12:01). There was something about Edge of Tomorrow (or Live Die Repeat) that I didn't like but I forgot what it was since it's been several months since I've seen that movie. I know, I must be getting old if I can't remember details of a movie I've seen only a few months ago. I assume you have seen Run Lola Run. If not, you should. Seen it. Twice. Got the parents to see it, too. They were confused.
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Jun 18, 2015 3:43:27 GMT -5
Post by vbbetterthanbb on Jun 18, 2015 3:43:27 GMT -5
Incredible revelation for me tonight. I found out that my all time favorite band might not be The Beatles. Rather, it might be The Wrecking Crew, a group that I never heard of. This is a superbly made documentary made about them, which IMHO is a MUST SEE for all baby boomers (and perhaps older) who are music lovers. www.imdb.com/title/tt1185418/It is in the same vein with "Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)" about the backup group The Funk Brothers, or "Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013)" about backup vocalists. For me this is better yet. The Wrecking Crew might have contributed to half of my personal top 100 songs, and hundreds (thousands?) more songs that I like. I just can't believe all the different sound that they had put out. Below is a small sample of the songs that they were part of, and they were also part of many of the songs by these same artists. My curiosity now is not what popular 50s-80s songs they played on, but rather, which of such songs they didn't! Sorry for the long post. Annie's Song (John Denver) Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (5th Dimension) Bang Bang (Cher) Batman Theme Be My Baby (The Ronettes) Bonanza Theme Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Glen Campbell) California Dreamin' (Mamas & Papas) Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley) Close To You (The Carpenters) Eve of Destruction (Barry McGuire) Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys) Guantanamera (The Sandpipers) Hawaii Five-O Theme (The Ventures) Just Dropped In (Kenny Rogers & 1st Edition) Let's Go (The Routers) Lonely Bull (Tijuana Brass) Love Will Keep Us Together (Captain and Tennille) MacArthur Park (Richard Harris) MASH Theme (Suicide is Painless) Memories (Elvis Presley) Midnight Confessions (Grass Roots) Mission Impossible Theme Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds) Out of Limits (Marketts were formed only after this went on the chart!) Pink Panther (Henry Mancini) Ringo (Lorne Green) San Francisco (Scott McKenzie) Somethin' Stupid (Frank and Nancy Sinatra) Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra) The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher) These Boots Were Made For Walking (Nancy Sinatra) This Diamond Ring (Gary Lewis & The Playboys) To Know Him Is To Love Him (Teddy Bears) Travelin' Man (Ricky Nelson) Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (The Righteous Brothers) Young Girl (Gary Puckett) And the Monkees, of course.
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Jun 19, 2015 15:54:55 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2015 15:54:55 GMT -5
Inside Out is a mess.
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Jun 19, 2015 16:08:20 GMT -5
Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jun 19, 2015 16:08:20 GMT -5
Really? Interesting. The reviews have been over the moon, and it's sitting at a ridiculous 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and 93 on Metacritic. What's your take on it? Also, I'll second the positive review of "The Wrecking Crew."
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Jun 19, 2015 16:13:34 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2015 16:13:34 GMT -5
I had high expectations from the reviews, but not the previews. I thought there was way too much stuff going on, both in terms of plot and visually. But my biggest gripes were that it 1) didn't make sense, 2) didn't hold up aesthetically and 3) wasn't funny.
I'm a huge Pixar fan (except for Cars 2 and Monster U), but this didn't do it for me.
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Jun 20, 2015 16:52:35 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jun 20, 2015 16:52:35 GMT -5
Paddington
Bizarre film where the people of London take certain unrealistic things for granted. For example, they're not impressed with a talking bear. Also, why does Paddington have to leave his home in Darkest Peru? After an earthquake, wouldn't you simply try to repair the damages instead of stowing away onto a cargo ship and traveling across the Atlantic to London, England? Anyway, I do love the little touches the filmmakers brought to the film: the dollhouse, the flashback with the miniature train, the tree painting on the wall of the Brown residence, the flashback cotton bubble, etc.
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