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Jul 27, 2017 18:35:31 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jul 27, 2017 18:35:31 GMT -5
I'm always late to the party because I watch movies on DVD/Blu-ray, not in the theaters.
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Jul 28, 2017 6:15:30 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Jul 28, 2017 6:15:30 GMT -5
I liked The Big Sick a lot. Also saw Pirates 5 for $3, which was about $4 too much. It's just become boring. They keep telling the same story over and over and Depp has nothing new he can bring to the role. I'd like to see Planet of the Apes, but I still haven't seen the 2nd one. Same with Guardians. Didn't see the first. Not much interested in comic book movies anyhow, although I did enjoy Wonder Woman. Guardians Of The Galaxy didn't really make much sense, but it was a fun movie anyway. Classic "popcorn" movie. I haven't seen the second one. People often mistake "comic books" for "superheros" when they say things like "not much interested in comic book movies". Superheros are only a (large) subset of the comic book medium. But usually no one makes movies or TV shows from the non-superhero comic books. A few that have been made: Akira, The Walking Dead, Tintin, Asterix and Obelix.
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Jul 28, 2017 12:50:36 GMT -5
Post by BuckysHeat on Jul 28, 2017 12:50:36 GMT -5
I absolutely loved Guardians and could not wait until part 2 came out. It was okay, had some nice action, not really sure if it advanced anything in the MCU though. Most of it was predictable, Drax tried too hard to be irreverent and got annoying after about 45 minutes.
War of the Planet of the apes was good but dragged on as well, the first two movies were great but this one was a lot of meh. I will buy it when it comes out on DVD to finish the set but most likely won't watch it more than once a year.
I enjoyed spiderman but it dragged on for a lot of the movie, the last 1/2 hour was worth the wait but the wait a bit too drawn out.
I have not seen Dunkirk, it is not on at the local cinema ($4 per person). Will not go to the AMC/Marcus/Etc theaters to pay 410+ so will probably have to wait until it comes out on DVD. I had doubts when I saw the first preview but it seems like it was exceptionally well done based on reviews.
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Jul 30, 2017 0:11:35 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Jul 30, 2017 0:11:35 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Dunkirk. It was a very intense watch - I found myself anxious/stressed the whole way through. I need to see it again. My husband leaned over about half way through and said, "You realize they jump back and forth on events of the day, right?" Like you're watching stuff take place at night, and then it's the middle of the day. That being said, rest movie, and like you said, very intense.
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Jul 30, 2017 15:55:18 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Jul 30, 2017 15:55:18 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Dunkirk. It was a very intense watch - I found myself anxious/stressed the whole way through. I need to see it again. My husband leaned over about half way through and said, "You realize they jump back and forth on events of the day, right?" Like you're watching stuff take place at night, and then it's the middle of the day. That being said, rest movie, and like you said, very intense. You know the Battle of Dunkirk lasted 11 days, right? That's 11 times that day can go to night and vice versa without actually skipping backward in time.
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Jul 30, 2017 16:16:20 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jul 30, 2017 16:16:20 GMT -5
I liked The Big Sick a lot. Also saw Pirates 5 for $3, which was about $4 too much. It's just become boring. They keep telling the same story over and over and Depp has nothing new he can bring to the role. I'd like to see Planet of the Apes, but I still haven't seen the 2nd one. Same with Guardians. Didn't see the first. Not much interested in comic book movies anyhow, although I did enjoy Wonder Woman. Guardians Of The Galaxy didn't really make much sense, but it was a fun movie anyway. Classic "popcorn" movie. I haven't seen the second one. People often mistake "comic books" for "superheros" when they say things like "not much interested in comic book movies". Superheros are only a (large) subset of the comic book medium. But usually no one makes movies or TV shows from the non-superhero comic books. A few that have been made: Akira, The Walking Dead, Tintin, Asterix and Obelix. And then there's "gravel novels" which is (mostly) not superhero based and yet still uses comic book techniques like panels, bubble dialogue, exaggerated (or minimalist) human body part proportions, and stylistic graphics. See, e.g., The Walking Dead, Sin City, Ghost World, Fun Home, Blankets, Maus I, Maus II. Ghost World is a great movie based on the graphic novel of the same name.
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Jul 30, 2017 17:33:11 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Jul 30, 2017 17:33:11 GMT -5
I need to see it again. My husband leaned over about half way through and said, "You realize they jump back and forth on events of the day, right?" Like you're watching stuff take place at night, and then it's the middle of the day. That being said, rest movie, and like you said, very intense. You know the Battle of Dunkirk lasted 11 days, right? That's 11 times that day can go to night and vice versa without actually skipping backward in time. I didn't put that well. The movie actually has 3 different timelines. The soldiers on the beach timeline, the rescuers timeline, and the TAF pilots timeline. They all converge at the end, but it took me most of the movie to figure that out. So, you're watching 3 different timelines at the same time. Can get a bit confusing. Interesting that very few characters were given names. And no background story for them. I struggled with the English accents a bit, but there honestly wasn't a lot of dialog. I really want to see it again.
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Jul 31, 2017 14:44:20 GMT -5
Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 31, 2017 14:44:20 GMT -5
I need to see it again. My husband leaned over about half way through and said, "You realize they jump back and forth on events of the day, right?" Like you're watching stuff take place at night, and then it's the middle of the day. That being said, rest movie, and like you said, very intense. You know the Battle of Dunkirk lasted 11 days, right? That's 11 times that day can go to night and vice versa without actually skipping backward in time. But they actually do - look at the tugboat in the various storylines. Also, this movie inspired me to make tea with jam and bread yesterday.
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Aug 8, 2017 20:54:08 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 20:54:08 GMT -5
I'd like to know what the purpose of jumping around in time was. It made the story needlessly confusing, I thought. I too still liked it. But the editing was just weird.
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Aug 8, 2017 20:59:58 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 20:59:58 GMT -5
You know the Battle of Dunkirk lasted 11 days, right? That's 11 times that day can go to night and vice versa without actually skipping backward in time. I didn't put that well. The movie actually has 3 different timelines. The soldiers on the beach timeline, the rescuers timeline, and the TAF pilots timeline. They all converge at the end, but it took me most of the movie to figure that out. So, you're watching 3 different timelines at the same time. Can get a bit confusing. Interesting that very few characters were given names. And no background story for them. I struggled with the English accents a bit, but there honestly wasn't a lot of dialog. I really want to see it again. Best example. I swear Cillian Murphy (spelling) was in the row boat that didn't pick up the other characters. He was the shell-shocked soldier on the tug boat. But I'll be darned if there was ever any explanation for why he ended up in the middle of the channel on top of that sunken ship.
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Aug 8, 2017 21:18:34 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 21:18:34 GMT -5
OK. I misunderstood the opening titles. The "one week," "one day" and "one hour" refers to the time length of those three storylines -- the Mole (the beach), the sea (the boat), the air (the pilots).
I guess they needed to be intertwined in order to give them equal prominence. But it was confusing.
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Aug 11, 2017 14:26:21 GMT -5
Post by loki on Aug 11, 2017 14:26:21 GMT -5
I re-watched The Avengers. Probably my favorite comic-based movie, so far. Right up there with Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy 1..
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Aug 11, 2017 15:47:45 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Aug 11, 2017 15:47:45 GMT -5
I re-watched The Avengers. Probably my favorite comic-based movie, so far. Right up there with Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy 1.. I thought you were referring to the old Avengers with Emma Peel (played by Diana Rigg). Rigg now plays Olenna Tyrell (the old grandmother) in Game of Thrones. Back then, she was super hot. I had the longest crush on her.
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Aug 11, 2017 18:49:21 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Aug 11, 2017 18:49:21 GMT -5
I re-watched The Avengers. Probably my favorite comic-based movie, so far. Right up there with Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy 1.. I thought you were referring to the old Avengers with Emma Peel (played by Diana Rigg). Rigg now plays Olenna Tyrell (the old grandmother) in Game of Thrones. Back then, she was super hot. I had the longest crush on her. Here is a weird thing. 1) I have never seen the Avengers TV show and I have seen the Marvel movie, but 2) when I hear someone say "the Avengers" I think of the TV show rather than the Marvel superhero team. (But if I hear someone say "Avengers assemble" then I think of the superhero team.)
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Aug 11, 2017 18:51:07 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Aug 11, 2017 18:51:07 GMT -5
Rigg now plays Olenna Tyrell (the old grandmother) in Game of Thrones. ps. not anymore
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