The thread for movies that aren't going to get their own thread but are still in theaters

ranalin wrote:
trichy wrote:

Hey, go see Everything Everywhere All At Once right now. Now. Like, now. It's so good.

I'm still not comfortable going to theaters...

Yeah. I'll wait for the big-small screen release.

trichy wrote:

Hey, go see Everything Everywhere All At Once right now. Now. Like, now. It's so good.

Jonman wrote:

Echoing trichy. It's the best sci fi kung fu romcom family drama you've ever seen.

It's just bananas from start to finish.

I must be living in one of the crazy universes because I thought this was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It was walkout-worthy for me. (I didn’t because I knew my wife would want to see it through.) She felt the same about it though.

I really can’t believe this is getting reviewed so positively. By critics and audiences alike.

The Lost City was incredibly fun - genre aware and stupid in all the right ways - Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock are comic genius actors

Tanglebones wrote:

The Lost City was incredibly fun - genre aware and stupid in all the right ways - Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock are comic genius actors

Yup!!!

PaladinTom wrote:

I must be living in one of the crazy universes because I thought this was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It was walkout-worthy for me. (I didn’t because I knew my wife would want to see it through.) She felt the same about it though.

I really can’t believe this is getting reviewed so positively. By critics and audiences alike.

What was it that turned you off? The goofy humor with a side of gross-out?

Tanglebones wrote:

The Lost City was incredibly fun - genre aware and stupid in all the right ways - Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock are comic genius actors

Agreed, I thought it was a lot of fun.

Jonman wrote:
PaladinTom wrote:

I must be living in one of the crazy universes because I thought this was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It was walkout-worthy for me. (I didn’t because I knew my wife would want to see it through.) She felt the same about it though.

I really can’t believe this is getting reviewed so positively. By critics and audiences alike.

What was it that turned you off? The goofy humor with a side of gross-out?

The humor didn’t land for me… at all. I consider the gross out stuff part of that humor. Although I missed the big gross out scene because I went to the bathroom and was in no rush to get back in the theater.

I was expecting a matrix-style mind trip, but instead it was just over the top nonsense. I can appreciate the acting, editing etc, but the “story” was all over the place. So was its tone. It was just a mess for me. The rules of the world didn’t make sense at all to me. And then they jammed in un-earned emotional beats that I just did not care about by that point.

I spent an hour or so online last night, and we seem to be the “only” people on earth who didn’t like this movie. WHAT AM I MISSING?! (To be fair, we overheard the couple in front of us where the woman apologized to her partner.)

PaladinTom wrote:
Jonman wrote:
PaladinTom wrote:

I must be living in one of the crazy universes because I thought this was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It was walkout-worthy for me. (I didn’t because I knew my wife would want to see it through.) She felt the same about it though.

I really can’t believe this is getting reviewed so positively. By critics and audiences alike.

What was it that turned you off? The goofy humor with a side of gross-out?

The humor didn’t land for me… at all. I consider the gross out stuff part of that humor. Although I missed the big gross out scene because I went to the bathroom and was in no rush to get back in the theater.

I was expecting a matrix-style mind trip, but instead it was just over the top nonsense. I can appreciate the acting, editing etc, but the “story” was all over the place. So was its tone. It was just a mess for me. The rules of the world didn’t make sense at all to me. And then they jammed in un-earned emotional beats that I just did not care about by that point.

I spent an hour or so online last night, and we seem to be the “only” people on earth who didn’t like this movie. WHAT AM I MISSING?! (To be fair, we overheard the couple in front of us where the woman apologized to her partner.)

:old:

because you were probably the only ones expecting a matrix style mind trip. This is no doubt an insane over the top ride and if it wasn't an all over the place mess the majority of folks would be disappointed.

ranalin wrote:
PaladinTom wrote:
Jonman wrote:
PaladinTom wrote:

I must be living in one of the crazy universes because I thought this was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It was walkout-worthy for me. (I didn’t because I knew my wife would want to see it through.) She felt the same about it though.

I really can’t believe this is getting reviewed so positively. By critics and audiences alike.

What was it that turned you off? The goofy humor with a side of gross-out?

The humor didn’t land for me… at all. I consider the gross out stuff part of that humor. Although I missed the big gross out scene because I went to the bathroom and was in no rush to get back in the theater.

I was expecting a matrix-style mind trip, but instead it was just over the top nonsense. I can appreciate the acting, editing etc, but the “story” was all over the place. So was its tone. It was just a mess for me. The rules of the world didn’t make sense at all to me. And then they jammed in un-earned emotional beats that I just did not care about by that point.

I spent an hour or so online last night, and we seem to be the “only” people on earth who didn’t like this movie. WHAT AM I MISSING?! (To be fair, we overheard the couple in front of us where the woman apologized to her partner.)

:old:

because you were probably the only ones expecting a matrix style mind trip. This is no doubt an insane over the top ride and if it wasn't an all over the place mess the majority of folks would be disappointed.

Yes, but it was the beginning of the movie that set that expectation for me. Then it got... weird. Too weird for me I guess. :shrug:

I am going to say it...
I enjoyed Fantastic Beasts 3.
In fact, I am going to retroactively insert aged up Jude Law as Dumbledore in the latter HP films. He is so much better than Gambon and on par with Harris.

I have to ask, but there are all sorts of negative stories floating around about the series plot that I just don't see at all.

It doesn't gay bash at all. In fact the series's gay love story, while tragic, comes across as genuine.
There were stories that certain factions were cookie cutter antisemitic tropes because they steal children. Where does this happen in the movie?
The bad guy faction is definitely akin to wizard Nazis and the setting seems just as the world is entering WW2. So while the Nazis are becoming more powerful, it follows historical context, and they are treated as a threat and evil. There is no sympathizing them.

And lastly, they rectified I will say 1 and a half things I absolutely loathed about the second movie.

Actually, there was another thing they fixed: more Newt. As much as the movie is entitled Secrets of Dumbledore, Newt is the heart and soul of the franchise. He took a back seat in the second film to its detriment. Thankfully, that is not the case in the third

Seems like some of the negative stories you've encountered are reductive or ill-informed.

From what I've been given to understand, for a decade or so, JK has asserted that she intended Dumbledore to be gay, yet has also steadfastly refused to state such in the text itself. Basically, many LGB readers feels she was fishing for plaudits without actually doing anything (a bad habit she's developed, but not her worst). When she finally did so in this movie, it is limited to one scene that has apparently been removed from release in various foreign markets.

The goblins, miserly, greedy, duplicitous, untrustworthy beings with prominent noses who control all the wizard banks have been an element of the world since the first book. They may not be in this most recent movie, but they have been in many others.

Perhaps not "sympathizing," but it is certainly weird that the heroes are trying to stop the Wizard Nazis from stopping the real world Holocaust.

For further listening, I'd recommend:

and

Myself, I thought the first one was bad, the second one sounded insanely bad, and just the images of all these grim faced very serious characters in suits holding little magic sticks makes me laugh.

fangblackbone wrote:

And lastly, they rectified I will say 1 and a half things I absolutely loathed about the second movie.

The second movie was terrible. This third movie was better, but I hated it for being a bandaid for the second movie. It seems to address nearly every complaint about the second film and reset the story, which fine, they wrapped up most of the story threads. Fine. What really peeved me about this movie was how Grindelwald's rhetoric seemed to completely change from the second movie. Instead of being his own character with different goals and motivations, if not similar ends, he his now just Voldemort 1.0.

trichy wrote:

Hey, go see Everything Everywhere All At Once right now. Now. Like, now. It's so good.

I just saw it and I endorse this message. Such a fun, funny and sweet movie.

Alien Love Gardener wrote:
trichy wrote:

Hey, go see Everything Everywhere All At Once right now. Now. Like, now. It's so good.

I just saw it and I endorse this message. Such a fun, funny and sweet movie.

Indeed

Spoiler:

I find myself every once in a while chuckling about Raccacoonie. It’s such a stupid gag, but it’s so funny to me.

DSGamer wrote:
Alien Love Gardener wrote:
trichy wrote:

Hey, go see Everything Everywhere All At Once right now. Now. Like, now. It's so good.

I just saw it and I endorse this message. Such a fun, funny and sweet movie.

Indeed

Spoiler:

I find myself every once in a while chuckling about Raccacoonie. It’s such a stupid gag, but it’s so funny to me.

I'll get on the love train for EEAAO.

I loved it as well.

The release of EEAAO has been oddly delayed in this country, and the only showings I've been able to find have been one-offs. I made the effort to go to one such, and I'm so glad I made the effort - my whole family loved it. I can see how people could take against it if you're not on board with what it's doing, but we adored it from start to finish.

We saw the new Dr Strange 2 days ago and it's no comparison - EEAAO has such a strong character-based resolution it blows all the MCU CG stuff away just with a rotating coloured light on people's faces, and some impractical rubber gloves.

I’m looking forward to seeing EEAAO when it finally arrives in the UK. I keep checking my local cinema listings but so far, as Dudley says, no joy other than the odd showing that don’t seem to be anywhere near me.

Saw EEAAO with my 19 year-old son last night. Loved it. That's the way to do a multi-verse of madness! The characters and ending were authentic and heartfelt.

Dune definitely needs more cowbell!

I'm psyched to see they have a Feyd, I thought there was every chance that Rabban might sub in for him.

SpacePProtean wrote:

I'm psyched to see they have a Feyd, I thought there was every chance that Rabban might sub in for him.

Sting?

I'm reading Dune for the first time. Does anyone know how far I have to get so I can watch the movie without book spoilers?

I only plan on reading Dune. There is another thread for that discussion.

There is a point midway through the book where Paul has a duel with a man named Jamis. That is the point where the first movie ends.

Just finish part 1 in the book and you should be fine.

SpacePProtean wrote:

I'm psyched to see they have a Feyd, I thought there was every chance that Rabban might sub in for him.

There was never any doubt, they specifically said he would be in the 2nd part

Watched Firestarter and liked it but not as much of the original. I don't think many people will like the movie. The pacing is kind of slow and the movie doesn't take many chances staying to close to the original with a modern day paint. I didn't mind the slow pace or rehashed story. I thought it was fun how they translating scenes to modern day.

My biggest problem was with someone dying and the impact not being very big. The emotional impact wasn't there. Best part was the fire scenes which were nice for the limited budget.

SallyNasty wrote:

Saw The Batman over the weekend. I liked it but it was probably 30-45 minutes too long. The last 30 minutes were really unnecessary and made what was an awesome movie into one that didn't resolve well, imo. Great acting and awesome action, however.

I guess that depends on whether you think catching the main villain should be the end of this movie, or whether the impact of the villain on our protagonist is actually what it should end on. It is long, but the Riddler has a lot of plans, and we'd probably miss the texture of the city and its underbelly if anything was cut. Gotham City is its own character, and this film is shot beautifully.

Kurrelgyre wrote:
SallyNasty wrote:

Saw The Batman over the weekend. I liked it but it was probably 30-45 minutes too long. The last 30 minutes were really unnecessary and made what was an awesome movie into one that didn't resolve well, imo. Great acting and awesome action, however.

I guess that depends on whether you think catching the main villain should be the end of this movie, or whether the impact of the villain on our protagonist is actually what it should end on. It is long, but the Riddler has a lot of plans, and we'd probably miss the texture of the city and its underbelly if anything was cut. Gotham City is its own character, and this film is shot beautifully.

I think the problem is that

Spoiler:

pre-capture, the Riddler's plans were to punish a very specific group of wrongdoers in positions of power. Post-capture, his plan was "let's flood the city, get a bunch of guns, and shoot random citizens, because reasons." He went from an interesting character with very specific motivations to a generic supervillain.

So it's less that I think catching the villain should be the end of the movie, and more that the movie inexplicably became a lot less interesting and a lot more generic in the final act. If that last 30 mins had been as interesting as the stuff that came before, then sure, let the movie be long.