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

Pepperoni and sun dried tomatoes.

Is violent night going to get its own thread or should it live hete?

I haven't seen it yet but from the way everyone is talking, there must be a scene where the pizza boy comes to the door...

"Anybody order a pineapple pizza?"

David Harbour: "Pineapple? On pizza? You're going on the Naughty List!" from the top of the stairs and then proceeds to machine gun the kid with his M16 a la Tony Montana at the end of Scarface.

Spoilers!

Sorbicol wrote:

Wasn’t this a thread about films?

If the Name the Game thread has taught me anything, you need to just wait about 100 pages or so for them to get it out of their system. And then whatever you do, don't mention lighthouses.

PurEvil wrote:
Sorbicol wrote:

Wasn’t this a thread about films?

If the Name the Game thread has taught me anything, you need to just wait about 100 pages or so for them to get it out of their system. And then whatever you do, don't mention lighthouses.

You've gotta admit, though, it is pretty strange how many movies feature lighthouses, right?

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My god... what have I done...

Violent Night: 10 out of 5 stars. It's pretty rare to see a Die Hard that also pulls from Die Hard 2.

SpacePProtean wrote:

Violent Night: 10 out of 5 stars. It's pretty rare to see a Die Hard that also pulls from Die Hard 2.

Ha! Gonna have to catch a matinee this weekend.

It's exactly what it's billed to be, which is great, with plenty of gore and language.

Kurrelgyre wrote:

It's exactly what it's billed to be, which is great, with plenty of gore and language.

I enjoyed it well enough! It's probably a one-time watch for me, though. No real surprises.

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is really well done, the stop motion is great. I wasn't expecting an emotional story, but the father in me teared up when he sand the Goodbye Papa/ Ciao Papa song, and teared out towards the end. Very enjoyable.

Kurrelgyre wrote:

It's exactly what it's billed to be, which is great, with plenty of gore and language.

Now that others have seen it, I'll restate what I said earlier...now I really want a prequel on the backstory of Santa.

Nevin73 wrote:
Kurrelgyre wrote:

It's exactly what it's billed to be, which is great, with plenty of gore and language.

Now that others have seen it, I'll restate what I said earlier...now I really want a prequel on the backstory of Santa.

Rare Imports.

muraii wrote:
Nevin73 wrote:
Kurrelgyre wrote:

It's exactly what it's billed to be, which is great, with plenty of gore and language.

Now that others have seen it, I'll restate what I said earlier...now I really want a prequel on the backstory of Santa.

Rare Imports.

No, not his porn parody.

Nevin73 wrote:

Now that others have seen it, I'll restate what I said earlier...now I really want a prequel on the backstory of Santa.

Does what we've already been given need expansion? It'd be like watching John McClane graduate from the Police Academy, and not that Police Academy.

Kurrelgyre wrote:
Nevin73 wrote:

Now that others have seen it, I'll restate what I said earlier...now I really want a prequel on the backstory of Santa.

Does what we've already been given need expansion? It'd be like watching John McClane graduate from the Police Academy, and not that Police Academy.

Don't tease... Steve Guttenberg is dreamy.

Kurrelgyre wrote:
Nevin73 wrote:

Now that others have seen it, I'll restate what I said earlier...now I really want a prequel on the backstory of Santa.

Does what we've already been given need expansion? It'd be like watching John McClane graduate from the Police Academy, and not that Police Academy.

Spoiler:

How did a Viking raider become Santa Claus, using magic that he has no idea how it works? Was he cursed? Did he have a change of heart? That seems like an interesting story that could be told.

What was the last bad James Cameron movie?

Top_Shelf wrote:

What was the last bad James Cameron movie?

Avatar. Before that, the director's cut of T2.

Top_Shelf wrote:

What was the last bad James Cameron movie?

He wrote "Strange Days" in 1995 which I found pretty crappy.

farley3k wrote:
Top_Shelf wrote:

What was the last bad James Cameron movie?

He wrote "Strange Days" in 1995 which I found pretty crappy.

Strange Days is a really terrific movie that nobody remembers. Well worth reappraising.

Top_Shelf wrote:

What was the last bad James Cameron movie?

Depends what you consider a "James Cameron movie." His last directing credit is indeed 2009's Avatar, which he also wrote, produced, and edited, and is indeed bad. He also has writing and producing credits on 2019's Alita: Battle Angel and Terminator: Dark Fate, neither of which I've seen. Other than that, it's mostly been executive producer credits on documentaries for the past couple decades.

Watched Better Watch Out a 2017 slasher that I thought just came out this year. A Xmas slasher with a fun twist. Really dug it. Its on like all the free services like tubi.

The movie has a strong home alone vibe just if home alone was slasher movie. Mix in the babysitter trope and you get this odd movie.

I watched that movie a couple of years ago and really liked it.

Just got back from Avatar Way of the Water (in 3D). It's one of the first movies that left me with a sense of awe and amazement in a very long time. Emotional roller coaster as well. Easily my top movie of the year.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

Watched Better Watch Out a 2017 slasher that I thought just came out this year. A Xmas slasher with a fun twist. Really dug it. Its on like all the free services like tubi.

The movie has a strong home alone vibe just if home alone was slasher movie. Mix in the babysitter trope and you get this odd movie.

Yup, that's a good one.

Saw Avatar Way of the Water Sunday. It was so pretty, but so dumb.

Spoiler:

Several of the characters were so ill defined that I am still not sure which son died. Was it the old one who tagged along with the headstrong younger brother or the young one?
The humans were so boringly evil. There is one good human - but he just tags along with the genocide because...well he is weak willed I guess? They try to make the cookie cutter villain a bit more human by having him not kill someone to save his "son" but that is way late into the movie. It felt like it was tacked on because focus groups said he had no redeemable qualities and they couldn't relate at all to him.
The new "most valuable" resource felt completely like something they tacked on to give humans a reason to be back on Pandora and killing everything. It was mentioned in one scene and then just kind of dumped because it wasn't important - it was just a plot point to check off.
Overall it was stunnunig looking but just hard to watch if you want a story.

farley3k wrote:

It was so pretty, but so dumb.

So a true sequel to Avatar