Agreed.
Watched Everything Everywhere All at Once and boy watching every movie at the same time was hard but it was a great experience. I got hungry half way through all the movies and just ate my fingers.
I didn't recognize jamie lee curtis, she did a great job with her character. In fact everybody did a great job. Fight scenes were pretty good. The odd stuff was very good. Everything was great all at once and everywhere in the movie. My wife Michelle Yeoh also loved it.
I give this move all the ratings out of all the ratings all at once. I took some jelly and put it in my hair.
Watched Everything Everywhere All at Once and boy watching every movie at the same time was hard but it was a great experience. I got hungry half way through all the movies and just ate my fingers.
I didn't recognize jamie lee curtis, she did a great job with her character. In fact everybody did a great job. Fight scenes were pretty good. The odd stuff was very good. Everything was great all at once and everywhere in the movie. My wife Michelle Yeoh also loved it.
I give this move all the ratings out of all the ratings all at once. I took some jelly and put it in my hair.
Oh snap Short Round was in this movie.
Baron Of Hell wrote:Watched Everything Everywhere All at Once and boy watching every movie at the same time was hard but it was a great experience. I got hungry half way through all the movies and just ate my fingers.
I didn't recognize jamie lee curtis, she did a great job with her character. In fact everybody did a great job. Fight scenes were pretty good. The odd stuff was very good. Everything was great all at once and everywhere in the movie. My wife Michelle Yeoh also loved it.
I give this move all the ratings out of all the ratings all at once. I took some jelly and put it in my hair.
Oh snap Short Round was in this movie.
Ke Huy Quan said he wanted to return to acting after decades after watching Crazy Rich Asians. Turns out representation matters. Who effing knew, right?
Top Gun: Maverick was fun. A bit too much nostalgia baiting in the first half, but once it (mostly) tried to be its own thing, I enjoyed it more. Lots of fighter jet porn, and beautiful shots both inside and outside the cockpit. The soundtrack mostly relied on the previous movie’s, which was disappointing. But overall, a fun movie.
I'm a huge Tony Scott fan, so I'll probably go back and rewatch the original before getting into this. We'll see if Tom Cruise can ruin it for me.
The Bob's Burgers movie was very fun!
The Bob's Burgers movie was very fun!
Was there a lot of music in it? The show has gotten more and more musical over the years, but not full on like Central Park. I was kinda hoping it’d be a stealth musical like the South Park movie.
karmajay wrote:The Bob's Burgers movie was very fun!
Was there a lot of music in it? The show has gotten more and more musical over the years, but not full on like Central Park. I was kinda hoping it’d be a stealth musical like the South Park movie.
There is!
I'm a huge Tony Scott fan, so I'll probably go back and rewatch the original before getting into this. We'll see if Tom Cruise can ruin it for me.
I went back and watched Top Gun after Maverick and that worked out really well. I probably hadn't seen Top Gun since the early 90's so could only remember the highlights of the film. Was a real neat watch after Maverick. Really enjoyed it, particularly now that I had the context of where the Maverick character winds up.
Funny thing about the first film is it looks like in every scene the characters faces are drenched in sweat. Didn't matter if they were in a tense situation or just sitting listening to the instructor. Each actor had a boat load of sprayed on sweat in every scene. Was almost comical.
Top_Shelf wrote:I'm a huge Tony Scott fan, so I'll probably go back and rewatch the original before getting into this. We'll see if Tom Cruise can ruin it for me.
I went back and watched Top Gun after Maverick and that worked out really well. I probably hadn't seen Top Gun since the early 90's so could only remember the highlights of the film. Was a real neat watch after Maverick. Really enjoyed it, particularly now that I had the context of where the Maverick character winds up.
Funny thing about the first film is it looks like in every scene the characters faces are drenched in sweat. Didn't matter if they were in a tense situation or just sitting listening to the instructor. Each actor had a boat load of sprayed on sweat in every scene. Was almost comical.
I don't think I've seen it in 30 years either and I remember this!
In the cockpit? Sweaty.
On the beach? Sweaty.
In the hangar? Sweaty.
In the locker room? Sweaty.
In the CIC? Sweaty.
In the Captain's chambers? Sweaty.
At the bar? Sweaty.
At Kelly's house? Sweaty.
At the restaurant with Meg Ryan? Sweaty.
In the bathroom thinking about Goose? Sweaty.
And those are just the scenes I recall!
It did have a certain swaesthetic, didn’t it?
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Top Gun Maverick really needs to be seen on a big screen. Probably IMAX if you can.
Really enjoyed it. It gave me exactly what I wanted in a sequel done about a 50 something man at the sunset of his career in a young man's job. Jennifer Connelly was great as always and was an excellent choice. John Hamm? Great. Charles Parnell as well. All the young actors brought it, too.
Cruise has really got this "practical effects sell the movie" thing figured out.
Random:
The "mission" was basically the Star Wars trench run.
I assume the unnamed enemy was an Iran stand in? Kinda?
Phoenix being the one to crash a plane yet come back for the final mission a bit on the nose?
The motorcycle at the beginning was the one from the first movie, but he later gets on a new bike for some reason.
Connelly playing the Admiral's daughter that was mentioned in a throw away line in the first movie was a great grab by some writer as a way to bring in a love interest. Hat tip.
Her having a classic Porsche was also an echo well played to the first film.
In scrolling through IMDB on the original movie, I found something funny in the casting. Keep scrolling down to the uncredited... How long has that been there?
Cruise has really got this "practical effects sell the movie" thing figured out.
A few minor accuracy nits aside, Top Gun Maverick was fantastic. Putting the actors in the backseat of an actual F/A-18 and filming them during real maneuvers makes all the difference. Even seeing the rest of the world outside the cockpit and knowing it's real makes a big difference. The bits with Kilmer seemed mostly a way to shoehorn him into the movie, but they did it reasonably well. At least his involvement in the plot made sense.
Overall, thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely see it in the theater.
I’m mixed on Maverick. I thought the movie was plenty entertaining and was decently well written, etc. It was just exhausting as someone who can get overwhelmed by noise and intense action. It’s like a movie purpose built to give you a panic attack if you’re prone to such things. I had to step out for a minute.
It’s not that it has action and that the action was visceral and real and well done, but it’s that and the soundtrack hammers you and the sound design hammers you. If you can handle that kind of thing you’ll love it, but if not be warned.
Wow, Old Henry is so good if you like westerns.
John Wick should probably have its own thread at this point. But here we go. March!
John Wick should probably have its own thread at this point. But here we go. March!
I am SO in.
I'm just glad it doesn't take place an hour after the third movie.
Everything everywhere all at once is up for renting at a reasonable price today. I’m over half way through and loving it so far.
Edit: It was everything (and everywhere) I hoped it would be. Phenomenal film.
I've had some funny conversations with people when they ask what this movie is about and why I recommend they see it. "Well, it's a story about a mother's efforts to win back her daughter's love. . . And there's kung fu."
Very few movies had me crying and calling my mom on the bus ride home. But for good reasons.
Just finished watching Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
This is quite possibly the best movie I have seen in a long, long time.
It gets better and better and better as it continues.
You know how the ending of WandaVision (with the fight between the two Visions) really, really went against every single MCU Trope? This does the same sort of thing.
Just finished watching Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
This is quite possibly the best movie I have seen in a long, long time.
It gets better and better and better as it continues.
Yep! Movie completely broke me. Was sobbing at one point.
Because I keep my finger on the pulse of pop culture, I just watched The Terminator for the first time. It was a much slower burn and borderline horror than I had always assumed.
Just finished watching Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
This is quite possibly the best movie I have seen in a long, long time.
It gets better and better and better as it continues.
It might just be me, but the way it told a story that personal but covered it with so much enjoyable weirdness reminded me of Netflix's limited series, Maniac.
MannisBoy wrote:Cruise has really got this "practical effects sell the movie" thing figured out.
It is a miracle of super anal safety procedure compliance that there were not dozens of fatalities on that set.
And George Miller is currently in early production stages of "Mad Max 5: The Wasteland", based on backstories he developed for Furiosa and Max during the extended development of "Fury Road". And Tom Hardy is on board, although he has demanded Max has a dog this time. 
George Miller has proven himself the patron saint of practical effects and this will continue, I'm sure. But he's almost 80 now. Here's hoping he can push through until the movie is made, his way. His vision is unique and amazing, and his talent to get actors to do what he needs unmatched.
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