43M Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Any Given Sunday Its so over the top, but I love it. Jamie Foxx turned in an amazing performance as Beaman. Pacino was....Pacino. James Woods and John C McGinley were both hilarious in their somewhat limited roles. Cameron Diaz was pretty good. Jim Brown was hilarious as the defensive coordinator. Thought all the actors who played football players (several of which WERE football players} did a great job. I love how this league existed as a competitor to the NFL, given that it could never really happen. Overall, I love this movie. Always have. Try to rewatch it at least once a year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Rocketman I don't think was even objectively a good movie. It was a bad movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KManX89 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) I just watched Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan last night. Now I know why it's lauded as the best Star Trek film. Khan is, simply put, an amazing villain with a ham performance. His story as it pertains to his conflict with Kirk, who's already in the midst of a midlife crisis-which makes the whole film gel-is even better with plenty of solid performances and action to go around. It gets bonus points for James Horner's amazing score, which I and many other feels is sadly overlooked. Oh and: Spock's death was powerful (read: sad) stuff. Edited August 17, 2020 by KManX89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) I’m watching Sputnik. Great creature effects, not a great movie. Edited August 18, 2020 by Outpost31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Also, I gotta give Eggers credit. He makes some of excellent films I just don’t like. Both The Witch and The Lighthouse give me the wrong kind of heebie jeebies. Both excellent films. Didn’t like either of them though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 1:15 AM, Outpost31 said: And I’m serious, too. I thought this was a drama with music in it, not a musical. I hate musicals. They’re dumb and stupid and I hate them. I turned it off after about 20 minutes. Terrible movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 If you like ridiculously over the top blood and guts action/comedy, I can't recommend Guns Akimbo more highly. It has it's parts where it doesn't work as well, but for the most part it knows exactly what it is and embraces it and just goes full throttle. Radcliffe and Weaving pull it off. A- 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 hours ago, THE DUKE said: If you like ridiculously over the top blood and guts action/comedy, I can't recommend Guns Akimbo more highly. It has it's parts where it doesn't work as well, but for the most part it knows exactly what it is and embraces it and just goes full throttle. Radcliffe and Weaving pull it off. A- good to hear. i saw the trailer and it looks fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 25 minutes ago, Malfatron said: good to hear. i saw the trailer and it looks fun It's on Amazon Prime now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 40 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: It's on Amazon Prime now I don’t trust Guns Akimbo. Any movie with that kind of premise and over the top violence having anything under a 7.0 rating on IMDB means it’s a convoluted mess that relies entirely on its absurd premise. I would also guess they try going heavy on one-liners that fall short, production quality suffers, and I bet it hits a serious dry spell and/or runs out of gas. If I had to guess, it will be a lot closer to Mayhem than Ready Or Not. Ready Or Not was perfect because it: 1. Built up to the absurdity. 2. Absurdity hit. 3. Absurdity never quit. 4. The payoff at the end was excellent. I’m almost certain Guns Akimbo will drag hit its height at the midpoint and then trail off as the gun hands gag tires and gets stale only for a slow, drawn out climax where you don’t even really care anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Outpost31 said: I don’t trust Guns Akimbo. Any movie with that kind of premise and over the top violence having anything under a 7.0 rating on IMDB means it’s a convoluted mess that relies entirely on its absurd premise. I would also guess they try going heavy on one-liners that fall short, production quality suffers, and I bet it hits a serious dry spell and/or runs out of gas. If I had to guess, it will be a lot closer to Mayhem than Ready Or Not. Ready Or Not was perfect because it: 1. Built up to the absurdity. 2. Absurdity hit. 3. Absurdity never quit. 4. The payoff at the end was excellent. I’m almost certain Guns Akimbo will drag hit its height at the midpoint and then trail off as the gun hands gag tires and gets stale only for a slow, drawn out climax where you don’t even really care anymore. Or that the director did something stupid on Twitter (which I didn't even know about until I read up about it after) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Outpost31 said: Ready Or Not was perfect because it: 1. Built up to the absurdity. 2. Absurdity hit. 3. Absurdity never quit. 4. The payoff at the end was excellent. Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: Or that the director did something stupid on Twitter (which I didn't even know about until I read up about it after) But was I right about the movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Just now, Malfatron said: Yep. Tell me what you think of Guns Akimbo if you watch it. Did you catch my atting you about The Hunt? Worth watching exclusively for the lead actress. She was excellent in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Outpost31 said: But was I right about the movie? No, I loved it. Only got better as the movie went along imo. Edited August 19, 2020 by THE DUKE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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