Ribbons wrote:There's something in me that wants to root for big movies that flop, but man, PAN was terrible in almost every way.
Ribbons wrote:There's something in me that wants to root for big movies that flop, but man, PAN was terrible in almost every way.
Ribbons wrote:Suddenly Peter Pan is no longer the boy who wouldn't grow up, he's the chosen one, set to restore balance to the universe by awakening the fairies from their thousand-year slumber and lead a revolt against the guy mining dead fairies stuck in rocks, or something.
Ribbons wrote:The pirates Moulin Rouge-ing their way through renditions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Blitzkrieg Bop"
Ribbons wrote:I don't know if I can fully convey the weirdness of the thing. It's like it's making fun of itself at times.
There was a scene where Peter was abducted from his orphanage by Neverland pirates in the middle of The Blitz, and we see British operators relaying coordinates and moving little German planes across a board. Then one of the pilots says "It looks like a flying pirate ship!" and all of a sudden there's a little tiny flying pirate ship being moved across the board as well.
Fievel wrote:Just watched Everybody Wants Some.
I thought the ending was weak (thought it was going to end when he entered the building rather than a few minutes into the class). But other than that mild critique, I thought it was a great "spiritual successor" to Dazed and Confused. Very well-cast and they really gelled on screen.
It was great seeing Dwight from Walking Dead playing a good/nice/fun guy!![]()
I also enjoyed Wyatt Russell's character.
Oh, and like Dazed and Confused, the soundtrack was perfect.
Fievel wrote:I consider Band of Brothers to be one of the best things ever produced. I started The Pacific when it aired, fell behind, and never finished it. I hate the fact that that happened. My wife bought me the BoB/Pacific box set a few years ago.
Seppuku wrote:Isn't it a bit early to start calling Alan Arkin late?
Ribbons wrote:I may have missed some of the controversy, but I thought that it was mostly aimed at writer-director-star Nate Parker's prior rape case:
http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/timeline-of-the-nate-parker-rape-scandal.html
Ribbons wrote:That's interesting. I live in the north and we definitely learned about both Nat Turner and John Brown in school. I guess there are still hard feelings about that era that are split along regional lines.
Ribbons wrote:I just watched the Amazon movie The Only Living Boy in New York. It's not especially good, and to me felt like a stereotype of a New Yorker article, but Jeff Bridges co-stars in what originally feels like a Latter-Jeff-Bridges Phone-It-In performance and turns out to be surprisingly moving.
Peyton Manning SInging Voice wrote:Scientologists hate gays
Peven wrote:watched "Logan Lucky" today and was rewarded with a better movie than i expected to see. [...] it is a Sonnenfeld flick but feels almost more like a lighthearted Coen Bros movie.
Al Shut wrote:Peven wrote:watched "Logan Lucky" today and was rewarded with a better movie than i expected to see. [...] it is a Sonnenfeld flick but feels almost more like a lighthearted Coen Bros movie.
I thought it was a Soderbergh flick so the quality was to be expected. At least it's the reason I want to check it out someday after initially dismissing it after the trailer (Didn't the trailer mention the director or did I pay no attention?)
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