Last Good Movie You Saw

[Mal]

3 hours ago, Mister Jack said:

If vibranium absorbs all kinetic energy, how did the Wakandans manage to mine it in the first place?

Talking out of my ass since I don't know Marvel anything but I'd assume it be an ore rather than pure vibranium so the entire mass you are mining shouldn't display that property. If pure, mine around it. How you work it? Magic.

[Mister Jack]

27 minutes ago, Mal said:

How you work it? Magic.

BULLSHIT!

 

 

If I have to hypothesize, which I do, my guess is that vibranium absorbs shocks but can be manipulated with gentle kinetic energy i.e. tapping it with a chisel as opposed to banging it with a hammer. Otherwise it just makes no sense how they can build an entire civilization out of it. I don't recall anything in the MCU that says this can't be the case.

[TheMightyEthan]

Obviously vibranium can be worked. It's not like they found Cap's shield fully formed in the dirt.

[Hot Heart]

Plus, you know, Cap's shield produces sound when struck/striking things. Ah, that takes me back to the first Captain America film...

[deanb]

Actually this film on the sound front

did cover that acoustics can be used to "weaken" vibranium. Which is why they had the fight in the mine shaft next to the sound rod things, and also how Klaues arm canon obliterated the vibranium car.

 

As for mining it's likely the same method as say titanium where it's an ore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutile

 

Which once processed becomes the hardy titanium we know and love today.

 

Also caps shield is an alloy and it's possible that it's much the same for other vibranium products (panthers suit for example is obviously not as solid and inflexible as caps shield, so obviously utilised in a different way).

[CorgiShinobi]

Coco

 

I never got to see it in theaters and finally was able to sit down and watch it on Blu-ray.

 

This film is easily in my Top 3 of Pixar films. Like, I've cried a few times after watching the film because of how sweet and powerful the film ended up. I went in expecting a kind of grand adventure to escape the Land of the Dead, but nope! It's a great film about family, responsibility, betrayal, and the power of music. I only thing that's a bit odd to me is how Miguel's entire family was opposed to music. I get the reasoning, but it's kinda funny to think this family grew for a few generations by marrying anti-music people.

[deanb]

Power of a strong Matriarch?

[toxicitizen]

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

 

Finally watched it last night. Maybe it's because my expectations were super low but I expected complete trash and ended up enjoying it a lot. It's no masterpiece and the start is a bit slow but it's a damn fun watch if you're in the mood for some silly over-the-top action. It even got me a little more excited for Final Fantasy XV. There's something about the combination of realistic architecture and Final Fantasy nonsense that makes this world (or I guess in this case the city of Insomnia specifically) super compelling to me. Hopefully there's a lot more of that in the actual game.

Edited March 7, 2018 by FLD

[TCP]

Black Panther

That's how you do a super hero film. A lot of hype going into this film but I think it was deserved. This was the 4th Marvel film in the past 12 months but I think it might have been my favourite. Now, onto Infinity War! 

[Mister Jack]

John Wick 1 and 2

 

I was hanging out with a friend today and when I told him I'd never seen these films he insisted we watch them and yeah, they're pretty good.  They weren't what I expected.  I was expecting some kind of over the top Jason Bourne thing with motorcycle jumps and crazy kung-fu and whatnot, but it really isn't that.  John Wick's style of fighting is fairly grounded and realistic, at least compared to most action movies.  He's just got really good aim, really quick reflexes, and he knows a decent amount of grapples and throws to use when someone manages to get the jump on him.  I actually kind of appreciated the change of pace.  He's less about flashy fights or finishers and more about just killing anyone who stands in his way as quickly and efficiently as possible as he goes from point A to point B.  

[deanb]

Watching S2 of Jessica Jones atm is reminding me how much I want Carrie Ann-Moss in John Wick 3. Also maybe Sandra Bullock on the High Table.

 

Annihilation

Watched this the other day. It's a pretty dang trippy film. The pace is a little bit weird, but I'd imagine it draws from being a book (though I've heard it's only 'loosley' based on the book).

Also (Prey spoilers)

Spoiler

What is it with Benedict Wong wrapping up things interviewing a human-alien hybrid?

 

Oh that bear is still popping into my head now n then. Also the intestines. n the tree people.

 

[TheMightyEthan]

Yeah, I've heard Annihilation is really good. Sucks that it did badly enough at the box office that it's already on Netflix.

[Mal]

Seems like it's locked out for now. For me anyways.

[deanb]

It didn't do "badly in cinemas" (well it might have but it's not the point). Paramount sold global distribution rights to Netflix. US n China are the only two countries with a cinema release. Sort of what happened with Cloverfield Paradox (also Paramount). Main thing being that there was a two week release delay between US and global release. Does mean if you've a VPN or what not you can probably give it a watch on int'l Netflix (is Hola or whatever still a thing?)

[TheMightyEthan]

Huh, the things I saw made it sound like it was on Netflix in the US too.

[TheMightyEthan]

Okay, I was half right. Apparently what happened was test audiences in the US hated it, so they decided to go straight to Netflix outside of the US, Canada, and China.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/annihilation-paramount-netflix/551810/

[deanb]

"US test audiences hated it, lets make it a Netflix film for the rest of the world" strikes me as particularly stupid decision. I wonder if something is up with Paramount, given they also did same with Cloverfield. Especially with this where they've kinda fucked over future deals with a whole host of directors who'll be like "so I'm making a film for cinema and you're just gonna throw it up on TV...yeah I'll spend my next two years with another studio". At least likes of Bright n Mute it was known going in it'd be a Netflix only thing.

[toxicitizen]

The only thing that bothers me with this is that Canada is included with the US in getting the theatrical release, for some fucking reason. I was really hoping I could watch it on Netflix this month lol.

[TCP]

Oh shit really? I assumed we were getting it on the Flix right away  

[deanb]

For queen and country!

 

 

Just not your queen and country.

[TheMightyEthan]

Their queen, just not their country. 

[toxicitizen]

I've been on a bit of a b-movie kick lately. It started when I finally got around to watching The Room a few weeks ago (holy fuck, does it have to be seen to be believed) but the two I've watched this week might have actually surpassed it. I hesitated on whether to post here or in bad movies but I decided to go with entertainment value over actual quality. These are objectively bad but I wholeheartedly recommend watching them if you want to laugh hysterically.

 

Samurai Cop

 

This is your typical early 90s action movie but it's so incomprehensibly inept. Not only is most of the dialogue, editing and directing completely incoherent, the lead actor actually cut his hair short after he thought the movie had completed filming. So when the director called him in for reshoots months later, they had to put this ridiculous wig on his head. So in the very first scene of the movie, our main character walks into frame wearing this blatantly obvious wig, like it's a fucking thesis statement for the movie or something. He's wearing it for a solid 1/3 of the movie if not more. Sometimes it'll appear and disappear multiple times during a single scene because I guess they had forgotten to shoot the close-ups that day.

 

And boy, those close-ups. The director didn't bother to tell the actors what they were reacting to, so it always feels disjointed and nonsensical. I honestly can't remember the last time a movie has made me laugh this hard. One particular sequence had both my friend and I in tears. It actually made us laugh way harder than The Room did.

 

Fateful Findings

 

If you watch RedLetterMedia's Best of the Worst show on Youtube, you're likely familiar with Neil Breen. If you don't, you should probably watch it because Best of the Worst is fucking amazing. Anyway, back to Neil Breen.

 

Neil Breen is the epitome of borderline insane, delusional directors. Seriously, Tommy Wiseau has nothing on this guy. He writes, directs and stars in all his films and they're always about him being some sort of messianic figure or having some kind of secret power or knowledge and using it to fix the world. I don't even know how to begin describing the plot of Fateful Findings because I don't think it actually makes sense for anyone other than Neil Breen. All I can really do is let the movie speak for itself.

 

 

Imagine an hour and a half of this and you're probably not too far off of what the movie is actually like. Except for the ending sequence. That part just goes above and beyond. It is pure fucking madness and had us screaming. It is now my life goal to watch everything this man has ever made or will ever make.

Edited March 17, 2018 by FLD

[deanb]

Tomb Raider

 

Not brilliant, but far exceeding initial expectations. A pretty solid screen adaptation of the newer games, and I think if you've played the newer games you'll get a fair kick out of it (though it's significantly shorter story wise). It maybe could do with been a bit shorter at the front of the film, easily could have had much of it removed to make more room for more stuff on the island. Alicia Vikander is pretty good choice and it's kinda cool that they do portray quite well the sort of 'avoiding destiny living in the city' type girl to ...well Lara Croft.

 

She gets the pickaxe fairly late on, in fact after the bow and arrow and after she's scaled a cliff. So it's a bit arse backwards in that regard. Though it's kind of amusing that the pickaxe is focused on in a kind of "my name is Khan" way; where it'd seem a bit odd to anyone who isn't aware of preceding material.

 

They did curse themselves by setting themselves up with the Trinity stuff for a sequel.

 

Oh it has Nick Frost in it too. Only a small role but a fun surprise. Even if it's clear no one involved in that scene has ever used a pawnshop before (maybe the semi-shady ones selling dual-wielded guns don't do receipts like the high street pawn shops?)

 

I think the big thing it'll struggle against is most people I've seen about have mainly compared it to the Angelina Jolie films rather than to the newer games which are quite far apart in style.

 

 

edit: Also it's fucking weird seeing meter tall "Square Enix" logo at the start of a live action film.

[Mister Jack]

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish title Psychonauts)

 

Birdboy is a movie that you can't just take in on a surface level. It clearly has something to say and is filled with symbolism, but is subtle enough to not be obvious. I can see people getting different meanings out of this film. The story takes place on an island populated by talking animals that has turned post apocalyptic after a factory explosion decimates the land and kills all the fish. The titular Birdboy, possessed by a demon after the explosion and hunted by the military, lives isolated in an abandoned lighthouse after the death of his father and regularly takes dangerous drugs in order to keep the demon at bay. The adults are all either drug addicts, religious fundamentalists, violently militaristic, or violently anarchistic. Three animal children band together and formulate a plan to escape the island by buying a boat that will take them literally anywhere else. One of the children, a mouse named Dinky, is also in love with Birdboy and wants him to run away with her, but at the same time she doesn't know how to save him.

 

This is a sad film full of struggle and heartache, but it isn't hopelessly bleak. There are many things you could take away from this movie, but I think I personally see it as a hopeful message that children don't have to repeat their parents' mistakes and that losing your childhood innocence doesn't mean you should give up on the world. I wouldn't be surprised if someone got a completely different perspective on it though. This is definitely a movie you should discuss with someone.

[TCP]

Spirited Away

So my wife, when we were just dating, really wanted me to watch this movie with her, probably back in 2009 or 2010. I had agreed but on a night I knew I was really tired and would fall asleep (gentlemen, this might seem like a brilliant move but it actually really pisses her off, I can't recommend it. I also did this with Trainspotting, one of her favourite films and she's still pissed about that). Fast forward to 2018, it comes up in conversation and we end up watching it on Saturday. I have to say it actually wasn't that bad at all. It reminded me of what a Disney film would look like from Japan, minus musicals, and princesses. But it was beautifully animated (despite the fact that they clearly based their composition for 4x3 screens, so not a lot was going on in the far left and the right and as soon as I realized it, it annoyed me because shots would all be very centre heavy and not follow the rules of third BUT I digress). It was made by a company called Studio Ghibli who I guess helped out on the first Ni No Kuni, not sure why they aren't involved with Ni No Kuni 2. I have to recommend it if you want a family friendly film.