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Free State of Jones.

Loved every minute, feel like it may have been a bit over the top to make white people feel good but it was still good.
 
A River Runs Through it.

Yeah, it is not new, 24 years old now. But I like it (again). The book was a favorite of mine, well not really a book, more like a long short story. Brad Pitt is not a favorite but I didn't know who the hell he was when the movie was first made, shortly after I had read the book. So anyway Pitt is fine in this movie. I will probably watch it again if I see it on some night, like I do Road House and Masters and Commanders.
 
Once Upon a Time in The West --- Sergio Leone's Western about train expansion and desperados. One of the greatest films made in that era. Peter Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale.... but the best thing in it is Jason Robards. He's amazing in this film. Currently on Netflix.
 
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Once Upon a Time in The West --- Sergio Leone's Western about train expansion and desperados. One of the greatest films made in that era. Peter Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale.... but the best thing in it is Jason Robards. He's amazing in this film. Currently on Netflix.
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I watched this movie in the theaters as a kid and loved it. It was so cutting edge for that time. Sat down to watch it on Netflix last weekend and couldn't even make it half way through. Today it just seems like a perfect (and over the top) satire of the genre. Plus the vocal soundtrack/Vocal dubbing (or whatever you call it) was a step off, making it seem even more intentionally satirical. Too, I guess I just can't handle Henry Fonda as a psychopath.......
 
Finally watched Concussion. I don't know why I skipped it for so long but it was a great movie.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Maybe you kept forgetting because of a previously undiagnosed concussion?
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No, I really don't like true stories very often. I didn't like Spotlight despite the great cast and great acting.

I didn't think this would be very compelling but it was. I never know how accurate a "based on" type of movie is but this one impressed me. I do want to know if the Albert Brooks character really got railroaded by the FBI as it portrayed. If that is true there needs to be an investigation into just that part.
 
Nope, just googled it and already found out that it was bullshit. See, that is why I don't like so called "true stories"

It was still a good movie.
 
Swiss Army Man....watch it!
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Really? I'm going to have to have a reason without spoilers. Looks ridiculous.
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It's weird as shit, but it is actually put together quite well. It's worth the time to watch it.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
I watched this movie in the theaters as a kid and loved it. It was so cutting edge for that time. Sat down to watch it on Netflix last weekend and couldn't even make it half way through. Today it just seems like a perfect (and over the top) satire of the genre. Plus the vocal soundtrack/Vocal dubbing (or whatever you call it) was a step off, making it seem even more intentionally satirical. Too, I guess I just can't handle Henry Fonda as a psychopath.......
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That was basically the entire point of the movie. Sergio Leone had become extremely popular from the Spaghetti Westerns but the copy cats had started as well. Every German/Italian producer was grabbing a camera and heading out to Almera, Spain and filming a shit pot collection of celluloid that made no sense. He began to hate what he'd
help propagate. The Italian film aristocracy (like Pier Paolo Passolini, ugh there's a name for you) already considered him a low rent Southern Italian exploitation merchant to begin with. So he decided to get even. He invited film critic Dario Argento & director Bernardo Bertolucci too his villa to write a story than would be his final say on the art form. Together they got absolutely shit faced drunk and watched every Hollywood Western from the previous 30 years. Shane, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers.... Leone even shot background footage in the US to match for this film. What you see on the screen is a complete representation of Leone basically giving other directors the middle finger. He chose Fonda for the bad guy because he wanted the audience to say, "Holy Shit. It's Henry Fonda!" I think when you look at the film from this angle. His production of "My Name is Nobody," (which is just plain gonzo bonkers) makes even more sense. It's amazing how great directors know exactly how to fuck with what you see.
 
Not a movie, but Stranger Things. A kick as show full of suspense. Very Stephen Kingish. Though @HCP probably won't like it as it has Dungeons and Dragons in it, and the bullies get theirs.
 
Chris Craig said:
Not a movie, but Stranger Things. A kick as show full of suspense. Very Stephen Kingish. Though @HCP probably won't like it as it has Dungeons and Dragons in it, and the bullies get theirs.
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haha

Along the same nerd-lines, anyone watching Westworld on HBO?

Holy damn that show is rad.
 
Just watched Secret In Their Eyes last night with the wife. Damn good murder mystery.
 
Again not a movie, but watched the first couple episodes of Chance, a Hugh Laurie vehicle on Hulu...very good...weird to see Laurie as someone that basically the opposite of house...anyway if your a fan of Laurie take a look, cough @Dougnsalem cough...or even if your not.


Also watching the 11/22/63 miniseries, on episode 6 out of 8, got to admit it is pretty addictive
 
Watched Girl On A Train. Very slow starter. Interesting psychological thriller. Not great, but pretty good suspense thriller. It is Gone Girl Light.
 
Watched Arrival Saturday. Good movie. Not what you expect out of an alien coming to earth movie. Very unique. Stands on its own. Went in thinking The Day the Earth Stood Still, came out having seen a movie at the opposite end of the spectrum.
 
Also, when I went to see Arrival, I saw the trailer to Split, the new M Night Shamalan movie. It Stars James Mcavoy as a guy with multiple personalties, 23 to be exact, who kidnaps three young women who have try and find a way to escape. Trailer starts with the dad putting groceries in the trunk, before looking back as if at someone before the camera switches to the interior of the car, with James McAvoys character getting in and spraying the girls with some sleeping agent. All of his different personalities keep talking about one dominate personality called "The Beast" A psychiatrist is heard talking about how he can change his body chemistry.

There is supposed to be a twist at the end. Possibly that he can change his body chemistry to the point that he can change his appearance, and is in fact the dad. Or transforms into "the beast" a ugly monster.

Another possibility is that the girls "kidnapped" and trapped in his house, are actually personalities trapped in his brain/mind and are trying to free themselves and join the known 23. Or that in fact the main actress is actually the person with multiple personalities, or is the main personality that everyone is afraid of, the beast...or she is another personality and must join with the others to fight off "the beast" personality.

This film has been called a thematic sequel to Unbreakable. But, maybe it's more. Maybe this is the introduction of a new villian in the unbreakable universe. Maybe Bruce Willie's character will show up in the end to save them or maybe, the main actress is a new hero as well, and will join Bruce Willis' s character in a post credits scene.

Or maybe the movie has nothing to do with Unbreakable. Either way I hope M Night does us better than The Visit. I enjoy his movies, Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and Devil were all his best works. The Village was a dissapointment.
 
Took the wife to see "Keeping Up with the Joneses". Fun movie that works as a combination of stupid-funny guy humor and suburbia couples comedy. Plus, you know, Isla Fisher in lingerie.
 
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

A story about a family devastated by 9/11.

I watched 9/11 coverage at the time and despite the incredible jaw dropping disaster on tv I don't recall actually verbalizing that I wished it didn't happen. I guess because I knew it did happen so what was the point.

All these years later, while watching the movie last night I actually said to my wife that I wished it hadn't happened because this horrible movie would have never been made.

I thought it odd that I'd never heard of a Tom Hanks movie made in 2011. Now I know why.
 
Just saw Independence Day: Resurgence, and I gotta say I want those two hours of my life back. WTF Roland Emmerich! I understand without Will Smith, it probably shouldn't have been made to begin with. But, since you did, you should have paid more respect to the original and took the time to make a halfway decent sequel. Yet, you relegate Jeff Goldblum to comic relief duty, while also under using the plethora of returning actors. Yet, you give Liam Hemsworth the top bill, and his character/role doesn't even seem necessary to the film. And even though Will Smith wasn't in it, his characters son is, and is horribly overshadowed by Hemsworth. Should have brought back May Whitman as Pullmans daughter, the actress they replaced her with is horrible to say the least.
The script is so horribly written, feels so lazy and convoluted with the shittiest dialogue. Sela Wards role of president, is the worst of all. The shittiest representation of a female president I have seen.
 
Doctor strange was awesome! Probably my favorite marvel movie to date, and could easily be on my top 15 movies overall. I'll sleep on it and wait until I see it again before I officially dub it as such.

Still, definitely a movie I felt was worth the theater price.

Next up is fantastic beasts and where to find them.

I might also go see arrival in theaters.
 
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