The General Movie Thread

[kajnrig]

Can't be bothered to find the post, but the A24 war movie Warfare is apparently getting rave reviews. I'll try to catch it this week, after Sinners.

[kajnrig]

14 hours ago, kajnrig said:

Can't be bothered to find the post, but the A24 war movie Warfare is apparently getting rave reviews. I'll try to catch it this week, after Sinners.

Can confirm, that was a great movie.

[Old_Nash_II]

https://www.cbr.com/outrun-movie-sydney-sweeney-michael-bay/

 

Ok...

 

[TangledThorns]

5 minutes ago, Old_Nash_II said:

https://www.cbr.com/outrun-movie-sydney-sweeney-michael-bay/

 

Ok...

 

I'm sure it'll be derp. That being said the last good Michael Bay film was Pain & Gain back in 2013 ihmo. I recommend it if you hadn't seen it yet. Its a low budget (for Michael Bay) film and was based on a true story, Bay should do more movies like that instead of the big budget or low IQ films.

 

[Black Valkyrie]

 

Never knew about this movie ; 

 

 

[Big s]

56 minutes ago, Black Valkyrie said:

 

Never knew about this movie ; 

 

 

I don’t know if it ever really had a theater run, I only remember it kinda late night on HBO or Cinemax around the nineties 

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Enemy Mine + Predator

[Old_Nash_II]

I didn't even know this was being done

[TangledThorns]

I never even saw the original film. Already felt played out by the SCREAM movies back in the 1990s.

[derex3592]

I might be game, Jennifer Love Hewitt in the original was 😍!!!

[Old_Nash_II]

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3865611/urban-legend-reboot-from-screen-gems-will-explore-urban-legends-in-the-digital-age/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ4kfVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFHcEw5clNQdUNCRnRxN1lpAR7xnSdwXL0_6Fea4y32N5i7-Oqu3MUANSUNhv8wWKZAoQsFXGpWqmaZ07stfw_aem_O8tuhi0BobsIc3WyWLBq8w

 

Return of Momo XD

[sh9000]

 

 

[TangledThorns]

I recall seeing ROTS twice back during after its release in 2005, regular screen and IMAX though it wasn't meant for IMAX. I enjoyed it but my ex-wife fells asleep during both viewings, lol.

 

[TangledThorns]

Finished Companion on MAX tonight. Good movie, very entertaining. Sophie Thatcher is a talented actress that can have a big future in Hollywood if she chooses.

[Thom]

Apparently, talks are in the works for a sequel to Greyhound.

https://deadline.com/2025/04/tom-hanks-greyhound-sequel-start-2026-australia-plot-1236376695/

[davidwhangchoi]

Crockett and Tubbs

[Dynaman]

Ow!  Even this reference is 30 years ago now.  But very appropriate for a Miami Vice remake practically since it went off the air.

Edited 20 hours ago by Dynaman

[Big s]

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

Crockett and Tubbs

I just don’t think it needs a remake. That show was really fun, but it’s key to greatness was the time it took place and the look of that time was reflected heavily by the aesthetic of that time and location.

[TangledThorns]

I'm cool with a Miami Vice reboot but a series would be more ideal than a movie.

They should also cast Dakota Johnson as Sunny Crockett. Yes, I'm serious.

[Big s]

42 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

I'm cool with a Miami Vice reboot but a series would be more ideal than a movie.

They should also cast Dakota Johnson as Sunny Crockett. Yes, I'm serious.

You can’t do Dakota in Miami, that’s way too confusing 

[M'Kyuun]

Or...how about leaving the 80s in the past, employ some creativity, and make something new that will continue to be iconic in its own way thirty, forty years from now. I grew up in the 80s and I love that time period for all of its quirkiness and mad creativity, but I can't understand why we don't have that same level of creativity today, especially with all the tools available now that weren't back then. Moreover, where are the Stephen Spielbergs, the James Camerons, of this generation creating the iconic films for the next few generations to milk ad nauseum? At this point, it's a sad state of affairs that these 40+year-old properties continue to be rehashed, generally in a lackluster and forgettable manner, instead of new IPs and franchises being created to bring new life and interest to American media. For the most part, I don't want to see the old shows rehashed; I enjoyed the originals and they made their marks for a reason. Too, as @Big s mentioned, they were products of the era in which they were made, and that's largely key to their charm and longevity. Much of what made them cool just won't translate, at least not well or authentically. I look no further than the recent spate of Ghostbusters films, all of which missed the mark a bit compared to the original films, and that comes down to the original idea, the camaraderie and talents of the original cast and director, and a lot of quotable dialog and memorable scenes throughout both films. They just didn't capture any of that in the new films and they will never be considered as popular or as groundbreaking as the og films. That argument can be made for just about every 80s property that Hollywood continues to mine in lieu of new ideas.  So glad I grew up in the 80s- between Saturday morning cartoons and all the evening shows like Knight Rider, to the Indiana Jones films and Star Wars, we were part of a creative landscape in tv and film that I doubt will ever again be equaled, alas. 

[Big s]

58 minutes ago, M'Kyuun said:

some creativity, and make something new that will continue to be iconic in its own way thirty, forty years from now. I grew up in the 80s and I love that time period for all of its quirkiness and mad creativity, but I can't understand why we don't have that same level of creativity today

It’s kinda hard to be iconic these days since mainstream music hasn’t really set a tone for the new millennium and clothing styles kinda stagnated towards the end of the 90’s. Not saying that there isn’t great music now, just nothing that really screams out 2020, 2010 or even a2000’s sound the way 80’s music really had a distinct sound for its decade that was different from the 70’s or the 90’s. The last twenty five or thirty years, there really hasn’t been a sound or fashion that seemed distinct.

i do think there were some great movies as well, but nothing that really says what decade it’s from other than maybe cg quality. Tv shows did kinda change in attitude mainly due to streaming, but i don’t think it’s gonna be easy to tell a show from the 2010’s from the 2020’s in four decades away.

Maybe Anime is one of the few things that seems to have a noticeable trend shift after a few years, but I’m struggling to think of other genres of entertainment that seem to say what decade they seem to be from.

Maybe 2030 will set a new standard that will separate it from other decades 

[TangledThorns]

Amazing what they can do with make-up nowadays. Will catch it when it comes to streaming.