Movie Thread

[Irving]

That's... actually interesting. The metal is good, the idea of normal pop over the top is interesting, but since I have zero experience to Asian pop it kills it.

What are your top three favorite tracks for further evaluation?

[OtterbatHellcat]

Gall darn...that is horrible imo.

[hurley842002]

For those of you who are like me, and late to the party on new movies, "Avengers, Infinity Wars" is on Netflix, I have it bookmarked, but who knows when I'll get to watch it.

[ChickNorris]

I saw 8 minutes of it, somewhere in the middle, last night.

Im going to watch it in its entirety, eventually also.

[Bailey Guns]

Two movies this weekend:

The Meg - sucked. 1/5 stars.
That's it. It was 2 hours of sucked. And I really like Jason Statham. He sucked, too. Everything about it sucked.

Mile 22 - meh. 2.5/5 stars
We finally discover where the "Russian Collusion" came from. Elite squad of gov't sanctioned killers that work for the CIA until they have to kill, then they have to "resign" from gov't service because they really aren't gov't sanctioned when they have to go to work and kill. The team is remotely monitored and supported by another team, this one lead by John Malkovich, that consists of a bunch of techno-nerds.

Wahlberg is the OCD genius head of the working team that was recruited at a young age because his parents were killed, yada, yada, yada. Seen that several times before. They probably wanted to die because he snapped a rubber-band on his wrist as part of his "therapy" and it gets ANNOYING after the first couple of hundred times we have to see close-up camera work of it, as do his long-winded rants designed to show you how quickly his genius mind works. Bulk of movie deals with (aside from Wahlberg snapping his rubber band and ranting) the team needing to move a high-value asset out of a foreign country on a very strict timeline ("We're running out of time" was another too-common theme). Predictably, and in the words of my hero, Maj Payne, "Needless to say, there was plenty opposition." Turns out there's a shocking twist which, unless you picked up the movie in the last 20 mins or so, you had pretty much nailed after the first 5 mins. So maybe "shocking" is overstating it a bit.

Lots of political innuendo designed to make you not trust the gov't, especially the current gov't. Lots of shit we've seen in lots of movies before. Ronda Rousey is one of the elite killer squad members and I sense she could've done far better had she actually been given a role to play.

So, minus about 4/5 stars for lack of original ideas and annoying quirks that are supposed to make a particular character "edgy" and intense. I'll add 1.5 stars for the action. It was pretty good and there was some good gun-handling coaching...nothing too outrageous. Not perfect, though. Good fight scenes, too. It's pretty much non-stop action in one form or another. That's the only thing that makes it watchable, really.

[Zundfolge]

What are your top three favorite tracks for further evaluation?

I don't know any of their specific tracks, that is literally the first one that shows up when you search them on Youtube (and I only know about it because I've lately become hooked on the various "hip hop fans react to heavy metal songs" channels that are springing up all over youtube wherein you watch someone with no musical taste discover actual good music, and this particular song was featured on one of them).

[Irving]

I find that movies with Jason Stratham made by American directors suck, and movies with him made by non-American directors are awesome.

[ray1970]

Watched ?Bad Times at the El Royale? yesterday because it was just too cold to go outside.

I would say if you enjoy Tarantino type movies (Pulp Fiction, Hateful Eight, etc.) you might like it. It has those types of quirky characters and a story line that jumps around a bit.

[clodhopper]

Diablero on Netflix. Not great, but good. Only one season (8ep) on so far. It is dubbed, so if you can't stand the words not matching the face, go back and practice on the Godzilla movies from the 70s.

Siberia and Outpost on Amazon.

[GilpinGuy]

Saw "The Mule" last night with my wife for date night. Meh, it was OK. Certainly not on my favorites list for Clint Eastwood. Almost no action, but I didn't expect a ton anyway. A few funny spots and a few tear jerker moments.

Clint is an old man. He ain't gonna make many more films.