General Movie Thread 2021

[Hellraiser]

Dwayne Johnson won't return for the final 2 Fast & Furious movies. Seems like Vin Diesel got his wish:

https://www.ign.com/articles/dwayne-johnson-confirms-he-wont-be-in-fast-and-furious-10-or-11

[GhostMachine]

I'm not exactly shedding tears over this. He works much better with Jason Statham than he ever did with Vin Diesel, and from what I understand Tyrese also has some issues with him.

 

[Josh]

Summer of Soul is a pretty great documentary. It’s about the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, sometimes known as the Black Woodstock. Basically every Black musical act that was alive and was ever popular was there, from all genres. INCREDIBLE performances and cool interviews. It was filmed, but the footage laid in storage up until now. Questlove directed it. It’s on Hulu here in the States, and I think it got a theatrical release.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Army of the Dead prequel starring the guy who played the safecracker in that movie. Set during the early days of the zombie outbreak, when he's apparently just getting into the safecracking biz.

[Ruki]

4 hours ago, CLDY said:

Army of the Dead prequel starring the guy who played the safecracker in that movie. Set during the early days of the zombie outbreak, when he's apparently just getting into the safecracking biz.

I imagine it'll be like AotD, fun but not good.

[MalaCloudy Black]

You know, Heathers is one of my all-time favorite movies ever, but the more and more I watch it the more I think my favorite character is Martha Dunstock. Of all of the characters in the movie, to me, she is the most fleshed out and human despite the fact that she has very few lines (maybe even no lines now that I'm thinking about it?). She's easily the most empathetic character, I think. 

[MalaCloudy Black]

Heh, one of the bus goons in Nobody is the guy who played the main character on Bloodsport 2, 3, & 4. Nice.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Hulu miniseries about the opioid epidemic starring Michael Keaton, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosario Dawson, and Peter Sarsgaard.

[FLiam]

Watched The Suicide Squad and boy that was totally not what I was expecting. In a good way. 

It was almost like the Rambo of comic-book movies. A really fun watch and the whole thing just looked fantastic, great effects and cinematography. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by FLiam

[Colly]

On a slightly related note I watched Army of the Dead yesterday. It wasn't horrible, but I can't see myself being arsed to watch again, or indeed the inevitable sequel and nearly done prequel. Bloated, full of holes, and you know how the likes of Edgar Wright and Tarantino (and indeed James Gunn) can use the soundtrack to lift their films even higher? Snyder does literally the opposite with fucking John Lewis covers of pop songs throughout the first half hour. And the cringey bit near the end when it plays Zombie by the Cranberries for literally no other reason than it being called Zombie because it doesn't fit whatsoever.

[VerbalPuke]

I liked the new Suicide Squad movie.

[GhostMachine]

On 08/08/2021 at 05:44, Colly said:

On a slightly related note I watched Army of the Dead yesterday. It wasn't horrible, but I can't see myself being arsed to watch again, or indeed the inevitable sequel and nearly done prequel. Bloated, full of holes, and you know how the likes of Edgar Wright and Tarantino (and indeed James Gunn) can use the soundtrack to lift their films even higher? Snyder does literally the opposite with fucking John Lewis covers of pop songs throughout the first half hour. And the cringey bit near the end when it plays Zombie by the Cranberries for literally no other reason than it being called Zombie because it doesn't fit whatsoever.

The ending sadly left open the possibility of a sequel....sort of. Hope it does not happen.

[GoGo Yubari]

ahahahaha, sure. Sure! Why not?

[MalaCloudy Black]

 

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[Gazz]

Hmmmm...

[Lint]

I swear Jeff Anderson doesn't age

[Josh]

Jesus Christ, just let it die.

[Hobo]

The best part of clerks 2 was the opening montage because it was set to (Nothing but) Flowers by Talking Heads

Ive not watched anything Kevin Smith has made in a looooooong time now and I really don't feel like ever doing so.

He has his diehard fanbase and that's probably enough for him

[Lint]

23 hours ago, Hobo said:

The best part of clerks 2 was the opening montage because it was set to (Nothing but) Flowers by Talking Heads

Ive not watched anything Kevin Smith has made in a looooooong time now and I really don't feel like ever doing so.

He has his diehard fanbase and that's probably enough for him

I haven't watched Jay & Silent Bob Get A Reboot after hearing how bad it is.  I'll likely watch Clerks 3, because Clerks 2 wasn't terrible, I actually enjoyed it a lot.  Clerks seems to be Smiths "baby" and he seems to put in a little more effort for those movies. 

Plus I really like Jeff Anderson

[Toe]

16 hours ago, Lint said:

I haven't watched Jay & Silent Bob Get A Reboot after hearing how bad it is.  I'll likely watch Clerks 3, because Clerks 2 wasn't terrible, I actually enjoyed it a lot.  Clerks seems to be Smiths "baby" and he seems to put in a little more effort for those movies. 

Plus I really like Jeff Anderson

If you like Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, you'll like Reboot. It's got a similar tone, it's just silly fun. I liked it.