General Movie Thread 2021

[Jimmy]

6 hours ago, Lint said:

yea, but Dune is a REALLY hard sell as a movie.  All the internal monologues, politicking, commentary on colonialism etc...

I've never read the books, but I did like David Lynches movie, also the mini series, the many games based off it, and I found the new movie so boring I turned it off

I honestly can't imagine seeing Dune anywhere but the cinema - it sounds and looked so good. I was completely caught up in the tone and atmosphere on the new one, in terms of world-building, it's pretty astounding. I didn't really invest in any of the characters emotionally, which (for me) sort of holds it back from being the masterpiece a lot of my friends think it is, but I was pretty impressed and appreciated a lot of the decisions they made.

I was actually really impressed by how comprehensible it is as a film, for something that's lauded as so complicated to adapt. I think because it doesn't try to spoon feed information, or feels the need to explain a lot of things, you don't feel like you're not understanding anything because the film doesn't make it seem important. 

Also watched Lynch's version recently, which I enjoyed. It's obviously flawed but I had a lot of fun. 

[apsham]

The Gom Jabbar scene was of course what I was dying to see and it was pulled off like I'm pictured it in my mind when I read the book. Watching the director go over it affirmed that a ton of care was put into it as well.

 

[FLiam]

I had no idea a Buzz Lightyear movie was coming out but after watching the trailer - I cannot wait.

[livid]

Wild that Ridley Scott is almost 84 and is just banging multiple movies out a year. 

 

[GhostMachine]

Dune II = October 2023.

[livid]

Can't wait for this!

 

[RPS]

So, me and my daughter watched School of Rock on Friday night. I have been bubbling around two very polarizing thoughts about this movie.

Firstly, it was really fun to watch my daughter enjoy the movie. She is wading into more grown up content because she has been stuck watching the same animated movies with her younger siblings. But we have watched Annie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, etc. But School of Rock was interesting, because it was the first time I really saw her enjoying something subversive. She turned to me about 20 minutes into the movie and said about Jack Black's character "I feel like he is the bad guy, but I really like him!" It was really cool to see my daughter realizing that the tropes and ideas that exist in movies and TV can be inverted. 

Secondly, this movie was actually kind of fucked up to watch. The word gaslighting is overused, but like... that is the entire premise of the movie. Jack Black gaslights everyone so that he can obsess over music. It got kind of icky when he was purposefully romancing the principal with the expressed purpose of taking the kids on a field trip. 

[Jimmy]

21 hours ago, RPS said:

So, me and my daughter watched School of Rock on Friday night. I have been bubbling around two very polarizing thoughts about this movie.

Firstly, it was really fun to watch my daughter enjoy the movie. She is wading into more grown up content because she has been stuck watching the same animated movies with her younger siblings. But we have watched Annie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, etc. But School of Rock was interesting, because it was the first time I really saw her enjoying something subversive. She turned to me about 20 minutes into the movie and said about Jack Black's character "I feel like he is the bad guy, but I really like him!" It was really cool to see my daughter realizing that the tropes and ideas that exist in movies and TV can be inverted. 

Secondly, this movie was actually kind of fucked up to watch. The word gaslighting is overused, but like... that is the entire premise of the movie. Jack Black gaslights everyone so that he can obsess over music. It got kind of icky when he was purposefully romancing the principal with the expressed purpose of taking the kids on a field trip. 

I don't have much to add but School of Rock is one of my favourite films ever made. I think seeing it as a kid has cemented it as an all-time for me and a lot of friends, it's a comfort food film, I can watch it any time and it's always great fun. He's definitely flawed, but he goes on a journey and ultimately it all becomes about the kids. 

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

School of Rock was amazing, one of my all-time favourites.

[K]

2 hours ago, Jimmy said:

I don't have much to add but School of Rock is one of my favourite films ever made. I think seeing it as a kid has cemented it as an all-time for me and a lot of friends, it's a comfort food film, I can watch it any time and it's always great fun. He's definitely flawed, but he goes on a journey and ultimately it all becomes about the kids. 

have you seen the stage musical?

[Jimmy]

5 hours ago, K said:

have you seen the stage musical?

Haha yeah funnily enough I have - it's super impressive to see all those kids play their instruments live, but it's just not the film is it. Have you?

[Tigerstyle]

Busting made me feel good

[Benjamin]

So… No Time to Die wasn’t very good, was it? 😕

[Jimmy]

I actually thought it was pretty good, especially for a big blockbuster. It has its flaws, particularly Rami Malek's character, but I was surprised by how emotionally invested I was in the whole thing.

[RPS]

I never saw the Thing before. Wow was that movie great. 

[Lint]

On 28/11/2021 at 13:35, RPS said:

I never saw the Thing before. Wow was that movie great. 

Which one?

[RPS]

6 hours ago, Lint said:

Which one?

The 2011 one. That is the movie everyone loves right? 

🤭

[Lint]

 

[K]

1 hour ago, Happy HoLintdays said:

 

 

[MalaCloudy Black]

Can't wait for the new Wiz Khalifa song!