Movies: What did You Watch Last Night?

[lefton4ya]

Saw premiere of BumbleBee (Transformers prequel NOT written/directed by Bay). Was actually pretty good. They genderflipped main character to girl who was a lot less annoying than LaBeouf but still typical angsty teen drama. Was actually fairly funny and action was way better especially in that you can tell what is actually going on unlike “Bayhem”. Showed small flashbacks of Cybertron war with other transformers and that was cool part too. I would give the movie a Bee+ (sorry lame pun rating).

Also check out Lindsay Ellis’ YouTube series “The whole plate: film studies through the lens of Transformers” It’s Film 101 in a very entertaining way.

https://youtu.be/PRXI__Wixas

[TheAverageFan]

Creed 2 was pretty good. It was a pretty by-the-numbers sequel, but I still enjoyed it. Acting was great as was the cinematography. If you liked the first one as much as I did I'd check it out.

Ralph Breaks the Internet. I could tell by the 5-minute mark that the filmmakers could not care less about the rules of the world they established in the first film. The relationship between the two main characters is as strong as ever, but the rest of it... It's more or less just as bad as Incredibles 2, so if you liked that one then you'll probably have no problem with this one either.

~TAF

[Dad_Scaper]

Not actually what I watched last night, but here is a Public Service Announcement for those with Netflix:

Blazing Saddles is now on Netflix.

You're welcome.

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

Not actually what I watched last night, but here is a Public Service Announcement for those with Netflix:

Blazing Saddles is now on Netflix.

You're welcome.

Thanks! I'll have to watch that with my daughters.

[MrNobody]

Just re-watched 2005's Constantine. It's a movie that is absolutely disrespectful to the source material it tries to adapt and...actually isn't terrible. It's fairly dumb action, but Keanu is always charming, and the casting of Tilda Swinton as the angel Gabriel is just brilliant.

[Yodaking]

I'll have to watch Blazing Saddles again.

I went and saw Mortal Engines on Friday. It was good, but not great. I was fully entertained for the 2 hours and I applaud them for giving us something new and ambitious. A different dystopian future for Earth in the distant future, which gives you a few laughs at current culture that somehow survived. Not a lot of that stuff though so they didn't over due it, and nothing too dumb like everyone having packs of cigarettes while living on boats for hundreds of years (Waterworld ). Then the fairly traditional bad guy does bad things with a group of different good people coming together to fight back for different reasons. Thought they moved a little too quickly from plot point to plot point and would have been happier with a 3 hour movie that slowed down to explore the world and characters a little more.

[japes]

Originally Posted by Yodaking

I'll have to watch Blazing Saddles again.

I went and saw Mortal Engines on Friday. It was good, but not great. I was fully entertained for the 2 hours and I applaud them for giving us something new and ambitious. A different dystopian future for Earth in the distant future, which gives you a few laughs at current culture that somehow survived. Not a lot of that stuff though so they didn't over due it, and nothing too dumb like everyone having packs of cigarettes while living on boats for hundreds of years (Waterworld ). Then the fairly traditional bad guy does bad things with a group of different good people coming together to fight back for different reasons. Thought they moved a little too quickly from plot point to plot point and would have been happier with a 3 hour movie that slowed down to explore the world and characters a little more.

Sounds like an extended directors cut may be worth watching out for down the road.

[Yodaking]

Originally Posted by lefton4ya

Saw premiere of BumbleBee (Transformers prequel NOT written/directed by Bay). Was actually pretty good. They genderflipped main character to girl who was a lot less annoying than LaBeouf but still typical angsty teen drama. Was actually fairly funny and action was way better especially in that you can tell what is actually going on unlike “Bayhem”. Showed small flashbacks of Cybertron war with other transformers and that was cool part too. I would give the movie a Bee+ (sorry lame pun rating).

I went to see Bumblebee, it was radical, best Transformers movie to date. Being set in the 80's helped. Not sure what the plan is over at Hasbro Studios, but I hope this one represents a reboot. I'd like to see more from this team. I know it's not financially feasible right now but I'd love to see a full movie just on the Cybertron shown in this one. Maybe eventually they can get there.

[Hahma]

I watched Isle of Dogs tonight with my family.

It was quite different, original and unique (as far as I'm concerned ). Different than I expected. We all really enjoyed it.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5104604/

[lefton4ya]

Isle of Dogs is one of my favorite movies. I also love Wes Anderson’s other stop motion movie Fantastic Mister Fox, but Isle of dogs is unique and original movie. Only issue is not many people saw it because marketing was not sure who it is for. Is PG-13 I think only for a very realistic surgery scene and honestly nothing in appropriate for kids 8 and over, but the humor is sometimes very adult and only appreciated by probably those 18+. Basically is for those who want smart humor but also want to have childlike innocence while watching a movie.

Watched Mission Impossible: Fallout tonight with my parents on streaming rental. Saw it once in theater but was still great second time. It made most critics’ choice for best action movie this year, beating out superhero movies, but it’s not even the best MI movie, which just means 2018 was a mediocre year for non-superhero action movies.

[japes]

Watched i to the Spider-verse with the family last week...it was excellent.

[Taeblewalker]

I talked to @IshMEL today and he said the Spideyverse was great.