Why don't we have a misc movie thread?

[adarqui]

This movie "eight below" came on.. saw that it had something to do with dogs, so left it on. It's actually decent. These dogs are amazing "actors".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397313/

[adarqui]

As for sci-fi, one of my all time favorites is:

The Abyss

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/

[adarqui]

Moon was a pretty depressing but solid movie.....

Source code was a bit weak i think....

ex machina was ok.....

that dream movie was awesome with leanardo dicario .... forgot its name where

arrival was ok..... could have made the 1st half a bit shorter and the 2nd half stretched out longer.....

avatar seemed weaker and weaker as time went on.....

ahhhh Inception (the one with Leonardo).

great movie, but perhaps even greater sound track. Hans Zimmer absolutely destroyed that sound track.

Time.

[Joe]

Solaris is the best sci-fi film.

[LBSS]

inception is a good plane movie. i've never seen solaris, throwing it on the list now. looks tight.

the best sci-fi movie experience of my life is unquestionably watching 2001: a space odyssey in a restored 70mm print in the beautiful old movie theater where i had my first real job, in high school. they had to expand the screen to show it. if you ever have a chance to watch 2001 in a theater, do it. it's awesome. don't even care what you think of the movie as a movie, the visuals and sound are just incredible.

[adarqui]

inception is a good plane movie. i've never seen solaris, throwing it on the list now. looks tight.

plain? 

the best sci-fi movie experience of my life is unquestionably watching 2001: a space odyssey in a restored 70mm print in the beautiful old movie theater where i had my first real job, in high school. they had to expand the screen to show it. if you ever have a chance to watch 2001 in a theater, do it. it's awesome. don't even care what you think of the movie as a movie, the visuals and sound are just incredible.

sick af!!

Kubrick++

I've never seen a Kubrick film in a theatre... That would probably amplify the experience manyfold. Next level perspective.

[vag]

LBSS , see the old Solaris ( 1976 ) not the 2002 version ( which is still good btw, so imagine the far better original ).
Other than that i agree 2001 is the best one, if one can name 'best' a movie between masterpieces.
Since we got into the classics : Brazil. Blade runner.  Children of men. Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. last but not least : Metropolis ( 1927!!!!!!! ).
Bonus track : Cloud Atlas. It's a miss, the result did not blend/cook so well. But i totally agree with a critic i read back then , "one of the most ambitious films ever made". Even as a miss it is still very good and definitely a visual and sentimental treat. If it blended well, it would go in the GOAT/classics easy.

[adarqui]

Forgot how intense "Crash" is..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/

good movie.

:/

[adarqui]

saw these two tonight:



Pride and Glory:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482572/

surprisingly ruthless.. some crazy dirty cop stuff going on. really good movie.



The Take

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2368619/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Enjoyable.. some of the pickpocket scenes are really cool, especially the one in the bar midway through the movie. Decent story too - lots of "deception going on" at every level (from pick pocketing to terrorism).

The fight scenes really sucked though. They could have done so much better by making them more realistic.. This would have raised the movie up another notch.

[adarqui]

dno.. the last movie I really wanted to watch in a theater, was "The Revenant".

[Coges]

Watched John Wick: Chapter 2 the other night-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Not as good as the first. More forced, bad dialogue, even worse Ruby Rose character (thank god she's mute). Action is second to none though. Just great fight choreo altogether.

Also, saw King Arthur with my son a couple of weeks back-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972591/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Seriously loved this and don't know why it hasn't been met with more love elsewhere. Having a story like this told by Guy Ritchie in classic snatch/lock stock style is great. I really hope the rest of films get the green light. Also, if you haven't heard it get onto the podcast Ritchie did with Rogan. I mean, I know Guy is a smart uh...guy, but he's next level when it comes to some of his history and archetypes and stuff. Well worth the investment.

[adarqui]

Watched John Wick: Chapter 2 the other night-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Not as good as the first. More forced, bad dialogue, even worse Ruby Rose character (thank god she's mute). Action is second to none though. Just great fight choreo altogether.

Also, saw King Arthur with my son a couple of weeks back-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972591/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Seriously loved this and don't know why it hasn't been met with more love elsewhere. Having a story like this told by Guy Ritchie in classic snatch/lock stock style is great. I really hope the rest of films get the green light. Also, if you haven't heard it get onto the podcast Ritchie did with Rogan. I mean, I know Guy is a smart uh...guy, but he's next level when it comes to some of his history and archetypes and stuff. Well worth the investment.

I remember enjoying John Wick 1.. Saw 2 on Wednesday & didn't finish it :/ Good action but like you said, forced & weak dialogue. I got bored.

Oh, if they did a "The Equalizer" sequel i'd be interested.. Denzel.



On that note, I re-watched "Bourne Ultimatum" today... I forgot how good that was. It's hard to find a sequel that's better than the original IMHO.. For example:

Mission Impossible 1 (of the remakes with Tom Cruise) - man that was epic.. None of the others came close to the original.
Point Break - All copies of the sequel should be burned. The original is a "cult classic".
Predator - Some of the sequels were ok, but nothing like the original.

But then you have Bourne & Bourne Ultimatum .. Another one that comes to mind is Die Hard & Die Hard 3 with Jeremy Irons & Samuel Jackson. Actually Bad Boys 2 was pretty good also. I'm just naming some action movies that came to the top of my head.


I wanted to watch both Point Break & Mission Impossible 1 the other day.

There's some movies I can just watch all of the time:
- Heat
- Point Break
- Fight Club
- Mission Impossible
- Predator
- Crimson Tide
- Deja Vu
- Die Hard
- Die Hard 3
- The Departed
- Above The Rim
- Training Day
- Minority Report
- Se7en
- Rounders

dno just a few off the top of my head that I don't think i've ever gotten bored with. I left out tons of really good movies, but even with some great movies I left out, I can't watch them all the time.

[FP]

Watched John Wick: Chapter 2 the other night-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Not as good as the first. More forced, bad dialogue, even worse Ruby Rose character (thank god she's mute). Action is second to none though. Just great fight choreo altogether.

Also, saw King Arthur with my son a couple of weeks back-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972591/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Seriously loved this and don't know why it hasn't been met with more love elsewhere. Having a story like this told by Guy Ritchie in classic snatch/lock stock style is great. I really hope the rest of films get the green light. Also, if you haven't heard it get onto the podcast Ritchie did with Rogan. I mean, I know Guy is a smart uh...guy, but he's next level when it comes to some of his history and archetypes and stuff. Well worth the investment.

Yeah I saw King Arthur too. As much as I love Guy Ritchie and lock stock+snatch are both phenomenal movies King Arthur was kinda average at best. His style just feels kind of forced for this particular movie. I thought the CGI was hella good and I loved it from a designers perspective but goddamn with that kind of budget you better make a damn masterpiece and the generic storyline and not a whole lot of depth to the characters is pretty boring imo. They were gonna make it into a trilogy???! jesus.

Will have to check out that podcast though 

[Coges]

Watched John Wick: Chapter 2 the other night-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Not as good as the first. More forced, bad dialogue, even worse Ruby Rose character (thank god she's mute). Action is second to none though. Just great fight choreo altogether.

Also, saw King Arthur with my son a couple of weeks back-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972591/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Seriously loved this and don't know why it hasn't been met with more love elsewhere. Having a story like this told by Guy Ritchie in classic snatch/lock stock style is great. I really hope the rest of films get the green light. Also, if you haven't heard it get onto the podcast Ritchie did with Rogan. I mean, I know Guy is a smart uh...guy, but he's next level when it comes to some of his history and archetypes and stuff. Well worth the investment.

Yeah I saw King Arthur too. As much as I love Guy Ritchie and lock stock+snatch are both phenomenal movies King Arthur was kinda average at best. His style just feels kind of forced for this particular movie. I thought the CGI was hella good and I loved it from a designers perspective but goddamn with that kind of budget you better make a damn masterpiece and the generic storyline and not a whole lot of depth to the characters is pretty boring imo. They were gonna make it into a trilogy???! jesus.

Will have to check out that podcast though 

Yeah I see where you're coming from. I liked when it broke into typical Ritchie style dialogue then reverted back to "normal style" after. From what I understand it was going to be an origin story style movie with more characters introduced after. Merlin, etc.

Definitely check out the podcast. It's worth the 2 hours.

[Coges]

Watched John Wick: Chapter 2 the other night-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Not as good as the first. More forced, bad dialogue, even worse Ruby Rose character (thank god she's mute). Action is second to none though. Just great fight choreo altogether.

Also, saw King Arthur with my son a couple of weeks back-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972591/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Seriously loved this and don't know why it hasn't been met with more love elsewhere. Having a story like this told by Guy Ritchie in classic snatch/lock stock style is great. I really hope the rest of films get the green light. Also, if you haven't heard it get onto the podcast Ritchie did with Rogan. I mean, I know Guy is a smart uh...guy, but he's next level when it comes to some of his history and archetypes and stuff. Well worth the investment.

I remember enjoying John Wick 1.. Saw 2 on Wednesday & didn't finish it :/ Good action but like you said, forced & weak dialogue. I got bored.

Oh, if they did a "The Equalizer" sequel i'd be interested.. Denzel.



On that note, I re-watched "Bourne Ultimatum" today... I forgot how good that was. It's hard to find a sequel that's better than the original IMHO.. For example:

Mission Impossible 1 (of the remakes with Tom Cruise) - man that was epic.. None of the others came close to the original.
Point Break - All copies of the sequel should be burned. The original is a "cult classic".
Predator - Some of the sequels were ok, but nothing like the original.

But then you have Bourne & Bourne Ultimatum .. Another one that comes to mind is Die Hard & Die Hard 3 with Jeremy Irons & Samuel Jackson. Actually Bad Boys 2 was pretty good also. I'm just naming some action movies that came to the top of my head.


I wanted to watch both Point Break & Mission Impossible 1 the other day.

There's some movies I can just watch all of the time:
- Heat
- Point Break
- Fight Club
- Mission Impossible
- Predator
- Crimson Tide
- Deja Vu
- Die Hard
- Die Hard 3
- The Departed
- Above The Rim
- Training Day
- Minority Report
- Se7en
- Rounders

dno just a few off the top of my head that I don't think i've ever gotten bored with. I left out tons of really good movies, but even with some great movies I left out, I can't watch them all the time.

Yeah I watched Wick 2 over 2 nights. Couldn't make it through in 1. The first one just seemed effortless. I'm assuming there'll be a third too which is kinda sad.

The Bourne movies definitely stand up. MI1 is great. I'm actually a fan of 2 as well. The action got if for me. Sounds like we're of a similar vintage though. So many great movies on that list. My only problem these days is I'm trending away from deep movies due to lack of time/brainpower. Where I would have watched Fight Club, Se7en, Training Day, etc a few years ago I would now pick something easy and fun.

My top movies I can watch at anytime are:
Point Break
White Men Can't Jump
Bad Boys 1 or 2
White Chicks
Dumb and Dumber
Me Myself and Irene
Anything Jackie Chan up to 2000 with selected titles after that
Any golden era Arnie or Sly