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[Iduno]

Ya'll seen that Smokin Aces movie? The redneck brothers? I imagine a Borderlands movie to be basically that. For two hours.

Ok, I'm back in.

[Cthulhu]

I saw Color Out of Space.  It's pretty good.  If you're expecting an Eggers/Perkins style slow burn intellectual horror movie it might disappoint, it's very much in the Stuart Gordon vein of weird, pulpy, kind of silly horror.  Which honestly I think suits Lovecraft better.  The acting is pretty bad, very TV movie aside from Cage.  He's going Full Cage, but he's not super well wrangled.  Compare to something like Mandy, where he's Full Cage and it's incredible, his wild shaman energy isn't as focused in this one.  As the color sets in the character starts literally turning into his father, his voice and mannerisms completely changing, and while he does it well it's a little silly.

It also has a lot of CGI in places it probably didn't need it, some of the effects would've been better practical.  All that being said it's pretty good.   Not scary, but some sequences are pretty fucking disturbing.

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The mom and the youngest son get fused together and the family's mentally breaking down trying to figure out what the fuck to do with them, they're lying on the couch just squirming and mewling

Tommy Chong's monologue is also really good.

[Yoink]

Ya'll seen that Smokin Aces movie? The redneck brothers? I imagine a Borderlands movie to be basically that. For two hours.

This movie is dumb as shit, wtf am I even watching?
The highlight so far was definitely Jason Bateman's (presumably) bit-part, since funnily enough I had planned on watching S3 of Ozark only to learn it isn't out yet.

That's right, my first pick for something to watch now that I have Netflix access went from Ozark to Smokin' friggin' Aces.    
It mostly just makes me wanna watch Goodfellas. Or re-watch Seven Psychopaths.

[scriver]

Ya'll seen that Smokin Aces movie? The redneck brothers? I imagine a Borderlands movie to be basically that. For two hours.

This movie is dumb as shit, wtf am I even watching?

After my comparison to Borderlands, what did you expect?

The highlight so far was definitely Jason Bateman's (presumably) bit-part, since funnily enough I had planned on watching S3 of Ozark only to learn it isn't out yet.

That's right, my first pick for something to watch now that I have Netflix access went from Ozark to Smokin' friggin' Aces.    
It mostly just makes me wanna watch Goodfellas. Or re-watch Seven Psychopaths.

You should watch Smokin' Aces 2. It abandoned the whole "let's just come up with a flimsy reason to have a bunch of badasses do badass things and spout bad one-liners for two hours while things explode" premise of the first one for a more high brow, layered kind of action and excellent characters and dialogue.

[Iduno]

Ya'll seen that Smokin Aces movie? The redneck brothers? I imagine a Borderlands movie to be basically that. For two hours.

This movie is dumb as shit, wtf am I even watching?
The highlight so far was definitely Jason Bateman's (presumably) bit-part, since funnily enough I had planned on watching S3 of Ozark only to learn it isn't out yet.

That's right, my first pick for something to watch now that I have Netflix access went from Ozark to Smokin' friggin' Aces.    
It mostly just makes me wanna watch Goodfellas. Or re-watch Seven Psychopaths.

The premise of Smokin Aces (a bunch of different types of teams going after the same target) is pretty good, everything else seems designed to make you say "Yeah, I could do better than this."

[Max™]

Flash forward to Kong vs Godzilla, they're battling, Kong is choking Godzilla, Godzilla sighs "...sorry... moth... ra" and Kong jumps off of him, freaking out, "OOK OOK, WHY SAY THAT NAME" best idea ever, or best idea ever?

[Yoink]

The premise of Smokin Aces (a bunch of different types of teams going after the same target) is pretty good, everything else seems designed to make you say "Yeah, I could do better than this."

Yeah, it's kind of like The Expendables: a great premise that it should be easy to have a heap of ridiculous fun with, but they've gone and ruined it somehow.
Though I think Smokin' Aces might have been even worse - at least The Expendables was kind of earnest in how it took itself too seriously despite its silliness. This was just trying way too hard to be edgy at times.
Also a fair few plot points received no resolution whatsoever, but I suppose it's for the best that this dumpster fire didn't go on any longer than it did.

It's a good thing Guy Ritchie isn't dead, because I'm pretty sure if he were he would have spun in his grave with such force upon the release of this movie as to send the whole Earth careening off-course into the sun or something.

...I'm kinda getting deja vu, have I complained about TE in here before? At least I have something similar but worse to compare it to, now.

[MrRoboto75]

Ya'll seen that Smokin Aces movie? The redneck brothers? I imagine a Borderlands movie to be basically that. For two hours.

This movie is dumb as shit, wtf am I even watching?

After my comparison to Borderlands, what did you expect?

To be shot in the face, not in the arms, legs, or torso.  In the face.

Flash forward to Kong vs Godzilla, they're battling, Kong is choking Godzilla, Godzilla sighs "...sorry... moth... ra" and Kong jumps off of him, freaking out, "OOK OOK, WHY SAY THAT NAME" best idea ever, or best idea ever?

Thanks, I hate it.

[Reelya]

I'd see a Goddfrey Ho produced Ninja The King Kong vs Vampire Godzilla movie.

Or how about a Goddfrey Ho / Tingler: Ninja Pounded in the Butt by my own Butt Ninja.

[scriver]

The premise of Smokin Aces (a bunch of different types of teams going after the same target) is pretty good, everything else seems designed to make you say "Yeah, I could do better than this."

Yeah, it's kind of like The Expendables: a great premise that it should be easy to have a heap of ridiculous fun with, but they've gone and ruined it somehow.
Though I think Smokin' Aces might have been even worse - at least The Expendables was kind of earnest in how it took itself too seriously despite its silliness. This was just trying way too hard to be edgy at times.
Also a fair few plot points received no resolution whatsoever, but I suppose it's for the best that this dumpster fire didn't go on any longer than it did.

It's a good thing Guy Ritchie isn't dead, because I'm pretty sure if he were he would have spun in his grave with such force upon the release of this movie as to send the whole Earth careening off-course into the sun or something.

...I'm kinda getting deja vu, have I complained about TE in here before? At least I have something similar but worse to compare it to, now.

Did you watch Smoking Aces 2 yet though? I promise, it's not horrible at all and I'm definitely not trying to get you to watch an awful movie

[Il Palazzo]

The Spring is coming, so maybe it's time to get yer romantic juices fill your brains, macerating them into a mushy pulp.
To that end go and watch The Portrait of a Lady on Fire. If I weren't this crusty jaded geezer that I'm increasingly seeing in the mirror, it would have completely floored me, emotionally. The way things are I'm merely stunned.

[scriver]

_{smoking aces 2 though}

[IronyOwl]

I return with news of the Sanic movie!

The movie itself is dumb and cringe. They made Sonic a lonely teenager, almost like this was a kid's movie or something. I also have very specific opinions on Sonic flossing as his dance of choice. Not energetic enough for a hedgehog on crack, 0/10 absolutely shameless reference.

Bad as that was, to literally no one's surprise the humans were asinine and beyond worthless. We've known since at least Transformers that including humans in a movie about not-humans is dumb and does nothing good, but they keep doing it so apparently it's serving some kind of critical purpose in this foul ritual. I shudder to think what kind of demographic has their viewing experience improved by having some guy be useless next to a blue mascot going nothin personnel kid, so I can only assume there are darker implications here. I'm being a little unfair here, they got a few good lines in, but on the whole making this a live action movie with real people couldn't possibly have been a wise decision.

The obvious exception is Dr. Robotnik, who is exquisite in everything he touches. Absolutely nailed being a fun, silly villain, to the point where I'd consider watching the movie to consist of viewing a truly delightful mad scientist padded with assorted sewage and waste meats. Slight clarification: The robots are also pretty good, which is Robotnik related but not directly dependent on Carrey's infinite charisma. Likewise, his interactions with other people tend to be adequate to fantastic, which is why I said everything he touches turns to gold.

Overall I value the joy of seeing Robotnik well above the annoyance of dealing with everyone else in the movie, so it gets a longsuffering thumbs up from me. No idea why anybody would call the movie "good" on any other grounds, though.

[King Zultan]

But how would you have felt about the movie if they kept the original version of Sonic?

[Kagus]

But how would you have felt about the movie if they kept the original version of Sonic?

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