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[Yoink]

It's got Colin Farrell in it, hee hee it's the funny man in another funny movie I'm sure it's a laugh riot   

[scriver]

I'm such a sucker, they can play me like a fiddle.

I've pretty much given up on superhero movies. I started lagging behind before Endgame, only seeing stuff because free, and then only making an effort to watch the Endgame movies because they were the culmination of the whole thing so far. I saw the first new Spiderman movie in that there "because free" period and then didn't bother to see the second one (despite featuring an old favourite villain of my youth). So I pretty much come to the conclusion that I'm probably not going to see another superhero movie.

But yeah. Then this new Spiderman one happens and suddenly my superhero flame is renewed for no goddamn good reason.

They can play me like a fiddle, guys. I am a fool's fool

[Starver]

Due to sheer logistics (never the right time, when even possible), I've still not seen anything at the cinema for a while, and probably won't before the new year.

Since Endgame and Far From Home (plus Multiverse, but not sure where in the sequence that was released) not seen any MCUs (there's at least two, before current Spiderman, by vague recollection). I haven't seen the DCU sequel-Wonderwoman and (without looking it up) I've a feeling there's at least one other from that camp, possibly a couple more. Despite full intentions I never did see the latest BCU. And then there's countless other films with (maybe) less hype, not tied to such big franchises, and possibly far better (perhaps even without improbable/impossible physical or mystical feats of overcoming similarly unlikely odds).

I'm not exactly indicative of the health of the movie-production industry. Not a penny has gone from me towards its continuation for almost two whole years. Not via the cinemas (which I'd like to continue) nor via the streaming services (which don't need my help, and I'm still inclined to avoid being sucked into).

[anewaname]

Watched a 2018 film "The Tangle", a movie where maybe 25% of the dialogue was in idioms and most or all matters. Excellent movie, and reminiscent of the 2009 "The Watchmen" movie, without the heavy "action movie" excesses.

[Jopax]

Don't look up

It's a black comedy disaster movie? The black comedy part? It's made in a world where covid and the reactions to it have happened. As funny as it is to go "haha this is more realistic than any other disaster movie" that feeling wears out rather quickly. And you're left feeling so incredibly depressed that yeah, this is what we have now, and there's pretty much fuck all to do about it I guess :I

Still, pretty good movie all in all. Just maybe don't watch it if you don't want to have any holiday cheer sucked out of you.

[Il Palazzo]

It's made in a world where covid and the reactions to it have happened.

I think it's mainly satirising the response to global warming. But covid certainly helped magnify the message.

[Vector]

I watched Paper Tigers on Netflix today. Single best movie I've seen in the best two years, 10/10 for anyone who has any passing desire to see a Kung Fu movie. I laughed, I cried, I involuntarily clapped after fight scenes, and I'm gonna go try to find a DVD. Go watch it if the plot sounds good to you.

[RoseHeart]

Let Me In stuck the landing as far as well made ending that I can recall in recent memory.

[scriver]

Let Me In stuck the landing as far as well made ending that I can recall in recent memory.

The vampire one, or is there a fresher one by thst name?

[RoseHeart]

The vampire one.

Spoiler: very vague spoiler (click to show/hide)

It is equal parts dark and light...im still thinking about it the next day.

[Il Palazzo]

Bad roseheart! No watching English language remakes! Even when they're alright. It only encourages Hollywood to make more.

[IronyOwl]

Outlander (2008) is about an alien monster crash landing into Vikings. It's about as dumb as it sounds, but also fun. In typical fashion, parts of it are exceedingly well done and parts of it are completely stupid for the sake of making things work. It also features Ron Perlman and John Hurt, but by law and custom doesn't do nearly enough with them.

In particular, their handling of the aliens was kinda shit for the most part. The main threat has some really cool moments, but the horror aspects require jank and weirdness in others.

Spoiler: Minor Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A friendly alien survives the crash and leads the Vikings against the terror, but he's just a human. Boooo.

Spoiler: Predictable Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The main monster is dangerous in part via being completely immune to mortal weaponry, which makes most of the movie- and the actions of the characters- completely pointless. Even the main guy doesn't seem to realize this and chases after the thing with an axe at the start.

Spoiler: Major (Albeit Still Predictable) Spoilers (click to show/hide)

Their eventual solution to this nonsense is impractical but great- they dredge up some of the spaceman's ship to smelt down into weapons. I have a feeling iron age smelting techniques might have difficulty with duratitaniamite, but it's an awesome solution so I'm willing to endorse it entirely. The resulting weapons keep a kind of spaceshippy pattern/vibe, which only raises more questions if you're thinking this through so I'd recommend admiring how awesome it is instead.

What I'm not willing to forgive is that the end of the movie involved spaceman fucking about with his girlfriend on a cliff while the rightful heir to the throne battled the monster alone. They didn't even succeed at getting to safety, they just tried, failed, and then took their sweet fucking time pulling Miss Hardass Damsel back to where she was before this brilliant escape attempt while Mister Badprince the Inconvenient went one on one with the beast, got crunched, and declared Mister Accidentally Caused All This the new king so he could go back into the cave they just ran away from to engage it in single combat himself. There's trying and failing and there's fucking everything up for the sake of removing loose ends, and this was the latter.

On a brighter note, the unspoken intelligence and malice of the monster was fantastic. It doesn't speak or behave particularly intelligently, but there's this undercurrent of very deliberate evil that's just great.

[Starver]

As I recall, it jumped on the Predator-like bandwagon (but the plot/setting significantly ripped from Beowulf).

But I was confused, for the moment, that you meant Outland (1981) that is instead High Noon IN SPAAAAAACE! 

(I think I'd like to see the latter again, some time. It's got Sean Connery in it, which is more than enough reason for most of his films.)

[Il Palazzo]

Outland was great. Though the memories are coloured by nostalgia. Felt like a proper sci-fi. The decompression scene, however silly in hindsight, had etched itself in my teenage brain for a long time.

And I think I've seen Outlander. I also think I forgot all about it in a week.

[IronyOwl]

And I think I've seen Outlander. I also think I forgot all about it in a week.

Even the foxfire reveal scene? That's a shame, that was a really cool two seconds.

But I was confused, for the moment, that you meant Outland (1981) that is instead High Noon IN SPAAAAAACE! 

(I think I'd like to see the latter again, some time. It's got Sean Connery in it, which is more than enough reason for most of his films.)

Outland was great. Though the memories are coloured by nostalgia. Felt like a proper sci-fi. The decompression scene, however silly in hindsight, had etched itself in my teenage brain for a long time.

Ooh, interesting.