Movies that are worth watching
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I recently discovered that Amazon Prime comes with some free movies, so I watched some.
The Big Lebowski: A guy that just sorta drifts through life tries to get a new rug, and in the process, ends up meeting a lot of "normal" people somehow stranger than him. Very character centric, and worth a watch if you haven't seen it already. My only real criticism is that the story doesn't resolve itself very nicely, but that's probably just reflective of The Dude's lifestyle.
Interstellar: Bad things are happening on Earth, so some people leave Earth to try and find a solution. They try to get along, but sometimes they're bad at it. Excellent production values, and the plot stays solid for about as long as you'd expect in a Christopher Nolan film (the first two hours).
I also watched some films that weren't on Amazon Prime.
Doubt: A grouchy nun decides that she doesn't like a priest and gets another much friendlier nun involved. The movie plays with a lot of different aspects of its theme, but it doesn't do a great job of making it clear which ones it plans to deliver on. Most of the movie seems to be leading towards a breaking point, but the conclusion just reveals that the buildup itself was the interesting part. Worth watching for the acting and themes alone, but don't expect resolution.
Groundhog Day: Bill Murray is a dick and gets stuck in a hell loop. Does he become a better person or just get better at getting into a particular person's pants? Third option: Is this movie making the case that we try to become better people because it gets us better pants access? Am I reading into this too far?
Birdman: I watched it more than a few weeks ago and I'm still trying to process everything that happened, so I'm not really sure what to say about it other than this: It's really good, and you should watch it.
The Big Lebowski: A guy that just sorta drifts through life tries to get a new rug, and in the process, ends up meeting a lot of "normal" people somehow stranger than him. Very character centric, and worth a watch if you haven't seen it already. My only real criticism is that the story doesn't resolve itself very nicely, but that's probably just reflective of The Dude's lifestyle.
Interstellar: Bad things are happening on Earth, so some people leave Earth to try and find a solution. They try to get along, but sometimes they're bad at it. Excellent production values, and the plot stays solid for about as long as you'd expect in a Christopher Nolan film (the first two hours).
I also watched some films that weren't on Amazon Prime.
Doubt: A grouchy nun decides that she doesn't like a priest and gets another much friendlier nun involved. The movie plays with a lot of different aspects of its theme, but it doesn't do a great job of making it clear which ones it plans to deliver on. Most of the movie seems to be leading towards a breaking point, but the conclusion just reveals that the buildup itself was the interesting part. Worth watching for the acting and themes alone, but don't expect resolution.
Groundhog Day: Bill Murray is a dick and gets stuck in a hell loop. Does he become a better person or just get better at getting into a particular person's pants? Third option: Is this movie making the case that we try to become better people because it gets us better pants access? Am I reading into this too far?
Birdman: I watched it more than a few weeks ago and I'm still trying to process everything that happened, so I'm not really sure what to say about it other than this: It's really good, and you should watch it.
This is the most spoiler-free description of a movie plot I've ever seen.
Monsters vs Aliens is a good movie. It's about a woman who gets hit by a meteor, and turns into a giant. She's held captive in Area 51 with some other monsters. Then there's an alien attack on Earth, and the monsters fight it. There's also a badass president.
I watched this movie because of your video. It's funny here and there but overall not that great of a movie. imo
Anyone else here seen Hardcore Henry?
Watched it twice in theatres, I loved that movie. Every time I watch it I can feel the aggression leave my body as I watch a man get blown apart with a grenade in first person.
Watched it twice in theatres, I loved that movie. Every time I watch it I can feel the aggression leave my body as I watch a man get blown apart with a grenade in first person.
Makzutheamazing
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- Dec 12, 2015
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I watched this movie called "The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared" on Netflix.
It is exactly what it sounds like
It is exactly what it sounds like
Ghostbusters was fantastic, had a truckton of resistance from the steam chat when I said this, entirely from people who hadn't seen it.
I get it, the trailers were terrible, the fragile masculinity of the internet wants you to hate the movie just for existing, or maybe you saw the director give a few 'fuck you's to people spamming him with hatemail and didn't get the context, so you're already prejudiced against it.
I laughed all the damn way through. More laughs from this one film than I can ever remember laughing at all previous Ghostbusters material before it. It wasn't perfect, but name me a film that is.
Common complaints:
Anyhow...
I just finished binge watching Strange Things on Netflix and that's brilliant. It's what Super 8 wanted to be but failed to achieve. I saw someone describe it as ET written by Steven King, which is a good fit and honestly, I'm not sure how better to describe it.
I get it, the trailers were terrible, the fragile masculinity of the internet wants you to hate the movie just for existing, or maybe you saw the director give a few 'fuck you's to people spamming him with hatemail and didn't get the context, so you're already prejudiced against it.
I laughed all the damn way through. More laughs from this one film than I can ever remember laughing at all previous Ghostbusters material before it. It wasn't perfect, but name me a film that is.
Common complaints:
- "This movie didn't need to exist" - Neither does any movie, ever. This reboot is better than Ghostbusters 2, it might not be as original as the first film (since it is more or less a copy of it) so it's lacking in creativity but it absolutely makes up for it in humour.
- "All the men were either dumb, incompetent or assholes" - thatsthejoke.jpg
- "It's just men-hate the movie" - This is just the previous one taken to an idiotic extreme
Anyhow...
I just finished binge watching Strange Things on Netflix and that's brilliant. It's what Super 8 wanted to be but failed to achieve. I saw someone describe it as ET written by Steven King, which is a good fit and honestly, I'm not sure how better to describe it.
I finally also just watched Birdman, like 35 minutes ago, and I also thought it was good.
GooGuGajoob
L12: Pro-crastinator
- Mar 28, 2014
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I watched Full Metal Jacket recently. I really liked that. Also Saving Private Ryan coincidently the day before Frontline was revealed
