What was the last movie you watched?

Kill Bill.

Both parts?

Nah, just the first one. I might watch the second one tomorrow.

Sounds like a plan.

Serenity. It just left Netflix today, so I guess I gotta finally go buy the DVD. It seems to show up surprisingly often in thrift shops though, which I know from working in one - I struck up a conversation with a customer buying it once, and it turned out they just thought the packaging and blurb sounded cool, so I told them to go look up Firefly if they liked the movie, hopefully adding to the army of browncoats. Anyway, yeah, when I heard this was going away I realized I had just enough time to watch the whole series for the third or fourth time, then follow up with the movie.

Kill Bill Vol. 2. Honestly, I found it rather underwhelming compared to the first one. Still not a bad film, though.

Ghostbusters (2016)

... Well, I won't exactly say I hate it, but it falls flat for me in a few bits.

Not a grand epic that will be remembered and the original had a few issues, so in a way it takes from the original.

At times though it feels like it's hitting me over the head, saying 'HAH ISN'T THAT FUNNY'.

That may though be because I'm enjoying indie French comedies, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Star Wars:The Force Awakens.Kylo Ren was so...-Nosebleeds everywhere-

London Has Fallen. I thought it was good, and The Oner in the middle of the film was very nice.

Hercules

Repo Man. I'm still not sure what I watched, but it was funny in a nonsensical sort of way; it was amusing. I kind of wish it were a TV show, with the hunt for the alien Chevy Malibu being the Myth Arc and different Repo jobs being the episodes' plot.

I watched Psycho yesterday. That film has not aged well. I'm sure it was brilliant when it first came out, but it suffers badly from its twist being common knowledge, and from everything in the film that was shocking at its time of release being since left in the dust. It's definitely worth watching because of the place it occupies in film history, but I don't think it has a lot of entertainment value left.

I also watched Way of the Dragon. It was an interesting film, although it did take a surprisingly long time to get to the first Bruce Lee fight scene. Also the levels of Mook Chivalry was rather ridiculous at times. Overall though, it was good fun. The Bruce Lee versus Chuck Norris fight scene was solid. To be sure, it was no Enter the Dragon, but it was still a solid martial arts film.

I just came back from seeing the new Ghostbusters. I thought it was a lot of fun. :) And certainly a lot better than Ghostbusters II.

Alleluia The Devils Carnival. I thought it was just as good, if not better, than Part 1.

Batman versus Superman.

Got my copy of Gravestone of Daisuke Jigen today.

Love the character designs, the retro feel (I've always preferred Lupin III as a Cold War era Period Piece, honestly). Giving Jigen the spotlight for once was great (and much-needed), the villain was stylish and charismatic, and I liked the Darker and Edgier tone with a few moments of comedy more typical of this franchise.

Really, my only complaint is Fujiko spending a third of the movie a naked and cowering Damsel in Distress against a...um...Freudian robot. I've got no problem with fanservice (especially for this character), but she deserved a better showing than that.

Also dug how it's a Stealth Prequel to Mystery Of Mamo, very cleverly done. Watching Lupin and Jigen bonding and going from "business partners" to best friends is awesome. Such a great movie for fans of the series.

Total Recall, the original Arnold Schwarzenegger version from 1990. Not that thing that Colin Farrell is supposed to have starred in, and I'm pretty sure actually never got made.

It was great.

"The Opening of Misty Beethoven", another one of the "Porno Chic" movies that I've been blaming Wikipedia for introducing me to and hence me watching it. It's basically a hard-core version of "My Fair Lady" or "Pygmalion", but it's also far more honest about the kind of girl Eliza Doolittle, or in this case Misty Beethoven, actually would have been like.

Alice In Wonderland, the animated version by Disney.

I'm conflicted. Must say, while I read Alice In Wonderland, I haven't read Through The Looking Glass yet, so I don't fully know the source material.

What I love:

The final part of the film. The cinematrophy,and visual design are simply amazing, the Queen of Hearts is hilarious, and her voice actress is amazing!!

The Hatter and Hare scene are also quite good in it´s own right!

The Cheshire Cat Adaptational Villainy was really nice, giving many of the best moments.

Disney visual imagery with the Caterpillar is pretty good too, making his conversations more fun to watch.

What I tolerate

The doorknob. He is not from the books, but helps Alice to have someone to talk with. It would be queer indeed to have Alice talking alone for 5 minutes. Maybe this is why Dannah also appears at the beginning, since she was The Ghost in the book.

What I dislike

Quite frankly, the first 20 or 30 minutes. They are honestly boring to watch, and the visual designs are not that impressive compared with everything else in the movie. The twins tale wasted my time with those two guys. The flowers were also not interesting in the slightest.

3/5 whole movie

Final part of the movie is a 5/5

edited 23rd Jul '16 9:49:23 PM by Tomodachi

13 Hours: Benghazi rest of the title. It's okay. Don't love it, don't hate it.

Star Trek Beyond. Jeez, I actually don't know what to make of it. I think it tried to say something but it wasn't very clear in the message it was trying to send. I mean on the surface the message is we're stronger unified, but there's a bit more too it then that. Maybe I'm looking into it through the eyes of a man whose life has been dominated by this insane election and news of it, but through my admittedly outwardly influenced perspective it does seem like a commentary on the philosophies that both parties seem to follow.

I mean it probably isn't, but you could interpret it that way.

Also I liked the callback to the picture that no one took from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country near the end in tribute to Leonard Nemoy.

I liked it. It was a competent movie. Not great, not even one of the better Star Trek movie, probably in the lower half of films in quality, but I enjoyed it.

edited 28th Jul '16 5:22:12 AM by SilentlyHonest

My favorite Star Wars film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

Lights Out.

edited 27th Jul '16 8:15:37 PM by Demetrios

Ghostbusters. The first one, if you want to know. I found it to be a very well-done film with a wonderful sense of humor. Also, the finale is one of the funniest I've seen. Just the thought of a giant, possesed by an Eldritch god twinkie destroying a city is freaking hilarious.

The Wicker Man. The original one, not the one with Nicholas Cage and the bees. It was very intriguing. :)