Last movie you saw?

[ChuckSteak]

Me too. It is the kind of movie you can watch lots of times.

[NoseofNicko]

12 Angry Men. Never seen it before.

It was awesome. It might be the highest rated movie on IMDB, 8.9

Highest rated movie....you've seen? Cause there are lots of higher rated moves on IMDB.


I do love that movie though. It's really amazing.

Actually, there are only 4 higher rated movies on IMDb.

[Prog Snob]

12 Angry Men. Never seen it before.

It was awesome. It might be the highest rated movie on IMDB, 8.9

Highest rated movie....you've seen? Cause there are lots of higher rated moves on IMDB.


I do love that movie though. It's really amazing.

I concur.

[King Postwhore]

Top 15 movie for me.  One other oldie cracks the top 15.  It's always played on St. Patrick's Day.

[Adami]

12 Angry Men. Never seen it before.

It was awesome. It might be the highest rated movie on IMDB, 8.9

Highest rated movie....you've seen? Cause there are lots of higher rated moves on IMDB.


I do love that movie though. It's really amazing.

Actually, there are only 4 higher rated movies on IMDb.

Apparently you're right! That's quite crazy.

[Prog Snob]

12 Angry Men. Never seen it before.

It was awesome. It might be the highest rated movie on IMDB, 8.9

Highest rated movie....you've seen? Cause there are lots of higher rated moves on IMDB.


I do love that movie though. It's really amazing.

Actually, there are only 4 higher rated movies on IMDb.

Apparently you're right! That's quite crazy.

Shit, I never would have guessed that.

[Progmetty]

Just watched Independence Day: Resurgence, I knew it was panned but I was curious anyway since I grew up watching the first one. And because I thought Bill Pullman was the greatest U.S. president ever depicted on film IMO and I wanted to see him do it again.
So I went in with low expectations but goodness fuckin gracious I did not lower them enough, I dare say this movie is worse than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.. I do.
However, something tells me this movie would have worked great if it was released in, say 1998, 2 years after the original, mainly cause Resurgence uses a formula that was solid from mid to late 90's when it comes to block busters, a formula that is unbearably lame now. But it would have done well amongst the Godzilla's, The Armageddons and the Deep Impacts of that period.

[ReaperKK]

I was really disappointed with ID:R but I never thought about if it was released in the nineties. You're right, I probably would have loved the movie.

[Orbert]

What is this 90's formula of which you speak?

Seriously, I'm guessing that you're talking about endless action sequences with no time in between to think about how implausible and/or contrived they are, building up to occasional even bigger scenes, a hot babe or two who contribute nothing but eye candy and useless love interest (yet don't show boobs), and a wonderful feel good ending despite everyone having just lost at least a couple of very close friends?  Don't they still follow this formula?

[Kotowboy]

What is this 90's formula of which you speak?

Seriously, I'm guessing that you're talking about endless action sequences with no time in between to think about how implausible and/or contrived they are, building up to occasional even bigger scenes, a hot babe or two who contribute nothing but eye candy and useless love interest (yet don't show boobs), and a wonderful feel good ending despite everyone having just lost at least a couple of very close friends?  Don't they still follow this formula?

That's every Transformers movie.

[Kotowboy]

Just watched Independence Day: Resurgence, I knew it was panned but I was curious anyway since I grew up watching the first one. And because I thought Bill Pullman was the greatest U.S. president ever depicted on film IMO and I wanted to see him do it again.
So I went in with low expectations but goodness fuckin gracious I did not lower them enough, I dare say this movie is worse than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.. I do.
However, something tells me this movie would have worked great if it was released in, say 1998, 2 years after the original, mainly cause Resurgence uses a formula that was solid from mid to late 90's when it comes to block busters, a formula that is unbearably lame now. But it would have done well amongst the Godzilla's, The Armageddons and the Deep Impacts of that period.

I thought the first hour of Resurgence was great. The ending was really abrupt and looked like green screen. It wasn't as good as the first one for sure. But I didn't hate it.

[Progmetty]

What is this 90's formula of which you speak?

Seriously, I'm guessing that you're talking about endless action sequences with no time in between to think about how implausible and/or contrived they are, building up to occasional even bigger scenes, a hot babe or two who contribute nothing but eye candy and useless love interest (yet don't show boobs), and a wonderful feel good ending despite everyone having just lost at least a couple of very close friends?  Don't they still follow this formula?

Oh there's a lot more to the nineties formula that doesn't happen anymore my friend , at least not in blockbusters that any chance of succeeding. There have been very few blockbusters made with the formula after the mid-00's but I don't think any of them really worked.
I think everything you said applies to the the nineties formula of making big explosive expensive movies with lots of CGI, I rarely see that formula anymore though. Just off the top of my head, in addition to everything you said, that formula also has to include a shit ton of corny one liners in life-or-death situations, forced sentimental music in "moments" that you would't otherwise have noticed due to poor character development, mind blowing coincidences, an overdose of selfless heroes and a not-as-good-looking friend of said hero who's funny and/or awkward.
I don't see any of that stuff in the 90's frequency anymore, at least not all stuffed in the same movie. I don't think it flies with people anymore.

[Casino-95]

I finally saw "Doctor Strange" a few days ago.  I'm not the biggest fan of superhero movies, but I had a lot of fun.  A very solid 7/10 in my book.

[jjrock88]

The Great Outdoors

I always liked the steak gristle scene with John Candy

[Orbert]

<lots of stuff>

I don't see any of that stuff in the 90's frequency anymore, at least not all stuffed in the same movie. I don't think it flies with people anymore.

That's good.  To be honest, I hadn't actually noticed, and I can't decide whether that's good or bad.  Most of the action movies I've enjoyed lately are mostly the Marvel comic book universe movies, and I guess I kinda put them in their own category.  I think they're mostly at least good, some very good, and for the most part don't follow a formula.  Oh, there's common things that show up, but as you said, not all packed into the same flick.  So that's good.  Filmmaking has actually progressed and I didn't even notice.

[Progmetty]

Agreed, I also consider this to be a good thing. I cannot explain the change though, I'd say movie goers got smarter and more critical thanks to the internet so the movie makers had to change tactics but it'd be a guess.

[BlobVanDam]

At their best they've definitely gotten better, but Hollywood movies have on average gotten dumber if anything imo (not that I'm arguing they were smart to begin with), and more homogenized to appeal to the largest audience possible to make back the zillions they spend on CGI explosions. But there have been some excellent movies in recent years too.

Speaking of which, new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes. Can't fucking wait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEP1Mk6Un98

[BlackInk]

I saw Arrival last night and thought it was great. Still processing some of it but as of right now definetely in my top 5 of year, maybe even top 3.

[orcus116]

I watched the first 15 minutes of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and had to turn it off. I don't mind if a plot is a little hard to follow but this took it to a new level.

[Kotowboy]

Speaking of which, new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes. Can't fucking wait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEP1Mk6Un98

I still haven't seen any of them. I've not even seen any of the originals or the Tim Burton one.

[Adami]

Speaking of which, new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes. Can't fucking wait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEP1Mk6Un98

I still haven't seen any of them. I've not even seen any of the originals or the Tim Burton one.

You should!

Well....not the Tim Burton one.

The original 5 are definitely interesting. Starts off strong, then gets.........weird, but eventually gets good again.

The new ones are just totally excellent.

[BlobVanDam]

Speaking of which, new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes. Can't fucking wait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEP1Mk6Un98

I still haven't seen any of them. I've not even seen any of the originals or the Tim Burton one.

And you're mentioning this why? Congratulations I guess?


Seriously, either watch the 1968 movie, or Rise/Dawn and report back! Don't bother with the Tim Burton monstrosity. I doubt you'd like the rest of the original series, but I enjoy them all for what they are, especially Conquest.

[KevShmev]

12 Angry Men. Never seen it before.

It was awesome. 

There aren't many films that are perfect in every way, but that is one of them.  A timeless classic. 

[Kotowboy]

Speaking of which, new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes. Can't fucking wait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEP1Mk6Un98

I still haven't seen any of them. I've not even seen any of the originals or the Tim Burton one.

And you're mentioning this why? Congratulations I guess?


Seriously, either watch the 1968 movie, or Rise/Dawn and report back! Don't bother with the Tim Burton monstrosity. I doubt you'd like the rest of the original series, but I enjoy them all for what they are, especially Conquest.

Yeah i don't need to see a Tim Burton movie. I haven't liked a film of his since Ed Wood.

[Adami]

You know what movies need more of these days?


Harvey Fierstein.

[faizoff]

Rise and Dawn of the planet of the apes are some my favorite movies, I say this without having watched any of the other movies in the entire series. I haven't/wont see the trailer but I absolutely cannot wait for War next year.

[BlackInk]

Not watching the trailer either, but yeah, I'm really excited too.

Also, saw two more 2016 movies over the weekend. First 'Sully', which I really liked. Tom Hanks is always good and ghe story was very interesting. Second was 'The Magnificent Seven', which I also liked. A definate flaw there was the villain though. Way too over the top with his "evilness" and it soured the experience a bit. But everything else was either fine or good, so overall I'm happy.

[jjrock88]

Home Alone

It holds up as a good family Christmas movie

[Casino-95]

I watched the first 15 minutes of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and had to turn it off. I don't mind if a plot is a little hard to follow but this took it to a new level.

I remember being so excited to see this when I first saw the trailer many years ago, but I never got around to it.

I've been considering watching it on Netflix for a while now, but I've read many reviews similar to yours, so I keep holding off.

On a more positive note, I enjoyed both "Lucky Number Slevin" and "Dragon" for the first time over the weekend.

"Lucky Number Slevin" is a comedic crime film that's flashy and has several twists.  It's not as good as Tarantino's best, but I found it to be about as enjoyable as Guy Ritchie's "Lock, Stock..." and "Snatch."  Recommended if you like the genre.

"Dragon" is a martial arts film that takes place in 1917 China.  It's not too heavy on the action, and it has a heavy dose of CSI and a plot similar to "A History of Violence."  I wasn't the biggest fan of "Ip Man," which also stars Donnie Yen, but I liked his character in "Dragon" a lot more.  A fun ride.  If you can handle subtitled films, give it a shot.

[BlackInk]

I only saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy once and it was a long time ago. I remember it as being fine but pretty boring overall. Don't recall that it was hard to follow though.

[NoseofNicko]

The Greasy Strangler (2016):

Wow that was weird. Really weird and really gross, but also really hilarious! 7/10

[Kotowboy]

They talk about The Greasy Strangler in the latest Half In the Bag. The 2016 recap I think.

[jjrock88]

Never heard of the Greasy Strangler before.  Just watched the trailer.  Wow

[BlobVanDam]

Never heard of it, but that screenshot alone makes me want to see it.

[Adami]

Greasy Strangler?

Congrats Blob! Had no idea they made a movie about you.