What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Yac** · 10-27-2017, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan also with Pierce Brosnan. It's a mix of Taken, Patriot Games, and Rambo.

Is it any good ?

The Batlord · 10-27-2017, 03:20 AM

A gritty reboot of Jackie Chan sounds interesting but also possibly cringey af.

**Yac** · 10-27-2017, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

A gritty reboot of Jackie Chan sounds interesting but also possibly cringey af.

Exactly. I'm a fan of Jackie, have been for a long time, but he's not a "serious drama" star, and this movie looks like it's treating itself a bit too seriously..
That's why I'm asking.

The Batlord · 10-27-2017, 09:54 AM

Even if the movie is terrible I'm still curious to see him do some more brutal fight scenes than he's probably ever done, even if he is way past his prime. Goofy or not the man could probably still break my spine in five places before I hit the ground.

Paedantic Basterd · 10-27-2017, 08:46 PM

I watched Blade Runner after an argument with a friend that went something like this:

Friend: You should watch Blade Runner 2049.
Me: Okay, that's cool, but I haven't seen the first one yet.
Friend: Don't bother, you don't need to see it to understand the new one.
Me: Why, did you hate the first one or something?
Her: I couldn't get into it and turned it off. It was really slow and old looking.
Me: Some old movies are amazing, though. Like Back to the Future.
Her: I never even finished Back to the Future. I thought it was just bad costumes and incest.

And then I ended the conversation because I wished to remain friends, then semi-spitefully turned around and watched Blade Runner anyways (you can't tell me not to watch something YOU HAVEN'T SEEN), which was a stunningly-directed film. I mean, I already know I like Ridley Scott, but Blade Runner was next-level beautiful film.

I'm still sour about her trashing Back to the Future. I mean, I definitely lean modern when it comes to my interests in media*, but she trashed both films without even finishing them.

* **** you if you think there's something wrong with preferring to see how people refine and combine techniques to sucking the dicks of the people who invented them. Yeah, Rear Window was inventive and Hitchcock did a LOT with a single room, but the story was slow and the characters were annoying nosy little busybodies. I grew up in a different cultural time period, so there will be times I can't connect to the kinds of characters and stories that were culturally relevant 50 years ago. Doesn't mean my opinion has no value or relevance.

**Frownland** · 10-27-2017, 09:37 PM

If she doesn't like films with incest and bad costumes then she's missing out on a lot.

Paedantic Basterd · 10-27-2017, 09:45 PM

Also JUST started Aliens and I just want to say I ****ing hate James Cameron. This has NONE of the feeling of Alien. This is supposed to be as good as the first one? It's so melodramatic and spiritless. **** James Cameron, seriously.

EDIT: His use of fading scene transitions makes me want to vomit.

WWWP · 10-27-2017, 09:46 PM

I'm making my bf watch Dogtooth because he hasn't seen it in exchange for Gummo which I still haven't seen.

The Batlord · 10-27-2017, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

Also JUST started Aliens and I just want to say I ****ing hate James Cameron. This has NONE of the feeling of Alien. This is supposed to be as good as the first one? It's so melodramatic and spiritless. **** James Cameron, seriously.

EDIT: His use of fading scene transitions makes me want to vomit.

I think it's overrated too tbh, but it's still a hella fun action movie, though Cameron did a better job with Terminator 2. Just don't watch Aliens like Alien. At least it did what more sequels should do rather than try to clone the original.

Paedantic Basterd · 10-27-2017, 10:00 PM

I really hate James Cameron. This is not going well so far. This is not what I wanted after loving Alien and Blade Runner hahahaha.

EDIT: I don't know how he manages to make even giant set pieces look like they're made out of play dough but by god he's done it

EDIT: Honestly this is the worst

Spoiler for large screencap of a fake and ****ty looking space ship:

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Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I really hate James Cameron. This is not going well so far. This is not what I wanted after loving Alien and Blade Runner hahahaha. EDIT: I don't know how he manages to make even giant set pieces look like they're made out of play dough but by god he's done it EDIT: Honestly this is the worst Spoiler for large screencap of a fake and **ty looking space ship: Last edited by Paedantic Basterd; 10-27-2017 at 10:32 PM.

10-27-2017, 08:46 PM	#20445 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I watched Blade Runner after an argument with a friend that went something like this: Friend: You should watch Blade Runner 2049. Me: Okay, that's cool, but I haven't seen the first one yet. Friend: Don't bother, you don't need to see it to understand the new one. Me: Why, did you hate the first one or something? Her: I couldn't get into it and turned it off. It was really slow and old looking. Me: Some old movies are amazing, though. Like Back to the Future. Her: I never even finished Back to the Future. I thought it was just bad costumes and incest. And then I ended the conversation because I wished to remain friends, then semi-spitefully turned around and watched Blade Runner anyways (you can't tell me not to watch something YOU HAVEN'T SEEN), which was a stunningly-directed film. I mean, I already know I like Ridley Scott, but Blade Runner was next-level beautiful film. I'm still sour about her trashing Back to the Future. I mean, I definitely lean modern when it comes to my interests in media, but she trashed both films without even finishing them. **** you if you think there's something wrong with preferring to see how people refine and combine techniques to sucking the dicks of the people who invented them. Yeah, Rear Window was inventive and Hitchcock did a LOT with a single room, but the story was slow and the characters were annoying nosy little busybodies. I grew up in a different cultural time period, so there will be times I can't connect to the kinds of characters and stories that were culturally relevant 50 years ago. Doesn't mean my opinion has no value or relevance.

10-27-2017, 09:45 PM	#20447 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Also JUST started Aliens and I just want to say I **ing hate James Cameron. This has NONE of the feeling of Alien. This is supposed to be as good as the first one? It's so melodramatic and spiritless. ** James Cameron, seriously. EDIT: His use of fading scene transitions makes me want to vomit.