10 Cloverfield Lane

What a great movie. So much more than I expected based on what seemed like a minimal premise. All three leads were fantastic. Goodman and especially Winstead knocked it out of the park. I've been a big fan of Winstead for years now but she's taken it to a whole other level with her work here.

Love the tie in at the end. Very well handled.

5 stars. Unique, original, extremely well acted and filmed, and just plain entertaining.

The tie in at the end seemed like it was a last minute decision. It was just tacked on there. Not very well handled imo.

It was definitely an afterthought.

I heard it did terrible. Someone named it as "ghostbusters but with villians". Not sure i'd be into that.

My issues with Suicide Squad:

From the very beginning it comes across as a rushed mess. It's an origin scene with a 70's rock song recycled five times before we actually get into the story. There's way too many characters and the only one that gets even remotely fleshed out is Will Smith. The action scenes were trash. Jared Leto did well but got basically no screentime. The plot was predictable and the villains were awful and looked comically bad. There were several characters that could have been cut from the movie completely and it wouldn't change a thing. Killer Croc was only there to make terrible jokes. Harley was oversexualized and had no substance and was basically a bastardization of the great character from Batman TAS and the Arkham games. Batman was thrown into the movie for 2 stupid scenes where he does nothing simply so that they could say he was in it. The Flash cameo was cheap and pointless. The faceless henchmen get shot at by an entire military squadron and nothing happens to them, meanwhile Harley kills them by the dozen with a baseball bat.

I could keep going but man I just disliked a whole lot about it. Positives include some of the performances and humor but that's about it

Sadly, the made-for-3d cinematography in movies annoys me because it's been done so often.

Valid points that I just seemed to overlook because guess what? I know it's a superhero well super villain movie and I just give those movies passes on smaller things. There have been certain superhero movies that have come out lately that make us want to hold these big blockbusters to a higher standard but they aren't the norm. I'm just in it for the fun and it was fun to me regardless of those problems with it. I feel like they only fleshed out Will Smith's character and gave him emotion because they didn't really have time to dig into each character the same way. The scene at the beginning was great to get people acclimated with characters they don't know for the most part. If you are a nerdy ass fan and already knew the information then I can see why it pissed you off or you thought it was unnecessary. It wasn't meant for you.

I've been avoiding all these Suicide Squad posts since I haven't seen the movie yet and have been waiting for it like a child for Christmas for the better part of a year at least, so could you all put anything even approaching a spoiler in spoiler tags? I don't even want to click on this thread and accidentally read something I didn't want to see (not that I would know if you've been dropping spoilers anyway). Have a heart.

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Never.

I've honestly gotten a little bored of superhero movies. If they can make a new formula for them, maybe i'd watch them, but they always feel the same.

That's why a Harley Quinn solo movie (which is already set in motion) could be so important. She's a different kind of character who would necessitate a different kind of movie, much like Deadpool or Guardians of the Galaxy. Which is also why it's important for Suicide Squad to succeed.

And **** you. I don't care how many superhero movies they release. I'll watch them all and still come back for more. Now if only they'd do a new Swamp Thing movie. That could potentially be massively epic.