Re: tOfficial General Movies and TV Shows Discussion/Criticism Thread

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-17, 11:25

Leftovers season 2 is a masterpiece.

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-17, 11:55

So, Oscar nominations come out next Tuesday.

Here are my predictions:

Best Picture
Hell or High Water
Arrival
Deadpool (not joking, it's getting a lot of steam lately - PGA nominations = Oscar buzz)
Moonlight
La La Land - definite winner
Hacksaw Ridge
Fences
Manchester by the Sea

Best Actor
Ryan Gosling - La La Land - just found out he really played the piano in the film, holy shit
Denzel Washington - Fences
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea - winner
Michael Keaton - The Founder
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge

Best Actress
Amy Adams - Arrival - winner
Emma Stone - La La Land - close second, might be winner
Natalie Portman - Jackie - could also win
Emily Blunt - Girl on the Train
Ruth Negga - Loving

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight - winner
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
Dev Patel - Lion
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis - Fences - winner
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Best Director
Damien Chazelle - La La Land - winner
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge - would LOVE to see him win
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villenueve - Arrival

by MattyFresh 2017-01-18, 18:05

I've got
Best Picture-La La Land
Best Actor-Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Best Actress-Emma Stone (La La Land)
Supporting Actor-Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Supporting Actress-Viola Davis (Fences)
Best Director-Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-18, 20:30

Going to go see Silence this weekend. Wonder if it'll sneak in late with some categories for acting.

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-21, 13:54

Went to see Silence last night. Good movie, but holy fuck is it long. Damn near 3 hours.

Beautifully shot, looks like one of the hardest movies to ever shoot logistics-wise.

Andrew Garfield carries the movie, and does a good job, but Adam Driver's character was basically useless. I wish Driver was in the role Garfield had.

Liam Neeson is a great actor, I forgot how good he can be. He's barely in the movie, but when he is, he commands your attention.

I'd honestly wait for rental. I doubt it gets nominated for anything outside of maybe Best Director and a couple of technical awards.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2017-01-22, 01:45

Star Wars another meh. No real plot. Destroy the big weapon.

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-22, 09:03

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Star Wars another meh. No real plot. Destroy the big weapon.

I will smash your face into a car windshield, then take your mother Dorothy OTPT out for a nice seafood dinner, and NEVER CALL HER AGAIN!!!

by **InTenSity** 2017-01-22, 09:43

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Star Wars another meh. No real plot. Destroy the big weapon.

Why do you even go? You obviously don't like star wars.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2017-01-22, 11:51

InTenSity wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Star Wars another meh. No real plot. Destroy the big weapon.
Why do you even go? You obviously don't like star wars.

Willing to give it a try I guess. The old ones at least has a pulse and some creativity. Man that was average.

by **InTenSity** 2017-01-22, 12:19

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
InTenSity wrote:
Why do you even go? You obviously don't like star wars.

Willing to give it a try I guess. The old ones at least has a pulse and some creativity. Man that was average.

I don't think star wars is going for something deep and meaningful. They told a story based on a couple of lines from the original. I enjoyed it for what it was. Then again I think the big lebowski is jus a meh movie and I don't understand why people like it so much. Then again I've never finished it either.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2017-01-22, 12:28

InTenSity wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

Willing to give it a try I guess. The old ones at least has a pulse and some creativity. Man that was average.
I don't think star wars is going for something deep and meaningful. They told a story based on a couple of lines from the original. I enjoyed it for what it was. Then again I think the big lebowski is jus a meh movie and I don't understand why people like it so much. Then again I've never finished it either.

Different strokes for different folks. I was cringing at every corny ass line out of that girls mouth. Action scenes were solid at times. I can't remember the last good action movie that I've seen.

by **InTenSity** 2017-01-22, 12:47

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
InTenSity wrote:
I don't think star wars is going for something deep and meaningful. They told a story based on a couple of lines from the original. I enjoyed it for what it was. Then again I think the big lebowski is jus a meh movie and I don't understand why people like it so much. Then again I've never finished it either.

Different strokes for different folks. I was cringing at every corny ass line out of that girls mouth. Action scenes were solid at times. I can't remember the last good action movie that I've seen.

Ip man? Just go to Netflix Asian movies. Old boy? Jason Bourne?

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-24, 15:29

OSCAR NOMINATIONS AND MY PREDICTIONS

Best Picutre
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land - WINNER
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Director
Denis Villenueve - Arrival
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle - La La Land - WINNER
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

Best Actor
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea - WINNER
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving
Emma Stone - La La Land - WINNER
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight - WINNER
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel - Lion
Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis - Fences - WINNER
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

by **DWags** 2017-01-24, 17:49

Death Roe wrote:OSCAR NOMINATIONS AND MY PREDICTIONS

Best Picutre
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land - WINNER
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Director
Denis Villenueve - Arrival
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle - La La Land - WINNER
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

Best Actor
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea - WINNER
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving
Emma Stone - La La Land - WINNER
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight - WINNER
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel - Lion
Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis - Fences - WINNER
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Haven't seen one of these. My life sucks.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-01-24, 17:53

DWags wrote:
Death Roe wrote:OSCAR NOMINATIONS AND MY PREDICTIONS

Best Picutre
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land - WINNER
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Director
Denis Villenueve - Arrival
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle - La La Land - WINNER
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

Best Actor
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea - WINNER
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving
Emma Stone - La La Land - WINNER
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight - WINNER
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel - Lion
Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis - Fences - WINNER
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Haven't seen one of these. My life sucks.

If it makes you feel any better neither have I.

by **InTenSity** 2017-01-24, 18:00

Floyd Robertson wrote:
DWags wrote:

Haven't seen one of these. My life sucks.

If it makes you feel any better neither have I.

I haven't even really heard of any of the movies...

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-25, 20:14

Anyone see Hacksaw Ridge? Caught a good SD-quality stream on Kodi and it's fucking great.

by MattyFresh 2017-01-25, 21:23

Antineoplastons wrote:
Herbie Green wrote:Anyone watch the Leftovers? I just watched it and really liked it and a final season 3 is starting in April. I just read that season 1 covered the entirety of the book, which is weird because I still have no idea what is going on after season 2.
And that concept of tricking viewers seems to be the trend in these shows now and it kind of pisses me off. Yet at the same time they seem to be among my favorites. Would Westworld, Mullholland Drive etc. even be good shows if they didn't resort to using cheap tricks like separate timelines that send the viewers to places like Redditt to look for clues and theories.

You ever notice that they will always make shows/movies about Biblical events such as the rapture in the Leftovers ( which sounds more like mom's 2 day old meatloaf than an event based on a book written over 2 thousand years ago), and Game of Thrones http://www.playbuzz.com/kathleenlawrence10/is-the-story-from-game-of-thrones-or-the-bible

But yet at the same time Hollywood won't go near the theme of the End Times and rise of the antichrist ( aside from metaphorical interpretations) as written in the Book of Revelations and the Book of Enoch? It's some of the most frightening sht1t one could possibly even imagine....beasts rising from the seas with 7 heads next to hybrid lions who have wings like eagles...the 4 fallen angels bound to the Euphrates river finally being released to complete their goal of slaughtering one-third of mankind....demons shapeshifting into humans in order to have sex with human women whose offspring the Nephelim grow to be over 500 feet???

Well my guess would be funding from big studios to make these movies, they still get made. I mean we have apocalypse and revelation movies. I am thinking like The Omen, The Rapture, The Seventh Sign, Apocalype movies, Left Behind...

by MattyFresh 2017-01-25, 21:39

Antineoplastons wrote:
MattyFresh wrote:

Well my guess would be funding from big studios to make these movies, they still get made. I mean we have apocalypse and revelation movies. I am thinking like The Omen, The Rapture, The Seventh Sign, Apocalype movies, Left Behind...

Yeah but I'm talking about a direct interpretation of the End Times and not just paralleled apocalyptic movies with zombies, nuclear holocaust, etc. OK yeah TECHNICALLY Left Behind would be an example but that involved pretribulation events and incorporated a lot of fiction ( not just artisitic liberty) I'm talking about a big Hollywood production utilizing the latest CGI a la 33 degree freemason Michael Bay....It seems like it would have a lot of crossover potential with both Christians and horror/action genre non-Christian fans

Been busy with Transformer 27

by **tGreenWay** 2017-01-28, 15:02

I caught the last 45" of Love & Mercy. I'm intrigued enough to look for it on Netflix or AP.

Edit: I should also add that everything about Elizabeth Banks makes me tingly in my Misters.

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-29, 14:01

Went to see Split. Holy fucking shit it's awesome. I hope other people here see it so we can discuss the ending...

by **InTenSity** 2017-01-29, 14:22

Death Roe wrote:Went to see Split. Holy fucking shit it's awesome. I hope other people here see it so we can discuss the ending...

M. Night shalalakalaka is back?

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-29, 14:31

InTenSity wrote:
Death Roe wrote:Went to see Split. Holy fucking shit it's awesome. I hope other people here see it so we can discuss the ending...
M. Night shalalakalaka is back?

Yes. In a YYYYUUUGGEEE way. The ending is fucking great. Jizzed in my pants when it happened.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-01-29, 15:23

Death Roe wrote:
InTenSity wrote:
M. Night shalalakalaka is back?

Yes. In a YYYYUUUGGEEE way. The ending is fucking great. Jizzed in my pants when it happened.

Ya know, I think I'll skip it. I promised my wife I wouldn't do that in public again.

by **DWags** 2017-01-29, 15:34

Death Roe wrote:Went to see Split. Holy fucking shit it's awesome. I hope other people here see it so we can discuss the ending...

Saw it Friday. The end, did the Sherrff chick figure out the uncle may be abusing the girl? What's up with Bruce Willis? Same guy directed unbreakable. Is he trying to tie them together? Etc.

by **Death Roe** 2017-01-29, 15:48

DWags wrote:
Death Roe wrote:Went to see Split. Holy fucking shit it's awesome. I hope other people here see it so we can discuss the ending...

Saw it Friday. The end, did the Sherrff chick figure out the uncle may be abusing the girl? What's up with Bruce Willis? Same guy directed unbreakable. Is he trying to tie them together? Etc.

Don't click if you haven't seen Split:

by **DWags** 2017-01-29, 15:54

Death Roe wrote:
DWags wrote:

Saw it Friday. The end, did the Sherrff chick figure out the uncle may be abusing the girl? What's up with Bruce Willis? Same guy directed unbreakable. Is he trying to tie them together? Etc.

Don't click if you haven't seen Split:

Thanks. I'll let my wife know. We were puzzled. Guy who played the main character was awesome. Etc etc

by **tGreenWay** 2017-01-29, 17:28

Imma just leave this here:

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-02-03, 19:32

How come no one ever talks about what a great show Vikings is?

by **tGreenWay** 2017-02-03, 19:49

Floyd Robertson wrote:How come no one ever talks about what a great show Vikings is?

Is it a movie or a film?

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-02-03, 19:53

tGreenWay wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:How come no one ever talks about what a great show Vikings is?

Is it a movie or a film?

TV. History channel (I think) drama set in the ninth century. Been watching some of the earlier seasons on Amazon. Much blood gets spilled.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-02-03, 20:27

Floyd Robertson wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

Is it a movie or a film?

TV. History channel (I think) drama set in the ninth century. Been watching some of the earlier seasons on Amazon. Much blood gets spilled.

I can't speak to something I don't know anything about. Try Vlad and Herbie, they're very good at that.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2017-02-03, 20:59

Meru. A documentary on Amazon about three guys trying to climb this ridiculously tough mountain in India that has never been climbed before. They fail the 1st attempt. 3 years later they try again. In between climbs, 2 of the guys nearly die in separate extreme skiing mishaps. Pretty fucking intense.

http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt2545428/

by **xsanguine** 2017-02-03, 22:43

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Meru. A documentary on Amazon about three guys trying to climb this ridiculously tough mountain in India that has never been climbed before. They fail the 1st attempt. 3 years later they try again. In between climbs, 2 of the guys nearly die in separate extreme skiing mishaps. Pretty fucking intense.

http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt2545428/

Watchin this shit right now.

The movie you recommended, not the Beatles.

by **Rocinante** 2017-02-03, 22:57

Blue Ruin is almost a perfect movie.

by **xsanguine** 2017-02-03, 23:12

First Blood is a perfect movie.

by **Death Roe** 2017-02-04, 14:37

Recent movies I've seen:

Nocturnal Animals - interesting story, but Amy Adams' character is so horrible and unlikable that it almost ruins the movie

Split - masterfully done, M. Night at his best (when he's on, he's hard to beat)

Moonlight - so slow moving, and fucking sad as hell

by MattyFresh 2017-02-04, 14:40

Death Roe wrote:Recent movies I've seen:

Nocturnal Animals - interesting story, but Amy Adams' character is so horrible and unlikable that it almost ruins the movie

Split - masterfully done, M. Night at his best (when he's on, he's hard to beat)

Moonlight - so slow moving, and fucking sad as hell

going to go see Split tonight, stoked bounce

by **Death Roe** 2017-02-04, 14:42

Let's discuss it in spoiler tags here after you watch it. So jacked.

by MattyFresh 2017-02-04, 14:46

Death Roe wrote:Let's discuss it in spoiler tags here after you watch it. So jacked.

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