Movie Night (Official Movie Discussion Thread)

Good Korean drama "Night In Paradise" (Netflix)

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio





Dark Pinocchio

PRAISE: This is definitely a more somber and serious Pinocchio story. With a fascist setting and the inclusion of a couple of scenes that shocked me. The well known story is their with Toros fingerprints all over this .There is great voice work by Ewan McGregor as Cricket ; David Bradley as Geppetto ; Gregory Mann as Pinocchio ,Burn Gorman ·as Priest, Tilda Swinton ,Christoph Waltz, Cate Blanchett and Ron Perlman .
The animation is nearly flawless with imagery at times reminding me of some old Sci Fi and horror movies. I'm not really into musicals but thankfully the songs are brief .High praise to Toro and his crew for all of their hard work.

PROBLEMS : The film is a bit drawn out at times

Scale of 1 to 10 a 9
 
Emancipation






Faith & Courage


Praise : There are several films and TV shows about slavery and racism i will never watch and i have stopped watching because i
could see that they were going to be or were over the top with it's displays of abuse,excessive repetitive scenes of abuse.
But i still say films and TV shows about slavery and oppression should still be made because so many are saying slavery didnt exist,
no one rebelled against it,it wasnt that bad and slaves could leave the plantation and go live a good life without being pursued.Unfortunately the people that need to watch films like this never will.

In the film Peter, a slave, flees a plantation in Louisiana after he was whipped within an inch of his life. He has to outwit cold-blooded hunters
and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on a torturous journey north.
Right off the top Will Smith as Peter and Ben Foster as sadistic slave catcher Fassel give the best performances in the film.
Director Antoine Fuqua is able to capture the faith needed to endure the brutal abuse of slavery,the endurance of Peter and his courage.
How faith for some was lost when there was even the true hope was freedom no longer seemed like a dream. There are some scenes that really hit all of the right emotional chords. He also does some
great things visually with his choice of black and white,with muted colors. Also providing a stand out battle sequence.


PROBLEMS: I felt some characters were sidelined which could have made the film more effective.Some scenes of abuse are over the top and
unnecessary. At times the film feels uneven and some scenes that were supposed to be moving came off as hollow

Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
 
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER





James Cameron has done it again!!

PRAISE : As the movie began to play it didn't take long for me to be immersed in this world Cameron has created and more importantly quickly attached to the characters within it.
The story this time around: Jake Sully and Ney'tiri have formed a family and are doing everything to stay together. However, they must leave their home and explore the regions of Pandora.
Having a family including eldest son Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), daughter Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), younger son Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), and youngest daughter Tuk (Trinity Jo-Li Bliss). Also hanging around is Spider (Jack Champion), a human they call their cousin comes with dealing with their disobedience and their giving into peer pressure. Jake and Ney'tiri are stern but loving parents and this all plays out in strong and beautiful ways.

With every moment that is quiet and beautiful there are moments that are action packed and thrilling. Cameron includes messages about the environment and animal cruelty but I didn't feel like I was being hit over the head with it.
Cameron definitely gets to show off his different technical advances but it's coupled with an involving story with some scenes laced with raw emotion. There are some great editions to the cast including Tonowari (Cliff Curtis) and his pregnant wife, Ronal (Kate Winslet) Jamie Flatters, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Britain Dalton, and Bailey Bass.The motion capture is still on point. Theres a reach out and touch it feel to the 3D. Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana have not lost a step in their believable on screen romance.

Cameron hasn't lost his touch in providing relentless action with one scene of peril and danger linking up to three more for ultra suspense.The script has some basic moments and I can nit pick about a few things but this is a true blue cinematic experience
There are questions that I want answers to and things that must be tied up and I'm looking forward to what happens in the next Avatar films.

PROBLEMS: NONE

Scale of 1 to 10 a 10
 
WIFELIKE





They finally made a Real Doll movie!!

PRAISE: Well sort of but all due respect to the Lars and The Real Girl but the whole doll as a companion thing story needed an upgrade and this story about artificial human Meredith gets assigned as a companion to grieving widower William, it's designed to behave like his late wife. However, in the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground organization attempts to sabotage Meredith's programming.
This story has some cool moments and looks great. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is always on point and Elena Kampouris does well as the A.I getting all the robotic moves and expressions down ,plus she has one of the greatest figures I've ever seen!!!! A couple of sinister twists were enjoyable. I actually enjoyed some of what the film said about society.

PROBLEMS: Due to some bad writing the first 15 minutes reveals a major twist in the plot. The acting is very bad and wooden from the other actors in the movie as if they received the script a few hours before filming. Some of the stunt work is absolutely terrible.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 6½
 
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It's been a while I managed to finish a whole movie... This year has been a busy one physically for me


However I managed to watch these recently...


Last of the Mohicans dir. by Michael Mann


Mean Streets dir. by Martin Scorsese


Blue Steel dir. by Kathryn Bigelow





Aside 'Streets I hadn't seen the other two before...
 
The Banshees of Inisherin






PRAISE: About 8 minutes into the movie I thought I had it all figured out but once my answer was explained away I found myself drawn in to this story about lifelong friends (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship.
Sometimes darkly funny and moving the story is as simple and to the point as it's set up. Making statements about life and moving on,with underlying sobering themes about depression and abuse and I think that's what really shocked me,not when the film goes to another level with some light gore.
I thought Kerry Condon as Siobhán and Barry Keoghan as Dominic also did a great job.

PROBLEMS: I thought the film meandered a bit here and there and some things were over the top.

Scale of 1 to 10 an 8


Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery





Merry Murder

PRAISE: This was far more fun and interesting than the first Knives Out film that I thought was Mediocre.
It's the great cast with Janelle Monáe truly standing out and putting in some great work. The rest of the cast is pretty good to and this time around the story is about Tech billionaire Miles Bron inviting his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.
Director Rian Johnson does some great things with visuals and sight gags. Some great one liners throughout the script.There are definitely some good nods to the current climate of the world when it comes to wealth and its power and how it can intoxicate people so much that they will even commit or ignore murder.

PROBLEMS: There was a plot hole that couldnt be ignored. I did start to feel the films length especially towards the end. I know what the film was trying to do but I kept asking do we really have to do all of this. There's some over acting here and there in the movie.

Scale of 1 to 10 an 7½
 
M3GAN





Mild Menace

PRAISE: I have to applaud Blumhouse Studios for breathing new life into the Angry Android/Doll genre.
In M3GAN Gemma becomes the unexpected caretaker of her 8-year-old niece, she decides to give the girl an M3GAN prototype a marvel of artificial intelligence, a lifelike doll a decision that leads to unimaginable consequences.
Part of the fun of this movie is how charming and fun M3GAN is at the outset . The film is also very creative and effective bringing back memories of automated toys of the past. I actually understood the plight of Gemma( Allison Williams)as she suddenly becomes the guardian of her niece Cady (Violet Mcgraw) she is a person that has been flying solo her whole life......but she does make terrible decisions. As M3GAN becomes more self aware the movie really gets going and I didn't know what she was going to say or do as she has sworn to protect Cady. Watching the movie I definitely couldn't help but think about movies like Deadly Friend and Chucky and TV shows like Small Wonder and The Bionic Woman. Cady was almost surprisingly more of a menace than M3GAN !! Hats off to all of the actresses who brought M3GAN to life.

PROBLEMS: When a certain "character" is introduced it opened a predictable door. M3GAN's programming is explained a few times but I still felt there was a huge leap to her becoming homicidal.If they had written in just one thing it would have been more believable. It was beyond obvious where the film was edited to keep its PG-13 rating with quick cut aways from gore and edited murders.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
 
PLANE





TERRAIN TURBULENCE

PRAISE: As the movie laid down its foundation a checklist came to mind of what may or may not happen in this movie about Pilot Brodie Torrance saving passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island -- only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning.
I was glad some of the things on my checklist didn't happen because then the movie would have been far more predictable. Even though there were a couple of nods to something very predictable occurring. Gerard Butler is as capable as ever and his team up with Mike Colter is good. The fight sequences are fun that are coupled with some beyond great kills and gunplay.

PROBLEMS: There are a couple of characters and things that happen that lack all logic and reason. Even with all of its great things there's not enough in the movie to completely hold my attention and make it a true white knuckle ride.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 7
 
TUBI HOOD MOVIE QUICK REVIEWS

FIRST and most Importantly the most consistently attractive women in these movies are : Cierra Smith,Shelby Leigh,Jayda Jones and last but not in any way least Mena Monroe









Ultimate Betrayal : not even sure if I can call this a movie because it was only an hour but it was highly entertaining with some great twists and funny dialog.





He Played Me : Starts slow but picks up and it was very entertaining Alphonso Settles was very funny in this as a guy juggling 2 wives and a girlfriend. The main character in the movie has absolutely no logic and reason to her but hopefully she will get some sense in He Played Me 2





Parental Discretion Advised: I was happy to see they actually put some money into this one. The moves some characters made were questionable to say the least but this was still an enjoyable watch.They try to tack on a message at the end but I felt it was kind of one sided when I think about what occurred in the movie .
 
neo2090 said:
TUBI HOOD MOVIE QUICK REVIEWS

FIRST and most Importantly the most consistently attractive women in these movies are : Cierra Smith,Shelby Leigh,Jayda Jones and last but not in any way least Mena Monroe









Ultimate Betrayal : not even sure if I can call this a movie because it was only an hour but it was highly entertaining with some great twists and funny dialog.





He Played Me : Starts slow but picks up and it was very entertaining Alphonso Settles was very funny in this as a guy juggling 2 wives and a girlfriend. The main character in the movie has absolutely no logic and reason to her but hopefully she will get some sense in He Played Me 2





Parental Discretion Advised: I was happy to see they actually put some money into this one. The moves some characters made were questionable to say the least but this was still an enjoyable watch.They try to tack on a message at the end but I felt it was kind of one sided when I think about what occurred in the movie .
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Throught I was the only that knew about these tubi movies around since they are never mentioned here. If you looking for a real good one checking adam and eve and ear to ear just to name a couple.
 
Lifefill said:
Throught I was the only that knew about these tubi movies around since they are never mentioned here. If you looking for a real good one checking adam and eve and ear to ear just to name a couple.
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Thanks for suggesting Ear To Ear the last 5 minutes bowled me over i couldnt stop laughing
 
neo2090 said:
Thanks for suggesting Ear To Ear the last 5 minutes bowled me over i couldnt stop laughing
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Man tell me about it because through out the movie I was getting heated at the dumb ass decisions she was making. But at the end it all made sense and yea here hoping they make a part two of it. You think that's something wait until you watch adam and eve.
 
House Party 2023





Painful Party

PRAISE : This remake attempts to capture some of the same charm the original 1990 film has.
The story is basic as Kevin (Jacob Latimore) decides through throw a house party at LeBron James's mansion to get enough money for his daughters private school fees. His "friend" Damon (Tosin Cole) a slacker and then some is along for the ride . I laughed a few times. Andrew Santino was pretty funny in this and the movie could have used a lot more of him. Karen Obilom was a joy to watch. I really enjoyed some of the cameos. One was definitely pure fantasy but hey this is a movie right?




PROBLEMS: Ten minutes into the movie I started to wonder why and how Kevin and Damon are friends.
This was like watching a movie or TV series that has gone on to long and all of the original characters are long gone.
Characters and situations that are supposed to be funny just end being ultra obnoxious. For about ten to fifteen minutes the movie forgets its supposed to be about a house party.
Unfortunately the film is rated R for all the wrong reasons. This film doesn't even play up certain things to make it more charming when it kind of tries it comes off forced.
Watch this as background noise on a Sunday afternoon when there is nothing else to watch.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 3½
 
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Visceral and moving... One of the best war movies I've seen in ages ... It was also about WWI ... Germany as a country had two different outcomes in World Wars 1 and 2

5/5

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The 'Goodfellas' as cops ...

Scoresese's favourite go to actors this time not as mobstars but police officers and of course... Corrupt


Stallone's half deaf sheriff has to clean out his town of dirty cops


4/5

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From one of my favourite filmmakers (Inarritu - The Revenant) .. it's a story mirroring that of the director


It's not a film everyone will like or get but I dig it ... It's metaphysical in approach and abstract... Spoken in Spanish too as a Mexican production

Dope visuals too


4/5
 
You People






Partially Pleasing People

PRAISE: The cast definitely uplifts this movie about A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
I really enjoyed parts of the story particularly about the subject matter it focuses on the clash between cultures and different religions in fact I wanted more of that. I've always found it interesting when people of different faiths and upbringings get together. How will it work? How religious are you? Where are your true boundaries? All of the aforementioned is spoken of in this movie. I even enjoyed the awkward,tone death moments the different characters found themselves in. I thought Jonah Hill and Lauren London had good chemistry which was a nice surprise and their courtship in the film definitely helped.
Eddie Murphy was good as a soon as you see him you know he's going to have a problem with the union between his daughter Amira (London) and Ezra (Hill) by the way he is first presented in the film as a man who chafes against change. As Ezra’s parents, Shelley (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Arnold (David Duchovny) did a good job.I did like the drop in moments from some actors and im ashamed to say i thought a couple of them had passed away. Half of the humor worked for me it was stinging and salty. I appreciated the film not going into full slapstick mode.

PROBLEMS: The script by Hill and Kenya Barris is definitely overdone at times and lacks tonal balance. Some things are touched on about race and being fascinated with black culture but veering off from fully understanding it and I wish the movie had explored that more but of course there is a rush to get to the movies ultra predictable ending. The cuts to the film are kind of off putting as if I was watching a sitcom and it's like hey the commercial break is over.

Scale of 1 to 10 a 7
 
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