The Denmarkian Wonder
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It's a very mid movie to me haha
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EvanBenner
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Godzilla Minus One rules! My one minor regret was not fully realizing what 4DX entailed when hunting down the biggest screenings in our area. Turned out to be quite the literal rollercoaster ride which was overkill more often than not. The violent and distracting unseatings had some folks in our theater still giggling during crucial emotional beats after the devastation dies down.
DownIsTheNewUp
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I thought it was solid but waded into melodrama too often, and I hated the final 5 minutes.
May December was really good and now in my top 10 for the year. Phenomenal performances, thematically dense and tonally ambitious.
Have a top 20 I feel pretty solid about but need to watch Leave the World Behind and Poor Things.
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Bull Shannon
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Wait, 4DX throws you out of your seat?
Agreed; while I think this was the most successful Godzilla movie at foregrounding human characters and giving personal stakes to an impersonal monster (Godzilla is already a metaphor for trauma, but in this movie he felt like an actual personification of one specific person's trauma), the human story was a little rote and melodramatic.
When it comes to the end:
I'm curious what didn't land with folks. I don't disagree it was a bit clumsy and rote, but I felt like the ejector seat, while fumbled with a Hudsucker-esque flashback, had thematic importance in terms of the Japanese army not providing ejector seats for pilots tying in to the endeavors of the people rescuing us. I guess it was convenient that everyone survives but the reunion at the end got to me.
An interesting tidbit I read was that the director, while wanting to do a sequel, didn't write the end with a sequel in mind so much as they wanted the audience to feel like the story and characters keep going. Very Back to the Future esque...at least until they made BTTF 2.
An interesting tidbit I read was that the director, while wanting to do a sequel, didn't write the end with a sequel in mind so much as they wanted the audience to feel like the story and characters keep going. Very Back to the Future esque...at least until they made BTTF 2.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 1
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Avengers
Iron Man
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Captain America: Civil War
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Captain America: The First Avenger
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Thor Ragnarok
Eternals
Doctor Strange
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Thor
The Incredible Hulk
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Avengers: Endgame
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Black Widow
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 2
Captain Marvel
Ant-Man And The Wasp
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania
Thor: The Dark World
Thor Love And Thunder
Bohnjaggs
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While I like the first two Ant Mans more than you, this ranking seems right
Hemotep
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I liked Shang-Chi a lot. So I'd bump that up too.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Wait, 4DX throws you out of your seat?
Agreed; while I think this was the most successful Godzilla movie at foregrounding human characters and giving personal stakes to an impersonal monster (Godzilla is already a metaphor for trauma, but in this movie he felt like an actual personification of one specific person's trauma), the human story was a little rote and melodramatic.
When it comes to the end:
I'm curious what didn't land with folks. I don't disagree it was a bit clumsy and rote, but I felt like the ejector seat, while fumbled with a Hudsucker-esque flashback, had thematic importance in terms of the Japanese army not providing ejector seats for pilots tying in to the endeavors of the people rescuing us. I guess it was convenient that everyone survives but the reunion at the end got to me.
An interesting tidbit I read was that the director, while wanting to do a sequel, didn't write the end with a sequel in mind so much as they wanted the audience to feel like the story and characters keep going. Very Back to the Future esque...at least until they made BTTF 2.
Yup
What'd you guys think? Mr. Robot is a top 3 TV drama of all-time in my book and I like Homecoming a lot as well so my expectations were quite high.
Here's the review I left on Letterbox (with a 3.5/5 score):
Leave the World Behind is primarily an exercise in themes and tone.
The film does a phenomenal job of seeping you in a creeping sense of dread and paranoia. It's also gorgeously shot and features superb sound design and performances.
Unfortunately, the film goes the route of overtly explaining the puzzle instead of leaving the audience with just enough pieces to come to their own conclusions. And by doing so, some of Leave the World Behind's themes become muddled.
If Sam Esmail had made a few tweaks in the editing room, he could have had a cult classic with an iconic ending shot on his hands. Instead, Leave the World Behind is merely a fun ride that also mildly disappoints considering the standards set by Mr. Robot and Homecoming.
Still, I'll be first in line for whatever he does next.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Wait, 4DX throws you out of your seat?
Agreed; while I think this was the most successful Godzilla movie at foregrounding human characters and giving personal stakes to an impersonal monster (Godzilla is already a metaphor for trauma, but in this movie he felt like an actual personification of one specific person's trauma), the human story was a little rote and melodramatic.
When it comes to the end:
I'm curious what didn't land with folks. I don't disagree it was a bit clumsy and rote, but I felt like the ejector seat, while fumbled with a Hudsucker-esque flashback, had thematic importance in terms of the Japanese army not providing ejector seats for pilots tying in to the endeavors of the people rescuing us. I guess it was convenient that everyone survives but the reunion at the end got to me.
An interesting tidbit I read was that the director, while wanting to do a sequel, didn't write the end with a sequel in mind so much as they wanted the audience to feel like the story and characters keep going. Very Back to the Future esque...at least until they made BTTF 2.
I can't get spoiler tags up from my phone. But it was specifically the part you call convenient.
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Bennnnn
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I saw Godzilla Minus One yesterday. I did enjoy it quite a bit. The destruction scenes are pretty remarkable, and I liked the human story underneath it all. But the hype I’ve seen was so crazily high that it just couldn’t possibly live up to that. It’s good, but I don’t know that I looooved it.
kvetcha
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Yeah. It was good! It's a crowd pleaser! But I think the excitement is a liiiiiiittle much.
Very happy to see it and Miyazaki atop the box office though. That rules.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I am gonna go to the movies this afternoon for my birthday and my first inclination was to go to the IMax and see with The Boy and The Heron or Godzilla Minus One either seems like it would be something that would really work towards getting the most out of what IMax has to offer.
Then I noticed the smaller theater near me is showing Die Hard for $6 bucks a ticket and while I am sure seeing either of those Japanese blockbusters would be worth the $20 tix (plus $8 bridge toll) I think I am going with Die Hard.
Then I noticed the smaller theater near me is showing Die Hard for $6 bucks a ticket and while I am sure seeing either of those Japanese blockbusters would be worth the $20 tix (plus $8 bridge toll) I think I am going with Die Hard.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Also, just finished rewatching all of the Hobbit and LOTR Extended cuts and have come to the conclusion that these films are modern day Shakespeare.
Hemotep
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I think your critiques are fair, but they didn't bother me. Given that the Obamas produced it, I suspect they did not want there to be any ambiguity in the message they want to achieve with it. Perhaps the flaw is that movies which try to toe the line between intelligent audiences and those who want everything spoon fed, end up not fully pleasing either. But as a compromise I think this one pulled that off better than many who try.
DownIsTheNewUp
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kvetcha
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I rewatched the Hobbit trilogy recently. The Hobbit was about as fine as I remembered, Desolation was a lot MORE fun than I remembered, and I thought Five Armies was a real drag. Should have been two movies directed by Del Toro. What the Tolkien estate took from us!
Bennnnn
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Watched the first two extended versions of LOTR last year, and never got back around to Return of the King. That's on the agenda for the the weeks off ahead. Also I have bene curious about The Hobbit. I loved that book maybe more than the whole LOTR. Also loved that creepy animated version from decades ago. But I always heard the movies weren't so good. I think I'm gonna give them all a shot anyway.
kvetcha
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I adore The Hobbit (the novel) - the first movie feels closest in spirit, but the whole thing is just too stuffed with extra lore, and the script feels sloppy and sweaty in a way the original trilogy never did, since Jackson was basically flying by the seat of his pants trying to get them made. I really don’t blame him, but still.