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What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?
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Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Bill Duke (!) and an uncredited star I won't spoil also show up.
It's... fine. Perfectly watchable, but you won't be blown away.
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It's a well-made film and I enjoyed but I have to admit it's pretty flawed. It runs long (2 hours) and doesn't manage to capture the brutality of the war to serve as a backdrop to the truce. We know it's exceptional, but the film should have established it, not taken it for granted. The scenes are moving because they are well-made and the subject matter is compelling, not because the film makes a strong case.
They also take quite a few embellishments which weren't necessary. The Christmas Truce is compelling on its own, there was no need for glaring bullshit such as taking cover in the enemy trenches. At its core, it's a simple story. The move also loses points for some cheap antagonists, most notably the German crown heir who is shown as a generic creep. I also appreciate the themes of pan-Europeanism but I think the whole stuff about "well, I was there in a hotel down the street" was a bit forced.
It's an enjoyable movie and I'm glad to have seen it but I must accept it's a bit too sentimental.
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Storks is a pretty good kids flick. It hits enough jokes at an adult level that it is good family fun. No idea when it was made but it's worth a rainy day family film for the kiddos.
Ended up watching Waiting, which I've not seen in a decade or more. Daaaamn a film like this just can't get made today. It hits on soooo many non-PC elements. The ridiculous rap video during the credits with the entire female cast gyrating on the male cast is like the LEAST offensive thing in it But as a food service worker back in the day it speaks nothing but truth.
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jason10mm wrote: So the natural question is how do YOU know a thing or two about sex work:p
The Tomorrow War on amazon. This is a fun, but INCREDIBLY stupid alien action film. I can't even begin to explain how dumb this film is. But Pratt, Strahoski, and the rest (Chloe from 24!) do their best and it's fun enough without being funny.
It will end, and then there is another 20 minutes. It's the most bizarre amalgamation of other films I've seen in a while.
Title is not as catchy as Call Girl of Cthulhu though, how did that take so long????
Tomorrow War makes Army of the Dead seem like a good movie.
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jpat wrote:
Tomorrow War makes Army of the Dead seem like a good movie.
See, I'd flip it. AoD is a much better premise but the execution was just trash. TW was doomed from conception but at least it was fun to watch.
But the real concern, for me, is that I can't think of a SINGLE streamer network film I'd watch again, maybe Extraction? I know not all of them were conceived and wholly made by streaming studios but WOW, there is a big quality gap that dies not seem to be closing even when they roll up trucks of money for a-list directors, actors, and writers.
Then again, there are not many theatrical films I'm kicking down the door to watch again so maybe Im.just old and bitter
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Troop Zero
Mank
Triple Frontier
Bo Burnham: Inside
Pieces of a Woman
Trial of the Chicago 7
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Marriage Story
I think all of those are noteworthy. Pieces of a Woman and Inside are probably my favorite two. I've watched Inside four times already.
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hotseatgames wrote: Is that the one with the retro space suits / ship interiors? I think I watched it on Netflix. Well worth it.
Not available on Netflix in any of the countries I tried. Is there a trick to it?
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Every time I watch a film made for streaming it always feels like exactly that.
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Sagrilarus wrote:
hotseatgames wrote: Is that the one with the retro space suits / ship interiors? I think I watched it on Netflix. Well worth it.
Not available on Netflix in any of the countries I tried. Is there a trick to it?
It came out there last November. That sucks if it's already gone.
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