elbobo Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Castlevania season 2 Good overall but probably could have benefited from a bit more action in the first 5 episodes, that was a lot of setup. Also I wish the show was animated at higher frame rate, it looks so non-fluid at times. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 First Man Went and saw this in the theater tonight and very much enjoyed it. The sense of danger is very discernible, the camera and audio work are great (though a bit too much shaky cam for me) and the use of real props instead of greenscreen really pays off. One sees the cost of space exploration throughout, whether it's actually financially, through anxiety and uncertainty, injuries or death, or the emotional strains on families. There is a lot less of the "Americuh, fuck yeah!" that one might have come to expect from movies about the moon landing (and apparently there was actually some bitching about the lack of a "planting the flag" moment ). But I think this lack of patriotism is all to the better. The focus is on the general human element, and they nailed that. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Halloween(2018) - 8/10 loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 11/4/2018 at 12:09 PM, GeneticBlueprint said: It's so much better than I thought it was going to be. I enjoyed it as well. Yeah I went in with almost no expectations so was definitely pleasantly surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 The Apostle - Netflix 5/10 The film had an unnerving tone to it but was a bit light in the scares department.The story was interesting but it felt incomplete, I enjoy films where I am left guessing as long as the film provides me with some clues. Its also very heavy with gore but without any backstory the gore was just there for the sake of being there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Empire Records 3.5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Ozarks S2: 9/10 I was honestly feeling a little down on the show through the second half of the season. Obviously it was still very good but like a lot of shows I felt like it was moving away from what, imo, made it great. Marty doing his thing. Story wise it made sense for Marty to start getting overwhelmed and shut down as the season went along but I feel the show suffered it bit for that. I was won back with the incredible final episode. My god what an amazing way to end the season. Marty started to regain his form and the newly developed spin for Wendy adds so much to what’s about to come. Imo this is the best show on right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 BlackKlannssman 7.5/10 Went to an awards screening last night and saw the movie. It was entertaining and kept my interest despite the damn near 2 and a half hour run time. There were sone corny moments and Spike still manages to get some pretty lame performances from otherwise good actors, but I enjoyed this film more than any other recent Spike Lee joint from the last ten years. i liked some of the topical winks and nods to current events he managed to work into the film and tribute to Heather Heyer was very moving. Some of the cast were at the screening for Q&A's but the girl and I left before that. We were both pretty wiped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Overlord odd movie to release around the holidays but what a blast/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Antman and Wasp Most of this movie is just ehh whatever marvel movie the last third or so is a fun popcorn flick but still completely forgettable 5.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Incredibles 2 4/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Equalizer 2 3.5/5 - Denzel action movies are always solid. This one was as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Killing Eve S1 - 9/10 - Man, what a fun show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Mad Max Fury Road 5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 In my 38 years on this earth I don't think I have watched two more diametrically opposed movies back to back than I did tonight Won't You Be my Neighbor The Mr. Rodgers doc. If someone out there has some deep dark terrible secret about Mr Rodgers I beg you please take it to your grave, we need to have at least one pure shining pillar of goodness in this world. "You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you" I was completely unprepared for the emotional impact that line would have on me, I am unashamed to admit that I didn't just cry during this movie but straight up wept. 9/10 So I followed that up with The Night Comes for Us This very well could be the most brutal movie I have ever seen. The fight scenes are brilliant in their creative violence. The plot... yeah it is just there to barely tie together the action sequences but those sequences are all the movie needs and they are amazing. 9/10 good movie night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 daredevil season 3 I stopped watching the netflix marvel shows after Defenders because they all had the problem of 8 hours of plot dragged out over 13 episodes, thankfully they seem to have fixed that for this season of DD. There are still 13 episodes but a lot of them were closer to 45 minutes instead of an hour like most of the marvel shows and that makes a huge difference. Throw in a couple of good villains and you have the best season of marvel that netflix has made. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Apostle 3/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Bad Samaritan - 7/10 Mainly watched for David Tennant as a bad guy. He was pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 7:15 AM, ManUtdRedDevils said: Equalizer 2 3.5/5 - Denzel action movies are always solid. This one was as well. Hard disagreement here. Besides Predator, this is the worst movie of the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 6 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Hard disagreement here. Besides Predator, this is the worst movie of the year. Literally nothing is worse than the 15:17 to Paris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Overlord - 3/5 A serviceable war movie mixed with an underserved monster movie that is generally enjoyable but always feels a bit too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 House of Cards season 6 oh god don't watch this, it is awful beyond belief. The push down the stairs scene from a year or two ago looks like Citizen Kane compared to the nonsense that happens this year and to top it off it doesn't even really resolve anything in the end. 1/10 My Hero Academia seasons 1-3 Shonen tropes the anime, seriously you are going to get all of them here but they are generally well done. I like how they went all the way with making weird characters and powers and still acknowledging that they are ridiculous in a lot of cases. Deku is fine as a try hard main character, Bakugo needs to toned down several notches though. I watched the english dub and the highlight of show for me was easily All Might, a character that often comes off as comedic mix of Captain America and Superman with a boyscout persona that is through the roof but at the same time in his private thoughts he does a great job describing the weight of the responsibility he carries. The few times the story really lets him loose to kickass he is downright scary and you really get the full sense he is the most powerful being in that world. The first season is tightly paced at 13 episodes, when they went to 25 for the next seasons it got into typical anime stretch it out territory. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Skyscraper - 1.5/5 - Another example why kids shouldn’t be in action movies. Rock + bad guys + burning building = snooze is a complete travesty. Should have just rewatched Equalizer 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacthenud Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On 10/19/2018 at 3:16 PM, Spawn_of_Apathy said: You seem both hard to impress and difficult to disappoint with your scores. Lol Lol, I guess I'm a pretty middle-of-the-road kind of guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Equalizer 2 Certainly wasn't a good movie but it wasn't horrifically terrible either. Just a generic revenge movie in the type of Death Wish. 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Widows - 9/10 - Delivers what you want/expect from the stacked cast and crew. I was really looking forward to this one, and left very satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Game Night- far better than it deserved to be, based on the rather silly premise. The cast however hold that premise together well. The does ending feel like a group sat in a room for a day until they had an ending that worked well enough, rather than one that was necessarily good. Even so, a comfortable 8/10 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Widows 5/5 best heist movie of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 the ballad of buster scruggs They somehow made a bunch of short stories seem to drag on for too long, not sure how that happened. They were overall interesting but they could have used a bit of trimming. 6.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Fear The Walking Dead Season 4(yes, way LTTP) - Not digging the Before and Now time jumps. 4/10 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Widows - 5/10 I thought it was highly overrated. It is plodding, messy, and the side stories keep distracting from the main narrative. I never really felt much a of payoff for anything and other than Elizabeth Debicki's character, I didn't really feel anything towards any of the characters. Every guy in the movie is a caricature of horrible male behavior with very little nuance: cheater, murderer, racist, womanizer, abuser, manipulator, bullshit politician, etc. The social commentary is extremely heavy handed and forced. It also has some of the most awkward makeout scenes I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Finished FTWD Season 4 - fuckin hell I hated that /10. Jesus, after the great Season 3, this is what we get as a followup? Fuck. . . . Morgan is such a self righteous ass. I can't stand him. A typical Morgan scene goes, "I was just like you once, but I've changed. Let me tell you about it." STFU, Morgan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Man in the High Castle - season 3 It is interesting to see where they are taking this show with regards to the other worlds though Himmler's plan is at best not well thought out if not completely idiotic. Definitely one big surprise this season. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 11 hours ago, Amazatron said: It also has some of the most awkward makeout scenes I've ever seen. Racist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 13 hours ago, Amazatron said: Widows - 5/10 I thought it was highly overrated. It is plodding, messy, and the side stories keep distracting from the main narrative. I never really felt much a of payoff for anything and other than Elizabeth Debicki's character, I didn't really feel anything towards any of the characters. Every guy in the movie is a caricature of horrible male behavior with very little nuance: cheater, murderer, racist, womanizer, abuser, manipulator, bullshit politician, etc. The social commentary is extremely heavy handed and forced. It also has some of the most awkward makeout scenes I've ever seen. I haven't seen the movie yet (can't wait) but that's just most men in real life bro. Not a caricature, from my experience anyway. Most men I've met don't have any "nuance". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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