The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lots of Shaw Brothers stuff.
Lots of Shaw Brothers stuff.
Watched Midsommar yesterday.
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Didn't know much about it, just that Ari Aster directed it and I loved Hereditary (horror movie from 2018).
It's not scary like his first movie but this is very gory and slow paced. There's a lot to take in with the cinematography as well.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the ride. This was also the first movie I've seen with Florence Pugh, she's fantastic. Her performance is top notch just like Toni Colette's in Hereditary.Hopefully I can get myself to the theater to see this tomorrow! Heard really good things about it, and like you, I love Hereditary so my expectations are quite high.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the ride. This was also the first movie I've seen with Florence Pugh, she's fantastic. Her performance is top notch just like Toni Colette's in Hereditary.
Didn't get to see it just yet, hopefully sometime in the near future.
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Instead of dragging my bones to the movies, I stayed in and rented a film on iTunes.
Adam Robitel: Escape Room (2019)
The premise is simple: Six people, strangers to each other, get invitations to participate in an escape room, and if they're able to solve the puzzles there's a 10.000 dollar prize. I'm not spoiling much by saying things don't exactly go as planned.
The film clearly owes a great deal to the Saw franchise, and even more than that I was constantly reminded of the classic Cube (1997), that had a very similar premise. Escape Room had a pretty good cast (with the highlight being Tyler Labine of the superb Tucker and Dale VS. Evil) with the predictable characters; there is the slacker, overachiever, the shy one, traumatized badass etc., but the actors do a fine enough job playing their parts.
All in all if you have a 100 minutes to spare, I guess you could do worse. Nothing to write home about, but serves it's purpose. The ending was a bit of a dissappointment, but it is what it is. Would I watch it again? No, I'd rather watch Tucker and Dale VS. Evil for the 20th or so time. Actually that's exactly what I'm going to do later today.
I watched it at the theatre. It's definitely an enjoyable waste of time, a movie I do not regret watching . However, the ending is as stupid as it can get.
Because Hollywood has no original ideas.We watched the re-made “Mary “Poppins”. Other than money, why rehash it? It felt like the Star Wars reboots.
Yes, agreed on this. The more I think about the last ~20 minutes, the more I'm starting to dislike them. I get why they went with that ending, but it doesn't mean I have to like it. Oh well, like you said, enjoyable waste of time.
I've never actually been in an escape room, maybe I should try one of those out sometime.
My wife and Grandkids went to see the new Lion King (2019). I swam at the Y, more than ready for them to head home, hopefully tomorrow.My question is why is this being advertised as "live action"? It's quite clearly CGI, every animal in it. I'll watch this maybe when it is released for streaming.
Is the new Lion King live-action or animated? That’s the wrong question.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/19/20692319/lion-king-new-live-action-animated-debate-2d-3d
Did you like it? All the reviews I read were BRUTAL.
The color grading on it is awful. Too drab to lure people in. I don't believe much changed script wise or scene wise. That said, Disney seems to be having a hit or bomb phase the last few years. Some films do well, some bomb.