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[Bodhitree]

Well I kinda lost my verve for him after "the slap"... but yeah he was fun to watch for a while.

Me too, it’s just “not done” to get physical with the host at an awards show, no matter how bad his jokes. But his style of acting was based on a young-man persona and he just didn’t do the self-deprecating, reflective kind of humor, and he didn’t reinvent himself… he just seemed to become “angry entitled older man.”

I thought After Earth was another nail in the coffin. It was a kind of father-and-son star vehicle, but it was a terrible flop, and it smelled of nepotism, not of great acting.

 

[Queen6]

Well I kinda lost my verve for him after "the slap"... but yeah he was fun to watch for a while.

Me too, it’s just “not done” to get physical with the host at an awards show, no matter how bad his jokes. But his style of acting was based on a young-man persona and he just didn’t do the self-deprecating, reflective kind of humor, and he didn’t reinvent himself… he just seemed to become “angry entitled older man.”

I thought After Earth was another nail in the coffin. It was a kind of father-and-son star vehicle, but it was a terrible flop, and it smelled of nepotism, not of great acting.

Agree, recently watched I, Robot. Wil Smith's performance has aged like warm milk. There are now far better films on the subject of AI self-awareness gone awry such as Ex machina & Companion which will remain timeless. As for After Earth a sheer waste of money & time for all concerned, especially those that paid to watch.

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[Queen6]

Rocketman (2019)

The musical fantasy about Elton John's breakthrough years, from his time as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin. Was a fun watch with some great tracks from the past.

Q-6

 

[Bodhitree]

There are now far better films on the subject of AI self-awareness gone awry such as Ex Machina

Great performance by Alicia Vikander. Other honourable mentions on the subject would be The Terminator and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

 

[Queen6]

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

David, a robotic boy the first of his kind programmed to love. He's adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make for changes beyond the scope of many's imagination today. Arguably a film decades ahead of it's time...

Q-6

 

[Queen6]

Great performance by Alicia Vikander. Other honourable mentions on the subject would be The Terminator and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Blade Runner (1982) & Blade Runner 2049 (2017). The former being the catalyst for many to come, although the concept goes back as far as the 1920's with Metropolis (1927) exploring themes of class, technology and the human soul...

Q-6

 

[MacMorrison]

Looking forward to this one (opening Friday):

 

[Huntn]

Avatar- Fire and Ash (2025) awesome!

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See this post:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/avatar-the-movie-series-2009.1689811/post-34632363

 

[Huntn]

Protector (2025)- Great angry parent participates in brutal ass kicking on behalf of her kidnapped daughter. Even though Atomic Blond edges this out for staging, Mila Jovovich who I think I last saw in The Fifth Element, does a fine job of dishing out pain in a ruthless manner with a twist at the end.

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[boppin]

Prayer for the dead – solicitor / attorney Vernau.

It is a German-American crime story set primarily in the USA. A young woman searches for her biological father and—since she was adopted—ultimately finds her biological mother as well.

filming location was New York and Boston.

(I haven't quite grasped the precise distinctions between the English and American legal systems yet, but I’m working on it.)

 

[Queen6]

Cloverfield (2008)

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives. Has the too much shacky cam for my liking but not a bad watch for a film of the found footage genre. Want the best Blair Witch with the right cut still has the crown, the OG VHS is hard to beat... Was a time and a place.

Q-6

 

[ClaraStahlbaum]

Going to see "Disclosure" in theaters tomorrow.

 

[jz0309]

They Drive by Night, 1940

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Drive_by_Night

 

[pachyderm]

They Drive by Night, 1940

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Drive_by_Night

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Oh man, I'm about to go down a "Bogey" hole...

 

[Queen6]

District 9 (2009)

Forty seven years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens’ welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9. Is still a good watch and remains to be so... Refreshing what a director can do when allowed.

Q-6

 

[Huntn]

Cloverfield (2008)

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives. Has the too much shacky cam for my liking but not a bad watch for a film of the found footage genre. Want the best Blair Witch with the right cut still has the crown, the OG VHS is hard to beat... Was a time and a place.

Q-6

Very good except it’s in jerky, home movie, documentary style.

 

[jz0309]

Each Dawn I Die, 1939

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Each_Dawn_I_Die

 

[Queen6]

Very good except it’s in jerky, home movie, documentary style.

Same sentiments. The shaky cam only works in certain circumstances. Blair Witch VHS cut nailed that, rough as **** but intentionally well done.

Q-6

 

[jz0309]

The Roaring Twenties, 1939

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roaring_Twenties

 

[Queen6]

John Q (2002)

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son’s name on the donor’s list. Quarter of a century on seems little to nothing has changed...

Q-6

 

[obeygiant]

Disclosure Day was absolute garbage.

Disappointing

 

[mtbdudex]

Very good except it’s in jerky, home movie, documentary style.

Cloverfield - If you have decent subwoofers the low bass and LFE are pretty good.
I enjoyed the movie, 7 of 10 for me.

 

[mtbdudex]

Had a rainy Sunday to see a movie with my 22 yr son. 3 to choose from; Obsession, Mandolerian & Grogu, Disclosure day.
Called my 24 yr daughter who saw both Mando & Obsession, after talking son wanted Obsession, so we saw it ..

Meh, I’m not the target audience.. 6 of 10 for me, maybe 5 of 10..

 

[S.B.G]

Die Hard 2 (1990)

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

 

[S.B.G]

Disclosure Day was absolute garbage.

Disappointing

In what way(s)?