Knights & Knaves Alehouse

Just watched Bullit for the first time in quite a while. Forgot how good it is!

- Wheggi

Wheggi wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:51 pm

Just watched Bullit for the first time in quite a while. Forgot how good it is!

- Wheggi

Great minds and all that! I watched Great Escape this past weekend.

“Oh, you’ll still be here when I get out”
“CAPTAIN...Hilts.”

Wheggi wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:51 pm

Just watched Bullit for the first time in quite a while. Forgot how good it is!

- Wheggi

Love that car chase. Awesome movie.

Welleran wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:08 pm

Wheggi wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:51 pm

Just watched Bullit for the first time in quite a while. Forgot how good it is!

- Wheggi

Great minds and all that! I watched Great Escape this past weekend.

“Oh, you’ll still be here when I get out”
“CAPTAIN...Hilts.”

I watch Great Escape just about every time I see it on cable. It is just one of those movies I cannot stop watching.

Dude shows off some early D&D figures including pig faced orcs

Zak Snyder's Justice League is a big improvement over Whedon's scaled down version. If Whedon's gets a C-, then Snyder's earns a B+. But for the over long epilog, it could have earned an A-. The first few minutes of the epilog are completely fine and justifiable, but then it meanders off into an extended Totally Unnecessaryland. It may be a play to change the studio's mind to follow through on Snyder's vision for DCU going forward. In which case, meh, maybe.

I watched it on 2 sittings, as if it were a part 1 and 2. If I have one suggestion, it's to relax for the first 20 to 30 minutes. It develops slowly, but does gain momentum.

I tried to watch that Falcon and Winter Soldier. I'm kind of on the fence. At least they made the bad guys (I mean very bad guys) globalists/anti-statists.

Ripped from The Mandolorian thread.

AxeMental wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:35 pm

It doesn't take a ton of money to make a quality movie (infact some of the best do better having to work with what limited resources they have. It results in great creativity and makes passion).

For good examples of this, check the movies Moon (don't watch the Moon trailer, it gives away too much) and Prospect.

TRP wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:48 am

Zak Snyder's Justice League is a big improvement over Whedon's scaled down version. If Whedon's gets a C-, then Snyder's earns a B+. But for the over long epilog, it could have earned an A-. The first few minutes of the epilog are completely fine and justifiable, but then it meanders off into an extended Totally Unnecessaryland. It may be a play to change the studio's mind to follow through on Snyder's vision for DCU going forward. In which case, meh, maybe.

I watched it on 2 sittings, as if it were a part 1 and 2. If I have one suggestion, it's to relax for the first 20 to 30 minutes. It develops slowly, but does gain momentum.

Watched this yesterday (the black & white version) and mostly enjoyed it - really enjoyed some parts, rolled my eyes at others (which is pretty par for the course for all superhero movies). Ben Affleck was clearly the weakest link acting-wise, which is unfortunate since he was supposed to be the main character. Luckily everybody else was good enough to mostly make up for it. The epilogue nearly ruined it for me. We ended on a really high note after ~3.5 hours and then had to sit around for another 20+ minutes watching, what, 3 or 4 random disconnected scenes that just sapped all the momentum and emotional thrill out of the thing. That might have been more acceptable if they'd been spread throughout the credits, Marvel-style, but I guess Zack didn't want to do that because if he had it wouldn't have worked with the 10 minute long version of "Hallelujah" that played over the credits.

We watched it in one sitting but with three intermission breaks, basically one every hour.

I never actually saw the theatrical release version. I'm kind of curious to now, to see how different and bad it is. I've always thought Joss Whedon mostly sucked, and that the first Avengers movie (but pointedly NOT the second one) is pretty much the only good thing he's ever done. Being conscious of there rules here, I won't say any more on the topic of him.

T. Foster wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:24 pm

...10 minute long version of "Hallelujah" that played over the credits.

Ugh. When I’m King of the Universe I will be outlawing the use of that song in film.

(but pointedly NOT the second one)

The second Avengers is a lot like the second Iron Man. They spent so much time setting up future movies that they forgot to work on the movie they were making.

rogatny wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:35 pm

T. Foster wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:24 pm

...10 minute long version of "Hallelujah" that played over the credits.

Ugh. When I’m King of the Universe I will be outlawing the use of that song in film.

I suspect he was doing it to bait the haters, since his own use of that song in the Watchmen movie was already pretty infamous. He clearly felt like he had nothing to lose with this and embraced all the signatures and tropes that people criticize and make fun of in his other movies. Which, as an unabashed auteurist, was right up my alley. I’d way rather see some deeply personal mess of a movie than another indistinguishably generic exercise in corporate brand synergy, and it’s really cool to me that it finally got released and seems to be finding an appreciative audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2VnxiW3oqk

Nine part series on "acting" if your into Shakespearian acting. Worth watching.

Paranormal on Netflix is good old fashioned ghost story tales. It takes place in Egypt (subtitled), but could have been produced by Hammer bitd.

TRP wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:57 pm

Paranormal on Netflix is good old fashioned ghost story tales. It takes place in Egypt (subtitled), but could have been produced by Hammer bitd.

Will check it out. I HEART Hammer.

Just watched the Hollow Crown Season 2 last night. Its great (a must see IMO). Season 1 was good for the most part, but I'm enjoying season 2 even more (great actors, filming, some descent small battles etc.).

https://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Crown-War ... B01MQUD8O6