OT: The Movie Thread

[Beef Invictus]

I have 2 daughters, my 11yo is more fashion/girly ect. My 14yo loves strategy board games, LOtR, StarWars and Marvel...all of which I like. They both liked Spaceballs though.

Neither like sports though.

You never know what you are going to get.

Mine sorta likes SW, is very serious about LOTR, so far she enjoys games of her level, but zero urge to play video games. And she will happily watch sports for longer than expected spurts, but doesn't give any poops about playing them. She also loves picking out and matching her outfits, doing fancy hairs, the doll thing, and trying to punch me so hard that, in her words, all my meat and blood falls out.

Kids are weird. But giving no guidance at all on "this is for girls" or "this is for boys" has led to maximum entertainment for us as she mixes and matches from all play genres.

I do hope that same diversity of interest applies for movies though. I'd like a movie buddy.

 

[Lord Defect]

I have 2 daughters, my 11yo is more fashion/girly ect. My 14yo loves strategy board games, LOtR, StarWars and Marvel...all of which I like. They both liked Spaceballs though.

Neither like sports though.

You never know what you are going to get.

I don’t care for football and the eagles, but my daughter is alllll about the eagles…..fight song

 

[Lord Defect]

Mine sorta likes SW, is very serious about LOTR, so far she enjoys games of her level, but zero urge to play video games. And she will happily watch sports for longer than expected spurts, but doesn't give any poops about playing them. She also loves picking out and matching her outfits, doing fancy hairs, the doll thing, and trying to punch me so hard that, in her words, all my meat and blood falls out.

Kids are weird. But giving no guidance at all on "this is for girls" or "this is for boys" has led to maximum entertainment for us as she mixes and matches from all play genres.

I do hope that same diversity of interest applies for movies though. I'd like a movie buddy.

My daughter likes to hug me so hard I can’t breathe, specifically in the neck region. If I don’t go “ack” she gets annoyed and squeezes harder. If I do, she laughs her ass off. It’s travelled to the boys as well now.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Oh, the daughter is also fascinated by plumbing. She wants to be a pipe-fixer, and is fascinated by all plumbing on This Old House. Anything else? Wants the channel changed. They start replacing the plumbing? All-in.

This is a banner movie night. Some admirable garbage in Alien Resurrection, Day of the Dead in a couple hours on TCM, Galaxy Quest and Spaceballs on BBC, Django on Paramount, Midnight Meat Train on SyFy, True to the Game 3 on BET. For anyone who wants to rage at horrible directing, Rise of Skywalker too.

I can't be expected to pick just one. Video games it shall be

 

[Beef Invictus]

My daughter likes to hug me so hard I can’t breathe, specifically in the neck region. If I don’t go “ack” she gets annoyed and squeezes harder. If I do, she laughs her ass off. It’s travelled to the boys as well now.

The other night I disappointed her in some amazingly trivial way so she sentenced me to The Dungeon. Which turned out to be my bed. I was like, man, the Dungeon is awesome. She explained that at night I would have darkness to sleep, that there was a fan, a TV to watch movies on, and during the day sunlight through the window. I was about to say The Dungeon is a great deal, when she finished with "you'll stay here forever but there's no food so you'll die. Sweet dreams! Goodnight" then shut off the light, shut the door and left. A very confusing interaction.

 

[achdumeingute]

Oh, the daughter is also fascinated by plumbing. She wants to be a pipe-fixer, and is fascinated by all plumbing on This Old House. Anything else? Wants the channel changed. They start replacing the plumbing? All-in.

This is a banner movie night. Some admirable garbage in Alien Resurrection, Day of the Dead in a couple hours on TCM, Galaxy Quest and Spaceballs on BBC, Django on Paramount, Midnight Meat Train on SyFy, True to the Game 3 on BET. For anyone who wants to rage at horrible directing, Rise of Skywalker too.

I can't be expected to pick just one. Video games it shall be

Django is such a great movie. Right now, my kids are watching Clue...I know they will love Top Secret! when we get there....

 

[Beef Invictus]

Django is such a great movie. Right now, my kids are watching Clue...I know they will love Top Secret! when we get there....

Clue is some peak Curry

 

[Beef Invictus]

How the hell do xenomorphs stay hydrated? No way they can drink enough to replace all that drool

 

[The Rage Kage]

Rewatched Avatar (the James Cameron movie) recently. It gets way more shit than it deserves. No more derivitive than any standard MCU movie or other blockbusters. I think its just an instinctual hate for James Cameron, the man is just too successful, they need him to lose for once. Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington have great chemistry, which can only be benificial to what is perhaps Camerons greatest skill in writing interpersonal relationships. CGI still looks better than 99% of movies released today, it was made to last. The villains aren't super complex, but it's not like their real life counterparts are very complex either, Cameron has only been proven right time and time again in that regard. I am super excited to see what he has in store for the second and for all the naysayers to eat dirt when it dominates the box office once again.

 

[The Rage Kage]

I dont know if anyone saw this. Such a lame and childish outlook. Its not even like most best picture nominees are super inaccessible either. Like ok, if you dont appreciate the artistry of movies good for you I guess, you can watch your Transformers movies, they can be fun. But why do you even care about the Oscars then. Its not enough to drive all other films out of the theatres with box office dominence, you also must take all the awards. Pretty bleak.

 

[trostol]

I dont know if anyone saw this. Such a lame and childish outlook. Its not even like most best picture nominees are super inaccessible either. Like ok, if you dont appreciate the artistry of movies good for you I guess, you can watch your Transformers movies, they can be fun. But why do you even care about the Oscars then. Its not enough to drive all other films out of the theatres with box office dominence, you also must take all the awards. Pretty bleak.

he is so not funny

 

[trostol]

I have 2 daughters, my 11yo is more fashion/girly ect. My 14yo loves strategy board games, LOtR, StarWars and Marvel...all of which I like. They both liked Spaceballs though.

Neither like sports though.

You never know what you are going to get.

that's cause sports are stupid

 

[Strawberry Fields]

This happened all the damn time when I started my job a few years ago. Luckily people have come to expect it. I'll never forget my coworker acting like I had murdered his entire family when I told him I had never seen a Star Wars movie. (Don't worry, I can regretfully report I was forced to cave and watch the first three.)

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Coco is one of the best IMO. Great story, great songs (albeit not the same kind of songs you think of in a Disney movie), just all around good. Onward I also really liked. I have not seen Raya yet but I have heard good things.

Coco is one of the only movies that has ever made me cry. Not just tear up, but tears running down my face. I had high expectations based on what friends had told me and they were met. I think it's Pixar's best, probably one of the best among all Disney animated movies period.

Disney/Pixar have been very hit or miss for me recently. Honestly more miss. I think Zootopia was the last non-Pixar Disney movie I was actually interested in watching when it came out (and it's a favorite of mine now). I've tried watching Moana a couple times and can't get through 10 minutes. Wasn't interested in the Nemo and Incredibles sequels, had no interest in the original Wreck It Ralph or Frozen let alone their sequels. Negative interest in Raya, Encanto, or Turning Red. Enjoyed Luca enough to watch it twice but probably wouldn't have seen it if it wasn't free on Plus, lol. I'm willing to give Onward and Soul chances but haven't gotten around to watching them since they came out.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I dont know if anyone saw this. Such a lame and childish outlook. Its not even like most best picture nominees are super inaccessible either. Like ok, if you dont appreciate the artistry of movies good for you I guess, you can watch your Transformers movies, they can be fun. But why do you even care about the Oscars then. Its not enough to drive all other films out of the theatres with box office dominence, you also must take all the awards. Pretty bleak.

Trevor Noah sucks.

 

[Amorgus]

As someone who lost his dad when he was young, had his brother fill the void, then lose his brother, Onward DEVASTATED me. It's like going from happy fun times to suddenly Grave of the Fireflies.

 

[The Rage Kage]

Someone forgot to replace the temp music lmao

 

[BigToe]

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Someone forgot to replace the temp music lmao

Is that real or an edit?

 

[Lord Defect]

The Batman was surprisingly much better than I had thought.

Spoiler: But

him just eating round after round of small arms fire like it’s nothing was horrendous. Not to mention the sheer amount of times we would have bled out from all the spalling from fragments of bullets spalling up under his chin.
He also tossed his no gun rule out the window in the last scene when he made the one dude fire at the other dude. No not the time he dodged both bullets, the one before that.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

The Batman was surprisingly much better than I had thought.

Spoiler: But

him just eating round after round of small arms fire like it’s nothing was horrendous. Not to mention the sheer amount of times we would have bled out from all the spalling from fragments of bullets spalling up under his chin.
He also tossed his no gun rule out the window in the last scene when he made the one dude fire at the other dude. No not the time he dodged both bullets, the one before that.

Spoiler

Not all versions of Batman have a no gun rule.

 

[Lord Defect]

Spoiler

Not all versions of Batman have a no gun rule.

Spoiler: Bat

this one did. He told Gordon and cat woman no guns a few times.

 

[BernieParent]

Just leave out bowls of food and water and go

Another piece fits into the puzzle ...

 

[wankstifier]

Every character in The Batman is f***ing insane. Perfect depiction.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Every character in The Batman is f***ing insane. Perfect depiction.

I liked it because it had a comic book feel without being cartoony.

 

[Rebels57]

Yeah, count me in as another massive fan of the new Batman.

Only thing I didn't like was..

Spoiler

The unnecessary forced in scene with Joker at the end. Felt so out of place. The extended scene they later released is way better though