NEW: List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

mikeymikec · Apr 23, 2025

Kaido said:
LOVED Pitch Black. Enjoyed Riddick, but it wasn't a fun B-movie anymore. Went from 23M to 110M budget between movies. Apparently there was a third one?

“Riddick”: A rehash of “Pitch Black”?

In the year 2000, “Pitch Black” was released to modest reviews, and was (next to “The Fast and The Furious”) one of the more popular movies to thrust actor Vin Diesel into the spotlight. A sequel, “The Chronicles of Riddick” was released in 2004, again receiving modest reviews. On Sept. 6, 2013...

www.theskylineview.com

PB was an interesting/different flick, CoR and Riddick were definitely an "established formula".

I disagree that Riddick (ie. the third movie) was a rehash of PB though. A major plot element of the third film is regarding a character from the first, so of course it's a bit self-referential, but the only way to define it as a rehash would involve distilling the second half of the first movie and two thirds of the third movie into like 5 words. It's like saying that Aliens is a rehash of Alien because an alien is hunting them *again*. There are definitely similarities and a repeated element between PB and Riddick, sure.

Riddick in PB is meant to be very ambiguous in intent: sometimes creepy as fuck, sometimes he has a decent streak, it was a nice change from most films of that era, possibly most modern films. CoR and Riddick both feature a more Tom Cruise'y predictable Hollywood stereotype version of Riddick. I prefer 1 and 3 over 2 I think but I like all three enough to own the lot on BR.

IMO for there to be a worthwhile fourth movie (which is in the words apparently, called 'Furya'), they're going to have to change things up a bit.

DAPUNISHER · Apr 23, 2025

Everyone involved with Rambo 3 after 9/11

DAPUNISHER · Apr 23, 2025

DanMeth he must be a millennial. And he also must be actually on meth. Rocky 1, First Blood, and the LoTR trilogy should all be full bars. Only people that were children when T2 came out think it is better than the OG. Same for Superman. The first movie was a a surprise smash hit and more adult than the second. Which was cheesy as hell.

Blade 2 higher than the OG? That movie kind of sucked. Has to be ratings from people that were children at the time. Some muthafuckas are always trying to ice skate uphill.

If meth head is rating the OG planet of the apes films, first film should be full bar. Spiderman 1 and 2 should be almost full.

That's my ratings.

thedarkwolf · Friday at 1:40 AM

Mad Max Fury Road 10/10
Bought a new receiver to replace my ancient one and threw Fury Road in the blu ray player just to test it out planning only to watch maybe 10 mins but opps watched the whole thing again.

DigDog · Friday at 6:18 AM

i am preparing psychologically for the trauma of watching a new Doctor Who episode.

DigDog · Friday at 12:41 PM

.. i was ALMOST gonna say that the new Dr Who episode was not terrible.

Fortunately they have done away, at least for this one episode (E01S02 of New New Who) with the relentless gayness of the whole thing - he's still gay, but the plot isn't about something relating to being gay, idk gender identity, transvestitism, whatever - and the story, which was not very much fun but also not completely horrendous .. well .. mediocre, bland, and badly directed ...

That would have been the GOOD.

But essentially there's 40 minutes of setup. A girl gets abducted by space robots and taken to another planet. She is forced to marry an AI, and she agrees to marry the AI to save the people of the planet. Mind you, this is the "good" bit, and the acting is still not good, but hey.

And then .. when she is doing the marriage ceremony .. yes, then Dr Who takes the girl and pulls the girl while she is holding the hand of the AI robot .. and this SAVES THE DAY.

Like, the dude just does nothing, then shoves this girl and THAT is the epic conclusion. And all the nobodies who were background characters come out of the woodwork to say "oh Doctor Who, you are the bestest you saved us!". Because he stopped them holding hands.

.. i cannot think of anyone, that would like this show.

idk, honest, 5/10, at this point i'm not even gonna take points of for "ruining the legacy".

DAPUNISHER · Friday at 1:03 PM

thedarkwolf said:
Mad Max Fury Road 10/10
Bought a new receiver to replace my ancient one and threw Fury Road in the blu ray player just to test it out planning only to watch maybe 10 mins but opps watched the whole thing again.

When someone mentions they don't like the film, I think- Well, you won't be riding with us shiny and chrome.

The Accountant - 7.5/10

Simple, straightforward story, with a highly predictable but satisfying conclusion. One of those films where most of the budget probably went to actors salaries.

mikeymikec · Saturday at 3:24 AM

Widows (2018)

Heist + grief + organised-crime-adjacent movie. It wasn't bad, some may consider it slow-paced; I wonder if it dragged at bit by the hour mark as I checked how far through the movie I was at that point. It's an interesting story that's reasonably engaging and has some unexpected twists, but I wonder if those making such a movie need to decide whether it's going to be about the character(s) and how they develop as a result of the situation they've been placed in or if it's about the heist and cool stuff happening there. It seems to me that they tried to do a bit of both in this film and ended up not delivering in a particularly satisfying manner on either front. IMO the twists serve well for concentrating on the heist but detract from the potential of interesting character development.

The nearest comparison I can think of are with spy thrillers: Most are about the spy story and a plot by a foreign power to blah blah blah, and the spy finds out things and evades detection, whereas few focus on what's going on with the characters, there's still an engaging plot but the volume gets turned down on that. Masterclasses of the latter are 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and to some extent the 2006 film 'Casino Royale'. A version of CR that concentrated on the spy stuff wouldn't have had scenes like Bond's meeting with Vesper on the train or the fitted tux scene followed by the shower scene, or in TTSS with George Smiley's first meeting with the man who would become his nemesis, and a worn-out George is trying to sell this guy on the notion of defecting but is telling him more about himself than he intended.

Back to 'Widows' - it was interesting to see a director getting Liam Neeson to do something other than typical Liam Neeson, and the characters are more interesting and develop more than a typical heist movie with cardboard cut-outs to surround the protagonist.

DigDog · Saturday at 8:11 AM

Absence Of Malice - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081974/reference/

Pretty solid thriller script that's hard to pigeonhole in a single style, as it has elements of courtroom drama, investigative journalism, crime drama, romance, but if you chance upon the wikipedia page, i can assure you this is not a "neo noir".

Protagonist Sally Fields is a reporter, and costar Paul Newman is the mysterious man. Paul's daddy was a crime dude, so everyone thinks Paul as well is in the mafia or whatnot; his public image of a independent, wealthy, reserved man who just wants to be left alone, contributes to the rumors, rather than dispelling them.
Sally investigates but she just discovers a charming man; Paul likes her back. But Sally lets the journalist side take the best of her, and she publishes a stupid, stupid story that only a stupid stupid woman could do. Wimmen, amirite?

The film is very well paced, both Newman and Fields build their characters over time, the acting is on point, the story is interesting. It won't be revolutionary, but it's a good film.

7/10

MrSquished · Saturday at 12:49 PM

Expanse spin-off with Amos's 's origin story and a lot of kicking ass? Sign me up!

New EXPANSE Sequel Gives The TV Show's Star His Own 'Man on Fire' Thriller

The Expanse is giving Amos a new mission in the franchise's next sequel, 'A Little Death.'

screenrant.com

Ken g6 · Saturday at 7:45 PM

MrSquished said:
Expanse spin-off with Amos's 's origin story and a lot of kicking ass? Sign me up!

New EXPANSE Sequel Gives The TV Show's Star His Own 'Man on Fire' Thriller

The Expanse is giving Amos a new mission in the franchise's next sequel, 'A Little Death.'

screenrant.com

I think it's a comic book, not a movie or TV or streaming.

DigDog · Sunday at 6:23 AM

Wohoo !!, Godfather Of Harlem is back on, baby !!

DigDog · Sunday at 7:57 AM

We're also getting Love Death & Robots soon and Rick & Morty in under 3 weeks ! Life sucks but TV is always there for us.

DigDog · Sunday at 8:11 AM

STAR TRASH

sdifox · Sunday at 8:51 AM

DigDog said:
STAR TRASH

Have you seen this?

Space Sweepers - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

DigDog · Sunday at 9:16 AM

sdifox said:
Have you seen this?

Space Sweepers - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

... is it good?

sdifox · Sunday at 10:21 AM

DigDog said:
... is it good?

Decent. You have watched plenty of crap anyway.

igor_kavinski · Sunday at 12:12 PM

sdifox said:
Decent. You have watched plenty of crap anyway.

You haven't understood him yet. He likes watching crap that he himself selects because then he doesn't need to harbor resentment against whoever suggested the crap

DigDog · Sunday at 1:09 PM

Indeed, there is good crap and bad crap.

Hundreds of Beavers is good crap. Santa Klaus Conquers The Martians is good crap.

That Korean film you recommend looks .. to not be a comedy. And i'm not sure i want to watch a space-cowboys film that takes itself seriously - unless, ofc, it's got a nearly-nude Debi Mazar.

I watched

City of Ember - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970411/reference/

Based on a book, and in the translation to film it lost its post-apocalyptic undertones to become a "young adult" adventure.

Faced with a cataclysm, earth scientists create an underground city, and lock the inhabitants in, giving them a sealed box with the escape instructions, that will unlock in 200 years.
The two protagonists are Girl and Boy - both too young to be each other's love interest. They do your typical postapocalyptic shit, find the box by chance, defeat evil villain Bill Murray, and escape.

.. it's not for adults.
Actually, i would say that at 14yo you're probably already too old to watch this, it's more of a 9-12 segment film. The plot is extremely minimal, there really isn't much to it than what i described. The filmography, costumes and sets are cartoonish. There's a fantastic Martin Landau (Space 1999 guy) that plays "old man who falls asleep" like nobody's business.

Dunno, i'm too old to appreciate it. For kids, probably 7/10. For adults who have no kids, why the hell are you watching this, 5/10. So all in all probably 6/10 and a big fat "im not the target audience".

igor_kavinski · Sunday at 2:12 PM

DigDog said:
City of Ember - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970411/reference/

Good. At least you watched that. It stars a little girl. What were you expecting?

Sour-shay Ronan had to start somewhere before she was destined to do a very important job.

Becoming the Lesbian partner to the Titanic lady, thus freeing her from the dead Jack at the bottom of the freezing sea.

gorobei · Sunday at 2:44 PM

the Bondsman 2025
kevin bacon as a bounty hunter who dies and is brought back to life by the devil to hunt demons that escaped hell.

probably a 7/10 but feels a bit like a 6 at times.

cinematography is actually nice, well lit given it seems to be mostly location shoots in georgia. effects and stunts are mostly impressive for the budget but pretty limited in scale with only one cringe cg shot.

where it fails is in character development. there are a fair number of bad people(sinners) in the main cast (bacon included) who you dont really feel a whole lot of sympathy for. bacon is doing an okay job of portraying an ass, but if they went with a darker more irredeemable tone and cast a less likable actor there might be more room for dramatic significance.

the first episode is pretty good, doesnt feel like an old CW procedural supernatural monster of the week knock off while keeping a real world grounded feel. but the rest of the episodes writing cant maintain the tone. the final episode has an okay twist but feels a little compromised as if they werent sure if they would get another season and then found out they are.

DigDog · Monday at 4:16 AM

i watched The Pelican Brief - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107798/reference/

i think someone recommended it last week. Julia Roberts at 25 pretending to be a college student, and Denzel Washington when he was still a relatively minor actor.
It's a ok film, but it's not *great*. The photography in particular was bad, maybe it was just my print that was horrible; and as a thriller it doesnt have that many thrills, aside maybe from the car bomb near the end.
The story is waaay too close to Three Days Of Condor; there's a crime in the news. Some girl (Julia Roberts) writes a brief - essentially fanfiction - that says "i think THIS is why they did it" and by pure luck it turns out to be correct, so the bad guys try to kill anyone who's read it.

eh .. it's .. okay. Nothing particularly memorable.

6.5/10

DigDog · Monday at 8:57 AM

lined up:

Hitomy Kobayashi's Young Girl's Story
Godfather Of Harlem S04
Emperor Of Ocean Park S01 *also with Forrest Whittaker*
Black Mirror
Django 1966 the original italian film
Woman Of The Hour
the complete Married With Children
Time Addicts
The Star Maker
Jekyll And Hyde Together Again
Movie 43
Primer
Scipione Detto Anche L'Africano
Scott Pilgrim the film
Showgirls
Sunshine
Supernova
Terrifier
The Good Lord Bird
The Raid 2
Cemetery Man
Grosse Point Blank
the rest of Kafka S01
Presence
Quando Le Donne Avevano La Coda
and the new season of Teen Titans GO!

sdifox · Monday at 9:11 AM

see? DigDog is willing to watch Showgirls, he can watch any crap.

igor_kavinski · Monday at 10:15 AM

DigDog said:
Scott Pilgrim the film

Only one I recognize in that list. It's a solid 7.5 but the main actor is kind of a wuss (he can't help it. he was born that way). Andrew Garfield in that role would've made the movie 8.5/10.

EDIT: Oh, I've seen Movie 43 too. It's awesome in many ways but also pretty cringe-worthy in some scenes. This is one of those movies that you can't really score properly. It's one of a kind.

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