Movies Thread

[Icky Mettle]

Took my son to see Jurassic World Rebirth. It wasn’t a good movie but it was entertaining enough. I mainly paid to see dinosaurs chasing and eating people and got that. The plot was wafer thin, the characters had almost no depth and gave us very little reason to care about them, and they constantly made idiotic decisions. The end was also very anticlimactic and for several minutes I felt like something big had to happen after that.

And what I’m about to say could be considered a spoiler but it’s really not IMO: With two possible exceptions, once you meet all the characters who are going out on the big adventure together, you pretty much immediately know who is going to die fairly early on and you soon know which character is going to get their comeuppance in the end.

 

[HandsonFire]

Took my son to see Jurassic World Rebirth. It wasn’t a good movie but it was entertaining enough. I mainly paid to see dinosaurs chasing and eating people and got that. The plot was wafer thin, the characters had almost no depth and gave us very little reason to care about them, and they constantly made idiotic decisions. The end was also very anticlimactic and for several minutes I felt like something big had to happen after that.

And what I’m about to say could be considered a spoiler but it’s really not IMO: With two possible exceptions, once you meet all the characters who are going out on the big adventure together, you pretty much immediately know who is going to die fairly early on and you soon know which character is going to get their comeuppance in the end.

Yeah speaking of idiotic I’m not sure how they thought that boat was a safe thing to be on while screwing around with a mosasaur. And the sailboat dad. Are you high? I’m not getting within a 100 miles of those waters on a boat with my kids. But it was a fun popcorn movie. Also nostalgic, my 18 year old son reminiscing about seeing the 2108 film in theaters and me thinking about seeing the original when I was 16. Nice family moment.

 

[ZenMode]

Took my son to see Jurassic World Rebirth. It wasn’t a good movie but it was entertaining enough. I mainly paid to see dinosaurs chasing and eating people and got that. The plot was wafer thin, the characters had almost no depth and gave us very little reason to care about them, and they constantly made idiotic decisions. The end was also very anticlimactic and for several minutes I felt like something big had to happen after that.

And what I’m about to say could be considered a spoiler but it’s really not IMO: With two possible exceptions, once you meet all the characters who are going out on the big adventure together, you pretty much immediately know who is going to die fairly early on and you soon know which character is going to get their comeuppance in the end.

We saw it last night, also. Horrific acting by several members of the cast. The premise was good, but no character depth and I found myself wanting at least 3 people to be killed off.

Greenbook is one of my favorite movies because of Mahershala Ali. It's a shame to see him associated with such a shitty movie.

 

[UNCatTech]

Took my son to see Jurassic World Rebirth. It wasn’t a good movie but it was entertaining enough. I mainly paid to see dinosaurs chasing and eating people and got that. The plot was wafer thin, the characters had almost no depth and gave us very little reason to care about them, and they constantly made idiotic decisions. The end was also very anticlimactic and for several minutes I felt like something big had to happen after that.

And what I’m about to say could be considered a spoiler but it’s really not IMO: With two possible exceptions, once you meet all the characters who are going out on the big adventure together, you pretty much immediately know who is going to die fairly early on and you soon know which character is going to get their comeuppance in the end.

I'm going today. My daughters want to see it.

 

[Icky Mettle]

Yeah speaking of idiotic I’m not sure how they thought that boat was a safe thing to be on while screwing around with a mosasaur. And the sailboat dad. Are you high? I’m not getting within a 100 miles of those waters on a boat with my kids. But it was a fun popcorn movie. Also nostalgic, my 18 year old son reminiscing about seeing the 2108 film in theaters and me thinking about seeing the original when I was 16. Nice family moment.

I was 17 when the original came out. Definitely got me nostalgic for that summer. I worked in a m ie theater that summer, so got to see all those summer movies for free at the any theaters that were General Cinemas. Jurassic Park, The Firm, and The Fugitive were the big movies that summer, along with Sleepless in Seattle (but as a 17-year-old boy, I had no interest in that one).

But the Jurassic Park theme music really brings back all those memories from that summer: working at the movie theater, wearing that red vest and bow tie; the smell of Carmex constantly being applied to my lips as they were completely dried out from being prescribed Accutane; Lollapalooza 3; touring colleges; Zooropa; Siamese Dream; watching a lot of Saved By the Bell during my free time.

 

[Icky Mettle]

Another takeaway going to see a movie in the theater yesterday: Obviously Jurassic World Rebirth is a sequel/reboot. Of the eight previews we saw before the movie, one was a reboot of Naked Gun, one was a remake of I Know What You Did Last Summer, one was a remake of Running Man, one was the sequel to Wicked, and one was for the 50th Anniversary re-release of Jaws. Hollywood really struggles to come up with new and original ideas.

And BTW, 8 previews?! And we got into the theater about 10 minutes late so we probably missed 2-3!

 

[nycfan]

Finally saw Sinners tonight. I am not generally a fan of vampire comics* but make exceptions.



This film was quite good. Very violent (and raunchy language for those who care) at times but also loving, beautiful and immersive as well.

I thought the same actor playing twins trope would bug me but it was pretty flawlessly done.

Definitely watch the credits through to the end. Also, Buddy Guy!?!?

 

[OldWHEEL]

Finally saw Sinners tonight. I am not generally a fan of vampire comics* but make exceptions.



This film was quite good. Very violent (and raunchy language for those who care) at times but also loving, beautiful and immersive as well.

I thought the same actor playing twins trope would bug me but it was pretty flawlessly done.

Definitely watch the credits through to the end. Also, Buddy Guy!?!?

I would lie to watch it again with subtitles. MB Jordan mumbled lines for which I blame either the sound editor or the director