elizium Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I quite liked it. I don’t think it stuck the landing, but everything until the last 5 minutes was great. Plus you got M. Emmett Walsh, Burt Young, and a 1980s aerobicize scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I'm of the opinion that Roberts and Rourke ruin that movie, the supporting cast is what makes it decent. The film version of Vincent Patrick's other novel Family Business was also ruined by the casting, Sean Connery as an Irishman who's accent is even worse than The Untouchables so halfway through they just make him Scottish, Dustin Hoffman as his Irish/Italian son and Matthew Broderick as the half jewish grandson/son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I love Roberts so much in it. Every choice he makes on line readings killed me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) https://ibb.co/znYg233 What movie or show is this please anyone? I really recognise it and the actors and it's on the tip of my tongue . Edited April 15, 2023 by Leonidas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 21 minutes ago, Leonidas said: https://ibb.co/znYg233 What movie or show is this please anyone? I really recognise it and the actors and it's on the tip of my tongue . That is from the 1972 exploitation classic Bonnie's Kids. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Some Mario (and game) chat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonial Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Went to see SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE yesterday with my 11-year-old daughter. She thought it was good. I honestly couldn't care less -- laughed a few times and I appreciated the 90-minute run time -- but it wasn't anything memorable. Daughter later said she thought the two SONIC movies were better. My daughter also has the soul of a 35-year-old, complaining during the trailers and ads that "everything's a remake or sequel these days." (By "ad," I mean nothing more than a title card of a film expected to come out down the line). She did like the trailer for "Trolls Band Together." When I explained that's a sequel, she shot back, "But I like 'Trolls' -- that's different." Saw trailers for six films -- four as part of "Super Mario Bros." and two provided by the theater -- remember, the theater is in a 55+ community, so those two films are strictly for grown-ups ... FAST X TRANSFORMERS RISE OF THE BEAT TMNT: MUTANT MAYHEM TROLLS BAND TOGETHER BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER LOVE AGAIN (that movie with Celine Dion) My daughter liked the "Love Again" trailer because it was "not a sequel or a remake," but couldn't tell you a thing about it outside of "the woman sang very loudly." She also complained about "Book Club," saying it's a "film for old women" and she couldn't imagine "people buying tickets for it." As part of a reward for being part of the school's safety patrol, my daughter and other patrol members will be going on a field trip to said theater in May to watch the Julia Roberts film "Wonder." Conversation in the car ... Daughter: "And we're going to have a theater all to ourselves and we're getting snacks and a taco lunch!" Me: "Awesome." Daughter: "And you know what? There will be more people in our theater than the one showing 'Book Club'. But I think 'Super Mario Bros.' will do better." She's turning into a film critic. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, colonial said: Went to see SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE yesterday with my 11-year-old daughter. She thought it was good. I honestly couldn't care less -- laughed a few times and I appreciated the 90-minute run time -- but it wasn't anything memorable. Daughter later said she thought the two SONIC movies were better. We saw it yesterday with the kids, including being the 5 year old's first movie and it seemed weirdly unfinished to me. I certainly appreciated the easter eggs and the little bits of specific familiar movement in the animation and musical cues, but it felt weirdly unpolished compared to similar movies. Peach didn't have an arc despite them referencing her past. A lot of the dialogue felt like a first draft placeholder in the sort of "Yeah, that's what I'm saying." kind of banter instead of something that hit a mark. It was very weird to have the Bowser/Mario relationship be so one sided. Bowser was watching him and building him up in his head the whole way and Mario didn't really have any idea of him. Either it tried to do too much in 90 minutes and should have done less (they could have left the Kongs out entirely and done it as a race against Bowser for the Star and still gotten to the same end point) or it really needed another half an hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Watched Superman (1978) last Sunday at the cinema for its 45th anniversary this year. All these years later Christopher Reeve is still the definitive Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman, he's on the Mount Rushmore of comic book castings. Seeing Clark Kent, you'd never think he was the Man of Steel. Margot Kidder is still my Lois Lane. So sad what happened to both. The opening titles set to John Williams' main theme remains one of the greatest opening credits ever. Out of the big three superheroes, Batman has always been my #1 then Spider-Man and Superman last. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) @S.K.o.S. bringing up Bridesmaids (2011) has me asking how many films have you given up on before the end? The aforementioned Bridesmaids is one of the few I've "fuck that shit, I'm out" to. Edited April 16, 2023 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I've never seen Smokey And The Bandit, until tonight (to justify this month's Netflix billing). Absolute masterpiece. However, it's wild that a generation of folks raised on such anti-authority media became such hardcore bootlickers. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 29 minutes ago, christopher.annino said: I've never seen Smokey And The Bandit, until tonight (to justify this month's Netflix billing). Absolute masterpiece. However, it's wild that a generation of folks raised on such anti-authority media became such hardcore bootlickers. There’s a theory out there that they based The Bandit’s look on Ron Fuller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 7 hours ago, odessasteps said: There’s a theory out there that they based The Bandit’s look on Ron Fuller. Yeah? Who's theory was that? Ron Fullers? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 22 hours ago, The Natural said: @S.K.o.S. bringing up Bridesmaids (2011) has me asking how many films have you given up on before the end? The aforementioned Bridesmaids is one of the few I've "fuck that shit, I'm out" to. Years ago, I had to sit through the entire showing of "North" because I was reviewing it, or I would've walked out. I stopped watching Moulin Rouge after 20 minutes, absolute garbage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 43 minutes ago, JLowe said: I stopped watching Moulin Rouge after 20 minutes, absolute garbage. Tell me you're straight without telling me you're straight. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I think I've only walked out of three movies in the theater: Blast From the Past, Battlefield Earth, and Castaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Only movie I walked out of in a theater was Magnolia. Now movies I've turned off streaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I had to walk out of Us for health reasons. I did walk out of the Dead Kennedys on purpose, because the singer sucked and it was a money grab. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I walked out of Dracula, Dead and Loving It & Batman and Robin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I almost always go to the movies alone, but on two times I ended up going with friends I went to 1998 Godzilla and Mission Impossible 2 and would have walked out of those had I been solo. Technically I walked out of the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie because the power went out. It hadn't really been thrilling me so I used the free pass they gave me to see Crank. There was a period of time after I got my license in 1997 I'd go to the movies whenever I got a chance, just because I lived almost 45 minutes from a theater and didn't get the chance that often beforehand. One afternoon I went to see Speed 2 and Batman and Robin back to back, yet was somehow compelled to sit through all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Ace said: I walked out of Dracula, Dead and Loving It & Batman and Robin. I once rented Batman and Robin, walked a mile home, watched 20 minutes, hit eject, walked a mile back to the store and asked if I could switch it out for another movie. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 24 minutes ago, Raziel said: Only movie I walked out of in a theater was Magnolia. Now movies I've turned off streaming... I like Magnolia a lot but it is greatly improved by a 10 minute smoke break in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, Zimbra said: I like Magnolia a lot but it is greatly improved by a 10 minute smoke break in the middle. I mean, had I been by myself I might've stuck it out, but I was with someone that was totally tapped out by the middle and I didn't think enough of the flick to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Two for me. L : Change The World early because it was bad and clearly wasn't going to drift into so-bad-its-good territory and The Mosquito Coast with 20 minutes left because by that point I was so fed up with Harrison Ford's character that I couldn't sit there another minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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