Matt D Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Went to see How To Train Your Dragon 2 with my kid on Friday. It is as charming and heartwarming as you think it will be, but the reviews saying that it is better than Frozen obviously come from people that have not seen or think it is en vogue to hate on Frozen. Frozen's got some serious failings. At the least, it's not nearly as good as, let's say Enchanted or Tangled, as it pertains to recent Disney offerings. I'm with Matt on this. I liked Frozen well enough, but by the end I was wondering how in the hell it became so popular. While we're agreeing with me, I think Brave has a lot of issues too, even if it's a damn pretty movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 BttF 2 might be the worst of the 3, but fuck if I don't still love it. I still quote lots of it, and I even dropped "I can't be fired....I'M FIIIIIIIRREEEDDD AAAHHHHH" when I was let go from a job I hated last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'm with Matt on this. I liked Frozen well enough, but by the end I was wondering how in the hell it became so popular. Same here. I mean, it was entertaining and all but nowhere near as good as the box office and hype would indicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 BttF 2 might be the worst of the 3, but fuck if I don't still love it. I still quote lots of it, and I even dropped "I can't be fired....I'M FIIIIIIIRREEEDDD AAAHHHHH" when I was let go from a job I hated last year. This is me when I come home: "Hello hello hello.... Hell-o" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivpvideos Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Let It Go made Frozen into a powerhouse. Such a catchy song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Sam Jackson recites Pulp Fiction speech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Koch Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Went to see How To Train Your Dragon 2 with my kid on Friday. It is as charming and heartwarming as you think it will be, but the reviews saying that it is better than Frozen obviously come from people that have not seen or think it is en vogue to hate on Frozen. IIRC that quote came from Shawn Edwards from "Fox TV" who apparently gets blown every time he's watched a movie because he's never given a negative review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Frozen was good, although it has a weird structure (it kinda just stops being a musical at a certain point, for one thing) but it certainly didn't strike me as being notably better than Tangled (or worse, for that matter. They are kind of a matched pair, to me (hell, Rapunzel and Flynn are even guests at the party.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 The best recent review was for 'Earth to Echo' where the one critics review says "It's a live-action Wall•E meets E.T. meets Stand By Me". I wish every critic would review movies that way: "It's like Taken meets Frozen crossed With Cannibal Holocaust!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I keep seeing that trailer at every movie I've gone to see in the last, like, 3 months. And I keep thinking "you know, I didn't even really like E.T. all that much, why would I go see this?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Hated ET. Never got the love for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Went to go see A Million ways to die in the west. It was ok but I think I have finally out grown the Family Guy/Seth humor. It had a few laughs and my favorite part was the random Ryan Reynolds cameo and death. At least I think that was him. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I've decided this summer to get to a number of films I should HAVE seen but have somehow slept on/skipped/never gotten around to. So tonight I finally sat down and watched Caddyshack and you know what? It holds up. The movie kinda drags a little any time it focuses too much on the caddies, but man Ted Knight, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield are just incredible in this. Dangerfield's dancing just SLAYED me. Also, pretty sure I'm going to try to slip "Ratfarts!" into everyday situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yeah. It's still part of the Holy Triumvirate to me of ANIMAL HOUSE, THE BLUES BROTHERS, and CADDYSHACK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Fruitvale Station: Covers the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black guy who got shot by the cops New Year Day in 2009 in what was a pretty big news story at the time. It's interesting because it doesn't go as much into the racial politics, or the aftermath, nearly as much as you'd think. You just spend most of the movie getting to know this nice, flawed guy then he's just gone in a horrendous, totally avoidable situation. Maybe they make too much of a saint out of the guy. I'm not sure why you'd fight and struggle with armed police over something as minor as a short brawl on a train. But he's still definitely the victim, though. Michael B. Jordan is really good here. You really get attached to him. Whole thing leaves with you with the feeling of a waste of a life, more so than if you just read about something like that in the newspaper or seeing it on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Quite the step up from Space Jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Poor guy. If he stars in a movie that wins Best Picture, wins him Best Actor, and also breaks Avatar's box office records, the lead article will still be a basketball joke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 It's not an exaggeration to say he was approaching Denzel-levels of charisma in this movie, at points. I was really impressed. Octavia Spencer looked way too young to play his mom, though. I mean, she's in her 40s, I think, and he is only meant to be 22 so I can see why they thought it would be fine. But she looks way younger anyway so it doesn't quite work. But, yeah, just a very depressing movie. A quick, drunken fight on a train on New Years' should not end with someone getting shot by the cops, for God's sake. So trivial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I don't think that's the case at all. Oscar's mom looks roughly the same age as Spencer (who is 44 now BTW). I thought she did a spectacular job too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I always thought Spencer was in her mid 30s. She just has one of those faces. She was very good, but she just seemed far too youthful to be playing "dignified, slightly jaded older woman." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I always thought Spencer was in her mid 30s. She just has one of those faces. She was very good, but she just seemed far too youthful to be playing "dignified, slightly jaded older woman." Oscar was 22 when he died. His mother couldn't have been that old. In the one picture I've seen with her son, she looks slighter younger than Octavia. So there is that. Plus, there isn't exactly a diverse selection of actresses for the role. She was the clear choice by a lot. The only other choice was like Viola Davis, who I don't think would have done as good of a job. Angela Bassett probably but she tends to go into business for herself sometimes. Anyway, she is little bit too old for the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Watching Dumbo on Netflix. The Elephants on Parade scene is all kinds of fucked up. Makes you wonder who the hell thought of it and what shit was he on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Yeah. Alcohol doesn't work that way... Much to the surprise of my inner child. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Fruitvale Station: Covers the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black guy who got shot by the cops New Year Day in 2009 in what was a pretty big news story at the time. It's interesting because it doesn't go as much into the racial politics, or the aftermath, nearly as much as you'd think. You just spend most of the movie getting to know this nice, flawed guy then he's just gone in a horrendous, totally avoidable situation. Maybe they make too much of a saint out of the guy. I'm not sure why you'd fight and struggle with armed police over something as minor as a short brawl on a train. But he's still definitely the victim, though. Michael B. Jordan is really good here. You really get attached to him. Whole thing leaves with you with the feeling of a waste of a life, more so than if you just read about something like that in the newspaper or seeing it on TV. Please don't get me started on Frutvale Station. I am angry enough right now as it is. I have been known to go on rampages against police in GTA Online while shouting a battle cry of FRUITVALE~! This movie is great. Everyone needs to check it out. The best thing about the movie is that it is not too terribly race bating. The police are definitely overtly cast in the role of bad guy (I assume this is atmospheric effect since the movie is all done from the main character's personal and philosophical POV), but all of the witnesses regardles of race are able to notice blatant injustice when they see it. It is not the "it's just a movie for black people to watch and get mad about society" type of film that you may think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Fruitvale Station: Covers the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black guy who got shot by the cops New Year Day in 2009 in what was a pretty big news story at the time. It's interesting because it doesn't go as much into the racial politics, or the aftermath, nearly as much as you'd think. You just spend most of the movie getting to know this nice, flawed guy then he's just gone in a horrendous, totally avoidable situation. Maybe they make too much of a saint out of the guy. I'm not sure why you'd fight and struggle with armed police over something as minor as a short brawl on a train. But he's still definitely the victim, though. Michael B. Jordan is really good here. You really get attached to him. Whole thing leaves with you with the feeling of a waste of a life, more so than if you just read about something like that in the newspaper or seeing it on TV. Please don't get me started on Frutvale Station. I am angry enough right now as it is. I have been known to go on rampages against police in GTA Online while shouting a battle cry of FRUITVALE~! This movie is great. Everyone needs to check it out. The best thing about the movie is that it is not too terribly race bating. The police are definitely overtly cast in the role of bad guy (I assume this is atmospheric effect since the movie is all done from the main character's personal and philosophical POV), but all of the witnesses regardles of race are able to notice blatant injustice when they see it. It is not the "it's just a movie for black people to watch and get mad about society" type of film that you may think it is. I did like that the one cop was comforting Oscar in his dying moments and was clearly upset about how things turned out. I like that they tried to elevate most of the cops beyond simply "cartoon bad guys" and got across that they were agitated and afraid. Only one that comes off as totally bad is the one that shot him, but he may not have deserved much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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