Man, that Dennis Quaid baseball movie The Rookie was just on and I can never turn it off when it is. It absolutely kills me every time he gets the call up to the Big Leagues and he calls his wife and young son to tell them. Just makes me bawl. LOL me.

The Big Sick was completely underwhelming. I enjoyed it enough while watching it, but it's completely forgettable. It felt too long and wasn't particularly funny or interesting either.

I had to come back to this thread to see what the joke that was supposedly the GOAT was, and I would say that got a small laugh out of me, but that's it. I agree with another poster that said it felt forced, too. If he really wanted to use that joke, I don't know why he didn't just put it in one of his bits. I laughed more at other parts of the movie, but I can't even remember what they were because the movie just wasn't memorable at all.

/hot take

Rocco was an interesting watch. Follows the Italian pornstar Rocco Siffredi around for his swan song. Def a little hardcore but worth a watch imo. Paging Dom!

^documentary?

Toni Erdmann is a German comedy, but "comedy" hardly describes it. It made me glad I have a relationship with my own adult daughter. Long, at two hours and forty minutes, it takes its time. I'm still marvelling at one scene in particular: I love how and when music gets added to films (Claire Denis is a model), but you really need to see how "The Greatest Love of All" is used in this film. It's a joyful moment in a film that's delightfully melancholic.

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Yessir.

That was the second best scene I saw in a film last year, the best scene was also in Toni Erdmann.

No thanks. Guy was the biggest ******* I met in that biz. He literally hates women. If he could, he'd murder one on screen.

You should watch it, I think your opinion may change. He def likes rough stuff, but all the women seemed to be into it and he'd ask them beforehand what was ok and what wasn't. No doubt he's a bit of a sexual animal though. Apparently only on screen, as he and his wife both said their sex life is good, but much more subdued. He doesn't treat her like that at all according to her.

Wait, you mean he comes across as an ok guy when a camera is on him? I'm shocked. I knew the guy. He's a sociopath and an *******.

I saw that Rocco doc too. He definitely comes across as an arsehole and a sociopath on screen.

I hope it was the scene where she hugs her father at the end.

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Last Rampage

Based on true story from 1978

Would recommend

Wonder Woman

Meh, facepalm beginning and truly terrible third act. The whole Ares thing was beyond stupid. Final fight was even worse than BvS. I did like the WWI setting and Chris Pine was great imo.

6/10

In Bruges

One of my all time favorites. Hilarious and very emotional at times. Collin Farrel is amazing here. Great athmosphere and music. Perfect movie imo, will never get tired of it.

10/10

Wonder Woman

Yeah this was not great. Don't understand all the hype. Everyone has said this is the best DC movie to date and while I'll give it second place, it's pretty clear that Man of Steel is still #1.

Gadot was OK given what she had to work with. Pine did a wonderful job. Wright was an absolute scene stealer as Antiope, easily the best character in the film. Huston did well with what he had, and Anaya as Doctor Poison was my second favorite character. She absolutely owned her role.

The Ares thing was stinking hot garbage, and Thewlis was laughable in the role. Not his fault, but it just didn't work. Final fight was really dumb.

The lack of focus & development on the secondary characters created some pretty lol moments when they tried to get us to care about them. That was really bad directing.

Action scenes were mostly solid although the bracelet bullet block thing got old fast. Yes, we get it, she deflects bullets with her bracelets. How many times do you need to show us? Felt gimmicky after a while. Gadot's entry into Veld was fantastic. So much better than the garbage at the end of the movie.

I couldn't finish wonder woman. Was pretty surprised by all the glowing reviews itt.

I liked it quite a bit

Goon

Decided to give it a watch after reading something about the sequel.
Fun movie, I really like sean william scott. To bad he doesnt make alot of movies

Been watching movies that combine pure joy with melancholy. For some reason, I'm drawn to these lately. La La Land, Once, Lost in Translation, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg all seem, to me anyway, to share that feeling.

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Already linked this prob, but this is imo a good critique of Wonder Woman and most superhero movies that takes politics into account and started to change my mind about WW (which I may have given a tepid thumb up at first?): https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-ho...or-gadot-62517

Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Third year in a row I've seen it in a theater. Still recommend as one of the best comedies OAT. "Classic Disney cartoons could entertain both the parents and the children and the punk teenagers!" Nah, but PWBA can.

Does every type of humor well, from the stuff that 5 year olds like, to the more "mature" but still dumb and obvious teenage style, to subtle stuff, to super dry stuff for a-holes like me.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off - This is interesting to watch if you're as analytical and potentially critical as I am. I've seen it before of course as a kid, plus many chunks many times on cable.

Up until Twist & Shout it's looking to be not a great movie; I could certainly understand the appeal for kids and teens, but was ready to write it off as another mediocre film that just resonates with certain age groups.

Ferris is a punk. He manipulates his best friend (this later gets recontextualized), and let's think about the restaurant scene for a moment. We're meant to love that these 3 rich white kids go into a restaurant and terrorize the host, a service worker.

We know that the auto garage workers are shady because they're a Hispanic with an accent and a black man.

The story has no momentum in the city, just going from episode to episode. Rooney (the school dean) briefly enters the city for the sole purpose of a silly gag or two before returning to FB's house where he should have been all along, and a lot of the city stuff in general is things that make no sense to set up gags (like Ferris's dad outside the restaurant; the 3 of them could go back inside for 30 seconds to solve the problem).

ANYWAY

- Twist & Shout - also makes no sense, but it's fun (probably should have cut Danke Schoen).

- Story gains momentum; they need to get home, they need to return things as they were before, we understand the sister's motivations.

- Charlie Sheen scene is excellent.

- Actual emotional impact with Cameron and the car.

- Blanks get filled in and earlier trangressions of the film get forgiven; in retrospect, motivations make more sense. The episodic nature of the city trip can be forgiven. Even the terrible museum scene works in retrospect (not, imo, when you're first watching it).

- Script could have used a month to improve the first half. You could literally put two lines in at the restaurant where the host offers them complimentary baseball tickets, and this would start to connect episodes better. You cut the Rooney city scene or give it a quick reason to take place (like he asks the secretary where the kids hang out). You shift around the monologues about characters and their motivations. Etc.

- Should they make a mid-life crisis (getting later than that actually) sequel? Of course.

Toni Erdmann too. And yes, the scene where she hugs her dad the end, obviously.

stand by me is GOAT


chopper sick balls!!

Nocturnal Animals: I suppose a man who thinks that he can sell a product called F*cking Fabulous for $810 for 250ml would think we would be interested in his elitist, dull characters. Unwatchable.

http://www.tomford.com/s/tomford/***...lor=OC#start=1

Michael Shannon tho.

I really liked this movie and am a big fan of his. Gonna check out the sequel soon.

Stifler was the best part of every American Pie (holy **** he made $8K for #1), and Role Models is solid.

Just rewatched the ep of its always Sunny that he's in, which is a classic too.