Whole lotta star wars talk

Film series that has produced more bad films than good films produces another bad film, the shock

More bad films than the original star trek series... and those made ebay Abrams.

At last, the truth makes an appearance. "The force" my arse.

3 billboard was pretty good, characters all interesting, ending was a bit odd

humor was hit and miss, but never felt too awkward

I enjoyed the hell out of Pottersville. Fun, silly little movie that was very well done imo. Michael Shannon and Ian McShane ftw!

The Lost City Of Z http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212428/

I expected this to be a lot better than it was. It's a great story but the movie doesn't do
it justice.
Biggest mistake was casting Charlie Hunnam in the lead. He really
didn't suit the image of Percy Fawcett.

Speaking of The Room, it's getting a one-night-only theatrical re-release on Jan 20th. Plus, a trailer for Wiseau's next project

'The Room' Heading Into Movie Theaters Nationwide For One Night Only

I thought Guy Pearce would have been a great Fawcett.

Hunnam is the blandest of the bland. He is a damp, flaccid slice of white bread served extra mild. He made me root for the kaijus.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pymm6cmE9uQ

No villeneuve

History of the Eagles Documentary(ies) about, well, The Eagles.

The documentary is a two-parter. The first part chronicles the early careers of Frey and Henley, the formation of the band, and their rise to stardom. It ends when they broke up in 1980.

The second part focuses on their reunion, including their solo careers after the breakup.

I found the first part much more interesting. I enjoyed watching the transformation from kids just wanting to play in a band to legitimate songwriters in what has become an iconic group.

The movie tends to focus mostly on Frey and Henley which makes sense since they are really the driving force. There was a ton of tension in the group, including a lot with Geffen, but I've always been a little puzzled at the lack of tension between Frey and Henley. Frey obviously wants to be the boss, but Henley isn't exactly the follower type. I guess there was just this mutual respect between the two.

The documentary isn't really all that interesting unless you are an Eagles fan. It is pretty straightforward and matter of fact. I think if you like the Eagles, you'll like this, if not, well, you won't.

I noticed that too. Frey seems to have been a world class jerk when he was of a mind, but Henley never called him out. I think it's like you said, huge mutual respect between the two and the loyalty that goes with that, from starting so early together with nothing thru to how huge it became. Like one of those long-time marriages that really work.

I also agree about the 2nd part being not nearly as good as the 1st.

Logan, Logan Lucky, Lucky: all too confusing; best to just stay away...

I was pleasantly surprised by Logan Lucky. It has an Ocean 11 feel to it (did not realize Soderberg, sp, was the directer until the credits)and Craig was hilarious.

Guy Pearce would have brought a lot more to the role.

I just watched Hunnam in King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, not
sure why, I might need help.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 5/10 (Watchable)

^ Very fair assessment.

mother! by arronofsky.
wtf!! seriously, wtf.
so artsy.... oh snap darren, you are so artsy.
dafuq. this is a bad movie!.

all hail disney, our new overlord.
as they now own the rights to silver surfer, they coul create a new state of the art for cgi.

a silver surfer movie.

the surfer surfing through the galaxy,showing all kinds of crazy planets and milky ways.
all while infinity war is taking place. even though infinity war is serious ish, surfer doesnt care.
he meets with strange characters such as uatu the watcher or celestials/eternals and they could talk about how infinity war really isnt that important.
the movie than turns into some galactic-neo-noir/whodunnit, with the surfer beeing the private dick. there shoul be a lot of marvel characters involved, but not A-list characters but rather strange side-figures.

all this setting a new standard in 3d/cgi (as avatar did 14? years) ago! like mindblow-new standard.

edit: i havent read the comic line "original sin" yet.

Good review.

The best part of last jedi is... Leia's space scene.

Some Amazon Prime movies.

Shot Caller

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime from Game of Thrones) leads a perfect life as a stockmarket broker until he gets into a drunk driving incident and kills his friend. Once in jail he has to anything to survive.

An OK movie. Actually pretty decent B flick until the third act that completely falls apart.

6/10 watchable

Silence

Two Portuguese Catholic priests set out to find a missing priest in 1600s Japan. Christians during this time are heavily persecuted with the Japanese trying to stamp out Christianity by torture, public renunciations, and show trials.

It's a Martin Scorsese flick so you know it's going to be a notch above the rest. Only problem is it's long and slow. I wouldn't say it drags because there's never any real hurry in the movie at all but it's a bit short of 3 hours.

9/10 for me and I'd recommend it but only if you're in a long movie contemplative mood.

It was an interesting historical topic for Scorsese to cover but in the end I felt i just watched three hours of sadistic torture scenes with no particularly interesting point being made. Christianity couldn't get a foothold in Japan because the emperor tortured and murdered people who adopted it. Got the idea already in the first hour.

This Is Bossa Nova

If you like this kind of music even a little, this Netflix movie is a must watch. An entertaining, exhaustive doc on the Brazillian style of music called Bossa Nova, with interviews and performances by those that made it great: Wanda Sa, Nara Leao, Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim, etc.

Great stuff.

This Joan Didion doc on Netflix is horribly boring, I quit on it early. I've never cared much for her writing either tbh.