What's the latest movie you've seen?

[Shark_Blade]

Child’s Play 2

I’m pretty surprised that this sequel is pretty good. Even better than the original I feel.

Andy is less annoying and that scene he had with his step sister Kyle -where he tried smoking cigarette and had a bit of exchange with her - That was pretty nice and unusual. I’m pretty sure this scene won’t even pass today’s censorship.



And despite being grounded for an offence she didn’t do, she’s still cool with Andy. She’s also an orphan so she’s technically a step daughter in the family too. Very interesting.

The step father is a twat and I’m just expecting him to die and I won’t even bat an eyelid. Yep he died a stupid death lol.

The final fight was gross and bloody. Nice. Kyle is a nice secondary main character, I wonder if she returns in the sequels.

[Shark_Blade]

Child’s Play 3 (1991)

Pretty good sequel too. Never imagined we’re going to army camp with Andy but here we are.

Andy tried to warn this little boy Tyler but he ignored him and calling him a liar. I would just let stubborn Tyler get killed by Chucky tbh, but Andy still persist trying to find him to save him. Guess he has a hero complex.



Life is hard being a soldier with unnecessary shouting, being talked down like you’re scum and endless workout. And just with every unpleasant people there is, when they died, we don’t give a damn about them. So when the rude barber got killed, the violent teenage colonel got shot to death - no damn were given lol. But when Ellis the bullied boy bravely shielded his mates from a detonating grenade and died, the impact was felt.

There’s a good life lesson to be learnt here.

So Chucky died again. Is he gonna kept being rebuilt as the series go on? Pretty funny cycle. Anyway I enjoyed the trilogy. Next one is Bride of Chucky (1998 ) I guess.. pretty long 7 years gap.


One thing I like about this series is that there’s no nudity, surprisingly. It’s always cheesy and cringeworthy when they just put in topless women for cheap thrills in old horror movies (I’m looking at you Halloween (1978 ) & Friday the 13th (1980 ). This one is different, bravo.

[Shark_Blade]

Bride of Chucky (1998 )

Well that was disturbing, I mean 2 naked dolls having passionate sex lmao. The story pacing is a bit slow and I guess they wanted to branch out the series so they added a female doll.

The deaths are too cartoony to be real (like for example getting hit by a lorry and this boy’s body exploded? Smh) so eh I guess this is where the series is going downhill.

[newfan]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Bride of Chucky (1998 )

Well that was disturbing, I mean 2 naked dolls having passionate sex lmao. The story pacing is a bit slow and I guess they wanted to branch out the series so they added a female doll.

The deaths are too cartoony to be real (like for example getting hit by a lorry and this boy’s body exploded? Smh) so eh I guess this is where the series is going downhill.

, Yikes I haven't seen this one, I turned Seed off after watching some of that (also similar comedy with him jerking off in that btw). Though not being able to have a real opinion on Seed and Bride I found Curse and Cult okay so I'm going to guess it picked up again.

[Leo656]

Yeah, they eventually went back to trying to be serious after "Seed" and things kinda got better again.

The late-90s were absolutely horrible for horror movies outside of the first "Scream" movie. The 2000s weren't so great either unless you were a huge fan of stuff like Hostel and the Saw sequels. But yeah, "Bride..." and "Seed of Chucky" are quite indicative of how bad the horror genre had gotten by that point. Nobody knew what the f*ck they were doing back then.

I have them all on DVD but I've only seen parts of "Seed" and I never much cared for "Bride". I really don't like "funny" horror movies. "Cabin in the Woods" was alright but that's like the only one I can stand.

[IndigoErth]

Netflix's Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. Good story and very theatrical and impressive production value. I don't know what it cost to make, but the budget must have been pretty sizeable.

In terms of tone, settings, costuming, and theatrics... if you took just a pinch each of Dickens, Willie Wonka, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Mary Poppins, and maybe a little Annie (because one song the young girl sings really sounds Annie-ish), among other things, that would be this film.

If that's your kind of film, def worth it once in the mood for a Christmas movie.

[newfan]

Re-watched a couple of Studio Ghilbli movies recently. I think there's only about 3 or 4 of what is available on Netflix that I haven't seen. Last re-watch was Princess Mononoke, this one has as older feeling than the others with the blood a limb loss scenes. Good characters and story.
My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle are among my favourites also.

[Leo656]

"The King of Kong". This was on my radar for ages and I finally got around to watching it. Really good. I seriously need to watch more documentaries about video games.

I also seriously need to find out what kind of hair product Billy Mitchell uses because I am seriously in awe.

[IMJ]

Watched Blade Runner 2049 recently in anticipation of convo here about it! -thumb's up-

[frank_one]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I also seriously need to find out what kind of hair product Billy Mitchell uses because I am seriously in awe.

Wasn't him exposed as a cheater? I rember reading one of his high-scores was invalidated. So, that could be a wig

[Leo656]

Depends on who you believe. There was a dispute over a suspicious submission, and Twin Galaxies removed his scores and banned him from submitting new ones, as did Guinness, originally. Then he sued them both, that went on for a few years, and then the Guinness people conducted their own independent third-party investigation through which it was determined there was no evidence of any cheating. So as of June this year it was announced that Guinness reinstated his scores on their end, but meanwhile Twin Galaxies still holds him and his records in dispute. That lawsuit is still ongoing.

I imagine TG just doesn't want to deal with him anymore, but I think that's a bit unfair. The Guinness people have no skin in the game and their investigation cleared him. Plus he did a Twitch stream a few years ago where he yet again beat the highest-recorded "official" score, proving that he can pretty much do it whenever he feels like. To my way of thinking, that altogether proves he's "the best" regardless of what Twin Galaxies say about it, because no matter whose score they count as "official", he's beaten it more than once since it was recorded. The fact that they refuse to accept it is their own hangup.

But yeah, apparently the whole scandal thing was big news but, as usual, the retraction story from Guinness and his scores being reinstated by them wasn't as big a story. As of a couple of days ago TG counter-sued him and now they're even claiming the guy who founded TG was complicit in his alleged cheating "to try and make the Twin Galaxies brand more valuable" or some such. Like they're saying it was a 40-year old Long Con so that when the original owner sold it he'd get more than it was worth and then he and Mitchell would split the money.

That seems HIGHLY unlikely to me. Plus Mitchell more than likely has way more money from his own business than he'd get as part of such a scheme. Furthermore, several of his high scores on other games were already beaten by other people and he never even really tried to get those back, and has been more focused solely on the Donkey Kong (and to a lesser extent, Pac-Man) records. If he was capable of such rampant and sophisticated cheating and furthermore had an "inside guy" at TG to help him get away with it for over 30 years, one would think he would just cheat his way to getting and keeping all of his high scores on all the games, not just the one. He'd still have the top scores on ALL the games he'd ever held them on instead of just the one. Most of the scores by people who beat him were left standing and he never really tried to get them back, so if he's a con artist, he's kinda bad at it, I think.

I don't know. It's a bit of a mess. But I think Guinness probably did more than enough to vet the authenticity. I mean when it comes to "world records", THEY are the recognized authority, not Twin Galaxies. Given that the people who currently run TG are pretty anti-Mitchell, I'd frankly have a harder time believing their impartiality, to be quite honest. It seems like they plain don't like him and have a vested interest in making him go away, so anything they say seems pretty suspicious, to me. I mean now they're claiming the guy who founded the company was in on it, too? I don't know, man. It all just seems really hard to believe, and a lot of Machiavellian scheming over something so ultimately inconsequential.

I think it's frankly a lot more likely that the guy just plain figured the game(s) out better than other people did and can get a new high score whenever he wants to, and that rubs people the wrong way. Guess we'll have to see how the TG lawsuit gets resolved. Guinness reinstated him and to me, that holds more water. Like what next, are TG gonna say the Guinness people are also part of the Billy Mitchell Cult and make money off his success? I doubt that would be the case.

[AquaParade]

What'd you all think of Tenet?

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Sumac

Jurassic World 2.
If JW1 felt like a retread of JP1, this movie feels like a retread of JP: Lost World. Just instead of 90% on the island, 10% in the city, this movie is like 40% on the island, 60% in the city.
All in all it is fun movie, which feels more like an adaption of some countless comic books based on Jurassic Park. In particular the one where some drug kingpin steals several Raptors to use them as personal army or something. On one hand, this movie thematically feels close to the idea of the first movie, on the other - it is so on the nose with its message it makes me feel a bit odd. Dinosaurs a bit less humanized, than in JW1, so that's a plus.
All in all, its a good movie, but nothing incredible.

, it started as a retread of TLW which is what I wanted but then it moved to the mansion for the rest of the movie. I hated the T-Rex in JW 1 acting like a superhero glad it wasn't done as much here.

Originally Posted by AquaParade

What'd you all think of Tenet?

No one has seen it because it's not available for people to watch because of oantiquated business models.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by sdp

No one has seen it because it's not available for people to watch because of oantiquated business models.

I just checked, it's already up in HD on the illegal streaming websites.

I might watch it later tonight if I have time.

[Shark_Blade]

You do know stealing is wrong? Sooner or later it will come back to you.

Originally Posted by AquaParade

What'd you all think of Tenet?

Originally Posted by sdp

,
No one has seen it because it's not available for people to watch because of oantiquated business models.

It’s on iTunes. Pretty good action flick tbh. It created its own world and has its own rules about going back in time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyWhVUCXY1A

Kung Fu Hustle! I saw it again last night, it is a great Kong Fu Action movie. I think you guys maybe interest.

edit: I don't know how to insert a video...

[IndigoErth]

Enola Holmes (Netflix). I feel like it could have gone a little further with its plot, there's definitely more they could have done with it and the mystery doesn't quite feel solved really, but the allover tone and style makes it a cute movie. I could see it being expanded on for a sequel.

[IMJ]

Just watched "Incarnate" with Aaron Eckhart. It wasn't high level horror by any means but it was a solid flick. Entertaining, worth a "during dinner watch" or whatever.

[AquaParade]

I'm enjoying trying to puzzle Tenet together. I got the 4k, so I've been throwing it on every other night and sort of watching it. Not an ideal way to figure out a Nolan film, but it's beautiful to look at, so I don't mind the half-ass'd repeat viewings.

[newfan]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

I'm enjoying trying to puzzle Tenet together. I got the 4k, so I've been throwing it on every other night and sort of watching it. Not an ideal way to figure out a Nolan film, but it's beautiful to look at, so I don't mind the half-ass'd repeat viewings.

Did you manage to finish it? Just wondering if it's worth buying/renting.

Re-watched the Hulk movies, were they both unsuccessful btw? I find them re-watchable, not enough knowledge of the comics to say what they may or may not have gotten right so far as keeping to source material.
I know they wanted a change up with the Incredible Hulk and I can see a difference in things like dropping the split screens for example but for me they could have just as easily continued from previous with the same cast.

I was then sat comparing Hulk designs over those and the avengers Hulk, obviously later CGI quality had come along, but it was more the features I was comparing.