What's the latest movie you've seen?

[Shark_Blade]

Ghostbusters 2 in 4K on Apple TV.

Never really watched it, it looks great so far. Going into the purple ooze sewer now. Not as witty and funny as the first movie but it’s okay.

Hey the court scene looks pretty fun. I think the movie is starting to pick up it’s pace albeit a bit slow at the start.

[Shark_Blade]

Child’s Play (1999)

Some funny comedy and witty sassy dialogue particularly by Maggie (the mom’s best friend). Goodness me the idiot cops and the annoying kid really gets on my nerve. The mom delivered a solid 10/10 though.

The reboot Chucky (2019) is better overall.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Child’s Play (1999)

Some funny comedy and witty sassy dialogue particularly by Maggie (the mom’s best friend). Goodness me the idiot cops and the annoying kid really gets on my nerve. The mom delivered a solid 10/10 though.

The reboot Chucky (2019) is better overall.

Child's Play came out in 1988. I'm sure it's just a typo though.

[frank_one]

Wasn't his look based on Sylvester Stallone as well?

[FrederikWolferson]

F9...This franchise was already a live action anime,but now it's a straight up Tex Avery cartoon.

[AquaParade]

I'm watching the recently released "remastered", color corrected version of Batman V Superman. There's a noticeable difference and it's safe to say this release looks better than the original release. The colors are just a bit bolder and I think there's less of some weird color filter that used to cover the image.

[Leo656]

Is that one only in 4K?

I've been curious about this one but I already own the movie on Blu-ray and I don't have a 4K player.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

I'm watching the recently released "remastered", color corrected version of Batman V Superman. There's a noticeable difference and it's safe to say this release looks better than the original release. The colors are just a bit bolder and I think there's less of some weird color filter that used to cover the image.

I'd be interested in this too...... I just wish that the Snyder Superman trilogy could get back on track to Superman movies rathe than MOS, BvS and JL.

We watched Annabelle tonight. We've been trying to watch all of the Conjuring flicks again, but this time by story chronology. Noticed a weird continuity flaw between Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation which we watched last night.

Basically in Annabelle (which came out first) the mom/wife says that she's been looking for "one of these" (The Annabelle doll) for a long time, but Creation indicates that the doll was a one-off from the craftsman guy who sets up the orphanage. Weird. I think they screwed up?

[AquaParade]

Good question. I only see a 4K disc available, but there has to be another way to watch the remastered version.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

Good question. I only see a 4K disc available, but there has to be another way to watch the remastered version.

If it's on disc, I'm inclined to buy it. Suddenly there are a ton of 4k flicks on disc that I'm behind on. I need to pick up the Indy flicks on 4k, Godzilla vs Kong, and at this point I'd buy all of the Snyder DC flicks on 4k if I could land them in a lil box set. I think there were two more somewhat recent releases too, but I can't recall what they are....

Gonna drive me nuts now.

[Leo656]

There is a "Zack Snyder's Justice League Trilogy" box set coming out soon. I'm pretty sure it will have a 4K set along with "standard" def, so you should be in luck.

I bought my current TV before 4K was a thing and it still works fine, so I'm not inclined to buy a whole new setup just to watch the color-corrected version of BvS, even if it is one of my favorite movies ever made. Couple years, maybe.

Hopefully the standard-definition version of the box set will have the color-corrected version on regular Blu-ray; I'd jump on that. If not, no big deal; I'm probably only going to buy ZSJL on its own anyways, unless the box set has some Special Features the earlier releases of MoS and BvS didn't have. We'll see.

[AquaParade]

I just watched The Last Dance doc. On Netflix.

It was entertaining but not great, imo. It hopped around a lot and mostly served to further sour my false childhood image of Michael Jordan. Not like he's a terrible person or I have room to judge, but it's just a bit abrasive when you see a childhood "hero" for what they are - human.
Of course, all this was obvious to anyone old enough to pay attention, back in the 90's, but I was just a kid.

Maybe in the end that's a good thing, but it felt more like medicine than something enjoyable.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

I just watched The Last Dance doc. On Netflix.

It was entertaining but not great, imo. It hopped around a lot and mostly served to further sour my false childhood image of Michael Jordan. Not like he's a terrible person or I have room to judge, but it's just a bit abrasive when you see a childhood "hero" for what they are - human.
Of course, all this was obvious to anyone old enough to pay attention, back in the 90's, but I was just a kid.

Maybe in the end that's a good thing, but it felt more like medicine than something enjoyable.

I loved it - especially living here my entire life, watching that show was like all of the best of what I remembered about Chicago sports from the era, but punctuated with the inside turmoil that at the time you didn't really know what was going on.

I know exactly what you mean about Jordan too - especially that middle ground where it's soured, but also recognize how silly that is. But back then - especially around Chicago, the guy was considered to be this paragon of a professional athlete that even at the time the gambling thing seemed so huge and shocking. I mean he was put up on such a pedestal and generally handled himself so well in the media that the slightest amount of dirt seemed like a tremendous deal.

The last dance also lead the recent sports card boom - that was recently huge for the sports card market across the board, man.....

[The Deadman]

A Classic Horror Story - 3/5
Girl on the Third Floor - 2/5

Girl on the Third Floor is a slow build up until the end. Also I like CM Punk and all that....but he's not a very good actor at all. It's also funny seeing his character "drink" and "smoke weed" even though IRL he does neither.

[IMJ]

Just watched American Assassin last night.... surprisingly good flick, I couldn't believe it!

Some of the stuff Michael Keaton does in that? HAHAHHA OMG! Like when he bites that $#!( bags ear off and then chews it and smiles? HAHAHAHHA Holy $#!(...
And all things considered, for a flick that was never going to be a billion dollar theatrical hit, the special effects at the end with the Navy fleet and the nuclear bomb were pretty good.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Rewatched Ratatouille last night, and after seeing what those rats could do, I have come to a conclusion- Remy and his colony were descendents of the NIMH rats! Remy could read and follow cooking recipes, all of them knew how to use door handles and open locks, even with keys, Remy was against stealing as "wrong".... It all makes sense if you realize they were descended from the colony of Nicodemus and Justin. How they ended up in France is anyone's guess, but maybe they had to emigrate to escape being hunted? In any case, Remy and his family were NOT ordinary rats!

[AquaParade]

Scream 1 is probably my favorite "slasher". I tend to prefer horror movies that are bone-chilling, but this movie is just plain fun to me.

[Leo656]

Yeah, I'm not always even very big on "comedy" or "funny" horror movies but that's definitely one that leans more "clever" than "silly", and I appreciate that.

And I'm as vocally anti-Whedon as it generally gets, but I did really like "Cabin in the Woods". That one for sure I thought was gonna be a groaner but I ended up being really into it.

[Leo656]

Watched Evil Dead and Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn today.

Still really great, in spite of the budgetary issues. The first was a little better than I'd remembered, the second not quite as good as I remembered, but still really good. Too much Kool-Aid blood.

The first one's really, really good at using sound and suspense to maximize the horror of the experience, even when "nothing" is happening. And then when things are happening, everything is designed to be as off-putting as possible. Like the Deadites take absolutely forever to die, and they never shut up the whole time, and the shrieks and noises they make as they do are incredibly uncomfortable. It's a great example of making A Lot out of A Little.

That tree rape scene was a LOT longer and more drawn out than I remembered it being. Yikes. That chick would just have ALL the splinters.

Aside from the obvious lack of budget, the only thing I can say about it that's not glowing is that it feels a lot longer than it is, probably because of all those slow, lingering shots. But again, it creates a suspenseful atmosphere and then pays it off with something gruesome; that's really all you can ask for.

II is still really good, but I hadn't seen it for a while and it feels a bit jarring watching them back-to-back, now. II really amped up the goofy bits, which makes it a great companion piece to "Army of Darkness" but oddly enough, distances it a ton from the first movie, which was only ever "funny" when the lack of budget was onscreen with all the stop-motion Play-Doh effects. Ash, in particular, is almost a completely different character in Part II.

It's also rather regrettable how, for legal reasons, II is essentially a remake that overwrites the events of Part I. It ultimately makes watching them back-to-back pointless from a story perspective, and furthermore, it's honestly easier to just skip part I altogether if all you care about is the "canon" storyline of the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness universe. But that's unfortunate, because Evil Dead I is great on its own and, as far as "just" being a horror movie goes, the better choice.

Still, II is where the franchise "really" kicked off, for many people, and it's got all the iconic stuff in it so you really can't knock it. It's a bit of a step back from the first in many ways - less "true" suspense, less gore (or at least, less overtly grotesque gore; again, that Kool-Aid blood is laughable), just a bit less of everything that stood out in the first one. But it's still a great movie. It just plays a lot better if you DON'T watch the first one. And that's a shame, because the first one is a good movie even if Part II pretty much erases/supersedes it.

[frank_one]

Originally Posted by Leo656

It's also rather regrettable how, for legal reasons, II is essentially a remake that overwrites the events of Part I.

I'm not sure there were legal reasons. Sam just got a bunch of fresh money and decided to redone the first movie so that it can look more professional and open-ended for sequels. That's what I've always read about it. And yeah, the first one is better.